1938-08-23 — Page 7

THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

TUESDAY, AUGUST

NEW CHIEF OF B.B. C.

DON

IS A

6ft., a "Sphinx"—And a Music-Hall Fan

By C. F. WILSON

WHAT kind of man is Professor Frederick Wolff. Ogilvie, 45-years-old President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast, who has leapt into fame with the an- nouncement that he has been appointed as the new £7,500-a-year Director-General of the B.B.C. and starts on October 1?

How does he compare with his dour, disciplinarian' predecessor, Sir John Reith?

Youth Who Killed His Father

Let us look at the man behind the little-known name-refer- ence books describe his as an authority on economies, unbem- ployment, and tourist traffic without indicating that he has ever been connected with broad- casting-probe his tastes and Halents and try to discover what

"NO RIGHT TO LIVE"new influence he will bring to

Light Sentence Met

With Cheers

Cheers greeted Mr. Justice Fintay's | announcement at Bristol Assizes that

Would

pass on the sentence he Frederick Sayers, aged 21, for the manslaughter of his father would be nine months in the second division.

The judge did not attempt to stop the applause. A police inspector shouting "Silence, walked round please."

Mr. Justice Finlay had spent the previous night in his room

his vast task of enlightening and entertaining millions.

In one respect he will be an- other Sir John Keith. Be will 5000 earn

fille of "The Sphinx" that elung to his pre- dreessor. Ic

* 11:131 who but клуп knows a great deal little.

Sir Stephen Talients, the UI.B.C.'S l'ublic Relations Omcer, told me last night: "I think you will find he can well be given the description of mysterious" which was applied to Sir John Helth."

Another official of the D.B.C. said:

LATEST PORTRAIT OF PROFESSOR

OGILVIE -

at theSo far as I know Mr. Ogilvie is on NATURAL WAISTS,

his way to Belfast-but if you ap- preach him I am afraid you will find him unlnterviewable."

Mansion House studying the story of how Sayers was said to have written that his father had "no right to live because of his behaviour towards his

Frederick Wolf Ogilvie is oft daughters. He had before him the iary's verdicts of "Not guilty of tall (shorter than Sir John Reith, murder" and "Guilty of manslaugh- nevertheless) one-armed, of sturdy ter," and their strongest possible build, his hair greying, and with a recommendation for leniency."

FREE IN SIX MONTHS

As Sayers turned to leave the dockt

pale determined face.

FILM AND RADIO 'FAN'

in

is left arm, lost in the war, re- his mother and his flance-24-year- stricts his active interests in sport, him walking" for old Phyllis Davie, who had decided but cannot stop

the country, playing the result of the triul-blew him moderate game of golf-and learning

to fly. The air is, one of his pas kisses.

ions.

to stand by her sweetheart whatever i miles

The sentence will date from the opening of the ansize, and with good conduct remission-Sayers. should be free in about six months' time.

There is little doubt that he will be received back by the Navy on his re- lease. He will assume the rank of a News that he had warrant officer, passed his examination for this rank reached him while he was in prison awaiting trial.

Navy.

OFFICER TAKES NOTE

a

at

He loves good music, true. He wil wit enraptured symphony" concert, at the opera, at a song recital. "A highbrow," But to-morrow you will say. night he may confound you by going to a musichall and leading the laughter.

SHORTER SKIRTS

IN THE AUTUMN

Dress Months Ahead

Paris

Has Planned Your

By HESTER MARSDEN- SMEDLEY

Her name is Josette. She sits on a narrow bench, bending down to her work, Alone, he will immerse himself in somewhere not far from the Champs-Elysees in Paris,

lofly text

hus book, He

Dollfuss Widow

In Convent

23, 1938.

RADIO BROADCAST

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The Studio

TEST MATCH

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.B.W. on a Frequency of 845 k.c'n. Short Wave from 1-2.15 and on

pn. and 8-11 pm, on 9.52 m.c's. per second.

II.K.T. (KA).

12.00-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service

from St. of Intercession

Cathedral.

