1939-01-28 — Page 13

Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

January, 28, 1939

MEYRICK FAMILY PLAN FUTURE FOR

A Look Through The "Telegraph":

50 YEARS AGO

President Clevoland has sent a nirongi menargento Congress with reference to German action In Bumor, and ΕΠ American war vessel with the Admiral has been out 1 Bana to prutent #gainst German interference with the nativca.

The men-of-war dressed ship and fired salutes yesterday morning in honour of the Emperor of Germany's birthday.

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Details of the recent examination for the Hongkong Government Scholarship are given in laat Baturday's Government Gazette. The

ORPHAN EARL

in

Socialist Leader Is Trustee

THE

seven surviving children of the late Mrs. Kate Meyrick, former queen of London's night clubs, met recently to discuss plans for the future care of the three orphaned children of their sister, the Countess of Kinnoull.

Lady Kinnoull, eldest daughter of Mrs. Meyrick, who died 'Brompton Hospital, London, leaves three-years-

a

three lads whose old son, the 15th Earl of Kinnoull, and two daughters, Lady

were all pupils of the lungkung Pubille

Behool. They were:

G. P. Labi

R. F. Lammert

V. . J. Dedd

RESULTS

SAILING VESSELS

The A, I. Bridal

NICHOLSON,"

Venetia and Lady June Hay.

There three children-their father: 784 marks died in March, and afterwards his marks | wife never recovered from her grief are to be the charges of the seven remaining Meyrich sons and daugh- ters,

653 409

marks

Bark

Arthur Greenwood, Deputy

Mr. "JOIN

(W. Qulur, Staster) Leader of the Opposition, and a god-

will fond bere, for London and Burn father of the young cart, will be re- burg, and will have quick despatch.sponsible, with a family solicitor, for: For Freight, apply to PUSTAU & CO. certain arrangements.

The AB L British Park={"KITTY,"

Under Scots law the

position is Greenwood

(Laird, Hartog,) will load here for San complicated, but Mr. Francisco, and will have quick despatch. For Freight, apply to RUSEL. & co.thinks that he is responsible, ns

The 3/3 A.LJ. American shi trustee, for the menry under the ret "PACTOLUS," (Burnham, Master,lement made for the children by the shortly expected. will load here for late ear). New York, and will have quick despatch!

Mr. Greenwood was a great friend For Freight, apply to PUSTAU & Co. of Lord Kinnout, who was a Socialist

Whip in the House of Lords.

25-YEARS AGO

Very few except those who "go dawn to the sea in ships," and, even then, few but those of the German confrater nity, are aware that in Queen's Road, and within a stone's throw of the offices of the Hongkong Telegraph there is n well appointed club which is run solely for the entertainment of ship's zanatera of German nationality.

Last night about forty membere asut friends sat down to a very substantial dinnes, and afterwards

until inaced

very merry

wall after midnight. A

evening was spent, and the club in to he congratulated on the success of the function. There were any speeches throughout the evening, and the toasts proposed were loyally responded to.

10 YEARS AGO

Mr. Gordon Meyrick, the younger son, said, "The death of our sister has been so sudden and so tragle a blow to us that we do not yet know what plans to make for the provision of her enildren.

"We have been trying to get into touch with our father, Dr. F. R. H. Meyrick, who has Leen abroad for

some months, and

whose present address we do not know. My sister, Lady de Cif- ford. is making all the arrange- ments about the affairs of Lady Kinnoull,

"The funeral

Judge Makes "Perm" Date For Woman

MR..

R. JUSTICE OLIVER, at Birmingham Assizes recently, made a hairdressing appointment for a woman.

The Woman, Mrs. Rachel Brooks, thirty-four years old,) wept in the witness-box as she described how she had "nged" since her hair was "permed."

She said that she bad found Iti dimeult to sleep and suffered from headaches.

When she

asked: Was

"When you look in the glass are you the same?" she cried and

replied, "No. I'm old and there are wrinkles."

Brooks, of Whitehill-road, Leicester, claimed dam-

Mrs. Ellistown.

