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Puzzle Of Held-Up Air Films

Thursday.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 13, 1939.

Lary, Suprosas Coori

£1,000,000 TO CHARITY Head for Spring

Gifts Of "Sleeping Car King's" Widow

LADY DALZIEL OF WOOLER, who inherited 12,275,000 from her husband 11 years ago, died Inst December, leaving more than £300,000 of her £165,607 estate to clarity, making her total gifts to charity about £1,000,000.

Although, in her will, published recently, she states

A.R.P.

MOTHERS

A WARNING to mothers was given by Sir Auckland Geddes In a speech at Northampton recently. Ife said:--

"Young mothers should realise. that looking after their own children is the first part they should play, We have had Inafances where young mothers their children over to somebody else while they went off to drive thought it was necessary to hand ambulances."

that since her husband's death she had given "upwards Port Boycotts

of £500,000" to charity, her solicitor said that the figure was certainly nearer £900,000,

And he admitted: that even he did not know off all her charitable gifts ns Lady Wooler preferred secrecy whenever possible.

Lord Dalziel of Wooler, the "sleeping-car king of Europe," formerly Sir Davison Dalziel, M.P, for Brixton, was chairman of tho Pullman Car Company and president of the International Sleeping Car Company.

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German Warships

CORK CITY COUNCIL refused to

extend an official welcome to the German training ship Schlesien. which put in ni Queenstown (Cobh) recently on her way home from the Azores.

This action-which is unpreceden-

When the General Motor Cab Hewett Myring and Philip Hewett Company was formed over 30 years Myring, both of the English Speaking ago, he guaranteed personally the Union. Initial £230,000 needed to see the Her servants were not forgotten. ted in the case of a visiting foreign. scheme through,

Ula Fletcher, her cook-house-man-of-war-was taken by the Lord keeper, receives £200, un annuity of Mayor, Councillor J. Hickey, a mem- £156, n bedroom suite, and alsa. all bor of the Dail.

her annimnis, birds and other pets. "My reason." he said, "is because

Within two years the few cabs which the company put on the streets of London had increased to hundreds. OVER MILLION IN DUTIES. On the £2,275,000 which Lord Dalziel left to his wife death duties: £200 and of £148,125 have been paid on Lady Dalziel's estate.

The biggest bequests in Lady Dalziel's will ure:

CONSIDERABLE mystery attaches to two British films, both taining the family dealing with the subject of flying on a big scalo; and both Highgate Cemetery. hung up unexplained reasons.

The Metro-Goldwyn Mayer com- the leading mele part, but_official pany, which has already made three feeling has always been in favour of inportent. British films, "A Yank British actor in a British uniform.

The Citadel" at Oxford,"

and

NERO TO LINDBERGH "Good-bye, Mr. Chips," anounced The other film, "Conquest of the with man's cf- two years ago, that it would make o Air," which deals

hy with an R.A.F. setting called forts at fight from the days of Nero "Sindow of the Wjag."

to Lindbergh, was begun at Denham by Alexander Korda, in 1935, then

MINISTRY HELPED

Complete assistance from the Art off.

What is happening to these two.

con-

the

be taken care of by her or other-on the death of the Pope the respon- wise painlessly destroyed."

sible German Press termed Ernest Draper, the butler, gels Pontiff a political adventurer.”.

C-150: an of

£100 and an Emma Knight, the annuity of £104: George Seward, ex-coachman, an annuity of £78; Albert Wyatt, chauffeur, £100; and one year's salary goes to each other

As soon as the Lord Mayor's alillude became known, hurried communications were addressed to the Minister for External Affairs by the German Legation in Dublin.

As a result the German, Charge d'Affaires lesued an invitation to Mr. S. Fitzgerald, Chairman of Cork Harbour Commissioners, to welcome officers of the Schlesten.

£20,000. St. Bartholomew's Hes- pital,

to be added to the Dalziel of domestic servant.

The residue of the property is left Wooler Discretionary Fund, ditional upon the Governots main-to King Edward's Hospital Fund.

mausoleum in

Mr. Charles One Crisp, her sollei- tor and a trustee of the will, said:

"Lady. Dalziel did not consult ine every time she gave away money, but

Mr. Fitzgerald later formally know she was very generous to St. Bartholomew's Hospital and Brive Commander I lugonau it the

Town Hall, Queenstown. Barnardo's Homes.

