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ABORIGINAL ART PUZZLES LONDON

By JOAN ERSKINE

London, Aug. 4.

An exhibition of pictures in London is causing and unusual interest among anthropologists educational authorities. It consists of drawings and paintings by Australian aboriginal children, not one of whom is over 14 years of age.

perhaps destroying

CLEAR VISION

The story of these re- children, markable artists begins over their inherent natural talents? four years ago, when twoj Eracling Me and Mrs Nud

The aboriginal children have exceptionally clear vision White, were appointed By and sense of perspective. Live the West Australian Educaling as they do, in remi-tropical Authorities to fake Jennilitions, they are necustomed to razler across miles of coun-

tal an

Their way na uphill tr

The children, descendante of the, worki's eicest anropdas, were propietats war unfriendly. Noel White world had no way of penetrating their reserve site

day he diepvered Child verilding in the diet.

eune paper You ane! Prayon, would you ble draw properly"? he acked. For the and time since his arrival, a child boked at lum ang sakl simply "Yes"

VERY IMPRESSED

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1950.

HIS

HE NEEDS OLD COMRADES

The Royal Artillery Association has asked the Minis- try of Pensions to try and contact some of the old comrades of Stephen Pinder, of Grays, Essex, who served with him in the 235th Anti-tnak Regiment, R.A., in the hope that by correspondence and visits they may help to restore his memory, which was impaired when Stephen was severely injured by a mortar bomb near Mount Pincon, Normandy, during August 1944.

Although the 236th has! Now and then he will gaze at . been disbanded, the search plinterraph of his regiment, pointing ja ʼn face here and there has begun and already one and murmuring: "Sicap," which romrade has been traced. means that the men are either Ile is Stuurt

ho Rush, of dead, or that Derbyshire. He has written member who they are. to Stephen and told him Stepken puzzles over n letter omething of their days to-ls Troop Commander has

cannot re-

ONE of the free paintings that has astonished artistsgether in France, mention- written describing how Stephen

400

FOR

in London.

SOUVENIRS

FESTIVAL

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ing RSM Reed and Sergeant put on the back of a tank and rushed to first-aid post Leach, Stephen shows the ter being wounded, lle letter to his mother and ponders over many other things, points hopefully to seeming- LUD,

y familiar names.

The mortar homb, which

a friend

and wounded ree others, blotted out the most of the past from Stephen's

He memory,

ww partly paralysed in the right, arm and

About 150 firms havo submitted more than articles to the committee set up by the Council of Indus- and deprived of the ability

lo remember how to speak. trial Design to approve the quality and workmanship of Festival of Britain souvenirs. Many more samplos aro expected.

It is planned to hold an ex- But we hope that the standards whition of approved convenies we set will be followed through

hard in the West End before the Fes-ut the country, and that

[lival. A d in Piccadilly has tallers will refire any chids and

shoddy goods," been rungesteel

1e

re-

Pottery masifnehirers, offert. pottery of the duetion of decorative

SITS AND WORRIES

Now 20, Stephen needs the friendship of his old comrades very badly. He sits at home and worries because he cannot re- member what happened to him etween the time he landed in Normandy

his

recovery from a coma in Inth Hospital.

the war in the furia of Bolated

and

charge of the Carrolupes and, conrentiently, the un- Notice Seltik munt.

Frmal enduring and brilliance

of a mene never appenes blur--- red or dazzlinat, as it'te apt to ap pene to European eyes,

The bend of

London the Commly Cottnell Eurational De- portament, who was present at what the opening questioned would happen to this aboriginal art when the children becane thoroughly civert Would they, he wondered, attempt to immrove on nature, stead portraying it with a seme of ast far beyond their years, an they th few days every chlore at present doing? was trawler farlonsly. 'They A market similarly in all the Wnt immediately would pick up a handfat of pictures eray, take a piece of paper, notice, and Mrs Rutter was

