Friday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
WHEN A SCOTSMAN MARRIES
AN ENGLISH GIRL Wed 3 Years,
MK ANSTRUTHER-GRAY, Tory M.P. for North Not A Wife
Lanark, a Scotsman and a Fifer who married an English
girl (the granddaughter of the fourth Earl of Durham),AFTER having been “married" got leave in the House of Commons recently to proceed
for more than three years nj
with a Bill which will make Scottish-English marriages girl of 19 has found that she is
not, in law, a wife. easier.
He complained that under exist- ing low, if a Scotman wants to marry an English girl he cannot just give seven days' notice to the registrar as The English boy can do who wants
to marry an English girl.
Talking Dislocates Jaw
She is Miss Mary Moore, of Hall- Inne. South Ockenden, near Grays. Essex.
At Gray Police Court recently she asked for or affilation order nguinst Stanley Frederick John Sinth, aged 22, of Morsham-street. Chelmsford, with whom she went through the "marriage" ceremony,
Mrs Moore, kald that when she Phetezu's Community Playhouse tried to get a separation from her vand. « demonstration of its suceras "husband" recently it was discoVCI- in England before being able to
when she seven days' notice to the English re-seldom accorded to even the most ed she was only 15
Bennle
The Scotsman who, like Lestle, carried his conquest over the
Border must reside for slice
sitrur.
Phandiena, Cal.
Miss "married"; the marriage was, there- It therefore requires his famous theatrey of the world. Brcence on English sull for twenty- Elda McEwen, member of the box fore, invalid.
three days before he can be married office staff, answered the question of offered to pay 5s, a week out of his Smith, who admitted paternity, "Twenty-three clear days' holl-so many teket buyers and telephone earnings of 344, but the magistrates day is not easily, obtainable for callers Eat she droented her Jaw. I made an order for 4.
working people," sald Mr. An- xirather-Gray. "I am sure these young folk would sooner spend a twenty-three days holiday honey- nouning than In qualifying for
- marriage."
There Was cheerful agreement among Scotsmen
and Eriglishmen
Map In 3d. Book May Find
Him Buried Treasure
that marriage belwren the two REXAUSE of a threepenny book countries should he encouraged,
'EUGENICALLY GOOD'
B bought from a bookstall in the Caledonian Market, London, a re- |
Mr. Hamilton Kerr (Cons., Old-search engineer is throwing up his Job and sinking his £600 lite savings. han) said the 11 was na good as a in on attempt to And buried treasure: second Act of Union (the Act of Union, 1707, united the Parliaments worth millions of pounds.
of England and Scotland),
Now Mr. Durmet says he is con- Bident that the map is the original map showing, the spot where the much-sought-after Lima, Peru, treasure was buried by an English) sea capatu In 1821.
Mr. Durmet said:
Recently Mr. Victor Durmet "One history of the Lima treasure furty, of Foriks-green, Finchley, N. Sir 11. Morris-Jones (Lib. Nat. 2, was touring the stalls of the Cale-hat it was taken by a British Játa captain, Captain Thompson, and Denbigh), who is a doctor, said that, donion Market searching for Brat buried on an island in the Pacifle. eugenically, a marringe between] editions--his hobby, English and Scots was a very good | combination,
He bought an old book far
3.
When he got it home a toded map of Mr. Mathers (Soc.. Linlithgow); Nur Coreg Islands fell out from be- Sald he was all in favour of such tween the leaves.
recalled that the marriages, He Marquis of Clydesdale married a
the map was a treasure box Percy, putting an end to the tradi- drawn in faded ink, an arrow and ! tional feud between the houses of compass Instructions. Hamilton and Northumberland.
Ou
Interesting view of the steel notwork in the tower of the Polish government Pavilion, naw nearing completion at the New York World's Fair. Exhibits in the building will publicize Po~. land's agricultural, manufactur- ing and other products. All exhibits for the Pavilion arrived on the Polish Ilner Bdatory re- cently.
March 17, 1939.
Pilots Alleged To
Have Drunk On Duty
WHAT WILL HE THINK
WHEN HE'S DANCING
WITH YOU?
will the freshness, sparkling colour and pleasing cleanliness of your dance frock make him think "How dainty she is?" "Don't risk a bad im-
pression-
"ZORIC"
Odourless
Dryclean
all your formal wear.
THE STEAM LAUNDRY. CO.
Ilead Once & Works 57032.
Hong Kong Depot, Tel. 21270. Peak Depot.
Tel. 20352.
