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Wednesday, HONGKONG TELEGRAPH February 1, 1939.

Royalty See HERE'S TO THE DRUMMER BOY WHO BECAME COLONEL OF HIS REGIMENT

THE

Hulbert Show

HE Duke of Kent celebrated his

30th birthday recently by takingį a Royal Family party to the theatre.

He had reserved two boxes, which | were converted into one royal box, at the Palace Theatre to see the new Cicely

Courtneidge Jack Hulbert musical show, "Under Your Hat."

To the

Duchemare with the Duke and the Kin ક QUEEN Queen Mary, and the Duke's alster- in-law, Princess Olga of Jugoslavia. The occasion was informal. There were no formalilies to muric the arrival of the royal birthday party at the theatre.

The surprised auilience, however, rose to their feet as they recognised the party entering the box, and cheered and applauded them for over! a minute,

THE QUEEN'S CLOAK

Queen Mary, wearing a dark fur coat, mat in the right-hand corner of: the royal box furthest away from the stage. Next to her at the King, with the Queen, In a long white fur cloak, on his left.

When Cicely Courtneldge nounced, "We are having u little birthday party to-night," the Queen turned to the Duke of Kent and amiled.

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Later when one of the characters the play said, "It's George's birth- day soon," all the royal party laughed and the Duchess of Kent was seen to chut gaily to her husband, former- ly Prince George.

But the line of the evening was the toust "Happy Birthday," with which the stars tasted an incredible concoc- tion of intoxicants they had mixed with Euch hilarious by-play.

During the only interval the royal party received Miss Cleely Court- neldge and Mr. Jack Hulbert in a room behind the box. Both stars were in their stage costumes and make-up,

The Duke of Kent remarked to Mr. Hulbert, "You've got a grand show here."

Byron A Better Poet Said Shelley

THREE manuscript letters of the poet Shelley have been received by the Friends of the National! Libraries, from Lacut-Colonel C. F Call,

1820

UFS

Those tempestuous Errol Flynns of the screen reunited as Mrs. Flynn, the lovely Lily Damita, stepped fram a plane al Glendale, Cal, after six weeks in Paris.

Days When A Recruit Bought His Uniform

ALEXANDER Thomas Cannon is of Battn. the London Regiment (City of very proud man-he has every London Rifles)-was given to the reason to be. I can look back on unit, by no means the first change of an Army career that is. Indeed, ex- names In Its history. traordinary,

It was on September 23, 1008, thit Alexander Thomas Cannon. nt the age of 14, "pestered" his father into allowing him to join the old 2nt Lan- don Bill Volumizers.

Young Cannon became a drummer buy.

FORTY YEARS

Recently the former drummer boy) retired, as Brevel-Colonel and Com- manding Officer of the 31st (Cily of London Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Batta-

on, Roval Engineers.

All his 40 years service have been with the same unit.

A special calistment. Was obtained for him. At that time he was an office buy earning 0s, a week. Now he is head of a firm in the City.

At 17 came advancement to the rank of lanez-corporal. Three years later he was a corporal. Ile con-; laurd to rise-lance sergeant, ser- #cant, colour-sergeant.

When the Territorial Force former In 1008, a

was

new tile-6th

MURDER AMONG THE SHOPPERS

Jeweller Found Dying In

2

His Shop

am. He attended to a customer

WHILE shopping crowds thronged Victoria-road, one of the main streets of Surbiton, Surrey, recently, police officers were at work behind the locked doors of a jeweller's shop, investigating the death of the proprietor,lieved, a man who pretended to be Ernest Percival Key, aged sixty-four.

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Later they had come to the conclusion that he was murdered a man who entered his shop at 9.30 a.m., posing as a shopper.

Members of the family were of the opinion that their father had been taken ill and, in falling, had suffered the head injuries which caused his death.

at 9.30.

BLOW FROM BEHIND Some time after that, they be customer entered and struck him down from behind with a knife or some other sharp instrument.

