THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 31, 1989
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RIVER'S 'ASCOT SUNDAY' WASHED OUT BY WEATHER
"A Scot Sunday,” traditional pageant of the river at Maidenhead, was washed out. The tempera- ture was that of an April day.
There were no glamorous feminine fashions to admire. Boulter's Lock was deserted except for pleasure steamers and a few spartan enthusiasts, mostly in cabin cruisers.
Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden carrying his plate on the way to lunch at the World Rover Scout Moot held at Monzie-Castle, near------ Crieff, Scotland, where forty 'na- tions were represented.
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Siam is no more. Instead we have Thai
Mr. J. Bushnell, one of the King's watermen and himself a boat pro- prietor, said that the sun always makes or mars the river.
“On Saturday all my launches and canoes were booked up provisional- ly, the weather being fine. Almost all of them were cancelled morning," he added.
Even vendors of souvenirs
absent.
Miss Alice Marble, the Wimbledon tennis champion, was tele- vised on July 18. She appeared in the role of crooner in "Starlight," from Alexandra Palace. When she is not playing tennis Miss Mar- ble is a professional singer. She has broadcast over the American networks, but never before in England. Photo shows Miss Marble crooning before the television camera.`
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RULES GIFTS TO PRINCESSES FROM U.S.
were A hero who thrilled the Empire fifty-five years ago has just died- At the Guards Club there was the old Zulu warrior M'baba, aged the usual party, but very few laun- ches were anchored off its lawns..
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TOOK 11 YEARS TO PASS
A Calcutta student has at last passed an examination for which he has sat every year since 1928.
He is Mr. Ram Avtar Sahu, a tea cher at 8 primary school run by the Hajipur Local Board, North Bihar, Each year since 1928 he has taken the teachers' training examination,
but always failed.
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CYCLING “TO PROMOTE
PEACE"
eighty.
A collection of 100 souvenirs from New York World's is now on M'bata died near Capetown. In
its way to London as a gift for his youth he had been a warrior of Margaret Rose. It was assembled- the Zulu King Cetewayo, and later by Mrs. Grover Whalen, wife of the became a mail runner.
president of the World Fair, as a mail run from Natal into Vryheid Fair, to the effect that she wished It was while on his eighty-mile result of a chance remark made by that M'bata was
the Queen, when she visited the attacked by leopard. animal with his assegai the Zulu's
Athough he killed
the left leg was torn to ribbons, almost NATION OF HOME-OWNERS severed below the knee.
her children "could see all this."
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village, where an old native hun- ple are buying homes and other pro- He crept on bleeding for a mile to Nearly a million and a half peo- ter came to his help, cutting off the perty through building societies, mangled limb and cauterising the stated Brigadier General Sir Ed- stump in red-hot embers.
ward N. Whitley, president of the
After a short rest M'bata thought Halifax Building Society, when he of his duty. He insisted on con- opened the society's new offices in Thirty young members of the tinuing with the mail, taking only Canterbury. "We are becoming a United States cycling movement, a youth in case of collapse. With nation of home-owners," he said. who aim to promote peace by travel, the aid of an improvised crutch-he-
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are making an 800-mile tour of hopped twenty-five miles to Vryheld. ADMIRAL M.P. TO RETIRE European countries. The youths
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a proclamation making the LINERS BAN ALL VISITORS new name law was published in “ Bangkok recently..
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Rear-Admiral T. P. H. Beamish,
arrived at Liverpool yesterday from New York. They left for London, PRETTIER—LESS EFFECTIVE
- Conservative M.P. for Lewes (Sus- where they will begin the tour.
Each year since its inception sex), will not contest the seat at the seventeen years ago, Kent's Agri- next election. His decision has been cultural Society has used red, white taken on doctor's advice following a Precautions to prevent further and blue posters for advertising serious operation in 1936. He com Thai, meaning "free," is the old outbreaks of fire in French liners the annual show. Now the County manded ships at the Battle of the name for the country. It emphas- are being intensified. Ever since Council has banned these colours, Falklands and at Jutland. ises the emergence of the Siamese the fire on board the Paris at Le allowing instead yellow and green, race from the fusion of the Lao- Havre, visitors have been barred which "harmonise with the coun- FOR “WORLD Tai and Khmer races. The name
from liners, and it is now stated try-side." Commented H. W. Ashen-
"They UNDERSTANDING” Siam comes from the word "Sayam," that the ban will now include travel den, show's publicity man: which originated in Cambodia, now agents, hotel representatives and the do...
People tell us our posters The registration of the British do not catch the eye now." within the boundaries of French Press. Indo-China.
The change to Thai means that Siam is now known as "Land of the Free," which is in keeping with the feelings of the Nationalists nów in power.
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Apart from the changes which Hitler has made, and which soon be unmade, the only important change of name recently is that Persia, which is now called Iran.
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FISH SHOPS STRIKE THREAT
Fish friers threaten to cease fry- ing. Their National Federation have sent to the Minister of Agri- culture and Fisheries, Sir Regin ald Dorman-Smith, the following telegram: "Fish prices reached such a high Federation contemplate members to cease purch
Only an immediate as
tervention by your prevent this action.
Bunday July 16 Herr Hitler opened tion in Munich. Photo she wasdkitler
of German Art.” With him (cal der Alfleri, the Italian “uestor
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Association for International Up- derstanding was announced yester- day. Earl Baldwin is president and it is a non-political organisation, whose object is "to encourage the scientific approach to the improve- ment of international relations.
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16,000 TO SHARE £112,500.
Sixteen thousand workers Morris Motors are to share £112,- 500. The money is the dividend payable on the 1,000,000 shares which, in December, 1936, Viscount Nuffield gave to his employees, Each share will be about £7.
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