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Work On Rehabilitation

Of Kowloon Playgrounds

MONTY CIGS FOR LAST TIME

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London. October 30. Viscount Montgomery will be

formal ap be making his last pearance as Chief of the Imperial Central Staff when he lands with the King and Quees in Hyde Park tomorrow at a review of 0,000 men and women of 12 Territorial Ariny.

In its issue of September

ONDAY, · NOVEMBER · 1943,

THE CHINA MAIL, MOND

Paris Mayor Cancels Party

the "Ching A

/ draw the attention of Government to the 'stato of the playgrounds in Kowloon, faying parti- cular emphasis on the misuse of the Cox's Road park.

A visit to the various parks made by a "China Mail" representative revealed that work on the re- habilitation of the Cox's Road playground is near completion, and that some start has been made on the other parks.

The maypole, nwings and aro- saw have been re-lifted, nud Ava Queen Mary, the Dulon and brand new guter, complete with Duchess of Gloucester. Princess pullocks, installed. At sundown, Hoyal, who is Controller-Cu- the gates are locked, thereby en- maniant of the ATS, and suring that the park is net us War Minister, Mr. Emannel Shin- for any other purpose during the well, will also be present.

night A paris allendant is on duty during the day, presumably] to keep rusenis off the groro.

Territorials from all parts of the country resched London today. Members of the ATS from all units of the Anth Aircraft Command spent the night in a camp on Richmond

Pork.

Hetween 5,000 nost 4,000 Terri- forials Take sleeplių: in sleep shelters in Employ.

In the march-past, each Com- mand will be headed by bund and if the weather 15 Ene, there will be a fly-mal by Scuffres,

Spilfires, Vanopies and Meteor Jet Aighters. Reuter,

MPs Rebuke

UK Govt

30.

London, October Phit Pleatt.. Communist Member of Poruncat, Le two Independent Labour Member have fabled a motion rebuking the Govern for "permitting

this country to become un ad- Vasice base in the war plans of

Unlled Stakes

The

Government."

restored to its former status of "the poor men's lungs" in the not-too-distant future. :

Some sort of a start has been made on cleaning the grounds of the litter which had been allowed to pccumulate through neglect, timepast, better It 1%, for some potrolled by the polite who sw to it that the park is not belag At Chatham Road, work has beet started on the re-building of an open air brothel..!

Another the pavilion and fences. **

"or men's lunga ground has been cleared of ni MacPherson grounds at Mong Kok, rubble and debris, and presents nav, however, still being neglected. to a deserted

Situated in a congested disdriet, thun

these grounds were, once upori a fórmerly.

Time, very well patronied by the residents in that

the areo. inajority of whom are factory workers, both es a park In the nights and recreation grounds. In the week-ends

mpunance

King George Pork

King George V Park, At Jordan Road

the ferry, has every possibility of being

hear

New Blood Pressure Measuring Device

Philadelphia, October 30.

The University of Pennsylvania research labora- torios has announced development of a blood prossure measuring device dosigned to lessen the danger of heart failure and shocks to patients in the aparating theatre.

The announcement said the in the University hospital, said Imperialist new method is seeing rather the new device when employed in than listening, and added that the rperating room enables the surgeon te predict those surgical

not be tolerated by the patient. and to be governed necordingly.” -Associated Press.

This motion in the form of it makes it possible for sur-manipulations which can or can-

the King's geons to instituté more swilfly an amendment fo Speech at Thesday, which me

corrective measures which stufe- bodied the Governoient's legisla-

ztard the life of the patient. Fern officials said the key of the new instrument, which detects oncoming shoek and falling heart netlen well in advance, is a re- corching manometer.

uve programme for the current Parliament session.

Among other things, the motion

that expressed regret. the Government " continuing policy of hostility to the Soviet Union and of subjection to the United States."

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One of the Independant spon SDIS

Mr. John Plat-Mills, was expelled from the Labour Party Jast April for his In organis

part ing a telegram of support from Labour back benchers to Itallan Socialists, who formed a Popular

Front with Communists,

The other, Mr. D.N. Pritt, an eminent King's Counsel, was ex- pellest from the Labour Party in 1940 for espousing the Soviet cause during the war.--Reuter.

Russe Finni

They explained that "a direct honkup of the manometer with the blood stream by way of an artery makes possible the pra

recording of blood pressure

In men, beat by beat," The unrounesment adtter at the new method of talding floči pressure make a decided improve. ment over the old cunt-pressure |prutudure which involved the use of n fight-wrapping for the arm, an air pumping syringe and a recording device known Sphyguoni nometer."

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Dr. Iobert D. Dripus, houd of the Department of Anesthesiology

Did Turner Keep On Painting After 'Death'?

