1939-06-15 — Page 13

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 15, 1939.

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STAR ENDS CAREER AFTER 50 YEARS

On the stage where he made his first provin- cial appearance almost half a century ago, Sir John Martin-Harvey ended his active stage career with, appropriately enough, the closing words of “The Only Way."

"It is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”

S'-NO SPORT

Florida (hottest part of United States) most of whose population has never seen snow, boasts a ski factory in Ocala. It produced more than 100,000 hickory skis last year which were shipped to Oslo, Norway,

MAKE HALF-CROWNS INTO

POUNDS IS CHURCH PLAN

One hundred,members of the con- gregation at the evening service at Holy Trinity Church St. Philips, Bristol, were handed half-a-crown each.

They were asked

the to take money home and trade with it, and to return it at the end of July, with any extra money made.

The vicar, the Rev. E. B. Bull, has such confidence in the business ability to the parishioners that he hopes each person will bring back

£1.

The church council has given the half-crowns.

He made his farewell at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle.

With the end of his career came the end, too, of that of his wife,. Miss Nina de Silva.

It was fitting, too, that the end of his farewell tour should come at the Theatre Royal in the play "The Only Way," for Sir John and Lady Mar- tin-Harvey gave the show its pro- vincial premiere on the same stage more than forty years ago,

Both Sir John and Lady Martin- Harvey were affected by the ovation from the audience.

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LATVIA'S HONOURS FOR

BRITONS

NEW GATE OPENED AT THE TOWER-Lord Stanhope, re- presenting H. M. The King, officially opened.the New Gate at the Tow- er of London. Photo shows the Governor of the Tower (left) with

Lord Stanhope at the ceremony.

PRESENTED FROM COURT

Marriage as described in Lon-ASKS FOR VOTES

Distinguished Latvian orders were conferred on three Britons by Presi- don courts:- dent Ulmanis when the fifth.

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Magistrate at Highgate: When niversary of Latvian Unity Day did your wife actually, strike you? was celebrated. The principal order of the Three Stars, first class, was Alfred Bossom, conferred on Mr.

M. P. for Maidstone.

His wife was awarded the Order of the Three Stars, third class.-

Man: While I was putting up an air raid shelter..

Wife 'at Tottenham: My husband says he does not care what I think about him so-long as I do think about him.

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IN GREEK

For the benefit of Cypriots, numbering about 1,000, in the con- stituency, Mr. Gabriel Carritt, In- dependent candidate in the Abbey Division of Westminster by-elec- tion, has had his election address printed in Greek..

-It has also been issued. in. He... brew.

"My husband says he wants separation from me in the interests "CALCUTTA FOR

of

Natiohal Service."-Wife Tottenham.

CUP IS "HOMER”

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girls"

Calcutta has more than any other city in India, says a beauty expert from Europe who is touring the main cities of India.

"I never expected, to see so many attractive girls in India," she said.

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Sir Robert Kindersley presented "But the elegance and distinction a silver cup for open competition to which I saw in the hotels and the Ashdown Forest Garden Society staurants of Calcutta -and won it back again next day favourably with that of any Euro.

pean capital."”-

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Photo shows an action

TRAINING WITH A FIELD GUN.-In preparation for their part in the Royal Tournament crews are now busy Field Gun train- ing at H.M.S. "Excellent" at Portsmouth. picture of sallora rigging the gun while the tender wheels are on the way over-

This ought to provide

pretty comprehensive idea of the many exciting events which take place during the course of “Stagecoach,” Walter Wanger's frontier drama, co-starring: Claire Trevor and John Wayne, at the King's Theatre.