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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1927.

THE

“JAZZ KING” FREE AGAIN.

THE STRAIN OF MANY DIALECTS.

PLAYED OUT OF BRIXTON PRISON.

TROUBLE OVER INCOME TAX.

"I took one look at you, that's all I dared to do, and then my heart stood still."

With this fune played by jazz musicians who stood in the street Teddy Brown, the heavy-weight jazz king, was last month played

but of Brixton Prison.

.

'INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.

"NO CORRECT ENGLISH.”

Mr. G. Bernard Shaw was in entertaining mood when he sought! to justify the need for an "Inter- national Council of English" to de- termine facts on disputed usages.

distinguished American and Bri- He was ope of a Kathering of fish acholars, poets and writers who met at the headquarters of the Royal Society of Literaturo, in Mr. Brown had been committed Bloomsbury-square, W.C., to in- to prison for a few days, having Laugurate the council, which it was been arrested by Sheriff's officers proposed should consist of "a hun- whilst he was in bed, for the non-dred or so of the most distinguish- payment of part of his Income-taxed authorities they could get in amounting to £260. He is the the English-speaking countries." lender of the well-known Cafe do Paris Band, and an expert on the Baxophone and zylophone.

He is 26 years of age,

and weighs 24 stones. No one was more surprised than Mr. Brown when he was arrested, since he had in his possession a banker's draft for the required sum, but the Sheriff's officers refused to take a cheque.

"The language of the island which includes England, Scot land and Wales." Bald Mr. Shaw, consists of a number of dialects.

To show you, the complexity of our problem I have looked up the number of dialects we have. There cre 42,767,500 of them. Each peaker of there dialects regards During the week-all other dialerts as a mark of in- end Captain Robin Humphreys, of

feriority. the Cafe de Paris; resorted to every possible means to secure the jazz king's release.

He visited Brixton Prison, where

Serious Strain.

"This puts our population in a condition of continuous and very

he was referred to the Deputy-serious strain.

When President Wilson came Sheriff, who in turn told him to get in touch with the Home Sec-to "this country, instead of using rotary, On the telephone Mr. the word 'oblige' he used the word Joynson-Hicks informed Captain obligate. It was a shock to us to Humphreys that he thought the find that a man could-be President matter, was one for the Teasury, of the United States even if he und the Treasury "suggested No. said obligate instead of 'oblige. 10 Downing Street was the proper The question we asked ourselves. quarter lo approach. But here be at once was: Could a man be King was referred once again to the of England 4 he said 'obligate' in- Sheriff, who wha "playing golf lead of 'oblige't. somewhere."

Frustrated until that morning, Captain Humphreys recommenced his efforts when the Sheriff's office In Red Lion Square was opened. Carrying the £260 in cash, Captain Humphreys visited the Sheriff, but was then alarmed to discover that costs amounting to £9 have also to be paid.

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The committer which had been asked to tackle the question for the B.B.C. found that even with words in everyday use there agreement among them.

was no

Take the word cross. If you tell a taxicab man to drive you, as do, to King's Cross, he will do it, but if you say 'King's Cross' he will get us there perhaps a frac tion of a second sooner.

Pressman to the Rescue.

"There is no such thing in the" Perplexed, Captain Humphreys explained the position, remark world as correct English speech, ing"I have seven pounds of my We all have our dialects, and own, can someone end me the very one of our 42,000,000 is other two? A Pressman volun-ady at any moment, to give you what he calls an imitation of an teered with the necessary totni, and Captain Humphreys succeeded American accent which would n in getting a warrant for Mr:tertain you American gentlemen it would be Brown's relense. The warrant very much, beeinee read:To the keeper of the debomething you have never heard

before.. tors' prison for the County of Lon- don-Distharge out of your cu

The American dartist I go to tody the body of Ted Brown from walls water watter, and what I process now against him in mall tartar he calls latter.' .office. For so doing this is your warrant. (Signed) Plender, Sheriff."

Williams

Captain Humphreys, armed with this warrant, hastened away to in- form Mrs. Brown of his success. The jazz king's wife was overjoy- ed, and took the car down to Brix- ton Trison at once, followed by Captain Humphreys and nine jazz musicians, who followed in Daim- ler cars.

The meding decided that it was desirable to form an International Council, and elected a committee

a six to deal with organisation.

ELECTRIC LIGHTING IN A GRAVE.

SWEDEN'S UNIQUE MUSEUM.

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It was well after half past eleven before the prison gates

A giant grave-mound from early opened the wicket gate was use.

into a loss-to allow the ruffled jazz king Viking times, turned

museum with electric light, pro-

and

to pass out. He was immediately bably unique of its kind in the greeted by the jazz band, smiled while Press photographers world, has just been formally opened by Sweden's prominent adapped him.

royal archaeologist, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf.

Mr. Brown stated that he had had nothing to cut or drink from

.. The mound, which is considered the time he went into the prison to be one of the most important of All they offered me, he stated, was Sweden's archaelogical finds dur ten or cocoa and bread. After tha food at the Cafe de Paris I couldn't ing the last few years, is situated look at it. I had nothing to drink, in the parish of Hassloey, in the and the doctor, was so interested province of Hallund, on the west. to know how I had carried on. He coast of Sweden. After having wanted to examine me, but I been completely excavated, the fused to be examined by anyone but my own doctor.

They put me in a cell with a bed in it. but I did not sleep. I was very worried about it all, and al I did was to walk up and down.. I didn't know I was coming out this morning.

Asked what he had to do while he was in prison, Mr. Brown' de elared that they wanted him to make muil bags or mattresses. I told them, he said, if they wanted me to work they find better bring my saxophone..

Was

A man's heroic, but vain, sacri- fice to rescue. If younger brother witnessed at Borthwen Beaches, near Holyhend, where a pienie party had motored to bathe. The net was choppy, and shortly after they had entered the water Mr. Gwyn Williams, 22, a dental surgeon, of Holyhead, unid he felt faint. Miss Lloyd, another mem- ber managed to get ashore, and discovered that the brothers had disappeared. Miss Lloyd, in an interview, unld: "I heard Gwyn say, 'I feel fagged,' and immediate- ly afterwards call for holp. I saw Alan swim to his assistance, and he gave his life for-his.brother."

rave has been restored to its ori- ginal state and made into a museum, where the visitors will be enabled to see how their Viking forbears buried their dead..

Being married to a mule is what makes a woman a nag.

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