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THE OLD

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

MAGAZINE

May 1, 1940.

PAGE

THE ADMIRALTY CHANGES THE C. in C.

The NEW

YOU wouldn't THEY couldn't

TAKE HIM

STOP HIM in

In

for an ADMIRAL the LAST WAR

CIR PERCY NOBLE is

SIR

the senior representa- tive in China of all the British defence forces. When there is trouble, it falls on his shoulders.

There has been trouble, on and off, ever since he took command.

If you had met him in Lon- don on his way from his house in Chester-square to his desk · fut the Admiralty-he Was Fourth Sea Lord before he left for China-wearing a lounge suit and a bowler hat like any other Londoner on his way to work, you probably wouldn't have taken him for an admirul at all.

He hasn't the bluff manner ur the large frame which most people associate with high naval rate.

If you had spoken to him you might have thought he was Ambassador on leave, or a high official at Buckingham Palace.

This, in fact, he might easily have become. It was known that he was a friend of the Duke of Windsor, then Prince of Wales, and played squash with him.

It was expected that the Prince would give him an appointment in hly household when he enme to the throne,

But when Edward VIII. came to the. Throne, Percy "Noble Was engaged on work of the greatest national Importanice — supervising the Navy's qupplies at a time of naval expansion.

He was created a K.G.B. În Edward VII's' only Birthday Honours

When you speak · to' Percy Noble your first impression is one of sympathy and discre tion. He might almost be the, family doctor-or- the family lawyer."

The Impression of power cames later-and very sublig.

One of the jobs ffe had a ú

captain Was to command Naval Training Establishment Sholley.

the at

A guest acked hini: "What do you do if you have trouble with uny of the boys?"

"talk to them."

"And if you still have trouble?". "Well, if that happened, 1 sup-

pose

stick."

I should have to use the

When the Admiralty sent him

to Ching they knew that they were giving him their roughest furrow

plough.

to

The job needs a man who is a diplomatist as well as a leader; u mun who can persuade as well as command.. And it needs 11 #trategist-a man who can think ahead and make plans on a large scale.

One of Percy Noble's earlier jobs was Director of the Operations Section at the Admiralty. In this

INANITY FARE

FAITH

SIR PERCY NOBLE

capacity. He had to prepare plans of operations in case of war for the entire British Fleet.

muni

with

many

The Hongkong coinmand called for a

varied qualifications,

In Sir Percy Noble it got him.

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VICE-ADMIRAL

GEOFFREY LAY- TON, who becomes the new Commander-in-Chief in the Far East, probably doesn't remember Leading Stoker Francis George Stubbington. ·

ex-

George lives in Shakespeare Road, Portsmouth, these days. He remembers Rear-Admiral Layton.

For ex-Stoker Stubbington served under the Rear Admiral, (he was a Comman- der then) in the submarine E-13.

The E-13 was nosing her way into the Baltle on the night of August 10, 1915, when both Lead- ing Stoker Stubbington and Com- Inander Layton experienced the most memorable incident in their two lives.

For E-13 went aground near the Danish island of Saltholm, between Malmo and Copenhagen.

As they tried to free their craft,

GRIN AND

BEAR IT

31

By Lichty

"If anybody calls, tell 'em we'll send something on account

FRO

ta-morrow!".

Beauty Routine

FROM the point of view of beauty treatments, the womun with

house has the same start off us the film star with medielne balls, a gymnasium, and eighty feet of private swimming pool.

Every time you stretch to make the beds, stoop to pick up your husband's pyjamas, and sweep the floor, you get a beauty course for the figure that you would pay pounds for in a beauty salon. Thai is, if you do these things the right way.

