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THE CHINA MAIE, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1958.

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Behind A Newly-Cleaned

Londott THE long process of

washing West- minster Abbey's blackened walls and pillars recently reached án obscure tablet in a Corner of the North Transept.

It is dedicated to the memory of Junus Hanway, whose namo (ays) will ever live whilst active plety shall distinguish and The Christion: Integrity frui): shati recommend The British Merchant; and universal kindness shall characterise The Citizen of The World."

Tablet In Westminster Abbey Lies The Story Of!

The Man Who

Brought The Brolly To Britain

So much for prophecy. For They jeered at

Jonas Hanway for all netive piety. his Integrity

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And

truth, his universal kindness, is Mr Hanway at first....

remembered today-when he la

remembered at all-only be

cause it is he who first intro- but he set a fashion

duced the umbrella into Britain.

He is the original Umbrella

Man.

The umbrella itself, of course,

Is thousands of years old.

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for men about town and

came from the East. Pythagoras for Prime Ministers

carried one. The Roman legions were Issued with

then including "A proposal for seving; Some of them even moke as if

And it from £70,000 to £150,000 protection from dazzle.

to to run him down. come to England. the begin the public. And at the seme ning of the eighteenth century

Hime rendering 5,000 persons of to protect the ladies from the

"both tezea mure happy to the Fun,

selves and useful to the country thou if so much money were expended on their account."

To objeel to being rained upon was 4 then considered Jones elfeminate, Hanway who put an end to that.

Portsmouth

But slowly over the yeare thre practice of currying, or wearing umbrellas is taken up, first by a few

eccentrics or gallante, later by the gentlemen of the

iown,

The

Respectable

back from the House to Down- ing Street, he raised it to defend himself.

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It was at the height of the Irish trouble. He thought man who tecosted him was a Sian Feiner, aboul to attack him. All the man wanted was an autograph.

But of all our Prime Ministers nune gave himselt more whole- heartedly to the broily than Mr Neville Chamberlain. One of 'his suppliers was the Piccadilly firm of Swaine Adeney and Brigg and Sons Ltd., Whips and Umbrellas.

"Yes, we all have a big trede in whips," says Mr McGuire, the manager "1 can say what sort of umbrella it was," he added with a discretion which would have pleased Mr Chamberlain, "but be definitely carried A Brigg."

His philanthropic activity won him not only a tablet In the

Today umbrellas make big Abbey. He also had e street

statistics. Three or four million named after him near the

clergy helped to make are manufactured every year. He was born in Portemouth in Tattenham Court Road. But the them respectable in the early More than 70,000 were left on umbrella remains his ahiding days. They came in handy albuses and tubes in London last 1712 and at the age of 17 was apprenticed to a Litbon mer-memorial. It is not known how the graveside during the reading year. Indispensable for the man chial, Later he went

into be came to be the first man to of the burial service. partnership. as a merchant in wear it to ward off the rain. But St Petersburg, but after seven It is known that his practice years he left to travel in Persia aroused widespread derision. before settling in England again

to devote himself to writing and

charitable work.

A

of

Pavements

the

Soldiers took to them. The Duke of Wellington's great umbrella can now be seen al the United Servlees Museum. So many of his officers, however, carried them at the front that

about down, they are mart accessories for the fashionable wornin.

All Thanks

All thanks to Jonnt Hanway, He helped Lo round the

he was forced to proclaim: "It is he who has kept us (com- Pleture him stridlag Marine Society to encourage

approve of the use of paratively) dry all these ring recruitment to the Navy. He London pavements in the middle do rot

enemy a years. Come to think of it, he Governor became

the of the nineteenth century, Crics umbrellus during the

The firing!"

almost rates a plaque in St Foundling and the Magdalen of "Frenchy" mock him.

And the hackney

Prime Ministers lent their Paul's. Hospitals. He campaigned on chalr-men

conchmen, in particular, fearing authority to this new badge of

Ivan Yates behalf of the chimney-boys.

Bonar Lew carried one. loss of custom It patrons take to class.

And his writings? Seventy four printed works he published, I walking in the rain, leer at him. On one occasion, while walking

-(London Express Bervice).

Lost A Daughter-Got Another Brenda, 12

LEG-NIPPING CORGI WAS THE TERROR

OF THE TAX MEN

London.

JOY, an 11-month-old Corgl, was something of a

terror to the income-tax people. What made her day was getting her teeth into an official of the department of Inland Revenue.

