1939-04-25 — Page 2

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 25, 1939.

SCOTS WON'T HELP LOST TOURISTS

If It Happens To Be A Sunday

RE-

IF TOURISTS TO SCOTLAND LOSE THEIR WAY ON A SUNDAY AND, ON ASKING A HIGHLANDER, CEIVE NO ANSWER, THEY WILL HAVE TO THANK THE 70-YEARS-OLD REV. EWAN MCQUEEN.

'Mr. McQueen has banded Highlanders together to refuse any Sunday tourists: Water for tea, any information, and food,

Minister Paints Church For Bride

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Bedfont, Middlesex.

A GIRL of 18 and a boy of 19 called on the Rev. J. Wickes, Baptist minister at Bedfont, Middlesex, and asked his advice about getting married.

The boy said he had nobody to gulde him, and was worried about the responsibility of it all, as fe was earning only 30s, a week. The girl was Miss Lilian Hart, daughter of Mrs. Hart, of Kingston- Keeling, of the R.A.S.C. depot at avenue, Bedfont; the boy, Private E.

"I don't care whether people hate me for my opinions or not, but I will continue to fight against what people call Sunday excur-Feltham, Middlesex. sions," he declared.

The word has no meaning to me. I recognise only the Sabbath. It is a day which should be kept strictly.

"FANATICISM"

"Almost the entire North of Scotland is against Sunday travel, and we are going to try to maintain that state of affairs.

Sir William Goodchild, of the Scottish Economic Committee, said that this "Keep the Sunday Traveller Away" campaign was Just another of those waves of fanaticism which sweeps the Highlands every now and then.

"It 19 I completely fatuous example of how people in these parts are dominated by the clergy," he added. "It will wear itself out just like the other stupid campaign for long buthing costumes ant their examples of Brundykam."

Nelther is a member of Mr. Wickes church.

REDECORATED CHAPEL But Mr. Wickes agreed to marry them and the wedding took plues re-, cently,

And In honour of what he calls the most romantic wedding of his experience, be redecorated โล

chapel.

wing." Mr. Wickes said, "and I did "I took the young couple under my

everything for them.

Earl's Heir Cited By Edgar Wallace's Son

Bomb-Proof Shelters VISCOUNT HASTINGS, thirty-eight-year-old son and heir of

For Eton.

LONDON,

Every boy's house at Eton College will be provided with a bomb-proof} shelter before the Summer Half be- gins in May. It was originally in- tended to dig trenches in the playing dels but this idea has been aban- doned, much to the delight of the Schrol OMeera' Training Corps, who had been given the job of digging then, The Shelters will complete the Cotige's A.R.P, arrangements so that any future crisis Etop will be able to carry on as usual.

the Earl of Huntingdon, is cited in an undefended divorce, Huit which is being heard at Bristol Assizes,

The petitioner is Mr. Bryan Wallace, son of the late Edgar Wallace. His wife is Margaret Lane, the authoress.

Viscount Hastings was married in, 1925. Ilis wife was held captive with her companion, Laby Mariani Cameron, the viscount's sister, In) their hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, three years ago. They were released on conditlen

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Durban, Natal Farmers in some parts of Natal who made application for telephone Brazit to get into touch with Com- for them in some cases, it is revealed They were said to have gone to lines Ave years ago are still waiting munists. to take notes for a travel ok they in a letter to the Natal Indian

Their object, actually, was by the Divisional Controller for Natal were writing,

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Primo Carnern, former world's heavyweight boxing cham- ton, with his bride, the former Pina Cavazzi," after their wed- ding in Trieste, Italy. Bride was a former postal employee, Primo han Job in the movies.

She Gave £1,000,000 Away In Secret

A WOMAN gave away £1,000,000—and no one knew. By leaving only £89,812 (net personalty, £29,496), in her will published recently, Mrs. Florence Evelyn St. George, of Cam House, Campden Hill, Kensington, W., stands revealed as one of England's greatest philanthropists.

In 1931 her father, George Baker, "Sphinx of Wall-street," third richest man in the world, left her over

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Let Mrs. R. N. Aston, of Seaview. Isle of Wight, wife of her doctor, tell of those eight years:

"Mrs. St. George spent her money for the good of the coun- try. Her donations to institu- tions ond, distressed people were minde absolutely anonymously In fact, do not think she signed her name to anything,

"She and I were very friendly and often she used to ask my opinion about the charities 10 which she Intended to send money.

"Her thanetul affairs she left in the hands of her scereinry, who did absolutely everything for her, from ordering meals to Re- companying her on trips abroad."

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To that secretary, Miss Ethel Rose; (who had been with her for over 20 F1357. years) she left £1,000 year and a house in Aubrey-walk, W., with its F1350, contents, also the contents of her dat F1358. at. Brighton,-und-the-use-of a cottage at Nettlestone, Isle of Wight.

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connected F1380. with banking all his life and was a director of hundreds of companies, F1360. started his career as a messenger boy,

Mrs. St. Gourge was attended by F2020.

I two doctors and three nurses during ner last illness, which lasted for two F1301. years. At one time Cam House was guarded by mastiffs, and heavy Iron. rifles barred the windows. These precautions were taken to guard her collection of art treasures.

£2,000 Job

Is Born

London County Council created a 5 new £2,000-a-year job recently.

They agreed with members of the establishment committee that the council's architect needs an assistant. The post is to be advertised, and have a salary starting at £1,800 a year, rising to £2,000 in two years.

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of new London County Council bulld- Ings.

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