It the wrong way that makes you tired, the right way will net you up and make you supple. How do you make the beds, for instance? The weight in your bent knees, your back humped as you lean across the bed and pull for dear life? That's wrong; try the right way a few times and feel the difference. Stand with one foot forward and relax the other knee. Give the diaphragm a long stretch across the bed while you keep your tummy in and your back straight. The weight doesn't go in your knees, but on the forward foot. And you won't get a pain in the back

COSTS

.-

Said the Viscount Halifax These armaments are a bally

tax,

But one can't reach parity By Falth, Hope and Charity.

STAND EASY

Now do you wash and wipe up? Feet apart, weight on one hip, tummy res laxed, head humped? It's tiring that way. To-day stand straight, cheat up, shoul ders relaxed and square. If your sink is too low, bend forward from the waist, not from the alsoulders, and put your weight evenly on both feet.

Think how you from, weight all an one foot again, shoulders rounded over The board. You get much more tired and are just asking for round shoulders. Bland straight, feet together and head up-untess you're very short-sighted you don't have to peer at what you are ironing. If your board is too low, alt down 'to iron. In fact, except for very heavy things you can all down, anyway.

Every time you walk upstair do it youracil on the back of a chair. Shake an ilp-toe. When you reach for some your users and hands and make great thing on a high shelf, do an upward- circles with each arm to loosen up the Kireich exercise-toca together and lift shoulders. from the diaphragm-you won't find it. any more dring and it will do you good.

R-E-L-A-X

AND If you do get tired after ironing. of scrubbing, neo that the tired muscles pot relaxed when you have Anished. When you stop Ironing, for instance, relax your armis and shako them vigor- ously in turn. Then loosen each; Teg and shake the slackened one, supporting

If you are doing sitting-down work, make sure you are altting properly. While sowing or wrling or pealing Vogo- tables, att up straight, legs" relaxed and fuminy. In. (Tumping over your work may hurt your spine and compress the organs in your tummy.

And then your work is over for the day, mika time to rest for a few mo* mants with your feet higher than your head,

the crew of E-13 wondered what daylight would bring.

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*

THEY soon found out. And both Geoffrey Layton and Francis Stubbington re- member with a vividness that will never be erased.

Layton wns thirty-two Stubbington was a year older.

then

When Rear-Admiral Layton was in Hongkong before as Flag Captain in HMS. Suffolk he never mentioned his amazing ex- perience.

he

Ex-Leading Stoker Stubbington, happily, proves more talkative, and e recently told the graphic story.

Three Danish warships-small craft they were-anchored near us. And up came a

a German destroyer. Well, that's that, we thought, We took it for granted we should be rescued and interned," he said.

"That was what any reasonable 3792323 would have thought. We were a helpless vessel in neutral waters.

more German "Suddenly two

One of dentroyers turned up. them holsted a algnal-and before we had time to read it he opened fire on us.

#He came right in 10 point blank range. We got a taste of his con- centrated centur

Pretty There wounded

lying all our deck

ire,

were

were

men over

It was bolling

hot on account of the fires the German

shells

started inside

the submarine.

ADMINAL

LAYTON

Get

Commander Layton shouted. 'Every man for himself. away from these swine."

"So we jumped into the water. "What happened then is still a nightmare to me. The Germans began using shrapnel and machine- guns. They fired at us in the water,

"I HEARD my shipmates shout as they were hit. It was hell.

"The Getinans were murdering us. They were like madmen.

"But while the shooting was stilt going on, one of the Danish ships steamed right in between us and the German destroyer. They made themselves a screen to save us from the shrapnel and machine- Bun

bullets.

"The Germans didn'i dare to fire on a neutral ship. So they steamed awny.

"Those. Danes had some pluck. "They lowered their boats and

rescued us.

"There were just fifteen of us loft-out of thirty.

"I'll never forget the bravery of that Danish commander and his crew-nor how kind the Danish people were while we were in- lerned."

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*

THAT is the story Francis Stubbington told. The Off- clal History of the last war tells the sequel. This is what the History says:

"The vessel was shelled at short range by three German destroyers in deflance of a Danish torpedo boat which had arrived to safe- guard Denmark's neutrality,

"Fifteen officers and men of the E-13 were killed, "Commander Layton and other survivors were interned in the naval barracks near Copenhagen. After three weeks, Commander Layton withdrew his parole, notifying the Danish authorities, who took extra precaut. tlong.

