1939-06-16 — Page 15

Chased

Friday. HONGKONG TELEGRAPH June 16, 1939,

One Girl 6,000 Miles Married Another

Famous Author's

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Real-Life Play

N carly love affair, in which he followed a girl 6,000 miles over two continents, only to lose her in the end, has inspired a famous author with a theme for his new play.

He is 37-year-old, six-foot tall Mr. Anthony Kimmins, who wrote the sensational play, "While Parents Sleep."

While holidaying at Le Touquet recently he put the Bnish- ing touches to his new play, which will be presented in the West End in the autumn.

YOUNG OFFICER'S ROMANCE

"It is based on an actual experience.

of mine," he said.

"As a young naval officer, I met

an English girl in Bombay and

went absolutely crazy about her.

"I was too shy at first to tell her

Television

In Penang

how fond I was of her, and when ITO film events of local interest

screwed up sufflelent courage to go to her hotel to propose I learned that she had left for Calcutta.

"This was a disappointment, but I followed her. On reaching Calcutta I found she had left for Europe.

"There was nothing for it but

to go after her. The chase took mo to many of Ute capitals of Europe, but she escaped me every Lime.

in Penang and then to tele- vise them is the alm of Mr. Voon Kook Han, the well-known wireless expert, who has been granted an experimental trans- mitting licence by the Director- General, Posts & Telegraphs,{ Malaya.

Mr. Voon will be the first in Malaya to carry out experiments

"More than once I arrived at an on television, facsimile and plc- hotel only to be told that she luc left few hours previously,

"I spent a small fortune tralling her, but eventually had to give up the chase as hopeless."

GIRL HE MARRIED Mr. Kimmins has been happily married for 11 years but not to the girl whom he followed acrosz two continents.

ture transmission. The call sign of his station will be VSIAE.

Orders have already been placed for the necessary television apparatus, Standard talking alm sald Mr. Voon. projector machines will be adapted to work in conjunction with the scan- ning apparatus, •

"11 was just as well that the chase Meanwhile, a transmitter will be proved futile," he remarked as he constructed to work on continuous recalled the romantic clrcumstances wave telegraphy and telephony on a 42 metres. of his marringe shortly afterwards. wavelength of 21 or

Wille

stationed at Malta, Mr. Power used will be 30 watts for the Kimmins wrote an amateur play present. called "Suffering Widents" for the entertainment of the Beet.

As author-producer he insisted | on six girls taking part, Instead of the usual practice of having naval men dressed up as women.

One of the six girls was Miss Betty Hodges, daughter of Admiral Sir Michael Hodges.

On telegraphy, Mr. Voon expects to get in touch with amateurs la

under any part of the world favourable conditions...

Mr. Vuon Kook Han is one of the recognised leading wireless experts in Penang. Ia qualified as a licensed operator in April 1934 to operate VSIAH of the Penang Wireless So-

UFS

First picture of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh in uniform. since he began air survey, taken at St. Louis. With him in former friend who once saved Lindy's life, Master Sergeant Janes Tate,

Why Cronin Wanted

To Be Alone

Storrington (Sussex).

AFTER spending four months with his wife and

family in an isolated Swiss mountain chalet, Dr.

J. J. Cronin recently returned to his Sussex home with a play in his pocket.

Their engagement followed a few ciety. A member of the Technical "To write this, my first play,

weeks later.

They have two children.

"But the Swiss chnic idea en-

from the calls of civilisation.

Sub-Committee, he took an active I wanted complete seclusion," he sured me even greater remoteness part in building and improving said. Mr. Kimmins, who wrote "While Station Z113. Parents Sleep" during convalescence]

In March this year, he designed "When I wrote 'Halter's Castle' I from a ski-ing nccident, writes and, and constructed an electric Hawailan buried myself in a lonely Scottish

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"We were 7.000 feet up a moun- - lain. There Vas no telephone. Nearest town was Arosa-and it was miles away. saw practical-

ly no one at all for those four month except my wife and three 3015."

So for Dr. Cronin is keeping the theme of his play a secret.

"I cannot say yet when it will be presented," he said,

"A number of producers have already

approsched me, but I have

not shown it to any of them. I am still trying to think out a title for it. "To turn to the theatre after bo- ing a novelist is a perfectly natural |development."

His Rhymes So Neat, Just Make You Eat

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BRIGHTON'S best known charac- ter is Alec Flowers, who calls him- self a "persuader."

As he stands outside a cafe on the Brighton front, Alee persuades passers-by to step inside for a meal and gives them a rhyming flow of words on the excellence of the shrimps, cockles and whelks.

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He viso has a good line of bird- whistles in his repertoire.

of the folks who come to

on think I ought to be on the

nims as a comle," Alec said.

" have been on this job of 'per- suader" outside this same cafe alnce I was 14-and I am now 48."* **

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