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Hongkong Telegraph 港電新報 士蔑新聞 All

Ship may be TRYGVE

restaurant

LIE

for Festival STUMPED

And this was Bounty No. 1, Teborn for the Captain Wigli alor.

THE three-masted barque

PTICE!

THEM

Trygve Lie, Secretary General of the United Na- tlons, is, according to

the

Answer of one man in Sydney newspaper quiz, "one of those lying ma-

în that

chines they havo America-the things make a criminal tell the truth."

The quiz, conducted by the Sydney Sunday Sun, disclosed that the Norwegian diplomat Is not widely known to addicts of sporting pages In Australia.

The newspaper questions:

uzked

there

..

or what is Trygve

1. Who

Lic?

2. Where was le born?

3.

What job does he hold?

4.

Why is he in the news?

council cleaner, a city

Williamson, the mar may be used as a floating ooked like "one of those lying

machines they

To in the Bounty, emigrant trade to Australia, Fred

ן:

have restaurant in the Tames America." When prompted, 1951 Pestival of Williamson decided the name for the

Frunch" and gave Britam, it was anon ed "sounded

France no Lie's birthplace. today.

a century Three-quarter of ago the 430ft. rainmast of the 600-ton Iron-bullt Alastor, aut

Sunderland, held a brave spread of canvas to the trade winds,

The three-inaster edged her 280. length and 30ft. beun in-

the Trades for years as emigrant chip.

Now she is a be-flagged show And ber shilp at tumagale, name today--the Bounly.

"lie'd be in the news beenuse

the he's a politician. They're only ones who seem to get in the papers these days," he add- ed.

COULD BE ANYTHING

A milk bar attendant, Leslie Lindsay, deelded Trygve Lie "could be anything."

"You've just mixed the letters In someone's nume," she said.

The plan in for the old ship tot could be a code." be brought up the river and He just off the south bank Battersea Park.

Lonamt Express Service)

750 OUT

OVER ME?

I'LL QUIT THE UNION

by Assured Lie

LFRED BLACKETT stiÐ AL

was charge hand on that lock-gate job at noon one day this month, even if none of the four painters take orders from would him.

So the ship-painters' Lommittee of the National

Society

did

of Painters

threatened to

what it had

do.

I ordered

750. nien

al

work on liners. and other

ships between Tilbury and Teddington to stop work."

wan a person, Lestie added, "I don't know where he'd be bom with a

THE HONGKONG: TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JUNE 23,3 1050)

Blowina Its Top

geyser

This is an accidentul truck-washing in Cincinnati and not another picture of Winnipeg. The started when the truck rolled hackwards and knocked the top off the fire plug. Things got wet, but Cincinnati

(Acme) was not evacuated.

FARMER GAVE THEM BED AND BREAKFAST WHEN MONEY RAN OUT

Two Australian girls explore

Britain by cycle

name ke that. It could be PEGGY Austin and Diana Learmonth, two 23-year-

Mexico, for all I know."

A Supreme Court attendant, William Martin, replied, "Isn't

old Australian girls who arrived in Britain in April, saved for two years to make their trip possible.

They told me they intend to Miss

Learmonth

fram

the

of Britain as they suburbs of Melbourne. hu an ambassador on the other see as much

lo Although the

they

distance the money et world who's going can

about side of the

their homes is tween plans have brought with them. Over to fugla to make

only takes them As a start, a few weeks ago. 200 miles it for peace?" He thought Le was

15 minutes from che born in America and that his they hired bicycles and "didubout

They travel and home to the other. raunda" of Kent Job in "peace negotiator work the

by neropiane. behalf of the U.S. Sussex. ing on

They

school were at Miss Austin said: "It was Government"

The Sun reporter Bnished up

fathers are great friends. with a shopgirl, Betty Dinkam. con- Lie la "a She told him tinental football player, Born In France."

"It doesn't matter much what ort of job he holds," sho added. "He's known for his football."

