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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MARCH

1938.

THE KAISER.

WAS VICTORIA'S 'SWEET WILLIAM'

A VIVID Queen Victoria emerges from the most recent addition to her published letters, material for which has been drawn from the Prussian archives.

Included in "Further Letters of Queen. Victoria,” edited by Hector Bolitho (Thornton Butterworth, 15s. net), are many to her "dear darling Augusta," later to be Empress of Germany.

ROBOT TO WATCH UNIVERSE

STUDY DOUBLE STAR, LARGEST KNOWN

Williams Bay, Wisconsin. Scientists at Yerkes Observa- tory are perfecting a specially

The period covers the years 1841-89, and in the midst of the Franco, Prussian War, she {writes:

"This frightful bloodshed is really too horrible for Europe in the nine- teenth century. With the weapons of to-day it is really too ghastly.......... The peoples will become extincti"

NOT WANTED

Victorin does not mince her words. She tells her. "dear cousins" and "dear brothers," who occupy high places, that they cannot come to England because feeling (in 1800, when Prussia had seized Schleswig from Denmark) was running too high.

designed electric recording "Willy"-later to be Kaiser Wilhelm device with which they hope to 11. und later still to be the wood- "see" a huge double star whose cutter of Doorn-mukes his due ap- presence so far is known only by Pearance in the letters. mathematical calculation.

Dr. Otto Struve, director of the observatory, and Profs. G. P. Kuiper and Bengt Stromgren are credited with discovery of the new star, Epsilon Aurigae, which already has been determined to be the largest yet discovered.

almost 2,000 million inties. It is calculated to be about 3,000 light years from the Earth.!

Pyjamas

Nurses in

At Bottle Party

her in the|

In 1854, when the princeling was 5, she writes: "Dear TJLtL+ William, arrived yesterday at 4.30 E first official account of the bath. Unfortunately part of her

to marry the German Crown Prince

in Berlin.

TH#

short while. The nursc

Mary, the famous Brown, bear at Whipsnade Zoo with her newly born eub which ale refuses to leave even for a moment. After having had a drink at the pool Mary is carrying her baby back to her home.

RADIO BROADCAST

CONCERTO

Gatheshead-on-Tyne. and attempted to put

safe and sound and quite happy, happenings in the High Teams clothing get wet. and feeling quite at home; he is Hospital here on Christmas Eve-"EXAGGERATED" a dear, sweet child, so-"affec- events which led to the suspension

Apparently the remaining nurses Palace of Varieties And tionate towards me, and remem- from duty for a week of three nurses continued the celebrations for a Other London Relays bering his beloved;

I grandfathers... and four sisters, who have since Periodically, the royal foot would

MOZART CONCERT following the cently foll than that of the sun, and a radius of Germans wanted the Princess Royal} inquiry committee appoing of the spure' pair available at the hospital, { It has a diameter 3,000 times farger come down with a robust thump. Te been reinstated--was given here re- pyjamas had been dampened whose

by the so decided to wrap herself round in Radio Programme Broadcast by Public Assistance Committee.

rug before retiring to bed, having Z.B.W. on Frequencies of 845 k.e.'s., Their report, *issued jointly on

hung her damp clothes on a radia-0.52 m.c.'s. per second. behalf of the committee, and of the for to dry." nurses' representatives, discloses The committee found "that this how some 20 members of the hospi-was an innocent unofficial party the

attended a bottle tal staff

party accounts of which have been grossly wearing-their pyjamas and dressing- exaggerated. gowns,

They place on record their opinion Two of the girls, it is stated, that in future "such parties should admitted that they had been slightly not be held in the nurses' overcome by the potency of some rooms." drinks they took, and one of the girls, clati in pyjamas, was immersed in a bath of water. WHISKY "JOKE"

The discoverers explained that it! really is a pair of glant suns. The smaller component, hottest of the two was known as early as 1899 when it studied by. Dr. Edwin Brant Frost, late director of Yerkes. This component gives off most of the star's

Was

visible

light. The larger component is "cool" with a temperature of 1,000 degrees centigrade, and is invisible because of the intra-red quality of its radia- tion. This latter quality, Dr. Struve explained, makes it impossible to see even through the most powerful tele- scope or even to photograph,

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"One of the most stattling results of the discovery was the detection of u shell of Jonised gas in the outermost atmosphere surrounding the star," he sald.

