1938-11-15 — Page 2

THE HONGKONG TELEGRARI

TUESDAY,

NOVEMBER 15, 1938.

ONE BRITON AMONG THE AIR HOSTESSES, THE

EMPIRE X-RAY

Girls Who Cross Europe NEWS

To Work

THEIR JOB IS

TO TALK.

-in Many Tongues

-and ALL At 9st.

When Miss Laurie Steele, slim 26-years-old brunette, stepped into a Dutch K,L.M. air liner at Croydon re- cently, she was entering not a mere means of conveyance, but her place of employment.

She is the only British stewardess serving on a Con- tinental air route. Among the petite, polyglot, trim- uniformed "air hostesses" who have become such familiar figures at European airports, she is the only one speaking English as her mother-tongue.

There are, you see, two opposing schools of thought on the subject of feminine attendance in the air.

WHY SHE IS UNIQUE

Those in favour hold they exercise a soothing influence on nervous passengers, and with their social grace, induce an easy, friendly atmosphere en voyage; those against contend that men make the more efficient stewards and all-purpose attendants.

And since British air lines operating Continental services are numbered among "those against," you will understand just why Miss Steele is unique.

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"Am I lucky to get the job!" she exclaimed to me, just be- fore Betting off for Amsterdam and her aerial duties. "I was air hostess in Australia for a year, but I wanted to see European capitals and keep my job in the air at the same time. It seemed a hopeless prospect, but I approached the K.L.M. agent in Sydney on the off-chance.

"It means I have to be in the ar six days a week instead of having three to myself, as in Australia, but it is worth it, if you love flying and enjoy constantly meeting and doing your best to help fresh people."

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The feminine attendants of skies are first and foremost vivacious girls with a real love of flying and strict sense of duty; add to that the Intelligence trul

conversational powers of a woman of the world, the of a professor of lingulstle abilty languages, the sympathy of a nurse, the domesticity of a housewife-and |

ertand why only then will you unders so many call but a few are chosen for the position of air hostess.

To restrict things even more, only girls below nie stone in weight need apply.

Let's talk to some more of them...

"Romance? Oh No!" Margit Keellkova, appointed out of 400 applicants to Prague-Londun ser- vice of Czecho-Slovak C.L.S. Lite, who, at 23, not

Russian too:

"I have flown 200,000 miles incr the beginning of the year, and loved every mile of it," she said.

"Men passengers are generally more nervous than women. The wumen just read, ur look out of the window; the men just talk and talk, und 1's part of my job to entertain them.

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"Romance?" she gurgled, "No- body has ever asked me to marry yet." "Pilots? ON!" (with

dashing sinile at the Wo of that Ik who had brought her from Progue) "I know too much about them. I think they have a wife in every airport?”

"30 WEDDINGS” Ann Becker, of the Royal Dutch line, displays a double row of pearly teeth every time she smiles-which makes the plots talk about tooth- paste advertisements.

These cheeky, devil pilots,” she said to my in mock disgust. only speaks her "Our stewardesses generally cave father's Czech and her mother's | the service after two or three years, French but English, German, and I most of them to get married.

ARMISTICE DAY WEDDING. The Rev. Victor Dixon and his bride, the former Miss Emily Blanche Foale, after their recent mar- riage at St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon-Staf Photographer.

"But not often to pilots. Some- timer to members of the ground staff or officials of the ne Never to pas- sengers. Romance and business don't mix in the ais.

Lou Van Der Meulen is of 24 11 "veteran" of the K.L.M. Line. Shej has been with R for more than three syurs.

Listen:

"About 30 hostesses have left to get married in my time. bit 1 can't see anything like that hap- should have to pening to me. teave the service, and I'm much tap keen on Hylug.

Rancher Earl

Sells Castle

Avon Castle, lovely Hampshire home of the 24-years-old rancher Earle of Egmont, is about to change hands.

Negotiations for its sale to Mr. 11. J. Colebrook, a London surveyor, have been proceednig for some time, and an announcement about the deal will probably be made shortly.

When I first became a hostess I was told to think of the 'plane us my Burlington-street, W. and home and the passengers as my guests, and that is how I try to

Mr. Colebrook has ofices in Old

have.

"I used to be a nurse in a children's clinic, and had never flown until 1 took on this job."

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Footnonie.--The attitude al Ini- perial Airways to air hostesses 15 this in the words of an official):

"We consider man to be the more efficient and welcome at- tendents. After all, you never muct a stewardess in a train."

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MINING EMPLOYMENT IN AUSTRALIA

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The years since the Great War have shown curious fluctuations in employment figures in Australia's ming industries.

In 1935, the latest year for which oMetal figures are available, there. 10cro Yearly.20,00 persoas engaged in mining of all kinds. Of these 33,113 were engaged in gold, 5,120 in silver, lead and spelten, 1,888 in copper, 4,474 in tin, and 18,033 in coat min- ing.

