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Duties: New President Of The M.C.C: New University Buildings: City Offices To Move Pall Mall Invaded: The Poetry Society: Kaye

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London, May 12. GIRL OF 15 TO MARRY Notice of the forthcoming mar- riage of a 15-year-old girl has been given at Marlybone register ofice, London.

the tower and University library would follow with little 'delay.

North of the tower there would be "a composite group comprising the Institute of Education and, it was hoped, the Institute of His- torical Research and School of The girl. Marjorie Joyce Halley, Slavonic Studies. The most suit- whose address on the notice of able position for the Institute of marriage is given as the Fire Sta- Elstorical Research, he said, would tion. East Street, Marylebone, ac-

bé immediately north of the to- companied her prospective bride-

wer and adjacent to the Univer- groom when he called at the re-sity library. The Institute of Edu- gister office to enter the notice,

The bridegroom is described as Frederick Charles Roberts (21) cafe proprietor, and his address la given as The Horse and Groom, Holloway Road.

The girl celebrates her 18th birthday this month.

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DIPLOMAT FOR LORD'S

"Love of cricket rather than ath- letic prowess has secured for Lord Cromer the presidency of the

M.C.C.

He was a delicate boy, and near- ly died of typhold. He had, there- fore, little chance to distinguish himself at games,

'To-day mild golf on the New Zealand course is the limit of his athletic attainments.

He is, however, an experienced diplomet, who has shown his tact both as a former Foreign Office official and as Lord Chamberlin. His diplomacy will not be a west- ed talent in his M.C.C. office.

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til recent times. Mr. Wells in his early romances mentions them.

· STEEL "AND": BLUR

Pall Mall the historic street of the London clubmen, has been in vaded by the spirit of modernity.

The Employers" Liability Assur- ance Corporation yesterday open- ed their new West-End ofices at No. 62-

The building has a front of shin- ing chromium steel with blue de- corations. The interior looks more like a private writing-room than a business office. Typists and clerks - will sit in blue leather chairs at desks made of cherry wood.

Sir Courtauld Thomson, who be- gan his duties as 'chairman of the company yesterday, has himself designed most of the offices.

We want to attract the overseas visitor, especially the ́American," be told a reporter. “At the same time we want our staff to work in cation would occupy the northern | happy surroundings and in com- portion of the block, where it fort:* would ultimately have Birkbeck College for neighbour. The com- pletion of this block, would give

ORGANISING POETRY

The Poetry Society is a remark- to the first section of the group Not only is it after twenty-five able body in more ways than one.

a completely balanced composition which would immediately establish Its character as a great university centre. Unlike nearly all great institutional buildings, the new University has been designed in units, architecturally complete in themselves but grouping together

FLATS - IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCH- YARD

years of life still the one national poetry society in the English- speaking world but it continues. even in these bad times, to pay

its way without subsidy and streng- then its financial position. At its annual general meeting yesterday

tra

In a great whole when the plant was able to point to reserves of is falaned.

more than £1,200. So much for the unpracticability of posts.

The society's verse-speaking examinations are winning acknowledged place for them- Now that the Chances are setres in modern education, and it moving to the middle west at Bush is good to hear that active re- House and Aldwych and farther lations have been established with west to Thames House it is migh the BBC. why are obviously in time that the City should carry the best of positions to encourage the war into the enemy's country

Interest in the reading of poetry. by putting up flats to attract peo- The society resumed its series of ple from Westminister and Blooms-poety matinees last Monday, after bury. A small beginning is being the Easter break, and had one of made in St. Paul's Churchyard, where one of the large drapery houses is to be converted into for- ty flațɛ of two and three rooms with bathroom and kitchen.

its largest audiences to hear Miss Margaretta Scoft and Sir Basil Bartlett in extracts from "Paolo and Francesca" and "Hassan" and the balcony scene from "Romeo An interesting point is that, if and Juliet. Next Monday they my memory serves me right, this building was erected in as novel formerly the presiding genius of are to have Mr. Frank Birch, circumstances as its transforma the festival theatre at Cambridge. tion into flats in the City. When Queen Victoria came to St. Paul's SYLVIA MARTIN TO MARRY to giye thanksgiving for her sixty-"Miss Bylvia Martin, daughter of years' reign over these realms in Mr. Leonard, Martin, a retired Bri- 1807 there was a great demandtish business man who la reputed for grandstands to see her Majes- to have made a fortune by selling ty's arrival at St. Paul's and the ceremontes, on the front steps. One enterprising drapery, establishment pulled down its old building, erect ed grandstands on the site'and out of the proceeds put up a new building. This is, I think, the Mr. Charles Holden, the archit-building that is now being made ect, gave some interesting infor-lato flats, mation of the progress of the The district round St. Paul's is University of London's new build ings at a meeting yesterday of the committee which is appealing for £100,000 to provide a permanent home for the Institute of Historical Research, The building of the University group would proceed from south to north The Senate House was now well started, and

He has inherited the Baring brain without all the brilliance and with out any of the brusqueness of some other members of the family. LONDON UNIVERSITY'S NEW BUILDINGS

aeroplane linen, which he had purchased from the British Gov- ernment after the war, has applied for a licence to marry Mr. Robert Edequelle.

Mr. Edequelle described himself in the aplication as "in insurance." but is described in the local busi ness directory as a hairdresser.

Miss Sylvia Martini, is 18 years old, and the youngest of nine at tractive sisters, one Eileen, hav- in married Mr. Kaye Don, the racing motorist, in 1932, after a whirlwind courtship,

one of the few residential parts of the City apart from the Inns of Court. Amen Corner is the close of the Cathedral, and there its clergy have lived since Wren's time. Some drapery establish- Mr. and Mrs. Martin and their mente in St. Paul's Churchyard family have been frequent visitors and some of the teashops in the to London, where they resided in City had living in houses here un- Portland-placé.

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