1939-06-13 — Page 14

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

HIS OLD PUPIL London Now Is

TO RUN SCHOOL

Head' Has Caned Only One Boy In 44 Years

The Rev. H. N. Asman, white-haired and benign headmaster of Owen's School, Islington, who in forty-four years of teaching has caned only one boy, is retiring at the age of sixty-two.

Smallest Baby Is On Brandy Diet

In her cotton-wool bed, Hes Rose Marianne Bass, smallest baby ever born in the Royal. Northern Hospital, Holloway,

welzs 21b, Soz- Doz, heavier than at birth. Her

She now

diet includes brandy.

Asleep, Drove In London

from

PLEA Uat he drove a car Plecadilly-circus to Trafalgar-square while sleep was made by John Angus McDonald Teacher, twenty-j seven-year-old advertising agent, of Glebe-place, Chelsen, at Bow-street Public Court recently.

It was stated that he was left in the back of the car while Irlends went to a restaurant after a bottle party. The next he remembered was waking in the car at the trome lights in Trafalgar-square,

June 13, 1939.

Full

Of Hidden Treasure

Articles stored in London safe{ "galarm deposits are csilmated to have in- creased by £100,000,000 in total; value in the last few months.

This is largely owing to a rush by foreigners to hoard gold, jewellery and art treasures.

The custodian of one deposit said that the total value of the treasures, kept underground now was pro- bably about £400,000,000.

how

Many valuable paintings recently flown from the Continent are rich people have turned their cur- packed behind grilles. Thousands of rency into gold and brought it. to

London.

TALKED IN SLEEP

"Tazzy," as is 500-puplis coll him, will have his portrait-painted

The London Safe Deposit in by an old boy of the school-present-has a safe, has recently fited several Regent-street, W. where Queen Mary ed to him by the governor and the safes with combination-number open- school.

Ing systems so that foreigners, need His successor is Mr. Oliver carry no wrliten record of their de- Mitchell, of King's School,

Peter-Posita, borough, a former pupil of Owen's.

Mr. Asman taught Lie ден headmaster history. English and Latin.

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A few days ago one foreigner | asked for his combination num- bets to be changed. He said his wife had told him he talked in hisi sleep.

One big safe is crammed with tren-

In his study Mr. Asman fold Sunday Express representative of hissures put there by a Spaniard 'nearly recollections of the new headmaster three year, sugo when he went to as a boy.

fight for Franco.

"It is twenty-four years since 1 taught Mr. Mitchell, who is now Horty," he said. "I have kepl in closest touch with him and used to visit him at Oxford.

BOYS AGAIN

"On the night when the cover nota svero deciding definitely whom they would appoint to suc- ceed me, I was turning over some old papers when I found a Latin) prose exercise written by Mr. Mitchell when he was one of my pupila.

"When I told Mr. Mitchell he begged to have it buck.

"Both Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Edmund Capp, who has painted my portrat for the school, tell me they always feel like boys again when they are with me." Mr. Asmon is a bachelor, He belleves that physical punish- charge of a car, and was disqualifedment is a sign of weakness in a from driving for a year,

master.

Tenchier was fined £20 for being under the influence of drink In

"I was never much good at that kind of thing," he said, "and I have

Singapore Designer caned only one boy in my time here."

For Australia

Sir Leopold Savile, the engineer who was responsible for the design and construction of Singapore Dock- yard, recently left Home for Aus- tralia at the end of the month to confer with Australian Government officials on the proposed building of a dry dock,

Candidate Wins, 18-0

Campbell, Cal. Ethan E. Lanphear feels that he has acquired an unusual distinction in the history of democracy. He re- ceived the unanimous auftrage here of all votes cast for local fire com- There have been reports that a missioner. Tabulation of returns second "Singapore" might be bullt at showed that all 18 ballots were cast Sydney,

for him.

He has never come back.

"We shall wait another ten years for him," the custodian said. "Then wo shall open the safe and try to trace his rõlatives."

One man has paid for a wall to be built round his trunks so that others cannot watch when he is open- Ing them.

Secretary To Duke Saves Wife

Belfast.

