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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1937.

"No Woman Need Grow Old"-Yogi WOOLLEN JUMPERS

Expert Claims "Miracles"-

WOMAN OF 70 NOW THERE ARE SIX ATLANTIC AIR SERVICE

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GIRL

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A man who admits to being over 50, with the boyish features and the vitality of a young man of 25, claims to be able to take 10 to 30 years off the life of almost every woman over 50.

Seated in his London flat, his fore- arms bound with two serpents of gold, his long black hair coiffured

France Doubles Her Women Pilots Trials To Begin

Paris, Dec. 31.

THREE more women pilots have passed the tests for the publie

are:

aerial transport certificate, making the total six.

New holders

At Once

Mme. Final, who recently flew to Madagascar as a tribute to the MAILS TO BE CARRIED memory of her aviator husband, killed in a crash in Kenya in 1935; me, de la Combe, who has taken part in many air races; and Mlle.

Lion.

Previous holders were Mlle. Maryse Hilsz, the "Amy Johnson"

of France; Mlle. Maryse Bastie, who flew from Le Bourget to Gorki,

NEXT AUTUMN

By VICTOR BURNETT,

in Russin, in record time in 1981 and broke Jean Batten's South I HAVE discovered the secret of Colonel Atlantic record this week; and Mille. Regina Winska.-Reuter.

Lindbergh's flying visit to Ireland.

like a woman's, the Rajah Ex-King Edward Sold 15 Famous Dogs-

Lala Krishna Raphael Ram Singh made an impressive figure as he described to a London Newspaper repre- sentative the "miracles" he has wrought..

20 Years Younger

The walls of the little room were covered with photographs of beauti- ful women-the women whom the Rajah says have lost 20 years and re-. gained new youth and looks by his systern.

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He pointed to the smiling portrait of a well-known London liostess..

"When she came to me her hair) was grey and turning to silver," said the Rajah.

"She placed herself in my hands, and within a fortnight her hair had been restored to its youthful brown colour.

Totlay that woman

feels 20 ven

years younger.

looks and

This Kir" he pointed to a studio photograph of a healthy young wo- who looked about 30-came and told me that she had Anished with life.

mun

"She was 70, and

thought that

there was nothing left for her but a few years of miserable old age and. death

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"Within a few months she had returned to the career of her youth, and was singing once more upon the concert platform."

The Rajah waved his thin gold- ringed fingers as if in blessing. "No woman who submits lo my system of dict, exercise, and mental control need ever grow old or be ugly," he suid.

His System

within.

from "Beauty com.es There is no short cut to rejuvenation, and I do not possess an elixir of life.

"Gricefulness, gentleness, kindness, motherliness those are the qualitles I teach to women. A woman who pOSSERIES tem must be young and appear young.

"By a perfected system of Yogi breath control and by strict attention to a diet based on the simple pro- ducts of the earth, every woman can cultivate the characteristics that will give her beauty."

Part of the kitchen gardens has also been put to crass.

Just before his abdication ex-King Edward sold, pulled down because upkeep was unnecessary and ex- his fifteen cluanber spaniela, bred by King George V. pensive. at Sandringham, to a Sussex resident "for a high price." All the spaniels' names begin with the letter "8" They include the famous team Sandringham. Scion,| Sparkle, and Scurry, which have appeared at many

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shown.

There are now no fallow deer in the woods, Sandringham has contained a big Christmas tree, from which Queen Mary handed gifts to the servants, estate tenants, and their children.

The King and Queen with Princes Elizabeth and

Queen Mary Princess

Margaret, stayed with

Queen Mary probably noticed other changes when she visited Sandringham at Christmas.

The vinerica and many greenhouses have been Sandringham.

WINTER LAY-UP

The German airship "Hindenburg" recently undertook her last voyage nerons the Atlantic Ocean for this scu- son. She will lay up for the winter.

Rome And The Revolt

In Spain

-Rome, Dec. 30, Mr. Average Italian is LOCH NESS MONSTER horrified by the brutality of the civil war in Spain but his Makes Film Debut

sympathies are all with the Nationalists. London, Dec. 18.

£30,000 TO

FIGHT

DISEASE

Government's Gift

for Research

CHEMO-THERAPY. INSTITUTE

The announcement that the British Government will give £30,000 to- wards the establishment of a new Institute of chemo-therapy-in which new artificial drugs will be made and their influence on disease tested- was made by Mr. Neville Chamber- lain, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, dinner of the the

anniversary Royal Society of Claridge's Hotel, recently.

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Both the Medical Research Coun- ell and the Department of Scientific and Industrial Itesearch, Mr. Cham- berlain stated, had urged the founda- tion of such an instituilon.

