1938-01-29 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 29, 1938.

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RUNCIMAN'S DAUGHTER FINED

Flying Offence

Flying Squad To Save The Lives

Of British Mothers

from

which

A maternity Flying Squad-first: "The Squad will operate The Hon. Mrs. Margaret King of its kind in the south of England University College Hospital, Farlow, of Barton-street, Whiteconsisting of a fast car with a is quite near. hall, S.W., who is a daughter of specialist, assistant doctor and train- "The Council has paid fixed Viscount Runciman, was fined led nurse in attendance, will speed sum to the hospital for its estab

for piloting an aeroplane while not holding a "B" licence, and while the machine was being flown for a lucrative purpose.

She pleaded guilty.

The offence took place when the machine, owned by the Newcastle Aero Club, was co-operating with R.A.F. units.

to the bedsides of expectant molishment." thers who need emergency treat- A young Islington mother-to-be

said: ment in Islington, London.

NEW POLICY IN TRAINING ARMY

LEADERS

Chances To Handle Troops In Field

MANOEUVRES EVERY SECOND

YEAR

I understand that the Army Coun- cil has decided to increase the op- staff The Borough Council has given a "I think it is a wonderful idea.portunities for generals and lead in establishing the squad and I feel that it will do so much good officers to command large bodies of it will soon be in action.

in setting mothers minds at rest. troops in the field, writes the mili- Like

tary correspondent of the London. 999-'phone number

they of When they know that

will

"Daily Telegraph." Scotland Yard's emergency depart-never be in danger, they will ment the Maternity Flying Squad much happier about their confine-

to ments."

Mr. Percy Frankham, prosecut-will, night and day, be ready îng said that under the Air Navi-

gation Act 1923, Mrs. King-Farlow was not entitled to fly this 'plane, since she held an “A” licence only.

answer any call, bringing equipment for rush operations and even blood for transfusions.

•

SQUAD ‘AN ABSOLUTE NECESSITY' "It is not suggested," remarked

Dr. Clark Trotter, Medical Officer Mr. Frankham "that

said: Mrs. King of Health for the borough Farlow herself flew for lucrative "I consider the squad an absolute purposes, but the club was receiv-necessity. ing payment under contract with to the council at its last meeting the authorities.

Mr. E. G. Harvey, defending, said that his client did not know she was doing wrong. She asked to fly about for an hour, and

did so.

was

The idea was submitted

a

and the response was immediate.

"Often a blood transfusion is urgent and it is impossible for local doctor to provide for all the emergencies that crop up in a dif-

ficult confinement.

$

"Now doctors, midwives or or- The club was fined £25 for per-dinary people will be able to sum- mitting machines to be used in mon the aid of specialists in a few this way.

minutes.

World's Youngest

Parliament

Meets In Moscow

(By AIR MAIL).

London, January 13. Though he appeared vigorous, the at East met West and the Arctic streaks of grey-first noticed met the sub-tropics face to face the Congress of Soviets in Novem- when M.P.s representing one-sixth ber, 1936-have now spread to more of the globe's area assembled here than half his hair. for the first sitting of the world's newest Parliament-the Supreme Soviet.

Business to-day was formal, the real work starting to-morrow.

be

Flying Squad scheme to save mo-

thers was advocated by a Ministry of Health White Paper on Maternal Mortality and, following consulta- tions with Sir Kingsley Wood, it was decided to set up a committee to investigate its possibilities.

GRAND DUKE DMITRI DIVORCED

Custody Of Heir

The Bayonne Civil Court has made obsolute the divorce between Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovitch of Russia and Princess Ilyinskaya, formerly Miss Audrey Emery, of New York.

Accordingly Army manœuvres are to be held more frequently.

Two reasons

have caused

the

Army Council to decide on a revis- ed policy for the higher training of the Army.

For one thing, the number of generals and staff officers who have had practical experience of com- manding large bodies of troops in the field is rapidly diminishing..

There is also the growing num- ber of weapons at the soldier's' com-' mand and the increasing complexity,” of the problems they raise. This makes essential a great deal more elementary training than has hither- to been the case.

Army manoeuvres on a full scale have been held only twice since the war-in 1925 and again in 1935. Divisional and other exercises on a greater or smaller scale are, of In course, carried out every year. future they will be held in alter- The divorce was pronounced nate years, commencing in

1939. against Grand Duke Dmitri, but by Next year there will be no man- agreement of the two parties he œuvres. has been granted the custody of the child, Prince Paul Dmitnovitch Romanoff Ilinsky, his heir-pre- sumptive.

The wedding was celebrated with great pomp at the Russian Church in Biarritz în 1926.

HARD LABOUR FOR MAN IN WOMEN'S "UNDIES”

Colourful costumes enlivened the The M.P.selected Andreyev, Seven women's vests, three pairs session of the Council of the Un-member of the Polit-Bureau, their of knickers, and two petticoats ion in the afternoon and still more Speaker, while Shuernik, head of were being worn by Charles Reeds the session of the Nationalities the Trade Union Council, was elect-thirty-five-year-old unemployed la- Council in the evening.

arrested at Exeter. ed chairman of the Nationalities bourer, when

They formed a portion of the wo- men's underwear he had stolen from Exeter clothes lines.

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Business before the Union Coun- Council. cil (elected by the whole country) and the Nationalities Council (elect-

The agenda of the coming ses- ed by non-Russian minorities

to sions-election of the Government

of safeguard their interests) was much consideration

Constitutional the the same, but the latter was by far amendments and salaries for the more picturesque.

M.P.s-was approved unanimously vocally.

So were all the proposals sub- mitted except one which was obviously unscheduled.

GREEN SILK ROBES Most conspicuous was a group of Kazaks in bright red robes and skull caps sitting beside Uzbeks in flowing green silk.

A Tartar delegate to the Nation- alities Council opposed the holding of sessions in the evening. He wanted to go to cinemas and thea-

Near by was a Nenetz, from the Arctic, in coat and cowl of rein- deer skin, alongside a woman wear ing a bright Ukrainian peasant tres while in Moscow, he said. ∙shawl:

Stalin was greeted with tremen- dous cheering and greetings in more than a score of languages.

It was 30 minutes before this ovation ceas- led.

Stalin himself, however, kept in- conspicuously in the background at both sessions.

STALIN'S GREY HAIR

This was greeted with laughter and shouts of "We're here for busi- ness, not for a good time!" and "You can go to matinees !”

His proposal was unanimously

the

Professor Otto Schmidt, Arctic explorer, proposed the for mation of a Foreign Affairs Com

He wore plain military jacket and mittee of nine members. This was

ches, with high boots.

approved and the nine were elected.

SKELETON EXERCISES

In the years in which manœuvres are not held, divisions will not be Iconcentrated, and the highest form and of training will be brigade

thèse interbrigade exercíses. years also there will be a War Office

In

skeleton exercise, which will in- clude the employment of G.H.Q. and one or more corps headquarters.

Thus Commanders and staff will be tested every year, either in skele- ton exercises or in actual command. The troops, in alternate years, will get a far more thorough elementary training than is possible in the years in which Army manœuvres are held.

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3. "Santhia" left He grinned at the magistrates on being sentenced to six months' im- Singapore for this port on January prisonment with hard labour. 27 and is due here on February 1,

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