John's

12.30 Songs by Norman Allin (Bass).

The King's Own (Crofts and Bon- heur); True Till Death (LL.B. and A. Scott Galty); Father O'Flynn (Graves, atr. Villers Stanford).

12.40 New Light Symphony Or- chestra,

Spanish Dance, kowsky): Spanish Serenade (Dizel); Triona (Albeniz Orchestrated by

Arbos); Spanish

No.

(Mosz-

Dance No.

(Graundos); Serenade Mauresque, Op. 10, No. 2 (Elgur).

1.00 Time and Weather.

1.03 Reginald Foort at the Organ. Serenade (Moussorgsky): Song Of Paradise (King); Seville ("Cities of Wood); Sanc- Romance Haydn

Of The Heart (Ketelbey).

1.15 Reuter and

tuary

Weather Forecast

ments.

1.25 Dance Music. Leave

Rugby

Press,

ond Announce-

Το It

Love-Fox-Trot (From 'Rise and Shine')....Maurice Winnick and Hls Orchestra with vocal refrain: Rumba Fox-Trot-La Cucaracha; Tango-A Media Luz........ . Orquesta Tipica Roberta Firpo with vocal refrain; Fax-Trois-You Started Me Dreaming: Saddle Your Blues To Wild Mustang....The 1.B.C. Dance Orchestra directed by Henry Hall with vocal chorus.

of

1.40 Relay the Rotary Tim Speech from The Roof Garden of the Hongkong Hotel, Speaker: John W. Y. Yuen, Esq., Subject: "The Tin- ate and Can Making Industry In China

plate

Close Down.

6.00 Dance Numbers (Recorded). Fox-Trots Sweet In The Word For You (From

'Waikiki Wedding");

Blue Huwaddle

ding)

Corani

(From Waikiki Wed-

Carrol

and The Orchestra with vocal Passe;

refrain: Tango-Echos Du Waltz-Although ....Jean Tappon- nier's Ballroom

Orchestra; Fox- Trols-A Goggy Day (From 'Damsel In Distress'); Nice Work It You Can Get It (From 'Damsel in Distress') Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with vocal chorus: Swing Music-Way Down Yonder In New Orleans; Ain't Misbehavin'.

and II's Rhythm Max Abrams Makers; Fox-Trots Silver Salls On Moonlit Waters; On The Bridge Of Sighs....Ronnie Munro und His Or-

vocal cestra with

refrain: Tango Compera Con

Musa Conto Mi

De (From 'Boliche'); Madrecita Pomp Waltz-You Got The Orquesta Tipica Fran-

cisco

чо

Fox-Trol-My

Best Of The Bargain; For Heaven In The Pines....Jack Harris and His Orchestra vocal refrain by Sam Browne; Wallz-The Girl In The Alice Blue Gown; Fox-Trot The Pretty Little Patchwork Quilt.. Orchestra ..Jack Harris and His vocal refrain by Sam Browne; Fox- Trots-Blossoma

Broadway (From the Film); I Still Love To Goodnight (From '52nd Streel'....Carroll Gibbons and the

Hotel Orpheans; Fox-Trots- Savoy

You

Throwing Peanuts To The Moon; Lawrance and the Toodle-oo....Brian wasis Lansdowne Orchestra with vocal 1.00 John Goss and The Cathedral chorus by Brian Lawrance Quartet.

GOES INTO HIDING WITH CHILDREN

Dollfuss, widow of Frau

Chancellor who

Haul Away, Joe; What Shall We

tremendous greed for learning. "An working frantically for a abstruse schölur," you will any. But A naval officer sitting at the side of then he will turn to his bookshelf great collection of dresses Austrian

a Lausanne convent, with small note- and pick out a new thriller.

to be shown at the begin-ssassinated four years ago, is living the dock pencilled in a

Lew

her twa chilren-Eva, aged ten, and made a book the sentence,

He has a quick capacity for mak-ning of August. hurried notes of the judge's hope that

noting friends; for ult his crudition, he would

She knows the secrets of Rud, aged seven.

