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London Air-Mail Letter

Caricatures of World Statesmen: Who Ranks No. 1 at Tennis?: Another Fly-"

ing Club: E. M. B. Films For Schools: An Arabian Explorer: The American Language: Sir

John Lavery

Special Air-Mail Service

London, Sept. 26. BRITISH MUSEUM INNOVATION

“LOW · GRADE”

GOODS

"Boycott Will Go On":

(From Our Special Correspondet)

Canton..

Because qver 101 dozens of um- brella sticks were found to be "low- grade" goods in the Kwong Loong Shop at 37 Old Clothes Street, they were ssired yesterday by inspectors the Kwangtung People's National Salvation Association. "Judges" of the Association believe that the detained merchandise are of inferior quality and justify the seizue.

So, bouring in mind the liaison that had always existed between the

"Low-grade" goods, signify cer E.M.B. and the "Post Office-the tain commodities from a neigh- P.O. employed the E.M.B.'s appar- bouring country" Owing to poli- The British Museum, has decided latus, for making films dealing with tical reasons, merchants here have to acquire a gallery of portraits of communications he has taken the boycotted Japanese goods, and ap- contemporary world statesmen. Mr. necessary steps to ensure the libra-parently this movement is still Edmond X. Kapp, the caricaturist,ry's continuance has just left for Geneva to complete a series of 25 lithographs, of which one set has been purchased on the recommendation of the Keeper of Prints and Drawings.

UNDER INSTRUCTION

Somehow one

thinks of the drivers of fire engines "as being

born, not made.

But a London Fire Brigade ten- der which stopped in front of me in Piccadilly-circus bore the legend

going on among them notwithstand ing the recent request of Japanese consular authorities that anti-

Japanese activities be suspended.

A merchant dealing in native manufactured goods stated to-day that the boycott will go on as a lie bodies, although this measure spontaneous movement of the pub- has come to an end in North China. in large letters at the back, Driver. He said the boycott of Japanese under instruction.”

So there is a chrysalis stage aftermittee of Nineteen of the League goods is sanctioned by the Com-

of Nations, which held that the movement after September 18, 1931 is valid and justifiable as a re- prisal.

"

M. Litvincft, M. Paul-Boncour, and Senor Madariaga have already sat to Mr. Kapp's pen. Sir John Simon, Mr. Eden, Mr. Henderson, and Lord Cecil have also given the artist sittings. Others marked down for destruction include M.M. Titu-all- lescu, Politis and Benes, the inde- fatigable spokesmen of the little MR. BERTRAM THOMAS A nations of Europe."

Mr. Bertram Thomas, the first PERRY-NO. 1 OR NO. 2?|white man to cross the great south- American lawn tennis critice now ern desert of Arabia, is how on want Ferry to be ranked No. 1 on his way to Canada, where he will the world's list of players,

lecture for two and a half months The average ranking list would on his Arabian travels": pat, Crawford in that position on He has a busy time before him, the ground that he was champion but he told me before he felt that this year bath in Paris and at towards the end of it be will find Wimbledon, while Perry was cham-4 compensation very his pion only. in America,

heart a fortnight's shooting in the Rockies.

The Americans, however, point out that on the only occasion when

Mr. Bertram Thomas is a man

The National Salvation Associa tien is still making an effort to check the imports of "low-grade" gooda the ground that all Canton guilds have signed a pledge never

to deal in such goods.. Seizures by the National Salvation Association are made in accordance with the undertaking of the mer chants not to import and tell such commodities.

hinted to newspapers and represen

However, the authorities have

the two men have met Perry won, of many interests: After bis jour, Itatives, bodies, not to make un- |

AMERICAN COMMENTS

ney across the "Empty Quarter".

he went to Trinity, Cambridge, to necessary fuss over "resistance to perfect himself in various branches Japanese aggression" and other agitations which would give ground of anthropology.

for complainta...

American comments on this year's International tennis are good. One

But he confided to me once that is that the Davis Cup, having gone from France to England, seems, of all the art sand sciences music. paradoxically, further away than attracted him most,

ever,

THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING

RACES

I Glanced at an American' film newspaper the other day. I must

Another is that to send an Ameri- can team to Australia last year to encourage the game, there, was evidently going a bit too far, "Didn't George Washington," asks this critic, "warn us against inter-confess that I should have under- fering in foreign Affairs?" OLD ETONIAN FLYING

CLUB

The Old Etonian Flying Club, which is to open inmediately at Heston, is the first public school flying club.

