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IF you see a Dalmler with the

number Itt 1, do not ex- Princess Elizabeth

pect to see

bitting inside. The Princess has cust sold the

car in Dari ex-

the

change fer, a new Rolls Royce, delivered to her recently. There is nothing special about

umber of the new Roils: LGO เอ.

green, The

new car-dark extra-long, 40 hp.-is designed fot ceremonial drives, has many spreial features: to give the cruw a good view of the cali occupants, the rear seat

be moved forward by turnin a handle; and the rear part of the roof in made of glass.

Princess

Etabeth and

ber

husband have two other cars.

Right stop

THE Army Connell have bow-

ed to public opinion. They

"cle

LONDON DIARY

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1050.

GUESS WHAT-

A batter pudding in the riso, a WHAT-volcano top, a carbuncle with

the core out?...soo column

Benny ignored

LP record war

have decided to abandon theAAR on the home front.

vervey that his surrounded the holding of counts martial

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They will soon be incorporated In British nalogtums.

If the manufacturers know that EMI were adopting 31 1-3 Jonit players, they could con- 2-apeec machines.

contrafe on

And these, they say, would be cheaper for home buyers. Mascot from the Zoo the Zoo'a while ZARZA.

dog,

Pyrenean mountain

ts to be given to No. 206 ATË Squadron of the GS

(London

Reserve) Group of the RAF. He will be their raucot, will accompany them

special

Paradies,

Zatza wift be 1ed by the smallest cadet on the end of a white lead. Hele being fitted with

blue back-cloth, a light edged with gold brald and a maroon stripe.

Holborn's Whitehall, HOLBORN

گردی

business people

It are worried by the ел

croachment

Clovernment offices in the borough. They fear Holborn. will become A and that annexe

whole play on one une private business will be crown Wardour-Street wanted to know why

T

Holborn

VY has

broken out

Over the new long-play gramophone In future lice of forthcom-

martial recurds. by courts

I is a ne advance to have Whitelull ing triale

be poled at least

advance aubide le

breakable dire. hours in

The record, ed out, headparters concerned in

with 300 grooves to the inchi

Chamber of place where it can be seen by instead of 80, giver excellent Commerce

have asked their publle.

revolves a M, De S.W. Jeger, to tackle This is n list-rate move by reproduction. It

But they 33 1-3 revolutus per minute, the Minister of Works about it the Arty Council.

They stead of the 70 for usual in the House.

•hould not stop there. "hould also give offers

wherds men the right of appeal again: 17 the thecision of courts martial.

Romance at

Wimbledon ?

TALK at Wimbledon was of u

Naney! between Chaffee, glamguus Los Angeles

Patty

Chaffee

"Don't

i

Rumours une tying Mayer, and Badge Patty, who played in the singles final.

Yu Mes Chatter laughs. know," she says, "a girl could do a lot war. In fact I don' think I could do better."

added quukly: She expect me to get engaged for at

lesist two years."

Chilee Mitc

and Budite due Patty

play were together in the mixed doubles. But after I'atty's win in m 1200 aprted! singles, Miss Chaffee

Very retire, " disappointed," she says. "Budge Tilst conserve his strength for the final"

am

But other women are saying only a warm attachment would make a girl give up a

stromk

hance for & Wimbledun chaun-

on hip.

the

Sa before these new records an be used, you must have à gramophone or record player on wh The de is Turned at the aww and of 32 | 1-3.

Lesson from U,S.

wos.j

who bought

In America, when LP

law, these new nameplate, found they

hother

They want to know, along other things, which sites in the borough the Government are thluicing of buying for offices

for evil gervants and whether the Minister has granted any

cher 1

the immediate builting

Lusines of

ulice Mock in Holborn.

How much? ANOTHER example of jargon,

Pretr

Avete ofgletr

word maker poiuced recent "What

charger with a peeked 15,

In the Und State, mezz, the i nemal samophobic

Cat 2.

.: 33 1-2,

3:

official letter: isculents f

Apart from the fact that the oht to have of euro! word obylously phay three been inspirieren, 179.

Plainly:

why not auk

will

How much mutusan ruing ciest, and who pays "

to be mod in Brau?

