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They Were The First To "Taste" Barbed Wire

By J. W. Taylor

A small but select, group of ex-soldiers in Oxord have just been commemorating the 51st anniversary of the battle of Magersfontein, in which British arms suffered a serious reverse and our troops had the sudden shock of having to charge into barbed-wire defences for the very first time,

diers; J. C. Purnell, the well-

One of them, Mr Rong with the Seaforthe; Alphonso Osborne, who, with two Hollis, now servant to the Dean other Oxonians, was in the of Worcester, was in the Greas Black Watch, remembers known Oxford sportsman: and well the disaster in which hia Regiment and many others were badly cut up.

On the night of December 10, 1099,

force under Lord Methuen left the Modder River

instructor at the Dragon School, was in the Royal Horse Artli- lery, and Jack Hewitt, CX police inspector now in retire- ment at Bournemouth, was in the Coldstreams.

In the battle, Mr Purnell was la an attempt to relieve Kim-40 badly wounded that his case berley, which was held by Lord was considered hopeless. Ho up- Koltewich with the Loyal North set the calculations of the doc- tors and now keeps a second Lancashires and few local

sort of birthday anniversary to Cecil Rhodes was celebrate the, start of volunteers.

hia re in Kimberley at the time.

The Black Watch led this relief march of the Highland Brigade under General Wou- chope, followed by the Seaforths, Argyll and Suther- land Highlanders and the High- land Light Infantry. A fierce storm delayed the marchers. As dawn broke, lights were seen Dashing on all sides and the Brigade soon found them- selves under heavy fire from a thousand rifles and pompoms at almost point blank range.

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NO ROOM

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FOR DUKE'S

PICTURES

ACTING IS IN THEIR BLOOD

Dians plays the angel: star Nichols helps her to drose,

MAGAZINE

Knarf's Friends Had a Game

-They Wanted him to Play It, Too-

By MAX TRELL "NOW, Knart," cald Hanid, the Nahadow-girl with the turned- about name, to her brother

who was standing before her, "you've got on your nice, new clothes. Please do try to keep them clean! Promise?"

Knari amlled. But he didn't say anything.

"I don't hear you promising," sald Hanid.

Knarf just smiled again. And before she could get him really and truly to promise, he had slipped out of the house. Hanid sighed. "He isn't going to keep

them clean, I'm sure he isn't!" "Let's play," Willy cried to Knari'

Now Knari no sooner got to

the end of the garden than he

met Willy Toad, Blackle Beetle

and

"And then-after we're all.

Give the Snall. "We're finlabed," sald Squlity, "we'll playing wonderful game, roast the last dozen nuts over Knarf! Willy sald after they a fire and have a partyj" had all exchanged greetings.

"It's called Myrtle the Turtle." "It's fun, even though it is

hard work, this hole-digging," "It's the most fun to the said Squire. "And you get good world," said Glive. "Whoever is THE

THE third generation of the sister Carolo, nine, who goes to It pretends ho is Myrtle

theatrical familly of Casson another school, WES a pro-Turtle. The other two chase hove just made their bow from gramme seller,

the stage, Nichola Casson, They are the daughters of Mr seven, great-niece of Sir Lewis Hugh

Casson, director of

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him."

the

Ono Rulo Jils wife Dame Sybil architecture for the Festival of Thorndike, WIS star

In her Britain.

"There's only one rule in the ol play, "The Little

Baid Casson says his children all | game,"

Blackle Beetle. played three parts: an dote on acting and dressing-up. "Everybody has to crawl on the angel, a white rose, and a child.