Ban Has Strange Sequel

HERE is a remarkable

sequel to the ban

On

of

For 42-year-old ex-Service-reporters taking notes man Blackett, partly disabled, marriage announcements in

also had a plan.

Home in

West Ham, he said:

If those

register offices in England.

Parringford-road, The ban was ordered by men strike I will realga my job the Registrar-General, Dr within an hour. I'll leave the George North, union, too, and sequences."

cum- take the

14

The Nationall Marriage Guilance Council are in the Mr Binckelt pushed hand came position as the newspapers, through tousled hair and said: They, too, are denied faciliting

that's "Get out of the way;

for attaining lists of forthcom- I'll do. Best what

10r mying marriages. Inates and Harland end Wolf- they put me on the job-and the whole country.

Yet,

Council the Marriage receive a Goverment subridy of £5,000 a year from the Home Onice. Purpose of the grant is i to help couples in all kinds of marriage difficulties.

The Marriage Council believe i

way to deal oru the marriage troubles over-printed advice to newlyweds.

His Principle "I'm doing it for a principle. The union officials say this Hate from the West India Dock floats that and I shouldn't have got charge-hand job for its boul.

"It should go to someone on their the out-of-work list in ship section, they say, and 07 chaps were ahead of me there.

"But I believe a firm should bo able to put anyone in charge of the work, instead of going according to the rota.

"All this," said Mr Blackett, *means I can't get a job as

with

is to give

TURNED DOWN

To do this work they must get advance notices of marriages. In many cases registrars are But super- anxious to help. intendents say they must refer to the Registrar- requests General. He has refused such requests.

Mr Willink, former Minister

painter except with a non-union of Health, is retiring presklent

firm-and I've always been a trade unionist.

of the Marriage Guldance Council. He and Mr Hugh Lyon, chairman of the executive wife committee, have been unable to Impression on the and myself to consider. We'll make any get along sanchow."

"But there's

only my

Registrar-General,

or o11 Ministry of Mr A. Silverstein, the union's superiors -- the ship-section organiser, said: "An Health.

been important principle has

And so the Government give delled by the firm and Brother money to the council, yet deny Blackett."

them facilities,

K. O. CANNON

·ED IT WAS VOU, KADIA, WHO)

KILLED YOUR HUSBAND!

AT LEAST I ADMIRE YOUR PLUCK FOR TURNING UP TONIGHT. PUT DOWN THAT

GUN -GR ELSO..

to-

wonderful trip. The scenes gether in Melbourne, and their

A wor

were

Battle;

beautiful.

Back home Miss Austin acte "When we reached Sussex, we found that the custas housekeeper for her father "Jackaroos" un the we had taken with us had run fond two out. We asked a farmer if we 40.000-acre sheep station, which in his has been in the Austin family could spend the night

for about 75 years. barn.

What is n Jackaroo? "He is

"But he gave us dinner, lan hort of apprentice, learning best room and a wanderful the trade. When he leaves ho

usually breakfast of eggs and bacon.

position takes up the When

home we of station manager on another for small station,

ald Miss Austin.

were

left Wo prepared

nicals, Food Was very short) Miss Learmonth was a recep-

in England we were told.

Miss Austin comics from sheep station

tionist

a firm

ها

and telephunist of Melbourne engineer!

at Wanganella, before she left home.

New South Wales, and

-(London Express Service)

Construction

Job

A widow sill on the home of Mrs Nellie Klimek, of Chicago, Ill, was chosen by this robin as a good place to set up housekeeping. But with summer coming on. Mrs Klimek is going to hate leaving that window closed. (Acme)

WITH WHISPER IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE

GO YOU THOUGHT YOU'D SET A TRAP FOR ME, CLEVER

M'SIEU CANNON? YOU ARE HOT GOING TO GET AWAY JVITH 17, YOU KNOW,

SHES BLUFFING.

VIDOCQI PONT,

FIRET UGH!