Prices, bad films, keep

people out

of

cinemas

NEWS IN THE AIR

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RAF have leave in Japan

in Egypt ince recently carried

AN opportunity for exercise held

R.A.F. personnel out in the Eastern Desert, saine

the war was

Guit Sucz

based in Hongkong to miles inland from spend leave in the cooler land rescue team, com- prising detachments from Army temperatures of South- and Royal Air Force units, co- operated with RAE. altcraft ern Japan is offered by in searching for a "crashed air-

a new exchange leave all", the location of which scheme with the Royal coloured bag

indicated by

Australian Air Force

Was

a weighted

The exercise was designed

the combined use of

stationed at Iwakuni, to test

afford

100 miles from the pre-land, xen, air rescue forces and na opportunity for war Japanese naval base Army and Air Force ca-opera- of Kure.

פגום.1

and

tion in the field. Valuable les- were learned regarding Each month a Sunderland control

communications, the employment of air mupport, flying-boat from Hongkong,

casualty evacuation, ond the a navigational integration of land, rea, nir engaged on training flight, takes fifteen forces. R.A.F. officers and ren For the land rescue

the China Sea to consisting of

across

party, detachment froin

RAF.

iwo nights'

16 Engineer Regiment, | ikuni They can elect No.

No.02 nie Royal Engineers; either to remain at the

Regiment; Squadron, R.A.A.F. base or he quar- and R.A.F. Station, Fayid, the tered at rest' camps in the exercise entalled aren, from which the Isle. of Livouacking In the desert. Miya Jima, a famous beauty spol, and other places of in- terest are

easily accessible

POSTMAN, TOO

THE film industry has at last asked the British public to say why they

go to the pictures less often now. Interviewers stopped 500 people's road or rail.

One in three said they had less money or that seats in Hammersmith, W. were too dear. One in five pleaded lack of time ("There's a baby now")| and family ties.

A smaller number was put off by the decline in

the quality of the films." Radio, television, and the WORLD'S BEST theatre were also blamed, but by a smaller group.

The were rome of the dividual replies

↑ An artisan: See are ina

Fit in the held of Pare No cause for alarmar. If they dropped the price

Dance with peermals which play | port a week, an leverage of 25 I might o fer relaxation. You?

tar la agued of 43 1-3. They have | American a day have been

vourds.

Bital other int moup of makes, Electie and Mit ext Indvietuien

(13V Collumbin, Parlophone and other have nt announced their L plans, if they pro- #peed luce records with

45, it will not be possible to play them on the new Decea instruments,

way as much as

Tax on 2

go now. I haven't been since 1 have had television."

5. Pashuprams for these arwashing their consul..r and pargis. 9. rat. Besides, pictures!

port oflices in fordon whether

are much of a murlines” they should remiz. in England.

"I seldom They are not arre how far the Dentist's wife: Korran crisis will develop. Most of them are touri: to.

The answer they get: Ne cause for alarm.

Fewer Americanas have per

London Than manent hoines In 15 generally supposed. Last

last r count up

is 5400 for

England, eastern

Most the US Embassy,

Plan kept secret

What to EMI say? They say they are "watching the position carefully," but can make no delute statement.

Continued

ty verious for the

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of these are in London, with few hundred in Oxford and Cambridge.

The peak pre-war figure of is 1938 was 7400. By 1910 was and also2000. for the manufacturers of rallo to plan the components Bying production of LP record play-

But EMI are guardag closely their plans.

Incidental intelligence A daims to have saved $800 we know whe FELLOW Already Garrard, the gramo since he stopped smoking would Phone

manufacturers, make a bigger impression if he motor

could show 1: the SADO ore making 3-speed machines of --33 1-3, 45

78-for Canadian Commentator, atel exportmainly to the by

-(London Express Servlen ? Tramport's

Buses in the park

PANCRAS Chamber Commcrep is puzzled

of Minister annoarcemanl That would have to be Regent's Park,

space found in the during Festival of Britain, for parking

hundreds of motte coaches.

Recently a meting was held

to alisema peak hour

congestion in the Zoo

travel

100. The sugaertion was

bourhopel.

then made that relter

bus.

-hould be parked un tegent's

roadways.

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Government offcial at the

anetink

41200

replied that this would

any r

+1

12 peuni'ti na thes The Chamber

COMITATEM an huw words why Huntrek of cunches sunuld De tumitted during the

ieval, and a few bunes barred in

danary

Fame in Regent Strect

MAN 1 know strolled br- A hind comedian Jack Benny from Pecahilly Circus to Usford Circus during the crowded inneh

huur.

