1939-02-01 — Page 3

Wednesday, HONGKONG TELEGRAPH February 1, 1939.

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

Hulbert Show

The Duke of Kent celebrated his

30th birthday recently by takin

a Royal Family party lo the theatro. He had reserved two boxes, which were converted into one royal box, at the Palace Theatre to see the new Cleely

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

To the theatre with the Duke and Duchem went the King and Queen, Queen Mary, and the Duke's sister- In-law, Princess Olga, of Jugoslavia. The ocension was informal. There were no formalities to mark the arrival of the royal birthday party ut the theatre.

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

THE QUEEN'S CLOAK

Queen Mary, wearing a dark fur cont, sal in the right-hand corner of the royal box furthest away from the slage, Next to her at the King, with the Queen, in a long white fur cloak, on his left,

-

Little

When Cicely Courtneidge nounetd, "We are having a birthday party to-night," the Queen turned to the Duke of Kent and smiled.

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

Prince

George,

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

During the only interval the royal party received Miss Cicely Court- neldge and Mr. Jack Hulbert in a Both stars room behind the box. 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

JES

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

Days When

A

A Recruit

Bought His Uniform

ALEXANDER Thomas Cannon 'is af Battn. the London Regiment (City of very proud man-he has every London Rifles)—was given to the rearon to b. He can look unck 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, 1898, that Alexander Thomas Cannon. at the

PROMOTED ON THE FIELD When war broke out the former

ace of 14, "pestered" his father into drummer boy became # company allowing him to join the old 2nd Lon-Sergeant-major. The battalion went don Ri: Volunteers,

to France on March 17, 1015. The boat that tuck them, la now one bell of La Marguerite, the ̈paddle- ̈

of the mast treasured possessions of the battalion.

Young Cannon became .drummer boy.

!.

FORTY YEARS

the

Recently the farmer drummer hoy In August, 1913, Cannon was made retired, as Brevet-Colonel ond Con- regimental sergeant-major on manding Officer of the 31st (City offizid. At Loos he went over the top London Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Batta- ton, Roval Engineers.

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

A special callstment was obtained for him. At that time he was n office boy earning Ba, a week. Now he is head of a firm in the City.

At 17 caine advancement to the rank of lanc-corporal.. Three years later he was, a corporal. He con- inued to rise-lance-sergeant, ser grant, colour-sergeant.

When tie Territorial Force was formed in 1000, new title--6th

MURDER AMONG THE SHOPPERS

Jeweller Found Dying In His Shop

HILE shopping crowds thronged Victoria-road, one W!

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, Ernest Percival Key, aged sixty-four.

Later they had come to the conclusion that he was murdered poet Shelley have been received by 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. Libraries, from Lieut.-Colonel C. F. had been taken ill and, in falling, had suffered the head injuries

which caused his death.

by

Call.

the Friends of the National

0a.m.

9.30,

He attended to a customer

BLOW FROM BEHIND Some time after that, they be-

with the battalion. Shortly after- words he received his commission, again promised on the field. There followed a period of 18 months "at home" as musketry officer training the draft-finding battalion.

Early in 1017 he returned to France and within four days was promoted captain and given command of a com- pany.

Was

At the end of November he wounded in the German counter- attack at Bourton Wood and captured. He saw England again on Boxing Day 1910 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 committer headed by the senior British officer. Each man let into the steret had a Job of work to do-obtaining clothes, For compasses, or German money, and

#o on.

"My particular job was lo find food for those escaping. When man had a plan for escape he went to the senior officer, who put it before lieved, a man who pretended to be the committee. If it was decided that it was workable plan all the means in the hands of the committee were put at his disposal.

a customer entered and struck him down from behind with a knife or some other sharp instrument.

During their inquiries the police "We got a good many away. I learned that when Mr. Key went to was going to try to get out as a re- number of £i notes in his wallet, before the attempt they transferred the shop that morning he had apatriated Frenchman. But 48 houra

When he was found this money was us to Stiesin." missing.

REJOINED HIS UNIT

Drury, Supreme

TO-MORROW

AT

THE

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ALEXANDER KORDA and VICTOR SAVILLE

SPECTACULAR HIGHLIghts from

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"SIXTY GLORIOUS YEARS”

When the police officers left the shop. Mr. Jnek Key went to Kings- On his return to England he ton Police Station with Superinten joined his unit and early in 1019 was dent Sands to assist his investiga-sent out with the Army of Occupa lions.

Con. Then in October, 1920, he was demobilised and given a permanent caplaincy in the reg.ment. In 1928 he-was promoted major,

The letters were sent from Pisa in 1820 and 1821 to the poet's friend, "But," said Bir. Jack Key, son, Two policemen mounted guard at Medwin, who at that time was living who had made the discovery, Judg-the door. "The shop is closed for nt Geneva,

ing from the way the police oreto-day." they told callers. In one letter Shelley writes: carrying out their Investigations,

EXPERTS' TESTS have just published a tragedy called they don't seem to have the same inside a stock Inventory was be-

Cenci

The people from view."

ing made to see if anything was England tell me it is liked. It is It was 11.30 am, when Mr. Key missing, photographers were at Last March there was a robbery dismul coough. My chief endeavour, called at the shop to see his father.work, fingerprint experts from the was to produce a delineation of pas The shop was empty--but on the Yard were making tests. sion, which I had never participated hoor was blood,

While they worked news came stolen. in, in chaste language, and according Alarmed, he searched the pre- that Mr. Key had died. to the rules of enlightened art. mises. He found his father lying All through the afternoon in-

jat Me. Key's shop and jewellery and otiser uriietes worth £000 were

don't think much of it, but it is for unconscious at the back, his head quiries went on. The police learned Heirs Get Wedding

you to judge."

In another letter Shelley says that Lord Byron "is a much better and

more

adds:

badly injured.

that Mr. Key, who lived in Ewell- He was rushed to the local hospi-road, Surbiton, was a genial man tal and the police were notified. who could not possibly have had any

Headed successful poet Daun 1 am," sure?]

by Superintendent enemies. Sands, of Scotland-yard's Big Five. They could find no evidence of the and Superintendent Donaldson, shop having been forcibly entered. detectives and uniformed men Late that night there was intense pushed their way through the activity at the shop, crowd of shoppers," "efosed “and | Potica

established that Mr. Key Jocked the doors behind them. had opened his shop as usual about

"I am printing more 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 Pinuar.""

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I KNOW IT'S MY FAULT Í BUT I AM SO TIRED AND EXHAUSTED THESE DAYS, I EVEN WAKE TIRED, I CAN'T LOOK AFTER MY BUSINESS

WONDER IF THE

DOCTOR...

In 1933 he assumed command and was promoted cutenant-colonel. Four years later the ex-drummer boy was given his brevet-coloneley.

"Service in the old days demanded a great many sacrifices," he said. "Each member had to pay an annual uniform subscription, buy his own und provide his own arms.

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

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