1939-04-27 — Page 3

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 27, 1939,

"Nursery-Blue Gas Helmets" EMPIRE

for Babies

WINIFRED MARGARET, aged three weeks, and James, aged eight weeks, demonstrated in Holborn Town Hall recently that the million and a quarter gas helmets for British babies are safe, comfortable, and efficient.

Mrs. Mary Pochetty, of Drurylane, mask-slic isn't sure of anything yet (mather of James), and Mrs. Mary-but she was determined to be good. Ann Baiter, of Clarks-bulidings, St. She blew, a bubble at her "Mummy", Giles High-Street (mother of Wini- from beneath the celluloid, Ired), packed them into the new. helmets and watched results.

Janes and Winifred rested com- fortably in their padded khaki bags, supported by black metal frames (these will be "nursery" bluc Or green for babies). The straps were drawn ups round their bodies, loosely enough for air to pass out.........

Another strap Hissed between their legs. It loose enough for comfort. and is detachable.

JAMES SETTLES DOWN James through his stout. large celluloid "window", siniled up at "Mammie,' coughed

"

three

She Dapped her arms, kicked her legs, decided. “Well, what's the use anyway?" ́nud put a podgy thumb in her mouth and dropped off to sleep.

"We found it necessary to make the lehnets big enough for the bubles to suck their thumbs." enld Mr. Trot- minn. "I have.. now.seen scores of babies in there musks. The air grows warm incide after a few minutes, and in nearly all cases they drop off into a healthy sleep.

MOTHER'S JOB

"All the mother needs to do is lo half-work the light hand pump at about hearted coughs, kleked, and then. 40 strokes ʼn minute. She can rest judging all was well, settled down the helmet with baby in it on the to monotonous whimper, such as table. Collapsible legs are provided babtes love.

to prevent its rolling.

She may safely stop pumping for about five minutes. The helmet in intended for babies up to two years,

Mr. C. G. Trutman, designer of the mark and himself a father, assured Mrs. Pochetty. "You mustn't think he's crying about his helmet, Babies but the metal frame is adjustable and likes erying about nothing in parti- can be used for older children, who cular,

when they're quite

around wearing it quite

even

happy."

And Mrs. Pochetty nodded, "Don't I know it."

James was obviously enjoying him- self. lis hands stayed open, and his colouring remained nomnul pink.

Winifred was not sure about the

con run happily."

These helmets are to be distributed through local authorities,

When James and Winifred are 100 old for their helmets the Holborn Council hope to pass them on to other bubles.

Mother Did Not Know Of Secret Wedding

JER wedding postponed in 11 February for “private family reasons," 19-years-old Annabelle Lewis did nol even tell her mother when she secretly mar- ried the lion. Joh Whylc- Melville Skeffington At Cran- brook. Kent, Register Offico recently.

is a Roman Catholic.

"TRIFLE UPSET"

This British mother places her baby in a new gas mask for children under two, called a "baby helmet," at a demonstration at Holborn Town Hall, London. Helmet slips over baby's head and shoulders and straps tightly around chest, excluding gas. Bellows-like arrangement in back supplies air.

Pyjama

Is Told

Ellen Is

'Get Out and Stay Out'

New York.

Ellen Tilton Holmsen, once so-correct American socialite she was presented at Court-was "deported" recently from the "My daughter has been in a nurs-State of New Jersey because she insisted on going about in ing home," Mrs. Lewis said. "She was recovering trom a chill contracted pyjamas and sandals. while house-hunting,

"When she was, convalescent, she

was

'SHE IS CULTURED'

Tall and blonde, Mrs. Holmsen,, galow at Maywood, New Jersey, and hurried down to Combwell Priory, seeking divorce in 1834. appeared in furnished it, according to the owner, Mr. Skelington, heir to Viscount Hawkhurst, Kent, to real, leaving recourt at Reno in shorts, and the Mrs. J. F. Collins, "with a couple of Masserene and Ferrard, was award in London. The next thing I heard judge ordered her to "Get dressed." beds, two soap boxes, and two

Recently she was escorted by police mirrors." ed 15 guineas costs last December that they were married, when an application for an affilia-} "Naturally, I was a trifle upset, as to the George Washington Bridge tlon order by photographer's model I wanted my daughter to have a linking New York with New Jersey, Sylvin Legg was refused at Cicrken-church wedding. I in still hoping and was told that the authorities did to cross the bridge well Court.

that they will be married in a church not want her

Ggain, Mr. Skelington and Miss Lewis, in the near future,

Mrs. Holmben, formerly the wife of whose engagement was announced in! "Another reason was that I want- November last year, were to have ed a longer engagement."

a White Russian attache at been married at Brompton Oratory, Mrs. Skeffington was presented at and stepdaughter of an S.W., on February 23 as the bride Court last July.

