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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
January 25, 1939.
Evans Of The Broke Leaves the Nore Arm Torn Off
LONDON.
THREE thousand cheering sailors gave a rousing send-off to Admiral Sir Edward
London.
Recently, Christopher Rigby (25)
of East Bawtry Road, Hotherham, hnd his right forearm torn off in the
neart of an overhead-coal conveyer Evans, Evans the Rotherham Corporaton eier- trielty works, after which he walked 100 yards along the gangway and Bu feet down the steps to the works
of the Broke, when he relinquished his appointment as Commander-in-Chief, the Nore, after three years service at Chatham. Vice-Admiral Sir Henry J. Studholme Brownrigg, formerly Admiral Commanding Reserves, has taken over appointment.
The Ballars were drawn up four deep outside the barracks. Admirał Evans stopped blå car in the middle; of the road, got out and waved his hat In answer to the cheers. He shook hands with Commodore 5.5. Bonham-Carter and Mrs. Bonham- Carter and then, as he drove away In
the
and telephoned for asalstance, using a, departmental telephone to report his accident. Ile w taken 10 Rotherham Hospital consclous all the fime, but I was stated that his con- dition was natisfactory.
Old School Tie In Court
MRS. Kate Johnson, of Dombey Street, Holborn, sat
His car, the allora band played puzzling out the meaning of the Old School Tie recently.
"Auld Lang Syne." Further down Dock Raud, Royal Marines lined thr pavement and cherred ther fart- well to the Admiral. The men had painted the words "Good bye and gend luck" outside Admiralty House, The
Admiral's residence, Admiral Evaus, who is 57, is not reliring, but his future is uncertain. At the moment he is planning
Nic Latly ing holiday In Norway with Evans. Afterward it in expected that he will be given a new appointment. It is suggested that he may return to the Navy or become a Dominion Governor-Genera?.
FAREWELL MESSAGE
Al the Amira's request, every man at the It.N. Barracks, Chatham, fle received an extra tot of rum. alto isated the following farewell megangel
" Moukl liken
express my sincere appreciation of the work of the Navy in the Nore caminnad, The disciplin has been of a very high, arder, hawed on mutual support. have every reason to be proud the way in which the dockyard ollieers and employees have rarried) dut their work during a dificul ilme."
I
of.
the
Admiral Evans is the hero of ad-] yenture, in every part of the globe, from the Antarctic to the China Seas I commanda have included South Pole expediton ship Terra| Neva, the battle-cruiser Repulse, the New Zealand Squadron, the Atries. Station, and the Navy and he has. been Rector of Aberdeen University, He was probably the only rer.or, as he himself has said, who was ex- pelled from schoot "for figh ing 100 pranien in the London Meat Mark-t." The son of a barrister, he was being educated at the Merchant Taylor: and he ran away to sea. School ing the cadet ship Worcester Greenhithe, he was trained for the
but Merchant Service,
Join-
wopped
horses" and in 1897 joined the Navy. When Captain Scalt organised his last tragle expedition to the South Pole he chose Evans as his second- in-command: As leader of the anti supporting party, Scott reluctantly: sent him back when they were within! 150 miles of the Pale. Evans was the last to see his chief alive, brought back, his dispatches.
and
in the Great War, his handling af the destroy:r Broke during a night raid by six German
At Clerkenwell County Court Mr. Registrar Friend
She Is Her Husband's Step- Sister And Her
Baby Is Her
nud told her that he was an old boy of Owen's School, Islington, where her son had a scholarship, and that |he would like the boy to "come up
and see him some time."
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"Did he really mean the invita- tip, or was It just a joke?" che
when assured asked, und
the azrious side of the Old School Tie Įspirit she was overjoyed,
Mrs. Johnson
resisting WAS
In
Husband's Niece application by her landlady for leave.
MIR, RHODES ELLIOT, widower, married
Mrs.
Lil'an Philpot, a widow, the Methodist Church at Tarpols, near Benfleet, rrently, with this result:
Mrs, St. John Philpot, of Loten. road. Benfleet, becomes her bus- band's step-sister, Her husband is Mrs. Pilpat's step-brother.
Mr. and Mrs, St, Jolm Philpol's baby daughter Christina breomes the nicer
M Philpot's father is now his step-father and his mother step-mother,
HERE'S HOW
Here is the explanation:
When Mr. and Mrs. St. John Philpot were courting. Mr. Phill pol's mother met his sweethrari's father. Lald:
As young Mr. Philpot
"They breame very friendly and they fell in love. Now, they are married, and here we all are a doubly united family."
Gland Discovery Restores Youth
In 24 Hours
Butterera from Jaan of vigour, nere yousuke went body, impuro bined, Calling tomary, and who are old and worn-out before their Ume will bo i delighted to fourn of a new gland dia-
covery by an Amrilena Duetur.
