1932-04-23 — Page 11

REVIVAL SCENES IN UNWANTED SCHOOL

LONDON

HOLIDAY CROWDS AT ALBERT HALL

RECRUITS

N.U.T'S DEMAND ΤΟ AUTHORITIES.

SATURDAY, APRIL 23. 1932,

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

SILK UNDERCLOTHING BANNED

SPY DISBELIEVED AND SHOT

COMMANDMENTS TO DIPLOMATS

London, Mar. 30.

A demand that the Board of According to information receiv Two brothers from a Welsh col- Education should stop the engage-ed from Moscow, a book has recent- liory town were responsible for fill-ment of unqualified teachers was. y been published containing 680 Ing two of London's biggest public made at the Conference at Folkd paragraphs governing the be halls yesterday morning, after-tone of the National Union ofhaviour of members of Soviet em- noon and night-with great throngs Teachera.

bassies and trade organisations in foreign countries.

of worshippers.

At the Albert Hall, Mr. George | Jeffreys, principal of the Elim Four-square Gospel Alliance, con- ducted the gatherings, while his elder brother, Pastor Stephen Jef freya, a convert of the Welsh revival of 1904-5, preached at the Kings

'way Hall.

At night 160 converta were bap- tised at the Albert Hal, where there was a gathering of 10,000.

In front of the platform was a tank of tepld water surrounded by imitation grass and lying flowers,

The following resolution whe adopted:

This Conference notes with con- cern that limitations imposed by the Board of Education upon the number of entrants to training colleges have not been accompani ed by restrictions upon the supply of uncertißented and supplementary teachers and

the urges

Board not to recognise any new recruits in those categories of tenchers after July 1 next.

Mr. H. T. Morgan, the mover, said that in consequence of the Three man in tennis shirts and contraction of the Government's flannel and three women in long education policy a large number of white robes and bathing care were people had been stopped at the the first to enter the tank. Prin- doors of training colleges. This elpal Jeffreys followed in long linck year 3,250 men applied for admis- robe, and stood in their midst,sion to training colleges. Fully while flood lights were turned ou qualified by examination na they them.

were, out of that number 1,024 The oldest person to be baptised were accepted. The other 2,000 aged 79, and the either had to wait or abandon youngest was a girl of 12. An-altogether the prospect of enter other woman of 78 and a man of ing the teaching profession. 73 were also baptired

But the training college door

WFLA

a woman

of the numerous "commandments." The following are a few examples

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A remarkable story of the un- prepared state of certain British naval bases at the beginning of the war is told by Captain Donald J. length of 365 metres. Munro in a book published to-day on Scapa Flow (Sampson Low. (12a. Gd.)

PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

Broadcast by Z. B. W. on a wave-

(845 K.C.%). 4.00-7.00 p.m. Chinese Programme. 7.00-11.80 p.m. European Pro- gramme of Columbia Records.

Captain Munro was formerly King's Harbour Maater at Crom- It is strictly forbidden to visit arty. In the yeara preceding the counter-revolutionary theatres, cin-war he recommended the provision ematographs, and concerts. The of fortifications, floating docks and latter include entertainments in other facilities at Rosyth, Cromarty fugees take part. It may be men- which Challapin and Russlan re-

and Scapa Flow,

"The only defence Senpa had on tloned that, owing to the famous the outbreak of war" (Captain singer's quarrel with the Russian Munro statea) "was a Territorial authorities, all his gramophone re-company of artillery, but ainco cords are at present "taboo" in the they had no Soviet Union.

guas they could scarcely be regarded as an efficient force.""

luxurious" restaurants, and even- No meals may be taken in ing dress may only be outer functions where it is absolutely necessary to appear in the livery of the bourgeosie.”

Marriage with sons or daughters of "Inimical countries" may result in severe punishment being meted out to the offending party, and the tango and fox-trot may on no ne- count be danced, as being sym- bolic of the capitalistle countries. cinta are not too well dressed, and silk underclothing must not be

A man crying "Save as he was not the only door by which Care should also be taken that offi- i left the hall, nearly fainted, and was curried down the steps.

Many of the thousands of the men and women in the halt hud ar- rived by motor-couch from all parts of the country, and outside the hall, before the earlier meetings opened, hymns were sung and shouts of 'Halelujah!"

During one of the services Prin- cipal Jeffreys, specifying different ailments, asked how many present could testify to having been eured. The following claims were made:

Cancer, tumour or other

growths

Rheumatoid arthritis

Blindness

Deafness

longer

crutele

Once crippled, but now no

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people gained admission to schools

in the guise of teachers.

Each year the Board permitted loent authorities to appoint new supplementary teachera-girls with neither an academie nor a professional right to the name of lenchers. Their main qualifica tion was that they were exceeding [ly cheap.

