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Dozens of women and children from Hongkong mingled with the dense crowds which swarmed throughout the. Sydney Showground to witness the Royal Empire Show during Easter week.

We thought that, by now, we were used to crowds in the city streets, but I am sure none of us have ever jostled and pushed amongst so many people before:

The Showground is a little city within the city of Sydney and, during the ten days of the exhibition, & great human tide (besprinkl- ed with "sticky-beaks" from Hongkong) flowed with dif- ficulty along the 14 miles of roadway. Exhibition halls and pavilions were choked

general view of the Showground

Evacuates Enjoy Sydney's

Royal Empire Show

with eager, struggling sam- could sense that this year's represented by police in red reached in the Hall of Manu- ple hunters. Happy crowds exhibition broke new ground and white uniforms of toy factures, where the elabor- in holiday mood enjoyed all as an Empire rather than as soldiers. They moved slow-ately staged "Temple of the fun of the fair around a purely Australian pageant. ly around the clock-the Beauty" was being exhibit- the side-shows, and a huge It is claimed for the Easter hour hand men taking half ed. throng, packed tightly Show that, apart from being an hour to complete one re- Hongkong Telegraph. around the great arena, was a national stocktaking of volution.

One day, a jam, occurred a quarter of the way down thrilled every day by the Australia's primary and As the hour hand reached the hall, and many of the brilliant cavalcade of the secondary industries, it is the different hours, the flag crowd pushed their way Grand Parade and ring one of the nation's biggest of the country represented back to the door. A pers

money spinners.

was lifted and the police piring constable tried to In the early days-way Daily there was a long band and choir sang the hold us back, shouting des- Indiente news which i africtly copyright back in the 1840's-agricul- programme of ring events, national song of that coun-pairingly, "I'm sorry, but I eations Ordinance, 1036 Buch newstural shows or fairs were wood-chopping and an Em- try. When seven o'clock cannot let you back. You

Tuesday, May 13, 1941. Wyndham St., Hongkong Telephone: 26015

THE prefix "pecial to the Telegraph"

is used by the "Hongkong Telegraph to under the provisions of the Telecommuni-

bears, the indication "UP" is received in

serve all rights and forbid republications, elther wholly or in part without previous arrangement

BOMBING OF CIVILIANS

THE brave words of the news

ing of damage achieved by Herculean labours of civilian de

fence forces connot altogether sup- press the thrill of horror at the

such world-known institutions

of Parliament.

Portsmouth and

..

the Merseyside

blown skyhigh many times now. Each fresti Wave of

events.

housed the first Inter-Col-

tors..

Popular Feature

that I find it difficult to re-

Hongkong on the date of publication by held at Parramatta, just pire pageant. Every even- was reached, the British flag must go forward." Women

United Press Associations, hore outside Sydney.

ing there was also a rodeo was raised and the commen-cried out, "You must let us Broke New Ground in which men from the out- tator spoke of Hongkong out. We will faint." By 1869, the influence of back threw steers with their "where the British men, With scores of people Sydney asserted itself, and bare hands. Men and girls parted from

their loved backing up trying to push. that year a show was held clung incredibly to buck ones, are holding high the their way out, the position

risked reports, the success of Royal Air in the Prince Alfred Park, Jumpers,

injuries Union Jack."

began to look desperate Force night fighters and the minimis- An exhibition building was from flying hooves, fell, re-

when the constable and a the built there a year later and mounted and tried again.

Show official decided to onial Exhibition in Sydney.eant and Royal Empire hu- most popular features of the surplus people out.

The Royal Empire pag petitions were among the open another door to let the The wood-chopping com-ignore the regulations and For several years, shows man clock were staged every Show, and proved of great There were so many ex- latest savage bombing of London and were held there but, in 1882, evening members of the interest to Hongkong visi-hibits in the various halls the acts of vandalism wrought on the first show was held at defence services, police, and Westminster Abbey and the Housesed the "Showground."

what is now officially term- women's war organisations.

The human clock, a novel Every day, the ring of the member them all in detail. Since our arrival from patriotic tableau, was staged axe could be heard as it cut There were pyramids of recently had their weeks of intensive evacuates have been told force.

Hongkong last year, we by members of the police its way through scores of fruit in the Agricultural night bombing with great loss, to

Each of the hour 10-inch logs. Stalwarts from Hall; a fine exhibition of civilian life and property. The poor

much about Sydney's annual figures on the gigantic clock the big timber country were pigeons; poultry entries; in London have had their homes show. We were told that was outlined by police in in action, chopping huge dogs of all shapes, sizes and one Royal Show looked very blue uniforms and police logs, sawing gigantic limbs breeds in the dog ring and destruction much like any other but we cadets in physical culture and performing miracles of magnificent blooms in the brings forward again the question of were eager to see it. Though singlets and white trousers. balanced dexterity as they Horticultural Hall. retributive bombing; a natural de-new to us, however, we The hands of the clock were swung their axes 15 feet Children's Mecca

above the ground. "Back- woodsmen from America their poppie of steam or- The sideshows too, with have described the tree-fell- ing contests at the Sydney gans and the cries of show- Show as the greatest tests thousands of visitors. There men, were popular with of axemanship they have, lever witnessed.

