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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1937.

CRACK CRUISERS MAY RACE TO SINGAPORE

IF FORTRESS HARDLY PRESSED IN "BATTLE"

Norfolk And Emerald Ready For 48-Hour Trip

RACING at 32 knots across the Indian Ocean H.M.

cruisers Norfolk and Emerald of the East Indies Squadron may go to the assistance of Singapore if the naval fortress is in danger of "capture" during the current manoeuvres, says the Straits Times.

The East Indies Squadron, based on Trincomalee, Ceylon, is the nearest British naval force west of Singa- pore. It comprises the Fourth Cruiser Squadron, five sloops, and a survey ship.

Apart from patrolling the Indian seaboard and Britain's trade routes to the Far East and Australia, the function of the Squadron is to answer the first call for help from Malaya.

When the news is received In Singapore that an enemy fleet is steaming south down the China Sea an S.D.S. will be flashed throughout the Empire.

While alr re-Inforcements arc rushed to Singapore from Indin and Iraq II.M.S. Norfolk und IIM.S. Emerald will be ready to slip out of Trincomalee and endeavour to reach Singapore within 48 hours, fair wen- ther or foul.

ELABORATE PLANS

This is part of the elaborate de- tence plan which has been drawn up to ensure the impregnability Singapore, but it is not yet known whether the war games of the next few days will be worked out to this stage.

Culfil

Dinner

Brought

MALAGA—the ancient city which has fallen into Spanish rebel hands after six months of clyll war. It has been closely besieged by the rebels since the clyll war commenced.

1,700 Miles UNDER SIX MONARCHS

PROBLEM OF EMPTY NORTH

To eat a dinner, all the ning courses of which had been flown more than 1,700 miles to them, has just been the experience of 20 men in Sydney.

Centenarians Celebrate "Radium" Wedding, Too

the land to provide something they Mr. J. Frederick, aged 100 and Mrs. can put in their mouths." Frederick, 83, of Shepparton, Victoria, have just celebrated their "radium" wedding. They were married 70 years ago on the Ballarat goldfields.

Australia continues to make longevity records. Mrs. E. A. T. No authentic reports are avail-

Andrews of Geelong has just celebrated her 104th birthday and in so doing has carried out the enjoinder to "keep going and you'il able from milltary headquarters, as it la necessary to maintain the

It was given by A. Macalister beat Don Bradman" in a congratulatory telegram sent by Senator closest secrecy if the manoeuvres Blain, M.P. on behalf of his con- J. F, Guthrie of the Australian Upper House. are to If their purpose, Even

Vice-Admiral ILE.

Mrs. Andrews, whose maiden Sir Charles stituents of the vasi, almost un- Lille, Commander-in-Chief of the occupied Northern Territory of "en" fleet, may not know whe-Australia, as demonstration of name was Tremayne, comes from ther the defenders are receiving what could be produced there, one of the oldest Cornish fami- lies. She was born in William says Austral News. On the other hand, the Singapore The courses were oysters, the real IV's reign and has therefore defence authorities do not know the kangaroo-tall soup, barramund!, an dispositions of the attacking fleet. It excellent fish from the Roper River, lived to see six British monarchs. has not yet been slated for instance, ranst Beef, buffalo tongue, enriched She has 75 descendants living. whether Army troops from Hong with wild pig, goose and "black- Except for slight deafness she LESS FOREIGN kong are being brought down to fella" duck, tropical fruit, coffee. assist Itoyal Naval and Royal Marine grown on the Adelaide liver and has all her faculties unimpaired. Units in their attempt to force a ground nuts from Daly Waters.

re-inforcements from Ceylon.

landing on Singapore Island. The toast was "The Territory," Daily she reads her Bible, says SERVICE FOR

"May

it cease to be the danger spot for any invasion of Australla," said

Austral News.

Just 101, Mr. William J. Warner of SOLDIERS

for

FAST CRUISERS ILM.S. Norfolk la a 10,000 ton Mr. Blain. "Aerial transport and dry cruiser armeil with eight -in., and ice will solve its problems," he de- Sherwood, Queensland, arrived in Australia from Kenninghall, on thei four 4-in. guns, nnd eight 21-in. tor-clared. pedo tubes. She also carries a sen- Another speaker warned the diners cast coast of England in 1887. He

the utmost professes

scorn plane and has a speed of more that, to-day, there were more Japan-cinemas, racecourses and neroplanes, ese fishermen, with military training, to which and in which he has never than 32 knots.

off the coast of North Australin them been and very emphatically refuses HMS. Emerald is of 7,753 tons there were white men. "The only to

10. He is convinced that the displacement. She also has a speedway to settle the North," he declared, future of the Commonwealth of Aus- of more than 32 knots and carries a "is by private enterprise."

trolla lies in putting everybody on complement of 572.