PROMOTED ON THE FIELD

When war broke out the former Brummer boy became a company sergeant-major. The battalion went to France on March 17, 1915. The bont that took them, is now one of bell of La Marguerite, the paddle- the mast treasured possessions of the battalion.

In August, 1015, Cannon was made regimental sergeant-major ол held. At Low he went over the lop the with the battalion. Shortly after- words he received his commission, again promoted on the field. There followed a period of 18 months "at home" as musketry officer Iraining the draft-finding battalion.

Early in 1917 he returned to France and within four days was promoted captain and given command of a com- pany.

Was

wounded in

At the end of November he

the German counter- attack at Bourlon Wood and captured. He saw England again on Doxing Day 1010 after 13 months as prisoner of

war,

ESCAPE PLOTS

"First I was taken to Karlsruhe, and then to Heidelberg," he said.

"There we had an escape committee headed by the senior British omcer. Each man let into the sceret had a job of work to do-obtaining clothes, or compasses, or German money, and

so on.

find

My particular job was to food for those escaping. When man had a plan for escape he went the committee. If it to the sentor oflcer, who put it before that it was a workable plan all the Was decided means in the hands of the committee were put at his disposal.

I

re-

During their inquiries the police learned that when Mr. Key went to was going to try to get out as

"We got a good many away. number of £1 notes in his wallet. before the attempt they transferred, the shop that morning he had a patriated Frenchman. But 48 hours When he was found this money was jus to Silesia." missing.

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The letters were sent from Pisa in and 1821 to the poet's friend, Medwin, who at that time was living who had made the discovery. "Judg- the door.

"But," said Mr. Jack Key, son, I Two policemen mounted guard at "The shop is closed for at Geneva.

When the police officers left the

REJOINED HIS UNIT In one letter Shelley writes:

ing from the way the police are to-day," they told callers.

shop, Mr. Jnek Key went to Kings- "1 carrying

On his return to England he out their investigations,

ton Police Station with Superinten joined his unit and early in 1910 was have just published a tragedy collect they don't seem to have the same

EXPERTS' TESTS the Cenel

The people

Inside a stock inventory was be-dent Sands to assist his investiga-sent out with the Army of Occupa- from view." England tell me it is liked.

ing made to see if It is

lions. anything was

Lion. Then in October, 1920, he was It was 11.30 am, when Me. Key missing, photograpliers dismal enough. My chict endeavour called at the shop to see his father.work, fingerprint experts from the at Mr. Rey's shop and jewellery and captaincy in the regiment. In 1928 were at Last March there was a robbery demobilised and given a permanent WILT produce a delineation of pas- The shop was empty-but on the Yard were making tests. sion, which I had never participated floor was blood.

other ariteles worth £800 were he was promoted major. in, in chaste language, and according

While Alarmed, he searched the

they worked

stolen, news chine to the rules of enlightened

pre- that Mr. Key had died, art. misen. He found his father lying All through don't think much of it, but it is for unconscious

the afternoon in- at the back, his headquirtes went on. you to judge."

badly injured.

that Mr. Key, who lived in Ewell- road, Surbiton, was a geniul man who could not possibly have had any enemies.

In another letter Shelley says that Lord Byron "is a much better and more successful poet than I am," and adda:

Tam printing mare things which I am vain enough to wish you to see. Not that they will sell; they are the reverse in this respect of the razors in Peter Finany."

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He was rushed to the local hospi- tal and the police were notified.

Mended by Superintendent Sands, of Scotland-yard's Big Five. and Superintendent Donaldson, shop having been forcibly entered. detectives and uniformed men Late that night there was intense pushed their way through the netivity at the shop, crowd of shoppers, closed and Police locked the doors behind them.

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In 1833 he assumed command and was promoted lieutenant-colonel. Four years Inter the ex-drummer boy was given his brevet-coloncicy.

"Service in the old days demanded

a great many sacrifices," he said. "Each member had to pay an annual subscription, buy his own uniform

and provide his own arms,

"The Territorial Army of to-day has come into its own. It is not nearly as amateurish as, I am afraid, we used to be."

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