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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 16, 1939.

NEWS FINDLATER'S

Girls Take Short Cut To Glamour EMPIRE

By Playing Table Tennis

Stars Of This Game Are All Beautiful

ONE hundred thousand girls have found a short cut to glamour.

Recently in 6,000 clubs all over the country they were practising a sport which has made remarkable progress recently table tennis.

Why are women flocking to take up the game? Mr. J. M. Rose, one of the chiefs of the English Table Tennis Association, gave the answer,

said.

"They've found it makes them healthy and attractive," he

SHE THRILLS THE FANS

"They have noticed that all the leading women players are remarkably pretty, and that started them thinking

"When they made inquiries from their playing girl friends, they found that table tennis is good for you.”

Local lengues have Jumped from 01 Women are attracted to the sport In 1935, to 250 to-day. 5o great has by the fact that smart costumes can been the rush to take up the game in be worn in play. The Women's the last few months that a Women's Advisory Council bos Just Antshed u Advisory Council has just been debate on proper clothes. formed. Girls came from all over the country to attend the inaugurat: meeting.

Mr. Rose was cheered, when he offered to give a rosebowl for annual competition among women players.

Twenty-two year old Wendy Woothead, of Amersham (Bucks) 18: mixed doubles champion of Britain with Bellake, of Hungary.

Her striking bloude beauty is famous among the thousands of fans who travel hundreds of miles to see her in championship matches.

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Then there's Margaret Osborne,"

Shorts, divided skirts. or long frousers are all permissible, but they must be grey in colour. 13louses can be of any colour except white or light shades. Popular

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Table tennis is one of the cheapest scription for a

a year to half a guinen; many are less.

Recently table tennis was given another lip by the arrival 17 England of Victor Barna, famous ex- world champion. He brought with

in his bride-to-be from Paris.

Handsome Barna is the lion of the

sports to take up. The average sub-

Rose satt. "another famous table tennis world, especially player. She is L. pretty auburn- Women. haired art from the Midlands.

I

can't think of a well-known player Sinclair, 60, With

who isn't pretty.

GLAMOUR SECRET

Table tennis means glamour, and thousands more women are takingį it up very week;.**

60 Books

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Pasadena, Cal. Upton Sinclair celebrated his 60th birthday by publishing his 60th book.

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Having fun at the winter sports centre at St. Moritz, Switzer-. land, are Lee Trocy, America screen star, and his bride, about to take off on a sled for a run down the hill. Mrs. Tracy is the former Helen Thomas Wyse. They were married in Yuma, Ariz., on July 20, 1938, after a plane trip from Los Angeles, and are on a honey-

moon.

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ATTACKED

JURSERY.

school education

was attacked at the annual conference of the Catholic Teachers' Federation at New- castle-on-Tyne, recently.

Moving a resolution on the subject. Mr. E. G. Welsh, of Tyneside, said Was convinced that nursery education sprang from the

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Robbed of her hearing 22 years ago by the shock of her son's death in the war. Mrs. Sarah Brown, now aged 85. can hear again.

But she says itat when she hears crooning on the radio, she almost wishes she was deaf again, Recently Mrs. Brown, who lives at Southwold (Suffolk). had a "crackling" in her head and at once her hearing WA restored. The first sound she heard was a crooner on the wireless.

"Turn of that horrible noise.” she exclaimed.

perverse materialistic philosophy that tave rise to eugenles and birth con- trol.

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CALCUTTA MISSIONS

CONFERENCE

Calcutta.

The International Missionary Con- ference, which recently concluded, brought to Andras 470 delegates. from 70 nations.

of

Disbursions embrneed a wide rangs subjects.

The strongest conviction among the delegates wne that increased co- operation among Christian forces would alone enable them to hold their own against the titanic power of the new paganisms in the West and the East, and to move forward towards a world peace founded in love and Justice.

At the close of the session the conference issued a message to the world. This referred to the presence to-day of "ancient pestilences which destroy mankind." to the shadow of war, race hatred and greed.

It is clear,

the statement added. "that only God can save the peoples." A call was made on fellow-Christians to dedicate themselves to the further- ance of the Chrislinti ident through- out the world.

Responsible Government. - Ruiers of three more Indian States announce the concession to their subjects of a measure of responsible government, They are the Mataraja of Benares, the Raja Saheb of Sitamau State and the Raja Saheb of Rumdoorg. A legislature to be set up in July in Sitamu will have 21 members, 13 of whom will be elected wall be Elven wide powers of administra- tion.

NEW ZEALAND

NAVAL CRUISE TO AUSTRALIA

Auckland.

The Imperial escort vessels Leith and Wellington, each of 100 tons, will make a cruise to Australia early this year. This represents a tinuation of the policy of furthering communication between the Aus Iralian and New Zealand muadrons.

can-

Officers in both countries are keen to see a regular Interchange of visits by ships of both squadrons, and the authorities have

their expressed

worm approval of this desire.

A similar cruise was made last year, when the vessels went lo Sydney to be fitted with extra equip- ment before continuing on their normal winter patrol cruises of the South Pacific Islands under British and Dominion jurisdiction. SOUTH AFRICA

DURBAN'S PLANS FOR AIR SQUADRONS

Cape Town. Durban is to have an air strength

of 38 fighting aeroplanes by 1940. An air squadron is to be formed next year and a second squadron In 1940. This will be possible when the

scheme for training 1,000 pilots in the Union is complete. MAURITIUS

ARCHDEACON'S 100TH

BIRTHDAY

Port Louis.

The Ven... Henry Dison--Buswell celebrated his 100th birthday recent- ly. He received congratulatory mes- sages from the King and Queen, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Lang. The event was celebrated

ກ by large gathering of church people.

Archdeacon Buswell has lived in the island for 72 years, He was appointed Archdeacon Emeritus in 1912, and retired in 1920. NEW ZEALAND

The conference passed a resolution PLANS FOR CULTURAL

urging the Government to introduce)

a bold national policy of social reform

and expressing its opinion that:

"The best place for the training

DEVELOPMENT

Auckland,

Mr. Savage, the New Zealand

and for the normal development of Prime Minister, speaking here re- children under five should be the home;

years

of age cently, said that cultural develop-

ment would occupy a prominent The defects deplored in the pre-place in the future activities of the school population are largely the re- Government. sult of bad social conditions;

of

"Where nursery schools and classesment of an academy of music and These would include the establish- are unfortunately found necessary the they

should regarded 09 temporary palliative and positive solution."

be

nat

unrestricted development radio, with the establishment of short-wave broadcasting station.

"We want New Zealand opinion to Mr. W. II. Ridge, in his presidential be known oversens," said Mr. Savage. address, declared, "The Government "There is misrepresentation at pre- is slowly but steadily Alching the sent in Australin and Britain. I salvation of the nation.

It 18 It seems to time our voice was heard over the have adopted the system of palliatives air and we should

to soothe the ills of the people rather views known through Labour news- also make our than to attempt to cure them."

N.U.T. COMMENT, '

Mr. G. G. T. Giles, a member of

popers."

the Executive Committee of the

National Union of Teachers, said:

The policy of the National Union

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of nursery schools, not only for the suffered only a slight injury.

poor, but for everyone, as an accident occurred while he educational measure."

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