Nichola, blue-cyed, with curly ground. Nobody can stand up. Small part player with her fair hair, has a remarkable That's because we're all sup- sister was Diana,

four; bath memory, learned her own part posed to be lurtles." the Sheffield Terrace and all the others in the play. "It's especially fun," Glive School, Kensington. Eider

---(London Express Sérulce) added, "because you have to crawl under fences, and up and

ditches." down muddy"

The Duke of Bedford is attend being forced to sell about 200 of his pictures. Cause; death! duties, as

The Black Watch, with over of the sale is tot de Communism Has An

400 casualties, lost hal

of lis

so often these strength in a few minutes, and days, but dry rot.

the

others

also were

badly

This insidious enemy of wood- work has attacked Woburn mauled.

Abbey, ancestral scat of Ron's most vivid memory is Dukes of Bedford.

A large of hearing above the noise of

wing of the abbey battle the volee of a company-had recently to be demolished.

generations

of the Rus- shouting: "A And as sergeant-major Company, Black Watch, pre-sell family had covered almost every wall inside the building pare to meet your God, Charge!"

clearance sale They did charge and had the with pictures, shock of burling themselves in- became imperative.

"Uneasy Hold” On

Chinese Students

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)

"All right, Knari! Let's play

Myrtle the Turtle" cried Willy. Knari hesitated for a moment,

and dirty, too...."

Squire Squirrel and his wife- Squilly gazed at each other in astonishment. For Knart was running away 13 fast as hc could. "I hope we didn't tay anything to hurt his feelings,' sald Squire.

"Maybe he doesn't want to do any shovelling because

of bis: nice, new clothes," said Squilly. "Yes, that must bó it!" And they returned to theh hole-digging and nut-burying again.

Might Have Dono,

Poor Knarfi There were 50 then he shook his head sadly, many other delightful things he

He might "I can't, I've got my new clothes might have done. on. They'll get all dirty." have gone down and visited

Knart walked slowly away Blinky Mole in his

under- from his three friends.

He might have- - They ground house. called after him once or twice, waded in the pond and picked but he kept shaking his head: some of the beautiful yellow Finally he reached the Pine Tree waterlilies that were blossoming Grove.

He might He was suddenly sur- just off the bank. prised to hear someone shouting have sat next to Mr Grump the to him from in among all the frog and watched him catch

files. trees.

London. to a forest of barbed-wire. These, The dispersal will take place

The suggestion that Communism has an uneasy hold had never before ex-at Christle's auction rooms ou

on many of the young academics of China was mado by perienced its use as a defence January 19, against attacking troops.

Though the celebrated Bed-American research associata Mr Stanley Spector of the After 4 fierce battle, the ford Rembrandts. Van Dycks, University of Washington, when he lectured on Chinoso

survivors retired to the and British

Gainsboroughs will not student life in the States in London, to await rein- come under Modder River

the hammer, the forcements and Ron to nurse a auctioneers' catalogue describes

termination He was speaking at the at the wounded leg.

numerous treasures. The two other Oxford men in Among them are A. Curp's China Institute in Gordon studies, he said that

choices would present audience selves. One was the an van Square to the Black Watch were Bill Shrove Tuesday," Isack Wieks and Brassey Weeden, Jim Ostade's "Two Horsemen Halt marked by its absence of democratic way of life; the other on, for the ground was wet,

was a

was a return to

It was Squire Squirrel and his wife Squilly. They both had shovels and were digging holes Beside them, In the ground. leaning against the trunk of one of their of the plne trees, was a big

the two

bag alled burlop

with nuts, them- Squire and Squilly were in their overalls. They had heavy shoes American

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He might have climbed up an apple tree, or alid down a cellar-door, or swung gate, or made mud-bails, or just taken a nap on a bed of leaves. But he didn't do any of those things! Hanid watched him from the window as he came slowly and carefully down the garden path again, "My goodness!" she said, smiling, "His clothes look as nice and clean as over! Her

scout for ing At an Inn," van Ruisdael's Chinese. There were only was certainly not marked by in time?" Squire Squirrel said in did take care of them!"

"SIERRA" Bensley, who

many years at Oxford Univer-"The Bridge," and a Murillo sity College, fought in the battle "Virgin and Child."