Title "Usurped."

worn.

fended that they shot a spy who But convinced were the Ger mans that Seapa was heavily de-

told them the truth about the state) of the base.

7.00 p.m. Mall Notice, etc. 7.04-7.16 p.m. From the Studio. An Address by Mr. E. Cock, former

President of St. George's Society "St. George for England 1" 7.15-7.20 p.m. Land of Hope and

Glory (Benson-Elgar).

Harold Williams and Full Chorus. 0080.

7.20-7.35 p.m. Operátie. Madame Butterfly-One Fine Day

(Puccini).

Doris Vano (Soprano). 9862. The Meistersingers-Selection

(Wagner)."

Song-Queen of Sheba-She Alone

Reg. Band of If. M. Greandlor Guards. 9424.

Charmeth my Sadness (Gounod- Farnie) Arla: Norman Allin

(Bass). DX126. 8.00 p.m.

(Local Time and Wea ther Report).

7.36-8.47 p.m. Musical Comedy

Captain Munro writes: "We had a local spy whose move- ments were well watched-letters opened, etc. He was one of the very few who escaped when they fand Light. Opera. were all rounded up.

or an-

"On arrival in Germany he re- ported to his employers that Com- arty was defended, but not Seapa Flow, For some reason other they labelleved him.

"Anyway. He was tried and Special members of the O.G.P.U. eventually shot ng a spy in our in- tions, with instructions to see that vicape, to convey are attached to all Soviet instita-terest, whom we had permitted to

false informa the book of "commandments" is

tion." strictly adhered to.

Of a spy who lost his dog-an Irinh terrier-Captain Munro writes that the man advertised its loss in the Press.

MALTA REPLIES TO ITALY.

In addition, each year there. were 1,800 new uncertiflented teachers appointed by local educa- tion authorities and subsequently recognised by the flourd. These, | "IGNORANCE OF ENGLISH at least, had reached a certain nendemir standard.

and

is unfale to certificated teachers who undergo long and difficult courses of academic and professional training that persons In the afternoon a service ofwith neither should be enabled healing was held. The huge com- easily to usurp the title and fune- gregation knelt while Principal tion of teachers. It is unfair to Jeffreya went round and tail his children to have to suffer at the hands on the heads of many.

hands of ill-educates trained young people.

an-

to the ranks

The addition of more of these is unnecessary for normal requirements,

"We ask that there shall be from this year on no one admitted Education Service to the State whose title to the name of teacher routs anon less than a real pro fessional basis."

At the evening meeting 350 people stood in their places testify- ing that they had been miraculous ly healed in answer to prayer.

RACING MOTORIST'S

ESCAPE

SIX INCHES FROM DISASTER

London, Mar. 31. Robbed by the gale of any chance of breaking his own 138 miles

an hour lap record for Brooklands track, Sir Henry Bir- kin. in a 4,422 c.c. Bentley, yes terday had one of the most as tonishing drives ever seen there. Against a 50 m.p.h. wind, which buffeted the three-ton car like a baby machine, he averaged 1301⁄2 miles an hour for one lap in the long handleap, and won the race at a speed of 122,07 miles an hour for the nine miles.

Starting from scratch. In the second lap he was travelling at 140 miles an hour when the wind got underneath the car as it wan leaving the railway embankment, and for three or four seconds the front wheels were completely off the ground.

Vaccination Test.

SOCIAL DRAWBACK."

A

"The police found the dog, and on a collar was a name and ad- dress in Berlin." The

spy was arrested.

ENGLAND'S OLDEST WOMAN DEAD

REFUSED TO ADOPT MODERN METHODS

Mrs. Arabella Bridgman, aged 106, who was believed to be the oldest woman in England, died on March 26 at her home at Clewer, Windsor, where she had lived for 80 years.

Malta, Mar. 17. "Ignorance uf the language is a fatal social draw

English back in Malta, but ignorance of Italian in unnoticed because one has no occasion to display one's ignorance," states the Malta Daily Chimice to-day, in un ar- ticle on the Italian Press cum- paign over the language question. Every Maltese child is eager to learn English, the paper declares," and every parent is insistent that tric light installed in her house. She refused to have gas or elec- his or her children should learn which was always Malta's

lighted by which

language of business candles, and she refused to be in- higher employment.

hold out prospects ot

terviewed or to have her photo- graph taken. She considered English, it further points out,modern fashions "disgusting." Is the language of the prospective

When she was 100 she went for a emigrant, the seaman and the do-motor-car ride, but afterwards pre-

don to hear Charles Dickens con- ferred her horse-drawn carriage.

She made her leat visit to Lon- duct his last public reading.

