1950-03-14 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1950.

SCOTTISH PEERS CHOOSE

66 "SIDE" FOR NEW HOUSE

POCKET CARTOON -from Amorica by OSBERT LANCASTER

"Let us look on the bright side. Mamite maybe the drinks will all be lukewarm but at least we shan't have to watch television Tutle Ice're knocking them back!"

By J. W. Taylor

A picturesque election ceremony dating back nearly 250 years which has escaped much of the publicity limelight was the historic assembly of the Peers of Scotland at the ancient Palace of Holyroodhouse to choose their 16 representative Peers to sit in the House of Lords in the new Parliament.

Some

of

for in-

crowded

Airlift Men Run Workers' Holidays

Of the 16 chosen, only one Peers are entitled to sit in the 1 name varied from the list of House of Lords, but although Scotland has more than 80 peers, Peers sitting in the last only 10 are elected. Many Parliament-the Earl of Scotland's peers also bear English Caithness was nominated to titles, however, and thus are replace the Earl of Mar and automatically assured of a seat

of Norfolk, The Duka Kellie. They were: the stance, sent a postal vote for the Earls of Rothes, Caithness, Scottish ceremony as Lord Her- Perth, Haddington, Lindsay, rics.

500 people Airlic, Selkirk, Dundonald, round the long red baize-covered Breadalbane and Viscount table in the picture gallery of More than 300,000 Mid- Arbuthnott, Lords Saltoun, Holyroodhouse and saw 25 Scotlands miners and workers Sinclair, Semplll, Balfour of Hah Fees openly elect their Bri- from 600 Birmingham fac- tish Parliament representatives Burleigh, Fairfax of Came

under the

chairmanship of Lord tories are being offered holl- Elphinstone, the Lord Clerks Re- days abroad by air to Le ron and Lord l'olwarth.

dates back to gister. The onlookers included Touquet, Paris, Deauville, the Untion of Parliaments in 1707, nuior members of the Forces, the Dinard, Jersey, Guernsey at has taken place prior to each Lord! General Election. In England all Peeresses and friends and rela- and the Isle of Man on the Lives of the Peers, as well as instalment plan at rates children chosen from neigh-lower than third-class rail

interested bouring schools, and

fares alone In some cases. members of the public.

The ceremony

Major Was First At Ladysmith

The fiftieth anniversary on February 28 of the Relief of Ladysmith has brought this famous siege very much into the new limelight and has raised the question of who wat the first man in at it?

Lyon King of

Arms,

The scheme, which has the IN LOUNGE SUITS

backing of the National Coal is the result of the Although the Peers themselves Board, were clad mainly in lounge suits pooling of ideas by young ex- a few in morning dress colour HAF and ex-civil aviation men Birmingham Branch of was added to the ceremony by of the

With their the blue and silver uniforms of Air Liaison Ltd.

from lessons the Berlin airlift, the Igh Constables of Holyrood-war experience,

robes

of the Lord Provost and and after months research, they house, the ermine-trimmed rear-learned in

that a comprehensive Magistrates of

who believe of Edinburgh,

instalment plan will entered in procession preceded all-in by the Sword and Macobrarers work.

The secret behind the low and followed by halberdlers, and by the black and gold robes of costa is bulk handling; of pas

Lengers.

be

Wing-Commander W. L. second section of fours which

will Aircraft Shaw, formerly a trooper in rode towards Ladysmith on that

eventful afternoon. The regiment Lard Elphinstone. the Natal Carbineers, de- was within two miles of the

The Lord Provost's respons!- booked for partles only. clares that Major McKenzie town when Major MicKenzie, bility at the ceremony, in accor-

Accommodation nt resorta bed-and-breakfast type -afterwards Major-General who was in command, decided dance with ancient tradition, was

that they should go in. leo prevent riots and tumults, will be

the organizers arguing Sir Duncan McKenzie-Was waited, however, until the. In-

disorders and violence." The only, the first to go' into Lady-perit Light Horse, who 10t bewinged a

axi robed Principal that it is cheaper to the tourists

who miss 40 many meals smith town and end the fought with them, came up, Clerk of the Session, Mr J.

their hotels through day tours they could

conducted the pro- siege. The young Winston that

buty after paying an all-in price for assisted by the Deputy Churchill arrived later.

three or four meals a day. Deputy Clerks of Sessions The Keeper of Records, Mr James Fergusson, attended for the purpose of taking charste of the record of the Election.

