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Who Should Be Star of R.A.F.?

No Answer, No Film

SHYLY hiding in a R.A.F. uniform a potential rival to Mr. Clark Gable must languish unhonoured and un- sung. His sad tale is just received. Thus-

In the House of Commons recently Mr. Garro Jones- (Lab, Aberdeen, N.) is going to ask the Air Ministry why negotiations with an American company for a film to attract recruits to the R.A.F. had fallen through.

He wants to know, too, for how long, and with how many other film companies, negotiations have been proceeding with a similar object, and whether any other person than the Air Minis- ter can make the final decision.

And this is why:

Last year the Air Ministry hud a plan to produce a R.A.F. film onl Hollywood lines-the Service plust humna interest and heart-throb.

The whole scheme fell down over the vexed question of who should be, the hero. The heroine was even reached.

CLARK GABLE7

never

m

The publicity-minded section of

Ministry favoured a The Ale actor, like Clark Gable (star of "Test) Pilot," the Hollywood Blan).

The Service-minded section of the Ministry shuddered at the idea of a Clark Gable In R.A.F. uniform, playing a British officer hero of the nir.

The controversy raget behind the Adastral House and the Pcenca at whole project fell through.

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JUDGE'S

CHILDREN ARE NOT TOLD OF TRAGEDY

WHILE an inquest was being

was

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She was travelling, to see her three young children, Buffle, a girl of eight, Poller Reserve Orders by the Hon.jand two boys under fourteen. De

death were Commissioner of tails of their father's Mr. T. II. Kink.

kept secret from the children, Police, state:

They live with an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. H. Sommerville Gunn, at Henbury House, Henbury, nutside Betstol.

between

Chinese Compny Patrol Duty-Nightly -18.00 hours und midnight by mum the Officer in bers as detailed by

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Indian Company

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WAS RETIRING

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was !! -hildren that their father

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between Patrol Duty-Nightly 18.00 hours and midnight by mem- bes as detailed by the Officer in Charge of Company,

The

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"It is a great tragedy that this has happened, as we were all looking forward to Gordon's retirement next July, when they would be horne for gocd. He was forty-seven

"My sister was on her way home!

at the time. She received the news

Wednesday

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January

1939.

Five happy girls who attended the Y.31.C.A. Children's Fancy Dress party recently-Stag Photographer.

QUEEN

to

HAD FLOWER

SELLER FRIENDS

He Left His Mark-In Concrete

d

Lorain (Ohio).

It is usually considered to be an honour to be the first person drive on new highway. firat drove The motorist who over the newly-laid pavement on Broadway here is no exception.

He will be honoured by consi- derable police attention and pro- bably by a court scusion for he neglected to wait until the fresh

was dry and, concrete sequently, left the story of his cxploit in well-defined, deeply- indented tyre marks.

con-

of the tragedy on reaching Mombasa Harbour Speeder Fined and immediately returned to Dar-es- Salaam. I don't know really what happened.

HE SENDS HER WHITE GARDENIAS

WHILE the 29,150-ton

battleship Royal Oak, escorted by four destroy- the ers, carried across North Sea the body of Queen Maud of Norway, in a passenger boat going the same way was a box of white gardenias.

They were addressed to the Royal Palace at Oslo--the last tribute of a London flower seller wnom the Queen befriended.

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Princess Bride

For Peer

Newport.

Through heavy rain recently Lord Tredegar and Princess Olga Dol- gorouky, whom he hopes to marry

announces he

in the New Year,

drove from Tredegar House to attend service at the Roman Catholic church 1 Ebbw Bridge, on the outskirts of Newport.

Viscount Tredegar, who is 45, and the princess, a member of an old Russian family, danced together_nt the anat ball of the Tredegar Es- tates employees, and during an in-

terval Lord Tredegar unnounced that after an early visit to Rome he hoped to bring the princess back to Trede- Loni Tredegar is a Papal chum- or House as his bride.

a Knight of Malta. of the berlain and Princess Olga is a member Greek Orthodox Church.

"She would ke gardenias," he said. "And, if you'll forgive me, Madame, please put that money away. These are for my friend." William Woodall was net at his

room with its

Every day when Queen Maud was in London she walked along Bond- street with her dog. Vancouver, B. C.

at the corner of As she arrived Joe Sanders was fined $10 and costs

a boat. Har-Stafford-street tubby Willam Wood- here for speeding in

old wooden and two "All she has said in her letter to our officials said Sanders began all, fifty-five-year-old flower-seller, pitch on the day she died. He was me is that he was found shot in his racing in the harbour in his motor- would hastily place his tray of vlo-sitting his front room with a gun beside him. Ile boat, endangering other craft and lets and gardenias on the pavement, unmade bed

snatch off his cap, select three of his kitchen chairs.

'A LOVELY LADY'

He had i had been ill lately."

almost colliding with a rowboat.

best gardenius and pin them to the)

He still had his cap on. Queen's lapel.

returned

from the market. Just Queen Maud would stay and chat where he had been to buy a box of to him for a few minutes, and she white gardenias.

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These to cry. flowers she liked. They will go to For ten years Woodall sold flowers her grand funeral in Norway-from Woodall. She called Willla. poor to the Queen. Shortly after she met film she sent a lady-in-wailing to me her friend, ask for his name and address.

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Then, taking off his cap, Willam "Go! rest her added: woman came up, offered a £1 note, Woodhil and asked for a bunch of flowers.

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Ile rearranged the dozen gardenias in the box on the bed.

"They won't look much among all The smile left Woodall's face. His the fino wreaths kings and queens hund trembled Lik he sorted thewill send. But I know she wouldn't flowers.

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