1950-07-25 — Page 3

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

Nothing to do with the spelling

By Robert Musel

LONDON.

AFTER months of study, Sid Rezuicle has an- nounced the Reznick formula for pronounc→ ing British proper names--"the older the family, the less the name is pronounced as it is spelled."

This philological discovery, guaranteed to make easier the life of any tourist, stemmed from the fact that Reznick (pronounced Reznick) writes jokes for such people as Al Jolson, Ed Wynn, Milton Berle and Jimmy Durante.

Our secret

agents in Holland

THE HAGUE.

The events haring up to the Reznick formula were described by his British Associate, Sld Colin, who writes jokes for British

STATS.

"It was like this," said Colln. "Reznick wanted some fancy Brit name for a script. He Baw Col. Leveson - Gower's

name in a news item and

THIE committee of inquiry asked me how to pronounce st

which huES been

he

"I did a le eliceking and advised him ft trds pro- nounced Ben-Gore.

Another

whaled 10

vestigating the conduct of the Dutch war-time Govern- ment in London is to publish

"This somed to excite Rez- its report on the eircum- Ance in which a German pronounce Ayscough.

nick, He asked me how 10 counter-explounge organisa old family. I wote hack that Hon knowo as the "Eng-it was, naturally. pronounced Hand Spiel succender in Askew. Then he penetrating the activiti. "[ the British Special Operations Executive and this for a lime frustrated the operations of British- Trainee! Dutch agent: parachuted into Holland.

ال

The commitlee Bruly reject: tiona of treant.ery moliver it mother, improper the part of the British or the Netherlands mihorities,

Such Theories were threatco- ing verfonly to undermine con- Edyner both in than Netherlands and the risich authorities, wit the emmittee criticised Netherlanıla svetel zervice, Briti-b 5.0.5, and the Nether- lands Government for perious mistakes.

FRANKNESS

the

the

These, it says, may have been parily due to the exceptional cirevimstances prevailing when the services charged with the sending of ngents started their, netivities.

The committee had ample aliscussions In London with several officers of the British services, and there

frankness on the British picie,

know how to pronotince Beau- "kamp, which is, of #nurse. Berchem.

How we liko

Why don't they pronounce them like they pr then Beźnick inquired. I replied

that it was our language and we enld promance it any way we wanted. It was up to the ainior partner in the language to follow our bad"

The Marquis of unruny CORICA out Bennt. The Beaulieu say it Betcles. The Boisragon Clan call

selves arrogNA.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1950.

During a benefit polo match in Westbury, N.Y., Boy Scout David Fleming tries out the saddle of a polo pony owned by high-scoring Alan Corey, of Meadowbrook polo team. Meadowbrook took on the Rurnson team, and

proceeds went to the Boy Scouts of America,

the

the

Ex-RAF men show London to 9 Texas girls

THEY REPAY WARTIME HOSPITALITY NINE girls from Texas are in England as the guests of nine ex-RAF officers who were! trained in Texas during the university graduates, are on a tour of Europe.

The girls,

war.

LONDON DIARY

3

DEFORE the races at Henley, When the students' last fort-rase publication after its next

to Themes phenomena night begins it Roan, a parly do in went aftoni in a double sculler: of people with code will no to Writing was first published in September, Now Karl Bernom and J. Beresfonteins there, accompanied by two 1930, was taken over by Pen- Their combloed nges tolal 133 doctors, Hend of the project inguin Books In ID40. During years.

Dr Thomas Summerville, medi-hr war 1 circulation reached They were watched by II. T. cal officer of the Unit.

100.000, but has since dropped TinelistafTe, who won the Olym-

The students get free board greatly rie Sens in 180n when he was and lodging and free beer. But only 104, 7. He is now az. their Kving conditions aro of text, 16

At the same Ume a crew of rougth. Londo

veterans went out.

|

The intent issue had 124 pager of lustentions. It rold for 1. ., carried по advertisements.

Among them were Percy Beale, Selling his farms Wrote editor John Lehmann

HOUSE, MI

deity cashier of the Bank of{"APTAIN CHARLES WATER-}in the foreword: "Would it England; IL R. A. Edwards.

for South-need n now war to revive who once won three finals at Enst Leicester, former Tery interest in the battles of the Henley In one day, and four Whip and warlime Parliamen-spirit, the arts of práce?" ather "winners of the Grand, all inty Sccretary to the Board of Now over 40.

Trade, is selit 1000 acres of

Up go the cookhouses

estate.

