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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1947. ·
HOW PRINCESS ELIZABETH'S MARRIAGE IS PLANNED CARNIVAL
STAGING THE ROYAL WEDDING
By Louis Wulff, ́M.V.O.
and material, and to reconcile these two confleting factors
one of the complications that add
General Order
whom
and
ČOPR. 1907 BY HEA SERVICE, IN. 7. 14. MRI, U 1 PAK, UWF.
7-12
By Dick Turner
"Nonsense! Of course you'll marry Herr Wienerschnitzel! Why, he's fabulously wealthy, with three cartons of cigarota!"
NEW HOPE FOR CANCER
Two important factors make the King's full approval, direct- Jof seconds is just one of the de the preparations for the wedding ing every detail of the procesinils which must be dealt with of Princess Elizabeth to Lieuten- sions from the Palace to the during the next few weeks. ant Philip Mountlatten at West- [Abbey and back, the Issuing of Something Ilko 2,000 invita- minster Abbey on Nvember 20 invitations and the seating inside tions are being sent out for the different from thure made for any the Abbey, and ከኬንያ other wedding ceremony. THE CASE OF
previous Royal wedding. First, cognate matters. From time to these coveted invitation card, go the Princess is Heiress Presump-tinic, when incult points arise, laa matter of some difleulty. and YU SHEUNG tive to the The be, and the major when some question crops up Members of the Royal Family
ringe of a King's daughter who for which there is no precedent of the bridegroun's family attend, When, in our Sunday journal, is also his heiress has no pre- to give guidance, Lord Clarendon naturally. So do members of the we published 201 EXPOSAFE of codent within memory; in addi-seks the King's pleasure or con- British Cabinet, and leaders of
to Government's shabby
demonstrate tion by which, Princess Elizabeth walls the Queen and the Princess the Opposition, treatment
divisions do not of T-riddled- Pulice Lon is heiress not only to the Crown on their wishes. One of the in- that political
England. but, under
AB teresting things about this wed- enter into this occasion. the stable Yu Sheung, the stirring of Sintate of Westminster, equally ding is that there is no exact "Heads of Mission" which means public sympathy was no part of heiress to the crowns of Canada,precedent, for the marriage of Ambassadors,
Ministers bert Charges d'Affaires in Londen our intention. The real object Australia, New Zealand and the Queen Victorin to Prince Albert Cha was to set out the facts in such Union of South Afrlen, which in took place when she was Queen, must also receive invitations, as
High Commissioners. #way as to arouse public opin yests her marriage with a great and not Heiress Apparent, and muxt the
Imperial significanes and renders the wedding of the Sovereign, like for the other units of the Com- ion to exert itself and shame thet essential that Commonwealth his Coronation and buria), are monwealth. It is more than pos Government into appropriate ac interests should be taken into ac matters that are dealt with notxible that some if not all of the tion, into cutting, free of theeannt at every stage of the plan- by the Lord Chamberlain, but by Commonwealth Prime Ministers
the Earl Marshal of England, the may attend in person. humanning. ted tape approach to
Duke of Norfolk, who arranged Other Invitations go to those problems such as his case pre- Second factor, of n less plen- the Ceronation of the present with certain social precedence, to; sents, and giving a new deal to ant kind, is represented by that King, and who many cople up-representatives of various char- δικη pensioners generally and word austerity. In postwar pose, wrongly, to be arrangingitles and other organisations with: Gratifyingly, the public has taken Britain, even the wedding of the the Princess's wedding. Actually which either the Bride or the King's daughter cannot excupe the Duke of Norfolk has no part Bridegroom is connected, while a the matter out of our bands and from the general and imperative in the preparations, and will at certain few are reserved for old several subscriptions, ranging need for the saving
of Innur tend the marriage arily as a guest. cannat, obviously, be ad-|
servants. The general arom $100 incidentally costri buted by a Cavernment serving
mited within the Abbey, and, bo- cause of the shortage of timber to $to have been sent into this
The Bret general order given and labour, there will not be any ulice to be applied to the benefit
the King with the arrangements by the King about the wedding special stands erected along the of Yu Sheung, Acting instine for the marringe ceremony and was that it is to be a "semi- route. sively, these generuus subscribers | the subsequent drives and rejoje- Stato" affair. This means that. Ancient Writ are undoubtedly pointing the in- 'ngr. Princess Elizabeth's wed- though the full ritual of a Royal
of
Synthesis of a recently dis-, first Folvite to be synthesized nediate need, for while Covers is a great the domin: will be less ceremonial than it
rension
his wedding will be observed, there
Provisions of these stands or covered vitamin that has caus- consists of a chemical combina- ment may be induced eventuallyant consideration in the minds of it were
tory and this must be the
accommodation for the
of three natural sub- full State occasion. ("ther to rectify a grim inadequacy, the the pinnners.