R.A.F. PLANES ARRIVE Meanwhile, R.A.F. reinforcements from India witt Traq "continite to arrive in Singapore. Squadrons al- ready here include No. 27 (Day Bomber), No. II (Day Bomber), No. 203 (Flying-Boat), and No. સમ (Bomber) Squadrons.

Three heavy bomber transports (troop-carriers) of No. 70 Squadron are due to-day from Hinaldi, hend- quarters of the Iraq Command. Five more of these transports are, due to reach Seletor, to-morrow.

The Straits Times understands that Army units will not be brought aboard the troop carriers for the present manoeuvres.

CONCEALED MOVEMENTS

From now onwards many units of the attacking fleet will conceal their mavements and will creep south-

"Upset by

and 40'

Dublin, Feb, 1.

was slated at the inquest here to-night on the pantomime artist, Mrs. Zena Carroll, aged 35, that she became suddenly ill before going on the stage of the Galety Theatre on Saturday night to sing the song en-

Fair, Fat

Song"

lled am fair, fat, and forty," und died before réaching hospital.

RADIO BROADCAST

Introduction to Interport Football Captains

A STUDIO RECITAL

Radio Programme Broadcast by (Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 355 metres (845 k.c's.), 31.10 metres (0.52 m.c's.).

ILK.T..

12.30-2.15 p.m. European Pro- gramme,

12.30 A Light Concert

1 p.m. Time and Weather.

1.03 De Groot and His Orchestra. 1.30 Reuter Press, Rugby Press;

Weather Forecast. Time and An- nouncements.

1.40 An old Musical Comedy- "Ife Wanted Adventure."

2.15 Close Down.

5-8 p.m. European Programme.

p.m. Dance Music.

6 p.m. A Recital by Beniamino. Gigli (Tenor).

"Faust" (Gounod)-All hail, thou dwelling pure and lowly. "Lullaby" (Senatra, Schubert and Melichar)- Lullaby, Suy you will not forget. "Ave Maria" (Furno and De Curtis)

Soltanto Tu, Marin.

of

6.15 Concert Waltzes.

Nor-

Dream Waltz (Millocker); Maldens Baden (Komzak); "Eva"-Waltzes (Lehor); Vnitz Nanette (orr. wartz); Springtime Waltz (un-

6.35 A Variety Programme. Melodeon Solo-The Boosbeck long sword

Tremain; dance....George Yodel-The yodelling Chinaman.... George Van Dusen; Humorous-Come and join the no-shirt party man Long; Organ Solo "Naughty Marietta"Film Selection .Rc- ginald Dixon; Vocal-I wished on the on the moon

...Lanny Ross; Orchestra "The Great Ziegfeld" Film Selec- tion. Louis Levy and His Gaumont "The British Symphony: Vocal-New Jig The Four Crotchets, Rhythm Vocal Lonesome love-sick Josephine Baker; Vocals

Len Bermon blue but the sky. Le Guitar Solo--Bebé d'Amour... Serge Crotkoff;

Vocal Duct-Let's

and Starr; Ballyhoo... Browning Instrumental Cocktail .....Harry His Musle

Loan (Harp)

and

7.15 Popular Military Morches. Steadfast and True (Telke, art. Bidgood); Swastika March (Klohr); Marching with Sousa.

7.30

Closing local Stock Quota- tions and Hongkong Exchange Mar- ket Report.

Proposals to Aid spoken Bixio; Violin Solo-An-

Recruiting

Der

7.35 p.m. From the Studio, A Light Programme by Lilian Quinn (Soprano and Pianoforte) and Eileen Fitzgerald (Violin).

Soprano Solo-Love's last word is dante....Thome; Pianoforte Solo- Fledermaus..... Strauss and Grunfeld; Soprano Solo--Smoke Rings....Friml Violin Solo-Aro- gonnise ...Massenet; Planoforte Solo -La Regata Veneziano....Liszt. 7.55 p.m. From the Studio. The Introduction of the Captains

the Interport

Soccer Football Teams. S. V. Gashi (SF.A.) and Lee Wai-tong (HKF.A.).

