1938-10-31 — Page 21

THE HONGKONG

SPAIN PIMPERNEL

GOES TO

Wife Tells of Life

in

Dread

Albert Gourgues, 30-years- old French engineer, known as the Spain "Scarlet Pim- pernel," declared at the Old Bailey recently that time and again he was lucky to escape the firing squad while "amuggling" 159 people out of Spain.

The people he rescued, ho 'de- clared, included nuns, priests, people of wealth, and others irrespective of their politics or religion.

Gourgues, accused of fraud in con- nection with his alleged uttempt to Bareckonn set two daughters of a merchant, described an Senor "X." across the border, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment.

It was stated that he fraudulently converted to his own use miniatures valued at £1,000 and a pearl neck- lace which cost £2,000, entrusted to him in the early months of the Spanish fighting,

DRIBED OFFICIALS

He told the court how be hall to bribe officials to obtain permits to leave the country.

When the fighting began he was in Grondin, and seeing the cruelties which were taking place, he and help sufferers to sume of his compatriots decided to which Gour-

The

or wecka fa

of

пропу gues wife experienced waiting for him to return from "Scarlet

his Pimpernel" explolls, sometimes days

is best told by herself. "It has been terrible for me while he was risking his life In Spain saving people from death." she said. "He was so brave, and

so afraid for him."

This business-like Frenchwoman, black-haired and dark-eyed, was dressed almost entirely in black. When asked the reason for her sombre dress, she replied "So many I far so of my friends have died much

husband's friends in

fur Barcelona.

עות

Thank heaven my children are safe in France. They were

there

while my husband was doing his work in Spain. He and I lived in Spain since 1923.

"Relatives of people be res- cued would be la grave danger Il he had to mention their names In

couri but the English courts ore Food."

Gourgues' appearance in the dock

W.A.T.S. JOIN UP

GAOL

Women who form the first com- pany of the Auxillary Territorial Service in Middlesox being sworn

in at Ravenscourt Park, TV.

RACED OUT TO SEA TO

WED SAILOR LOVER

Pretty Norwegian blonde. Haldia Haavik clambered with her bride- groom, Second Officer Henrik Munthe Ingvaldsen, down the swaying rope ladder of the cargo boat Breda to a tiny pilot vessel bobbing three milea off the Bass Rock at the mouth of thie Firth of Forth after her wedding recently.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1938.

TELEGRAPH,

"PUT HIS

RADIO

FAMILY ON BROADCAST VOLCANO "" Scenes from "Richard III"

Swindon.

A man who made an elec- trical connection with lengths of old cable waa aald by an engineer at an inquest here recently to have lived with his family on the edge of a volcano of his own creation.

"It is a tragedy of a handy man," he said.

Gordon Patterson, aged 40, of She had travelled from Bergen to Langford-grove, Swindon, who.

meet her bridegroom, who was aboard i

Relayed from London "DIE WALKURE", ACT I

Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 645 .c. and on Short Wave from 0-11 p.m. on 0.52 m.c's, per second. H.K.T.

6.0 For The Children.

"Now We Are Six" (Fraser-Simson Poems by A.A. Milno); (a) Sneezler; (b) The Friend; (e) The Emperor's Rhyme; (d) Furry Bear... Mimi Crawford (Soprano) with _Plano; Dree, I Dree, I Dropped It (Tred!- tlonal-arr. Chalmers Wood); The Farmer's In His Den (Traditional- Arr. Chalmers Wood) (Singing Wood's Or- the Norwegian ateamer Lenda, when with his wife, Florence, aited 40, and Games)....Chalmers he landed in Scotland after a world their children. Gordon, aged 12, and chestra with vocal refrain: Studio

Rita, aged 14, were gassed in their Serial Story "Seeing The Empire": voyage.

cable fured and "Alice In Wonderland" (Fraser- But they could not be married im-sleep when the mediately as they both had not been melted a gas-pipe on which it rested. Simson); (a) You Are Old, Father In England three weeks. The only Henry Grimes, an electrical en- William (b) Speak Roughly To place they could get married was in gineer, said the connection was made Your Little Boy (c) Will You Walk George Baker a Norwegian ship outside the three- of cable of a cheap type sold for A Little Faster....

wireless sels and electric bells. miles limit.