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In 1901 miners numbered 2,002 per 100.000. In 1911 the figure was 2,109 while 10 years later, it had fallen to

In 1931 It was '304.

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of the country have been gradually depleted. Other mining industries have been affected by the develop- ment of overscas competition and the growth of mechanisation.

In gold mining, however, the in- creased price of gold has led to a surprising increase in the absorption of labour during the last five or six years. Even so, the figures for 1035 in this branch of the mining industry ore very for removed from the 1901 figures, when 70,072 persons were employed.

| SOUTH AFRICA

NEW ARCHBISHOP ENTHRONED

Cape Town. The Rt. Rev. J. R. Darbyshire, formerly Bishop of Glasgow and Oniloway, was recently enthroned Archbishop of Cape Town,

The new archbishop, who is 58, was vice-principal of Ridley Hall, Cam- bridge, from 1008 to 1013, and vicat of the Cathedral Church, Sheffield, from 1922 to 1931. He was con- secrated Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway In 1931.

Voter told he was dead-Because he was described as "deceased" in the voters' list, Mr. August Meyers, a United Party election agent, was not allowed to vote for his party's canal- date. Mr. H. Abrahamson, who was contesting the Weenan, Natal, con- statuency. Mr. Abrahamson was re- turned, and had Mr. Meyers been allowed to vote for him, his majority would have pen exactly 2,000.- Kcuter.

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Fulmer Hall, Buckinghamshire. He is Master of the New Forest Buck- hounds. whose kennels are nt Brockenhurst, only ten miles from Avon Castle and its 1,300

acres of beautiful meadows and woodland.

Several bids, the highest being about £40,000, have been made In recent years for the property. but have been refused.

It has been suggested recently that the market price is between £70,000 und £80,000.

PROTEST AGAINST EMERGENCY ACT

Rangoon. The enactment of the Rangoon Emergency Security Act by the Governor of Burma, Sir Archibald Cochrane, has been characterised as "a grave constitutional blunder" by the Myochit party, a Parlamentary Opposition group.

prominent

The Myochit purty has sent a long memorandum to the Secretary for India and Burma, the Marquess of Zetland, urging the annulment of the Act.

MEALS IN KITCHEN White and turreted, Avon Castle will always be associated with the tragedy and romance of the life of the present Earl of

The Act, which followed the recent Egmont, Frederick George Moore Percival, who is now offers certain powers of arrest with- Is now ting in Rangoon, gives police living in the wide open spaces of out warrant,

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West country police are gating a big gas mask fraud, A gang Six years ago the father was killed of men have travelled through! coun- in motor smash. Frantle with try districts ahead of air raid war- Krief, the young earl forsook

dens informing villagers that in castle, and went to work pa a paid order to get a gas mask they must farinhand in Calgary, Canada, He pay 2s. 6d. In advance,

then married his cousin, Miss Ann They are believed to have de- Geraldine Moodle, who-with tne frauded villagers of a large sum of blood of the Royal Stuarts of Scat monty. Police have descriptions of land in her veins was working as some of the men.

n dentist's assistant.

Mrs. Ireland, of Radipole, near They visited England carly this Weymouth said: "A man called and year but they did not settle in the told me that there was 2s. 6d. to-day. castle which has been in the posads-I refused to pay until I got my gos alon of the Egmont family since 1912, mask, but many other people I know when the ninth eari bought it.

paid."

Wife Thought Husband

In Gaol-Met Him in Cafe

After going from friend to friend

Mr. Bernard Gillis, counsel for for three weeks in the hope of rais- Stapley, stated in court yesterday. ing £250, which might sectire her thai Mrs. Stapley had been unable husband's release from pelood, the to raise the money in so short a time, fair-haired artist wile of 50-years- and that this was. Stapley's first old Major Gerald Stapley recently offence under the bankruptcy laws. set out for the 'Old Bailey from her Hittle

caravan at Themes Ditton; Surrey.

She had fulled in her efforts and she went to have a tast glance at her Husband before as she thought-he

was sentenced.

"TOO WONDERFUL" Describing his conduct as disgrace- ful, and warning him that If there were any complaints in futuro would be sent to prison, Mr. Whiteley bound him over for three years.

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Stopley, formerly a major in tho Royal Artillery, had, at the previous

About the same time Mrs. Stapley, session, pleaded guilty to obtaining sad faced, had arrived at a restaurant credli while an undischarged bank near the court, and there she was rupt, and reference was made to his amazed to come face to face with her former £10-a-week flat in Mayfair. husband. He had been released

The Common Serjeant, Mr. Ceci without her knowing it, Whiteley, K.C., postponed sentence The surprise was almost too much until yesterday, remarking that he for her, but he rushed, forward an might be influenced it Stapley paid braced him, and exclaimed, "Darling his debts.

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