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A.R.P. POSTER IS LIBEL ON WOMEN

Say Teachers

WOMEN at Home are criticising an A.R.P. poster in which a woman appears, as being an insult.

Mrs. W. le Sueur, secretary of the Open Door Inter- national, speaking at the conference of the National Union of. Women Teachers at Eastbourne recently, said that the woman in the poster looked depressed, had a pale face and lank hair, looked like a refugee.

Mra, C. Fisher, of Swansen, vice-president of the union, said, that the poster was an insult to the women of this country and should be removed.

She and that another poster, which showed a terrified woman crouching behind a man with a stilcld WDX wrong and a libel,

A WEST END MANNEQUIN

Girl of 10

Saves Twin,

TEN-year-old Joyce Wright,

of Keswick Gardens, Ilford, told recently how she went to The "depressed" girl in the poster the rescue of twin sisters who

ing,

is Miss Darbara Kershaw, a Weat End fell into the flooded River Rod-; mannequin. Her photograph was chosen by Mr. Frank Pick and the Dowager Marchioness nf Reading

from 2,000 others.

When she saw the one they had chosen, Miss Kershaw sald; "I think the one they are going to use makes

me look a bit too sad."

Mr. Pick, told of the women's criticisms recently, said: "If the teachers can find nothing better to do than to waste their time on such slily talk they had better hand their jobs in."

One of the eight-year-old twins, Jean Anderson, of Lakeside Avenue, Ilford, was drowned.

Her sister June, with whom she dragged to safety by Joyce and n was walking along the tow-path, was

third sister, Beryl Anderson, aged 11.{

SLIPPED DOWN BANK

gisteri

"I had taken my Ittle Stephanie down to the river for a walk and was watching June and Jean paddling in the water which covered the tow-path," said Joyce.

Strong criticism of the Government plans for the clearing of schools, ana fears of confusion if a further crisis arose were expressed at the annual her, but also got into the water, so I

"Jean started slipping down the bank into the river. June went after

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 13, 1939.

recent

Well, if it isn't Gypsy Rose Lee, former strip tease artist- or Louise Hovick of the films, il. you prefer! During a vacation period at Miami, Fla., the cameraman caught her thus, lo her latest sun suit creation. It bears a flower design.

EMPIRE NEWS

MOSLEMS OPposed to FEDERATION

Bombay.

A resolution adopted by the All- India Maslem Lengue at Patna re-: cently stated that federation embodied in the India Act was un- acceptable, but laid down that, “in vlew of developments that have taken place or will take place from Uime to time, the League nuthorises its pre- sident to take such steps and adopt; suelt a course ns may be necessary with a view to exploring the pos- sibility of a suitable alternative to federation which would completely safeguarit the interests of Moslerns and other minoriles of India."

Speakers. vehemently condemned Federation, accusing Mr. Gandhi and the Congreso High Command of scheming to obtain a majority in the Federal Legislature with Britain's connivance.

Vulnerable India-Mr. H. V. Hod- son, editor of The Round Table, nd- dressing the Rotary Club of Bombay. sald that, "with the breakdown of the British Empire, if ever that should come, India would be one of the most vulnerable countries in the whole world."

AUSTRALIA

SUCCESS OF OIL DEVELOPMENT

Sydney,

Mr. Stevens, Premier of New South Wales, reviewing the progress made by the National Oil Co. In developing the production of oll

meeting of the Incorporated Assocla- rushed down when heard Beryl Washer Admits Luck from shale at Newnes, said the com-

of Headmasters ("hends" of call 'Help, come quickly, Joyce,' and secondary schools) at the Guildhall. between us we managed to drag June

Mr. W. T. Marsh, St. Albana (chalr- to safety. man, National Defence Committer of the association), said: "Three months after the crisis we are without really satisfactory information or any really definite plan.

"If removal is badly organised or badly operated there will be just us great risk to life and morale as if the children waited where they were for air attack."