NOW

The Wing-Caminander,

years old, also makes

11 la unique claim for Imself. that he is the only person who roth into the town of Lady. smith on February 20, 1000, and also landed in Normandy during the first week of the invasion.

As a Carbineers trooper, Wind- the Commander Shaw was in

9,000-Mile Flight To Sick Mothers

honour.

share the MS Clerk and

NO CLAIM MADE

at

"Swank" hotels will not be but relected under this plan, those used are guaranteed clean and comfortable.

A week's will cost

holiday in Paris £17, with transport

The Light Horse roon arrived, Immediately they formed up in seerions of fours-two Cabineers

The 25 Peers present entered and two and advanced at trol. This soon turned into a

of prece the Gallers in order allop. When they approached dener, led by the Dukes of to and from airports, refresh- the river,

on the air journey and Wing-Commander Hamilton, Buccleuch, Argyll andments Shaw relates, they halted and Atholl. Roll call was made byat termin. Also from Birming- re-formed in good order. ite the Principal Clerk of Sessions, ham will be week trips to and and then each Peer was called on from Le Touquet at £17. 10s, 10 Deauville, £17. 10., Dinard, individually to give his list of names. There was a hum of con- £18, 10s., Jersey, £10, Guern- versation and some smiles when sey, £18, and the Isle of Man

£14. several Peers ended their lists of nominees with their own names. with the The ceremony ended signing and scaling of the list by Lord Elphinstone.

Roca on:

"As we rode into the Drift to cross at the fout of the town half-way #nul when we were across, Major McKenzie touched his famous bay stallion, Inspec-

with his

With one leap he was up the river bank and into the smith."

lor,

spur.

town of Lady-

Wing-Commander, Shaw dds that though others have stated that Mr Churchill was with the The arrival in Britain of Light Horre, he has never made Mr Char- the claim himself. Cpl J. Bramley, of Hortum,lll, he declares, arrived a few Bradford, and Pte F. E.1hours later with Lord Dundonald, Hunter, of Bingley, both of who commanded the K.O.Y.L.I., after being Bristate. flown by the Army 9,000he young Churchill very well

the Cavalry Trooper Shaw knew

by sight and had met ant talked

miles from Singapore in with him at Hussar Hill, order to see their mothers

who are dangerously ill, has

drawn the following edi

torial comment from the The

Yorkshire Observer:

"That these two men have been down from Singapore home prompts a reflection On the differences between today and;

YOUR

A feet of Dakota, Viking and will serve Bir- mingham and Coventry centres, York aircraft

раут year's weekly ments must be completed be fore

embarkation. but if the

This

BEEF plan is a success, payments may

STEAK IS

WATERED

In two pounds of sirloin stenk you are paying for 20 ounces of water. Approxi- mately the same ean bef

Friendly quoted for leg of mutton.

Paw Badge

beef kidney, and other meat cuts, and applies whether the meat is hanging from hooks or still on the hoof The latest lapel bulge to out on the farm.

two or three decades ago. Even appear in Britain is in the f 03 percent

seems a trille

ibe allowed

104

to spread

over the holiday through local works holiday clubs.

The trips may also be

[weeks following

made cheaper.

CHARM OUTLASTS

SEX

on

charm

Hollywood actresses will have longer careers if they concentrate especially at Today's instead of sex. when steamships ousted the clip-form of the red imprint of ligh

prices, consider veal chuck, pers, time for travel to and from a cat paw on a silver buckwhich is 15 percent. water, or distant parts of the world were ground-the sign of "The tripe, which registers a sopping luga Fregonese, says this re

Friendly Paw Fellowship." 80.5 percent.

still calculated in weeks.

"Soldiers is oversens stations knew well enough that yeurs might elapse before there was any hope of return. Even let ters might take months to arrive, "In the Boer War, for instance, delivery of a letter in a month was really good going. Un- drrse cable line speeded communication of urgent mes

up

South America's top director, belleves charm lasls while Foods without water are rare. uppeal fades.

sex

The fellowship, sponsored The only common ones are He defines charm as humility. De- granulated white Sugar and sex appeal, Inherent simplicity by the National Canine

is dedicated to cooking oil. Bread products are and human understanding, and fence League,

status both in the 40 percent, class, and so- studied culture. Improving the socially and in law-of Britain's called dry cereals are in reality nine million cats.

about 10 percent, wet.