The new discovery malten it possible to quicity and chaily renture vikour to
destroyers the Dover Patroi carned him the your lands and bady, to build rich
"Evane of the pura blond, to strengthen your mind world-famous title,
nud minors and feel like a new mn Broke,"
Though outnumbered, then only, 8 days. In fact, this denvery Swift and Broke attacked with such which is a holne medicina in plennant success that twe enemy vessels were un-to-tako tablet form, does away within operations and basing to stolt and others heavily damaged bad new vigour and energy in 2 Net content with using his guns and hours, yet is absolutely harmiton and Bring a torpedo, Evans rammed one natural in action, opponent, putting her out of action,
ISLAND HAS MASS WEDDING
Miscouche, P.E.L. Prince Edward Island's Orst "mass wedding" has been celebrated here. Three couples were married at one at the St. Jean Baptist ceremony Roman Catholic Church.
ford full of vicowe and energy and from
to proceed under in possession order. Mr. Registrar Friend' rdjourned the application generally, deeinring that he felt Mrs. Johnson had done her best.
CHILDREN FIRST
She pays Ha a wrek for iwo rooms, in which the lives with her
UFS
Ms. Pearl Buck, American writer, precives this year's novel prize for litcruture-a parchment certiflente, medal and a cheque for $37,975-from Kit Gustaf, in Stockholm, Sweden. Audience watched in fascination as she adroitly made her way backward down the long hall and up a stairway to her place in the balcony, after her curlsy.
A Woman Held Up Plans
For Great Radio City
From far below ground, deeper! broadcasting house in Portland Place husband, who is in casual employ-even than the vaults of the Bank Is complete, ment, and their three children.
of England, safe from direct hit Announcers, musicians and other
will travel by
"I have always put the children by bomb or shell, Litain's radio broadcasting artists
will come when the new, lifts more than 50 ft. underground fra: maybe that's where
did, voice
into a huge conerate-lined pit con wrong," she said.
taining five sound-proofed "floating" studios
"If It was between milk for them or the rent, I bought the milk first. And not on any condition would I let my boy leave his good school."
BOY'S AMBITION
And the reholarship boy's ambi- tion is to be good at his books co tal he can get on in the world and help his mother,
Outsize Potato! Worries M.P.s
Do
Westminster.
OES the housewife like DUA
potatoex?
Mrs. Johnson feels that the kind- This question "hrose in the House ness the received in Court is an for Commons recently, when Mr. oren of better days,
Quibell (Soc., Brist) proposed 3 "Mr. Friend sent bis usher after motion drawing the House's attention) to the order restricting the sale of me with 10s. nole," she sale.potatoes exceeding on: pound in "My husband started work to-day, weight. and if it turns out to be regular cm- ployment the rent will be paid up
in no time."
She had told the Ceurt that when
There "Roating" studies, cach con- structed as a separate shell and iso- lated from the building itself so that no shock or noise can reach them, will be but one of the many marvels of London's gigante dio City,
The first section of the extension, doubling the present site of the build- ing, will be Onished in two years.
Almost immediately work wil be begun on another scheme which will give London the largest radio erntre in the world--an enormous, srit-contained broadcasting "town" blager even than New York's towering Radio City.
the
And as his exhibit: Mr. Quinn The B.B.C. are reticent about the produced a monster potato weighing cost of the new building, but it is ja pound and a quarter, which he understood that it will be F23
banded round for inspection.
neighbourhood of £1,000,000. her husband was out of work shemeutties on the farmer. The chief this
The new order, he said, imposed There is a human story behind kept ve people on 30s, a week.
tale of the B.D.C.'s growth, of these was in the employment of a Work would have been held up In- man who would have to stand by definitely if the "Old Lady of Port- the riddle judging the size of the land Place" had not died earlier this potators as they came out of the year. ground.
That is the name by which they That, said Mr. Quibell, with due knew her al Broadcasting House, solemnity, would mean more labour. and more labour meant more moncy, PUZZLED MINISTER
Nazis to Abolish 'un-Aryan' Gipsies
Berlin.
Nazi authorities are now starting to "el.minate" the gips.es.
Under new decrees signed by Police Chief ficinch Hinunter, Broups of psles are to be split up and "Cer- man Aryan," "Jewish" and "foreign" Ripsles separated. The foreigners will be expelled, the Jews rounded up into good citizens of the Third they had outgrown themselves.
Reich.
In future no foreign gipsies will be allowed Into Germany. The presence of any insy found in Germany must be reported at once to the police, who will tell the gipsies where and for how long they may camp.
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She owned and occupied the adjoin- ing house, part of the big block of property they bad to purchase to make way for the new building This order, he went on, is affecting
Everyone else sold out, but the the potato industry seriously, and he "Old Lady of Portland Place" TC- hoped the Minister of
Agriculture fured to negotiate. would give some assurance to the
For a time veemed that she would farmer that he would not hay to de-ruin the reheme, or that her house troy good potatoes simply because would remain in solitary state while
the B.B.C. grew around it. Mr. W. 8. Morrison, Minister of But in the end she listened to rea Agriculture, scratched his head and son. She consented to sali out, but look a long look at the monster only on condition that her home potato before he replied.
should not be touched until after Then he explained that the restric-her death. tion had been made for the benef Plans for the additions to Broad- or farmers all round.
carting House had been rendy many The farmers who produce big months, but it was not until she died potatoes have to make sacribers for this year that work could start, those who produce ilitie potatoes. One of the studios below ground Aut then, with the monster potato' will be 80 ft. long. 54 ft. wide, and still being handed froni member to, 30 ft. high, and suitable for elaborate member, the discussion closed. musical productions.
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