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PRINCE'S TOUR OF DURHAM

THE BANISHED

Interest In Slum Clearance

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Landon, Dec. 26.

The Prince of Wales motored 120 miles in a nine hour tour of County Durham to see what is be- Ing Cone there at centres for un- employed.

VENUSES

Replaced By Modern Vases

THE GOOD CHEER CIVIL AVIATION

OF CHRISTMAS

Once Abolished

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London, Dec. 28.

Separation From

Military Side

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London, „Dec. 26.

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It is commonly believed that the

A deputation from the Parliam Loudon, Dec. 98. traditional good cheer of Christ-mentary Air Committee recently Two well-known London figures mas came into fashion more or waited upon the Prime Minister, are not going to spend Christins less at the same time as the Vic-Lord Londonderry, and, Sir Philip with their usual sedate dignity torian importation of the Christ- Sassoon and presented suggestions

and

mas tree from Germany.

for apolley to develop Civil avia- On the contrary, the popularity tion, which had received the ap of the feast attained huge pro-proval of the Committee. At a portions in the Middle Ages. So recent meeting of the committee, much of its jovial accretions sur-

over which Rear-Admiral Bir Mür- vived the Reformation that the ray Sueter presided, it was announ Puritan Parliament of 1644 abol-' ced that the Secretary of State: Third Marished the observance. A general for Air had already decided to market-day with a fast was sub- take action on certain pomts rais- stituted. This was repealed after ed by the deputation, the Restoration.

These are the "Townley and. the" de Milo Venuses which The tour began at Sunderland have stood in their niches at the in fog and rain, Crowds lined head of the main staircase of the the streets in spite of the wea-Royal Academy since 1820,

Their removal was witnessed by ther and gave the Prince a hearty

a few people. Surrounded each by welcome. He showed great inter- little bands of workmen ("First. est in a slum clearance scheme, Second " examining the plans of a new deters one of the slipped a building to be erected and enquireushion beneath the small of her ing as to the rents, and remark- back with a cheerful, "That more ed to the Mayor: "It will be a comfy, deart"-" Townley"

lift to the cellars, great occasion when the whole lowered i

sad "de Milo" was placed re country is clear of slums.”

Hardwick Hall. Sedtefeld,cumbent behind some modernistic

furniture in the entry hall. the Prince had a meal with men and women who are there in re- sidence to gain experience in the management and organization of occupational centres and in allot ment work.

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A special table had been laid for the Prince, but be refused to sit there and pointing to a chair at the end of a long table said:

"I think I will have that Tone." His luncheon consisted of cold 'rab- bit ple and bread and cheese.

Slag Heap Transformed

An outstanding example of local

New Burlington House “Set "* This is part of the disruptiva preparation for the Art in Indus- try Exhibition, to be opened by the Prince of Wales on Jan. 4,

It has alrearly made the interior of Burlington House resemble a cross between an Elstree "set" and the British Industries Fair, banished Venuses in their niches.

Modern vases are to replace the

Turkey

Brillat Savaria remarked that turkey (even when cold) was the best thing the Old World had evez received from the New. "

The Air Committee had felt an- xiety that Civil aviation was be- ing subjugated to military con- siderations.

The Secretary- of- State has now decided that the" Director of Civil Aviation shall be The French must also have the raised to the status of Director- credit for populasing these suc-General, which will place him in culent fowls. It was probably the a position of equality with the Spaniards, however, who first military members of the Air Coun brought them to Europe. cil. The Air Committee recom- Though turkeys appear to have mended that he should be made a been introduced into France from member of the Air Council, but Spain in the early years of the it has been decided that in future 16th century, Henry VIII, of Eng- the Air Council shall confine ite land is said not to have tasted self exclusively to the military side of the Air Ministry's work so that

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PSYCHOLOGY OF of France gave them the place of the point does not arise. The Civil

enterprise and mutual help was FEAR AND PANIC

described the Prince at Escomb, where, by the voluntary labour of the unemployed men in the 'vil- lage, a slagheap is being trans- formed into a recreation ground. The men receive no monetary payment, for their work, but are given a pair of shoes and a mid- day meal. The whole cost of the material used, with many other forms of help, has been subscrib- ed by members of the staff of the Ministry of Labour In eight months £800, had thus been pro- vided by employed men and wo men as practical evidence of their desire to help those who are out of work...

At Bishop Auckland the Frince

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When Socialists- "Take Office"

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London, Dec. 26. among the people before the next The creation of “fear and panic

general election" is referred to in a statement Issued by the National Executive of the Labour Party, in London last month.

Reference is made to recent Speeches by Mr. Walter Runciman,

under the direction of the Secret- ary of State, the Under-Secretary. and the Director-General of Civil Aviation.

them until 1520, when Francis I,

honour in the great feast on the aviation side of the work will be Field of the Cloth of Gold.

