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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, MARCH

1937.

TRISTAN DA CUNHA HOPES TO BE ATLANTIC AIR BASE

Cap Pilar First With News

Of George VI

From ADRIAN SELIGMAN

Capetown, Mar. 1.

Harbour again. And one of our happiest tasks accom- plished--the visit to Tristan.

It was a month's passage from Rio, and for the first fort- night baffling headwinds delayed us.

Cloudy skies made navigation mostly guesswork, and with visibility reduced to less than half a mile we made a lucky land- fall in fog.

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As the Cap Pilar's boats made the beach, the entire popula- tion turned out to greet us. One boat overturned in the surf, but the 19 mailbags and 11 tons of stores were landed undamaged.

Women swept down to embrace the crew. Letters, letters, news from the outside world was what they wanted.

We were the first to tell them; there had been a change of kings In England.

Sixty-one-year-old Mrs. Repetto, a great-grandmother and chlef woman of the island, told of King George VI's accession said: "His father was always good to us. Our duty is to stand by Tristan and hold it for the Empire."

however, in time to assist at the birth of the latest addition to the island's population.

Both he and Jane (Mrs. Seligman) inspected the island hospital, homes and school. They were impressed by their cleanliness, the abundance or simple food, and the Intelligence of the children.

CONTENTMENT First letter opened by the Rev. Harold Wilde, vicor, schoolmaster. Keynotes of Tristan's life fre magistrate, administrator and doctor courtesy, good health and content- of the island, was on income-taxment. There la no money, na hurry, demand.

no crime, no punishment.

The largest mali was received by The lack of necessity ever to raise Agnes Rogers, the only Roman their voices has rendered Tristanites Cathelle in a Protestant community. | physically incapable of shouung.

ISLAND DANCES

On the evening of our landing the doland's ny church was packed to overflowing for a thanksgiving ser- vice attended by the Cap Pllar's crew.

The population numbers 187. In the last three years there has been only one death, and that was due to an accident. In the same period thero' were 12 births.

Seven surnames suffice for the whole population — Glas9, Rogers,

"Precious candles were sacrificed 'for a dance held later In our

Lavarello, Families with the last honour. Wo all Joined in the island folk dances-and demons- two names are descendants of Italian trated modern jazz to the music shipwrecked sallors who settled on

the island.

Green, Swain, Hodges, Repelto and

of

gramophone records presented by King George V.

Sanson, the biologist from Edin- burgh, wearing his kilt, spellbound the Tristaners with an exhibition of the Scottish reel.

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DOCTOR CALLED During this time the Cap Pilar, unable to anchor in the heavy seas,

was standing by off the coast, Next day a

number of istarders" "camu aboard and a sudden squall compell- ed them to stay the night.

The ship's surgeon, Dr. E. C. Atkinson, managed to get ashore,

NO SOLEMNITY TO OBSEQUIES

AUSTRALIAN FUNERAL PARTIES LACKED OBSERVANCE OF DIGNIFIED RITES

Sydney, Mar. 1.

DARING FISHERMEN

Normal lighting is by sea elephant oil lamps. Islanders have no watches, and tell the time by the sun.

EMPRESS COMMANDER

Captain G. R. Parry, R. D., R. N.R.-new commander of the Cann dian Pacific liner Empress of Britain, which arrives in Hongkong on Mon- day.

Fateful Seaside Meeting

BROTHER AND

SISTER WHO

FELL IN LOVE

IN AUGUST LAST MLLE. ERNESTINE REGNIER

PASSED AN IDEAL HOLIDAY AT BRIGHTON, AND IT WAS ALL THE MORE SO BECAUSE THERE SHE MADE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF A CHARMING YOUNG FRENCHMAN NAMED YVES BURET.

them.

When a Dutch submarine recently visited the island the population re- fused at first

The couple fell in love, and close relationship existing between to launch boats, think-

to their re- ing it a whale.

after their return Women wear ankle-long dresses with

girdles and kerchiefs over the spective homes, she to Paris and head. A boy scout troop 20 strong he to Rouen, they wrote to each boasts a flag presented by Shackle other and from time to time met

during holidays.

ton.

