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AIR DISASTER
K.L.M. LINER CRASHES NEAR CROYDON
London, Dec. 9.
A KIM, liner crashed in Dames at Croydon and it is believed that all Afteen of the occupants inve perished. The liner was uroceeding to Amsterdam.
Later,
The passenger list of the Dutch air linor chudes the autogiro ex- pert, La Cleva, the Swedish admiral and ex-Premier S. A. A. Lindman,
Germans, Ave
1wn fritish, onc Pole, one South African Dutchman one Finn and another Swede.
The disaster
occurred in for, when visibility was at its shortest."
The plane crashed into a house and It is now oficially stated that 12 were killed and five injured, three of whom are expected to
to recover
Dublin, Dec. 10. Afr. Eamon. de Valera presided over a meeting of Irish Free State Ministers fast night which is understood to have been called as a result of a communication from London, presumably from the Dominions' Secretary. Malcolm MacDonald.
Mr.
In addition to the Ministers, the Permanent Secretary And Leral, Adviser of the Department of External Affairs was present, No statement with regard to the meeting has been issued hitherto.
The Free Stato Executive Council is expected to meet to- day--Reuter.
..
U. S. MARINE CHANGES
SEVERAL COMMANDS
AFFECTED
Washington, Dec. 9. Mr. Claude Swanson, Secretary for the Navy, has announced the follow- Ing Marine transfers:
to
Brigadier Beaumont to command the Second Brigade of the Fleet Marine Force at San Diego.
Major General Breckinridge command of Quantico,
Major General Lyman to succeedi Major General Breckinridge as Com- The only survivors of the air dis-mander of the Department in the aster are a German passenger, the Wireless operator and the stewardess. -Reuter,
Later.
An outline of the career of Ad- miral Lindman appears elsewhere in this issue.
Crashed Into House
London, Dec. 9. Within a few minutes of taking off from Croydon Aerodrome, the Royal Dutch airliner bound for Amsterdam crashed in flames at Purley, There were 14 passengers and three erew.
Five passengers and the stewardess were rescued severely burned; the remainder perished.
The flames set fire to houses near- and the fire brigade was called was in charge of
by cut.
The machine Pilot Hautzmon.
stalca An eye-witness
that the Heroplane
crashed onto the roof of burst im- an empty house and
the
mediately into flames, setting house alight. Seven fire engines ar- rived and poured water burring house and machine.-Reu- ter's Special..
оп
the
Fourieen Dead
London, Dec. 9, The latest list of ensunities states that fourteen have died and three are Injured.United Press.
Christmas,
Major
to
Pac General Little to command The Feet Marine Force at San Diego,
Brigadier Bradman
command at Parris Island.
Brigadier Richard P. Williams to First Brigaste vi the command the Fleet Marine Force at Quantico,
Brigadier Buttrick to command the Marine Schools at Quantico,
Brigadier Meade to the Navy War' College at Newport.
It is also announced tlant Rear Admiral Bownes luis been trans- command the Cruser ferred to Division Scouting Force, Rear Au- miral Hayne Ellis micreening nim as Commandant
avaval ut the Minin District at Chicago-United Press.
KING'S ABDICATION NEARER THAN HIS RENUNCIATION
(Continued from Page 1)
effects
to add to Monday's announcement. The Labourites, said Mr. Attier, hoped the statement would not be of the present postponed In view
financial unsettling
und Inconveniences.
That the House itself is affected by the pr
prevailing uncertainty was shown by the fact that the number of usual qucations on the order paper hus membe§ ... Way Costurinoly. profess to be mystified by the con- tinued absence of a final solution on constitutional issue. Reuter
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LECTURE ON ART
ENGLISH FORUM MEMBERS AT CHINESE Y.W.C.A.
A talk on art was-given at the Chinese Y. W. C. A. Jast night, in
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1936.
DISTRESSED AREAS
to He selecta somé central feature stul the pattern he nas in mind; he suinputies the treatment so
as to emphasise his own composition, and NEW LEGISLATION PROMISED st the same time makes his picture ad- mired for the purky and barmony of its colouring.
There are, naturally, artists who paint in a mixture of styles dictated
BY CABINET
London, Dec. 0.
In the Commons last night the the presence of members of the Hong by their own individuality. They Government agreed to. Umiting the kong eignah Forum, by Mir, Luus
operation of the Special Areas Act, Chan, Mr. Chan Illustrated his talk what appears to diein in a under which measures for assisting
{style to build up their own pictures, by producing paintings by Algernon have no prejudice against any the depressed areas of Britain are particular art movement but are undertaken, to May 31 of next year, wunk
how to Instead of 1938. and able to learn work out their own vision and idea Mr. Ernest Brown, Minister
rom all senoous, now and b, and Labour, assured the House that the new amending bill promised by the and their power of expression.
Talmadge, Gerald Kelly. Uuy Kortright and himself, and analysing
Mr. Chan said in part:
them.