(Baritone) with Pjano accompani- ment by Gerald Moore.

The Breda was on its way round the coast so they collected the Nor- wegian Pastor Henning from Leeds | and drove to Burntisland and took a pilot bont out to the ship.

I slowed up. The captain and chief officer were witnesses, and the couple were married.

|Firm Fined £25 For Selling

Bad Chocolate

"LIVE" WIRE DANGER "No experienced man would have used it to carry 220 volts," he said. Another cable, which ought to have been protected by tubing, had been connected from a plug in the

to living-room

ashed in the gar- den.

The cable was wired to the fencing separating the two gardens a very dangerous practice," said Grimes. " moisture had got into the wire the garden fence would have become alive."

Mr.

ened."

In a bedroom a anall handlamp Meczons, Ltd., of Droylsden, near was fed from the heating circuit and Manchester, were fined £25 and 15 several sub-fuses had been strength- cosis, at Old-street recently, for "possessing chocolate, for the purpose "If fuses of the right strength had of sale, unfit for human consumation." been used there would not have The magistrate, Mr. Herbert Metcalfe, been the danger of the wire on the described the chocolate, found in gas-pipe fusing." Shoreditch shop;

08

"uneatable

muck."

For the company it was said that it was the first case of this sort that has occurred to them in fifteen venra.

6.30 Beethoven-Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 130.

Played by the Budapest String Quartet.

7.00 Bongs by Richard Crooks (Tenor).

I Love Thee (David-Grieg); Ported (Weatherley-Tosti); Nirvana (Wea therly-Adams).

7.10 Closing loent Stock Quotations, 7.18 Reginald Dixon at the Organ. Down The Mall (Belton); Bells Across The Meadow (Ketelbey); Mississippl-Flim Selection; Naughty Marietta-Film Selection.

OVERCOATS-

Readiness-

-i n

7.30 Half an hour of Dance Music Eat at Fox-Trots - That's What You Think (film King Solomon of Broad- day'); I'm In Love All Over Again fim Hooray for Love')......Paul Pendarvis & His Orchestra with Juan: Returning verdlets of Death by vocal chorus; Tangos-Don Misadventure, the jury recom Ventorron....Orquesta Tiples Victor: mended that regulations affecting Fox-Trots Where Am 17 (Glm amateur wiring should be tightened Stars over Broadway); I Live For

up.

550 M.P.H.-R.A.F.

MAN'S RECORD

SECRET

was said to be due to a 1,000-to-1 Squadron-Leader J. W.

chance. Sonor "X" son Ricardo, in

1036, gave him the valuables to get Gillan, of the R.A.F., who them out of Spain.

flew a Hawker Hurricane

In July last Gourgues called London art dealer to sell the minin-plane from Edinburgh to

By a mere chance he called Northolt, Middlesex,

tures. By a

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last

on the man who had assisted Senor February in forty-eight min- "X" to catalogue his collection. The deater recognised the miniatures and utes, at an average speed of

police.

408 m.p.h., reveals a secret.

informed the

Madame Gourgues, who lives in Avenue des Fleurs, Nice, said in evidence that she and her husband met

Ricardo Ricardo at Marseilles. persuaded her husband to agree to rescue his sisters, and offered him n reward of about £112 to do zo.

At the close of the trial the minta- tures and pearls were handed over to the pollee, who will pass them to the Customs authorities, IL was stated on behalf of the Customs that по dificulty would be Taised in restoring them to Senor "X" If they were removed from this country.

He probably touched 550 m.p.h. and. had he not overshot Northolt, his average speed would have been about 450 m.p.h, for the 327 miles journey.

At 550 m.p.h, a plane would reach Berlin from London in one hour seven minutes.

Squadron-Leader Gillan tells the full story of the flight in the Journal of the Royal Air Force College.

QUICKER THAN TELEGRAM On his journey north he arrived ut Edinburgh, Turnhouse Aerodrome,

VANISHED AFTER QUARREL WITH HIS

BRIDE'S FATHER

QUEST FOR A BABY

TARZAN

New York.

