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SOCIAL

WEDNESDAY'S MENU

WOMEN'S PAGE

HEIRESS IN LOVE DEFIES FATHER

Miss Ellcen Frances Mary O'Conor, aged twenty-two, only child of The O'Conor'Don, descendant of Ireland's ancient kings was married recently' at Chelsea Register Office, against her father's wish, to Mr. Denys Herbert George Tollemache. twenty-four- year old flying instructor.

Washington's Ancestry

DECENDANT OF BRITISH KING

LONDON,—America's 112- Nonal hero George Washing ton, who shattered the power of British Royalty in the United States and waged a merciless WIT on the principle of aristocracy, was himself aristocrat with more than a trace of royal blood in his reins.

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This discovery was made by Anthony Richard Wagner. 30- year-old tall, dark, slim Portcullis

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The bridegroom is a relative of Sir Lyonel Tollemache. Bt. Ee few with a friend to Africa, and back when he was ar eighteen- year-old Cambridge undergra→ duate,

The O'Conor Don, who's sixty- rine, is staying in Nice with his wife. He has estates in Co Ros- common and Sligo.

HER TITLE-MADAME' He claims relationship with the British Royal Family. This was

| first officially recognized by Queen Victoria. Since then the ruling head off the O'Conors, who are in- Roman Catholics, has been vited to all coronations. '..'

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The wife of The O'Conor Don is addressed as "Madame." This

originates from the time of the Jacobite overthrow, when the Irish chiefs went to France. Louis XV. Pursuivant, of the British College offered them French titles, which Heralds. who is working on the they refused.

British exhibst for the New York He then said their wives should

Photograph taken at the Second Extra race meeting held at "Happy Valley recently. (Photo bỹ Leica),

NEWSETTES

Sanitary Inspr. A. Faster cele-

Fair, and which wil} include cear the same title as French brates his birthday to-day.. Washington's pedigree.

ladies, and the chiefs agreed to!

Washington, according to Wag=this. mer, traced a descent to King Edward I of England, and his Plantagenet predecessors, and, thus"

a kinsman of King John was also,

"WRENS"

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by a supreme trony. related to WILL

nine of the 25 steel-clad barons,

who wrested from King John the £1 A DAY

Instrument nf Magna Carta 10 1215.

"Although coats-of-arms are not official in America." Wagner said, "numbers of Americans are ex- traordinarily keen on heraldry and

tracing their own descent.“

BRITISH NOTABLES The British Pavilion at the World's Fair will include not only one of the only existing copies of the Magna Carta, but 10 coats of-arms of British notables from the twelfth century to the twen-

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of the

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Mr. J. F.-McGowan, of the Medi- cal Department, will observe his birthday to-day

Revenue Oficer T. Tailon, of the Imports and Exports Office, cele brated his birthday yesterday.

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at the weekly luncheon of

Next Tuesday will be Ladies' Day

Hongkong Rotary Club.

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The British Empire League gave a luncheon recently, at the British Empire Club, to Sir Hal Colebatch, the retiring Agent-General for Western Australia, and the Hon. M. F. Troy, the Agent-General. Viscount Stonehaven was in the chairs

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BREAKFAST

Pineapple Juice Cereal

Fried Apple Rings and Sausage

Muffins

Coffee

LUNCHEON

Fruit Cocktail Stuffed Pan-cakes French Peas Corn-on-coh Asparagus Salad Sponge Cake with Lemon Sauce

Tea

DINNER

Pate. de Feis Gras in Aspic Clear Soup

Fried Breasts of Squab Chicken with Bacon Cream Sauce

Buttered Turnips

String Beans Popovers

Stuffed Celery Salad Peaches and Cream-Cookies

Coffee

MODERNISTIC SWEET SHOP OPENS

At No. 8 Pedder Spreet, directly} across from the Hongkong Hotel, Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Chen have opened the most modernistic and attractive candy shop In the Colony.