The late Sir Altred East, In his
of
book on "Landscape Painting," uptly thus to broaden their outlook on artncellor of the Exchequer would
Four Principles
sums up the meaning and purpose of Art. lie says. "It is not because it la Iko nature that It possesses a claim for consideration as a work of art, Once you grasp the various but because he, the artist, has attitudes I have mentioned, you are breathed into it the breath of his ready to judge the merita of a life and stamped upon it the vitality picture. In such judgment it is of his vision. Art is not a dead important to discover the main
al thing, it never was and never will be attitude of the painter and what his It is the living fact of man's vitality: purpose is. To all types of painting it approaches the divine inasmuch the following four
should as it is a creation, it takes from set the standardellence nature the inert and brings them to Design: Harmony, of Colour Scheme; gether that, by the touch of its finger, Representation of subject and effect It becomes a living and breathing as intended; and Emotion, that is, thing. If the highest accomplishmepi | what it makes you feel. · of art were imitation, then the cast from life would be superior to the
201
the
What makes a masterpiece lles in the skill with which the artist has carried out his purpose. Before we consider
be brought in early after the Christ- amend- mas recess to make such
in the Act as might be found ments necessary. He added that the Gov- ernment would put special areas in the forefront among factors to be taken into account in locating new enterprises,
an-
In the north they were benefiting from a revival in trade connected with the expenditure on armaments, but Merthyr was receiving no ad- vantage of that kind.
Problem of Meribyr Sir George Gillett, the recently Commis- appointed Special Areas aloner, concluded a two days tour of South Walca yesterday. He nounced that he intends appointing his London office highly qualided men to look out for new industries
areas. for special
Having visited Gateshead, Jarrow of England, Sir George Gillett sald and other "black spots" of the North Merthyr seemed about as dimcult problem as any districts seen. British Wireless.
in
to
ho had
looks un- On Monday, December 21, the Band
and scemis
Battalion Drums of the 2nd The East Lancashire Regiment will play a combined Retreat at Shum at 5.15 p.m. Shui Po, commencing This will be the last occasion this ceremony will be performed by the battalion Hongkong and the
in
sculptor's work, or the imitation of natural sounds the highest expres
pictures sion of
of music, we should place
the detail photographer before the painter."
I will give you some idea of 1 pro
propose to-night to explain the what we mean by applying these principles, Let us take the design differing attitudes of various schools
our Orst of artists towards painting a subject, meant the arrangement of the sub principle. By design is and to illustrate them with examples ject by means of lines and masses
-as I am able of their work as far as without the aid of lantern slides.
so that its centre of interest standa Realist Paintern
out and every part of the picture is well balanced in relation to it. If To begin with, I shall take the subject of the painting of a land-feels that the picture
the design is not well balanced one Rcape by artists of different schools, comfortable or some part of First, the realist who paints what he
to jung
out at one. On the other sees after careful study as exactly hand, if the design is complete, a as he can. He feels no need
sense of satisfaction is felt so that create create by re-arranging objects to produce more harmony in
the colour scheme 50
no one inch could be sacrificed with- changing
out detriment to the general effect of the whole, picture. He is afraid to alter any-i
There are various kinds of lines general publle are cordially invited. thing lest he should give the im- pression of Incorrectness of vision. horizontal, vertien!, diagonal, bent, curved. The horizontal gives a Thus he makes the
work out these principles. It is sense of repose such as the horizon watercolour which I call "The Hay truth as he sees it, hard strict truth of a cain sea or the latters of a
of a naturn) fact, depending
Boat." wide landscupe, The vertical sug-
This picture was painted on entirely on his subject for Interest.
gests a sense of support and dignity the impressionist painis the Again,
clear
sunny morning, and I think i as, for instance, the trunk of a tree have succeeded in representing to scene in terms of Jight. As this
of a building. The effect is flecting, he has to train his
or the pes
some extent the effect it had on me. vision and memory to pick out and logonal gives a sense of falling (For this purpose I had to disregard s
movement, the picture lles in his ability to XC as the bark of a tree or a
xe Bent line suggest ruggedness such lot of unnecessary details. I had
"rock.
hill.
also done great deal of close obser
the movement member and his skill in recording.Exantly on
vation In catching curved line and the cu Exactly opposite His task is to plck out striking
form of the water. which suggests beruty and
begun, Before the painting was details unnecessary to the broad branch of
the scene in this picture had already willow tree or the chirm aroused my interest that here was of the
for wide bay curve of a
wonderful subject and effect to instance. Then agnin there
arpaint. With that in mind I pointed more violent curveri lines which sup the subject happily and thrillingly. Thus the result is one infused with Best movement such as waves.
the spirit of the subject and that of the artist.
statement
record The success or failure
of
andi
essentials of the scene and disregard' Think of the elegance of the dines
effect which he has no time to ub- serve or to study.
The decorative painter dealing with the same subject goes about it in quite a different way, He will first of all re-arrange it in an orderly 11e manner, This is "to compose". makes no apology for any peculiarity of vision, because the deliberate re- Arrangement is his own
"The Hay Boa1"
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I trust this talk has given you Before concluding i will show you one of my own pictures as an ex- rough idea of how to look at, under- Invention. ample of how I myself have tried toʻjstand and rejoice in pictures.
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