"I believe," he added, "that we shall be starting something of which it is difficult to-day to foresee all the possibilities."

After-tho-dinner. Professor F. Mellanby, the Secretary of the Medical Research Council, told a re- presentative of the hopes held by its

elentine sponsors.

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THE INSTITUTE'S AIMS The new institute, Professor Mel- is likely to be Innby explained, established at Mill Hill, where the

It Council has already laboratories. will deal, as have German scientists, with the systematic production and

testing of new anti-malarial drugs- but its medical alms will be very

much more general than that.

EDWARDIAN

MUST NOT ABDICATE

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He was onc of a party that forged the last link in negotiations for a North Atlantic air service.

Other members of the party were Mr. G. E. Woods Hum- phrey, managing director of Imperial Airways, Juan Trippe, president of Pan-American Air- ways, America's biggest airline corporation, and J. C. Cooper, a vice president of the combine.

Colonel Lindbergh is Atlantic ad- viser to Pan-American. Imperial Alrways and Pan-American Airways are to co-operate in running the Allantie service.

The reason for the visit was to approve the site chosen for the final jumping-off pluce on this side.

It is at Kilconry, Co. Clare, a tiny village near a deserted bay desolate coast,

on A

During the next five years a small own will spring up there, with hotel accommodation for passengers and landing ground for land 'planes,

It will become one of the most in- portant air junellons in the world- stallon on the newest transport Ine,

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AGREEMENT

The Lindbergh party reached com- Valera plete ngreement with de

about Irish representation in the

combine and division of costs

upkeep of the base.

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Now they are settled regular Atlantle crossings will start almost Immediately.

Big American Atlantic clippers of trial will carry out a series

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The purpose of the trial flights is to get information about Atlantic flying weather and winds in both directions.

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During the crisis in England many for people showed their sympathy King Edward VIII. In London this cyclist rode through the streets wear-

hours. ing the placard, The King Must Not Abdicate.

in 1038. It is estimated that the average time for the crossing will be

and fourteen between

nineteen

Imperial Airways long-range high- speed boats will work on the trials as well,

Civilisation

Ground Troops Discovery of Ancient Still Vital In Warfare

"AIR FORCES ALONE NOT ENOUGH" The biggest hope, Professor Mel-

production "If Franco takes Madrid, it lanby suggested, lay in the of artificial drugs which would have will not be with his bombers, but He really hasn't much choice some influence against bacterial diswith his ground troops."

use of the Buccessful "Cinema-goers in Australia and New

prontosil"

against Zealand may soon get a glimpse of because everything he reads in chemical "red

the exalts

had, he suggested, the famous--and some say fabulous-his

puerperal fever newspapers

established this possibility. It has made Monster of Loch Ness. its debut on the British screen this Nationalists and execrutes the

week as star of a special feature in Loyalists. ・・ the first number of Scuttish month-

The Influence of the Catholic

pen.

ly firm review, "Things That Hap- Church is also wielded in favour of the Nationalists. The Osservatore As much money has been spent on tracking the monster as on the salary Woman, semi-ocial organ of the

has gone into greater detall

euse. The

ISOLATED KINGDOM IN ASIA ABOUT 1800 B.C.

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One more has been added to the list of early civilisations which archeologists must explore if they are to plece together the full history of man. It is that of the kingdom of the Mitanni, in the upper valley of the timbur, not far from the Turk- ish frontier of Northern Syria.

Although under Sumerlan influence

carller

period, it has been General Sir Walter Kirke,

proved that at least during the period Director-General of the Terri- about 1800-1400 B.C. there was, in Mr. Chamberlain also indicated torial Army, expressed this this isolated district of Asia, an in- that the Clovernment had, within the opinion recently at the distribu-dependent and virile civilisation.

Increased their ex-

The

discoverer is Mr. M. E. L. penditure on research in the Interests tion of prizes to the 23rd London Mallowan, leader of an expedition to of defence to £3.800.000 a year-an Regiment (The East Surrey Chagar Bazar, which has been joint- increase of £1,300,000.

|Regiment) at Clapham Junction. ly sponsored by the British School Archæology in Iraq and the Sir William Bragg, President of the

Sir Walter was pointing out the British Museum. Mr. Moilowan des

the Army, cribed his discoveries at the annual more and more relied upon as essential part which

meeting of the Fund at Burlington House London, recently

ORGANISED MILITARY STATE

past two years,

about alleged Red atrocities in Spain 150 Pointed out that research was

of a flim-star with box-office draw.

But the Loch Ness monster is as than any Italian newspaper. clusive us Greta Garbo. Both seem

What antazes the Average Italian

to have the cold northern tempera is the savageness of the Spanish war. ment.