METRO-Goldwyn-Mayer

have begun a world-wide search for a 5-year-old boy to play the part of the Baby Tarzan.

He must

Have bulging biceps gud extraordinary strength;

Be an acrobat and a pro fetent swimmer;

able to Be

Imitate Jamous Tarzan yell.

Nationally and accent

the

will

be unimportant because in the film he will be a creature of the jungle unversed in any human

Frodinge.

of the picture will be started soon, starring Weismuller and Mau- Johnny reen O'Sullivan. Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer invites parents of Goliath prodigies to send pic- tures to their studio, or their office here or in London,

before the telegram he had sent to have petrol walting, and on his re- turn he flew over Northolt and wast- ed five minutes in turning round and landing.

Of the departure from Edinburgh the writes:

in Edin- "There were no clouds burgh and the sky was that dark blue that precedes dusk. There northerly gale blowing and I decided that I would fly back as I felt it would be impossible to miss London in the dark.

was

Love (from the film)......Jacques Renard & His Orchestro; Waliz-

What A Night; Quick-Step We're Friends Again.....!!

...Victor Silverster

His Ballroom Orchestra; Fox-Trois -Thanks A Million (from the film); I'm Sitting High On A Hill Top (Alm Thanks A Millon')......Paul Pen- darvis & His Orchestra with vocal chorus.

8.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.03 Malcolm McEachern (Bass)

NAVAL PADRESS and Light Symphony Orchestra,

MUST BE

Different: They Live With Their Congregations Ex-Chaplain's Memories

Like To The Damask Rose (Elgar, arr. Haydn Wood); Queen Mary's Song (Elgar, arr. Huydn Wood). Light Symphony Orchestra cond. by Hay- da Wood; I'm A Roamer (from

'Sound

and Stranger'); "Chu Chin Chow The Cobbler's Song (Arche & Norton)...... Malcolm McEachern (Bass) with Orch.; Shepherd's Song (Elgar, T. Haydn Wood); Rondel; Mina (Elgar, orr. Haydn Wood).... Light Symphony Orchestra cond. by Haydn Wood.

WORKNGHAM. Archdeacon, A. D. Gilbertson retired recently from his post- tion as chaplain of the Navy, only to take over at once the position of resident chaplain at the Royal Merchant Navy School at Bear Wood, near Wokingham.

There an old shipmate of his, Cap-ot tain H. W. Edwards, is Governor.

Archdeacon Glbertson would have been 30 years a naval chaplain at the end of the year, for he joined the service in January, 1900.

JUST THE PADRE

8.20 London Fielay-Scenes from Willam Richard The Third by Shakespeare.

King Characters:

Edward the Fourth; Richard, Duke of Gloucester, brother of the King (afterwards Richard the Third); Henry, Earl King

Richmond (afterward King Henry the Seventh); Duke of Buck- Ingham; Lord Hastings; Lords, and Attendants; Soldiers, other Scene: England; Production by John Richmond.

etc.;

9.0 The B.B.C. Wireless Singers. Where The Bee Sucks (Shakes-

For the last three years his job peare & Arne arr. Shaw); Come

Let Us Join The Roundelay (Wm. has included interviewing personally Beale); It Was A Lover And His and selecting all the would-be chap-Lass (Shakespeare & Morley arr. J. lains for the Navy, so he has his own F, Bridge); O Hush Thee, My Bable ideas on what are the qualities which

go to make the ideal naval chaplain. (Sir W, Scott & A. Sullivan).

9.10 Leslie Jeffries & His Orches "I have always held very strong-

The Swan (Saint-Saens); Even- ly," he said, to the Navy's Idea tra. that the chaplain is just the padre, and not a Naval offeer. In the Navy Song (Easthope Martin); Tres Jolle Le Pelit Capllaine we have no rank and we wear no (Jeffries);

(Raquelle); Hey Gypsy, Play Gypsy uniform.

Maritza' Kalman); "Neither offers nor

have Countless lecener on being a good fellow and a Coward), much respect for a padre who is Dearest good mixer than on doing his real job.

