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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

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Old Cabby's Plea For

His Horse

London's oldest cabby, 82-years-ol! Thomas Tampling, will don his best- clothes shortly and go to plead with his M.P., Captain Cunninghams Reld, that something should be done to get the ban lifted from his hors Roger. Tumpling "Old Tommy" to you--- was laid by, the Marylebone magis- to that be mut no longer put Roger in the shafts of his brougham, as the animal was not fit for cab work,

"And I hope before long we'll bath he ack at Piccadilly,” he said. "I tell you, I've had a bad time Just lately,

HOLIDAY OFFER

"I've got a wife and an invalid daughter to keep on my old age pen- sion. We're not exactly starving, but we've had to miss a meal or so Intely.

"People have been kind. Only to- day a lady wrote offering me and the horze a week's holiday at her place in Kent. I'm grateful, but I've had to 'refuse."

"Old Tommy" sighed.

"If Captain Reid can't do sonte- thing Roger will have to be sold. Maybe there'll be aufficient money to buy a new hursc. But cab horred aren't so easy to come by these days,"

Park Keeper Says: 'Sue Me'

Ex-heavy-weight Jack Stanley -the first man to take on Carnera in Britain-who hung up his gloves seven years ago to become a parkkeeper, is now in the middle of another fight-- against the London County Council.

When he and his fellow park Imployees who are Territorials were called up during the crisis they gol Army pay in addition to their L.C.C. The LC.C. want them to puy wage. it bnek by instalments.

Stanley paid £ 6s. of the £3 2s. 78. Involved, then his unlon, the Parks Outdoor Assceintion, told him not to pay any more and fight it out. So last night he wrote to the L.C.C. and suggested the debt should be surd for in the county court.

Eight hundred men working in the parks are looking to him, too, 10 fight for better conditions generally. for Arrears of time-und-half pay Sunday duty since 1021 is one of the things they want. The Joint Indus

BOSCPEED300Strial Council recommended it then:

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but the L.C.C. started paying this rate only about two years ago.

The association say none of the men employed in L.CC. parks has had an increase of pay since 1921 Park labourers get from £2 13s. 05. to £2 14s. 6d. Ten per cent, more Is their request.

Giant New Dutch Planes Will "Be Sleepers"

Batavia.

Eleven of the new Douglas DC4 planes will be ordered by K.L.M. for the speeded-up schedule on the Amsterdam-Batavia service, planned for 1941.

These huge landplanes have ac- commodation for 40 passengers but Indles on the Holland-Netherlands route they will carry a maximum of 20, as there will be sleeping accom- modation.

Discussions are taking place be- tween K.L.M. and K.N.I.L.M. to ar- range an acceleration of the Batavia- Sydney service to give a through London-Sydney service of 3 days.

The new schedule provides for landings at Athens, Basra, Karachi, Rangoon and Singapore,

Planes will begin the journey from Amsterdam at 11 o'clock at night, immediately after the arrival of the connecting plane from London.

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