The film was obtained only six It is his belief, from reading his weeks ago, after three years of newspapers, that all the atrocities are committed by the Loyalists, while effort,

the Nationalists are delivering the

It shows an animal more than 30 country from the alleged horrors of feet long careering through the loch Communism. at a speed of 30 knots-as fast as The man-on-the-street is told, and the Queen Mary.

"Dark grey almost black in colour, and very shiny; the head and neck were parallel with the surface and rising and falling with the move

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he believes it, that the war in Spain no longer between Spaniards of different political phliosophies, but between Spaniards (the Nationalists) and Red foreigners, assisted by a

Typical was the correspondent's grocer

ment of the huge body; humps visible few bolshevised Spoment of your

""We Italians",

as the flippers move beneath them."

That is how Malcolm M. Irvine, director of Scottish Film Productions, he said, "are in favour of the who "shot" the monster with a tele-Nationalists because the other are scopic camera, described the beast.

murderers of priests, nuns children who want to bring ^ com- . munism to Spain."

"1938" STAMP ERROR

JOHANNESBURG VALUES

LIKELY TO SOAR

news

and

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a means to human betterment, and Regular and Territorial, had to fill expressed the opinion that one of the in our own fighting forces. most chcouraging features of the pre-

Tie huge armies which Continental sent time was the fact that social science was just beginning to be "nations were organising and equip- real thing."

ping, he said, showed clearly that they had no exaggerated opinion of the decisive effect of air forces.

On the Territorial Army rested the responsibility for the ground air de- fences and the coast defences. These would come into action in advance of all other services: Their object was to gain time to mobilise our

PRISON FOR MAN WHO'

ONCE OWNED £20,000 STARTED AS MESSENGER BOY

resources.

of

the houses of Chagar Bazer at this period were solidly built of mud brick; their inhabitants were skilled in smelting copper, cast their own weapons, and were members of a well-organised military state. Horses bore elaborate troppings, and chariots were used in war.

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There is evidence of contact with Egypt, and the kingdom of Mitanni must at this time, It is believed, have hud control of the trade routes to the metal ores of Asia Minor, and parii- cularly

of Cappadocia. A grain, receipt

the dis- among coveries is taken to represent some individual payment of rent or taxes,

tore than 3,000 years ago.

Mr. Mallowan is to continue bis excavations in the coming season, accking specially for further inscrip- also exenvate. Täll Denk, described as the most import ant "mound" in the neighbourhood.

Passive defence would never pre- A man who had risen from messen- ger boy to own £20,000 was sent to serve the British Empire, nor would it enable us to fulfi our engagements prison for 10 months at the Man to France and Belgium, or any other chester Assizes recently for the frau-

The obligations which we might accept dulent conversion of £1,705. money was the bulk of an estate for under the Covenant of the League of

Nations. which he was trustee,

"There are some who think that He was Edmund Ogden, aged 76, coal merchant and formerly a mill offensive air action by itself may of Smithy Bridge, Little-enable us to do so," General Kirke borough, Lancashire. It. Was stated added, "but there is, I fear, nothing call that he had been a member of the to show that air action alone wil grand jury in the court in which slop the advance of armies which themselves have powerful air forces. he was sentenced.

"Nelther have we any reason. 10 believe that the indiscriminate bomb- ing of the civilian population will cause a proud people to surrender,"

Italian newspapers have no cor- respondents on the Loyalist side. What

owner, they print from this side But all comes from foreign sources. references to Loyalist courage aré An error in the date on some of the deleted. "Occasionally the newspapers special South African stamps issued admit the Reds, as the Loyalists are to commemorate the Johannesburg called,

stubborn are puiting up Exhibition may unexpectedly increase resistance, but they attribute this their value. News of this printing to foreign support, oversight reached London recently.

Foreign allegations that General mony

It was stated that a few of the Franco's air force includes stamps are dated 1938, instead of Italian and German pilots, as well 1030. The error was discovered by na machines have not been mentioned a gatekeeper who took a casual glance in the Italian press. The average at the stamps, which form part of a Italian. from reading his paper collection of the Exhibition.

A fourpenny New Zealand, printed would get the idea, that France and Russia are openly supplying the in 1902, had

some mischance its Loyalists with arms and munitions, centro print un mischance its years ago it was sold in London for while Italy continues offelalty to

'maintain an attitudo of

neutrality.

about 30. Other rarities included But the man-on-tho-street knows eloven West Australian fourpennies that Italy is quietly sending men and "with" "an inverted swan Some of material to Spain This Information those have been valued at nearly, he gets: from the grape vine: dis- $1,000.

tribution of shows which is not per

"It is a painful duty to have to sen tence a man of your age," said Mr. Justice Lawrence..

Campbell Black-

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