Mrs. Bridgman never would con- fess her age, and on her census form she wrote, "I am now ten years older than when you took the census last time."

onded, said the qualification of a course with the navy, army and Mr. W. Lloyd Pierce, who sec-mestic servant, and for any inter- supplementary teacher was a young air force and their families, which lady over 18, who had been vac account for 10,000 of the popula- cinated.

tion. tion on the need for the Improve bulk of Malta's literature, of the The Conference passed a resolu it in also the language of the ment in hygienie standards in many leading schools.

newspapers, One speaker describedments, shop-signs, and the cinema conditions in many rural schools as talkies. disgusting.

Finally, it is tho 8.03-9.25 p.m. A Programme of language of culture and society. Victor and H. M. V. records kindly Italian has never been, nor is, supplied by Messrs. S. Moutrio and known by the mass of the people, Co. and its knowledge is limited to the smallest minority.

MORE CONCRETE ROADS

FURTHER KOWLOON

IMPROVEMENTS

The following appear amongst the latest projects for which the Government is inviting tenders:

Improving rouils for motor traf-

When they touched the track again the car lurched to the right, missing the railings by barely sale by the laying of a 45-foot width inches.

Half a mile later, on the Chert- sey embankment, a slower car a few yards ahead was blown out of: its course just a Birkin was about

to pass.

Birkin, already travelling with in three feet of the rim of the track, was forced to go higher to avoid a crash.

Nearly Over the Edge. The gale again got hold of the car, forcing it into a crab-like action. The

rear

of reinforced concrete surfacing in Nathan Road, Prince Edward Rond and Laichikok Road.

First section of new 100-foot road between Causeway Bay and Ming Yuen Gardens, The work comprises the construction of a portion of this road between point to the south of Inland Lot 2358 and a point to the eastwards of Inland Lot 2018.

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AIR CARAVAN FOR MONTH'S FLIGHT

BEDROOM AND KITCHEN

The aeroplane which the Hon. Victor and Mrs. Bruce will pilot in their attempt to break the flight duration record by staying in the air for a month will be virtually the first air caravan.

Plans have been laid before the Blackburn aircraft firm, the makers of the machine, for the construction; of the cabin in the form of two

rooms.

One room will be a bed-sitting- room and the other a kitchen. The bed-sitting room will be something

wheels had £10,880 FOR SİSTERS like a liner's cabin, with a real bed

skidded nearly over the edge in n cloud of cement dust when Birkin regained control.

LEGACIES FROM EMPLOYER

and other equipment.

The kitchen will be fitted with the utensils necessary for cooking sim- ple food. There will be books and a wireless set to relleve the mono- tony. A legney of £10,880 has fallen to

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce will receive two sisters under the will of the all their supplies from another ma man by whom they had been em-chine in the air. ployedt.

In the last lap, when he was coming off the same embankment near Vickers shed, a tercer gust than ever lifted the car inches off the cement, the rear only just clearing the end stanchions of the fence.

The result was: 1, Sir H. R. S. The will was that of Mr. Sally- Birkin (Bentley); 2, J. R. Cobb | bury Baxendale, of Golf Mount. An old peasant, who can neither (Delage); 3, H. Widengren (O.M.) | Eddington, Herne Bay.

| read nór write, has just inherited In the short handleap earlier, in After making a bequest of £10,- | u fortune of 800,000 dollars (£160,- the afternoon Cobb wha first, Bir-000 to Misa Ivy Harris, he left the 600 at par), says Reuter's Prague kis second and C. Penn-Hughes residue of the property, which has correspondent. He has been left (Bugatti), third. Cobb's speed was been valued at £10,881, to Miss this sum by a relative who emi- 119.25 m.p.k.

Gertrude Harris "in acknowledge- | grated to the United States years The last race of the day reaulted | ment of her great cars of my ago. in a dead-heat, a vory rare occur- mother and myself during many rence at Brookands. With two years." laps to go. W. Faulkner, driving

a Bugati, was 100 yards ahead of W. Straight; also in a Bugntti, AL the last bond Straight was still 10 yards behind, but he put in a grent effort and the cars went over the line together.

The stalers knew that they were

Gormany's "beer king."

Herr

to benefit under the will, but were Katzenollenbogen, the managing not aware of the amount. They director of the famous Schultheiss have decided to continue to live at Brewery, was sentenced to three Golf Mount, a large house over-moatha' Imprisonment and a fino looking the golf links, but have for manipulating the balance-sheet made no other plans for the future.of his company.

Orchestral-Vindobons. (Leopold) Marek Weber and His Orch. V-50035. Organ Solo-Introduction and Fugue (From Fantasla on "Ad Nos Salutem") (Liszt) Fernando

Germani. 36900. Songs-(a) Clavelitoa (Valverde) (b)

(Estrellita (Ponce). Song-Russian Nightingale Song

(Alableft).

Madam Amelita Gall-Curci!

(Soprano). 1440. Orchestral-Romance (Tachalkowski). Orchestral-in a Monastery Garden

(Ketelbey).