£10,000 each:'

The Newspaper Press Fund; Dr. Barnardo's Homes for the upkeep of the Dalziel of Wooler Home;

One of Lady Dalziel's close friends

A booklet Issued before

re-

the National Institute for the Blind: said: "She lived a very plain exis-Schlesien's arrival stated: "On the London Hospital;

tence and gave generously to charity, order of the Fuchrer the Schlesien but we never knew about it. It was has come to your country as

harbinger of peace." all done secretly."

• Church Army;

Royal Hospital and

Home for

Incurables, Putney;

The Cancer Hospital. Minkkiry was promised and given." Resumed in 1937, It was completed

MANY BIG GIFTS What is not generally known is in February, 1938.

There are also seven bequests of ulho film was actually started; that R.AF: machines, pilots and then air flims? Beccally London Films £5,000 each, eight of £3,000 each! have taken part in it; and that some said that it was impossible to say and 27 of £2,000 each and several of of the must wonderful photography when "Conquest of the Air" would smaller amounts, from the air, has been nehlöved. Abe shown.

Coking is understood to be one of The delay over "Sheidow of the the causes of delay. It was proposed Wing," is that no satisfactory story to bring over Clark Gable to play as yet been written.

Produce of Australia,

Apart from legacies to relatives, Lady Dalziel lett £3,000 to Dr. A, T. Bulkeley Gavin, of Berkeley Square, W., and £1,000 each to 21rs. Estelle

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London's First Air-raid Shelters

THE first of London's steel air-raid shelters have been delivered to householders. The whole of the neigh- bourhood around Tiber Street and Carlsbad Street, Islington, turned out to watch the railwaymen unload shelters for houses in these streets recently.

"We thought we should have a nice job for Sunday, fitting. them up," said a Tiber Street man, "but no one is erecting a shel- ter yet. The Council men will come round and do that for us."

The yards are only a few feat square and when the shelters are erected there will be practically no room for anything else in the yards, Firal to receive a sheller was Mrs. Treadwell, of Tiber Street.

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it," shopee shall never have to use she said as she watched the men

Max Miller In

Stage Gag Dispute

carrying the 20 sections of the shel-A

ter Girough, her house.

RGUMENT over the use of

stage gag has brought

"Sul, if trouble dues cone, it wMax Miller. the British come- be better than nothing. It will be dian, and Stone and Lec, Ameri- somewhore to go and I should feel can variety couple, into con- suler than I would in the house."

Mr G. A. Champ, her next-door troversy. -

neighbour, said: "We are glad to Both turns were-In the same bill

have them because there is no open:

space near Tiber Street where we at the Birmingham Hippodrome re- could go if there were an air rakl."cently.

WRATHER HAVE A BATH"

.Dat not all the householders were

so appreelative.

"1 suppose we must have a shel ter," sald Mrs. Florence Carr, "but rently I would rather have had a bath fitted.”

THE TOO-TALL GUARDSMAN.

Stone and Lee, who were on first, ; are man and wife.

This is what Max Miller says:

"Stone used a story on the Thursday which I had been using oli the week. The manager told him to take it out, but he did not do so at the second house, and the munnger got in touch with his head office, who sent Stone a letter telling him to take it out.

"If he had asked me for the Joke I would have alven it to him. I know that all sorts of stories are go- Jug round about this, one that I have

OFFICERS at Newcastle-on-Tyne recruitleg office opened their eyes wide recently when 26-year-old Chri- stopher Edwards walked in.

Though themselves outsize, they 10t a black eye. lind to look up to him: he stands Off. 16in. In his socks...

Christopher wanted to join the Coldstream Guards.

They not only accepted him, but were to impressed with his height at in a very short time he was on This way to London.

Christopher will set the authorities there a problem.

Either they will have to exempt him from sentry duly or build him a special sentry box.

"UNTRUE"

"They me quite untrue. There was no fighting."

And this is Stone's story:

have been using that story für two years, and I can prove it.

"I don't want to use anything of anyone else's, and this story was passed for me by the Lord Chamber- lain. I don't know anything about. Max Miller using it before.

"In the end someone from the police department came and asked me to keep to my net, as I had it on In full uniform Christopher will be Monday, and I did." more than 100 tatto "At In Slone, denied that there was the regulation boxes.

*any fighting in the argument.

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