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April 14, 1939,

Princess Elizabeth

Postal Secrets For A.D.C. Production At ALHAMBRA

Princess Elizabeth, who will be 13

How Y.M.C.A. Nets Applause

this month, was taken by Queen Mary on an educational tour of the Mount Picosant postal sorting office at Clerkenwell recently.

THEY. M. C. A.

Amateur

They were received by Sir Walter Dramatic Club has done well to Womersley, the ·Assistant Post- master-General, and for more than turn its attention, once again to nn hour saw how letters are sorted the field from which it derives for distribution to all parts of the part of its name. With the excep British Isles and the world.

tion of “Busman's Honeymoon,"

CENTRAL MARKET

Question of Sub-Letting Of Stalls The intricate mechanical sorting rather indifferently. produced By apparatus was explained to them last year, and an unfortunate being called for operation of Poultry, advertisement, tenders are and they were shown the mails being sally into one Act plays, Its Flash, Beef Mutton, Fork, Fruit and sent by conveyor belts and chutes down to the Post Omee's private tube attention had been concentrated Vegetable stalls

London railway termini.

Market..

the new Central

railway which conveys them to. the in recent years on Pantomimes.. The advertisement atipulates that "London Wall," John van Druter's those who wish to tender must ap- Princess Elizabeth went into the play which was produced some years pear in person at the Market. This control cabin and watched the signal-ago at the Duke of York's theatre seemed to suggest careful precaution man operating the trains in and out and which you can read in those against "landlordism," but an inter- of Mount Pleasant. She learned excellent series of Famous Plays view on the point with the Chairman Urban Council was not but cannot collide--because as one thought for this year's presentation, with the following note of the con that the trains travel without crews, published by Gollancz, was a happy of the

enlightening. The reporter returned. train goes over a section the section as testified by the fact that an oppoll-versation: Immediately behind It becomes ing small audienco last night gave

Q In view of the fact that ten- "dead," so that no other, train can generous and unstinted applause, at ders are being called for stalls at the the fall of each curtain and at the new Market, can you tell me what steps will be taken to prolilbil sub- exits of most of the pinyers,

letting of the stalls?

enter it.

The method of electrical control, by which the trains are slowed lowni from 35 miles an hour and brought to a standstill at each of the eight stations Was also explained to Princess Elizabeth, who said that she had no idea that such a complete railway system for the malls ran under London,

MARSHAL GOERING Inspects Colonisation Plans On Way to Rome

Home, Apr. 13, Field Marshal Goering and his wife left Tripoll by the motorship Mon- serrate yesterday. They will arrive for a visit of in Naples to-morrow several days, after which they will leave for Rome.

With one or two exceptions, the Y.M.C.A. production is well cast-tho YM.C.A.'s propensity for develop ing entirely new talent from which! the Philharmonic Society and the Hongkong AD.C. have generously drawn being again in evidence.

Talent Unearthed

Mr. Todd: I can't tell you any- thing about it.

Q. Is it not true that these stalls are sub-let and sub-let, until the price of the goods is vastly increased?

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Mr. Todd: No, of course it isn't. | Certainly some sub-letting does

on in some markets, but there are heavy penalties for that sort of Notable in this category are Alec thing and we do our best to see it l Austin, who plays, the part of the stopped office bay "Birkirshaw," and Pauline Can you tell me how many gives a refreshing cases of sub-letting were stopped In Jeffreys, who Interpretation of the role of "Miss Pat this way, say, in the last twelve

The diction of Peter months? Milligan."

Mr. Todd: No good will be served Randolph (Hee Hammand") is sur- prisingly clear and unforced and if by me telling you all this. There he could overcome a tendency to is no interest in it. overact in parts and not, to set in others he would easily-carry off the major honours.

QI was instructed by my Editor ask you what steps would be taken to prevent sub-letting In the new Market?

Mr. Todd: I'm sorry, I'm not going to tell you anything about it.

Q. Is it that you won't tell me

As it is, the most polished perform- ance Is, naturally perhaps, given by On the Just day of his visit to Junie Weller ("Miss Button"), who

Air Minister, is completely at home in a difficult anything about it, or that you can't Tripoll, the German accompanied

cole, as bents one who has already tell me anything about the sub- by the Governor-

letting? General of Libyu and Air Marshal graduated to the wider fold repre-

A.D.C.

Rito

Mr. Todd: To clear yourself, it's risons Cole ("Migs Janus) has the leading that I won't tell you anything about of the Italian colonists and garrisons of the Italian armed forces in Libya, role played by Marle Ney in the Duke it.

York Theatre

The interviewer then said he would of Air Marshal Balbo explained per-

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Mr. Todd: Yes, do. That's correct Walker") shows restraint and polish, and probably would have been better I won't make any statement. cast had he exchanged roles with E. O'Nell Shaw ("Mr. Brewer") who, whilst giving an excellent charac-

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The Central Committee of the ed on Hung Kam-chung, 31, unem- ployed, when he appeared before Me, Leonard Starbuck has moulded his Russian Film Industry has approach- H.A. D. Forrest at the Central material woll and tile sucre required Council with a suggestion to

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Chung Sau Street West, on April G. The only discreditable thing about It is further suggested that a Detective Sergeant R. Mecvey pro- the production, in fact, was the Charlie Chaplin "week" be organised secuted, and said Cheng was attack-appalling: small audience which throughout the Soviet Union, during ed by defendant with an iron turned out to witness the frults of which all the comedian's best films hammer. The complainant had been six weeks hard rehearsal.-NS, Iwould be on view,

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evidence which had led to the arrest! and imprisonment of defendant.

Colony Chess Standings

D. E. de Carvalho leads E. Zimmern by half a point in the Colony Chess Champianship. Results to dole are as follow:

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F. Zimmerti

To Yu Lau

A. Kurrik

Dr. M. O. Paster

R. S. Harrison

Mr. D. 9. Livtin her dropped out

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Japan Aids Mothers

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The government has announced that women and their newly-born bables will receive free medical| attention. Medical bureaus are being set up throughout the empire and travelling doctors have been de- failed to form districts.

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Colleges and then went to Harvard. He began his literary career on the Los Angeles Times and for many. ¡years - served as art, dramaile ..and literary editors of several American publicatione. In 1929 ho was appointed police commissioner. Bradley's Beach, New Jersey. New York, Apr. 12. Wright wrote his first Philo Vance The

death occurred to-day of story In 1920, but for many years bo- Willard Huntingdon Wright, nged fore he had been writing books of a 81, better known as 9. 9. Van Dine, more literary and serious nature and weller of many detective navels and was a noted authority on literature egeator of the character, Philo Vance, and art. He was a consistent con-

United Pressinia. Wright

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was high class magazines on literary and educated at SL. Vincent and Pomonal artistio subjects. AKNA

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