1939-02-06 — Page 15

Monday,

HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH.

February 6, 1939.

"I Want to Marry the Man of My Choice". GIRL DEFIES HER MILLIONAIRE FATHER

Trip Fails to End

Lo

Her Romance

OVE means more than riches to Miss Gwendy Shoring, lovely 18-year-old daughter of an Australian million-

nire.

To prove it she has defied her father, and is looking for a job in London so that she may become independent and marry the man she loves.

She has given up everything for her sweetheart-a hand- aome 19-year-old cook's assistant at a Dirrabandie (Australia) sheep station.

Recently her father, Mr. Edward Shoring, sheep farmer and gold-mine magnate, brought her to London in the hope that the trip would make her forget her romance,

When Mr. Shoring mailed for Aux- tralia later his daughter cluded him at the docks and, against his wishes, stayed behind in London.

Once Gwendy bas mide good in a- career the is determined to return to Australia and rejoin her sweetheart. ANGRY FATHER She told of her love story at

a Mat near Regent's Park where the s staying

'Mansion

House Twin' To Wed

The Hon. Elizabeth Blades, who is 29, and faint eldest of Lord and Lady Kalishamy's four children, is to be married this month, just six years after the marriage of her twin sister.

"Since I was 14," the said, "I have spent my summer holidays at Dad's aheep station at Dirrabandie,

There

met Chris Starling, who is employed as a cook'n assistant.

"We used to go riding together. We found we had a common interest in Russell, R., son of the late Lord Her engagement to the Hon. Guy music, Chris wrote me lyrics: 1 ret Ampthill and of the Dowager Larly them to music. We fell deeply in Ampthill, was announced recently.

Jove

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The newest air glant, now at the Seattle, Wash., airport, la the "Stratoliner," a designed for mob-stratosphere passenger flying. The great ship, which will fly at about 20,000 feet, is seated when in light and will carry 33 passengers by day.

Hash And Stew School Brother Returned

Monotony Condemned

"Dad was furious when he heard And in the midtits of this month EXAMINATION of 1,696,527 schoolchildren in England

about it.

Londoners will see the marriage of That's why he rushed me the second of the "Mansion House! to London. He thought the trip Twins." would make me forget Chris."

They were fair, pig-tailed girls of!

she described how she had "escaped" the "Mansion House Twins" during)

A smile lit Miss Shoring's face as when her father was about to take

her back to Brisbane.

"We were going to the docks to-) gether in a taxi," she said.

HIS LOVE LYRICS

"Dad was laying down the how that If I communicated with Chris again he would cut off my allowance. Then 3 had an inspiration.

"I shouted to the taxi-driver to stop, then darted out of the taxi br fore Dad could stop me, and ran up

a side street.

"So Dad had to go back to Bris- bane without me."

18 when London nicknamed them the 1926-27 Lord Mayoralty of their

father, then Sir Rowland Blades. CHIEF BRIDESMAID

The ekler-by-a-few-minutes twin, the Hon. Margaret Blades, married

and Wales showed that the standard of nutrition in many distressed areas continued to decline.

the report for 1937, issued recently by Sir Arthur Mac- This is revealed in "The Health of the Schoolchild," Nalty, Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education.

Sir Arthur comments upon "the monotony of hash, stew and soup" provided by many local authorities in areas where children are found to need solid nourishment.

¦ Id-Col. Richard Wyatt in Januaryi He points out that these meals are i 1913. The sisters have not changed often deficient in catorite values as their resemblance in each other in well as in the elements of a well- the slightest degree.

balanced diet which necessitous

They still see cach other fre-children do not get at home --milk, quently, and Mrs. Wyatt lins come cheese, epas, green vegetables and

to London from her Sussex home fruit, and meat.

-

to help her sister in planning her EIGHT UP, EIGHT DOWN wolding

Figures for 16 local authorities in

show that ins!

The Hon. Elizabeth Blades was the distressed areas chief bridesmaid at her twin's mar- jeight of them the extent of malnutri- Miss Shoring hs been making a ringte at St. Margaret's, Westminster, tion in climentary school children? tour of the theatrical agencies in the, in 1933, and it is likely that Mrs. was reduced. hope of getting a job in the chorus. | Wratt will be some part in her

"I have enough money to last meja dov's worlding retinue.

for little while," the cunded.

