1939-04-05 — Page 14

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 5, 1939..

When Goering Goes Slimming HOTEL TURNS OUT 27 JEWISH GUESTS

SÁN REMO (Italy). TWENTY-SEVEN Italian Jews staying at the Royal Hotel, San Remo, were asked to leave before the arrival on holiday of Field-Marshal Goering, his wife and a party of fifteen officers and secretaries.

Several of the Jews had been clients of the hotel for many years. They were told: "Please leave. It will avoid embarrass- ment to the visiting Minister and to yourselves."

Field-Marshal Goering is taking) #slimming cure, so that, although ke brought five limousines with him from Germany, he spends most of his time walking either along the

sea front or in the hills.

Detectives are never far away.

Frayed Cuffs Curbed

LEIPZIG.

'They followert him as he walked- A new chernically treated linen has along the promenade with hala actress been developed to prevent the ravel- wife. He wore a dark grey, double-ing of shirt collars and cuffs, breasted sult,

The and already looks insertion is sewed between the layers thinner than recent photographs of the shirt material, and in a showed him to be.

demonstration at the Leipzig Fair 11 was shown to keep the cloil from

Twice he has visited the gambling fraying. casino, but even there no one Is allowed near him.

One of the staff said: "He will see no one. Any one who disturbs him will get into trouble."

Though Goering is strictly on holiday." It is understood throt Marshal Badoglio, Mussolini's chief- of-staff, will be in San Remo to see him. Count Clano, Mussolini's son- in-law, in also expected.

The resort is a mass of colour in honour of the visit. Nazi and Fascicl

Nine Persons Live

In English Village

London.

WHAT is believed to be the

smallest village in England

IB

is Eldon, in Hampshire, which has a population of nine and whose oldest Inhabitant thirty-three. There are three houses. The nearest post box is four miles away. Only one wedding and one christening have ever taken place in the tiny church. Once a week a policemen cycles through the village to see that all is well, and onec a day the postman rides up if there are any let. ters.

Music Wherever He Goes-In Stockings

'flags and emblems fly from every PIPE-MAJOR LEWIS BEATON, President of the

window.

Make-Up

Scottish Piping Society of London, wears a pair of stockings into the turnover of which has been knitted a complete pipe tune.

He was wearing his stockings at the seventh Annual Valued At £50 Piping Competition of the Scottish Piping Society at the London Scottish headquarters, Buckingham Gate, re- cently,

THE value of make-up to a woman has been assessed by Dermster Rt. D. Farrant, Sentor

Judge of the Manx High Court, at £50.

Phylls Winstanley, aged 24, told the groundwork of the tune and the Deemster that she was employed the first and second variations. last summer by Messrs. G. N. Gare,

Ltd., of Douglas, in the rolling of Isle

of Man rock.

my stockings, if I had to," he "I could play the tune from said, "but I always play from

ореп

"They were knitted for me by Miss Kerr, of Lairg, Suther- land," Pipe-Major Beaton said at the competition.

"The tune is 'MacCrimmon's Sweetheart,' and it is all there, MacCrimmons, and Mr. R. N. Brown, mother Balmoral piper, the

was Pipe-Major Robert Reid, of the competition for plobaireachd.

Real champion of the competition Highland Light Infantry, who won the medal for the highest aggregate of poiets. He also won the silver star for open march, strathspey and reel.

Incongruous figures among

the kilted competitors were pipers of the Royal Air Force in boy trousers.

She alleged that the four of the memory." tuble gave her dermatitis and she

Piping enthusiasts came to London : cannot now use make-up,

on Saturday from all over the coun- Medical witnesses said she would try to hear famous performers on the not be able to attend dances, is chalk "piob-raktor-the great pipe. used on the floor for polishing would Secretary affect her skin.

for Scotland, Colonel Jolin Colville, a competent amateur piper, was an interested member of the audience.

Messrs. Gore, without smitting ilability, offered £50, and 10 10s, costs, in settlement.

THE KING'S PIPERS

Mr. R. 3. Nicol, the King's piper at

The Deemster, who had reserved his decision, approved the settlement Balmoral, won the Bratach Corm, recently,

The replica of the blue banner of the

the

"We are getting our klits at the end of the month," said an aircraft- man.

"We hear they are to be Air Force

blue."

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CAUGHT IN A SOUTHERLY GALE, this submarine, the Sunfish, of the 5th Submarine Flotilla, ran aground in Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight, re- cently and heavy seas beat over her before she was finally re-floated just before midnight.

Some

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I am pretty healthy and used to the hot air in the House of Commons, but if I go into a bargain basement i can stay only a few minutes, because I feel I would faint. IN such Parliamentary language a woman M.P. pic tured in the House recently the conditions in which some shop assistants have to work.

She was Mrs. Hardie, the Labour member for Spring- burn (Glasgow), and, having worked 12 hours a day for six days a week as a shop assistant, she should know.

Drapera' shops are much too hot and grocers' too cold, accord- ing to Mrs. Hardie, who was speaking on the second reading of the Shop Hours Bill to limit hours to 48 a week and overtime to 50 hours a year.

EMPIRE NEWS

IMPORT

CONTROL IN NEW ZEALAND

Auckland,

Mr. W. Nash, Finance Minister, defended the Government's import control policy in a speech to a special conference of importers at Wellington.

The Bill was rejected by 135 votes to 114.

Moving the second reading Mr. Leslie (Lab., Sedgefield) said no other occupation consumed the young life of the nation to such an extent.

HAIRDRESSERS' TRIALS

A cuinent doctor had said that women shop assistants suffered from varicose veins, flat feet, and all the disabling things which made life a misery. Some worked 64 and 06 hours a week.~~

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Conditions in the hairdressing trade were protested against by Dr. Edith Summerskilt (Lab., Fulham, W.), who said hairdressers were compelled to work sometimes for nearly 60

Under the Government's contro! policy Mr. Nash said the maximum preference Was given to Britain.hours a week in ill-ventilated cubi- The Government was doing every-

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A BAD SHOPPER-AND WHY arising from the control plan.

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Tory benches mainly on the ground

The Bill was opposed from that nothing should be done to pre- judice the discussions going on be tween employers and employed.

There would be curtailment of unessential Imports, Dominion manu- facturers having Cre maximum facilities for the importation of com- modliles essential for their duction.

Import selection would provide facilities for primary production, capital, equipment and raw materiala for manufacturing goods to replace imports,

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Sir striking report which had been re- Shenton Thomas, Alam Shah, Selangor, with the in the retail distributive trades.

Invested Sultan ceived from the joint conference deal- ing with wages, hours and conditions insignia of the K.C.M.G. after a State banquet attended by representatives tiations and report and destroy the

The Bill would cut across the nego every

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