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THE CHINA MAIL," MONDAY, NOVEMBER /2, - 1959.

Cummings TAKES THE MOTOR SHOW FOR A RIDE

Motora frighten me

when they're moving

Why, tell

tell me, should the show always have to go on?

The

THE first time I ever heard the curious cliche

"The show must go on," I asked "Why?" man who had just made the remark looked at me uneasily and changed the subject.

Down the years 1 bave sought Information on this matter as the pecasion has risen. Fer, ict the fact be confessed. I entirely fall to see why the show must g

Now

we have the case of George Gee who at the age

on.

of 64, dropped dead on clage the other night.

simple-and Is to be found in the box office. I am not accus- ing Coventry's Mr Pughe of having the fiscal side of things uppermost in bis mind, for be, clearly, is genuinely caught in the Brio

strange cf this tradition.

But suspect that originally

it had its roots in the fact that

My own idea of what const some canny management-pre- tutes seemly behaviour on much

ocentions would have dictated

Irving, maybe laid 11 down

that in no circumstances was

an instant hall to the proceed an malence ever to be given its

Ings (it wea a performance of money back.

The Merry

Widow"), brief So, from that time on, actors

announcement to the audience, and actresses have solemnly and goid-night everyone.

But "in the finest tradition of the stage." 10 quote Mr George Pushe. manager of the Coventry Theatre, "he show had to go on. No one questioned the decision."

Quick...

When Mr Gee crashed to the ground dead, another member of the cast rd libbed: "Don't take the news low badly, old fellow.

Quick thinking, Declares The bomiring Mir Pughe: "It Wan ♫ clever

doubt.

allowed themselves to be "suckered" inta going elant with this preposterous business.

...and they frighten me when they're standing still.

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As I left I saw sorne cars in which I could travel at 120 miles an hour, but as was in a hurry to get back to the office and wanted to be sure of averaging 15 miles an hour: I returned by Underground (1030 model).

PRIVATE LINE by Chapman Pincher

If it be accurate that before the end of that performance of "The Merry Widow" the other night "the cast were in tears," must have been cause for Acute embarrassment

all to concerned. not to mention considerable speculation on the the new Minister for part of the audience.

Debunked

It fell to Mr Noel Coward a

he

THE situation facing THE

Mr Duncan Sandys,

is so

DISCLOSING THE

that the Prime Minister TRUTH ABOUT

has set up

a working party of top civil ser- van's to tackle it. They

will detail his share-out THE DEMOTION

few years back to debunk the thing to soy. The audience whole tawdry business in never really knew the truth." characteristically witty style.

to me 10 It seems

tum To colleague David Lowin entirely on a question of taste, sang his then newly-composed of responsibilities with

what constitutes ditty:- end of course good ste is always a matter of discussion.

I was brought up to show

respect in the presence of death,

Why must the show go on? The rule is surely not

immutable,

und the idea of completing A It might be wiser and more musical comedy while one of

suitable

the est is lying dead in the Just to close wings I had totally unaccept- If you are in the thoes

Of personal grief and private

able.

Is it suggested that if a player were to be killed during a game

work,

Why stifle a sob

nl football, the game would While doing a job nevertheless Lif completed? Most of you will remember that only a few weeks back a jockey killed ut Ascot. Result:

When if you use your head You'd go out and grab

was the ricing

celled.

real of the afternoon's

immediately Wha

Cin-

to

I

I would very much like

this weird stege know how tradition arose, and when. would also like to know how

and actors

actresses many really like it.

Bravado

me lo

At best it seems to smack of phoney bravado watch has little to recommend it.

At worst I have the uneasy feeling that the answer is very

Just Arrived

A comfortable vab And go right home to bed Because you're not giving us

much fun

The "laugh clown laugh"

routine's beên Overdone, ▾

Overd.ne? I'll say it has. My hat will be off to the Hrst theatrical manager who has the courage to break with this dis- Lasteful tradition and announce, "The show will not go on!"

-Rene MacCOLL

• All rights reserved by Noel Words and muslo Coward. copyright by Noel Coward.

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Mr Harold Watkinson,

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SECRETS

Big Jim's

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big holes

By A Correspondent

Durban.

TEN who make deep

ME

holes in the ground. are making big money In South Africa these days.

Those at the top, or rather those who get to the bottom quickest, earn £630 month, or £7,030 n year and more.

I have been watching the pro- Tess zome of these men have Deen making towards the centre of the earth on the Far West Rand

There is a team there of 48 whites and 353 Africans led by GfL 2ins, heavily built Jim MacAlpine.

for Gold

Big Jim the master sinker and he and his team are sink- ing vertical shafts of 20ft. In diameter to a depth of 10,00011., with another 2,000ft, added if necessary.