"After that,

a fight

f will be in spot unlers I laid a job.

"Up to now, as an only child, I have had everything I wanted. Just by asking.

"But I want to earn my own liv! Ing so that I can be independent and marry the man of my choige," Meanwhile, Mig Shoring continues

to write to Chris, sending itim music for its love lyrics.

If

I had done

as I was told-

I wouldn't have

this nasty cold!

W

Give me

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Hotel Wins In Beetle Case

In the other eight the percen tage of malnourished children in- creabrd by varying degrees.

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CONTROL OF

IMPORTS IN NEW

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After 37 Years

MANY JANE CROWE. of Church-road. Ugher Tranmere. Cheshire, got the surprise of her life recently.

William!"" she cried, seeing the grey-haired man The standing on the doorstep, caller was her long-lost brother William Henry, who had returned home unexpectedly after 37 years in America.

Directors Blamed For Failure

"CROSS mismanagement on the

part of the diretors in that provision was rut made for adequate working capital to carry through the ambitious scheme for din production to which the company Wis com- mittet" is the cause niven by the Omeint veiver in the Companies Air. M. Sush. Finane Minister, Wulin-up Department for the alting on the exchange contrid failure C Hork Santos Ltd., of

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In nearly all can the pureenlager of children whose trisions des-) feribed as "bad" is lower than in the previous year. The serious Aereases, come in the "slightly subnormal", poetsUNG, announced fr New Astor House. Aldwych. category.

Zealand, said the classes of goods! At Newcastle-on-Tyne the percent-hitherto imported would continue to of the company the Official Receiver Hongkong Dept. Tel: 21279 Gloucester Bldg. 2nd Flr, Tel. 28938 recently in the case in which it was districts with increases were Gla

Curtailment of trade states that, moreover, the action of Peak Depot. Tel. 29352

the directors in disposing of valuable alleged beetle ran out from a plate morganshire, from 13.3 to 24 he introtter nevely as a pra-Limited, called for severe criticism. The system of impurt Reences was in shores in Rek Studies Land Trust. equipment and investing the proceeds of sandwiches at a Masonic "Ladies ypridd, fenta 24 to 26.5; White- Night" dance.

haven, from 6.0 17 17.2: Gateshead,

JUDGMENT

the Piccadilly!

given in the King's Bench Division.creased frem 11,1 to 16.8, sand others not prupo ed. Hotel, Ltd., With Costs, was of lightly sub-normal" children be accepted.

Pon-

lion against pressive impuila-1

Mr. F. W. Journeaux, accountant, from 17.5 to 22.1: Durham County and his wife, of Ashburne Grove, from 19 to 21.3, Monsoullatified East Dulwich, hat sought damages, from 10 to 1; and Cardiff, from Colleging Mrs. Journeaux suffered 5.1 to 5.2,

food poisoning after eating w.ches, and the defener was a denial, pand-1

of negligence or breach of duty.

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The ignet notabl improvement was! sectet in the urban district of MINOR OUTRAGES IN Hebbura. where the perrentage of

WAZIRISTAN

Mr. Frank Soskive (for the hotel) lightly adenormal children was, said: "Had it not been for this cock; reduced from 263 to 14 and the reach which walked out of the wiches when the lady was out of the prestages of badly neusished child- room it probably would never haven from 3.5 to 1.64.

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MORE MILK IN SCHOOLS

New Delhi.

A schedule of prohibited! The company filled in February. was not contemplated. Inland and the statement of affairs filed organ would be increased, #hewa raniting liabilities of £150,593

end available assels of £50,137.

HIT BY DEPRESSION The company was registered as a pulille company in July, 1936, with nominal capital of £200,000 to earry into citret certain ngrements made between the company and Mr. The first comniumque from Waziri John Henry Hes, Mr. Joe Rack and Stan for some weeks was issued re- Joe Ruck, Limited, and to carry on rently reporting comparative quiet. business as producers and distributors

il the persistence of minor outrages, and exhibitors of films. An attempt has been made through deputation

The Oficial Receiver states further maliks, representative that money was advanced by Mr. of several tribal sections, to persuade fles to complete Alms, The Bumber of children receiving certain hostile leaders that the peace milk in schools, cther free or on pay-polley has been unsuccessful. ment, increased during the year from! One leading and hitherto frreean increased at-ilable malik of the Madda Khel tention is how being given to the pro- Wazirs has submitted. vision of milk in rural arcos and, Saining and attempted kidnapping| during schcel holidays.

and lorry looting continue. NEXT WAR WARNING

occurred to anyone to bring this

cockroach was a and unavoidable misfortune."

