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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1958.

“Sh! I heard him telling Mum ho's had enough Silverstone for, one year so ho'll put our motors where we can't got thom."

London Express Bervice

DON IDDON'S DIARY *

THEY CALL Mr MURPHY

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COMING TO THE CHINA MAIL Aboard the Queen Elizabeth, money-not their weight-West

The China Mail, which has brought to the people of Hongkong such unique reading as the serialised versions of the war memoirs of Bir Winston Churchill and General Eisenhower, has now com- pleted arrangements with ttie London Sunday Express for exclusive publication In the Colony of what is, unquestionably. one of the outstanding literary contribu tions of this year-perconal reminiscences and historical background associated with the Coronation by His Royal Highneas the Duke of Windsor.

The Suite of Windsor doen not attempt to recount the ceremonial details of the Coronation service itself. But he vividly recorde la recalicetiens of two earlier Coronations which he attended- those of King Edward VII and Nis, father, King George V. And he also acts forth come compolling observatione on the func tions and Influence of the British Crown in the 20th century.

Intergating anecdotes help to make this an absorbing as well as an authorita. tive document.

This topical series by the Duke of Windsor is in four Instalments.

The first will appear in the China Mall on SATURDAY NEXT, May 23; the cecond on Saturday, May 30; the third on Saturday, June 0, and the fourth and last on Saturday, June 13.

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New York. GARDEN Sadler's Wells have. chance to inherit 100,000 dollars from a frustrated componer if they pro duce one of his operasTM New York Metropolitan, hda the first refusal.

In the fetime of McNair Ligenfritz, who died on April 12, aged 08, the Metropolitan re- fused to it a balon for his "Phedro" or "La Passant”. But It gets the money if now.it changes its mind.

IC the "Mel" refuses and Covent Garden and :: Sadler's Wells also cannot bring thefd- selves to produce one or the other, the executors will make the same offer to the Paris, Brussels, Nice, and Monte Carlo Operas.

If everyone refuses, the money goes to the Art Assoria- tion of Newport, Rhode Island, to build a memorial art gullery. in his honour.

The Ilgenfritz will also tries

to tempt the Monte Carlo ballet or Ballet Theatre | into produc- ing his ballet "Burma".

The first to do so gets: 2,000 dollara (£700).

TY/HEREVER stay-at-home

New Yorkers turn they are

going to run into the Corona- tion.

First. Wanamaker's depart- ment store put on their London at Coronation Time show of British goods. A great success.

100.

Now Radio City Music Hall 1< going to turn itself Into Westminster Abbey. They will crown a beautiful young actress In "thrilling replica of the forthcoming ceremonies in the real Abbey."

by

16

There will be

a court ballet the musle hall's ballet

and tho troupe

Rocketto Chorus Girls will "Change the guard" at the Polace.

Now Billy Charbonneau, the

boy from

1

Ontario who saved up to spend three inonths in England, has an American rival.

For two years William Spit- cell of Fensauken, New Jersey, cut lawns and delivered nows- papers. He earned 800 dollars and is off to see the Coronation. He also will. visit relatives for three months.

and with his father has manufacturer: Ralph Reed, pre- voyage. The captain, Commo- fought A HIS is the biggest about

Ane battle

for the sident of the American Press dore H. Grattidge, a friend of Brilish against the ship afloat and, 1

choleric Company; James Mulr, president mine, asked me in for a drink at the Colonel McCormick.

of the Royal Bank of Canada, "No news for you, my lud. No think, the best. purser's table. On my right However, Marshall thinks that and Henry Bristol, chairman of Cormation stowaways, no sens

Her gister, the is

Lions, nothing-everyone Mrs Roland Robinson, I and the British generally have the Bristol Myers Company.

Big

business-bankers, Queen Mary, runs her close, the attractive blonde wife been getting too steamed up

in- happy." but the Mary is a few years of the M.P. for Blackpool about

Senator McCarthy. dustrialists, magnates, miillon-

SHOW BUSINESS older and not quite so large. South. She was born, in.build the man up.

He keeps telling me "Don't aires crowds the ship.

McCarthy's There are also hundreds of Because I travelled on the Chicago, but most of her not as big or formidable as all little people making their first THE new film, "Shane."

