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A famous actor...
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Michael Redgrave
IR Michael Redgrave had a castelleto at
Shired
Portofino for the summer and a long holiday. But no sooner was he offered the part of Sir Matthew Carr in the new Betty Box-Ralph Thomas comedy, "No, My Darling Daughter" than he took it.
The projected holiday had a
I must
be
there'
Large churk sliced off it. The I decided to become an actor I role was snapped up much as a was 28 and people said that i cocker spaniel snaps up a tasty was too tall.
biscuit. And by a star who has "In those day's being tall was never not known since 1934 considered an obstacle, it wasn't where his next job is coming as bad as from-which is saying some- almost," thing in the acting profession.
Business tycoon
"And. I suppose," said Sir Michael, "if someone else offered me another part that I thought was the sort of thing I'd like to do I should probably not be able to resist it, and there'd be no holiday at all.
being short, but
It is easier to ask what he hasn't done than what he nas:
Apart from directing and acting he has written plays and books about the theatre. He has incursed into the novel, and he is working on his autobio. graphy.
The routine of writing he finds difficult, mastering enough self-discipline to get down to the physical labour of making words. Acting is an easier habit to form.
"Aly wife wouldn't care for i, my agent wouldn't care for it, my doctor certainly wouldn't but I would just have to do it, "I quite like writing-when I can bring myself to do it.' And
"You see being in a play or a if I do manage to get some time film is being there. It's like of from acting I shall do a lot any event in history. Like more."
being at Dunkirk, or in London
in the Blitz. If you are not there you don't experience it, and it's lost to you for ever.
"There's no putting it off. No thinking 'Oh. something like it may turn up again.' It won't It can't.
"This film, for instance. If I am not in it I shall have missed an experience. A similar part might come my way. but not
this one
In it he plays a business tycoon who wants to extract his tomboy daughter from the muddy barbarities of the hockey pitch in order to launch her into polite society-and the arms of his Life-long friend's eligible bachelor son.
Good comedy
"It's a very good comedy. And the character appealed to me. I wouldn't have had a minute's rest at Portofino knowing that I'd missed him."
Sir Michael is a shy man, which he blames on his height.
Lots of tall men are shy.' he says. "I suppose it's feeling different to other people. When
REPLY TO
JEAN WONG
Dear Jean,
new
* STAMP NEWS ★
THE 1877 ISSUE
HEN Hongkong became a member of the Universal
W Postal Unikou an April 1, 1877 the letter sitte te
you Union countries was fixed at 12 cents each half-ounce; and for this reason a definite 28 cents stamp was never
issued.
You say that as a 'member of the club would like to know more about our rules. Here are the answers to your queries.
We don't issue member- ship cards, but on receiving each application, we put the name of the new member into our file. We only use contributions from those who are members.
We award points, or credit cards, to members for each contribution пе publish. When you get a total of five credit cards send them to us, and we will issue you a book or record voucher worth $25.
We don't use every con- tribution we receive, only the best. But we file all contributions, and though we don't send them back
to you, you can collect them if you call into the office.
is your name Nenette?
A NAME OF HEBREW ORIGIN, NANETTE IS POPULAR IN FRENCH- SPEAKING COUNTRIES AND MEANS 'LITTLE GRACEFUL ONE"
©1959 TES
BING CROSBY.
A credit card to Ricky Chan,
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Letters sent in transit by the Brindisi route were, however, subject to a 4 cents surcharge cents provisional stamp was used for each ounce so that the 15 in considerable numbers
for a regular 15 cents stamp had A new die and printing piste been ordered in December, 1876 and the first supplies of the new stamp were despatched from London in April, 1877.
extreme point of the
The plate was produced in the same way as those for cur- rent denominations. The forehead and Queen's head ́are unshaded, otherwise lines of shading cover the whole face and neck; there are four lines of shading above and below the head.
A new Chinese character (ja) was used to represent the ward "cents": It is more correct phonetically than the two hitherta used. sounding like “sin”.
1877 Issued; perf. 14.
SG 22 150 yellow (? June, 1877).
DO YOU COLLECT MATCHBOX LABELS
You should be able to collect some fine kabets is Hongkong with so many visitors pessing through from all parts of the world.
Some superbly designed
match- Fine matchbox
box labels have been issued in recent years, especially by Hungary.
labels
from
Between 1945 and 1955 Hungary was cut off from the Western world come. and labels of that period did not often reach us, except for the famous libera-
tion set just after the war with Ger Hungary
many.
Exports
Some equally well de- signed labels are also issued by Yugoslavia. You can see one on the right. The great match factory in Yugo- slavia, Drava at Osijek, is over 100 years old and ex- ports to many countries, in- cluding Britain.
F. F. The interest in matchbox labels is great. We will pass all new information on to you.
Yugoslav matchbox label
ZOO'S WHO by GEORGE
| GAN SUAM
SLOTAS ARE
ASOUT TWO FEET LONG.
SLOTUS ARE FOUND IN THE TROPICAL FORESTS OF SOUTH AMERICA.THEY CAN SKIM, BUT THEY SPEND
THEY HAVE LONG BROWN
MOST OF THEIR LIVES
KANGING UPSIDE DOWN
FROM TREE LIMBS.
紅豆
1554
THERE ARE TWO KNDS OF SLOTHS THREE-TDED AND. THE TWO-TOED, THE TWO-TOED VARIETY ARE SLIGHTLY MORE AGGRESSIVE
THAN THE THREE-TOED KID.
OR GREY FUR WHICH GROWS
UPWARD TOWARDS THEIR HEADS...
THEIR FORELEGS ARE LONGER.
THAN THEIR HIND LEGS.THEIR TOES ARE JOINED TOGETHER BY SKIN SO THAT ONLY THEIR LONG CURVED CLAWS ARE
LEFT FREE...THEY LIVE ON LEAF BUDS AND FRUIT-
WHYT KURZY
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