Turkeys were certainly unknown in England until 1524 or there abouts. Before that date the word was used for the guineafowl. It was owing to confusion with this species that the new-comers received the inappropriate name by which we know them to-day.

Henry VIII, latterly kept a few turkeys in the Tower grounds.

The committee also recommend- ed that a second Under-Secretary of State should be appointed, to deal exclusively with Civil avia tion, but this is obviously a mat- ter of policy which the Cabinet will have to consider, at a later stage. It has also been decided. that in future the Vote for Civil Aviation will not come before the

"G.B.S." SLATED BY Air Council The amount of the

"RED EMMA"

Of Courage

talked with twenty unemployed President of the Board of Trade, Charged With Lack men who are taking part in and Str. Robert Horne, in which poultry and alotments scheme, and expressed the hope that they would gain sufficient experience to obtain the use of larger areas of land sufficient to provide them with a livelihood.

The tour ended with visits to Stockton-on-Tees and Durham. The Frince visited Durham Ca- thedral before going to the Des- nery for a few hours. Later he caught the night train to London,

they said that a Labour victory would produce the collapse of cur- rency, and to the reply given by air Stafford Cripps to Mr. Rumi- man, in which he said a financial crisis was inevitable,

"The object of these predictions of* financial crisis is to create the psychology of fear and panic among the people before the next General Election takes place," the J'statement adds.

"The National Executive takes the view that," : in the event of a victory at the polls, a Labour

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London, Dec. 26. “Miss Emma Goldman, zel''- confessed anarchist and famous all over the world as "Red Emms," is not an admirer of Mr. George Bernard Shaw.

Vote will be determined by the Secretary of State personally, on the advice of the Under-Secretary of State, in collaboration with the Director-General.

Talks With Dominions;

It is understood that Bir Philip Sassoon hopes to be able to make. a statement on Imperial ain.com- munications soon provided that conversations which are now "pro- ceeding with the Dominions have bean completed in the meantime.. Captain Peter. Macdonald is aar- ing him whether he is yet in a a position to indicate the nature of the Government's pro

In a lecture at Montreal she with regard to the further deve- charged him with inconsistency,lopment of commercial six routes lack of courage, and a secret ad within the Empire, and L miration for Adolf Hitler

whether any announcement will

JAPAN TO HAVE Government is entitled to rely and Mr. Shaw was a great pacifist in be made before the House reak

MOSQUE

Funds In Hand For Ambitious Scheme

can count upon the loyal support times of peace, but during the war of the people. It does not regard he kept mum and allent, she said, crisis as inevitable. It wishes to adding "Beldom has George Ber- make it clear that a Labour Gov-nard Shaw had the conviction and ernment would take prompt and the courage to face an issue to the effective measures to deal with any end.”

crists which was created by finan-

Soviet's Guest

sembles after the Christmas recess, When the Air Committee saw the Prime Minister, they put for ward the following suggestions Immediate provision of Improved ground organization, the speeding up of the services on imper In the "Apple Cart Shaw came air routes by increased air speed. It may be recalled that Bir out in favour of the monarchy, and range and night nyin Stafford Cripps sald:

and now he was a believer in dic-requent services, and tatorships.

getic investigation of nic, air services They: Blso sug gested that no new stion to Imperial Airways.

cial or other private interests.

The recut laying of the founda-

I cannot imagine the Labour tion stone for a Moslem mosque in Party coming into power without Kobe, Japan, forms the last step-first-rate financial crisis. Tha ping stone towards sa ideal which is why we asked for full emergency has been fostered and developed by measures."

group of Moslems in the Far East during the last ten or moty years. A contrace for the new

He was in Russia for ten days as the favoured guest of the Soviet

Government," said Red Emms,” and yet after those ten days he | be unde aken by the considered himself capable of tell which would preclude its ing the world that a dictatorship couragement building amounting to Y. 50,000 hasLENIN'S GRAMOPHONE"

(such as that of Stalin and political aircraft operating been signed, of which, about half

extermination are the only things was contributed by Mr. Feroz

Complaint. Has for this world.add Din, who, is anticipated will

engineering «Arms He has not yet come out in East Coast that, whet officiate at the opening ceremony

favour of Hitler, but wall of the mosque on its completion.

asked to tender, for Al It has always been the dream of

Hitler is a success Bhaw

to be shipped. every Moslem both in Japan and munist has not run smoothly. Ideals of democracy and

Zinovieff's career as a Com-success. This man who had visiting that country that a mosThe adveruity which has now now comes out in the que should be built there but many fallen him is by no means the declares himself in favo difficulties have stood in the way frst.

It was not until 1923 that much progress was made. In that year however, with the establishment of the Turko Tartar Society composed of Russian emigrants who wore not allowed to follow their religion in their own country, and the co operation of the Jadin Club under Mr YB Toorsbally, definite: plans were laid for establishing the mosque

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Kobe Moslem Mosque mmittee visited Ja

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