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"We're burying our nuts for the winter," explained Squilly, It'a mighty hard work, it is!"

"But you're just in time give us a helping hand, Knarfi There's another shovel behind the next tree. You can help me all up the holes again after

society which "Ah, just in time, Knarf-just five Chinono present, in- any pro-American feelings. Hela cheerful voice. cluding one girl student, was optimistic that there would Mr Spector was referring in be many who would turn to the

American way of life. particular to the scholars who come over from China for two or three years special study of American universities. At each university there was smoil body of students responsible for reporting back to China on each of their fellows in their parti- cular university. Like all the other countries behind the Iron Cartalo it was dangerous to hold views that were not acceptable to the Communists, and would have its offoot when that student returned to China.

SEAL MORE

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Moro

British aircraft may go into "cocoon" stor- "Consequently when you talk age as the result of ex- in public to these students you periments now being carried find them all for, the now re-

gime, but if you talk to them in out by Government scien- private you and that they are tists. The Admiralty have. not so very keen," he said made extensive use of the

This is scarcely surprising when one remembers that they would not have been in America at all if they had not held some post in the old government.”

WHAT ALTERNATIVE? Asked by

one of the Ave Chinese members of his audience

cocoon system which seals! equipment in airtight en- velopes-layers of plastic sprayed on to a web cover- ing.

of

It has been less widely used a young girl student-what by the Air Ministry, but now alternative Chinese students had' they have asked Ministry to the former

regime except Supply experts to carry out a Communism, Mr Spector re-series of experiments for them. marked that it was true America

report, the had been prevented from In- Select Committee on Estimates sisting on refonn in the Im-said they were not parsuaded perfect Chiang Kai-Shek gov-

In their second

that the War Office or the Air

ernment by the strong faction Ministry had attempted a realls-

In America that supported him.

"I

tle costing of modern methods

Squilly throws the nuts in!"

And at that Instant Knurf- good, clean Knarf-slipped on a wet stick and plopped into a

rain puddlel

"Oh;" cried Hanid in dismay. But Knart-you'll hardly be- lieve this but I'm sure you'll understand-Knart was sitting in the middle of the puddle, laughing, laughing, laughing.

Rupert's Autumn Primrose~16 ·

Philip is as puzzled as Rupert. "Jock has a way of going for long walks by himself so I've no idea where he found that primrose," he says, "Anyway, you'd better look through my garden to make sure there aren't any there." He shows the little bear round his "Bower beds. Then Rupert thanks him and

says goodbye before hurrying back to his own cottage. Here, Mummy, look," he cries. "I've found one primrose~at least, fock has. Picase put it in water while I try to get some more. I've no time to waste if I'm going to fil that jug with them before the Fair closes tomorrow.”

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may say that this support of storage on a comprehensive SIDE GLANCES was largely prompted by scnti-basis.

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mentality," he said. "They were A memorandum from the Air mostly

Chiang Ministry told the pro-Madame

Committee Kai-shek. She was the darling of that there

was close ilaison every American housewife and with the U. S. air forco every American bachelor.

cocooning, and that the results) He spoke with regret of the of their much larger experience way that the

Chinese people re- were available to us. sident in America had been When the Committee visited overlooked. Only about 40,000 an aircraft storage depot to Chinese in America could vote, examine the cocooning of air- that no political group craft they found that nothing. thought it worth their while to was known there of this liaison bother about them. In many or of its results.

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cities the Chinese were still The Admiralty have used the living in ghetto-like conditions. cocoon method to seal whole; Only since the war had this ahips. It takes nearly 12 months "silent blocks" of Chinese been to treat ab aircraft carrier, recognised as people deserving It costs about £1,000 to cocoon of notice.

a destroyer or frigate. Before On the future of those Chinese the ship is finally sealed, the scholars in America at the air is extracted from it, dried, moment, due to return to China and put back again.

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