THE CATHAY CLIPPER, the first of a fleet of six of the new Clippers from the Boeing Aircraft Company of Seatite, which is expected to arrive at Kal Talk within the next three weeks,

HERE

COMES THE

NEW CLIPPER

injuries against Second of a Series of Saturday Articles

of Hotel-street,

place at Perth, where Lord Kinnoull Glynns' hashire.

had Balhousie Castle. Our father does not yet know that Lady Kin Coalville, ofinoull has died,"

Harris, A proposal by Senator Georgia, to place the $21,000,000 pro- hibition enforcement funit in the hands of the President was adopted to-day by the Senate.

•

CALLED FOR FATHER

Dr. Meyrick had for years been estranged from his famous wife, who The Royal Navy acureth their second victory of the season at the expense or undertook the upbringing of her the Kowloon G.C. the match being urge family. But the night before sisitors Mrs. Meyrick died in 1933, he was played at King's knocked up 130 runs, Mackay scoring reconciled to her on her death bed, $3 and Smith 99. With four wicket and attended her funeral.

ruds.

l'ark. The

in hand the Navy made the necessary } "And us she lay dying our sister Bradley was the chief contribu-called for father," Mr. Gordon Mey- Lor with 37 while Stanley scored 33rick sild. Scores:

ROWLOON C.C.

"When we knew that May, as she

wave,

Next

Mr. C. E. Loseby, for Mrs. Brooks, said that on June 14 Inst year she went to Glynns

for well-known type of permanent morning she suffered slight dizziness: her hair was matted, and It was im- possible to combs it Glynns' were about her hair being burned, and, completely frank showingt exemplary care and kind- ment free of charge. ness, gave several formis of treat

ASKS FOR TEST Mrs. Brooks' hair, however, be-

N. A. E. Mackey, e Giles, Bradley, was called in the family, was really came a "frightful sight,” and she 02: F. 8. W. Smith, & Gller, b Bradley, Bravely ill, we made every effort to went to see a doctor, who describert 20 A. R. F. Raven, b Waters, get in touch with our father, tele-it as "looking like strands of rope." Petheram, e Waters, Bradley. 1 1. phoning and telegraphing to addresses Lee, e Butler, & Waters, i; K. R. Mines, in London and on the Continent.

Dr. C. S. Parker said that he We treated Mrs. Brooks for a burned skill, Waters, & firetury. 1 5hope to be in time to inform him of scalp. Previousty she Green, e Waters, Cornish, 1; 1. Overs the funeral arrangements."

was fairly e Sutler, b Waters, 8; E R. Prien, e

attractive to Lady de Clifford, dark-eyed, and

the opposite sex, Stanley, Bradley: 2; 0. R. Raven, e

On Aviation By

Our Aviation Correspondent

ALTOGETHER Pan American Airways has ordered Aircraft Company of Seattle, and the first, the Cathay a fleet of six of the new Clippers from the Boeing

Clipper, is expected at Kai Tak within the next three weeks.

Woodhouse, Cornish, 12: A. ar.(formerly Miss Dolly Meyrick, whohous, and with a "nice head of regular passenger service

greaves-Brown, not out, 6; Extras, R.

Toin 130.

Navy: Total (for 6 whts.), 131.

5 YEARS ACO

The whole of mouth BAC central Mexico has been rocked by an earth-

married Lord de Clifford 1034.

arranged for a memorial service at dys

in the Fields, to take

S1. Martin pince.

CLUB EMPLOYEES AT SERVICE

quake. Many are reported to have been had had no connection with the clubs Although for years Lady Kinnoull Injured and beavy damage has been done, especially In Ampules, where which her sisters still carried on in numerous buildings cracked.

the West End, club employees still remember her.

assist

me,

·

Crows trained in oceanic service provide Pan American with another advantage. With a back-ground of Bu millon miles of over-water flying, the line can immediately call on 14 complete ocean crews, many trained on the Facine where the Clippers have logged a total of three present

Advent of the

Now as to the Pacific. the new Clippers may mean bending of the principal Pacifle alt route southward, though such a possibility is still very much in the diplomatic poker game stage.

