1941-05-20 — Page 25

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 20, 1941.

BUSTER WON A

WON A FORGOT SICK HERO'S MEDAL

AT ONLY 15

(By A Special Correspondent)

CHEEKY-FACED BUSTER, aged sixteen, stood

•

He

at his mother's stall in a London street market. was yelling: 'Ere yer are, ladies. Best King Edwards, five pounds a tanner.”

A smartly dressed woman walked to the stall and said: "My boy, you've won the King George Medal." "No, only King Edwards," shouted the boy, above the din.

He had not grasped the fact that! he had been awarded the George Medal the youngest heto yel to receive it,

Buster helped the police officers to free six people trapped in a bombed paint factory them to ambulances

and carry

A few minutes after the last victim had been taken out the

interior

collapsed.

of

"INVASION WILL BE

LEAVE, DOWNED THREE NAZIS

A n R.A.F. pilot, who had been wound- ed was about to go on sick leave when a a warning came to his squadron. He drop- ped his suitcase, took off in a Spitfire as mechanics waved, to him and shot down three Nazi 'planes.

On his return he Was told his mechanics had waved to him because the radio in his machine was not serviceable.

THIS YEAR" WAITERS

the building two out of every three

He was fifteen then.

Dalston, N.

A proportion of nearly EARNING persons in England think DOUBLE

His full mume is John Thomas that the Nazis will try to Cain. He lives in Arcola Street, invade Gt. Britain some

Police-Constables Turner, Slaw-time during this year. ley.

Tricker and Dean, who But significantly, more than one took part in the rescue, also get in every Ave, despite the many the George Medal.

warnings of the dangers of invas ion by Mr. Churchill and other

He Wants A Job

When he grasped the news, Buster blushed and loosened his muffler. "Crickey," he said. "I'd torgotten all about it."

Then Mrs. Rose Cain returned to her stall in Ridley Road, Dals- ton, from the hospital where her, husband has been lying gravely ill for the past three weeks.

"I'm glad son." she said. as other stallholders congratulated bum

"I'm glad I've got the medal, mate," said Buster "but I wish I'd got a job."

Not too young to win a medal, he was too young for his job. He was tired by a demolition firm because they learned that accord- ing to regulations he is under age.

Another brother. his mother's main support will be called up

Soon.

The other night Buster wat out tackling fire bombs.

leaders, do not believe that the Germans will dare to try it.

To-day is the "Golden Age" for waiters in Eng- land. There is such a serious shortage of hotel and restaurant staff that many are now earning their

Further, one person in every double two would welcome a full-scule invasion attempt because they | wages. believe that such an attempt would mean a devastating defeat for Hitler, and would hasten the com- ing of the end of the war.

These facts are revealed by the latest Gallup Survey, in which interviewers all over Gt. Britain asked: "Do you think the Ger- mans will try an invasion of this country during this year?"

62% 21%

17%

sald

said

Yes No

said Don't know

pre-war

Although women are replacing men waiters, even In the larger hotels, they

are insufficient to make up for the men who have been called

up for the armed forces or those who entered civil defence and fire fighting services when hotel and restaurant trade slumped early in the war.

An official of one employment agency told the "Evening Stan- dard:" "If you walk any West End hotel or restaurant between one Though the differences } and two in the afternoon, you opinion as between various groups would be tucky to get a seat. were very slight, it was noticeable "It's taking far longer for that those in the higher ine me | people to get served. Pre-war group were inclined in be both standards of service have disap- more sceptical of the possiblity peared. of invasion, and more ready to welcomic it as contributing to Ger- many's final defeat.

EARNING DOLLARS

As he finished polishing £1,000 "There is nothing to it," he worth of diamonds ready for sale Baid. "but I felt a bit windy at in the United States. Mr. Ben- the paint factory.

jjamin Mendes, the oldest men.ber of his profession in London, was presented by fellow-workmen with two boxes of egars in cele- brallon of his 70th birthday.

"The building didn't look safc

when we went in and there was

fires all round."