If she and not ok up until the ple- continily asked ture was complete. All this and earn that the children Hond repercussions

their rere ved no formal net tenning work, and in the four years. It is lear, even to the ensunt

childre standard ofrerver, that the sixth they reache

Souvenirs will eventually achieve. love fres Torman astonishing

in all shapes ani

old at two rentres in the Southamed by restrictions on the peo-He can only recall his life before ment

and that they are of forms,

Bank Exhibition. "Any portable reely unrellah disposition. article commemorative

ne inch of the similarity in Festival is the fetal defini- for the home market, have ask- incidents which punctuale in heutes their willkurness to tor of a souvenir.

nd the Board of Trade to allow otherwise blank past to him. hare knowledge with vach

Samples buve

nur make Festival her.

bern received them to

and other commemorative pot- He receives a full pension, jet jewellers, mantelpern maa-

gle mottery, glassware, leaf that no decision had been therapy and

tery. A Government spokesman and has had courses in speech which massage, Most actired was the chit-ther goods, toys Kane, filet

reached

have taught him to say a few The baght French pastels and dren's the of colour-pale blue venews and dress ornaments.

Orders for souvenirs have al- words and enabled him, with cales with her to tempt them. fair Into preen and binck, a

irady reached itain

to MANY SENT BACK

from diflcutt

hake hand She hatend one child named nicht ghy worthy of a budding

America and Canada and other Although he has learned to Parnell Dempser (incidentally, Constable, with free durply! "The ven members of the Dominions. It is exported that write left-handed, his trouble is these choose their own namest silhuetted againd it, kanzmons Souvenir Committer, healed by millions of badgen, articles of he cannot remember the words hose to mix the colours tdemping through the countryside Mr Robin Darwin, Principal of loy and leather-work, to write. Someone has to write then left him to it. In two and in brilliant 1dlight.

and other items letter for him and then be half hours he had produced! highly dramaileed use of E i ffe. Koval College of Art. have card-scarves

brown, ovet ngintly iner it was form- be sent abrem

cupies it out. an exerilent paintings of a tree black and grey in nicht seenes, ed seven monille, aro. Mr A

and Mint had been hivi Seme of the youuper children | Mumay, a furtival officer to the Grat intervalgetion th that pruned denims for porce Couril, said:

tain and fabric, and spotum of We have peaceted nearly 50 Mis Retter then decoded that "how were replistalet to an perennt, of sumples arnt in tre |

world •

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are entre Uey die! not cope up to artiti minty, and having col- rather butter with pastel- and one standards. In some cases Borted! representative relege crayons than with water

matra fortuneES

have im- hmiset them in ulous. Illustrated a free prewed and readmitted Austral New Zealand and cre of exceptional elarity, articles and we have acceptert

atlant TH: is the first time with degril and four of the By Bows been shown in the trut hus the Ital Imany ! the whole the trewencs

Ja. Bete

Rece To Burk hest, the exhins |

Payoom 10: as purinnl Pogled my nationaliti Anti De borne thing of a revem- | reliniret the rawing, as the far 4. MADN of them incor- 1869 The lavical techanges Log onverse venn merged with: aporate the Pestival Symbol, the Carmenting thing to watronye new members hajfour points of the compaper. People Others are uring prouingat Fes- elenite the Overrean Lugor.

South

The story continued when Mirs Florence Rutter, Founger defend of the Central London Aus- Voropthis Club, visited tralia and was to impressed by ste talent of the children that

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it

. USE OF COLOUR

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Te poveri. burt

droplaved by children tothe wire party, lu 19 en Overeas Hane - Manil of Barlieriyası

Claviordy painting The they loved best

will

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raise angtrategy. It fairly from Newfoundland, Pakistan, tival buildings as the motif.

that me

educated¦ India, the Weed Indien,

Cafe B GIN chile in the country coulé pros: Vuica and from all over Lon- !

Sutrare. few peo

Are we by

RAF Presentation

To King Abdullah

all connected with his cervice and his old comrades, a that is why huis well-wishers believe a few more conlaets with men of the Regiment any

help to restore his memory. Thas the rearch for them goes

DIT.

Japan Rebuilding Mercantile Fleet

Tokyo, Aug. 21. Japan has begun a shipbuild- irst and ship-remedling pro- tranuns to raise her occan- 1,043,800 tons. By March 31 she expects to have 100 freighters and 12. tan- kets of Internationd standards, compared with 10 freighters

four faukera and

on July 31 last.-Heuler.