1 thuse 10 minutes nobody recognized Benny.

"Naked" shoes

EOPLE

PEO at a party recently

thought Mrs David Niven had bare feet. They worl She wore thin nylon wrong. sandals that could hardly

seen.

The transparent

tied

bc

Landpls are

with transparent

:ibbons.

They

were brought

Florence by

nylon

from

# friend," nays "They can be so if the nylon threads move out of place."

Mrs Niven. uncomfortable

U.S.A.

WEE FASHIONS—A practical note in autumn showler of children's clothes in Chicago, Ill., is a "dress that grows." in originat form with Susan Cobin, right, wears the dress surplus material tucked in at the waist. Penny Kurtz, left, shows how the dress of pro-abrunk gingham can be led out

for each stage of growth

K. O. CANNON

WETLE TOO LATE.

GET BACK!

MAMA MIAŁ DON'T GO MEAR. SIGNORI HOLLIJ?....

BACKSIONOK!

IT'S HOLLIS!

THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO.

BY HEAVEN? -

Railway worker: "I prefer radio plays. You can picture it all yourself."

People

RESENTMENT

Mircher

income

group: were more inclined to criticise pone quality of pres- ent-day m but the feeling extended to all groups.

Eighteen people liked British Five flms; five dicked them. liked American alus, nine dis- like them. Four liked Con- disliked tinental tis, none thin

Ex-miner: "If they shot all the present drectors and saek, ed most of the stars It would he a gel th I saw a Alm wouldn't about Wales →→→ you belies e it! Phoney accents

Technician: "In U.S.pic-

meint to be

tures a character poor wear:: Fifth Avenue clothes no realism."

Printer: "French and Italian Alm makers chouse actors to fit the parts-mony ave unknown the Americans spent much time buiting up

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at

Ino

tars,"

Club steward:

there いや

THORO

American

films. British Blog are childish."

NO SHELTERS

Actress Vera Ellen will charm the fish right out of the water when she wears this bathing suit in a new film. It's a shirred onc-piece suit of gleaming Wack satin lastex.

Typist: "It's horrible on Je for diplomacy

wet night to queue in the rain- they should have shelters."

ORD KILLANIN, 35-year-old

Trish peer. has been ap. mited president of the Irish Clympic Council, In succession

o Colonel E. Broy.

Bank clerk: "When I o te the pictures like a good cry, It makes you enjoy the film more. No, I don't go with the intention of crying but I'm al-in a tangle. Two rival organl ways pleased if I do.**

Office

He will need his talents as diplomat. Irish athletics are

the

vations claim to run the sport and National Athletic

the And Union of

recog

"Wardour- Cycling Association clark: street thinks the public can't Amateur Athletic be educated to like good films Eire. The former are

nised by the Iri:4 Olymple if they were given good finis,

Council, the latter by the inter- they would like them and go rational controlling bodies. more often.""

Rubber technologist: "Tas Ro-called funny British pletures are about as funny as a blind man falling off a cliff."

THE RIDDLE OF THE ROME REBELS

THIS IS TENNULE)

WHAT HAVE I

DO THE? WHAT

HAVE I CONE?

NO, MR, KOLLIS, WERE NOT DEAD! DISAPPOINTED

į

Lord Killanin's task will be to clear up the trouble haforr the next Olympics.

Landladios' dilemma HOLDIDAY

hotel

and keepen

boarding house In Britain face a new problem through the moval of the restrictions on meals in restaur am's.

terms

Many bookings, at inclusive based on three-course meats. were accepted carly in 'he year. But holiday-maken arriving are expecting clebarale menus. with four or five courses in place of f Austerlly three.

now more

Hotel men and Landindia clalm the Inclusive terms, Iready en low as possible, do not permit luxury foods or broader menus. And now that

bu

season har begun. they carnot ralso their charges,

Serne establishments ого solving the problem by offer. ing guests a la carte diabes in nudition to the inclusive mont. But those aro extras and must be paid for.