KNOW HIS THOUGHTS

men

They want him to be different. Naval chaplains are the only parsons who have to live conunuously with their congregations. It's a big test of a man when he knows that some 40 or 50 officers practically know all his thoughts. He cannot be any- thing of a hypocrite and often quite unexpected deeds or words from him have the most powerful effect.

"Some poor men, of course, are eliminated by sea-sickness and nothing else. There was once a chaplain who got no further in the service than 'Dearly beloved brethren. The Scripture moveth

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9.30 London Relay-The News 0.50 Wagner's "Dio Walkure" Act

Singers: Lotte Lehmann (Soprano), Lauritz Meichlor (Tenor) and Em- anuel List (Bass); with The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bruno Walter. Cello: F. Buxbaum.

11.0 Close down.

HONGKONG SINGERS

Armistice Day Recital Arranged

It has become an established cus-

CENTRAL SHOWROOM:

KOWLOON SHOWROOMS:

CURRENCY NOTES

Draft Ordinance To Validate Practice

GLOUCESTER BUILDING Phone: 24704. 246 NATHAN ROAD. Phone 57341.

THEFTS REPORTED Kowloon Residents Lose Money and Property

The residence of Mr. W. H. Kwan, entered by

valued at

levea un Saturday, when clothing

Taking off at 5.5 p.m. and climb Ing at 200 m.p.h. I noticed with some Friends of 22-years-old Iris Lid-pleasure that I had no drift and at dington, of Crawley-crescent. Croy 5,000. thint I had a considerable MAJOR'S BEQUEST dan, were still pearching last month sensation of speed. This meant

for 20-years-old Robert Henderson, good wind and less chance of run TO FAMILY late of Davidson-road, Addiscombe, ning out of petrol in the dark near who fulled to arrive at Croydon Parish London in the event of a miscalcula- Church, when they were to have been tion. RUINED IN WAR married.

"The ground then disappeared and Miss Liddington waited an hour for soon I was at my height with only Major Edward Harman Hicks, Henderson, who had made all kr- my instruments and a rapidly ring

A draft Dollar Currency Nolesat, Homuntin Hill, was Inte R.A.M.C., of Mount Park-rangements for the ceremony.

left leg. My air. speed varied be- The postponement of the ceremony

us in sundry places,' when he had tom for the Hongkong Singers to Amendment Ordinance is published road, Ealing, who left £21,561 is the result, it is believed, of a vix tween 303 and 325. The engine re-

and personal belonginga to move in a very great hurry. give an Armistice Day Recital each | in the Government Gazette,

$168 were stolen. (net personalty £21,495), made lent quarrel between her father and volutions were constant at 2,075.

"In my own time is the Navy per-year, and this year the usual concert "SOMETIMES I FELT SORRY" a bequest in his will to a French Henderson,

The objects and reasons state that

Chan Sul-lam, residing at the Mer There were ten minutes of high haps the most striking change has will be given in St. John's Cathedral family who suffered in the war. Her mother said, "This has been n

the fund established under section:4

the Dollar

Noles Chow Hotel, reports the loan of $190 Currency which will be of The will, inde in 1034, reads; terrible shock to Iris. She is ill, and cloud to go through, when the cabin been the provision of a proper per-on November 11.

performance,

on Saturday. "Whereas my old friend, Dr Jean in keeping to her room. She last saw frosted up and hear frost formed on inanent chapel in big ships, instead!

of the barnyard chapels which the under the patronage of the Patron of Ordinance, No. 42 of 1935, has been from his trouser's pocket at the hoter lower deck used to call

old the Singers, Rene Serrand, of Paris, having died Mr. Henderson a week ago, when he the wings.