By A Military Correspondent

the A shortening of period of foreign service for the Regular Army is under

by the of review Government.

If I should be possible to reach a decision on the proposals before Mr. Duff Cooper makes his expected statement in the House of Commons on the Government's plans to assist recruiting he will include an on- nouncement on the foreign service question.

Mr. Duff Cooper, as already in- Mrs. Carroll's real name was Mrs. dicated in a London paper, hopes Amy Cockerhill, of Stockwell Park-to announce a remission of stoppages road. Brixton, S.W. Mrs. Agnes of pay, and more facilities for the Brown, who occupied the same soldier to learn a trade at the Army dressing-room, said Mrs. Cockerhill Vocational Centres, soon after the complained of nerves,

reassembly of Parliament next week. UNCERTAIN CONDITIONS

"I put that down to the fact that

ECHO OF SUDAN she was going to put in a new song.

RISING

wards towards Singapore, prepared KINDNESS REPAID

to avoid the reconnaissance planes which will be sent out from Seletar to spot the movements of the war- ships while they are still several hundred miles out to sca.

AFTER 50 YEARS-

The kindness of a native family to an Englishman in capilvity during In addition to the cruisers, sub- the Sudan rising of 1885 is recalled marines and destroyers which Ad-in the will of Mr. Malcolm P. miral Sir Charles Little is preparing Lupton, an engineer, of Lamursh, to throw into battle, is H.M., Aircraft | Essex. Carrier Hermes, the only British plane carrier cast of Suez.

normal complement of 664.

20 WAR PLANES

Mr. Lupton, who died four months ago, aged 77, left £250 lo two native

brother

'I am fair, fol, and forty,' in place

The disproportionate umcunt of a of what she had been singing," add-soldiers' service that has to be spent ed Mrs. Brown,

abroad is not the least important of the questions known prejudicially to affect recruiting,

Police Inspector Beggs. It is your experience that that is upsetting to an actress?—Yes. It is very upsel~| In no year since the Great War has ting.

the authorised establishment of the

been reached, and Army

8 p.m. Time Signal, Weather-Re- port and Announcements.

8.03 From the Studio, A Grand Concert for Chinese New Year,

12 midnight Close Down. 8.05-11 p.m. European Pro- gramme from Z.EK, on a Frequency

of 640 Kilocycles.

8.05 pm. The 2nd. Movement of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Concerto for 'innoforte and Orchestra No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18, played by the Composer and the Philadel phin Symphony Orchestra, Con- ducted by Leopold Stokowski. Adagio sostenuto.

8.22 The B. B. C. Symphony Orchestra.

"Light Cavalry" Overture (Suppe); "Merry Wives of Windsor" Overture (Nicolai).

8.40 A Recital by Richard the Tauber (Tenor),

Did she make any reference to this

"Heart's Desire"-My world is matter to you?-No, but some of the Secretary of State has had repeatedly more were not applicable, and she to admit that the task of finding the gold because you love me. Let me

drafts was trying to alter them.

necessary to maintain the awaken your heart; "White Horse oversea garrisons has been accom-Inn-Goodbye; "The Song is Done" plished with dimculty.

The

song is done; "The Gay Divorcee" "Night and Day.

8.55 p.m. London-News and An- nouncements.

A verdict of Death from Natural Causes was returned,

Jersey Search for the Houston Will

POSITION OF OFFICERS

The sailor returns home after about

3.15 p.m. Excerpts from “Care- 12 years abroad, while practically all

the Air Force squadrons are ut their less Rapture" (Ivor Novello).

Music in May....Dorothy Dickson home stutions. The soldier's ex- perience is widely different. From (Soprano); Love made the song.... the Depot the infantry man joins the Sybil Crawley and Erte Starling; Theme service

bly Studio Scene....Ivor Novello, Doro- buttalion. Probably within a year he is drafted to the thy Dickson and Olive Gilbert; The foreign service battalion of his re- Miracle of NichaowTemple Ballet giment. If he has elected to serve Music....Drury Lane Theatre Or- the normal period of 7 years with the 9.40 Variety. Colours he will almost certainly come home a time-expired man.

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Transmission 1

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Game,

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(G.E.B., 4p.m. 4.10 p.m. The D.3.0. Empire Orchestra. 4.5 p.m. "World Affaira.“ 0.10 p.