The immediate distribution of the world's biggest planes furnishes observers with a definite clue to the international air situation. It is likely that at least three of the new ships will be retained for operation of the Pavi-operation. They le service from Treasure Island, Sanluxury-a factor of vital importance have amazing Francisco, to Hongkong. The other when aircraft must compete with the three ships will be used to inaugurate greatest luxury Hers of the sea,

on the North Atlantic-something the Public. Ashton,

the has been wondering and waiting for who did Was asked to Mrs. Brooks's hair with its condition Commander A. C. Reid and the compare since the fights of the pioneers, Lt. before the wave,

Brilish aviators, Alcock and Brown Mrs. Brooks went to the well of in 1919. the court.

and when

Governing the distribution of the she took off thought she could improve her hair. national situation. It is generally her hat Miss Ashien said that she new Boeings is a complicated Inter-million miles,

Mr. Justice Oliver; I think a test known that American avtation leaders would

I don't ke the would like to tap the trade areas of look of it now. If It can't be Im-Australin, something which would There is so much war talk these days And many of them were present praved very much should indeed be well within the reach of the new that the public must be increasingly at the service--waiters, commisbe sympathetic with Mrs. Brooks dubious about whether there Is any-sionaires, dance hosts and hostesses,

ships. Mrs. Brooks said that she would thing in any of it. Hence ttte attens and others who have remained in the be willing for Miss Arhton to treat

ATLANTIC RIVALRY ilan is likely to be paid to the gloomy service of the Meyrick family,

However, the her hair, and it was arranged for! Boeing's on the Atlanile is essential presence of the predictions of M. Joseph Stalin, was foresees a war of revenge in Europe, the funeral.

All the Meyrick family were at this to be done. This case was then to American prestige where inter-

jadjourned.

national air rivalry is at its height. Survey flights of the Atlantic have been made by Imperial Airways and Putl American Airways In CU- operation, but Germany and France are also in the field. Italy has stepped into the South American service from Africa ACTOSA the southern part of the occan,

Germany survey fights by catapult planes, the

has concentrated Nordmeer, Nordwind, and Nordstern. Roundtrips have been

made by Condor landplanes, Britain has craft and the "stepped-up" type of relied on the Mayo Compasite air-

one round Atlantic trip by the flying Empire flying boat, France has made

ure projected. America has bant Lt. de Vasseau Paris, others made round-trip alghs, via Newfound- land, and Ireland, but in the main ts experience gained on their ploneering relying on the crews trained and

of the Pacific.

a revival of Sino-Japanese hostilities

and a war of natiount rivalries in thei Pacine.

She Didn't Want Any Fuss

MRS. Miriam Hart, aged Afty- five, of Charch-road, Kings- down, near Swanley, Kent, going out to post a letter recently fell In the road and broke a leg.

HUSBAND'S SILENCE IS DESERTION-

her.

A man who, according to his wife, had not spoken to ber since April, although they had lived in the same house, was at Sunderland Matrimonial Court recently adjudged to have deserted The wife, Mrs. Margaret Jane Maughan, who was married in Not wishing to disturb her neigh-1917 to Thomas Maughan, a Sunderland motor driver, alleged that bours, she crawled to her home quarter of a mile away, and, despite with her permission he gave driving lessons to a married woman. the pain, waited through the night Though the woman had passed her driving test in February, until she saw the first light appear the husband had continued to accompany ner in the car. In a neighbour's window. Then she crawled to the house and asked for

Mr. Maughan's case was that he had accompanied the other help,

woman to "show her the roads." Trouble between his wife and himself, he said, was his wife's jealousy.

Ir the County Hospital, Dartford, later she said: "There was nothing else to do. I didn't want any fuss. What would you have done?"

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But Canuda's desire, to project an air-line to Australia vin Hawall, and the antipathy of America's armed forces toward any foreign air-base in Health the islands, are obstacles.

Im-

Churches To-morrow

Rev: G. W. Shepherd a missionary

and Beauty TALK BY MISSIONARY As a result disposition of the new

reached on the Pacifte in the flest may remain in this part of the Clippers is a matter of speculation. Presentation Made To To Give Sermons in Two H A satisfactory agreement can be: mediate future the major part of the

Miss Glover world. If it cannot, and the Atlantic of Health and Beauty, held her last of the American Board of Commis

Miss Glover, of the Women's League ailuations warrants it, America may class on Thursday at the Helena sioners for Foreign Missions, who hur! its full power lolo that race, May Institute, when a record atten- during the past five years has been allowing the Pacifle division to draw dance marked the occasion. on future construction for its needs.

adviser to the Generalissimo and After the session the members New Life Movement, and closely as

