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A Page of Interesting News and Pictures of the British Isles "THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1929 ' PAGE SEVENTEEN British Heir's Matrimonial Plans Worry London Society Statement Said to Have Been Made by Prince That He Would Marry When 35 Years Old Is Recalled by His Friends--Will Attain That Age in June of This Year-- Name Has Been Linked With That of Many English Girls London.--~Court circles are engag= ing in considerable speculation re- garding the matrimonial intentions of Edward Prince of Wales. The Prince, it is stated, has often told his friends that he will marry when he is 35. He attains that age in June of this year. It is pointed out also that Marl- borough house, the London home of the late Queen Alexandra, is now ready for occupation by the Prince following extensive remodelling, and that the "consort's suite" has been refitted and redecorated. s Suite If the Prince intends to remain a bachelor, it is asked why should he move from his comfortable quarters in York house, St. James' palace, to the barn-like Marlborough house? Similarly, why should such an es- sentially feminine set of rooms as the "consort's suite" be put in order? Accepting it as granted that the Prince will march to the altar some- time this year, the court gossips are attempting to forecast who will be the honored bride. This is by no means an easy task, since with the passing of the years the list of prominent and illustrious young women from whom the Prince could choose a bride has been stead- ily reduced. Under the terms of the Royal Mar- riage Act, the heir to the throne is supposed to marry a direct descen- dant of the blood royal. The act has been rendered flexible through the ages, however, and at' present there is nothing to prevent the Prince from marrying whomever he choose. Ever since he attained his major- ity, the Prince has been linked: by rumor and report to literally scores of women. Among them have been a number of royal princesses, in- cluding members of the ruling houses of Italy, Spain, Belgium, Denmark and Sweden. One by one, however, these rumors have been dispelled, either by the marriage of the lady concerned or by the passage of time, until today there is hardly an eligible princess left. Modern Girl Similarly, of the Englishwoman who have been looked upon as fu- ture queens because of their royal lineage, only one remains on the so- called "eligible" list. She is Lady May Cambridge, daughter of the Bu and Countess of Athlone. The arl of Athlone is at present gover- nor general of South Africa. Undoubtedly this would be a good match in the eyes of the English na- tion. Lady May is 22, a thoroughly modern girl, and a favorite niece of the Prince's mother, Queen Mary. In recent years the name of the Prince has been linked with three other English girls, in addition to Lady May, as follows: Lady Rachel Cavendish, fourth daughter of the extremely wealthy Duke of Devonshire; Lady Mary Thynne, youngest daughter of the Marquis of Bath; and Lady Anne Welesly, a society girl of 18 noted for her "old-fashioned" ways. Each of these reports have been denied by the Prince®s entourage, however, and today only those in the confidence of the heir to the throne have the least idea upon whom his choice will rest, COMPANY BANISHES WOMEN EMPLOYEES London Steamship Firm Re- verts to All-male Staff Policy London. May 15.-- In a year when British women are mistresses of the polls. Eve is being banished from her job in a famous London shipping office. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company has announced that all the women on its staff are to be promptly replaced by men, and that its great mew offices in Lead- enhall street will never have a woman typist or secretary within its walls. Only five girl "die-hards" now remain on the company's pay-roll. Three of them are leaving to get married, and the other two have been told that they will have to go by the time the new offices are taken over. "We are reverting to our pre- war policy of an all-male staff," an official of the company ex- plained, "All the women in our employ were given twelve months' notice to emable them to secure other jobs." Twelve monkeys and a baby bear arrived at Croydon aerodrome Farmhand of} To Canada on Quick | Notice London.--The peremptory call of adventure reached Sidney Mett- ham, aged 27, when he was plough- ing his lonely furrow on Brough- borough Park farm, Bedfordshire. He was handed a telegram which told him that a post awaited him in Canada if he could catch the Cu- nard liner Andania, which was due to leave Liverpool nine hours later, Mettham stopped long enough to pack a small handbag and change his clothes. He caught the An- dania, with a few minutes to spare. Liverpool city council has decid- ed to buy from the Earl of Sefton part of two farms, comprising over 280 acres, for £44,500. Gunner John Flanagan, one of the nine artillerymen injured when a motor-car dashed into a column marching on the Borden-Petersfield road, died in hospital at Aldershot. Mrs. Mary Alice Halliday, of Boscombe, Bournemouth, was giv- en away by her daughter, Misg E. Halliday, at her wedding at Bos- combe, to Alderman Frederick S. Mate, a former Mayor of Bourne- mouth. Royal Trainman Has Travelled With His Majesty on Over 200 Trips London.