NE way in which the pub:

ONE

pay for unofficial strikes:

Working holiday

his Middleton, Derbyshire,

took Misa Meriha Snader, 2.400 a year rent, are for sale. years to save around £150 for Eleven dairy farms, paying 23-year-old American, throo

when troops are brought in to Middleton Hall, though he note in in London; and she is Cap'ain Waterhouse will keep her first holiday sbmad. Now eplace strikers, they are quat-onger lives in tered in the deep shelters en is a cottage in the grounds. Clapham Common. gineers put up cookhouses and of Intrines nearby, water is laki estates,

Royal Ee-

Al-o

His home spending five weeks of her two

months holidiny doing social in the market is. one work at the Women's Univer Suffolk's biggest private aity Settlement, Southwark. 2,500-scre Fornham She is one of a party of three on, guards are posted. Then a Park, near Bury St. Edmund's, volunteers fow days Inter all is dilfe tenant, under the will of mantled.

Mariha, slim, 5ft 3in., with he Inte Sir William Gilstrap, short, curly brown hair, works Work was going on for troops is Captain Duncan MacRa at a Philadelphia boys' school engaged in the road Baulage The estate includes a Georgian } as a secretary. dispute.

hause (with 70 rooms) and large She insists she is not a typi- parts of three villages

ral American girl, "I'm not

television a waste of money, I ADRIAN BOULT. who do not like Jitterbuggling has just left the BBC after jazz, and I tike 20 years as eesductor of the quelly and BBC Symphony Orchestra, tefti che mys

The ground they use will be necupied during the Festival of Britain by a car park for mo tor roaches,

Two now judges

PPOINTMENT

**

Sir Adrian returns crazy about the movies, I think

SIR

.

a High Court Judge means for Mr Terence Donovan, K.C., iving) up, for gool, hope of political i Tomice. He is 52. has been af

Socialist ATP shue 1945.

Parliamentary successor

£50,000 FISH at North East later ster Inherits

WENT BY

comfortable majority of 10.-

137.

Elevation to the Bench bringa notlier chance in Donovan's areer. Lost year he joined the board of the Daily Mirror. He will resign this job immedi- stely.

At the Bar people Alu wondering

whether Mr Donni aware (1200

zon's 20 years' experience n

THE BOARD BECAUSE the Ministry of.

Fond

WAS not

to stay longer than they a touri-we want to take that stocks of eured herring income-tax law will be wasted

them

"It is dull to visit a country;

English pubs, to English dances, £50,000 transaction was lost into English homes, were available in Britain, a and generally surround them to the British herring in with

100 pervent English atmosphere."

dustry, statel the annual They are showing the

In- report of the Herring round London,

dustry Board Issued recent- "We find we can spot fellowly. American::

mito 011 Ju London," Miss Marilyn Martin.

said one of the girls, herring

They have been persuaded? Aber-lamed in England to that Aber-the ex-fiers can return the family ancient hospitality American fumi- "them-lies gave then in wartime, Man behind the scheme is 25-year-old Pat Fletcher, sales The titled Cireneusters pro-manager to a Londen Arm บริ tince it Sissiter. Cockbur 123 wine merchants, Coburn, Colquhoun is Cohoon.

"The

people in Texas during Hawarden is Harden.

the war lent us their cars, gave us the keys to their homes, took

10 parties, theatres and sport- | tike ing events," he said.

We want to prove our grati- "English Myers-lude by showing these girls alers make-up

ttle English hospitally.

colourfully.

"English men-quite

pro-

Then there the family Majoribanks. It sounds Marshbanks Menzies la nounced Mengh, The coughs call themselves the Mus kews. Meux is Mews.

Two gems

Two Kems from the Reznick was great collection are Tyyrwhitt, pro- nounced Terilt, and Wriothes- lex. pronounced Roxly. Wau- dismisses as chope is Walkup, Methven is commiller

Dalziel in Dee-el, the allegation that Jeffen. Lindemans,

The unfounded

Christian

also With such examples Iteznick

known as "King! Kong feels that any American can

resist muce

wonker who went over to the Gemaus, gave them information about the Arnhem operation two days by advance,

TESTING AIR IN CITIES

THE atmosphere of nine cities and tuwar is being tested St. Bartholomew's 110spital

al

at the House of Lords,

make a good guess at other

1949 children

taller and heavier

English namen, But he warns BETWEEN 1938 and 1949

against pitfalls, such as Smith

the average height of

and Jones Them are places in Londer school-children in- the

(social) registerereased by three-quarters of upper where they are pronounced

an inch and their average Smythe and Johns.

weight by 14. These

Stamp colis a battle story.

figures are given in a report | by Sir Alan Daley. L.C.C. School Medical Officer.

The report, the first survey of a kind covering the L.C.C. are to be issued for 11 years, was subenithed to the Eiucation mittes on June 21. 11 will to je published soon.