TO PROVE CALCULATIONS

"THE QUESTION IS CLOSED" Victoria thought otherwise and said so: "The assumption of its being too much for a Prince Royal of Prussia to come over to marry the Princess Royal of Great Britain in England is too absurd.

eus may be the usust, practice of Prust sian Princes, it is not every day that he marries the eldest daughter of the Queen of England. The question therefore must be considered 15 settled and closed.”

Whatever

The King of Hanover, in 1843, claimed precedence over Albert: and Albert wrote: "It almost came, to a light with the King.

I was forced to give him

strong push, ...He would not allow me to sign the register with Victoria. He laid his fat on the book......”

After Albert's death, Victoria" not only canonised him, but even wrote

bed-

H.K.T.

12.0-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cathe dral.

12.30 Reginald Foort at the Organ. The Lost Chord (Sullivan); Clois- ler Shadowa (Hope); Lover, Come Moon' Rom- are listed," the committee Back To Me ('New' add, "that throughout the chairman berg): One Kiss ('New Moon' Portly (Ald. Ryan was actuated by a de- Romberg).

It Is explained that there were no men present.

"One of the two, unbeknown to the other, thought it would be a good joke," the, reportates, "to obtain a small quantity of whisky chased 1s. 4d. worth, and after ex- to mix with the shefry. She pur- tracting the

equivalent quantity from the sherry bottle added the whisky."

The sisters state that when they

sire to settle the whole question 12.42 Gilberl and Sullivan Ex- amicably wiNtout any omelat In-cerpts. quiry,"

..

EXPANSION IN R.A.F. AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

"This gas revolves around the star of him, with a capital H for "He" and left, before 1 o'clock, there was no 1,542

sign of Inebriation.

just as the atmosphere of the Earth

rotates with it. The infra-red stellar

+

'PLANES FOR HOME DEFENCE

STRENGTH NEARLY

Of the "hath episode the com- But her children occupied a differ-mittee states that two of the nurses atmosphere is Illuminated by the lighten place. In her heart. She writes thought it would be a good idea to of the other component. We ob-frankly: "I find no especial. pleasure pretend to put one of the sisters in served the

of this stellar opacity

in the company of the elder the water. atmosphere through the 40-inch children Only very exception- "They carried the idea into effect. ally do I find the rather intimate The sister retaliated, and, overlook- Dr. Struve said they hoped to intercourse with them either agreeing the fact that the tap was run-150 record the star through use of newable or easy

ning, got hold of one of the nurses thermo-couple perfected in the ob- servatory. "The thermo-couple will

Yerkes telescope.

pick

up a small electric curreri generated by the star's radiation and thus prove our carlier calculations correct."

Spectrum lines of the while com- ponents, he explained. Indicated to astronomers the presence of a second mponent. Periodic fading of in- tensity of the light indiented it was an "eclipsing binary,"

"To account for the observed facts, Dr. Struve said, "Stromgren develop-

ed the theory which explained the eclipses on the basis of the white star

passing behind a red component

م

"KISSING WHEN SHOT

DEAD"

New York.

TRIPLED

PER CENT. MORE

IN BOMBERS Official figures now available show that the rate of Royal Air Force expansion is ahead of

"The Yeomen Of The Guard": Oh! A Private Buffoon Is A Light- Hearted Loon........ George Baker; Hereupon We're Both Agreed. George

Held; Baker and Leo Shefeld: Free From His Fetters Grim.

Bertha

Derek Oldham; The Mikado": Alone, And Yet Alive..... Ber Lewis: On A Tree. Henry A. Lytton; There Is Beauty..... B. Lewis and H. A. Lytion; For Ic's

Gone And Married Yum-Yum..... A. Davies, H. A. Lytton, D. Oldham, E. Grimn, B. Elburn, L. Sheffield, G. Baker and Chorus.