"real man."

Mr. Mendes, who is British by

"If a thousand experienced walters and waitress came to me for jobs to-day. I could place them all before to-night.

"Would-be employers outnum- ber would-be employees by more than 80 per cent. Wages have ad- In vanced at least 25 per cent. many cases they have doubled,

"Staff can more or less dictate their own terms. Some waiters week who were making £4 a

Night are now carning £8.

even higher clubs are paying wages; their hours are usually from 10.30 p.m. to 5 a.m. "The girls who are replacing the

becomes

even

Buster has not shaved yet, but birth, escaped from Antwerp last young waiter, who used to earn in the market they call him a June. Before the war there were between 30s and 40s. a week, are

about 15 diamond cut'ers in Brit-now making £4 a week. Many ain, Now there are 150. of the refugee craftsmen, who are earning us foreign currency, hope to stay in London after the

BIG

DONATIONS TO A.T.A.

The Hong Kong Anti-Tubercu-

losis Association gratefully ac knowledges the following Dona- tions and Subscriptions;

Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Dunbur $2,000; S. T. Williamson $1,000: Hong Kong Jockey Club $500; Dr. T. P. Wu $100; Horace Lo $100;

Shewan Tomes and Co., Ltd., $50:

Dean Wilson $15; Dr. N. P. Karan-

jia $10; Dr. H. J. Shu $5; H. R. Wells $5; S. C. Young $5; H. E, Lane-

part $5; A. Pollard 36; D. Benson

war.

"If a shortage more acute, as appears inevitable, cafeteria principles-serve your- self-may have to be introduced into all hotels and restaurants."

GOLDEN HARVEST OF THE ISLES

(By A Special Correspondent)'

WHILE SOLDIERS on the ramparts of the Scilly Isles, keep a constant watch seawards island- ers are gathering a golden harvest.

It's daffodil and narcissi time there, and ship- loads of the world's choicest blooms are being sent across the twenty-five miles of sea to the mainland.

Before the season ends in a few there are fewer flowers coming weeks nearly 1,000 tons of daffodils and narciss! will have been sent to Covent Garden and the big provincial centres.

$5; A. Ritchie $5; Dr. B. de Sous $5; Dr. R. T. Eng $5; Lam But Kwan $5; Dr. S. S. Ram'er $5; Dr T. M. Tsoi $5; George She $5; E. Moreton $5; Yeung Shun Ping $5; Mrs. Grace Lo $5; Dr. P. B. Wil- kinson $5; Leung Cho U $5; Chung Sing Benevolent Society. $5; Dr A. M. Rodrigues $5; Dr. F. 1. Yet this year's flower crop is the Tseung $5; Miss Lai Po Chuen $5; smallest for several years, growers H. E. Mgr. H. Valtorta $5; Dr. K say. Setbacks have been acreage C. Yeo $5; St. John's Cathedral reduced by 25 per cent. to make $5; D. M. Khan $5; Dr. Valentine room for more potatoes, and sharp $5: Woo Kiang Sen $5; L. E. N. frosts early in the season. Ryan $5; W. N. Fleming $5; T. V. N.. Fortescue $5; Mrs. T. V. N. For- tescue $5; Mrs. J. E.-Potter $5; A. H. Bentley $5; Dr. Pan Teoh Chen $5; Wong Hok-nin $5; Dr. A. W. Dawson-Grove $5; J. M., Tan $5;] and M. R. Deb $8.

Into the country. Growers' sales returns are up from 50 to 100 per cent.

But this doesn't mean all profit for the islanders, They have got to treble. their pre-war potato acreage.

There's no profit in potatoes for them, they Bay,, In some cases, they lose money, so grow. ing flowers, levels, things out- The Isles are expected to ship 14,000 to 15,000 tons of potatoes to the mainland from the end of Nevertheless, It's the best April onwards, and, It's only from paying crop they can remember, the early shipment that the gro- The demand for flowers swers expect to see a reasonable "greater than in peace time and return;

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