Industries on the island are cloth-, weaving, making of penguin skin mats, agriculture and fishing.

In their 17

other borg each The love they only became more intense with finally they made of these meetings, and

local brushwood sovered with canvas

decided that they would get mar-

of Lent,

the island's fishermen show remark ried before the opening

young man having improved his able-navigating-skill-on-the-gigantic position professionally.

Tollers.

communication.

which would make

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Jayfully they set out for the Moyer of one of the Paris suburbs to "put up the banns." The clerk charmed by their obvious happiness,

COULDN'T MARRY

was

"I am sorry; I cannot marry you." "Our duty is to stand by Tristan. "Why not?" they asked, crestfallen. valuable He seemed reluctant to answer, but South Atlantic base for an enemy under pressure he spoke at last: "Be The islanders hope that it may because you are brother and sister."

The pair looked at him incredul

Power."

Now that they know the truth they ibe close. can sea for themselves family resemblance.

They have appealed to various high authorities, even to the President of the Repubile, to take into account the special circumstances and authoriso their marriage, but there is little hope of their prayer being granted, for French law is formal on the point..

Bournemouth Wealthiest In England

London, Mar. 1. Bournemouth is the richest town in Great Britain.

NOT STARVING The Rev. Harold Wilde describes Tristan na an "Island of opportunity,'

"It is untrue to say we are star- and smilingly set himself to check ving," he says. "We have a good the various details they had given of A-funeral-party-that-came-to-bury surplus of Inst year's provisions in their origin. Jim Carroll, one of the best known hand. In live years we shall be self-, Suddenly he looked up with a 'prospectors at Tennant Creek, Central supporting.

puzzled expression, and then, to the Australia, found the grave digger

"We only renuire tools, clothing astonishment of the young couple, he fast asleep under tree and had to

and a larger boat for inter-island said: dig the grave themselves.

The grave digger was an old friend of Carroll, and he had received

A survey just, concluded into the four

beer bottles of

and thirly

purchasing power of every one of shillings in advance. The funeral

the country's greatest centres of party consisted of a Roman Catholic

population by the compliers of the "Marketing Survey of a Methodist minister, several

the Unlied priest, a Government officials and some ex- come a refuelling station for ously, won

wondering whether this was Kingdom" show

shows that Bournemouth Ayres-Capetown service men, but when the funeral Buenos

is 40 Airway. Just a specimen of official humour,

Oxford cent richer than Oxford. cortege arrived four hours later the The Island is officially recommended, but when they had answered the

is next after Bournemouth, Lators is third, Coventry afford is grave had barely been started and owing to its abundant water power questions put to them by the official

is fourth, Huddersfeld is fifth, the grave digger was still sleeping as a meteorological station with they had to leave the building with Everyone look a turn with the shovel wire leaving for the Cape we

sixth and London is seventh. communication.

the

that he was right. certainty Before

country The normal for the that their The explanation is took on board a new pet-a live mother had been married

several

taken at 100. Bournemouth stands penguin given

as high as 195, and the figure for given us by an island boy. times. Though they were born of the

London is 124. Low in the list are Dennis, the pig, is no more. He same father, the boy was born out spent happy week ashore while we of wedlock and abandoned by his industrial and shipping towns like were pt. Rio.

Swansea, wit

with fifty-seven, und parents.

Barrow-in-Furness, with sixty-one, Pitiably low Is the figure for Mert Merthyr, in the centre of stricken Wales forty-five.

and the service began half an hour later.

KEY WAS WANTED In another case, a publican died and was buried in his pyjamas. After the burial the duneral party adjourned to the dead man's bar, but

grave

was

crew cast

on

But during tho lengthy voyage to He knew nothing of their fate or of found the key had been buried with Tristan, sali horse and buily beef the birth of the children to them, and him, in the pocket of his pyjamas, became a monotonous diet for the he himself went by the name of an.

opened, the key ship's company.

uncle who had been a father to him. covered

and molters wore sel

The

longing eyes

Thus it was, when he met his sister right.

