1938-11-11 — Page 2

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY,

"MIRACLE BOY" HAD TWO LEGS MADE OUT OF ONE

But He Will Play

Football

Again

IF YOU ASK YOUNG DERRICK ROBINSON IN MARL- BOROUGH-ROAD, WIMBLEDON, IT'S TEÑ TO ONE THE NEIGHBOURS WILL SAY, "ÓH, YOU MEAN THE MIRACLE BOY, HE LIVES AT NO. 30/

Less than three months ago 14-years-old Derrick was knocked down by a lorry. At first there was little hope of his even living, then it was thought his left leg would have to be amputated.

"They saved his leg at the St. James's Hospital by grafting skin and muscle from his other leg on to his bad leg," his mother sald,

TOOK A CHANCE

"Four of the doctors thought the leg would have to be amputated. The other doctor said he thought grafung would be successful, so a chance was taken.

"Wo

afrafti st were

frat, though, that he would die before they could do anything for him,” sho continued. "Ilis pulse, was barely beating when he got to the hospital, "Certainly We never thought he would be able to walk again on that

"But I'll soon be playing football

Quads, Aged 3,

Get No Gifts

"Mummy, where are our presents?" walled Victor and Alfred Harmsworth as they woke up early on their third birthday morning last month in their Home at Peterborough-road, Heller, Surrey.

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But for Victor and Alfred, who on their birth became famous and are

now living unnoticed in a council again, and cricket, too," said Der-house, there was nothing-not even a rick, his eyes shining.

"They have got a stationary bike new toy. Victor and Alfred are the

two surviving Harmsworth quads.

at the hospital and I exercise on that. I'll be riding my own bike' before

he added.

iorly, no

you won't," said Robinson quickly. "I'm not to have you damaging that leg."

Mrs. Harmsworth said: "My hus- band has been on half pay for the Mrs. Just Ave weeks, and I've had to run going the house and feed the boys and my four other children on 30s, a week.”

FASHION GOES FLAT-FOOTED AT LEATHER FAIR

Boots, Boots, Boots. . . . But this has nothing to do -with the barrack room. It is time for the Shoe and

Leather Fair again.

The elegant foot is no longer necessarily slender, high-heeled and narrow, but may be broad, flat and clumping.

"UNDERWORLD” LONDON FOR WAR TIME

Much study of the feet and their reaction to walking and the various types of factory and clerical work has led

to this! change of fashion.

Results of research work by the!

British Boot, Shoe and Allied Trades

Mr. and Mrs. K. P. Fletcher photographed after their marriage which took place at the Registrar's Office last Monday. The bride was formerly Miss M. Crawford.-Mee Cheung.

EXTRAVAGANCE. LED WOMAN

TO BLACKMAIL

Extravagant expenditure on clothes and furniture Research Association are evident at was stated at the Old Bailey recently to have led a woman this year's Fair, held at the Agricu- to blackmail.

suede in bright colours.

Mrs. Florence Jessie Hilburn, aged 55, of Barnes, S.W., was alleged to have demanded £80 with menaces from a married man," referred to as Mr. "A," who was said to hold a responsible municipal position.

"If this scheme were put into practice, London could disappear in an hour," Mr. Ernest Yntes,

furn Hall. Islington, N. one of the foremost estate agents in the City, said when he "Women have KONC crazy .on outlined a method of making clumping sofes," the manager of one sland sale. Enormou "inch-high London immune from air at soles are a feature of many country tacks and making a profit at and spectator sports shoes; touless! the samc time, Mr. Yates dance shoes have platform soles at: Mr. C. G. L. Du Cann, prosecuting, said that Mr. "A" knew wants the Government to put up least six inches high, composed of Hilburn and her then husband in 1914. In 1918 her husband the capital for the building of over cork or thick "bolsters" of died and after an association between her and Mr, "A" she gave gigantic stadiums, theatres, con-

birth in 1920 to a child which lived for only ten minutes. cert halls, museums, car parks,

And even town walking shoes have the new "mudguard" sole. These Mr. "A" did not see her again until three years ago, when cycle trucks, under. London's

clumping soles are, however, noj she told him she had re-married. On September 3 this year she great parks.

heavier than ordinary ones.

sent him a letter saying she had been blackmailed and asking for £80. would be at least £100,000 a year," : COMFORT COMES FIRST ho said. "Where clsc but A new type of shoe based on com-! underground can you hope to fort und warmth emerges for coun-| erect new buildings to accom- try life and to wear after skiby: modate more than 100,000 people? you take off your ski-boots and slip £100.000 revenue would justity into, not slippers, but scarlet

felt capital of £2,000,000, but far more boots, sheep-skin than that

trimmed, withi be needed to de soles as thick and square

is skl-1 boots, but much softer.

