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HOW THE STONE WAS TAKEN FROM THE ABBEY

had

CAME back to Glas- gow to resume school. I had said I would go to my friends in Birming- ham on the first Sunday after the New Year to bring the car and the Stone to Glasgow.

not.

But, in Glasgow, I met one of my collaborators. It was until then the others knew where my half of the Stone was, but they had not been unduly worried, for they knew it was safe.

to

They would not allow me go south, because they believed it dangerous for a girl of my description to be seen driving a Ford Anglia. There

was still a police watch on the roads, so one "of the others set off-by-train.

DROVE CAR BACK TO GLASGOW

I telephoned my friend in England saying "my boy friend would call." She knew

to

an

establish

alibi

The Stone of Destiny in two parts was removed from Westminster Abbey on Christmas morning. One portion was in the boat of the car driven by 22-year- old Kay Matheson. She set off alone from London to bring her portion of the Stone back to Scotland. Because of bad roads and the closing police not, she left it in the custody of a young Scots couple in the Midlands and went home to Ross-shire by train.

By KAY MATHESON the girl in the story

was told-nothing-of-the-reason- for my trip. I spoke to my nother in Gaelic. She under stood the danger of the situation and I left immediately again for Glasgow.

from

what I meant, and, when he late

He went down by train, collected the car and drove back to Glasgow without incident.

and to

Once there I was completely. out of touch with my collabora- to, and learned of what the pollée were doing only through other helpful parties, some of whom were complete strangers.

lo got back co, quickly was that they had hired the cur for only a week and dare not risk being on returning it In case questions were asked,

late

Back in Glasgow, thay secured the use of a Jaguar car and four men-two now supporters had Joined the rantes-made off for Rochester.

One of the party was a beard-

stan who had strong

ed

pirations.

the feld,

with our Scottish as-

When they reached they found it occupled by grusies, who had encarre near the

where the apot Stone of Dastiny rested:

The gypsies very kindly turned a blind eye while it was loaded into the car and driven off. In London, the front seat of the Jaguar was removed and the Stone part in its place, and the Scots conspirators drove it north on Hogmanay.

THE EXPLOIT WAS WORTHWHILE

The same day, the Englishman came by train, bringing the Jaguar seat. He actually at- tended a meeting in St Andrew's

Hall to celebrate the return of the Stone, and got up and asked -to questions. I wanted to that meeting, but was advised not to because we knew the hall

I feel the exploit was worth- was alive" with detectives.

BEGO

HAT

by EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE

RS ELEANOR

ROOSEVELT

en-

tered Studio Two at Broadcasting House 11t 10.30 in the morning and for six hours, with a brief pause for lunch, cross-examined

Britain.

ופנת of

A procession

and women walted their turn to be grilled for an average of 23 minutes each.

Scientist SIR ROBERT WAT-

SON-WATT on radar, MRS

PETER COCHRAN, London publisher's wife, on the news- print famine and child wel- tare, Tory M.P. RODENT BOOTHBY on Aneurin Bevan,

gravate and perplex the Eng- Nish these

days 57-year-old bubbles MISS WEND WOOD with Scottish national ardour.

have developed such ardour la But exactly why she should

difficult to see, Her nephew,

SPIKE

the MR

HUGHES, muste critic, says: "As far us I am aware Wendy hasn't a drop of Scots blood in her body."

"ALL 'spilc: sheer spite," rald Wendy when tackled. She was, in fact, born in Muld- stone, Kent.

She says her Zather was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, of a half-Irish father and a Welsh mother,

How does Wendy get

Socialist M.P. FREDERICK that? She simply says:

ELWYN JONES on rarming

over "It

the Germans and the Schummm deg has a litler in a cat's bas-

kel, doesn't mean that Plas

ZIUA FOR 68-year-old Mrs Roose-

ore kitiems.

the Morcover,

velt it was just another "Day I've got 'second sight."

a broadcast version of her. famous

"

"My Day."

newspaper column

She works to an inflexible

schedule. She had only reach-

Geneva, and

Into the sun

HERE is no income tax in

the Bahamas. Inheritance

el London the previous mid- tax is two and a half percent. night from

re- And the min shines all the lurned two days later.

time. Offered coffee after her for morning's work recording American listeners she glanced at her watch, apologised, and left in her lunch hour to in- spect a W.VS. exhibition with Lady Reading.