One night he left a dummy La his bed and, while a brother officer created a diversion, he managed to Escape from the building, passing many sentries. Ile had secured a a Danish salior's suit and in that tisguise swam along the shore till fe reached the city.

"There he landed, took off his clothes and wrung them out in 18 degrees of frost, dressed again and crossed to Norway in the ferry.

"In the guise of an American marino overseer he made his way to Bergen, whence he salled to four England, reaching London days after leaving Copenhagen."

STAMP TOPICS

Nicaragua In May, 1839, Prest- den! A. Somoza of Nicaragua vlalted the United States, and in commemoration of that visit Nicaragua han issued a series of afrmall stamps. Five values are for interior use and seven values are for international alrnail. The 12 stamps come in three designs and in various colours.

and

One design pictures President A. Sonoza before the American Senate, May, 1030. After the in- Peription are the words "Buenos Vecinos" or "Good Neighbours." The second design pictures the Capital at Washington, D. C., with President A. Somoza's picture in an oval frame at the upper right

the Inscription "Commemora tion of the visit of President A. Somoza to Washington, May, 1 1930.

the The third design pictures Golden Gate International Expost- tion theme; Sun Tower, on the left, the New York World's Fair theme, Perisphere and Trylon, on the right, and President Sumuza's portrait in an oval frame, in the centre. Below is the inscription "Commemorating the visit of Pre- sident A. Somoza to the United States of Amerien."

The values of the Interior Air-

red all set are the c..

brown (Senate); Be.. black brown. (Capi- tul): 16, turquoise green (Sen- nte); 20c., red violet (Capitol),

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The includes the 25c., deep blue (Sen- ate); 30, binck (Senate); 60c.. carmine rose (Capitol); 60c., green (Fair Themes); 05c., violet black (Senate); 000, olive (Senate); and 1-cordoba, violet (Fair Themes).

Albania-Four new Albanian stamps have been received, encli of a different design and colour. The I qind (gray blue), pictures an Albanian in native costume. The 2 q. (dark olive), pictures a male jo another type of native. costume. The 3 4. (brown), ple- tures an Albanian woman in native 'dress, and the 50 g. (dark violet), ph tures a second Albanlan woman in a different type of native dress.

Belgium-A new value of the King Leopold 11 design has been issued to meet a postal need. The value is the 2Fr.50 and the colour

is in black.

Philippine Islands-A set of three stamps has been issued in connection with President Que- zon's inauguration. They are the (green), 3. (deep orange), 6c.

and 12. (purple), and are all of one design showing a Government oliciul administering the oath of office to President Quezon.

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Portugal-A set of eight values been issued honouring the Portuguese Legion. The

stamps are of one design which shows the Legion emblem and the inscrip- The tion "Legion Portuguesn." values and colours are: 5 centavos (ochre): 10c. (purple): 15c. (blue); 25c. (brown); 40c. (dark green), Bc. (light green); i escudo (scarlet), ind 1.75 (blue).

Spain-In honour of the recent visit of Count Cinno, of Italy. Spain has overprinted six values of the Franco stamps. The over- prints are in gold, sliver or black, and the inscription reads, "Malaga saluda Conde Ciana, 17-7-39,"

United States

The 208th birthday of the First President of the United States re- calls that his portrait by Stuart appears on the 10c, value of the Arst stomps of the United States, Issued in 1847. In the next series of stamps, issued in 1831, various portraits of George Washington appeared on five different values of the

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The 2-cent stamp of the issue of 1922-23 shows the portrait of Washington, from Houdon's bust, and if one should turn this stamp with the nose of the profile fac- ing down there appears the profile. of one of the "Wisemen who came from the East," his

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