Clothing valued at $30 was stolen ingers, H.E, the Governor, and credited with the amount of notes appointment for them to "Sometimes 1 felt sorry that I was make-shift arrangement."

their President, the Hon. Mr. N. L. issued and interest earned by

from the room at Corporal A, Row- leaving his daughter, Mme. Alix made an

dkl nol doing this and thought of the com-

Smith, will be under the conductor- fund, and debited with the cost of lands, who is at present staying at Marie Serrand, and her children in view a flat together. He

fort of my men Northolt; at other

ship of the Hon. Conductor of the manufacture, freight and other ex-

the Central Brit

British School in Nathan very cor circumstances, I consider it keep the appointment.

timea

forty I was glad. After

Lindsay A. Lafford, penses incidental

Issue of Road. The theft was not discovered Singers, Mr. to be my duty to my old friend, know- Ing as I do, the ruin the war has

until Saturday. FACO., LRAM, AR.GM., with Me currency notes. minutes I decided to descend. brought to them, to make some pro

"The air spred now was 400, the

Rupert Baldwin at the Organ. The Clause 2 of the amending Bill adða vlsion for his daughter.

revolutions .9,000, The ground

work chosen is the Brahms "Re-three new sub-sections to section-Road has reported the loss of a gold quiem," which has been given before of the principal Ordinance providing from her residence on Saturday. En

bracelet which was valued at $47 speed was probably 550. I had an

but will well bear repetition, and, that the fund shall bear the expenses trance to the house, was gained by odd feeling. Aying through a cloud

indeed, is repeated In response to ni night at a speed I knew to bo la

numerous requests. exocks of 500 milles per hour.

A collection

"I wish to bequeath some acknow- ledgment of the many acts of kind ness which I have received from Alix Serrand and her family, in the hope that the may thereby be relieved from anxiety as to her own and her daughter's future.!!

GAVE, NOTICE Hiria went to his fodalngs and found that he had left. She also found he had given notice at the place where he had worked. She still believed, however, that he would arrive for the wedding.

ffect, I saw momentarily

FRED

PERRY

RIDDLE

Now York. Fred Perry and his film star wife, Miss Helen Vinson, paid a mysteri-

}

The

devoted be

to the

the

of note-issue and management, that

the funds of St. Dunstan's) 20

Mrs. W. Newbronner of Cameron

"I believe all this troubin has

the fund, and that on room window. artsen through the fact that my

"Coming out of a cloud nt 5,000 ous visit to U.S. Assistant Attorney

The theft of crockery worth $30.20 to Ita paid into husband

murplus Mr. Henderson and

December 31 in any year any a red light John Dalley last month. The reason as usual, wit will be taken, which, Interest earned by the fund, shall be forcing an iron bar at the rear bed quarrelled violently, fortnight

flashing the letter of my station. But; for the two-hours conference is be-entirely.

time between October 25 and Octo- ngo, and they came to blows. He left her an annuity of £400-

value of currency notes in circulation by the Ume I had registered this I ing kept secret, but the fact that The exact time of the performance, moneys in excess of the nominal from her matched at Zing Kau some Chief Postal Inspector Junca Doran which has not yet been definitely shall be paid into the general re by Mrs E. I. Childe, of No. 8 Carnar- ber 20, has been reported to the police during the life of his wife with ro-

"Henderson cames from Partick, in was seven miles further on.

was present led to reports that the fixed, will be announced later, but it

von Road, C mainder to her daughter Marle Renee Anals Maignien, but by a codlell Scotland, and he met Iris at a dance

"The signal Ume from the take-off couple have been receiving extortion will be after dinner, probably, or venues of the Colony

9.15 pm. Generous support from the Clauso 3 of the draft Bill removes The loss of a gold bracelet some made in 1938 he halved the annuity at Croydon about two years ago."

to going over Northolt was forty- letters. three minutes; the timo`on ́my own The tennis atar kid his wife re- public, especially in view of the doubts as to the regularity of this where in the Central or Wancha "since my investments have do-

the pall by-validating | district on Friday her been reported preelated in value.ft:

residue, less £500, to me. Alix watch forty-four minutes. I return- fused to give an explanation, and charity to be benefited, is confidently practice In The realdue he left to his wife for Serrand absolutely, or, if then dead, ed to Northolt five minutes later and added: "We were ordered not to dis-expected, and all Interested are urged such past soisas come within the to the police by Mis 5. Crowders of al

to keep the evening free. cuss the matter will; anyone **·

scope of the present amendment. Broadwood Rood. lite, and on her death the ultimate to her daughter,

landed."