When does she relax? In her car going to her next engage- ment, said her secretary.

Class mixture

LADY

So the "movement" towards the Badmas continues. LADY BAILLIE, sictor of racehorse- owner Dorothy Paget, recently pak £50,000, for a Nossau home.

IN March SIN VICTOR for SASSOON paid £150,000 no estate.

Recently AIR FRANCIS TRE- LAWNY WILLIAMS, brother- in-law of the ninth Duke of

CAROLINE Grafton, flew to the island of frem his Comish MONTAGU-DOUGLAS- Eleuthera SCOTT is the fourth of PRIN- home, Pentir, which has been

brides- ELIZABETH'S CESS

ild to the Duchy of commoner". wall. malds to marry a

commoners is In Marrying vogue in plushy circles. Why?

He and

Because more daughters of Lougin nobility are going out to work.

Father's purse will no longer KAT work they meet a class

them.

of men new to them. Men whose fight up the career lod- der invests them with a dit ferent sort of glamour:

of

royal

Of 100 recent marriages led women, 60 married plain misters. LADY ELIZABETI

another LAMBART, bridesmaid, went to work 11 the sales department of a book

boss.

Corn-

have

his friends

which an estate there includes Lord Monsell's house. They plan among other pro- jects to build a golf course.

In Nosso LORD KEMSLEY House, has bought Worswick owned by. A Cardian who made a fortune out of oil in Mexico, and named after him.

Mr Warwick has built still better house not far away. Duke at work

publisher's. She married her Ite

So much to read HEAR that MR HERBERT

I MORRISON is unpleasantly

of

deep northwest Sutherland, on the DUKE OF WESTMINSTER'S 70,000- Forest Estate, a acre Reay grcal and fine development 15 taking place,

It should provide work for 50 happy the amount surprised by

at another decade for work particularly reading farm-workers. work-which Is the lot of a There the 72-year-old duke Foreign Secretary.

has a herd of 40 T.T. catue His predecessor, Mr Bevin, Aberdeen Angus, Ayrshire, and

wag

u most: conscientious Dairy Shorthorns. Soon he is

expected to expand the Mr Morrison, with his dm- with Highlands and

reader. Paired eyesight, does not take Highlands." kindly to extensive reading.

This will make it difficult for him to get a firm

detailed of the foreign affairs.

aspects

Bloodless Scot

herd'

West

of

Thirty thousand aerts relling hill posture have

been grasp prepired

for Cheviot sheep. of Twelve new cottages are going

up for employees.

Until they are completed the men go to work in the duke's buses. The duke himacilf lives at Lechmore, an eight-bedroom-

S leader of the Scottish

Patriots* Association-one ed lodge.

more ex-

local folks were loyal to me. Scotland. I know because of Even when Mr McGrath ques- the shoals of letters I have had of the minor and tioned a local car hirer about ever since the police approached citable Scottish bodies that ag- my movements he got short me. Many from England were

at

scurrilous, but many more were

have

also had offers of

after We returned Shorty

I may say that I was inform London, we arranged to ed as soon as Mr McGrath

and the petition to the the other Scotland Yard man which was left at the stepped on to the train at Lon-

offee. Daily Record (Glasgow) arrived, recognised him, for Daily Record (Glas

don to come north. s was done to make clear our This

Meanwhile, police were mak- they had met at Glasgow matives in removing the Stone ing quiet inquiries around my while, and I am girl had a University.

assure the authorities and the public that the Stone home. They even had a Gaelic part in it. It has brought the came attention of the English to the was not in irresponsible hands, speaking constable who

should om Ross-shire on the job, but fact that we are dimsatisfied in thought we Later we make yet another appeal. MESSAGE NAILED The second half of the

