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Liner Captain's Heroism

A 13-YEAR-OLD boy bugler fold recently of the heroism or

DANCER WHO "JUST COULD

NOT STAY STILL"

ALTHOUGH the War Office announcement of the scheme to double the Auxiliary Territorial Service was only made 24 hours before, hundreds of applications for enrolment were received at the Central London Recruiting Depot by first post the next day.

Before the star emuld begin sorting callers. But by 10.30 the wome: them the rush of personal applica- were arriving at the rate of one a

Captain Y, C. P. Smalley, master of Un liner Yorkshire, un his ship went down fallowing U-boat 'nttnek.

The bugter, John Alexander Tay-tions began. lor, was reunited with his widowed mother at his Liverpoot home.

"! wag on the bridge with the captain. Iwo quartermasters, the commodore and my male," said Taylor.

"The enplain told us to get in the bonts, and then he turned to us and All Get a boat and I will join you

Foon as possible.*

Girls taking a few minutes of from their work, married women with their shopplug baskets, parties

minute and extra benches and tables were brougist to accommodate them while they listened to the pergeant's "law talk."

from the suburbs canie trooping As they were leaving the women along to Great Scotland Yard, thaw a group of girls enrolled some Each was given a form to be filled time ago waiting with thei: luggage go to the training depot. They watched them move off with not n

tile envy.

in at home,

Those pelected will later be asked to attend for a personal interview!

“I don't think he had any batentlan fund medical examination.

of joining us.” said Taylor.

Survivors of were

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picked up by the United States veas Sergeant's 'Don't Worry Ladies' OBITUARY

Independence Hall,

The recruiting sergeant was care-

But Captain Smulley has been reful to impress on them that cul- Well-known Hongkong.

ported "missing."

ment will sun sabaision to m

"One of the most tragic things 1tavy instead of civil law. Hemenber," added Bugler

Taylor.

"was the sight of a mother and tweed, with a grin. Things that might

"But don't worry, tudies," he ad42 | daughters clinging to one mother chi

Resident. Dies

Me Walter Hung died at the the deck; as the brut went down. Het you live years under civil law Canossa Hospital at 7.30 p.m. yester-

line in the day from pneumonia. They seemed too stunned and shorked can only a five-bou to move."

AIR PERIL AT SEA SLIGHT

By A Naval Correspondent

SUGGESTIONS that seaborne trade will soon be endangerel by altacks from long-distance aircraft should not be taken ton seriously.

Arany."

ONE of the first to arrive

was

| Miss Gertrude Sheffleld, who saw four years service as a V.A.D. in the

1:st war.

1 see ex-Service women can join up to the age of 50, so I am hopin they will take me on again," she said, With Dance Girls In Germany

Next. In Miss Shofield was a girl, who, at the time of the Munich crisis, was with a dancing troupe in Ger-

She is Miss Maude McNaughton

Apart from the question of fuelmaany. endurance, it is diffent for aircraft to find a convoy in the brond Atlon-of Brockley. tie, especially if there is any low cloud or mist.

For many days convoys have been coning in reguinely and without any sort of trouble, except that a mer- chenkman was damaged by a mine. She was brought safely into port,} and her cargo has since been din-j charged without harm.

The appearance of a surface raider

WITH

"It's exactly a year ago to-day since I got back from that trip," she said. "Since then I've been working in a cigarette kiosk, but Just can't sit still may fanger and watch all the men and women golyg past in uniform'

Another young woman explained that she wished to join up' beenusei

on the South American trade route her husband is a regular soldier and fairly regular feature of if he is going to France she wants strategical exercises set at the Royal to go too, Naval Staff College before the war.

In no instance was a long life quaranteed to such a raider,

Recruiting began at 130 azn. In the first half-hour there were 20

Only 30 years of age, Mr. Hung who was Moneger of the Chinese section of the Hongkong. Canton and Macho Steamship Manager of the Sun Wo Steamship Company. and

daughter of Sir Robert Kotewall, and Company, leaves a widow, who is a two small children, John, aged one year, and Wendy, aged three.

Mr.

also leaves a mother, two sta

ters, one of whom married Robert Ho Tung, Jr., and two brothers.

Educated at Hongkonų; University and taking a B.A. degree in 1933, Mr. the business world and at the same Hung rapidly established himself ini

time maintained a keen interest in sport, particularly cricket and ternis.

Hospital at 4 pan, to-day, direct for The funeral will leave the Canossa

the Chinese Christian Cemetery, Pokfulum.,

Mrs. Kipling Dies

Burwash, Sussex, Dec. 19. The denth has occurred of Mrs. Rudyard Kipling in her 7 year.

Mrs. Kipling had been in indiffer- ent health since the death of her husband, the famous nuthor, in 1930.

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