London, October 30.

Did Joseph Mallord William Turner? England's famed but eccentric master painter, really

Profit From

Cables 'Phone

Manila, October 31.

Black marketeers in ropper are believed to be exporting stolen copper telephone cable to China. The Pubile Information Otice of the Philippine Army Comminand announced that telephone lines to it navy transmitter site and the Army exchange service and army ordinance and sturage aren | has been cut during the past week, Thirteen spuns of cable were stolen during the preceding two weeks.

Investigators sald that a Philip- pine Government export ban on scrap copper, has made it highly profitable for thieves to cut cable lines, dump gasoline on the paper wrapped wire and retrieve alinost pure copper scrap. Most of th scrup is being shipped to China They suld-Associated Press.

War Material

live a Jekyll-and-Hyde existence after his To Come Sooner

funeral service in 1851?

A Bristol schoolmaster thought he did, although public records show the great painter died and was buried in that year in St. Paul's Cathe- dral.

Washington, October 30. Informed sources today reveal- ed that the date of the first ship- ment of milltary upplies for China has been moved up to early | November front the previously

intended December date.

The sources said that the second shipment might be moved up to early December, but this was not

For 30 years Frederick The Encyclopedia Britannica Pickles, head of St. George's. | sald that Turner's inind had Grammar School in Bristol, evidently given way in his later spent all his spare time in years. In 1951, the Encyclopedia yet final. tracking down what he claimsaid, the painter. disappeared and

was discovered 11

A source declared that if he ed the "mysterious and baffledging house. He died the next prevent

Chel en West Coast inaritime strike shoulde

routine handling, the ing" story of Turner's life.

day, Dec., 19, 1351, at the BRO of material might be moved by the He ended

convinced that 76 mild was burled in St. Paul's United States Navy. Tho' source Tufner lived in hiding for many Cathédral, the Encyclopedia mid, said the material would be un- years after his so-called death in-Associated Press..

loaded at Shanghal-United Press.

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1851 and left muny unknown masterpieces.

Mr. Pickles kept his hobby to himself, during his Hfetime. The strange story was revealed re egally in the will left by the schoolmaster, who died last April at ever, 80 years of age. It was Erected coptically by are critles. Research Work

In his will Pickles'wrote he had "For the last 30 years been engag- ed continubus résearch varit on one subject only--the where- abouts" and occupation of the mysterious and baffling world Inowned artist Joseph Mallord William Turner."

* Declaring that the painter play- edu part of Jekyll and Hyde from his youth upwards. Plakias aid that his final disappearance

in, the year 1851, the date of hly go-colle? death, was just in koop-

Ing with his previous practice."

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"Turner Ilved to be very BOOKINGS: sid man," Pickles added, "and

This final refuge we. In the HONG KONG: Moultries, China Fleet Club

*risighbourhood of Bristóf which

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he had relations and boyhood KOWLOON: X.M.C.A.

recollections. At his death he SEATS: $4, $3 and §2. left, many fine, paintings: and BELL AN

innumerable email ofentchan." Fickles raid, in his will that ha bought several such pictures, add- ing that he could identify theman: "Turnier's, work oven though they

were untried

"Rather Suspect"

The choolmaster'sson RAF Group Capt. Kenneth F. Plokles; cald his father, never, gave the Family any flotilla of blu Anives. Ugationa,ya A spokesman at the Nailonat, Galler, wenkd the glatos Inents were rather: wupest,

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The Mayor of Parlo, M. Pierre de Gaulle, who le la hrother of General Charles de Gaulle, cancelled at the last minuto a receptiòn which was to have been given at the Paris town hall tonight for United Nations delegates.

In a note to the quests, he said the cancellation was due to the grave events takina place In certain parts of France." This VRE under. stood to be a reference to the coltrukka.

Leaders of the Government parties and Communista pus- pected the cancellation as a Gaullist polillen! manoeuvre. The left wing paper, France Tireur, called it "a scandal and's provocation,"

said

M. Pierre de Gaulle that M. Trygve Lie, the Unit- ed Nations Gecretary General, "whom 1 approached before- hand, told me that he per- fectly understood our situm. tion. Rauter.

GHOST ORDERS FOR US FIRMS

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Sino-British Club Orchestra Opens

KANYMARY

New Winter Season

The Sino-British Club Symphony Orchestra opened the winter season with 'a concert of what can be described as Prog?amme Music, 5* *

programme.