"The revenue from such sources:

the job bro

"The total cost would be between

five, and len millions. Think how

MOON

WRECKS

Another pair of such boots was in MARRIAGE

popular an underground stadium leopard-skin and scarict felt, tied

would be in Hyde Park!"

URCENT NEED

Mr. Yates's Iden, completed, would a network of underground buildings beneath all the main parks, besides the more usual baby croco together with car parks under the dile, ostrich and Karung snake. lesser squares.

The

Acting on police instructions. Mr. "A" met her at a Croydon restaurant, police officers being present at the inreting. She threatened Mr. "A" that if he did not pay she would write to his wife.

KEPT IN PRISON

Det sp. Digby raid that Mrs. Hilburn hind incurred debts in her husband's name, and there was a High Court action pending for more IPSWICH..than £200 alleged to be owing to n The moon has wrecked the hap-West End Brm. She was desperately

hurd up.

Det-Insp. Digby added that Mrs. custody Hilburn hind to be kept in during the present case because she Riven ball stated that if she were she intended to inform Mr. "A's" wife and his employers.

with leather thongs and fur "bob- bles." The "light fantastic toe" be-

omes the heavy fantastic boot.

Other strange materials used for, modern shoes are cod-skin and glass, piness of a newly married couple.

At any rate, that is what a bride of a month said recently after seeing In addition, the Government or the rest glass evening alipper is in the her husband led away to the cells to span glass, multi-coloured and serve a sentence of two years hard local authorities could place a shel-plaited cod-skin looks like a snake- labour. ter underneath every suburban skin with big scules, and can be dyed square.

any colour. Garung is a fine, supple. He was John Cuthbert Standley

Dr. Lamberl said that Mrs. The scheme he has in mind would anake-skin, even more suitable for (25), ex-grammar schoolboy, techni- be carried out with no charge on gloves than shoes.

cal college graduate and salesman, Hilburn had a serious nervous brenk- who broke into houseS ordinary rates and taxeg and no

and stolej down in 1935. On one occasion she ground rent.

£100 worth of jewellery and house was found wandering at Eastbourne: "Tho

bride believed he had bought to set Intention of committing suicide. She hold goods-articles which his young at midnight, need is imperative," said

apparently with the

up their home,

was unstable mentally and at times not responsible for her actions.

women's sitors. and

THE NEW COLOURS The natural pale raw-hide colour Mr. Yates. "During the recent is the newest brown of all, both for) scare there was no provision for men's and the people. They had

die browns in general are mainly lighter. Young Stanley, who had a long, trenches where they could find the There are lots of blues, in new pen- list of previous convictions, was The Recorder, Mr. Gerald Dodson. space. Indiscriminate and helter-cock tones, and, of course, blacks, described by the Governor of firixton postponed sentence on Mrs. Hilburn, skeller evacuation is not going to Including black coffee,

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high-grade mental who pleaded guilty, until he has seen solve the problem.

There are pale blue suede sandals deficient."

the doctor at Holloway Prison, for chaps, and multi-coloured rafliu.

Petite, fair and pretty, 23-year-old | — sandals, with cork heels, for girls;

"MAN TO SAVE LONDON”

when detectives came there for him.

"DON'T LOOK AT IT!"

"The buildings I have described Indeed, sandals, and sandal type of Mrs. Standley said that they had he shouted, I hate it. Don't look would give the maximum protection shoe have come stay-anyway for been in their home only two days at it. -against binst, splinters, shock and holidays and hot weather-Just as high protective poles have come to Ku5.

"No city is no blest in its apen spaces as London, and no other city stay for winter and rough weather.

in the world could take this defensive measure.

