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London Air-Mail Letter LARGE HAUL OF

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New Yory, Oct. 47''

The Prince's Holiday: An Explorer's En- Freighter In Hudson

gagement: Mrs. McEvoy's Pictures: A Veteran Physician's Birthday: An

Improvement At Paddington:

New Use For Trafalgar Square: Earl of Macduff

Joins Sandhurst.

(Special Air-Hall Service)

A huge seizure of 85,000 cases of liquor, valued at $1,000,000, is alleged. to have been made to-day in a freight- or which was lying at anchor in the Hudson River.

She came in yesterday and was“ boarded by Preventive officers to-day. The authorities say that the ship is a British freighter, registered at an English port, but that she had been camouflaged to resemble a coastal

the freighter, with name "Texas Hanger" painted on the sides-Reuter,

THE PRINCE AT BIARRITZ enough, wife of ibe famous banker. DIARY OF LOCAL

London, Sept. 12. The Prince of Wales has been enjoying every moment of his Biarritz holiday, which is Dow drawing to an end. A morning bathe in the piscina of the Chambre d'Amour is usually followed by a luncheon party at the Chiberto

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Her portrait of the young author, John Hampson, "is to be shown at Manchester early next month, along with some very tender" studies of flowers, in which Mrs. MeEvoy excels.

SIR THOMAS BARLOW 88

Sir Thomas Barlow, who has been physician to three English monarchs, Golf generally occupies the after: celebrated his eighty eighth birth- Loons, though the Prince has found day. He was Physician Extraordin- time to explore the lovely country ary to Queen Victoria, and was by along the Nive and the Nivelle, in her beside when she lay dying at which his grand-father, King Ed Osborne in 1901. He was also Phy- ward, was fond of making excursieian-Extraordinary to, King Ed. ward, and still holds that appoint ment to King. George.

sions.

THE PRINCE'S POLO CUP

Sir Thomas was president of the He was also present at the final Royal College of Physicians from of the polo tournament. for the 1901 to 1915, and was president of Prince of Wales's Cup at the the International Mediest Congress Biarritz Club, and presented the when it met in London in 1913. trophy to the winning team.

Lord Louis Mountbatten played he was a keen cyt Now he is a Almost up to his eightieth birthday No 3 for the victors. Another motoring enthusta He still has member..of the side was Prince

consulting rooms in Winracle Street. Mdivani, whose string of sever teen polo ponies has excited much Ad--but he spends most of his time on his miration, in which I hear, the beautiful estate at Wendover, Buck- Prince of Wales has shared.

inghamshire:

The Georgian Prince is n very popular personage nt Biarritz. His name, by the way, is pronoun- ced. "Hum-m-m-divah'ni.” ARCTIC FRIENDS.

The engagement of Mr. "Jimmie" Scott, the old Cambridge Rugby Blue and the secretary of the Everest Climbing Expedition, to Miss Pamela Watkins, the daughter of Col. Henry George Watkins, is An évent in the world of Arctic exploration,

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Sir Thomas's heir is Mr. James A. N. Barlow, principal private secret ary to the Prime Minister. His second son is Mr. T. D. Barlow, ex president of the Manchester Cham- ber of Commerce.

17 CHANGES

EVENTS

TO-DAY

(October 6)

·

(VIII Moon, 17th Day) Anniversaries and Holidays.—

Feast Jewish

of Tabernacles, (2nd day).

"Auctions.-Lammert's Sale. Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1527, Bales Room, 3 p.

of

Bazaars-Annual Charity, in Aid of The Precious Blood Orphanage, Yuen Chow Street, Shamshuipo, 3.30 p.m.

Theatres.

"Majestic: "Carnival Boat,"

Empress

Queen's: "Rasputin and the.

Star: Public Defender=" Oriental: "Hell's Highway." ...King's "The Good Companjons.” Central: "Ladies of the Jury:"

Dances.

Tea Dances at King's Restau rant; Hongkong Hotel; China Em- porium.

Dinner Dances at Hong Kong Hotel; and King's Restaurant, China Emporium.

Entertainments-Concert Music, Roof Garden, Peninsula Hotel.

Sports.

"Miscellaneous. Claims against

tired Marine Engineer, due: Wo- Bishop Hall's Discussion for men, Helena May Institute, -10.30 am.: Mixed Group, Bishop's House 8 pm: Battery Dinner, Volunteer Headquarters, 8 p.m.; Whist Drive on board HM.S.. Tamar 8.30 p.m.; Dance, HK Reel Club Practice

Lady Lindsay-Hogg (Miss Frances Doble, the actress) was one of the guests at a week-end party given by the Sitwells at their charming old

Lawn Bowls: Kowloon Cricket bouse, Benishaw House, Derbyshire. Club v. Shanghai.