As Commander Oscar Henderson, private secretary to the Duke of Abercorn, Governor of Northern Ire land, and his wife were motoring near Dungannon their car skidded and plunged oft, into a swamp, it was revealed recently,

Mrs. Henderson received a severe wound in the head and her arm was broken,

Commander Henderson, slightly in jured, pulled his wife from the over- turned car unconscious, and used his shirt to bandage her head.

University Library Enriched

For years Italy's leaning tower of Piss has been famous, but just recently Italian designers adapted it to summer hat styles for 1939. Here's Elizabeth Boyce, first American visitor to wear one.

Canon Who Was To Wed Girl Of 18

LESS than a fortnight after the proposed date of his marriage to an eighteen-year-old girl, the Rev. Ralph Porter Wade, fifty-seven-year-old Canon of Lincoln Cathedral and Vicar of Clee-with-Cleethorpes, was found dead in bed at his vicarage recently. Death is believed to have been due to gas poisoning.

of

His fiancee, Miss Margaret Adcock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Adcock, ite announced last October that he Omaha, Neb.

Orgodby Manor, near Gran- had become engaged to Miss Adcock tham, Lines, unaware of what The elaborate library of the late happened, was in London to see her left Grantham High School only three had who was then seventeen, and had Charles N, Dietz of Omaha, seme 0,000 nineteen-year-old sister, Constance, weeks before the announcement. volumes, replete with manuscripts off to Tanganyika, where she is to possession of the University of and marry Mr. Gordon Parker. books of years

DISPLEASURE Nebraska. The university acquired home after n visli ago, is now in

Canon Wade had returned to his

The wedding was at first arranged the library for approximately $0,000. He was found by his house church near Grantham, but later was Miss Adcock. to take. race. on April 18-at-a-village- who went to his room to postponed until the summer. keeper call him, thinking he had overslept.

News of the canon's death was The engagement caused much con- broken to members of the family by troversy at Cleethorpes. It even

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a friend at Corby, Lines.

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caused the writing of anonymous

A relative said that there was letters, which worried Canon Wade so question of the engagement much he had to arrange that his having been broken off.

correspondence should be read before Canon Wade had been a widower it was given to him. for four years,

WAGES SNATCHED

Delinquent Receives Two Months' Imprisonment

Sentence of two months hard labour was imposed on Wong Shing, 20, unemployed, by Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central Magistracy yesterday when he pleaded guilty to the theft of $6 from an amah, Chan. Lam, 40, at Tin Lok Lane, Wan chai, on Sunday.

It was stated that some of his parishioners were trying to secure his resignation.

The Roy. A. G. Summers, who unul three months ago was Canon Wade's curate at Cleethorpes, said that the controversy had made little difference to the romance.

"The displeasure of some of the parishioners was expressed soon after the announcement of the engage- ment," he said, "and if it was le make

difference it would have done so

has not been more than half full since A church official said: "The church Inspector A. V. Baker sald the I believe that this had grieved him the canon announced his engagement, woman had just been paid her wages and was walking along the considerably," street when Wong snatched the money from her hand.

Other Incidents

Heavy prison terms and conings were imposed on two men when they were charged before the Magistrates at the Kowloon Court. yesterday with snatching.

Key To Peace In Pay Cheque

SEATTLE,

Ba-year old William

Li lu-ming, 23, was sentenced to Celebrating his 65th wedding six months hard labour and 12 anniversary, strokes of the cane by Mr. Q. A. A. Park said the whole secret for a Macfadyen for snatching a pair of happy marriage is to let the wife get earrings from Mrs. Shek Miu-hing, all her husband's pay-cheques. Pork

of 23 Jordan Rood.

retired 13 years ago after working Inspector Wright said that Mrs. for a fall-road freight department

50, of

was in the Yaumati district when Li went behind her and anatched the pair of earrings she was wearing. One of the woman's ears was hurt.

Li ran through two streets to es- but was arrested In Woosung, Street by Wong Nam. 31, a broker.

L had a previous conviction Inrceny last month.

the

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for

Ho Kam, 20, was sentenced to four months hard labour and

and-10, atrokes of for snatching a wrist watch from Tiu Chuen-lan, an 18-year-old girl, who was walking in Tung Chol Street, near Nullah Road, on Sunday. He had one previous conviction.

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