Dennis. Finally the temptation on that afternoon at Brighton, he did Then there was the well known Adelaldo figure, Paddy O'Sullivan, proved too great, and Dennis passed not connect her in any way with his family or dream for a moment of the who sat down behind a shed on ů race course and quietly passed away. It was agreed to bury him immedi- ately and the race meeting was sus- pended for a while.

The grave was dug and the body was being carried, to the spot on some hurdles when a man vowed that he saw O'Sullivan move. The procession was stopped, an old pros- pector marched solemnly to the corpse

on peacefully.

1.45 a.m. Is The

Is The Hour

He Dreads

and, standing by the head, pulled the GRESFORD SURVIVOR STILL DREAMS

cork from a bottle with a loud pop.

O'Sullivan did not stir, and it was

agreed, that he, being a noted toper,

would have responded to the "pop"

OF THE, DISASTER

if he had been alive, and the funeral JOHN EDWARD SAMUELS, hero of the Gresford Col-

went on.

24 ESCAPES FROM DEVIL'S ISLAND

La Rochelle, Mar. 1. News of the escape of 24 convicts from the French penal settlement at Guiona (Devil's Island} over six months ago was received in a letter which arrived at St. Martin de Re,

near here, to-day.

is

RADIO BROADCAST

Talk-The Longest Trial :

In History

GRAND NATIONAL

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.B.W. on wavelengths of 355 metres (845 k.c's.), 31.49 motres (0.52 m.e's.).

HKT.

12.30 Light Opera and 'Musical Comedy.

1 p.m. Time and Weather.

1.03 The London Plano-Accordeon Bond.

1.30 Router, and Rugby Press; Weather, Time and Announcements.

1.40 Kitty Masters (vocal) and

Crosby (vocal). Bing.

p.m. Concert Waltzes..

2.16 Close Down,

4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme.

7 p.m. Grand Opera, "Lohengrin" Prelude (Wagner) London Symphony Orchestra; "Dle Meistersinger

Nurnberg" (Wagner)....London Symphony Or- chestra, und Good evening, Musteri 1 See why was....F. Schorr (Bari- lone) and G. Ljungberg "Lucia di Lammermoor"

Doniz

-What restrains me?. Galll- Curci, Homer, Gigli, de Luca, Pinza and Bade, vocal sextet; "Cavalleria Rusticana (Moscagal)-Mother: you know the story: "La Boheme" (Puc- cini)....Claudia Muzlo (Soprano).

7.30 p.m. Closing local Stock Quo- totions and Hongkong Exchange Market Report.

7.35 Military Band Music,

(arr. Winter- La Source Ballet bottom)......Band of H. M. Cold- stream Guards; Mechanized Infantry Quick March (McBain); Fanfare, (Adams) The Minstrel Boy. (

(Trod:) The Watch Tower.

(Herzer)... Massed band of the Aldershot and Eastern

Command; Wee MacGregor (Amera); Policeman's Holiday Band of H. M. Cold- stream Guards; Hobomoko-Inter- (Reeves); Wedding of the Rose (Jessel)....Band of H. M. Cold- stream Guards.

mezzo

B

p.m. Time, Weather and An- nouncements.

8.09 p.m. London-"This is Eng land," talks by representative Eng-

11: Ilain people,

Mrs. J. Bell, of Cumberland. A countrywoman. In- troduced by Anthony Weymouth. (Electrical Recording),

8.15 pm Leslie Hutchinson. Your heart and mine; When I'm with you; Where am It: Hulch Medley.

8.30 p.m. The B. B. C. Dance Orchestra, directed by Henry Hall.

8.65 London-News and An- nouncements.

the Studio. 9.15 p.m. From Interlude at the Plano by Doreen Mo.

1. When a Lady meets.n Gentle- man down South; 2. There's some- Thru' the air; 3. thing in the courtesy of Love: 4. Moon glow; 6. Stardust.

B.80 Classica Selection (arr. Ewing), played by London Palladium- Orchestra.

9.40 From the Studio. A Talk: "The Longest Trial in History,'

by H. C. Macnamara.