St. Stephen's Girls' College better placed as the opening hall was well filled when Dr. selection for the first half of the Bard entered, to take the or chestra through the overture`to` Rosamunde. Whether the or-

Orchestra Inspired

The last item was the Peor

chestra were nervous or not, is Gynt Sulle No. 1 by Greig. In unknown, but they were cer- Moming the flute gave a splendid lead but unfortunately the tuning tainly not happy in this piece of the woods and strings of contrusting moods.

something to be 'destret, but the There was uncertainty in at-callos came out beautifully. tack and uneveness of lone In Next in the Bulle was the the planissimo passages. The

bross was too heavy for an orth of Ase." Now what hap-

here?

What strange in- chestra to short of strings and inspiration fell upon the orchestra? theechoing themes, the wood This charming place was ran wind way out of tune. It was only dered with considerable aktii, B the fortissimo passages that the orchestra gained confidenco which rather made one wish Dr. Bard had defled convention hnd with a march in which 'opened' the orchestra could have found its musical, feet.

we had balanes and colour, it was given by what can only be described as a different not of musiciens.

view but

The strings were splendid this is not only a personal one I found nhared by Inny The orchestra was altogether music lovers. I could exhaust all my superlatives ipon this one Wa hington, October se.appler when the herna gave a

-very · confident- war production orders

water music, suite. Anlira's - dance and the March are being despatched to hundreds allegro of the wing in the item. Congratulations!

In fact, the confidence of the of of industries arrel

the Trolls were a little too factories horns seemed to aproad.

throtigh throughout the United States by the orchestra: I enjoyed the

exacting.

The Conductor, Dr. Solomon the Department of Dolence, it was Allegro very

much, the db-closed here today.

Bard, deserves playing

'special mention, These orders are inake believe all round was a considerable im How he can gather an enthusiastic for the time being, But if war

provement on the opening selees band of amateurn and give such a should break out they would be and again the

tion.

The "Air" came out 'de-programme'l do not know, but it hard and call for

horns was his skill as a conductor that jm were heard to an advantage aur interested me. I wondered how he mediate start in prodation.

my notes read a very fine finish, would surmount the difficulties of They are lo feet nolification of what the Government will need at

When we reached the horn pipe a plece like the "March of the once from manufacturers who get the andante brought a very nice magnificient anticipation he did we again "found uncertainty but Trolls" for instance, but willi not only surmount the difficulties but gave an Interpretation. I ch Joyed the evening as did the ou dience who showed their appre- ulation inve sald carlie that

uncertaid manner. I should have Mr.

| them In the event of another war.

This is a sequel to the mobilisa-passage by the flute, on the other ting day plan which the Munitions hand the contrast between the Board ha: been working on for tube and the wood wind was loo months past plan surveying | Greul.

thousands of factories to ascertali their best potential usefulness,-*- Reuter.

French Arms Experiments

Paris, October "30. The French Ministry of Wor announced tonight that "experi- ments in new arms and ammuni- tion took place un October 28 and 20 at the camp of Satory and at Bourges," about 70 miles south of Orleans,

.

The Secretary of State for the Armed Forces, the Chief of the Army General Staff, General George Marie-Joseph Revers, and other generals and army engineers were present,

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The Soloists

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Allegro deciso found a altua tion that was neither allegra

nor deciso.

Donald Fraser accompanied Margaret Stewart, and that Javen Ifuang. The fact that I made no Wong accompanied Jamson

noten the

shows that they did this balt of the well. They were heard, but not

Margaret Stewart was

in the first

Foнramme, and her selection or seen in the musical sense.

showed considerablo. dis songs. crimination.

"Should he Upbraid" was the first selection. I like this very much indeed. The quality of ton was good, especially in the up- per register, and the diction wa *xcellent, The programme de- scribes

Contralto yet the strength and Margaret Stewart as 11 quality of tone was revealed ya the middle and upper register of

**** the voice.

Mr. Jamson Huang (Lyric The Ministry, declined to give of the programme. Jamson, Huan

opened the second half Tenory further explanations of the experi ments apart from saying that world in fee for his selection of appears to hold the master! "nothing of vital importance" wasongs ranged from

Your Involved.-Reuter.

tiny Three Folk Songs from

North Western China. There is no doubi that the singer captured his dience with the three folk songs: these were rendered by an artist. then why should Mr. Jasmon Huang have "played to the gallery" by giving us 'You are My Heart's Delight; sa on encore?

The orchestra then took over. An hour after admission he died the programme with a march by and investigations are being don-Saint-Saens from the Suite: Al- ducted by the CID.

gérienne. This would have been.

MAN DIES AFTER 2ND FLOOR FALL Chan Tssuet, bred 39, either jumped or fell from the second four of No. 35. Jervois Street shortly after 8 a.m. yesterday and was immediately taken to Queen Mary hospital,

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