In full mourning, she went with sentence the prison hinder the return of Sayers to the is in great social demand. But, with all the qualities of the successťuj

Villagers who had gathered flowers Tom's Gone To Hilo (Arr. Terry); After the verdict the officer traveller-out, he much prefers to spend the autumn Paris fashions. the children to the village church at Do With The Drunken (Saitor) (Art.

week-ends quietly,

striding She knows what clothes Galaad. Switzerland, to attend Mass. R. R. Terry); Blow The Man Down The Track, Let The Bullgine Run every woman will be wear- from the mountainside to adorn the The Salior Likes Big Bottle-Q; Clear Later Frau Dollfuss returned to (Arr. Terry): Ten Thousand Miles Away (Willan); Agincourt (Willon); Here, almost week-end, you ing in a few months. I talk church joined in the service.

the Convent of the Order of Stero's A Health Unto His Majesty Mrs.ed to her about them.

Vierge at Lausanne.

(Harris).

៥ London Relay-The Fifth Cricket Test Match England v. Aus- A commentary during play by The Mother Superior said to Howard Marshall from Kennington Daily Express correspondent: "Trnu Oval, London. Dolifuss lives only for her children.

find

ed to Portsmouth to deliver his re- through the surrounds of Belfast or port to the commanding oflicer. The digging in his garden. commanding officer is expected to

and would

Professor make known his decision during the would next few days.

Ogilvie roaming among the flowers.

Workers are in the news in In Bacot Street, Bristol, where the laughing with their three boys-ages Sayers family lived, neighbours wel-from about four to 12 years.

Often he will go to the pictures. France, in factories, mines, and comed Mrs. Sayers home with hand-

He has no particular leanings, Pro- on the land. Their characteris- shakes.

vided it is a good picture that tells tic clothes, overalls, dungarees, story straightforwardly he will and big wide hats will be trans- enjoy the gayest farce as much as lated into feminine lines at the

Paris dress shows.

Many people are planning to have the street iluminated on the night

Frederick Sayera comes home.

Has Licence Endorsed Ex-Duchess

the deepest drama,

llo is, loe, an ardent radio Ian.

itself in his His region shows general attitude, but never obstrudos.

of u

None of the people living near the convent, which is also a school, knows who she is or who the two children

are.

NEW FRIENDS

Foundry-workers in molten metal protect their eyes with melul guards left alone. He was born in South America, son rather like a fencer's mask. Josette

u Scottish Presbyterian, he mar- ried the daughter of a Scotush told me that this will alter the pre-gion even to me.

in veils. Instead clergyman. He is himself a regular sent fashion

Bopping freely, veils will stand out children. He loves Scotland. 11e learned to in front of. the face, suffened in.

wired frame. know if well as Professor of "Econa- mics at Edinburgh University. Every summer he takes his family to the

churchgoer.

MRS. VIOLET MARY CRIPPS same remote retreat on Speyside,

South Audley-street, W.1. who was the second Duchess of HIS B.B.C. POPS" Westminster, was fired 20s.

fra

ol

7.40 Musical Comedy. "Bow Bells" Selection (Sullivan);

Lisa: Bullder Intro:-Mona "As for the world, she wishes to be Dreams; All roads lead to Bow Bells ...New Mayfair Orchestra; The "She never speaks of politics or re- Miracle Of Nichaow ("Careless Rap- ture"-Ivor Novello, Orchestra and Drury She is gay when she is with her arr, by Charles Prentice).... of

She has few friends. Lano Theatre Orchestra conducted The children are very intelligent. by Charles Prentice, Mus. BAC.; Frau Dollfuss's nim in life is that Bridge Of Lovers ("Careless Rap- they should do service to humanity, tureIvor Navello, Orchestra and Charles Prentice)......Drury "They are now learning French and orr.

Lane Theatre Orchestra cond, by C. English."

Prentice,

An- 8.00 Time, Weather and 8.03 London Palladium Orchestra. The Valley Of The Poppies (An- cliffe);

Birthday A

Serenade (Lincke); The Grasshopper's Dance (Bucalossi); La Siesta (Barcarolte Norton, arr. Lotter).