Dea. Bt. Columb Hartlar

North-country Night"

5.40 p.m. The News and Announcements, Greenwich Time Signal at 5.40 p.1.

Transmission 2

(0.9.D. 1.8.G., G.BIL).

7 DJ

Ben. Dance Munte by Joseph Sirene and his land. 7.10 p.m., World 'Affaire".

1.4 p.m. The New Victoria

Orchestre.

A.5 pm. St. Columb Hurling Game.

William Shakespeare.

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Now a "Now Man"

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"Having now fully recovered from severe stomach pains, I felt I could not sit down again and enjoy my menle-which I have been unable to

8.68 p.m. The News and Announcementa. Greenwich Time Signal at 9.16 p.m. 3.10 p. Recital by Dather Coleman10

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The Hermes is a floating aero-women. drome, recently modernised at u. cost of £100,000. She has a dis- A friend of Mr. Lupton stated: placement of 10,050 tons,

"Frank Lupton Bey, a and a

of Malcolm, had been appointed Governor of Babr-el-Ghaza by Gen. Gordon when the Sudan rebellion broke out. The Mahdl forced him From her 200-yard long platform, to surrender, and he was taken to nighter and reconnaissance planes of Omdurman. the Fleet Air Arm can take-off and

St. Helier, Jersey, Feb. 1. "Soon afterwards, Malcolm Lupton land in all but the roughest weather. accompanied a column up the Nile

8.20 p.m. Seenes from Julius Caesar by eat without suffering great Plano Solo Plano "Show Memo- ADY Houston's house at Beau-

les".....Turner Layton; Vocal- The Hermes was designed to carry under Gen. Butler, who hoped to

field, Jersey, is to be searched A Line regiment may stay abroad Travlin' all alone....The Boswell 20 warplanes, but it has not been rescue Gen. Gordon from Khartoum revealed how many machines she is and Lupten Bey from Omdurman. to-morrow for a will in which she from 15 to 20 years. When it comes Sisters: Humorous-The Beefeater..

the personnel has changed

Vocal-Top bringing agalust Singapore."

But the attempt failed,

may have disposed of her £5,000,- several times. "Cuplan Bey died in captivity in 000 estate.

instanicy

of variety....Compered by John Watt. Units on board include No. 803 May, 1880.

There are good bad and indifferent 10 p.m. London-Big Ben.

· Fighter Squadron and No, 824 Spotter "Years later, Malcolm Lupton went Mr. V. J. Bailhache, Crown stations. All are unpopular with the

Dance Music. Reconnaissance Squadron.

to the Sudan again, and traced his solicitor for Jersey, who has acted soldier where the climate is trying

10,30 p.m. London-The British One of the objects of the torpedo-brother's body in a Mohammedan for Lady Houston for many years, is confined to tite

and opportunity of social intercourse

Industries Fair, 1937. An introduc- bomber squadrons defending Singa- cemetery. He had it reburied in a arrived back in the island, as also would, however, be a mistake to South Africa.

tory talk by General Smuts, from pore will be to disable the Hermes Christian cemetery in Khartoum.

did Mr. Appleton, only surviving | There he learned that a native

10.50 p.m. Dance Music (con- before she is able to launch her family had been very good to Lupton executor under the will of the late suppose that it is the private soldier planes against the fortress.

11 p.m. Close Down.

DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES

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The following wavelengths and frequêncles

of foreign service. Boy, and nursed him during his last Sir Robert Houston. Mr. Appleton only who complains of many years tinued). Ulness. He also learned that there was co-executor with Lady Houston,

There are officers whe, it they had were two children in the family, and he will join the Jersey lawyers named Victoria and Fanny, who in the search.

the choice, would prefer to remain at A woman who tried to commit were brought up in a mission school Mr. Bailhache said to-night that home. Were they to refuse it would to-morrow he will go through mean a serious check to their pro- suicide by jumping from the fourth "Now Malcolm, has expressed his all the effects at Benufield..

fessional career. Officers have been floor of the Nigh hospital in Belgrade gratitude to the natives by this

known to retire rather than go was saved by her wide peasant bequest. The money will be con- He declares that Lady Houston abroad when it did not mult their skirts, which billowed out ce a veyed to the women through the disliked wills intensely, and said, "I convenience, The private soldier. parachute.

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