1.0 Local Time Signal and Weather Report.

1.03 Herbert Grol (Tenor) and Orchestre Raymonde.

Chanson D'Amour (Suk). Orchestre; By The Sleepy Lagoon (Eric Contes),.... Orchestre; Thou- sand Stars Are Shining (Fr. W. The Tiger (La Rocca). Rust), ...... Herbert Groh; Taming

Orcheg tre; Ori

Orient Express (G. Mohr). or Curel H. Hauser)...... Orchestre; Moonlight in Venice (G. Herbert Of Vienna Grob; Lovellest Woman Only just over 200 first-line aircraft Au Pepock-Bruno Hardt

...Herbert Groh; -planes in squadron use are now

A Night 5 needed to bring up the strength of the On The Waves (Finnish Waltz) force available for home defence to (Koskimaa); Electric Girl (Helm-

schedule.

M.

"I WANTED to destroy the vision of that girl on the thu 1,700 total prunised by March 31 burgh-Holmes). Orchestre.

piano kissing that man, and he her.”

next year.

ments.

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press,' The total first-line strength of the Weather Forecast and Announce- This alleged statement, said to be part of the confession of R.A.F., including the Fleet Air Arm Paul Wright, a Los Angeles airport chief, accused of the murder und overseas units, is 2.031 machines. which had an

atmosphere of lonized "Had it not been for the action

of his wife and best friend, John B. Kimmel, closed the prosecu-This is rallier more than double the the infra-red

fonised tion's case at Los Angeles to-day. red component's. ion Jayer there would have been no ap- preciable dimming, for the normal

Mr. Art La Vove, a friend of

unionised atmosphere of the infra- Wright, said that when visiting red star is practically transparent."

him in gaol six hours after the

Dr. Struve said he regarded the shooting Wright stated that he discovery of the double star as among found his wife and Kimmel in the most important contributions of the Yerkes Observatory in its 49 years of existence.

CRIPPLE GIRL WANTED

A PEN-FRIEND

an embrace.

Asked what he meant, Wright re- plied, "Well, it was an embrace; for the sake of my baby let's leave it at

เ

that,"

brein showed that she had drunk con-

Officer's "I Am Ashamed

1.40 Spanish Music. La Habanera, (Lucena); Carnaval, (Lucena)..... pre-expansion total.

Cordoba Philhar- The strength available for home inonic Orchestra; Granada (Cuenca defence is 1,042 nearly three times and Albeniz); Cadiz (Cuenca and the pre-expansion figure.

Albeniz)..... Mezzo-Soprano Solo First-line bombers stationed at by Conchita Velazquez wit

with Orch.; home number 810, an increase of La Maja Y El Rulsener (Granados). more than 150 per cent. General

Eileen Joyce-Plano

Solo connaissance aircraft, made up by Puerta De Tierra; Aragon (Albeniz). seven land 'plane squadrons and cer

Orquesta Sevilla; Spanish Dance' tain flying bent units, account for 102. No. 1. (Granados). ... New Light

There

were no general recon- Symphony Orchestra. naissance lonci 'planes before the ex- pansion, but the "Anson" type,

the

BUILDING UP RESERVES

re-

2.15 Close Down.

5.0-8.03 European Programme.. 0.03-11.0 Chinese Programme.

Dr. Wagner, who performed post- "I am deeply and utterly first of this class to be adopted, has

3.0 Relay of Dance Orchestra from mortems, sald that Mrs. Wright's ashamed of myself" said a been supplied in large numbers.

the Roof Garden of the Hongkong siderably, but Kimmel had taken only statement by Lieutenant-John These figures do not include re- Hotel. a slight amount of alcohol. Three Barrington Jefferies, of H.M.es, which are steadily being built a) It's The Natural Thing To Do: bullets passed through the wife's head Osprey, which was read at ap. The bulk of the present produc-b) Double or Nothing; c) That's So She Wrote To A Prime and neck and killed Kimmel by Chatham court-martist.

tion goes to reserve,

ve, for there is a How Dixic Was Born; d) For Only wounds in the body.