Madame Chiang Kalabek on the DANGEROUS STEP But there again such

presented Miss Glover with a silver sociated with the latter in her care dangerous to America, for it is well- token of their respect. Mrs. Gelewsky in her service for the wounded, will step is compact, suitably Inscribed, as of refugee women, and children, and known that Britain and France has made the presentation on behalf of preach at St. Andrew's Church on Intentions of catablishing a Pacific

at 11 am. und at

An order for 21s, a week was made.j

GIVES AMERICA LEAD The couple left the court together. "It was the first time I had spoken can only carry two flyers and a mail Summing up the plek-a-bock plane to my wife since

April,' Mr. load, the catapult planes are built Maughan sold.

for passenger service and the French "My first words were: "What are plane is 6LECTRIC EYE" shells outoma- you going to do now? She said she fore it seems that the new Boc.

an obsolete type. Thera- Etically exploded by reflected would diectes it with me later. I puts the United States out ahead of light from the planes at which they went on to work.

its rivals in commercial aviation.

These new ships will offer some- thing besides commercially sound

are aimed may be a new terror for "When I got home, the only living bombers, says the Daily Express.

thing in the house was my dog. A Swedish Arm, Telefoniktlebo-My wife and son had both gone. laget L. M. Ericsson, of Stockholm, What I am to do now is a problem." has been assigned the patent to manufacture them.

THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY. It is claimed that the shells, fired

THERAPION No. 3 then by suy other knowa pombination. Seussly as it is taken in socordance with the printed diretions will tha shxucered health be restored

THE EXPIRING LAMP OF LIFE

they are within effective distance of their targets,

without fuses, will burst as soon as

This is the secret of an "electric 9ye" shell. It will carry a curteldgo

LIGHTEDTM UP AFRESH of magnesium that will burn fiercely

med new aritused impersed in placed what had in the nose and a photo-electric cell

Shorter Week For Nurses

Nurses in London. County Council

pe lately seemed worn-out, se ve sos vale connected to an explosive charge for public assistance Institutions are to

preparación in autcable for all egy detonating the shell.

My dumbeste te jmagios a diarise or GREKLANMIND), whone sania fosture in weakness, that will not he spondily set pelakuntil emicons by this ZAMEPATITIS, RANGOR,whisk is destined to cam

have a nine-six-hour fortnight -in- Light from the burning mognealum stead of a fifty-four-hour week. will, it is claimed, be reflected off "Split duty" will be abolished, and the body of the target plane, caught a straight shift system Introduced.

This brings their hours of work

| Cora sa kapom by the photo-electric call, and gener-

aled into electric current to explode into line with those of nurses in the shell,

RCC hospitals.

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classes again.

the

Mr.Shepherd's

service, either by way of the southern the members, and Miss Glover, in Islands, or vin Japan, if such can be making the class, suld that she Cathedral at 6.30

No ma accomplished in the present world hoped one day she would be able to

return to Hongkong and take up the sermon will be "Building A

subject of No matter what the answer the present service to Hongkong is to be Mrs. Prophet said she would take Better World" and he will answer Improved, despite troubled conditions Intended to combine the two classes, a new order come on earth?

over the League until April, and the question, "Just exactly how does In the Far East. At least three of commencing the sessions at 10.30 am."A living faith amidst clashing world The Boeings will be on the can to

In the evening his theme will be Hongkong before the end of March, train that the new teacher willr. Shepherd is well known for

It is learned by letter from Aus- and possibly there may be

forces," £1 bf- weekly service to Muntie by the arrive here about the middle of

March.

summer.

(Next Saturday: Tealing

the Boeing Clippers)

It's No Joke, It's

Fire

Columbia, Mo, "Pardon me for being ignorant," anida University of Missouri sorority girl to the sleepy Alpha Tau Omega fraternity member who answered the telephone, but I think your house is

Spelling Bee

HOW many of these words are

correct and what is wrong with the others?

retrouso

pemican reveillo

pelucid misou por ADXUmorus English Oxford Dictionary well ings of these words will be found on

hiz

work in Christian Rural Re- construction in Central China villages and for his activities on behalf of the maries who toll on the terms and work in the factories of China.

Past Warns Future

San Jose, Workers on the Federal Writera Project, having Azobtained that just 100 years ago l 1838 the city budget was $926.00, baye calculated that if said rate of incres, continues for the next 100 TEAT Tolls, fase kin