Both 23: Peggy Austin and Diana Learmonth.

THESE MUSICIANS-NO, 1

In come the pianists, out goes the band

Writs for breach of contract were issued last week to 16 members of the Empire Theatre Newcastle who refused to play for the first performance of the musical play "Bless the Bride."

two

Tory women air their gronses on

BIRCHING, EWES AND MR WEBB

A resolution in favour of birching was pass- ed by an overwhelming majority at the Con- servativo Central Women's Advisory Committee annual conference at the Central Hall, West- minster, recently. The conference was attended by 2,700 delegates.

They rejected out of hand the advice of a juvenile court magistrate and a member of the, Home Office Committee on the treatment of offenders that they should keep an open mind until the Royal Commission on Capital Punish- ment had reported.

The resolution demanded į I want to stop these assaults that the law should be and attacks," she declared amid further applause. "Let us tail amented to enable judges the leader of the party that wo

and magistrates in their dis-women think a stripe or two cretion to order birching on would do a lot of rood at the conviction of crimes involv-momcht.

Only three or four voted in fo.. ing premeditated violence, vour of the

motion being al-

adults or juveniles.

D.M

a

to Cense

whether committed by towed to lie on the table.

The conference carried, unani- mously a resolution proposed by Moving it, Mrs K Lovibondiss Hoe Counties), who it chat- and seconded by Mrs A. Somer

Seawen (Watford) man of the Uxbridie Juvenile ville Woodiwis Court, said they did not want

Сед (Bristol return to the days of Victorian tral), calling on the Government repression, but were they not

extravagant expendi- aciting too much sentimentality fure, which was the main cause on the subject of punishment? of the continuous rise in the

Although crimes of violence cost of housekeepinus,

the might

Supporting

resolution not be Increasing In

Viscountess Davidson. number they were getting more

MP. Ilemel Hempstead) said it wus horrible. Only whipping. was likely to

a deterrent, deliberate policy of the So-

ctalist party to make (Cheers.)

il im- possible for anybody to leave LOCKED DOORS money when they died. "his was destroying one of the most Fear of cosh

stable elements in the country.

act. 05

Mrs D. Plymen (Wimbledon jand Malden) äsked what sort of state the country had come to When women had to lock their

RAMS SERVED Low-quality meat

Another resolution

unani-

front doors even in the daytime mously passed deplored the low

for

fearing of being coshed. The authorities Nogged

prisoners

quality of meat now being sold

who committed acts of violence to British housewives and call

of Food to against a prison officer, but noted on the Minister

abandon State trading

in ment men who committed acts violence against defenceless and State control of distribution and encourage beef production emphatic shoutr{ in this country.

women.

There wero

of "No" when Mrs Shelf (West The motion was moved in an Wiltshire) asked: "Is it right to amusing speech by Mrs D. Keat

offenders put

these buz

(Hove) who sal the Ministry country houses with no fences

was serving up aged ewes and round them?" She knew of one rams ar lamb and dried-up old

prison where such

prison

"Aren't prime beef, esenped and brutally hurt three there any little lambs born into people, including a young girl. the world today?" she asked. An attempt to get the confer-Has Socialism aged the cattle ience to allow the resolution to as it has us poor women?"

man

lo on the table caused uproar.

It was made by Mrs T.A. Em-

12

SE HANDJ

Mrs L.V. Ryan (Hove) onded.

met (Amberley, Sussex), chale-

Mrs Welfare (Bethnal Green) man of the Littlehampton and recalled that when Mr Webb be- Arundel Juvenile Court.

came Food Minister te quoted "Don't be swayed by stories of the song "A little of what you brutality," she said. The remark fancy does

They you good." was greeted by a storm of in certainly had not fancled some ¡dignont protests. Sho added

they had to gur of the meat with difficulty that there

chaso. great danger that they would It was rush into a decision without Webb and his colleagues sing-

sufficient

evidence.

knowledge

HAS NO EFFECT

Stormy reception

was

and

Mra Waller Eliot (for 7 years

a member of Mr Justice Bir

kett's committee on the treat-

time they heard Mr

jing another sang, "Now is the hour when we must say good- bye." (Laughter and cheers.)-

Harewood land

ment of offenders) had an equal for corporation

sho

-when ly stormyreception- supported. Mrs Einmet.