the The most important and obvious Bat neither
obvious public, and any alterations in the ed regressions of spontaneous Lion
animals injected experimental movements of the Governmental Princess nor her parents are in eifert of this ruing is that Court Abbey, fall within the province breast cancers in 48 per cent of taneca:
of astentalion, dress-the elaborate
Kold-lace of another authority, the Minis
substanco machine are notoriously slow, and the least lovers
And cocked of Works. which is respon with the in the meantime, the victim sut-which makes the introduction of tunic, knee-breaches"
reasonable austerity restrictions hats full ceremony will not
sible for all such matters. The nounced at the fourth Interna- ícra. While, thereture. we much easier.
he worn by men guests. Instead,
third authority connected with the tonal Cancer Research Con-
of West- gress. Phesitate to launch a formad""ap-
mornlig clothes, Service uniform, wedding in the Dean
minnier. Canon Don, whose writ The animal tests were car- Įpeal for donations, the "China
In Charge Of Details
or even lounge suits will be the
awn Abbey runs, his
acried out by a group headed by Mail" will have the greatest
while in for men,
Richard cordance with ancient ecclesias↑ Dr.
Lawishoin nt In complete charge of all the women will wear afternoon gowns tical law, even before that of the Mount Sinai Hospital, New
the wedding with hats. Choice of whether
Archbishop of Canterbury, who York. The synthesia of the apart from the actual religiaus skirta shall be long or short is will service within the Abbey,
almost certainly the left to the discretion of the wear the marriage service, assisted by vitamin, a new member of the rd Chamberlain, the chief mem-er.
the Archbishop of York,
Folvite group known
or Paba, recently found possess therapeutic of the Royal Household, who
These are rome of the official pteroyl tri-glutamic acid, was
properties against typhus. on the Lail
the Lederle <f his cere Bride'ns Princess Elizabeth is preparations for the wedding. accomplished at Court
tunis an embroider.ready described in the advance Beside these, there are going for Laboratories, Pearl River, N.Y.. ed
The two new types of Fol- key, to signity that the keys
programmes now being drafted, ward all the usual pre-marriage by a team of scientists headed vite recently synthesized are 1of the Sovereign', residence arc will drive from the Palace with reparations.
choosing of in his charge The Earl of
Pteroy Diglutamic Acid and the King in
Dr. Lewiston also reported larendon, who has becu
a State procession, trpusseau, selection of brides by Dr. Brian L. Hutchings.
tri- The Triglutamic Acid. in an open landau drawn by four maids, honeymoon decisions and on Chamberinin since 19:18. has not horses with postillions and foot so on, as in the case of any with the
preliminary clinical tests glutamic neld form
was first new vitamin ол я had personal experience of armen
men walking at the side, to the bride-to-be: but complicated in
laclated in 1943 from a bacillus number of ranging a Royal wedding. The Abbey, and the bridegroom will this case by reason of the fact selected
cancer marriages of the Duke of Glou- to drive in a carriage proces-that "H.R.H. the Bride" is also patients with results described related to the organiam causing
Queen and as Hoiress Presumptive "the Princess Margaret. Exact timing chief person of the Healm, next of these processions to a matter to the Sovereign."
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to dising overlooked a single detail in Inv of the hundreds of Court closure of the pensioner's pligi cannet, of course, relieve the functions, he has organised, and nowhere in Britain could you find Government of its obligations. a more suitable man for the great Whatever the final total may tank he has now in hand. As- happen to be, it will still be sisting him is a stoff, small In necessary to insist that the Gov-number, but excelling in efficiency
and experience of Court ernment does deep-injury to it|monial, with Colonel Sir Tereng self in adhering to and attempt Nugent, the tall Irish Guards ing to justify a formula which a officer who was Brigade Major of during London Command hould honestly acknowledge 10 World War II at its head as be grossly unreasonable in view Comptroller, and another tall
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PRINCESS'S WEDDING GUESTS DECIDED
-London, Oct. 28.--
Britain's first family after much pruning of lists and worrying over many necessary exclusions has finally made up its mind about Princess Elizabeth's wedding guests.