The r

Survey

Brille tanks went than

WO

dering batile and

down the road the liberation

Belgium began.

village

ان

Summarises the

| improvement in physical fan- kark among pupils in the part

drcade with the words

discover if ancke has any wearing on the cause of lung vincer, This di: closed the 1949 report of the British Empire Cancer Campaign, It was a sunny day-Septen-

"It is prevented at the annual meeting|ber 3, 1014-when the 300s though by pre-war scales people who live in the border of growth the nost-war children of Hertain heard the were three months older tin The plares

London, roar of

their year engines which brought theated by Sheffield, Muncheater, Liver-them freedom.

birth." pol. Burnley, Aston (Staff). There were Hui, Bristol and Leicester. British. Benzpyrene, a hydrocarbon, was rietected in suspended matter cbtained from the air of all of them. Samples are still being revived.

are

"No evidence has been found 4o far of any formation benzpyrene by the combustión of tobacco. A wide variation

has been found in the amount

st

sheers for the Then stere! Resistance

of arsenic contained in various men put on the white-blouse uniforms and started shooting brands of cigareties, and reems likely that this may be traitors. related to the praying of the plants with inteelleide."

Now Delgium commemorates that stirring day with a set of three friendship slumps. They The Duke of Gloucester, how the tanks, the crests of nayident, presented the Nufeld Britain and Belgium, and the trophy, an annual competition memorial to British troops at

in raising funds for the Cancer Herlain. Campaign, to Wellington, Salop

...

The

are

of

BIGGER SOUTH

The averages for both height and weight tend to be greater south of the Thants than north of the river. They are highest in the south-west, Batterren | and

Wandsworth

lowest

In the north- east, Hackney, Shore Wilch, Stok: Newington, Bethnal Green, the City of London, Poplar anch Stepney Height and weight arenes in the south-west area are about twice in the north-east.

The report points out that over the past 10 years changes in weight have been on tax average proportionate to changes in height. "Children of today are not merely heavier Dr

To Beat

Ja

He said that the town organised Price: 25, 94, Artistle and ex- [increly tuller than their parents

74 functions, bringing than £1,340 to the campaign

citing.-J. A. A.

more

(Londos Express Service)

K. O. CANNON

CANNON-YOU MUST BELIEVO ME!

I MAY BE A COWARD, BUT I'M

NO MURDEREN., IT WAS AN

ACCIDENT. MY NERVES

AME ALL TO PIECES).........

HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH,K.O.` PETEN WAS SHOT DOWN IN. FLAMES DURING THE WAR..,

vere, but are member of a generation altogether of greater physique,"

irls

tax cres on the King's Bench. Income-i

are now dealt with Des

the Chancery division,

stint he may be "ent" in the Chancery division.

Both in the 50s Mr Redmond Barry, tha a few A quantity of part-processed second new Juice, is

was imported in months younger than Mr Dono. November from Holland ondan, has built up one of the then re-exported to Poland. The busiest silk's practices in Lon- import licence was granted In

don on his handsome Presence, bls rich, gentle

voice much spite of reasonable representa

and hla by the Board, who knew all-round legal ability. dress less that

the Ash was going to

The new judge is a devout Catholic. He married In 1033 the only doughter of M

Majestic men

womert use

and

tions

Poland. apart The report says that at the

the ample supplies of British mest Agnew, Inte owner of a caught herring were available.

from their accent-give them

elves away by the majestic manner in which they s down and order a meal or buy a bus ticket.”

of

-London Express Service)

Procery store chain in the North of England. He is a

The lost Jeroboam

and doing things avolding crowds,"

Sir Adrian.. Lafter 20 years, he leaves BBC

after a fortnight's She wears 1iltle make-up. At

the there. For

ed mother. She is niways in first home she lives with her widow-

bed by 11 p.m.

"A wholly unnecessary trad-good horseman, also plays golf, ing operation has had the effect f diverting from the British herring industry to that of a MOURNING the loss of an

champartne ompeting producer nation the empty

Jero- Guernsey

holiday benefit of a transaction valuedom (four-bottle size) is four days of his holiday he did at something better than £50,- manager of an hotel at Bray, 000: and its in a year it was the of a set of Krug nothing but eat and sleep.

in which all

Sald the 1928 battles, in different sizes, have been squeezing the orangeR NIGEL BIRCH (C, West domestic industry were strug which have adored the mantle pling agalust

dry. Part of the process the lounge bar

the terrifying amount natural hundleaps.