1938 PURPLE' Linen will be worn, no matter the fur-trimmed linen, weather. And too: it sounds odd, but looks good, I'm told.

at But, remembering his days as buf- Amersham (Bucks) recently for sar of Trinity College, Oxford, he speeding, and her leerco Was will come to England with none of startling chungen. Skirts will endorsed. She had held a clean the stranger's qualms.

What are his views on the sterner licence for twenty-five years."

It was stated that she was fol-things-on war, for example? lowed for about three miles, and

He frowned on an armed Armistice

at one time her speed was 62 Day parade of the university O.T.C.;

m.p.h

Mrs. Cripps said she thought It was a case of mistaken identity. She might appeal.

Her husband, the Hon. Freddie Cripps, said, "She is a very care- ful driver, It is the endorsement against' which we want to ap peal,"

Mrs. Cripps said later: "We had lost our way and ware crawl-

Ing along. We stopped at least

soven

his criticism aroused bitter contro- versy. But now he is a keen sup- Porter of the O.T.C. movement.

The correspondent asked whether Frau Dollfuss had enough money to live on. The Mother Süperior grip-nouncements. ped her rosary, then excused herself be for remaining silent.

Josette says there will be some even shorter, but the hent line will

colour will come into Rat Catcher Goes to Sea vary a bit, as it did some years ago.

A new being this winter. It has been In- spired by the exquiails alika, woven at Lyons for the King and Queen'

العاب

The colour will be akin to the From the "char" to the oldest pro-purple of the classics, which is not fessor, this shy, £1,500-a-year don purple as we know it, but deep red; and yet holding light bluish tints in looks on everyone at Queen's as his looking almost black in some lights

others. family.

Already he has shown his radio Interests by instituting system, of Juneli-hour conceria in conjunction with the BD.C Junch-hour pops," they call

them.

Nigger brown is another colour which is likely to be seen, not only for day wear, but in rich materials for evening weur.

Deepest secret of all is what is to happen to the waistline.

San Francisco. "Henry the Cat," employed by the Standard Oil Company to keep its dock at Port Richmond free of rats made a dash for one on the tanker the rat could set R. J. Hans. Before be dispatched the tankar had recently from Australia ns the result of much the same kind of adventure. enil for Baltimoro. The cat' returned

Prisoner Is Commuter

Melbourne, Australla.

For three months, a habitual

.

R.20 London Relay The Fitu Cricket Test Match England v. Aus- tralla.

A commentary on the closing overs before lunch and a summary of the morning's play by Howard Marshall from Kennington Oval, London. 8.35 Stuālo-A Concert by Moana Beach Bors.

The

1. Moloka'ama; 2. Hawali colla; 3. That's the Hawaiian in me; 4. Hulu Medley; 5. Mellow Moon; 0. In My Dreams Of Waikiki,

8.55 Bandy Powell, Greta Keller- and Rale Da Costa (Piano).

Dancing Butterfly (Young and Pel- Coria (Piano Solo);

One of his great anxieties is that

I happen to know that an advance criminal from Pentridge Jail has been kere)...Raic Da ilmes, wondering whieh his children will develop his own drawing of the uniform to be worn travelling unescorted three times What The Stars Foretell (Thomson) So 'Soon? Way to go.

art. At home he has an by some of the new women's gania week between the jail and Mel-Sandy Powell (Humorous Sketch); love for

taking treatments. The prison off- (Nicholls, Gilbert)....Greta Keller "I supposo in the interests of art room, where each week he disations lies on the table of Paris's bourne hospital where he has been Have You Forgotten other motorists I should appeal, plays to his three boys a picture of leading dress designer.

(From The So I expect our waists next season cials merely give him money for his with Fred Hartley and His Quintet:

(Continued on Page 5.) But it such an inouitentenes, his choice and explains, ita: meriis

nover failed to return. having to to to the semione, ahd and demerits. At the end of the will be of average size, and an inch fare back and forth and he has These Foolish Things

above the hips. bothering with

with lawyers."!

week the children write a critique.

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