TO CHURCH DOOR

shrift. Stone was then taken to n

Ian Hamilton and I motored

When

I was questioned sympathetic. house in Glasgow where the

Edinburgh from Duncraig I found they know a through to other part already lay. The Glasgow, and, under cover of great deal, but not everything, two pieces fitted together darkness, railed to the door of They were quite considerate, a fatherly perfectly. Actually, my part St. Giles Cathedral the message and treated me in of the Stone was brought suggesting that the future rest sort of way.

of the Stone should ing place north on the day of the be considered by a National As THE OTHER PART Glasgow University Rec sembly called by Scottish Con- OF THE STONE torial installation ceremony. vention. The note was fixed to the door with one of the nails Shortly afterwards, the brough: from the door of West- to Stone was removed to the minster Abbey to prove that it outskirts of Glasgow, but, was a genuine appeal.

We latt St. Glies' unobserved after that, I lost trace of it, and made our way back It was moved from place to Glasgow. It was shortly after place, and I did not want to this that I gave up my post in know its location. We had Glasgow to take up an appoint done what was required of ment in Ross-shire. us, and others had taken over..

SOMEONE TIPPED POLICE OFF

Some per- ple seem 10 think I went -to Duncraig Castle School to get out of It was feared that once police the way, but inquiries closed in on us we might under Interrogation reveal that is not so. where the Stone was. For that I was always reason, we were purposely kept anxious to get in the dark. Before we lost back home to sight of it, however, the Stone Ross-shire,

had been repaired.

It was the middle of January but that the police first approached wanted

kad

ex-

me. Someone had tipped them perience of off, There is no doubt about city schools that at all.

They seemed to know quilo

T

first. Duncraig

Appealed

to

the

bit, but had been wrongly in- formed about some of my move me as I con- ments. But, since I was suppos- aldered

teaching staff ed to be at home over Christmas,

thero were It

was apparent the police did not know, otherwise, I had doing some

and

thing practi-

to get home quickly to warn

cal to atop the friends and establish ati alibi.

Through Nationalist friend, depopulation a straborwa contacted" who of the High- offered to drive me home. He lands,

to

When they left, I did not try contact my fellow con- pirators in the south because I am convinced that it was just what the police hoped I would do. Nor did they contact me.

How my three friends and one other helped to get the other part of the Stone away has been fold to me by them.

POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTER

"The Dean ways to tell. Mr. Barry that, he" dares say it - would make a nice surþrlar to have it in the Dome of Discovery, but now It's back. 3. Alęs staying back 12 ye

help should I be in danger of arrest, and a noter launch was made ready to whisk me off had I so desired.

in

Now the Stone is back, we must not forget why it was taken the first place. I should like to see the Stone given a place of honour in Scotland's first Government House,

whenever that may be.

Brought up in the Highlands, saw all around me the hard- ship of life there, WASN'T GETTING A FAIR DEAL

I raw the dreadful road They got it into the Ford Surfaces, heavy freight charges and innumerable dostacles which Anglia unob- are slowly strangling the in- served and dustries which would bring back made straight life and spirit to a

for Rochester

to look for a

who

desire to

to live

there people

but through of circumstances, mainly force of

mic. are being driven to the south or the

An

likely hiding om place. A shel- fered fold dominions.

Scotland was not getting a the seemed

fair deal, When I was still at heaven sent Dingwall

Academy I took answer. They interest in home rule movements conocaled the 'ana

and joined the Scottish National Stone

there, Party. When Scottbh Conven- noted the spot tion was formed, I realised that woll and here was a movement that met made off my ideals-a free Scoland

within

the framework of the United Kingdom.

north,

-------I · -- bellove-

were

they stopped and !!.. qucation-

I joined and became active in

All those who were with me in removing the Stone are, de- ed once, but termined that Scotland should were able to be given her rightful pace as a

tho

nation, and accorded the dignity authority of her own parliament.

The. reason, that they had"

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