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Scottish Air-Mail Letter FLYING FEAT IN
More About The Monster of Loch Ness: Christmas and Doubting Thomas: High- land Ball in Edinburgh: Scottish
Education and Phones:
Bonnie Fighter:
(Special Air-Mail Servden)
Edinburgh, December 27. THE MONSTER'S CREDENTIALS
Two "ex-officers," who announce that they have devised an entirely "practicable scheme " for cap- turing that Loch Ness monster alive, and that, when captured, it shall be the sole property" of any "sportsman, scientist, or syn- dicate" which cares, to finance their operations, wind up their advertisement, with the assurance If "Perfectly good references." those are supposed to belong to
the monster' it would be rather interesting to see them. It is, of course, quite natural that any sportsman (or even a syndicate) who is thinking of taking over a Eve monster should prefer to have a reference from its last employer, but such documents must be a little difficult to secure. It might be easter in the case of family ghosta.which have a long record
AFRICA
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(Special Alr-Mati Service)
London, December 27.
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its way through the water, to the and Gambin, and after reaching HEAVIER TRAFFIC
great amusement of the dancers.
Transepts were transformed in- to flower gardens, abaze with beds of real begonias under a pale blue muslimsky, screened across the back at one side with view of the Holy Loch dotted with white sailed yachts, and on the other with a row of red-roofed cottages with windows glowing with red cyclamen. An appropriate scheme was carried out under the gallery which, furnished as a lounge, was entirely panelled in tartan.
REAL SCOTS TOUCH
Bathurst, have made a successful return flight to Cairo: The mac- hines-of No. 216 Squadron of the RAF-left Catro on October 14 land were back within two months
This fight is the ninth of the series started by the RAF. in 197 to open and maintain the route through Africa until such time as it could be regularly operated by Every commercial. aeroplanes: ** year since then one formation or more has made a fight of at least 10,000 miles. Now that the Cape route which might have to be us ed by military aviation in time of emergency.
It notable that on all the nine nights so far made through Africa he aeroplanes have been Atted with the Napier Lion (530" hp) engine, a unit which came into
Half of last night's programme was devoted to Scottish numbers. No prettier picture can be seen than a Highland ball with men in their clan tartans the ladies wearing clan sashes alung over the shoulder and fixed with clan.
has had a remarkable record sin- crest or badge, all dancing with service at the end of the War and enthusiasm the old Scottish coun--
of personal service in and around try dances and dyce then. the same ancestral mansion Botland reef? "monsters" of the Loch Ness Pipers of the 1st Battaton Argyll variety are such, detached and unbiddable beasts; they do not seem to have any idea of family service or associations.
However, it may be that the "ex-officers" have already manag- ed to get in touch with the last! employer of the Loch ness protent. They may even now have in their possession a document which run:
and Sutherland Highlanders sup- piled the pipe muste for reels, and Mrs. Logan and her orchestra tra- velled from the North to give the correct us to the country dances.
RECORD AIR MAIL AT CROYDON
Lord James Stewart Murray, who
(Special Air-Mall Service)
London, December 27. originated the ball in pre-war
The largest air mail ever landed days, was again convener this year. He had the assistance of an energetic committee, the mem- in Britain arrived at Croydon Ae- bers of which were Lady phin- radome yesterday. The mail, which stone, Mrs. A Mackenzie of Farr. weighed approximately one ton Lieut-Colonel J. P. Grant of Ro- and consisted of about 70,000 Jet- thlemurchus; Sir Douglas Ramsayers and cards, was the Christ- of Bamff. Maj. A. R. Murray. Bea- forth Highlanders; Captain George mas air mall from Burma, India, Malcolm of Poltalloch, Argyll and Iraq, Palestine and Egypt, and ex- cceded by 50 per cent, the previous
gir record inward -mail, which reached Croydon just Christmas last year..
To all whom it may concern This is to certify that the Monster bearing this testimonial was in my employment for ten years and is now leaving (owing to the slump In git-edged securities) in order to better himself. While he was himself with
showed. me he thoroughly sober, diligent, obliging, and I have no hesitation Sutherland Highlanders; Mr. Ken- in recommending him as a most neth Murray, WS.; and the Hon.