Lieut. Jefferies, who is attached to margin, which is inercasing, over and You. Minister

The prosecullen argued that this proved that Wright was standing over the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, above the requirements of

"I know you are a big man and I ain a little girl, but I know you were once a litle boy, and so I hope you will be able to find me a pen friend and forgive me writing to you. With much love from a little English girl" Lyons Yound

Such was the pica Australia's

Prime Minister Mr. J. Α.

on his desk, recently, from little June Porter,

a patient in Lord Mayor Treloar's Cripples Hospital, Kayling Island, where she has been on her back for nearly 10 years, because of n fall. June wanted.a bby or girl

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his wife and fred shots Into her back, pleaded guilty to being drunic at the squadrons and normal ***

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Wright is also alleged to have said college and behaving with contempt in a confesalen, describing how he to Commander John Campbell A found the couple: "They looked up nesicy, p.8.0. and smiled, Inughed, and kissed each

He was sentenced to forfelt 12 other again."

months' seniority as a lleutenant and

be severely reprimanded.

"VICTORIA REGINA" AS BERLIN SAW IT

AN OMITTED SCENE

Berlin.

Mr. Laurence Houseman's play,

Lo

The actual progress of

is only

new

6.15 Interval of Record Dance Music from Z.B.W.

5.20 ) Spooky Takes A Holiday; with the latest typen is

b) Boo Hoo; c) Let's Have Another revealed. Information revealing that Cigarette; d) Roses In December,

5.35 Interval of recorded any particular squadron is equipped

dance with a given type of aircraft is not music from Z.B.W. released for publication until

5.40 a) I Told Santa Claus To unul a con- In the circumstantial letter it was there are more units to-day equipped can get it; c) Old King Cole; d) May siderable period has elapsed, and Bring Me You: b) Nice work if you rated that Commander Annesley saw with the aeroplanes mentioned than I have the next romance with you. Licut. Jefferies‹‹ who Was obviously

are included in the present list.

5.65 Intervil of recorded dance drunk, with two civilians, who had

It now appears that the Brst squa- music from Z.B.W. hla 'guests at dinner. -

dron to receive the Vickers 0.00 a) Let's

Have An Jefferies, "Wellesley" medium questioned Lieut.

bomber the Fashioned Christmas; b) The Tat- whose manner was contemptuous and type to Jo used by the long-ranged tooed Lady; c) Speak to me of Love. who said that the commander's experimental unit which may shortly 6.15 Interval of recorded dance marks on a previous occasion had

No. 78,

78, stationed at. Finningley, Don- 0.20 ) Love is never out of Sen- aster, and the art to be equipped con; b) Guitar's Habit; c) Crazy with the A. W.. "Whitley heavy Feet. bomber wag No. 10, alsą stationed in 0.30 For The Children. Yorkshire. The normal range DI "More Very Young" Songi (A. A.

"Whitley" is 1,000 miles.

Milne H. Fraser-Simson), _{a}

who would correspond with her and Victoria Regiun," has just been pro-made him "angry." He resisted Austral News duced in Berlin-with certain signi- an attempt by another officer to lead

exchange stamps.

Mr. Lyons, anys promptly replied:

Alcant blterations.

Whe tween the Queen and Lord Beacons

"Dear June,-I received your letter On racial, grounds the scene bo-

him to his cabin.

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attempit a record-breaking feat was musle from Z.B.W.

Old

telling me about yourself.

hospital for so many years. I will be impossible for a Jew to be portray- dorff and Fraulein Erika von Theil- try to find a pen friend, for you ined as anything but a villain on any mann, who appear as the young and possessors of the Bristol "Blenheim Window; (a) Spring Morning; (b) Australia. I am glad you have a German singe.

the old Queen respectively. Neliber medium, bomber, the fastest of its The End.. George Bakar, Barle hobby, and I send you some stamps The present poverty of first-class has the requisite dignity for the part, class in the world. They are No. Do, tone, BI Chlef Deerfoot on the for inclusion in your collectionsèting talent has led to the part of and the young Queen' is portrayed as al Bicester, and No. 114, at,,Waton, Warpath (Fay – Dawnyelveks Uncle, Favours sincerely, J. A. Lyoni,

Queen Victoria being entrusted to twola simparing blonde dolly

Hunta:

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