Leeds Corporation has served "No, no," cried the delegates notice of a compulsory purchase angrily as

that order for 603 aeres of the Earl she suggested birching would not have the of Harewood's 22,000-acre estate slightest effect and that different between Leeds and Harrogate.. of training and punish-Me Bevan, Minister of Health. necessary to dent has been asked to confirm the ⚫ different types of order. behaviour.

types

were

i

with

Replying to the debale Mrs The land was withdrawn from orchestra at Lovibond told she saw the point in two-day sale of 7,600 acres of of view of the oppowers of the the estate, A Corporation official motion, but he was rather tired suid: "We require the land to the city's water of waiting for reports of cor- safeguard missions. (Cheers.)

supply from pollution."

instructed the The touring

for company

"We have not 'Bless the Bride" was in Bourne- muslelons at. Newcastle Empire mouth where

planists Theatre to come out. They are a urlon rule took the place of the municipal simply obeying theatre orchestra which was on which states that members must strike. The Newcastle musi-not play with non-unionists."

cians stopped work In protest The Bournemouth strike has! against the uas of non-union pianists.

the backing of the union. It

Mr Dick Rood, regional super-claims that Bournemouth Cor pay military poration should visor for Mocs Empires Ltd.

bandsmen C12 10s a week fo sald: "These men have walked 14 performances or, alternative, out on us without notice. Under fy, that the bondsmen should

mutual agreement

give only 10 performances for night's nolice in due from either their present salary of £10. side to be issued on a Satur duy,

fort-

"As this is Monday we intend claiming three weeks' money from them. We are also going to claim for any loss their ae- tion may have caused the show."

The show

two opened with

plunos, un pianista, on grand pince of the orchestra. One,

These Musicians-No. 2

No broadcast

unless

Oficials of

the Musicians'

Miss Clapham, was flown from Union refused to take part in a Portsmouth.

Afterwards Mr

Reed

sold:

B.B.C. Western Region broad- enst one night last week on the The B.B.C. Bournemouth strike, The pianists have been such a would not

Rive the union on success that I interd recom

had the tinion mending that for the remainder undertaking that no one would of view his point of the summer season we should speak unless

agreed that continue using two pinnists in Was "worth putting before the

listeners. Mr E. Miles, Northern Area

the The B.B.C. stated that organleer of the Musicians'

junión objected, in particular, to Union, said the "Bless the Bride" Mr EL, Green, conductor of the had company had employed

Band, who Bournemouth non-union pianists when a trade been expelled from the union, union dispute was in progress.

place of the orchestra."

Bahrein

two

Crashes

taking part in the broadcast,

Union officers were told that the question was one for editori- al judgment and that Mr Green was equally entitled with the union to take his place in the A special Air France plane | prógramme.

day

Paris, June 22.

left today for Dähreln in Persian Gulf, where

the

the tenth It was two Skymasters tragically crashed jof the strike and there were ni It wa last week, to bring back to algs of a settlement.

learned in Bournemout Franco the 15 survivors of the p two planes who are still remain- that the union had stopped the ing there.

39 members of the Vancouv They are expoeled back in Boys Band and the George Chole from appearing France Darly paxt week-Michell Reuters

at the Winter Garden!'”

That

Got

His

Goat

As a hungry goat popped his mouth into the popcorn Illie Joseph Lang'was holding bri the beach at Rockaway, New York, the youngster responded quickly with, o, howl of protest. But, the anima)","#but on

(Acme) munching as if the popcorn were his.

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