Her sister is Mrs. Sacheverell Sit- Miss Watkins is the sister of the

Meetings.-Kowloon Chess Club. late "Gino" Watkins, the leader of well. Both sisters are exceedingly Central British School, Kowloon, the British Arctic Ain Route ex-

good-looking.

5.30 p.m.; Executive Committee of pedition, who lost his life so

The theatrical version of "Baller-Street Sleepers' Society, St. John's tragically when his kayak overina," by Lady Lindsay. Hagg's great Cathedral Hall, 5.15 p.m. turned in Arctic waters last year friend, Lady Eleanor Smith, comes

Mr Scott and Mr. Watkins were to London in the first week in the Estate of William Pearce, re- great friends, and had been on an October. expedition to Labrador in 1925 together. 450-MILE TREK

Quiet and a trifle shy, Mr. Scott has a very pleasant manner.

He went to Greenland ahead of the "Quest" in order to choose sledge dogs. The organising work which he did then contributed Within the next few weeks travel.. greatly the success of the expedi- lera at Paddington will greet the tion, and led to the bestowal on sight of a gigantic new clock facing him by the King of the Aretio the arrival platforms. The time on Medal a rare and coveted reward. this enormous clock-which is said

A. 450-mile trek across the wastes

to be the largest of its kind in the Bunrise.-6.16 a.m.; Bunset.-6.06 of Greenland will, I believe, be one world-will be indicated not by dial p.m. of the many experiences recounted and hande but by a row of three sete Tides. High at 10.59 and 22.45; in his book "The Land that God of moving figures, each of which is Low at 430 and 16.07.2 Gave Cain," which is to appear over three feet high representing shortly.

HURSTMONCEUX castle

Lady Lindsay-Hagg has, I hear, played a very large part in the pro duction, including the design of the decor and choosing the dreses. She herself has to change seventeen times during the course of the play, PADDINGTON'S BIG CLOCK

the hour and the minutes. The figures are composed of small cir

Helena May Institute, 5.30. p.z.

Principal Malis

Inward from America by Pres. Jackson; Outward for America and Europe via Biberia, Empresa Japan 10a.m.

of

cular reflectors, on which a strong time of Trafalgar Square on Sunday. At supper the other night I saw beam, of artificial light will play for an andenominational religious Sir Paul and Lady Patricia Latham turning their normally dullish aur

service. Canon Donaldson, of Weste at the same table with Mr. Ivor face into the bright silver glitter minster Abbey: Miss Maude Royden, Novello.

that one usually associates with the and other wellknown preachers will give addresses and conduct a service. They have only been married a couple of months but have already crystal chandelier.

of praise and prayer from the plinth made a number of improvements af The figures are moved into posi of the Nelson Monument, where. Hurstmonceux Castle, the lovely to the roller-blind principle hitherto only political speeches place in Sussex, which Sir Paul and are controlled by an electric have been given. The police are clock connected with all the other making arrangements for the con- bought recently.

The late Col. Claude Lowther is clocks in the station, which in their gregation beginning to assemble in reputed to have spent nearly £200, turn are synchronised with Green 000 on the castle in upkeep and im wich. The numeral on the right the early hours of the morning and assuming much dimensions before provements. Now I hear that the hand side showing the minutes, a noon as to render it necessary for vy is being stripped from the walls changed every minute, the centre il traffic through the Square to be. and the moat filled with water. numeral is changed every ten

minutes, and the numeral on the suspended for the greater part of the day. The organisers of this service A GIFTED WOMAN ARTIST | left-hand side, showing the hours, is and call to prayer for the restora

aged every hour. The whole tion of national prosperity hope that mechanism is driven by a small elec the demonstration may be the pre- tric moter developing horse power. lude to a religious revival through-

Mrs. Ambrose McEvoy, the widow of the famous portrait painter, has made great strides since she recom-

The manufacturers of the clock menced her art practise after her husband's death. I know that Mr. to-day reminded me that as long ago Augustus John who knew her as as the nineties they made a clock Mary Edwards at the Slade) has a work timepiece on a not dissimilar very high opinion of her work. principle for a well-known firm of This does not surprise me, because outfitters in Manchester, though, of there is no gainsaying the brilliance course, on a much smaller scale. of her brush. Her recent portrait

of Lady Grigg, wife of the new RELIGIOUS SERVICE IN member for Altrincham, reflects the TRAFALGAR SQUARE alert sensibility of this accomplished · woman.

The special permission of Boot Another fine rendering of a sensi- land Yard has been secured. I tive sitter is that of Mrs. Good understand, for the use for the first.

out the country, EXTENSION. AT THE

TATE"

The most acquisitive of our; London art galleries, the Tate, had long been in need of elbow-room, plans for poste extensions have and for the past two or three years, been under consideration. I learn today that the scheme for the new (Continued on Page 12)

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