The prize is gold-hundreds et millions of £'s worth for the companies concerned.

On October 1, Jim MacAlpine end his team started on B record-breaking. 30-day effort after mashing one world record by getting down 922 feet in the previous 30 days.

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They knocked sideways Russian record in the Don Basin of getting a smaller, 21ft. Gin.-in- diemeler shaft down 866 fret.

Jim MacAlpine got the taste cases of rheumatoid for smashing records et. the orthritis in the last eight years, Parkside colllery at Menton-le- a team led by Dr Willlam Cope- | Willows In Lancashire two yours man, The nation's leading ago.

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IN BRITAIN

He was at Menton-le-Willows

Most of the patients, who with a team of South Africans were crippled before the treat-under the forraer South African ment, have returned to their cricket captain Jack Cheetham.

Their job was to sink two jobs. In 15 cases the drug has been

without any shafts for the colllery quickly; they broko all British shari- relapse,

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he had repeated rows with the

could hardly ' quality him handle the delicate problems

Secretaries.

Foreign

both

For this reason Sandys and Watkinson are

Supply Ministry, will take, three greatly increased powers the quickening trend to the Colonial or months, but the main results are originally given to Mr Sandys. to be outlined in Parliament

As a member of the Cabinet FOON.

Sandy's will have more influence After talking to the two than

the

former Supply Ministers and to Earl Mount Minister, who was not ballen I am left in no doubt that Cabinet rank, but he has Me Macmillan must declare that assured Watkinson that he will for the whole of Mr Sandys's not do any back-seut driving,

between military work, policy will be Sandys is left in no doubt that decided

Khrushchev directed by the formerly Mr Iain Macleod has now been and much more Junior Mr Walkin

perferred to him a u future revealed · after son.

Prime Minister. He was not offered

Office, and Whitehall the Colonial where Macleod has gone. Fail with secret signala ing this he would much rather armament. have remained

Defence

'UNWIELDY'

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My Inquiries recently con- potermined to avoid giving that far more was rise to any reports of fric- Elsenhower Rion between them.

vince me

than

WRE

their meetings.

The cables between Washington DRUG CURES

are

bumming about dia-

Further, too many big names are disappearing from the bomb business.

CRIPPLES

The U.8. Space Agency is seeking permission to set up a station for tracking satellites at Lasham, Iants, or. Winkfeld. Berks.

Permission will be granted. About 25 British scientists will operate it tree in return for the equipment and the information sent back from space.

But they will not be able to track the first British satellites scheduled to

The orbils

In South Africa Jim has the help of Basulas, the only Africans on the continent who will undertake work which makes all other Africans shudder in horror,

The minimum they can earn la £30 monthly. It all goes into their pockets for everything else And that is provided for them. is big-time money for Africans.

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for Finance Corporation U.S. launching pads in two Industry, in London:-

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machinery Minister.

tho Mr Victor Macklin, The anti-rheumation gland. Americans for

Scouts room to the seat at the ́ right which creates this position was I am told Sandys does not

which known in the U.S. as “The poor hand of power. TozOTTOW fashioned by Sandys as part of expect to remain in his new Whitehall's specialist on atomic extract called ACTI his determined plan to bring post for more than 18 months, armament, has now decided to faded into the limbo of forgot- man's rocket" will not pass will himself have to take up the

wonder-drugs after the over Britain.

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All Britons should be able to mark the culmination of 'what under Defence Ministry control. is being held in reserve

see an hemlated U.S. satel- might be called the unconscious clared its sister sensation cor- the atom's peaceful uses. Sandys has been gunning for replace Mr Selwyn Lloyd as

movement his one to be no more effective lite which, if successfully put "suffragette” Sandys suspects the Supply Ministry cince he left Foreign Secretary--later.

1,000-mile-high-orbit, solence, It five years ago, convinced that

apparent present fate may in part be due than aspirin, looks like making into Watkinson has

will fash four times a minute.

*-*-*-*-*-fLondon` Express Service), It was hopelessly unwieldy, Now ambition to impose any defence to the persistent reports that a come-back. he has shot the albatross he finds policy of his own. himself with half its caress round his neck.

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leave the Defence Ministry at ten to the year's end to concentrate on Medical

Indeed, after my talks I do not think any White Paper on De- fence will be issued for 1880.

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Dover.

WHEN a group of boys from a reformatory were on Cross-country run recently, Harvey James Wilson, 20, kept on running and disappeared.

Police are still looking for Wilson.

Nottingham,

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