THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 9, 1940 Bringing Up Father
BY THE WAY-DID YOU EVER MEET MRS OVERWAIT ? PROBABLY NOT- SHE'S A SOCIAL LEADER HERE- WE ARE DEAR FRIENDS-I MUST TELL YOU ABOUT HER LATEST OPERATION - BUT FIRST-LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HER HUSBAND-
HE'S A BEAST- SO CRUEL-
OH-1 HAVE SO MUCH TROUBLE WITH MY SERVANTS -I'M TOO GOOD TO THEM-MY- WHAT A HOUSE TO RUN AND I AM 50 FRAIL IT'S QUITE A. TASK
Į SOMETIMES THINK I SHOULD. LIVE IN THE COUNTRY-THEN AGAIN MY SOCIAL ACTIVITIES MUCH IN THE CITY REQUIRE OF MY TIME - 1 JUST KNOW I CAN'T GET AWAY - AND --
By George MacManus
I WANTED TO BUY A YACHT- BUT THERE'S NO WATER NEAR HERE SO I'GAVE THAT UP- BY THE WAY-DO YOU KNOW I'M STUDYING FOR THE MOVIESTI MAY GO TO
HOLLYWOOD - MY. FRIENDS
ALL HOPE 1 DO -
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TIME NOT RIPE FOR IMPERIAL WAR CONFERENCE
THE DESIRABILITY of arranging personal dis- cussions with Dominion Ministers whenever possi-“ ble as a further method of facilitating the closest possible co-operation between the war efforts of members of the British Commonwealth is constant- ly borne in mind by Government, declared Lord Caldecote in the House of Lords yesterday.
Lord Caldecote was replying to] was not opportune for inviting to London a question by Lord Davies. whe-Dominion Ministers ther Government, following the for an Imperial War Conference but they precedent of the last war, pro-for other discussions
welcome such posed to invite Ministers of the would certainly Dominions to participate more liscussions if occasion offered.— directly in the conduct of the Reuter. war and to create a Supreme War Council which would in- clude representatives of the Bri- tish Commonwealth and India.
Lord
Caldecote said that
ADJOURNMENT OF PARLIAMENT
FARLEY RESIGNS
President Roosevelt. announced from his
(N.Y.) Hyde Park
home yesterday his acceptance of the re- signation of Mr. James Farley as Post- master - General. Reuter.
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"To the best of my knowledge, the air mails TO-MORROW to Europe via the Pacific and Atlantic are going through very quickly,"
Ministers from the Dominions! visited London last autumn and
Mr. C. R. Attlee, Lord Privy useful discussions were held then on many subjects connect- Seal, announced in the Commons Mr. R. A. D. Forrest, Post- hoped the House master-General, told the ed with the war. Other visits yesterday he by Individual Dominion Minis-would be able to rise for a short "China Mail" in an inter-
Jadjournment on August 22. Gov-
ernment would make a further view. The United Kingdom Govern-statement shortly as to the length| ment felt the present moment of the adjournment.-Reuter.
ters had since taken place.
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Reports have reached the "China Mail" that air mails sent via Pan- American Airways across the
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The Postmaster-General saic that he has received no such in- formation himself.
In actual fact, he went on, he has received data from local com- mercial firms of recent date show- ing that the mails to and from Europe via this route were going through rapidly.
This, he said, was according to information covering the
perioc
up to about a week ago. "Some- thing might have occurred since," but he had received neither com-
to plaints nor information
this effect and, to the best of his knowledge, the mails were going through "very quickly."
still
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