Selecting the 10 most charm- Yet there is no call to feeling women in Hollywood, Fre- there is nothing gonese places Angela Lansbury licensed, like dogs. They plan: cheated, for

blue as the actress who best balances clear, slightly like the

body the Ingredients of charm. Το set up a central cat re-liquid for maintaining

Members

want cats to be

sages, too expensive for most gistry, to look after the welfare temperature, for cleansing the The other nine in order are:- people. Radio and airmall are of all stray and unwanted cuts. human system, and permitting comparatively recent Innova-

tions.

more To provide

cata for hospitals, ambulances, veterin- "But even today, in na "airary surgeons and nursing or- minded' world the mass move-ganisations. ment of troops would have to be specially urgent to require air transport-unless, Indeed, mili-popular.

'tary authorities everywhere have

cards up their siceves."

Ja France cats aren't

Joan Crawford: worldly combustion and utilisation of in- charm. taken foods--In short, for living. For these purposes, fruits and vegetables obilge generously. Jean Arthur: just enough sex:

Firh do thele hit with between

70

Bette Davis: intense charm. Irene Dunn: matronly charm.

and 80 percent of their weight appeal but plenty of charm

Rhonda Fleming: natural in water, and eggs, whether from

or turkeys,

Dre charm. A French decree recently rens, turtles,

Claudette Colbert: most ruled that all cats wandering generally about one-third solia.

than 200 more

yards from It is worth noting that we are homely charm.

much damp. Katharine Hepburn: sophist. Both men aro In the Same their homes would be shot on all of us pretty bottalion of the K.O.Y.L.1. sight.

The human species, male and feated charm.

80 percent. Rita Hayworth: They will return to thele unit The den is to preserve bird female, is 70 to by ordinary sea route.

life as on ald to agriculture,

I charm.

K. O. CANNON

I WANT YOU TO COME BACK WITH ME WHISPER, YOUR MA, CANNON HERS 15 NOTHING MORE THAN A CHEAP ADVENTURER EXPLOITING YOUR ASS

SORROW, I HAVE A CHEQUE

HERE FOR HIM.

water.

The Riddle of the Red Domino

YOUR Ê500, MY DEAR CANNON, AM SURE YOU CAN HARDLY WAIT TO SAY GOODBYE,ANO: LOST YOUR FES CASHED.

effervescent

... TORN UP - AS I'D LIKE TO TEAR YOU UP) "L"THAT'S" "THE WAY YOU WANT IT, WHISPŻA, - NWELL QUI „COME ON,

STIRRUPS !

NEWS IN PICTURES

PAWN SHOPS

THE DOLE RELIEF TICKE MEANS TEST 2 MILLION WEMPLOY.

FINALLY

WAR WHAT A PAST RECORD

THAT'S THE TICKET-Ernest Davies, Socialist candidate in the recent General Election, hangs a line of pawn tickets in the window of his London committee rooms with the help of Mrs Belinda Eeles. The tickets were found in the basement of the buildings, and Davies publicised them as "Relics of Tory Rule.”

WINS U.S. TRIP-Betty Sterland, a Sydney beauty, was one of the lovelies on parade at the famed Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, Louisland. As Queen of a Mardi Gras celebration in Australia, Betty, 21, won an air trip to the U.S. While attending the U.S. celebration, she was the guest of the New

Chamber of Commerce.

Orleans

NEW BLOOD - Sabena Airlines hostess Nina Ornstein holds lion cub, one of five flown.to London recently from South Africa to help improve the strain of English zoo and circus lions.

COLD ENOUGH TO KEEP New York's unexpected freezing weather provided outdoor cold storage for a 20-pound lobster brought in from a fishing trip. The giant crustacean is displayed by Joe Sullivan, crew member of the'fishing boat, Felicia.

YOU'RE PULLING" A CLEVER BLUFF, Vendelà Trá, CALL ST BUT NOT NOW. HEAT'S YOUR DIRTY

·CHEQUE ..

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· BITTER LIVING Refugee Jews shiver at an immigrant reception camp in Ras El Ayn, Israel, after torrential rains, heavy snowstorms and below-zero temperatures gave the country its worst weather in more than 50 years. 24-hour blizzard collapsed tents like, these, and brought a marked increase in respiratory diseases among the refugees, who are in desperate need.

NUTRIA — Actress Alexis Smith ''wears belge tweed coat, lined with luxurious nutria. A trimly tailored collar, with notched revera, tops the two-button closing, and the sleeves have nutria enfis.