No Shaves Here

Judge Hildesley allowed the young couple to nay good-bye before the

was taken In a reference to the occasions | husband

to Norwich when she now thinks the house- Prison. breakings occurred, she said she be- Mrs. Standley will be allowed to see lleved all his troubles were due to him only once in two months.. the moon.

"I remember that whenever he he is free, but it seems such a very "I promised to stand by him until Sacramento, Cal.

was always long time," she said. Tiny Alpine County, high in the disappeared there

brilliant moon. on the capital involved, and a great Slerra near the Nevada line, is a

(The word "lunacy" is derived business genlus, whose name I can-poor place to get a shave, the state "He was a different person when from the Latin luna-the not possibly divulge, would under-bourd of examiners disclosed. Not there was no moon. One night we There are many recorded instances take all the organisation without fee single barber shop is operated in the were walking together and I ex- of apparently normal people who or remuneration of any kiad. He la little mountain county where only claimed, 'What a wonderful moon. develop criminal tendencies at the Jurt the man to savo London."

His manner changed suddenly and time of the full moon.).

"A very big business syndicate in prepared to work the scheme in con- junction with the Government and guarantee three and a half per cent,

1210 voters are registered,

moon.

NOVEMBER 11, 1938.

CHECK TO FALL IN EXPORTS

BIG ADVANCE. LAST MONTH

MORE ARMAMENTS SOLD. ABROAD

Britain's exports in September reached the highest total since April, and the recent decline received the first decisive check for seven months.

The increase compared with August amounted to £3,477,487. As Imports were only slightly higher on the month, the adverse balance, even. allowing for a fall in re-exports, was substantially reduced.

Compared with September, 1937, however, both imports and exports were considerably tower. Full com- parative figures are:

Kapt, **

Imports Exports Re-exporis

15,000,0 30,208,937 4,031,952 Sept. 27

37.844.410 44,203,078 3,203,708 August, 35 74,330,827 . J8331470 1,014,050 increases are shown in practically every section of manufactured ex- ports compared with August, but in only one cate was the expansion of any great extent--vehicles, which in- cludes ships, locomotives and alr- craft. The rise in this case was from £2,460,434 in August, to £5,575,839 In September.

WARSHIPS BOUGHT ABROAD

Compared with September, 1937. there was an increase in this section of £2,419,701.

This big advance came principally under the heading of "warships and armaments," the value of which totalled £1,553,320, compared with £24.228 in September, 1937, and nit in August.

The Argentine was the principat buyer in the "locomotives, ships and aircraft" section, her purchases hav- ing

ing

isen from £77,001 a year ago to £1,757,685. Australia was the next best customer, with purchases totall- 2014,001 against £307,074. In most other

sections of

of exports there were decreases compared with September, 1937. The largest was in cotton yarns and manufactures ex- ported, the total value of £3,881,720 being £1,801,621 down. Iron

and steel manufactures, મ £2,905,622, were 900,111 tower,

COAL EXPORTS DOWN Coal exports for the month were down by 3,600,000 tons, largely due to reduced sales to France and Italy. On the other hand, Elre purchased 200,000 tons, which was 54,000 tons above her purchases in September last year.

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Among imports, the biggest inl was in grain and flour, which, £6,031,031, was down on the figure for the corresponding month of 1937 by £1,081,044. The total of food, drink and tobacco, however, was £1,530,952 higher, the biggest in- creases being

in doiry produce, which rose by £824,566, and bever ages and cocoa preparations, which were £705,277 higher.

In imports of raw materials and unmanufactured goods there was 2 reduction of £8,528,857. Wood and timber at

at £4,307,626 showed a fall of £3,431,322, and raw cotton and cotton waste, totalling £1,014,501, was £1,017,370 lower. also declined, the month's

limports

of manufactured gonts £18,697,039 being £5,079,048 lower than that for the corresponding month of 1937.

total

of

For the Arst nine months of the year the totals are:

Imports

Re-exports

Exporta

1030 091,110,082 £3-417,659,320 £40,344,203

1237 £742,503,754 £305,051,954 $50,376,148

The adverse balance, which is now £297,100,259, has thus fallen slightly below the total of a year ugo.

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