Monster for trustworthy
any David A. Balfour, W.S., who acted pond. or as honoray secretary. gentleman who has a private waters of the requisite size."
and
The surplus from the event is devoted to Highland charitles.
GLASGOW CITY BUSINESS CLUB The time when the celebration forbidden in of Christmas was Scotland was recalled by the Rev. Dr. A. Boyd Scott in an address and "Christmas yesterday
on
TELEPHONE FOR SCOTTISH SCHOOLS
demonstration
before
only occasion which would arise for that reognition would be in the event of a seaplane service the being established between Irish Free State and Scotland.
He said audiences were necess
1 am intormed that the Post-SCOTS NEED BETTER BALANCE "The Scot's strong individual- len makes him bonnie-nighter, master-General's gift of 160 tele- seis to pinone
ed Mr. J. E: Highton in a "summ- Doubting Thomas" to members of schools in England is to be fol- but it is undoing in art," assert- Glasgow City Business Club at loved very soon by a similar pre- ing up of the B.B.C. talks on
in the their weekly luncheon
sentation for educational purposes Scotland --To-day and To-mor-
row." Ca'doro Restaurant. It was, he
in Scotland: Sir Kingsley Wood st
with the said, during the regime of
15 in communication. minded Thomas, the logically Saint, The causes of the restora- Scottish Education Department on tion of Christmas were many and the subject is his intention to ary to artists and Scotland was a number of telephone only a nation of audiences when various, but the chief cause was present
In art" contended the sper- the cult of St. Charles, surnamed sets to the Department for allo- she wanted to argue. Dickens. Another was that the cation among elementary and se-
and condary schools all over Scotland. ker. "the moulds must ever be Scottish Church had more more swung back into the broad His aim is that children should be broken and fashioned anew. They -taught how to use the telephone, could not conform for long to any Christian tradition. ****
and to know and understand its set pattern." It had never been easier than mechanism and the principles of now, when the world was riddled telephony. Tunderstand that the with dispeace and suffused with Fostmaster-General has the full the fear of wars, to decry Christ sympathy of the Education De
with its proclamation of
mas
Li
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MATTER OF FACT INTELLECT
The Scot had a core of emotion which had been repressed, and
universsi peace as idealistle humpartments here and in Scotland in oven perverted by his matter-of-
fact intellect and it had conse¬
bug. It was said that human his aspiration that all children nature being mature being what should acquite the telephone sensequently never done proper it was, we should ad and be able to use the apparatus service to the things that make strife and bickerings and we with facility and felicity. CITES Christmas cut right across that and destroyed No one had a right to pass Judgment on the world, and forecasts of the future should take into account that human nature changed and that it had not yet reached the point H was capable of reaching.
HIGHLAND BALL IN
EDINBURGH!
life gracious and lovely. Repres
perge sentimentality and cynicism GREENOCK AS MARINE AIRPORT son of frank emotion had led to made inquiries to-day The failure of the Beot to ap When I made
at the Air Ministry about the prppreciate the arts in the past was posal to have Greenock officially the speaker held, not due to the recognised as a marine airport I sour rules and saucy encroach found that it at least has the ments of Edinburgh and Geneva merit of being the first sugges His character had made his ye tion of the kind to come from any ligion, and not his religion his harbour authority in Scotland I
character. gather too, that if and when re-
The Scot might have something presentations are made to the Air
limit his aesthetic understandinig. a topical note was struck at the Ministry they will be favourably in his bones that would always Highland ball in the "Music Hall considered, although many-com- and Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh plicated considerations will arise but a better balance of intellect which was attended by about 850 before any decision can be reach and emotion in his day-to-day people drawn from all parts of ed. One of these, of course, wouldte would increase and redne his the Highlands and Islands be the prospect of seaplane were appreciation of the best in art and
The Music Hall war beautifully vices being inaugurated either community life. "decorated. A canvas depicting along the coast or between Scot Loch Ness was stretched across land and Ireland the & sup the back of the musicians gallerymentary suggestion that Cheenock and out of it waters at intervals might be declared a Customs ares appeared a fearsome, green flood for sexplaries has I understand lighted monster, which, with head no prac'ical diguities at all, as hump and fall in view, wriggled there are always at hand, but the
He thought that the Scot of the future would be more susceptible to music, literature, art and dra ma than he had ever been before. is artistic Interests would be more world-wide and at the same
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