"STAGGERING"

Mr. W. A. Borron (Brighton) de- clared that some of them were being driven to the conclusion that the Gov- ernment did not take the question of air raid precautious or the risk of war very seriously.

The president, Mr. F. R. Dale (City of London School), said he had been

pany had nirendy spent £75,000 in Butte, Mont.

developmental work and had not yet During 10 years as

enlled for the assistance from loan skyscraper "Jean's hair had caught in a thorn window washer, Larry McAllister 33, funds which had been guaranteed by bush growing near the waterside, and has washed an average of 100 win the Commonwealth and New South she was almost under the water. We dows a day, or a total of 288,000 win-Wales Governments. could not reach her ourselves, so dows, with only one fall and a "near ran to fetch man, who waded in one" from the top of a building. In but could not get Jean out.

the latter case, he admits he took his "The water was very muddy, and mind off his work. He waved his

hand at a girl in the street below. there was a strong current, and in af few minutes she disappeared."

The twins, their sister Beryl, and Joyee Wright all attend Redbridge Elementary school. Joyce Is a sixcr of the 18th Ilford Brownie Pack and is a promising swimmer.

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To prevent her from being mobbed by too-enthusiastic admirers, Shirley Temple, who will be the grand to the Ministry of Health

marshal of the annual Tournament of and was Roses parade here on Jan. 2, will be convinced they were dealing with surrounded by a bodyguard of 57 the problem wholeheartedly, but the riders. ieri Eugene Biseniluz will mere question of transport was stag-bead the mounted group and will be gering.

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25 Years In Parliament. Mr. Lang, lender of the Socialist Oppost- tion in the New South Wales Purila- ment, has completed 25 years as a member of the Legislative Assembly. He entered the House in 1013 and has been twice Premier, twice tren- turer and twice leader of the Op- position.

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SOUTH AFRICA

PROBLEM OF INDIAN "ENCROACHMENT"

Cape Town.

Mr. I. S. Stuttaford, Minister of the Interior, states that the Govern- ment is considering legislation to deal with what is termed the "Indian encroachment problem."

This will prohibit the selling or hiring to Indians of property in cases where 00 per cent, or more of the property owners desire it.

Dr.

Univerally Appointment, James Black, of Johannesburg, has been appointed Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of the Witwatersrand in succession to Prof. W. Gordon Grant, who is retiring.

NEW ZEALAND

STRANDED SURVEY

PARTY

Auckland.

In response to radio appeals, the Government has chartered the Auck- land auxiliary ketch Miena to take 20 tons of provisions for a survey party on the Kermadec Islands, 000 miles away, which is urgently in need of supplies,

Previous uttempts to take food to the Islands have been unsuccessful.

Death Ends Couple's Battlefield Pact

PACT made between an English father and mother on the Ebro Front in Spain last November with regard to their two children left behind in England has been broken by death.

The mother, Mrs. Nan Green, of Bloomsbury, told the story recently.

Her husband, George Green,

a 'cellist, went to Spain in February, 1937, with an am- bulance unit, and later joined the International Brigade,

Mrs. Gresn followed him August of that year to do interpret- ing and hospital organisation work.

They served in different units, see- ing each other only half-a-dozen times In 14 months,

When we last saw each other at the Ebro in November," Mra. Green said, "we were expecting orders to return home.

DOUBLE JOY

"We knew we would have to make our way out separately, so we made a pact that the first one to reach England would not see the children until the other arrived,

"We wanted to double the joy of on by sharing it with cach

Mrs. Green reached England first. She learned her husband had dis- appeared after a battle on the day the International Brigade was with- drawn from the fighting.

She remained in London, trying to irace him through the Home Office and other channels.

Her final clue failed her, and, accepting the probability of her husband's deal, she went to the children's school in Suffolk alone.

She could not bring herself to teil them that she feared their father had been killed, so they are still looking forward to his keeping another pact hot to shave off his beard, grown in Spain, until they had seen it.

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