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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY,

DECEMBER

1937.

20,000 MILES FOR TWO-HOUR TALK WITH HER HUSBAND

"Fare" Stops Tram

As Driver Dies

A crowded tramcar charged along a busy Birming- ham street recently without anyone at the controls after the driver had fallen to death from the platform.

It was stopped by a passenger whig, opened the dividing door and turned the controls.

As I pulled up with shuddering] brakes football crowd pushing its way over a busy crossing a short distance away dashed for safety,

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The driver, Frank Green, aged 49, Addam-roud, Beeches Estate,

Perry Birmingham, apparently had a seizure and fell from the platform, fractur ing his skull, from which he died shortly afterwards in hospital.

PULLED LEVERS

The passenger who stopped the tram, a 30-years-old chartered ac- countant, Mr. E. A. Winters, Shepherd's Green-road, Erdington, Birmingham, said:

of

"As the top deek was full I had to 110 o In the bottom section and took the

seat nearest the driver.

Professor Who Embalmed Lenin

HIS DEATH “A

HEAVY LOSS”

Moscow.

THE death is announced of Prof. Vorobielf, who em- balmed the body of Lenin in

"I was reading as usual when 11924. heard someone shout, 'Stup the tram!! Stop the trumn?'

"1 looked towards the driver's there compartment and saw. that was to one there.

"For a few seconds 1 was at a loss as to what to do and then threw open the door and pulled the levers in front, hoping the car would stop.

"It was travelling at a good rate, but fortunately it stopped in time.

"There was blood on the platform and, looking back. I saw the driver lying in the road."

Every Shot Counts

Cody, Wyo. Five years ago, Mrs. Wylie Sher- win of the North Fork country near here received a gift of a big game riße and a box of 20 shells. Since that time she has killed four elk and

13 Sopranos Strike

Blackpool, Nov. 6. Thirteen sopranos refused to appear at Blackpool Musical Festival to-day because they said a test was too difficult. was an arla from Gounod's "Romeo and Juliet." and com- belltors had to reach a top

"E"

Mr. Topliss Green, the adjust- cator, adjourned the session be- cause there were 10 more to king.

NEW FRENCH

PLANES FOR

- England To China

And Back

MEETING SPOILT

BY

BOMBARDMENT

A WOMAN Has Just returned

to England, after having travelled 20,000 miles 'to sec her husband for two hours.

She is Mrs. Florence Conlbear, 38-year-old wife of Mr. Alun Coni- bear,

Methodist missionary in

Π

LONDON ROUTE Nine, a Chinese constal village.

Reading Room And Bar

The Air France

Company

With her two children. Alan (11) and Barbara (8), she left her home at Chestnut Rond, Plymouth. In July and sailed In the President Lincoln.

At Shanghai she was refused per- mission to land nud was ordered to travel to Hongkong.

Mrs. Conibear had almost given up anhope of seeing her husband when a tender with Chinese refugees crine alongside and she boarded the shiji.

"In this heavy loss." writes nounces that a new four-engined the Communist newspaper plane, the Furman 224, with seats bar, reading- Pravda, "we are consoled by for 40 passengers, a

room and ether accommodation, is the conviction that his pupils shortly to be placed in service, will carry on

the work he be between Ports and London. Six machines of this type are being built Kan."

Lenin's body, in a red granite tomb and will all be ready in 1938. They above Red Square, still attracts thou will rate the Paris-to-London jour- sands of pilgrims weekly. It in the ney in 80 minutes. only body preserved by Vorobieff's method the secret

which is

Vorobleff once explained that jealousty guarded. originally

undertook to preserve Lenin's strikingly lifelike appearance

he

of

The

route. and

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UNDER SHELL FIRE

In the meantime a Japanese des- troyer had taken advantage of the ner's presence to cover her approach and began shelling the Woosung forts, while aeroplanes made a mags attack that lasted for four hours,

"The time I had with my h band was spoilt by the bombard- ment," Mrs. Conilear said.

A new Blech 220 machine, carrying

"After a few hours' stay ut Shang- 15 passengers as well as the crew, is! already in service on the Paris-Lyons- hai 1 salled with the children for similar fongkong and stayed there a month Marseilles

with friends. My husband returned planes have been ordercil.

manber of planes already to Ningo in death for three months only. As attached to the Casablanca-Dakar the months grew into years, how-line to connect with the Transatlantic ever, he gradually reached the con- service to South America is also to clusion that the body might bebe increased until there indefinitely preserved if certain pre-all served for this service. cautions were taken.

TEMPERATURE STEADY

It is necessary to keep the tem-"

a deer. She still has 12 of the 20perature in the vault constantly t gift bullets unused,

Amarillo Enlarges Airport

the

are 20 in

Early fail Rising Ended

Mails 6 Months Slow

Wakefield, Mass. Home owners here received litera- ture extolling the opportunity to bar- row under the Federal Hoine Loan alan-six months after the offer had expired. The postmaster explained that the delay occurred in Washing-

ion.

Wheel Tax Proposed

50 or 60 degrees Fahrenheit. That is why the crowds are permitted to file;

a few through the vault for only

Litchfeld, Conn. hours daily. The atmosphere inside

One of the first orders of newly corpse over the glass canopy

Sterling, Ill. must, moreover, be kept absolutely appointed county sheriff Sullerland

A. Beckwith was to advance the] Proposal for a wheel tax here to dry. Amarillo, Tex.

time for prisoners frum obtain additional revenue for enlarg Lenin's body is all astonishingly breakfast

is under "I made the ing the police force Continuing this city's

said, could ser no sideration. The tax, it was obtain high ranking in the nation's lifelike. The concealed, flesh-colour-5.30 am.. to 7 a.m.

renson for getting up that early." would be a flat rate of $2 for pleasure list of well-equipped airports, plans ud lighting has the effect of making change because I

the it look more like a sick man than

curs and $5 for trucks, for two additional runways al

Beckwith explained. a corpse. municipal Beld are being made.

efforts to

con-

He dared not

Stell his

Wonder why theyve hired that new man? There's no work for him unless they get rid of somebody.

MRS. CLARKSON HAD BEEN NOTICING HOW HER HUSBAND WOKE TIRED

EVERY

MORNING**

IT WORKIED HER... SIE DECIDED. TO SEE A DOCTOR

*

wife!

THINKS:

IT'S BOUND TO

BE ME THEY SACK! I'VE BEEN

SO TIRED

LATELY

AT THE DOCTOR'S |

Oh Mr. Clarkson!! Ji want you to west Mr. Francis He'll be working

with you in this department

You see, docton,

my husband: even wakes tired:

I JUST CAN'T

› AFFORD TO LOSE MY

That shows where the trouble is. You see, breathing and heart actions bum: up energy even while we steep. Unless he replaces energy during sleep, of course he wakes tired - Night Starved, in fact,

Put your husband on to Horlicks

TWO MONTHS LATER Congratulations! Mr. Clarkson,

we're making you head of our new department. Your work has

been splendid lately

.

JOB-I'm still paying

for the house and

furniture/

and so Horlicks. every night

Darling all to you!

awe it

Does your Husband uake tired 7

WAKING, TIRED reduces a man's brain-power and efficicacy, he can't do his best work --- it maken lum feel un- certain Remember a cupful of Horlicks last thing at night ensures the right kind of sleep gives a man viality and energy

all day.

HORLICKS

guards against Night Starvation

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