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Yesterday Colony" residents The s. President Pierce, which poured into the small specialty left San Francisco on April 21, is due shop decorated with green and to arrive in Hongkong on May 11. gold walls, shiny black lacquered The following through passengers modern show cases and illuminat. from the Pacific Coast will disem-ed with indirect lighting.

bark at Hongkong: Miss M. Davis, "Tong's China Delight"' the

The first active step in the revival "Wrens"-the Women's Royal Naval Service, founded in the Great War-was taken recently,

A meeting of Directors of the Mr. and Mrs. G. Hamilton, Mr. name of Mr. Chen's shop has 3 when an announcement appeared asking for applicants for appoint-Hongkong Rotary Club will be held and Mrs. L. Heston, Miss A. Nelson,

ax port superintendent at at 10am. to-day to discuss nomina- Mr. E Rice, Mr. C. Wisehack. 2 a day.

ments

Applications are invited

from

living at or near

women Portsmouth Plymouth, Chatham, or Rosyth. who must be not less than 35 years old have had ex- perience in connection with largej numbers of women or girls."

The port superintendents will be responsible, under the director, for the recruitment, efficiency. dis- cipline and well-being of the women serving within their areas.

All the 140 coats-of-arms have been unearthed by Wagner, who had them correctly drawn by an artist and supervised the mould ing of the final plaques by two sculptors who worked from the drawing.

For full-time employment during: The South Pavilion will contain war or emergency or during the another heraldic exhibit. the inception of the service in peace Royal Room. The ground floor of time the salary, will be £365 a this section will be completed by year, with a retainer during peace, the 'Silver Room, which will con-after whole-time service has tain exhibits of plate provided by ceased to be necessary, of £1 a the "British Goldsmiths' Company. day for each actual day's atten-

The North Pavilion will hold on dance. "

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the ground floor a cocktail bar, Applications should be addressed. an exhibition of contemporary art, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, a Hall of Metal, organized by the Whitehall, London Federation of British. Industries.

a cinema and a Hall of Demo- cracy, wherein Magna Carta will be enshrined.

A bridge, built on the model of Westminster Bridge, will link the two pavilions together, »

SMILE AT GIRL NO OFFENCE

It is not an offence för a man to raise his hat to a pretty girl, smile admiringly at her every day for a month and show quite plainly that he wants to meet her.

JACKSONIAN PRIZE WON FOR THIRD TIME

"Mr. Edgar Samuel John King was awarded the Jacksonian Prize for 1938 by the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, meeting in London.

This is the third time Mr. King has been awarded the pize, and on the latest occasion it was for a dissertation on "Surgery of the

heart."

tions for afficers for the year.

congress

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large selection of Chinese candles,

of all description, and several varieties of watermelon seeds. All the delicacies are displayed in con- venient containers which are ab- solutely sanitary and, at the same time. pleasing to the eye

their shipping department.. To An added feature of this shop is any part of the world they can send sweets, attractively packed, well wrapped and ready for mail- ing: this they tend to themselves without any extra charge outside of postage.

Canadians are prolific readers of Tenders for 50 stalls in the vege the newspapers and it has been table section were received by the estimated that they spend an aver Urban Council yesterday. The age of $50,000 a day to keep highest figure bid recorded was abreast of the times. A census of $105 and the lowest $47.40 the the circulation of daily and weekly average being $62.43 for a stall... newspapers in Canada showed that 270,000 more persons read the Delegates to the 15th annual "news" in 1938 than in 1937.

Federation of the Chantoers of Commerce of

With a population of over 11.- British Empire are to be enter- tained by London Corporation at 000,000, Canada's divorce rate is

The "Tong's China Delight" shop. Guildhall in July.

exceptionally low. The percentages is "decidedly a progressive and of divorces to marriages in Canada | pleasing addition to the Colony's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British 13 2.13. This compares with 1.36 commercial life. Studios Ltd. has lodged an appeal per cent in the United Kingdon; in the action in which Miss 4:15 per cent. in Australia, 6.15 per Elizabeth Allan. the actress, was cent in New Zealand, and 16.4 per

for cent. In the United States. £3,400 damages

awarded

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The marriage is to take place at Mrs. Rogers will speak to St. the Haw Par Mansion, in Tai Hang John's Cathedral Women's Fellow Road. at four o'clock to-morrow, ship to-morrow on "To England of Miss Chen Shou-yung to Mr. Av and Back-by air This talk wil follow the Devotional Service held

n. the Lady Chapel.