Of the children examined 15 per ennt, were classed as excellent, 73.8 Mr. Journeaux. recalled to the per cent. as ronul, 19.6 per cent, witness-box, said he previously made as bad. a claim against caterers alleging there : WENT beetle in food.

Mr. Soskice: Did you get £10 out of thou? Yes,

THE BEST METHOD

William Watson said he had been employed at the hotel for six years a vermin exterminator. His job, he

2,510,808 to 2,671,058,

explained, was to go through the British Intelligence

hotel destroying vermin by the best method that could be used.

"I spray powder from bellows Into cracks and crevices or any suspected any insects neute irritation and they part," he said. "The powder causes come right out." (Laughter.)

Giving

Falls

London

Calcuito.

Mr. Iles had said that the failure to carry through the original pro- was due to inability to obtain money gramme, entirely because of the de- pression in the lm industry.

Heavy guarantees for the com- le his petition in February and he pany's liabilities caused Mr. lies to

was adjudicated bankrupt.

In an appeal to Calcutta busines Nationalist party will foin forces with nen to encourage the Auxiliary Forces in India, Maj. Gen. G. M. the United Party. The average Intelligenes of Brilons|

Lindsay, commanding the Bengal and The Rand Daily Mail, in a load- is declining rapidly, Dr. II. A. Fraser Assam District, says:

lug article, welcomes the manifesto. Judgment, Mr. Justice Roberts, chief investigator of Stable Enid Mr. and Mrs. Journeaux Burden Mental Research Trust, who than the last, and that it will affectness In the past.

"I believe that war, if it comes, It says that South Africa has suffered will be a struggle far more desperate too much from acute political bitter- thin the matter with food supplied telligence of 3,400 Bath children, re-imparably greater extent than the the emphasis laid on the recessity for hud not satisfied him there was any-has completed an audysis of the in-de to them at the hotel.

India, and the Eust generally, to

poris.

Workless Man's Saving

IN the next six months two 15-year-old Glasgow boys will have

to repay £55.

This was the decision at the Cen- tral Juvenile Court recently, when the boys admitted stealing the money from unemployed man. The case was adjourned for six months.

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Outside propagande avoiding everything by word or deed and help for revolutionary elements that might damage relations between

country was attempted during States with different forms last war, but the world has Government. It argues that it is nvanced n long way in the teclinique even more necessary that every in- of these things since then, and the dividual should have the right to internal organisation for making use follow his own political convictions 55 "PRESIDENT GARFIELD" of such help i' probably better." and express his views freely.

Victory Going to Caloutta-The Viceroy, the Marquess of Linlithgow.

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No indication was given as to how and his family arrived at Calcutta DEFENCE OF PAPUA the boys They are both poor,

can repay the money. recently for their annual cold weather. According to the prosecution, the in Nepal Teral.

visit after their successful tiger shoot man from whom the money atolen lodged in the house where the SOUTH AFRICA buys lived.

was

Before he lost hla employment he had saved £180, which he kept in al suitcase in his room. He discovered his loss when he went to get money for Christmas presents,

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Johannesburg.

The Federal Government is inves- tigating the possibility of adminis- trating both the mandated territories of New Guines and Papua from Port Moresby, in Papua,

The

inquiry in of special Import- The manifesto signed by Gen. Lance from the point of view of de- The boys prid periodic visits to his Hertzog. Minister, and Dr. fence of room between September 24 and last Malan, Nationalist leader, with

the territories, because. Friday taking money on cach oc- view to creating a better spirit in territory: is forbidden, there is a although the arming of a mandated Most of the 260 was spent at regarded as the fore-runner of a new will be established in Papua, oyst South African politics is generally strong probability that a defence base Christmas Carnival The boys had political alignment, in which the not deem in trouble before,

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