Something New

THREE foreign visitors to the Chicago Fair of 1950 note the difference between skis used at home and a pnir held by Ann Williamson (kneeling). Left to

right are: Agnes Nygood, 16, of Norway; Bo Kjellen, 16, of Sweden, and Helle Larsen, 16, of Denmark, who are visiting the US. under sponsorship of Youth, Inc., with a

22 European countries, group from

(Aeme).

When A Kiss Caught

A Highland Recruit

By J. W. Taylor

The days when a woman's kiss meant another recruit for the Gor- don Highlanders will be recalled at the Edinburgh International Festival, which opened yesterday and continues till September 9, when 500 per- formers and ten bands will appear in the biggest Tattoo given in the Castle since before the war.

An exchange of emblems between King Abdullah of

The Tattoo will be pre- of the work involves repainting and guard of honour of three the Hashemite Kingdom of the Jordan and No. 6 Squadron,

finy squares offers and 10 other ranks of of the couch caus panelling from the 78th Highlanders, Men of Royal Air Force, took place recently at the end of a four-coded by a pageant from thirteen thousand

The wheels and] the 70th were stationed at the week desert training exercise undertaken by the squadron ilitary history called "A tue to black.

from the Page

Past," ones are being. transformed | Castle in 1828 and are the fore- at RAF Station, Mafraq, 45 miles from Amman.

designed to portray the lito the black and gold colours bears of the present Queen's of the Gordon's, and the Royal! Own Cameron Highlanders. A zeremony of the installation Duke of Gorton's erest substitut- replien of the Regimental Colour of General the Duke of ed for the present Royal ein. of the 79th, will be encries. Gordon as Guvernor

of Lett. Edinburgh Castle in 1828,

The Squadron presented mirfield at Mafraq consists more

dust than of the King with a framed re.of dae mwdery

anti, The squadron lived under PLEA TO SHOPS

production of their crest in

canvas, and the exercise was with ch pentanelty, dem, hit

of opportunity

"We have no control over the Froll and silver brocade, the late with enthusiasm and nature. terit the work of there" chl- jilosion of atodą "zold as 50 clow for

crown studded with jewels, wingleted with success. zealously trainingt eren.

the Exhibition. In a kve nies outside

white satin back-

The training programme in į ground, which was made by endot nie-to-strand tritt. King night flying, bombing exercizes #10744 in Jerusalem. Abdullah, who is an and rocket-tring practice. honorary Air Commodore in the RAF is to present #quadron with one of personal bun

New Use

For

Dllangar

ONE of the giant hangars at Floyd Bennett Field Naval Air Station in Brooklyn, N.Y., has been converted into a life-saving blood donor centre, complete with bloodmobile unit. Nurses Jenny Vodopivić, left, and Margaret Callahan get blood from some of the boys on the field, while a new type jet plano provides a dramatic backdrop. (Açme).

K. O. CANNON

IF YOU CAN BEAN TO

STAY AROUND FOR |

MOMENT PRONU WHISPEN, I'VE AN, IDEA THAT THE TRAP-DOOR 13)

JUST WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR...

I DON'T HAVE TO

COME DOWN, 2017 1

I DON'T THINK I

COULD FACE IT... DO DE CAMEFUL THERS.K.O.!..

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HANDSOME GREYS

followed by

It

Will be

scene

depleting the

hare of a soldier's life.

opening

The

Castle will be plunged into took in the it will soon be ready for re-

darkness and trumpeters of the Gordon High-atrals with

Royal Scots Greys four handsame Hourheld Cavalry) will sound (Scotland's

Dressed in Grey, accompanied by postillons Reveille from the battlements.