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Hoe, son of Mr. Aw Boon-haw, the Singapore Tiger Balm magnate. A reception will be held following the ceremony.

Sir Robert McDougall, the Man-| chester philanthropist, whose first

The Jewish Company Shanghal investment was made possible by Volunteer Corps, held its seventh shilling-a-week savings, left £413.- annual dinner at the B. V. C. Club 468 (n.p. £388,926). Duty of or April 27. Captain N. 8: Jacobs, £124.658 has been paid,

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WEDDING AT REGISTRY

The wedding took place at the Registry, Supreme Court, yesterday of Mr. Ho Ching, merchant, resid- ing at No. 19, Catchick Street, Kennedy Town, and Miss Chow. Yin. Mr. T. J. Gould, Deputy Re- gistrar of Marriages, officiated, and the witness were Messra. Chan Fook and Pok Shun-kai.

-ANNOUNCEMENTS

The following forthcoming mar- riages are announced:-

Mr. Lie Hong-tek, merchant, of No. 88, Thomson Road, second floor, Commanding the Company, pre- and Miss Fok Ho-ling, of No. 13, sided over what proved an enjoy-Lee Tung Street, third floor; able and successful affair. About Mr. Lindfolk Wong, chemist, of 140 members and guests of the No. 31. Wun Sha Street, second

unit were present.

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The marriage between Mr. Joseph Lee Ping-yan "teacher, of 2 Robinson' Road, and Miss Cheng Sir Arthur Macnalty and Mr. Book-lan, of No. 37 Austin Avenue. Harold Muir Evans were elected was solemnised at the Catholic

Mr. W. J. MacDermott, Assistant Fellows under the charter which Cathedral on Monday.

of The Rev. Commissioner

the Shanghai the Council to elect Fr. Spada officiated.

Municipal Police, left Shanghai permits

for six months' home-leave annually to the Fellowship, with- [out examination, two members of

April 30 in the s. s. Hector. He He set aside conviction and twenty years standing. sentence on a young man who had

Buch was the ruling of Mr. Justice Soloman, of the Supreme Court, Pretoria, South Africa.

appealed against a magistrate's CALLED QUEEN

ne of £25.

AMI do not think a woman's

dignity is assailed when a MARY “MISS"

strange, man looks at her with

an apparent desire to make

her. acquaintance," added the

Judge.

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floor, Shamshuipo, and Miss Tong Wai-lin, teacher, of No. 175. Petho Street, second floor, Shamshiuipo:

Mr. Chan Chung, student, of No. 60, Robinson Road, ground floor,

and Miss Yip Kwan-tal, of No. 58, Robinson Road, ground floor;

Commercial production of bread plans to proceed to South Africa Mr. Pal Wan-yueh, secretary of

Miss Li Hang, teacher, of No. 22, Wing Sing Street, first floor;

by bakeries in Canada in 1937 had and then to Southampton. During the Central Triast of China, and an estimated value of $55.009.658 his absence, Superintendent R. most of which was consumed Conduit will replace him as Divi- domestically Production of ples, sional Officer, "D" Division. cakes and pastry was valued at $17,340.407.

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Mr. Loo Wing-kon, barrister-at- law, residing at No. 105, Robinson Road, and Miss Lee Yu-wu, of No. 1, Kai Tack Bund, Kowloon City:

Mr. Alfred Fung Kwok-hing. merchant, of No. 13, Observatory Road, Kowloon, and Miss tor Beto Fung Yee, of No. 2. Stafford. Road, Kowloon Tong

When Their Majesties the King Children sketching in the

The Maharajah of Kapurthala, and Queen reach the Canadian Geffrye Museum, Kingsland-road! Shoreditch, recently did not re-who is in Shangha! on a trip round Rocky Mountains on their Cana The case against the man was cognise Queen Mary when she the world, was the guest of honour dan tau, they will find them at that for a month he had looked paid an unexpected visit there at dinner on April 27 at the Re-their very best. The valleys will nalasance, given by Vertinsky, the be ablaze with wild flowers dla at stared and raised his at a recently.