VICTIMS
way an
ភក
as "promising" in at least one case so far.
"Three conclusions can bo drawn from the work at the present atage, after months of observations," Dr.
nine
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1. Pterin. a substance first isolated from the wings of butterflies.
wha
2. Glutamic Acid-the only amino acid utilized by the brain and
recently found to aid mentally-re- tarded children in raising their I.Q.
3. Para-Amino-Benzoic Acid,
to
diphtheria.
Both the diglutamic and the tri-glutamic forms have been found to exert an inhibiting effect on cancer growth. In hie original experiments on mice, Dr. Lewisholm used concentrates
Farber, the concer authority of the natural tri-glutamic said, "Firstly, the substance is
Folvite. Illa data showed apparently non-toxic in daily that intravenous injections of dosce of twenty to 500 mill-five micrograms of the sub- grams. Secondly, the materi al has not been used long pearance
stanco "led to complete disap- in thirty-eight of enough to permit any conclu-eighty-nine-spontaneous-breast- clans. Thirdly, our group has tumours, whereas no tumours seen enough change to justify disappeared in sixty animals further work."
used #Я ccntrola." Further- The new substance in the
more, he found that "fourteen third member of the Folvite of the control animale develop. present-day living cost and distinguished soldier Bri-
family to be synthesized with ed new tumcura, whereas only Eight dollars 1
The coveted Invitations have Catalogues of the gifts will be in the past two years, all at one new tumour was observed month would | gadier Gwatkin of the Coldstream
the proceeds will go have been no more than a miser Guarda, as Peputy Compir lier: bect distributed to some 2,000 sold and
From their offers in St. James's of the select, it was learned.. able pittance in 1941. In 1947 Palace, these three men are, with,
to a charity nominated by the the Lederle Laboratories of among the treated mice." Princes.—Associated Press And the American Cyanamid Com- The patient, 3. 62-year-old For
the it is little short of infamous. In
months
Royal Reuter.
pany. The molecule of the man, had undergone an opera- Household has "been combing statement issued yesterday
through columns of eligibles, afternoon, an official spokesman
knowing that three and four for the Government endeavours
times the number of persona to gloss the case,
that can be fitted into West- minster Abbey hoped to be in- vited and that widespread dis- Appointment was inevitable.
and to plead
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The bids went cut piecemeal under a news blackout impos ed by the Lord Chamberlain's Department.
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"The Authority an Antihorities”
MAKE ALL 26 CARDS AID
of em.
of the dummy the spade A, which could be re-entry for one of the
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tion for a malignant tumour on the left alde of the neck. The operation consisted in partial removal of the
tumour with ligation of the external carotid that when the Salaries Commis
Subsequent X-ray artery. sion Report has been approved.
treatment had falled to stop Yu Sheung will materially bene- HK$180.-it. As a pattern of euphemistic
continued growth of the mass. The pains were most severo, 35, extenuation, the statement could
so that the patient 300,hardly be improved upon. From
80 much
a legalistic point of view, in in
could not sleep or cat solid fooda,
The mass was Although the names of many 250,-
minor suits, terpretation of the existing pen (From the files of the "China of the higher-ranking invited
After winning that second rick, tender that even the slightest 400.- ion law, it is exemplary.
caused excruciating Just as during the auction, the fine south scored the diamond K and A, touch --. But Mail"
guests became known eventual- A Small Chin-chew trading boat 200.- none of the essential facts are
here had bidder strives to reach the spot best gave up a third diamond to West's pains. The patient required ly, official sources
return the large doses of morphine, changed. What differences aping thenugh the Ly-mant passage nothing to do with the dis-adapted to his side's 26 card, 0, and watched West 350.-
defensive player concen pade & to the K. It made no différ: had lost about ten pounds was attacked by a number of armed pear arise largely from the way men in three small fishing sampan,
trales upon making his pair's 26 120, the facts are conveniently set out, who after no resistance succeeded No Gate-Crashers cards do the best possibis job. That ture what East dld Bow. South was weight. The left vocal cord Bure to get five tricks in diamonds and the left side of his soft What cannot be got over is that in overpowering. the
of five
includes a proper amount
and two clubs, already had one
in
·300.-
Yu Sheung was invalided out on pirates ailel
and carried the boat off. The
There will not be a chance of phasis on helping his partner's hand in apndex and was certain to get the palate were immobile.