Victor Concert Orchestra. 35808, Nightingales netually recorded in

Beatrice Harrison's Garden, Oxted with 'Cello Solos by Beatries Choral-Sun of my Soul (Keble-Ritter). Harrison. B2470. Choral-Hark! Hark My Soul!

(Faber-Smart).

St. Barthlomew's Choir. 22002. Instrumental-Adagio Pathetique

(Godard).

Victor String Ensemble. 36038. Organ Solo-Oh Rest in the Lord Organ Solon (A) Beyond the Smiling

(Mondelssohn).

and the Weeping (Bonur- Stebbins) (1) Blessed Assurance (Crosby-Knapp).

Mark Androwa. 22800. Violin Solo-La Coq D'Or-llymn to the Sun (Rimsky-Kerankow and Franko). Violin Solo Thale-Meditation

(Massenet).

Mischa Elman. 7892. Song-Teresita Mia (Nicte). Song-La Sevillana (Tradior). Emilio Do Gogorza (Baritono). 1203. Piano Solo-Mazurka in C Sharp

Minor (Chopin).

Pinne Solo-Variations on Themes

from Carmen (Bizot-lorowitz). Vladimir Horowitz.

1827.

Show of Shows-Selection.

Regal Cinonia Orchestra. DX15. Hold my Hand-Vocal Gems. Dow Bella-Voen? Gems.

Columbia Light Opera Co. DX332. The House That Jack Bullt-Selection. Roy Starita and His Ambassadors Band. 0015,

Florodora-Vocal Gems,

Columbla Light Opera Co. DX12, Follow a Star-Selection.

Jack Payne and His B. B. C. Dance Orchestra. DX184, Les Cloches to Corneville-Vocal Gems. Columbia Light Opera Co. DX235. King of Jazz-Selection.

Regal Cinema Orchestra. DX72. The Maid of the Mountains-

Vocal Gems.

Columbia Light Opera Co. DXBI. 847-9.30 p.m. A Concert. Piano Solo-Duetto (Song without

Words No. 18) (Mendelssohn). Piano Solo-Minuet in G Major

(Paderewski)

William Murdoch. 9372 Song-Peer Gynt-Solveig's Song

(Dickinson and Grieg?. Song-Sho Wandered Down tho

Mountain Side (Stephenson and Clay). Dorn Labbatte (Soprano). 9577. Violin Solo-Legende (Wioninwski).

Arthur Catterall. 0359. Song-Friend! (Saasin-Davies). Song-The Three Comradea

(Bernhoff-Hermann). Octet-A Venetian Barcarolle

Afostyn Thomas (Baritone). DX234.

Į

Sorenado (arr. Willoughby). J. H. Squire Celeste Octot. DX211 9.30-11.30

p.m. Dance Pro-

gramme.

Fox Trot-Oh! What a Thrill. Fox Trot-Good-night Moon. 2002-D. Fox Trot-Who's Your Littla

011

Me.

Who-Zis? Fox Trat-With Love in my

Heart. 2601-D. Fox Trot-I Got Rhythm, Fox Trot-You Can Depend

2690-D. Waltz-Tell Me With a Love Song. Waltz-When the Rest of the

Crowd Goes Home. 2500-D. Fox Trot-I Promise You. Fox Trot-Home.

2573-D. Fox Trot-You're my Everything. Fox Trot-When Wo're

Alone. 2600-D. Fox Tret-Old Fashioned Love. Fox Trot-Creole Love

Call. 2597-D. Waltz-Lifo's Desire.

Fox Trot-Dance of the

Navles. CB380. Fox Trot-Who Cares? Fox Trot-Of Theo. I Bing. 2598-D. Fox Tret-I've Found a New Baby. Fox Trot-Mood Indigo. 2581-D. Fox Trot-A Paradiso Besido

the Sen. Waltz-Had I the Worda. CD384. Fox Trot-As Time Goes By. Fox Trot-If I Didn't Havo

You. 2636-1. Fox Trot-Now's the Time to

Fall in Love. Fox Trot-Bend Down, Sister.

2576-D. Fox Trot-When It's Sleepy Time

Down South. Waltz-You're my Only

Sweetheart. 2541-D. Fox Trot-When I Wore my Daddy's

Brown Derby. Fox Trot-Concentratin". 2500-D. Fox Trot-Singin' the Blues. Fox Trot-It's the Darndest

Thing, 2005-D. Waltz-Girl of a Million Dreams- Fox Tret-I Don't Want

Love. 2537-D. Fox Trot-Bugle Call Rag. Fox Trot-Dee Blues,

25-13-D. Fox Trot-Help Yourself to

Happiness Fox Trut Not That I Care. 2542-D. Waltz-Under the Spell of the

Waltz. Waltz-For the Sake of the

Days Gone By CB300. 10.30 p.m. Rugby Mid-day Press NowB.

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