10 p.m. London-Big Ben.

10 p.nl. Dance Music.

Fox Trot Singsing, sing: Fox Trot-Harlem, Fox Trot-The way you look to-night; Fox Trot-A fine Cafe romance; Fox Trot-At the Continental: Fox Trot-On the Beach of at Beli-Bali; Tango-The tango my heart; Fox Trol-A star fell out of Heaven; Fox Trot-Did I remem- ber?; My Hawailan song of love. 10.30 p.m. "Under Big Ben talk by Howard Marshall.

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10.15 p.m. Dance Music (Con- tinued).

Fox Trot-I don't want to make History; Fox Trot-It ain't nobody's blz'ness what I do; Tango-Mon Amour; Fox Trot-Every time I look at you; Fox Trot-Sugar Rose,

11 pm. The Grand National. running commentary from the Race Course, Aintree, Liverpool. 11.30 p.m. Clone Down.

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DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES

The following wave-lengths and, frequencies are used by Daventry.

Frequency Wavelength

4,500 *.c. 49.00 PB10 x.c. $1.05 metres 2,884 .. 21.80 isetres 25.52 malees 11,903.k.c. #3.28

motren

Sign

Bays

The book reflects the nation's re-. cent progress in an estimate by Colin Clark, Cambridge statistician, who

the national income Is up $35,000,000, Gross national Income will reach the record high - total of $20,500,000,000, he predicts.

GSA

OSC

CSD

11,750 x.c.

QSE

OSP

16.140 k.c.

19.81

G90

Gari

21.470 k.c.

CHI

10.07 18,200 .c. 10.50 metred

17,700 k.4. 10.66 metros IDELITE

CSJ

21,540 k.c.

19.60 metnes

GSL

6,110 ..

40.30

Detren

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15,180 k..

19.76

OSP

FIRST WIFE HAS COST ME

£200,000

D. W. Griffith

New York, Mar. 1.

liery disaster, whose courage was mentioned in terms D. W. ("Birth of a Nation")

of high commendation in the report of Sir Henry Walker, Chief Inspector of Mines, is a haunted man,

• GRIFFITH, pioneer film director, has been summoned to. appear before the Nine Old Men night. I am baunted by the ghost (the U.S. Supreme Court) to of the disaster.

substantiate his charge that his "Never will I go back to the mine." | first wife has cost him a million Mr. Samuels was unemployed, through And it is always at 1.45. a.m., the

a complete breakdown in time of the Arat explosion, that this health for twelve months after the

Gresford tragedy, d

Nightly since the disaster occluzed, nearly thirty months ago, he has started from his sleep, with a dread echo of the explosion ringing in his cara.

occurs.

The escapes all took place in July

Samucis, who had previously His wife alood by him in his en and August, and among those who got worked thirty years as a miner, has deavours to find employment away away were five convicts serving life never been down a mine since. po from the mines, gentence

One of them, Paul Garnot, He is now working as a gardener shall never let him go into a hod been sentenced, in 1005 at the at Beer, Devonshire.

mine again." she said, I would ngo of 31-Reuter,

NIGHTMARES It is known in London, according to He revealed recently that on each work myself to douth arst.

seemed unable to get his messages from Part of Spain, of the two anniverseries of the mind away from bla memories of Trinidad, that nine fugitives had suc- tragedy he has suffered from agonis-that awful time": cended some months ago in reaching|ing nightmares, tit

Mr. Samuels hopes to be able to the colony after a hazardous voyage "I shall never recover from the and continued employment in Devon- in open boats.

· ha ald: "Night aftershire..

abook,"

"He

dollare (more than £200,000) since their separation in 1911.

Ho made the allegation in answer- to sults by his first wife, in which she demanded £7,000 back alimony.

and the nullification of his marriage last March to twenty-seven-year-old blonde Evelyn Baldwin Griffith,

Grifth alleges that his wife

accused him of illicit relations with otlier women, that she interfered (until stopped) with his direction of "ilms, assuming the direction herself,

and asserting that, she "hod Written- stories of which he was the author,.

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