Treatment with pteroyl tri- a miserable pension of $8.62 which place they bound their primony.
past Stanley, near anyone crashing in on the cero- to take tricks. The weaker defensive ninth trick in one of the two
majors, monthly, that he appealed in his soners and placing them in one of
player is nearly always more bent on East saw that, too, so coshed his glutamic acid was started distress to the Police Surgeon and their sampans, rowed
Blackmarketeers have been developing tricks in his own hand. heart A and then gave up the ship June 29, 1947. Daily doses of five milligrams were given them to the
eager to pay small fortunes for In fact, that feature constitutes the win 4 return to the spade Q. that that worthy officer had to entrance of the Cap-sing moon pg.
a few of the cards or even one defender and an average one-that heart K. East should have reckoned
Upon winning the spence with the intra-muscularly. exert his influence to obtain ac difficulty the unfortunate
*age and landed them. After some
Examination en Augost 14 commodation in the charity ward reeded in getting enveyed to
of them, but they have found effort to develop trick-takers across that West had some good reason for chowed the following: the invitations beyond their the table as contrasted with those leading the second suit bid by East "Thomass In the neck had of the Tung Walt Hospital. The ori
grasp and impossible to on his own side of it. source of the hospital's funds is,
counterfelt successfully. beside the point. The real issue. The Executive af long. Kong has Picked Scotland Yard is to be found in Government's displayed great tact, but the days of will double check every invita navn admission that "investiga deception are near a close. Parlin- tion. at the Abbey gates mak tions conducted prior to the war after year a great sum to support a fentity.
dent will not contlaue to vote yearing certain of each · guest's ¦
The cards convinced Government, that the off of Idlers on the shores of China; salarica of subordinate police nor will the inhabitants quietly ruh officers were inadequate.”. After mit iò additional taxes for the same
Honeymoon that, to claim in a spirit of purpose. righteousness, that Governmen. If unavoidable, falic
and Princess Elizabeth
.will divido continues to stretch, the existing must be laid aside and a memorial Philip Mountbatten
between the pension law to the limit, is to drawn up and forwarded to the their honeymoon make mockery of good-sense. We nasal services of the different officials) highlands of Scotland.
Colonial Office, stating Falcly the Now Forest, Hampshire, and the certainly have yet to be convine and how they were remunerated-the Part of the honeymoon, will be
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FLOOD OF FRANCS IN PORTUGAL Border Lubon, Oct, 28.
Greal confusion is being caused in. Portugal, by the flooding of the black'. market with French one-franc pieces which have bern, brought foto the country by duties,
There are being confused with the If East had bld spasta and West Partuguese 50-centawp colas, which and Jode
ed that it is impossible for Govtaries they how) (draw-and-
spent at Broadlands, near Rom-nerable).
North ernment to seek approval of a number of their asistents and, home of Lord and Lady
Mountbatten, Philip's unclo and 1D money vote in Legislative Coun- rally, whether their services: DEG
2C cil, of a nature authorising the will not protect we are fools: if
required at all, The local government unt, and part at Birkhall, near
Balmoral Scotland, Treasury to do simple justice in we do not protect ourselves,
There has been no indication of the length of the honeymoon, V such cases. Medical opinionis. that Yu Sheung is a dying man Time can hardly wait upon the
The
brig' industry," bound for ifts will fo on dimply to the two beards he returned bi spada production of that almost for-hanghal from Ahoy, was lost in publio formall admission tea first because that suit was the able), a
Amoy The Dutch Bark Esterling-10-days before the Royal Wede longer and-henes could develop more gotten document, the Salaries lost on the West Cast of Formosa ding in Westminster Abbey on tricks in his hand then heart, and led, his heart K, how should Bouth are, in value worth two Commission. Report:34:
crew arrived at Jon Kong Nov, 0je van usuldura second-because he named to get but try to make, bis 5-Diamonds ¿
INT It was also announced tonight the spades which his partner kad blu that Princess Elizabeth's wedding Brit. Erst won with the K. Then fot
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