Western, with Alan Ladd. Is to Europe-schoolteachers maiden voyage of the United life she has lived in Eng- that." I don't agree, but don't trip States last year, people- land.

say much. After all, the fellow and shopgirls and typists and being called a classle in New commercial travellers, Jamming York. The newest play, "Men owns the Sun Times, officers and passengers and She tells me she has Field talks high finance and the cabin and the tourist classes of Distinction" starring Robert Presian, closed after only four stewards keep asking me never had a headache in newsprint, two subjects which I of the liner.

The All the passengers are appor- performances. Without distine- how the American ship, the her life, never even taken don't know much about. Blue Riband holder, com- an aspirin. As most of us ship is loaded with newsprint ently in love with the Queen Elizabeth. The beautiful Mrs people. Apart from Sir Erle

Greer Garson plans her debut pares with the Queens.

perpetual pill-takers, Bowater, there is Philip Walker, Marshall Field tells me: "There It is silly to try to draw this has impressed

ship anywhere in the on Broadway, probably in the our Mr. P. Fox and Mr C. J. Fox. world like this one."

London hit "Dear Charles." ANOTHER Coronation tourist Aboard the table. comparisons.

and a

American group of

One of the most interesting Dioken

Shakespeare,

Shaw.

wad A did not make It. He was fill- Queens there is

the Now York taken off a London-bound air- supreme On my left is Julia magnates.

Sir Eric, with his white, wave the one-time member of Parlia theatres. There is a tremendous liner five minutes before take-

passengers is Kenneth Linday, luxury and service. There McCarthy (no relation to hair, his ruddy skin, and his ment and education expert who Dickens vivas, atmerbread off. In his pocket was another

8 majesty.

the Senator), who is society elegant manner, dominates the editor of America's biggest group. He tells the Americans: got bashed on the head by a Emlyn Williams's superb read man's passport and n

see the other week.

"The Grass Harp," by Truman newspaper, the New York am going to plant the Union Policeman in Nashville Tennes- ings.

Jack bang in the middle of Daily News, and

He was the victim of mistaken Capote, has, been revived, but writes Tennessee at my factory there, identity and poller brutally how long it will play is doubtful, under the name of Nancy just to show what the British Lindsay is worried about "the Barry Jones, who has made Randolph.

can do," The Americans are growing climate of fear in the some fine British Okna, has bea

United States," and hopes it lured to Hollywood. Julia is full of wicked "wed into silence.

We also have aboard one ex- won't warp

twist men's Stewart Grange: Spencer Tracy, and James Mason are all Mrs Robert Kennaston; Most people, however, are not being discussed for the title role the United States holds the print them as I don't want Giovanni Bulloni, the spaghetti worrying about much on this in "Rebinson Crusoe." Atlantic crossing record has to be sued for libel,

THE United

is no

BRIGHT LADY

States, slick, fast, chromium plated, brightly coloured lady, is fancy and a lot of fun, but no one could call anecdotes about the famous flm star, Billie Dove, who is minds. her regal, The fact that and the rich, but I cannot now

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a

Julia has an elaborate not made any difference to bookings aboard the Queen gold bracelet which has

crown-and-an inseription: Elizabeth the Queen Julia McCarthy, Corona- Mary.

There isn't a spare cabin tion of Queen Elizabeth, Sho tells me or bank aboard this vast June 1968."

breathlessly: "Shake my 83,679-ton liner this

hand. What do you know? voyage..

- I have a seat in the

on

The 2,176 passengers evidently think it peculiar has a seat in the Abbey I'

Abbey. Mama's little girl

LIFE IN CHUNG

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card. John Philip Konak purchased on the other man's parted his own plature over the other man's passport picture and took his name.

The other many was · en air- line official. And a travel agent. asked police why An airline official should be buying "a ticket for his own airline from

him.

THE AMAZING

SUNG CAMPMUO

BY PRIVATE GEORGE CHAMBERS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ROBIN PAGE

the Coronation of Queen WITH THE NOBS A world, in a Communist Just home from a prisoner of war comp

ly appropriate to travel to

Elizabeth aboard the Queen Elizabeth.

T the other end of the

prisoner-of-war camp in

ment Went' with good or The camp.