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NEWS

TASMAN AIR MAIL PREPARATIONS

Auckland.

Administration offices and repair workshops for Tasman Empire Air- Ways nt Mechanies Bay here are to be completed shortly. An Imperial Airways ground engineer Is superin- tending the operationa

Auckland: will be the terminal of the Tasman Sea, air mail, which is to extend the British air mail route from Sydney to New Zealand.

The Kervice is to be inaugurated during the year. The Tasman-com- pany has been formed especially to operate the route. It is controlled by the British, Australian and New Zenland Governments.

| JAMAICA

GOVERNOR: ON - COST

OF STRIKES

Kingston.

The spring session of the Jamalea Legislative Council opened recently. The address of the Governor, Slr Arthur Richards, showed that excest expenditure over income for the year ending this month is expected to be over £107.000, due in a largo measure to the cost of maintaining order in the Colony during the sirikes.

Governor The

stated that present condition of Jamaica was a maller for some anxiety, although the finances show a small surplus, due to the balance carried over Ers the previous year. CANADA

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the

REARMAMENT TERMED

"INADEQUATE”

Ottawa.

Defence experts have described Canada's rearmament programme as "Inadequate.' This was announced by Mr. Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister, in the Ottawa House of

Commons recently.

"They want down in this House at

have told us that what we

have

the present time is not adequate t all for the situation as they see it," said the Prime Minister, referring to

ne view of the Canadian defence ex- He was speaking in the debate on perts on the world situation.

chasing Board and to control profits the bill to establish a Defence Pur- on non-competitive armament con- tracts to 5 per cent. of capital invest-

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ment. Mrs. Holmsen does not like chairs. She prefers to sit on the floor.

The police objected when she made bus trips in nothing but pyjamas and Athens sandals. American

CABINET APPROVES STANDING ARMY

Canberra.

"She is certainly a cultured girl." | bun-

said Mrs. Collins. "When I spoke to į Brig. A. G. Street, Minister of De- her about riding about town in pants fence, stated recently that the on a bicycle she said she did not Cabinet had approved the establish- like fashionable clothes and that she ment of a permanent force along the recommended by Lt.-Gen. wanted to be alone, that the world anes was cruel to her, that nobody loved Squires, Inspector-General of the her or understood her craving for the Australian Forces. simple life.

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Gen. Squires recommended ultimate strength of 7,500, of which 1,000 would be recruited during the coming year, consisting of two in- intry battalions, an artillery brigade, and a signalling feeston,

Schoolgirl Murder Trial Stopped

THE jury at the Old Balley recent- ly stopped the case against Leonard Richardson, aged 28, of Coronation- drive, Hornchurch. (Essex), who was charged with murdering nine-year- old Pamela Doreen Coventry, whose trussed-up body was found in A ditch.

-Then the nine men and there women of the jury left the sido en- trance of the court. They stopped, shook Richardson warmly by the hand, and wished him the best of luck.

The foreman was among them. He Richardson, whose wife had said: "As foreman of the jury, lel described him in evidence as "ame congratulate you. All the best, Jolly good husband," was acquitted | Richardson."

and discharged.

While the Judge was telling the jury that he proposed they should not be called on again to serve for 10 years, Richardson, who had remained perfectly calm, left the dock. ་་

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Mr. and Mrs. Richardson joined by their relatives and friends, anal left for Romford, where Richard- son will be reunited with their three- months-old baby.

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It was after the luncheon intervni

of Mr. and Mrs. Coventry, but they that the jury handed a note to the

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Friends shook Richardson by the

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"I am very glad it is over 1 It hap been a very trying time," Richardson..

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"The foreman of the jury agreed and the judge said: "That being so you can give your verdiet now. I told you before that you could stop the case if you wanted to. May I sny that I apprecirte you did not do. so: then, because it shows me you have given this case- your utmost attention,"

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