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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1937.

TRAFFIC IN

SMUGGLING BY DISTRESSED

WAR MEDALSİ

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about the "traffic" in war medals,

but certainly the veterans who are

Cases in which three men were driven to part with their nara-nned £320 at Folkstone on 22 earned decorations are not to be charges of smuggling cigars and blamed. Medals were so plentiful-brandy from France

by air touch only the fringe of the to England

trame discovered by preventive officers in their inquiries at Duni- kirk

ly bestowed during the Great War that they cannot fetch very much now, at any rate as compared with the prices which certain decors tions brought in the old days Where medals are of value in old Veteran may yield to the tempta tion of the wealthy numismatist, but on the other hand one does not nowadays so often near of the auc tioning of medals, as was the case before

At one time - It was more sad for a veteran to part with his medals than is the case to-day, because the applicant for the Special Campaiga Pension had to produce his medal or medals. Nowadays in is sufficient if he can prove that he actually earned one on his normal Regular Army en gagement.

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and other French towns, writes a Houie correspondent.

lag used to smuggle to England Aeroplanes, they believe, are be-

not only narcotics, but Frenet wo men, who have have not the ne- cessary immigration papers.

Jack Broadley, a Folkestone far-

costs, and Jack Moore, & Folkestone mer, who was fined £200 and £50 boxing instructor, fined £20 and

£5 costs, paid their fines.

But the air pliot who sug gled the cigars and brandy across the Channel, Captain Frederick C. E. Hayter, aged 43, of Whitchurch. Hampshire, described as

being

penniless when he was fined £100 and £25 costs, was sent to prison for three months.

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In The War At 17

He was flying in France early in Corps when he was 17, having left the war with the Royal Flying a public school to join up rather than go to a university.

The Only Asset The fact appears to be that there are still many veterans without pensions who regard meddis 08 their only realizable asset, the only means of staving off want, even if only temporarily. In some districts the pawnbrokers' shops are stocked with them and they will not accept them. In fact, they are not sun- posed to accept certain decorn.

Then he joined the International air patrol established tions, according to the Army Act. aaka River to suppress salmon but the difficulty is got over by at-poaching, and, after taching the medal to an old waist- went to Florida. coat or coat. The remedy Bes with the Government. A medal shouldtinued be a passport to Governmental as- sistance. The very fact of 'a man retaining his meals for years, in spite

of templations to convert them into cash, marks him our as worthy and should entitle him to some slight monetary assistance from Government if he should be in distress and not a pensioner.

A correspondent who possesses four medals and a star, but no pension, suggests that each medal (and not only the D.C.M., M.C., DF.C., &c.) should carry with it a pension of, say, 4d. to 6d. per day, according to the medal. In these eircumstances, if the loss of a me dal involved forfeiture of the pen- sion, an immediate end doubtless would be put to the present barter- ing, which at the least strikes a blow at sentiment, if nothing else.

MOTHER AND

SON DEAD

AMID TOYS

| Gassed After Trip To

See Santa Claus"

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on the AI-

some, years,

Returning to England, he con- commercial flying, but engerly seized the opportunity to fly Commodore Fellowes in the to Addis Ababa, He accompanied Air

bulance aeroplane subscribed by British people for the Abyssinian Red Cross.

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PICTURES IN ABBEY DUST

OLD PAINTINGS

· REVEALED

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Going Back 700 Years

The cleaning of the south wall of Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey has revealed two splendid paintings which date from about the middle of the thirteenth century, and are the finest dis- covered in the Abbey for many

years.

For generations these large pic- tures have been hidden by st

cumulated dust, and ever men who

wrote descriptions of the Abbey and its paintings as far back as the seventeenth century did not Buspect their existence.

Behind the tragic deaths in a Bloomsbury hotel of Mrs. Nellie tail arches just to the left of the The paintings are framed in two Taylor, aged '98, of Shaftesbury-entrance to the Chapel of St road, Blackpool, and her son John, Falth, and they are clearly a part aged seven, lies the story of a of a scheme which included the trip to London to see Babta Claus in the shops."

whole wall. It is probable that be-

Mother and child were discover!hind the big Argyle monument, to ed gassed in a sealed bedroom,

the right of. St. Faith's, similar works lie hidden." clasped in gach other's arms. On a dressing table were new toys and a packet of sweets,

The woman had registered na Mrs. Nellie Ward, of Wellington street, Blackburn. This proved to have been her maiden name.

An employee at the hotel said: "Mrs. Taylor arrived here with her son on Wednesday. The police have discovered that she was re- ported missing from Blackpool on Sunday.

"Heard Crying" "She went out frequently with the child to visit the shops. He was very excited about seeing Santa Claus, and on the day be- fore he died in his mother's arms he brought back from a big store a toy engine.

*Mr. Taylor looked much older than her age. At 4 o'clock in the morning a resident heard the child crying bitterly.

***The woman left no message.”.

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A sum of £300,000 has been allotted by the Egyptian Minister

SAINT SFT. HIGH

One of the pictures represents Christ, who holds an apple in his St. Christopher carrying the child hand. The colouring is mainly Purple, and yellow on a bright the saint is more than 9ft high green background. The figure of

The other painting Hlustrates the Incredulity of St. Thomas. Here the figure, of Christ is more than 9ft, high, and he is depicted holding St. Thomas's hand against the wound in his aide. This study is the better preserved of the two, and the colouring-purple and green on a bright red background

is in remarkably good condition

The workmanship is of the nighest quality and the faces of Christ and St. Thomas · are drawn with exceptional skil

“THE KING'S PAINTER" Known to have been painting at Westminster about the time these

pictures were made were Master William described as "the King's beloved painter""; Master Peter of

am. It is highly probable that Spain, and Master Walter of Dur-

of War in the Draft Budget for one of the three painted the newly the purchase of 12 bombers from found works.

Great Britain, The new nero- It is probable that the work WAS planes will bring up the strength done as soon as the wall was bullt of the Air Forcs to 50 machines. In about 1255. This makes it like- The Minister of War, slao prey that the work was that of either poses to double the strength of the William or Peter, for Walter is not Egyptian Army from 10,000 to 20,- 000. The proposal is to be sub known to have worked at West- mitted to the British Military minister until some seven or eight Mission,

years later.

brought to more prosperous neigh- bourhoods, housed In cottage homesteads, and 'given capital of. about £20 with which to plant vegetables and fruit, and keep trees, begin to grow their own

poultry.

This experiment-which, it is expected, will be greatly expand- ed inter--was officially 'authoris- ed.

will cost about £135,000 £500 Betting up the 250 homesteads

each--which will be met by the Special Areas Fund. Normal rents will be between 10s. and 11s per week.

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The children of the familles when they leave school will and themselves in districts where em-

the distressed areas ployment is easier to get than in

EX-COMMISSIONER'S PLAN Busy industrial centres in the Midlands and South will be chosen gested areas include Rugby, Coven- for the cottage homeatzada. Sug-

try, Luton, Bedford, and Guildford," In his final report, Mr. Malcolm Stewart, before he relinquished the

establishment of these homesteads. post of Commissioner for the Spe- ctal Areas, recommended

Now Mr. Stewart's successor, Sir George Gillett, has approved the

suggestion.

The

work

the

will be

undertaken by the Land Settle-

ment Association

Families transferred to these homesteads will be those of men over 50 and containing at least three adolescents cot in regular employment.

WILL DRAW DOLE So long as he is unemployed the occupfer will continue, to draw his unemployment allowances.

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