Russian singer who entertained played to advantage with a back- the distinguished visitor in Paris round of mow-capped peaks some years ago.

Their Majesties are due to arrive at Jasper Lodge" on June A The Duke and Duchess of Glou- ensure all privacy, the buildings, issued by the Botanic Gardens cester have consented to attend will not be officially opened to the for April records 17.24 inches. The Bart's Mansion House Ball, which public until June 15 this year.

teaylest falls were on April 19 (7.49 inches) April 15 (3.60 inches), is being held by the Lord Mayor

April 28 (204 inches) and April 20 (1.30 inches),

young Woman in wilful and persistent manner.”

as Queen Mary walked through the room and spoke to the "chlidren. Most of them bash-

fully called her "Mias." News that Queen Mary was in the matter to the police, and on the district, attracted a

large two evenings two detectives had crowd.. watched the man's gestures

The Judge said that except for raising his bat and smiling at her the man had made no other signs.

The girl in the case had reported:

But there is practically nothing on record to show. that the young lady's reputa-

tion was jeopardised by the young? man's conduct,” sald

Mr. Justice Soloman.

As she "was leaving the inuscuin A littlegir!" pushed past a policeman and, with a curtsy/" handed Queen Mary a posy of flowers. Before any- one could ask her name the child ran aWZY,

Hospital.

The monthly To

For Manila:Mr. and Mrs. W. An-

rainfall: report

and the Lady Mayoress at the The following passengers sailed Mansion House on Wednesday, yesterday in minegara” June 7, in aid of St. Bartholomew's for Java and intermediate ports. The noted Chinese aviatrix, Miss Wad-hot Case aviary pad In the presence of a large mund. Mr. "A. Ferrer, Miss P. Free-possessor of a Paramount motion attendance of mourners represent man, Mra Helen Groff-Smith: For picture contract on April 20 for a tative of all sections of the com- Boeleleng: Mrs. FW Dorr, feature role with Miss Dorothy It is not a necessary inference The museum contains period munity. the remains of the late Master Charles Dorr, Miss A. Lamour in the picture “Disputed that a man intends to bring a wo-woodwork and furniture, and hun-Mr. Andrew Augustus Brady were Hofmeyer, Mr. J. van Reenen, Passage." Miss Tée was awarded a man into contempt by looking at dreds of local craftsmen go to laid to rest in Bubbling Well Mia Mary E. Burles, Mrs. O. C. contract after Paramount execu ter and smiling

help them in their work.

Cemetery in Bhanghat on April 28 Taylor, Miss Bees Wainwright; tives saw her pictures in news- The services were conducted by For Sourabaya Mr J. Heymans, papers and offered her a nim test. the Rev. Father: McGreal B. J. of Mrs. Irmgard Hertwig Jkvr. J. Ble, sild, she had no idea thị. Gonzaga College.

van Riemsdijk.

test would prove successful, sen

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The wallpapers in the Victorian room and the Tonbridge ware l'attracted Queen Mary's interest.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY

3, 1939.

NORVIC SHOE CO'S..

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Norvic and Mascot provide the shoe for Day, Evening and all Dress occasions. Sir Herbert Barker "the true to nature footwear for Day and Golfwear. Finu-Hex a heavier shoe with s. flexible acle, waterproof and hard w aring.

Prices range from

$21.50 to $39.50

Other qualitier

$14.75 to $19.50

(Less 10% Cash Discount)

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Inspection Invited

m. POWELL, Ltd.

Sole Agents for The Norvic Shoe Co. 10, ICE HOUSE STREET.

Goodnight Sir. Goodnight milady!

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She isn't lady' all"... bai the has such an air about her that the

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risks. And can you blame him? For she's a Personality. More, far more than a mare adorable bundle of "cuteness" in wizard clothes. More than mare-

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