A club-room is being prepared for it above the Household Brigade Flying Club's premises. Flying on The single plane with which the alub has equipped itself, as a start, will begin on Oct. 1.

POWERFUL SUPPORT

The new enterprise has the bene- diction of Dr. M. R. James, the Provost of Eton, and of Lord Londonderry and Sir Philip Sao- soon, the Secretary and Under- Secretary for Air.

stood much more of it had it been written in French, German, or Italian,

Take the following headliney: the Town Out of the Red." "Chi Gets Off the Nut; Fair Lifts

paying its way as

Anglice: "Chicago is once thors World Fair has put the City on a City The the right side of the balance book once more" (The Red-the debit side of the Ledger).

DIARY OF LOCAL

EVENTS

TO-DAY

(October 17).

(VII Mocm, 28th Day). Exhibitions International Pho- to 6 p.m. tographic, University Union, 9 4.30.

Miscellaneous-Rotary Club Tif- fio; devotional meeting Kowloon Union Church Y.P.S., Speaker

Theatres.

It book me a long time, too, to catch the significance of the ten-Rev. E. G. Powell. 8.43 p.m. tence, Cashiers are once more learning what SRO means. The clue is that SRO means, "Standing room only."!

HENRY HALL RETURNS

B.B.C. dance orchestra, who has Mr. Henry Hall, director of the

just returned from America, no Owners of their own aircraft in longer announces his own numbers.. the temporary committee formed to The 30-year-old manager of the look after the aco O.E.s who have band, Mr. George Hodges, has bo- I hear, already promised to join come a kind of compère of He include Lord Apsley, the Master of programmes. Bempill, Mr. R. E. Ovey, and Mr. Roderick Denman.

FILMS FOR SCHOOLS

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He is a Cardiff man, and has been manager to Mr. Hall for eighteen months The idea of a The decision of Sir Kingsley specialies announcer may well set a fashion for dance bands if suitable Wood to save the film library of "patter" can be found the defunct Empire Marketing Board will be popular in educa LAVERY IN LONDON tional circles.

Queen's: "Pick-Up." King's: "Hallelujab I'in A

Tramp. Central: "The Penguin Pool

Murder." Oriental: "Dixiana." Star: "Flesh.” Majestic: "It's Great To Be.

Alive,"

*Sports. Hockey. ----Mansak Tournament, 19th Battery, Royal Artillery v. Radio Sports) 6 p.m.

Meetings. Hongkong Lawn Bowls Committee Association. *** General - (Morning Post Building), 5.30 p.m.

Sailing-Twentieth Bi-Annual Trevessa Trophy" Race, 4 p.m.

- Sir John Lavery has retirand tó It means that the programmes London alter liner cruise in the side him and their elderly domestic arranged for the winter will not Mediterranean, looking well and laying the table for tes, is on have to be cancelled at er all. The full of energy. It is curious to cava a little darger than the fin library sent mitable films to reflect that he and Mr. Bernard rectangular picture of Sir James any school that naked for them. Shaw were born in the same year, Barris în his Adelphi room he Bo popular was this arrangement 1868-Lavery in Belfast, Shaw in painted a few years ago. Sir John that thousands of schools were Dublin. Shaw arrived here from has taken up again the portrait he beginning to instal projectors In- Ireland, Lavery after twenty years painted of the Premier with na dend, the number so equipped has in Glasgow. Both were working in official dispatch-box as a back- trebled in the last twelve-month, London in their forties and have ground, and is repairing it with an authority told me.

remained here ever since. How the Premier in tweeds and a differ When the E.M.B. ceased to exist these famous Trishmen have enrich-ent background. His picture of it looked as if this outlay had been ad the life of London! If London the Prince of Wales as Master with wasted, as no department wished had a municipal sense we should the Master Mariners Guild, now so take on its estimates the several proudly speak of them se "our on view in Liverpool with the sixty thousand pounds spent annually on minent fellow-citizens.''. 'Both are studies he made of the members of the library,

in the middle of work and planning the company for the picture, shows new work

| how he slighted nothing in a work The Premier has lately engaged which few young masters would a good deal of Sir John's time. care to tackle, Elé is engagéd ön The Postmaster-General, how- His recent painting of Mr. Mac- another larger composition with ever, is a man of resource and Donald in his cottage home at 1 many Agures in a painting of the energy, and his deperiment, is a Lossiemouth, with Miss Jahbel her opening of the Duveen wing of the rich one.

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