Gloucester Bldg., 2nd Flr., Tel. 20938. Kowloon Depot,
Tel. 58545.
EILEEN JOYCE. (Pianoforte Solos.)
on
PARLOPHONE RECORDS.
A FORMER managing director of Western Airways, Ltd., Mr. Norman Edgar, went into the witness-box. at E11351. Rhapsodie In C Major, Op. 11, No. 3. (Dohnanyl) This account adds that Captain Weston-super-Mare Police Court recently and declared Thompson died in a London hospital, but before he died he wrote
thethat: direellors whitre the treasure was buried on a map.
That map was afterwards lost. Two of Mr. Durmel's friends, a thirty-year-old naturalist and a
Mr. Durinel had the map examined, fifty-five-year-old taxidermist, have
Prominent Weston council officials were concerned with pilots in drinking out of hours at Weston-super-Mare's airport and that regulations forbidding pilots on duty to drink were "flagrantly and frequently broken."
"His brother Lord David Douglas- by the British Museum, who taki decided to join him on his adven-opposed an application by the Borough Council at the annual
Hamilton," Mr. Mathers continued, "captured the popular and pictures- que Prunella (Stack) who popularised physical fitness and beanty among her perspiring sisters."
Mr. Red. Solicitor-Gentral for Scotland, welcomeil the Bill as evidence that the two countries reek closer unity social as well a political.
Michels
THE ALL-DAY LIPSTICK
Lips touched with the fresh, vi- brant color of Michel lipstick look young and smooth-hour after hour, Rain orshine, whatever the occasion, your mouth retains its soft ra- diance. Michel lipstick has a cream base that keeps lips satiny. You'll like its delicate perfume, too. Don't be a lip stick dauber-use indelible Michel! Select your favorite from these seven glowing shades: Blonde, Brunette, Cherry, Vivid, Capucine, Rasp berry, Scarlet.
3 Star DE LUXE - LARGE • POPULAR
For a perfect make-up, uts Michel fact powder, adherent rongi and water-proof eye cosmetique.
SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER
MESAIS, UNTTED TRADERS, York nig,
I enclose 20 cents for introductory size Michel palick in..... shinde,
NAME
Address
a
THE "TELEGRAPH" will send Staff Photographer to all events of public interest. Requests should be addressed to the Pictorial Editor.
him it was over 100 years old.
ture. He plans to set out shortly.
UFS
Viviane Allenby, cousin of Britain's formed General Allenby, who captured Jerusalem at end of World War, later Egyptian high commissioner, shown in Chicago where she became a nurse- maid. She left nursing home in New York after a reprimand
and gud another job.
His Worship's
Topper
CLOTHES By or may not make the man, but they certainly go a long way towards] making a Mayor,
At Joast, so thinks Alderman, A. B. C. Kempe, the first Mayor of Ramsgate to wear a top hat for! every perasion.
Fem the top of his shining topper! to the thus of his shining boots, the Mayor was what the fashion books] call "correct" when a reporter called to see him.
Striped trousers with nife-edge crease. Morning coat ftting' with- out a wrinkle. "Gloves in one hund Rolled umbrella on other arm. Ab- solutely correct.
סרני
"They've nicknamed
Jack Buchanan,” saki the Mayor, glancing in the mirror to see that the topper was setting at just the right angle,
"Mind you, don't run away with the idea that I wear these clothes! because they're con
comfortable.
"In fact, I sometimes wonder who invented starched collars.'
The Mayor admitted that his dress;
is not popular with everybody.
"A mayor in the representative of the King, is he not? He should behave m 17 manner fitting the dignity of his office; fan't that right? "Well, then, how can he look dignified unles he dresses for the part?
"I mean to be a good mayor, even if I get strangled in the process."
And he ran his finger round the Inside of his collar.
A crowded court heard the allegations made when Mr. Edgar
licensing session for renewal of the drinking licence at the airport,
Mr. Edgar, in evidence, dcclared that the drinking was led by hts joint director, over whom he had ne control.
Trade Unions In Hongkong
question was asked in the House of Commons recently with re- gard to trade unions in Hongkong.
This director, he alleged, took pilots into the bar during the after- noon and they were actually under the influence of drink, though, not drunk, when they got into service planes containing passengers.
Mr. L. G. Watson, Town Clerk, and Mr. H. A. Brown, the Borough Surveyor, had also been drinking there out of hours, he added.