was the thinnest man in the world; a 42-stone girl; the Every afternoon in the "Missing Link"; Ubangi the main arena, a grand parade dwarf and, Boris the big of the finest cattle and man. There was also a AN idiotic conversation breaks

horses in Australia held the gentleman whose secret ray "Don't you believe it," says interest of many thousands suspended frying pans in rice from a torn bag. We have

out in a sudden burst, like Widnes. "Itler breathes worse." been out in the wilds, learning Man from Leicester. "If it come knowledged as the greatest offered to suspend his assist- who crowded the stands and the air and cooked eggs in "You know what?" says the fences. This parade is ac- them. the important art of creeping to that; we could sort of make a

A rival showman and crawling.

feller Oi know, a feller called spectacle of its kind in the ant in space without the The iden is, to emulate the Brummy Joe, Prime Minister, world. Led by a cavalcade use of a ray and without The progress of the war has points of one's ribs. One pro- Brummy Joe's a terror. It took cattle and horses moved him.

serpent, and get along on the jus for

toime being. of standard-bearers, the proposing to fry eggs on tablished by now, however, thut in truding haunch may betray the eight coppers to pinch 'in around the arena in a seem- discriminate bombing cannot win a whereabouts of a whole section. once." victory. It can reduce the resources

The show closed down Farr'd be better ingly endless procession, with the traditional child- and suppress the free life of a coun} point covered by a light machine says the Old Soldier.

while the sun shone on their try but a determined people will not gun. The Kid from Widnes. Foreign Minister," says the Lad.

"E could go over wiv is well-groomed coats.

ren's day, which was greatly be cowed by it and an active leader- drunk with the joy of firing "We could make Len 'Arvey events

The parade and the ring of boys and girls who enjoyed by many thousands ship will devise largely adequate de blank ammunition, has, accord- fences. Thus the

Foreign Minister." overing to a very conservative cs-

swarmed to all parts of the

sire-to-bring-home-to-the-German-

citizen the sort of code his proud air force executes abroad. A recent poll on this subject in England found a growing weight of sentiment bebind punishing the German civilians for the sins of their armed forces by area bombing as against precision bombing, but it is doubtful whether we shall do this; at least without prior warning to the town to be as- sailex. That would be rather a

Quixolle Idea exposing our own air force to concentrated defence fire and would perhaps be wasted on the Prussian mind. The idea might be successful however, if the Royal Air Foree succeeded in making the aren uninhabitable for a time.

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with the in a place he could not with says the Old Soldier. wings of the invaders sweeping right glory boast about. We are, across the countryside but the air nevertheless, learning how to

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Britain has fallen far short of the timate,' met his death 37 times, "War Minister," says Widnes. through dozens of loud.

"Nah, it couldn't be done," speakers to the thousands groutids. Many Hongkong of people crowded in the children, enjoying their "Why not?""neks Widnes.

Easter holidays from school, stands. Occasionally, in the had the time of their lives "Who'd do politics?"

midst of some such descrip that day at the show. "They could make an arrange- ment" says Leleescir,

tion would come an urgent Iller wouldn't fight," says the call for Mrs X to proceed

Many exhibitors Edave to," says the Kid from immediately to the lost chil-stand-holders sold out their The calds on the civilians of Bri-mitted to fall out for a amoko, rangement. be a diplomatic dren's tent in order, to pick products cheaply during the tain haye united the country where

we find ourselves talking un- itter'd fight dirty," says the Lad. up her wandering tribe, or last day of the Show. Women Hitler hoped to divide it; they have

"So would Brummy Joe," insists mitigated balderðnah.

E carries a foot o' lead an S.O.S. would be broadcast scrambled for vegetables and Leicester. "My old woman," says the

ort from somebody's aunt who preserves as the district ex- underscored the ignoble character of Old Soldier, "talks tripe. Sha Pipe covered wi' rubber bands

beer-bottle corks." snys why don't Hitler and Would they charge an entrance was still waiting at the cor-hibits were sold, and one Churchill'ave a set-to all by fee?" asks Widnes.

ner for her nephew.

bevy of small boys attempt- "Bob a' 'cad," anys the Lad. "Make themselves, and settle the war

ed to carry away a huge that way?"

a packet,"

Press of People "I bet there wouldn't half be some

pumpkin offered to them by "That wouldn't be fair," says excitement," says Lofeester. "With

Every exhibition hall an exhibitor "if they could Widnes."'Itler's the younger us

and

the Jerrics in the audience." "Proper in years." man. Old Winnie's getting on

rough-ouse," says the throughout the Show was lift it." Lad.

packed uncomfortably day All in all, it was certainly "We'd all 'avo a go," anya Widnès.

the German Oghter whero. instead it might have been whitewashed; they have taught us in time a lesson in preparedness from which at fong last, under the lash of the Luftwaffe, | we are profiting in deadly earnest.

One of the things we should do when Germany Is beaten. to her knees, is to make a mass, daylong raid on Berlin after all list inhabit ants have been given a week to evacuate. The ashes of that city would be a tting memorial to all that the Germans are fighting for in this war.

"I dunno,” says the Lad from "It'd be just like a war says the after day. Frequently wo-the greatest show on earth'

the Elephant and Castle. "Ole Old Soldier. Winnie's got plenty go in im.But we're 'aving a war now," say through the

mon had to be assisted and one which will be long It's the fighting spirit, see, the lad..

press of remembered by everybody, "Blimy, so we are!" says Widnes, neopic to fresh air. The Especially the evacuates, "Winnie breathes 'eavy," says.

"Put them fags out and fall inaak the Old Soldier. ̈

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says the Barteant.