Since before the war.

of mu "Probably

dern music they gave me. When thought

I gave my last DBC concurt would make a good-looking,

I was absolutely whucked," lamp," say the management.

sections

of

extraordinary piece

CONSEQUENCES

#

of

somшorie

Str

Adrian: "The BBC

It is unlikely, they think, that Unknown Rembrandt

was

battle.

"An immediate and serious loss has been

mistaken suffered by the Industry: but the consequences have yet to be felt in full The ludustry faces the 1950 summer cering season

measure.

at a distinct disadvantage."

for

n full

A

AN

unrecorded Rembrandt Colds on purpose

landscap:, The Flight Into INE

Egypt, is to be sold at Sotheby's frem Edinburgh and Glas John Robert Hepburn-Stuart- university students this month. Seller i Charles

Medal of the wook

A Funt>:

A girl whose faen is covered

with paint

Has an

advantage with me over one whose ain't

100 years ago

From the Evening Standard,

ORD

office:

July 8, 1850

CHAMBERLAIN'S

few, and one trom London, Forbes Trofuals, 87-year-oki Notice is hereby given that

The

Kembranit

nleg to the alarming illness of measures HRH the Duke of Cambridge,

signed; the Drawing-Room intended to

The Ministry of Food agreed have just begin a stay of near- konan Ciuitos. that the Teenee was granted by three months on the lonely the Board of Trade on its re-and of Bean off the north 2014, by 16M commendation. An offlelal said coast of Sutherland. fort Tilate is indistinct. It has be held by Her Majerty at St. They could not disclose to whom night before

visits been in Lord Clinton's collec- Fire's Palace tomorrow and the licence was granted.

are expected to catch on at Bicton, Eart Budleigh, the State Ball at Buckingham Palnce on Wednesday next, wili nel take place.

their

coltis. "The reason we recommended This strange vacation is a It was that ዩሮ were not in-new venture of the Common formed that there were

Unit nny Cold Research

at Salis- stocks of cured herring availablebury. It will test the

theory in this

Devon.

Magazine closing down

country, although we that people living in Isolation LATEST victim of the 1950 consulted the Herring Industry lose their Board Arst"

A Herring Board official Informed of the Ministry's explanation Fald: "The only commment I can make is that this transaction occurred An November.

MARKET FALLEN

"Anyone who knows Any- thing about the herring industry knew there were stocks of cured LOST BUT HAPPY herring at Yarmouth

at that After a three-day bus trip time. It was in the middle of

1800 miles from Las

the East Anglian fishing." Vegas, Nev., to Chicago, [.. Carol Berg, six, thought she was lost. She visited an aunt out west and her parents were de- layed in meeting her, but everything worked out okay,

THE RIDDLE OF THE ROME REBELS

ALL FIGHT, WHISPER. BUT HE KNOWS A LOT THAT HE HASN'T VET TOLD ME... BETTEM

START TALKINO.

HOLLIS...

| DONT LET'S TALK HERE.

CANT WE MEET AFTEN

| PETER HAS CHANGED).

PETEN ?...

WHERE DO YOU SAY, PAGANINI'S RESTAURANT.

THAT'S THE VERY PLACE!} LOTS OF THE PEOPLE I

SUSPECT GET THEME.. 1 CAN POINT "EN" OUT)

TO YOU...

150

The Board's report for the year ended March 31 records that in the past two years de- mand for herring in the home market has fallen by 33 1-3 percent below ita post-war peak. Regulations

are southt almed at excluding from the markets herrings unsuitable for freshing or kippering.

CROCODILE SKIN INDUSTRY·

Dar - Es Salaam. Colonial Development Corporation CX- perta have been examining the Potentialities of the crocodiln skin industry, which is now flourishing in Mwanza, on Lake Victoria, Tanganyika, Althoug tele recommendations are not known, Mwanza merchants pro discussing a floating tanning factory on the lake.

Tanganyika produces about 700 Ekins monthly, about a third of Bust Africa's total. Though exploitation of crocodiles is n post-war industry, it is provid- log Tanganyika with valuable exporttrade.

usual immunity to

magazine stamp is Pen-

terms, catch colds more easily. guin New Writing, which will

1953 footnote: The Duke, the tenth child of George III, et at | 10 o'clock that night, aged 10. He death, and the official bülletin, wos mudden" 'and without suffering."

-(London Expres Service) '

Theso Cuban swimmers smile confidently in Havana as they prepare to work out in 'nearby waters. They're going to try to swim from Balla Honds, about 100 miles west of Havana, to Key West, Fla., or approximately 120 miles. **** Teft to right aro: Johnny Cortinas; Leonel Vieil; Bernardo Martines; Jope

Conill, and Rolando Elejalde, coach of the other four.