"DRASTIC STEPS"
Mr. Cyril Williams (for Western Airways, Limited), referring to an Mr. Sorensen asked the Secretary impending High Court action by Mr. of State for the Colonies whether Edgar against the company for trade unions In Hongkong are freely wrongful dismissal, sald he thought permitted to function; how many licensing case should not be used industrial disputes have taken place as a dress rehearsal for litigation during the last 12 months; and whe-, which was pending.
ther any trade unions have been sup-
pressed by the local government? ---Mr-1_Collins--(for-the-Council) Mr. M. MacDonald: The answer said that in June, 1938, a change in to the first part of the question, is in the management took place. Later, the afirmative. There have been Mr. Edgar and other parsons who has about eight industrial, disputes in been with the old company severed Hongkong in the last 12 months. their connection.
These were of a minor nature, and
(a) Prelude In E Flat Major, Op. 23. No. 0. (Rachmaninoff.)
(b) Prelude In C Minor, Op. 23. No, 7.
(Rachmaninoff>
E11354.
Prelude and Fugue In A Minar. (Fugue.) (Back.) (a) Toccata In A Malor. (Poradies.)
(b) Prelude & Fugue In A Minor (Prelude.) (Back.) E11363. (a) Polka Caprice. Op. 1. No. 3. (Stefan Bergman.) (b) Celestial Song. Op. 2. No. 1 (Stefan Bergman.) (a) Spring Nigh!. (Schumann-Lizi.) - (b) Little Piece No. 1 (Schumann.)
E11377, Prelude In D Major, Op. 32, No. 13. (Rachmaninoff.} (n) Prelude In Ab Major, Op. 23, No. 8, (Rachmaninoff.) (Rachmaninoff.) (b) Prelude In Minor Op. 32 No. 8. EILEEN JOYCE, (Pft.) Henri Temianka. (Vio,) & Antoni Sala, (Cello).
E11306-BU. Trio In D Minor. Op. 32. (Arensity;)
TSANG - FOOK PIANO COMPANY. Marina House, 19, Queen's Road C.. Tel. 24648.
PURE BLOOD PERFECT HEALTH
"The Blood is the Stream of Life." IMPURE BLOOD is the root cause of Skin Diseases, Bails, Eczema, Rashes, Ulcers, Sores, Painful Joints, Rheumatic com- plaints. Unless the blood is cleansed of impurities and poisons, the arteries and internal organs are damaged, causing The direct way premature old age. were
| in each case on amicable settlement | The new management had Laken was reached through the Secretariat drastic steps to refute the allegations.
Plats charged with drinking. of Chinese Affairs.
No bona fide trade union has been | dismissed and those in cares of suppressed, but certain guilds and doubt were transferred to other associations which professed to be aerodromes,
trade unions have from time to me The hearing was adjourned.
been declared unlawful under the Societies Ordinance of 1920, mainly i on account of terrorist and political; activities. The last of such sup~; pressions took place 'more than 12 munths ago.
Iron Lung
Lung Saves Life
GREETING CARDS
REUSED
NEWTON, Mass. Boston College students
saved greeting cards received during the Christmas holidays and turned them jover to the Rev. Richard L. Rooney,
MRS. LILIAN COWSILL, aged 29, of John-street, Lifilo Lever, Boltun.S... student counselor, for missien- owes her life to an Iron lung.
She was being prepared for an operation st Bollon Infirmary when her heart stopped brating. She was placed in the lung, and half an hour
fater her heart began to Brat again.
ERFECT
THE PEREE
OPULAR
ary
missionaries work. Jesuit
British assigned to Jamaica,
Well Indies, distribute the cards among natives.
PIPE
DE PAT
PERFECT CLEANING COOL & DRY SMOKE
NO CONTACT BETWEEN TOBACCO & MOISTURE
A
DRY
Smoke
$3.50 only
A
COOL
Smoke
to health is by purifying the blood with Clarkes Blood Mixture.
In LIQUID of TABLET form.
Ofail Chemists and Stores, Ask for and be sure
You get Clerken Blood Mixtura,”
at
CLARKES BLOOD MIXTURE
MELODO PURIFYING MEDICINE
REPULSE BAY Hotel
Geo. Pio-Ulski's String..
Quintette..
every SUNDAY for Tiffin
p.m. to 2.30 p.m.
Fred Carpio's Dance Orchestra
every WEDNESDAY for Dinner
9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
A la Carte & Table d'Hote
INGENOHL'S CIGAR STORES “LA PERLA DEL ORIENTE” THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.
and other tobacconists
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.