She nipped persistently, at the. The sheriband - typte! Mis

of income-tax inspec- Marion Britten, said she had tors, both active and retired. ave teeth marks in her leg after

Once, it is true, Joy bit the Joy attacked her. nylon-covered log of a short- In Court to take the side of hand typist. But she, too. Joy was Mr Derek Ellcott, of Silver, Exeter, who worked for the Inland Revenue. Litie

The pecullar preference of pleaded not guilty to failing to sandy-coloured Joy was con- keep her under proper control. sidered last week in court at Exeter.

In retreat

Atan Empestor, Mr Wusim Lind said he was. Walking long footpath when "the corgi rushed out, bit me, and zushed back,"

*Safe How'

He said that Joy was not his owit, dog, he was looking after her for the owner. He did not dangerous and ink she was had never had any complaints. An order was made fór Joy be kept úntlar control. Later one: bt. Exeter's income tak

"Now we won't

A ruled Income-tax thedector, petals said: Mr William Toter, said that Joy have.

to take the long way any more arikl

Bad pdvanced upon him Burking round to work

FROM Cleveland, Trans

FROM

vaal, South Africa, comes the strange story of Mr and Mrs van Aswegan whose nine- year-old daughter, Maria, was recently killed in a street accident.

The next day n strange woman came to their door with Д child and said,

Died For

Love Of Her Dog

BRE

London. DRENDA HOLT lived for her dog. Butch, She died for him too.

FILMS

By ANTHONY FULLER

(Conid. from Pazo zi The answer is, we never do know what goes on in another person's mind, we can guess, but no two conclusions will be exactly the time, and our find ings will be conditioned by the kind of person we ara.

That is the cleverness of the whole thing, and why the Amertenn nima are taking a great step forward as creditvo art.

Ing br complex as por

trayed in the film, but we had this in common; at one of the stops we bad eaten something hot quite fresh, and as a consequence, we all had a mid-Asiátic version of the Hongkong dog.........

As "Zero Hour," has it, the plane go down

Or perhaps, merely recap- plots of the turing. In modern idiom, the with food poisoning, and as a Dann Andrewe former greatnces of the English consequence,

evel, not in its national sense. have to take over the plane, and his wife Linda Darnell who have written but of all greatly in the English language. Dana Andrews has other worries Gone is the cut and dried con- on his mind, both domestic and clusion, where the bad man is reminiscent, so you have a very very bad, and the good man lang and fatense scene as he taléa to bring in the passenger very good, and goodness is re-

As a reviewer should warded, and badness punished. plune.. Life is what it is, with all its never reveal plot, I want to say mysterier und unaccountable at this stage that his taking over ís, perfectly Togden, tricks. And this film is a plane chunk of life, raw and at times or rulls in the sequence with frightening, and yet again out streiching the long arm humorous.

casting

coincidence. ruperb, and the only fault is.

The plotting of this film Jerry Wald of all people should know that the Southern drawl is good, and the now familiar con as hard on our cars, as is the trol station to plane segirences cockney Recent on American are very well done, and as far as 1 could tell, very authentic. ears. Better stick to the accep-

The angle the scene is played 1oble standardisation understood from is good as for the first Ume In this kind of Alm, we aniversally. A truly good film,

have a passenger taking

'The

"From Ghouls and Gliostics, And long legged Beartier, And things that go boomp in

the night,

Good Lord, deliver us." - Old Cornish Litany. WELL, here we are back

WELL, nightmare

the aircraft.

of

Is

over

The suspense

sequence lasts for over Arty minutes, and it toll of the takes considerable audience, and there is consider- able handkerchier twisting and nail biting.

ground of the flim,

The cast is quite large for this brigade, this time in Mexico are well played, giving a more where a volcanle eruption authentic detail to the back- disturbs some heavyweight So If It's tense atmosphere and scorpions, and like most breath-taking excitement you things, including, humans, want, "Zero Hour" is your film. they are not at their best when disturbed in their So "The

O Important Is “Plau sleep, Scorpion" has 11.

Charn" that it to re- Consequently, they emerge to leased locally at three then. discover who has been knocking

Black

So

on their ceiling, and quite un tres at the, same time, the Hoover and justly, seem to hold the human Queen's, beings responsible for the dis- Liberty. "Dizu Charn"

turbance.

The only way they and Wes made by the Shaw Or- possible to prevent iccurrence ganisation of Hongkong, and of the noise is to wipe out all they plan to bring out such the members of the human race colossal productione for an within sight.

international market.