King's Pipes

The

from

His mother was noted for the elive Part he raiing of the Tameters in 1794. Highhad botnet and rezimental ant coachme

cket, the went rend Servicing

for partics

the

ant Tromp RBA in London, several | 12.

drums of the 1st the Vampires

Highland fits recruit flew to Mafraq in

of whom have forfeited their Batth Gordon Highlandera will She gave a leave o

play: "Hey Johnny Cope," the his. Valletta transport aircraft. They for the Regiment.

as to take part. by me of us to och man he rated,

ord will turn out, and light Were necompanied No. 62 Rifle Squadron, RAP

Therbiers in the Cavalry

will slowly creep over the Regiment,

Additional authentients will Ecort w nut

Castlewa officers res

carried While in the

rignal for the opening be from Semitish lent to the tent on a visit to the airfield, the ground exercises and performed Der

installation maand 3 AA Group and 9th King autographal i photograph airfield guard duties while inay by the loan from the lancers, A number of ex-Royal King of the landau built for Sot: Greys will be drawn from fof himself taken len years ago;

queen Victoria. Men of 20 the Edinburgh district. warne

the visit to

Air Marthad Sir Jown W. Command M/S HEMIE at the quactron. Th King also

Com-local Redford Barracks bave The Pageant will open with unvited officers of the squadron Baker, KCB, MC, DFC, to lunch at his palace in Am Air Force, visited the squadron

| mander-in-Chief, Middle East patiently been redecorating it to the meeting of the "Governor's" the motif of the period. It entourate by the Lord Lyon, at Mafrag

needed much patience, for part with heralds and

LAT

20

man.

No.

Squadron, which is equipped with Vampire Aghter- bombers is based in the Canal Zune of Exypt, and the object of the exercise was to assess prob lems arising from the operation

uf

deseri jet airerat from Airfelds. The surface of the

For

Colonies

Discussion

Mr James Grifiths, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr A.; Creech Jones, former Secretary of State for the Colonies, and De Rita Hinden, Secretary of the Fabian Colonial Bureau, are to be the prindpal speakers at a Londou Conference on September, 23, arranged by the Bureau.

to

Main theme of the Conference will be The Challenge Labour in the Colonles."

There will be three sessioN, and subjects discussed will b clude "Labour's Achievement in the Colonies", "What cotoni:5 Mean to You", "The Way Forward Colonics."

the

and

in

the

. THE RIDDLE OF THE ROME REBELS

THIS IS IT VVHISPERI I'VE FOUND IT! THERE'S DOPE WORTH A MILLION.

DOWN HERE !!

HMIBACK ENTRANCE AT

·CANAL LEVEL1 THOUGHT SOI THIS MUST BE WHERE THEY BRING THE STUFF IN... THESE CASES LOOK INTERESTINO1...

Jurian.

who

Marketing

Iva

Comfort

of the Tattoo proper.

MOUNTED BAND

By special permission of the King, the Mounted Band of the Life Guards, believed to be the trumpetersonly fully mounted band In the world today, will appear in State Uniform. This

privilege is only accorded when Royalty are attending the ceremony or function at which the band ap-

pears.

The Highland Light Infantry is putting forward Gi Highland dancers. Accompanied by the marsed pipes and drums, they will dance the Acryli

Broadswords.

Pipes and deums of five regi- ments of the Regular and Territorial Ariny will play series of marches. Among these will be Gordon Highlanders. brought specially from Germany who will be making their test appearance in Edinburgh Giner |1937. A detachment from the | Brigade of Guardi, consisting of 12 weeks' trained National Servicemen, will give a display of drill in the fall dress of their Regiments.

TWO housewives in Berlin, try out their new shopping car, designed by a Berlin engineer. The cabriolet model has a 6:2 horsepower rear engine with... 'n total weight of 540 pounds. (Acme),

is

Gen. Urquhart's Baby

A two months old baby boy

going to bandit-infested

| Malaya. He is Alexander Urgu- hart, who is travelling with his mother and three sisters to join This father, Majór-General R. E

Urquhart, commander of Malaya District.

The General has not yet seen his son as he was appointed to the Malaya Command February.

Just

Mra Urquhart is not worried about her new life in Malaya: the has lived out Enst before with her husband. A house has been prepared for the family at Kuala Lumpur, and the girls. aged ten, seven and are years, will continue their education at the Officers' School, there. They. expeel to stay in Malaya about Iwo years.

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