GANGWAYS FOR NEW TERMINAL

CRASH LAND

The exercise began at muki- day, when a wireless message was received at No. 205 Group Headquarters that an aircraft was about to "crash land" no

Aircraft from R.A.F. Station,

tirel Kabrit.

out and searched

On its return fight to Hong-miles south-west of Suez,

Sunderland carries tonk, the H.A.A.F. leave perzonnel, who

arcu unul nighttail

rescue

re housed in quarters vested the

the land by the ICA.F. contingent visit the afternoon

Farid. proceeding A week later the party left

of Suez along the flying boat takes the Australian south

coast party back to Japan and on the road until they reached Die return trip is the R.A.F. Odieb late in the evening. A vers and men back to Hong-night halt was made there and

(the party awaited further konp.

structions.

On each flight the Sunderland SOUTHAMPTON. dellver mal to British naval THE £750,000 ocean ter-nts in Japanese waters,

minal to be opened here

at the end of this month New jet planes

will have the world's first

power-operated telescopie being

gangways.

They will

for the first

York-bound

the Queen

Icarly

be used oficially

time when New

Two jet

planned

reconnaissance planes are being plegar- passengers bourded for the IL.A.F. One, the Me-

Elizabeth

An

of August 1.

Panourili be able

walk on to

and the

In-

At dawn the "crath position" | war communicated to the res- eus party, which then proceed- I to Dir Quena, 10- milles westwards, where à rendezvous with the searching airèraft was arranged.

the leor F.R.9, is a fighter-rema-

naissance aircraft, 19cther, the Meteor PR.10, Is-for

photographic work.

Gloster inade by

the ship along horizontal gangway, American

Malaya's new auxiliary force

RECRUITING will shortly

Singapore for the first unit of the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force, a volun- tourists have" ̈ complained that Both are

teer organisation digned to sharply sloping gangways to Aircraft Ltd., and powered by assist in the air defoner of Iners are difcult to negotiate.

ate two Rolls-Royce Dewent turbo- | Malaya. Volunteers will train The new pangways have jol engines.

in the evenings and at weekc- been designed to move up and

ends and spend a fortnight a down with the tide, nove The Meteor F.R.D is based on

year in camp. They will be on along the side of the building the standard Meteor a win

call for full-time service in an on rails, and relate sideways jet fighter, which, in May flew

emergency. to meet the fore and aft move at 510.9 miles an hour.

ments of ships.

Each of the three units weighs 17% tons and extends for GBIL. - London Expr Service)

GUESS WHAT

FOUR CANNON

The fuselage Jose

A small R.A.F, cadro of 10- structors will train volunteers. as filters; armourers, electricians, of the radar mechanics, clerka

and

RD has been re-designed to equipment assistants, and later Incorporate reconnaissance for the wireless and lustrument

and photographle trades. windows. There is a flat, down-

WOMEN, TOO angle window in the nose, with windows

The at each side,

tan Women

volunteer standard Meteor equipment of

is carried.radar operators and will soon bo four 20mm. cannon

able to qualify for training as The P.R.10 is an unanned fighter plotters and radio-jelo- version of the FR.9 for high phone operators. Altitude reconnaissance duties.

The picture is of the 19,300quipment ft. volcanic cone of Kiliman-

great mountain jaro, the East Africa. it was taken by M.J.R. Alderson, Captain Manager of B.0,4.C.'s Opera tional Development Unit, from the de Havilland Jet airliner, the Comet, when it was re- cently undergoing Its tropical tects.

Tha

pholegraphs-belleved

to be the first from the tr of Klimanjaro-were takcen nt helgh' of 40,000 and 20,- 000 feet at 3.30 In the after- noon.

of

Kilimanjaro is the highest known summit

Africa, rking as a volcanic cene from a plateau of about 3.000 feet

to 19,300 feet.

The plane as long-span tapered

wings.

Decoy in

desert

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piace at the I.A.F. airfield at Training of pilots will tako

Tengah. Tiger Moths will be used initially, to be succeeded by advanced trainers and final- ly by operational Aghter types. Any British subject and any person born in any of the States or territories of Malaya, Sar- RGANISED by No. 205 awak, North Borice or the Group, Middle East Air State of Brunei may Join the Force, the largest land rescue Malayan Auxiry Air Force.

the

eds replace the conventional wheel-type landing gear in this latest holloop-

ter model, near Buffalo, NY; Skid gear is reported especially useful on rough,

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wet or soggy ground, but can be used on any hard surface. Landings up to 40

miles an hour have been made...

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