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As

this

a

As a horror film, I hold it is good of its type, and as we hove

a matter of fact, not had such a Aim for some particular film cost over

rpe, its appearance comes as a million dollars Hongkong and novelty. This time I do not while it carries huge prestige, itnow what makes this scorpion, the limited market or Hongkong 150 feet in length, and over 60 and other small areas in Asia feet high, operate, but I suspect enu never pay for such pro- trick photography, and double ductions. The film earned live exposures.

major awards at the 5th Asian Froducer Frank Melford has Film Festival, and the actress gone to an awful lot of trouble Linda Lån carried off the major achieve authentlelty, and to award. Now as a production, I qualifed to speak or pravide precise locale, moved his am

down Into Mexico to spectacle alone, for the subleties volcanic al- of dialogue and by-play, what achieve realistic

we call the business is tied mephore.

The Lee and Astor are pres up with language

Or its kind it

Filmed in Eastman colour, it enting this film. is very good, and I suppose you carries all the ancient charm of classy I relance the days of the Han Empire, would fantasy This is no publicity and the girl Linda Lin portrays lived, and so oral stunt, for I never te myself up actually with the blurb the distributors' tradition has it, prevented the present. This film is unfit for collapse of the Han Dynasty by children, and anywhere else, it creating a rift between compir- would receive an X Certificate. Ing elements of the Empire.

Linda 'Lin children

her a beautiful 1. am quite serious, should not be allowed to see this voice, and one is easily able to

30 nobody nightmare fantasy,

jeave follow the plot of the film. To the average European, 1 has all 'horrible that ancient wistful charm we associate with old scnehow China,

For when 12-year-old Brenda saw him run into the road, and heard a squeal of brakes, she was FRIGHTENED TO DEATH And Butch escaped unhurt.

The story of Brenda and Butch was told in a Birmingham Coroner's court Inst week.

Batch was in a dog's home when the little girl found him. Just a scruffy black mongrel pup that seemed to want.

a

Brenda had been promised

dog of her own once the family got a house,

So the stray, condemned to die if he wasn't claimed, became her pet.

them at home.

Good production; situation; a loathesome monster; spine chilling atmosphere. Lead taken by Richard Denning and Мага Corday: supported by Carlos Rivas and Mario Navarro,

Gotting onto firmer ground, the flim is well produced, and the characterisation is superb, the emusphere authentic, in the sense it seems right with the Wherever Brenda went Butch

plot, while the old sorTOW of And far away. Was never

ELIEVE it or not, I was long ago seems well brought out when she left her home in

B

situation The pictorial theme Warren Road, Washwood

once in a

pio!. Heath, with friend he similar to that shown in

From every angle it Is an tegged on behin

at "Zerb Hour," now the interesting picture, From the King's & Princess. I am technical angle a step into the

big pictures of the world. not saying that the pas an artistic adventure, and that schgers were

excit. 15 what it is, it is really great.

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Silent house

Here is a new daughter Ho frisked around their

heels. for you." But the van then scampered off the pave- ment. A passing car forked Aswegan's joy was short-

to a halt.

lived. The step-father of | Etenda was sick with fright. the child, named Cardiina She gathered him in her arms van Wyk came the next and carried him back to the day and took her away.

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house.

Suddenly she wont pale und collapsed in a chair, Minutes later she was dead.

Professor J. AL Webster, sald It was "a most unusual and extraordinary case,"

Once more the tah Aswe-At the inquest a pathologiat,

guns were heart-broken- until the very next day a couple came over and gave them their six-year-old daughter, Jeannette Cost- zee, for the Coetzee family were very poor and were only living in a single

room.

He agreed with the coroner, Mr

George Billington

that Brenda must have suffered a Baw great shock when she her dog nearly run over, fler distress led to heart failure.

And the only verdict Misadventure.

WAS

London,

Arthur

Last week the first papers

Hallway naiman for adoption were signed, and so happiness reigned Barrett and his wife will live once more in a heart-on the Job when he retires soon. broken house.

The

British

stato-owned Raliwaya agreed to sell him disused station. Barrett, sold he'll convert the porters' podm

wild mapping, Pitopk defen-kho tris, nions will be safe." Picture shows Mr and Mrs into a kichen, women's waiting

sive action by raising, toy voice.

Mr Tozer, the man who beat; · Jocobus: van Aswegan room and station master a odic.

I detarred her lightly, te retreat, added: "Bho is is

the returned to the attacks and bebulful intip dog: I'm the 1 hand bent u hasty roicchi, didn't have to be destroyed.

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