Politics dia crop

much at". first:

cou

tually shake later article,

clue to their die in the remark make; Provides friendly hepble o 20 gbog

Probably.

ly the most stancimber at the camps were

events which DE CH

THIS also impressed our North Korea, 27 Britons in Korea, Private George Chambers, of host of I think the Cunard people table. Also at the purser's from Tyneside are amazing Newcastle, England, has a might have dressed the ship table are Mr and Mrs W. J. their Chinese guards and memories, still fresh in his mind, of the up more with the Corona Murphy, who run an or- 1,200 American and other tion motif. There is a print ganisation called "V.I.P." British soldiers by showing two years he spent in Chinese hands

stuff He of a painting of Queen for very important people, them the sort of

tells of his experiences in thred Blizabeth on the staircase and who arrange every- Northumberland and Dur- articles, of which this is the first leading to the first-class thing for everyone.

hum people are made of. dining-room, but it is not They rent anything from I should know. I've just

siced the particularly good, and the castles to Mayfair flats, and got back home to Newcastle afterwards to go on to on inter shops on this Fifth Avenue take care of the rich and again after two years in comp "Olymples" which had Chinese for whatever equip, the Christmages all sponte,

ment We needed for our* camp aflont have photographs of the restless. They started that incredible camp near Beileve it or not, the Chinese shows and sports. Wouldnt the Queen and various their "V.I.P." business 11 the Yalu River.

had helped us to organise this aways Bet all we asked for, Coronation knick-knacks, years ago and have

They will still be wonder- affair. They wore very keen to but we always got satisfaction.

this I will say but I believe

promote all types of activity,

about these should a lot of money and ing as I was wondering and all sorts of sporting events Chinese; whenever they made a have risen to the occasion friends.

only a few weeks ago when were to be held at the Olymplen permise you could rely on it. with banners and royal in-

when

the This was typical of the friend- Sometimer Some of the time I have the day will come

things like signia and replicas of the, dined upstairs, in the they will be repatriated. I ly attitude of our captors. In guitars, drums, mouth-organ Crown Jewels, perhape, in veranda grill, whero tho can assure you there is, no fact, they helped us to eat up which we asked for took a long ter than the list. Ona dĹžthe

on organisation for the express time to arrive but arrive they the lounges. However, every nobs and nabobs cat and, one in the world with such purpote of ventilating our always did if they had been ono seems happy.

where there is an extra a personal interest in peace grouses, demands and surges promised.

talks... charge on each meal.

But I'll bet that mean-

Wo

SMOOTH SAILING

made

been arrangeti.

tioire.

the dietosilvali

The Celebrations insted for five days, with variety con certs, pantomime, extra tions, and gifts.) Boll

sa-

Last Christmas was even bet-

members of the Peace Com- mittee dressed up as Banta Claus was pulled into the comp .a sledge by ten of the chape, distributed; presents to the

Of course, it must be remem- bered that during all this time wa didn't receiva

ningle

on

men.

We got 40 cigarettes kach,

I have been the guest IT has been an exception either of Sir Eric Bowater, while they are taking darn Each section had and stilt parcel through the usual agency

ally smooth voyage.

of newsprint fame, or Mar- ed good care of themselves, hosis "Daily Life Committee," of the Red Cross, The Chinese: Jade ornament, sweets, Chinelle it was whicky, a.Boitie of beek the pro-

What great lads they are which was properly elected by didn't allow it, saying The passenger list is not shall Field Jun.,

cigarette holders, and other It had its president, "a Capitalist organisation." and what great footballera, us the men.

Was this friendliness on the things i particularly star-studded, prietor and Editor of the everyone else in camp knew to vice-president, and others in

foelicken 魏。 To cap it all wa go! although I am told we have Chicago Sun Times, so this their cost. Twice in succession charge of entertainments, mes part of the Communists

sofleming-up process so that we

to cat. at least 45 millionaires extra 10s. has not worried we carried off the Chung Sung ing, sporis, and so forth.

Of course, thees were the Camp Cup, competed for by aboard, most of them re..

company teams from five foot- men was also the were more ready for indoctring highlights"; of -- this?) amazing

τα what was tion of their philosophy? Americans.

Marshall Field and I are old ball leagues in the camp. " called "The Camp Peace Com It didn't strike me like this, prison camp in North Ep friends, and, have crossed the] Seven-eighths of the pas Aulantic together before. **

As I was leaving for home, mittee wilch met every two not the chaps at the camp. Most of the 363:

am no expert at In a year we had, a sect.routine some of them were setting off to weeks and tools our demands While I sengers are Americans, but

He belongs to the merchant-four other POW camps for and suggestions to the Com- politics It seemed to me that. Tomorrow I want to tell

they realised that good treat, about this day-to-day existence. they are only throwing their prince family of the Middle | "Away" zhatches, and were munists."

The