--Many journeys with kings, queens, the late tsar, princes and dukes are recalled by T. Towa- send, attendant on L. M, 8. Royal trains, who has just retired under the age limit. Mr. Townsend has accompanied the King on 210 journeys. In a period extending from 1896 he has travelled with the King and Queen when they were the Duke and Duchess of York, Prince and Princess of Wales, and since their rceession to the throne. "My earliest recollections as a servant on the royal train date from 1890 to November 6, 1900. during the time of the late Queen Victoria," said Mr. Townsend in an interview, "During that time I have ac- companied the royal train to Bal- moral . twice each year--in the spring and in August. "My next period of service was with King Edward and Queen Al- exandra, from 1901 to 1910. In recognition of his services to successive royal families, the King, during the journey from Ballaster to London, on October 9 and 10 last, presented Mr. Townsend with the Royal Victoria medal. PROMINENT BRITISH LABOR LEADER RT. HON. J. H. THOMAS Noted leader of British railway mem, who is prominent in the British lections fight. He rose from engine-wiper to cabinet minister and is one of Ram say MacDonald's chief lieutenants. Last fall his son, Capt. A. J. BRITAIN 0 WAKE BID FOR TOURISTS New Company to be Incor- porated This Week---Help Form Government London, -- Having lagged behind other countries for many years, Great Britain is now taking up ener- getically the task of making known its attractions to visitors. The Travel Association of Great Britain and Ireland will be incorpor- ated this week, and already subscrip- tions of over $85,000 a year have been promised by the Government, the railway and steamship compaties, hotels and others for a great "Come to Britain" campaign. ; In order to become first director of the organization Louis Beale has been withdrawn from his post as Trade Commissioner in New Zea- land. Mr, Beale has travelled in every part of the world, except South Am- erica and South Africa. He started in business in Kent, he told a report- er. Some 350,000 visitors came each year for pleasure, as compared with the 1,800,000 who go to France, in- cidentally bringing between $375,000 and $500,000 profit to France. Mr. Beale indicated that the Asso- ciation had in hand such matters as pass-port visas and customs examin- ations. Among the ideas he is considering are (= Lectures' and film displays. Broadcast talks by eminent Eng- lishmen and Irishmen visiting or liv- ing in foreign countries, Advertising the range of sporting events held throughout the year. Publishing a series of booklets dealing with specific subjects. "I can assure you," he said, "that the world knows very little of the true beauty and charm of our land, or of its history and tradition. "We have to make these things known." WOMAN'S TREK IN AUSTRALIAN BUSH Lone Missionary Makes a 2,500 Mile Journey by Car London.--One of the most ad- venturous women missionaries now touring remote outposts of the Bri- tish Empire is Sister Agnes Mc- Gregor, who is at work in the Aus- tralian Bush country. Details of her latest exploits at evangelisation in the wilds were given to a reporter recently by Miss Sanders secretary of the lad- ies' association of the Colonial and Continental Church Society. In five weeks Sister Agnes has travelled 2,600 miles in her own car in the wilds. After her car had been dedicated in Sydney, she drove 680 miles to her parisn. Since then she has been minis- tering to lonely and isolated folk, getting to her destination by aero plane, on the back of a camel, by car, on horseback, walking ana ma mail van. This hardy poineer has just had some curious experiences. The 680 miles journey she did in four days. After spending two days in Wilca-~ nia, she travelled 240 miles visit ing fourteen families in the bush, and as there was no church they held a service in the hotel dining- room. . She then travelled back alone. In three days she only met one person--a boundary rider on horse back. The heat was 112 degrees in the shade. In three weeks she travelled 1,305 miles. Outside a log cabin she found nine children. When she drove up to the shack, they ran away, afraid. All they had to eat was bread and meat, and they had to cart dirty- Joking water 12 miles for drink- ng. Siialcspeare Still Sought For Taxes London,--British income tax of- ficials miss no bets. They still have William Shakespeare on their books, . Allen Lane, director of a firm of publishers, revealed in a recent speech that his firm during the last ten years had received more than one income tax assessment address- ed to '"W. Shakespeare, Esq." SPLENDID GIFT Keston, Kent.--Special provision for the future of his business so that his empolyees shall . benefit is made in the will of Anthony Al- exander, of Westerham road, Kes- ton, Kent, wholesale tobacconist, who left £25,719, with net person- ality £14,068. He directs that the business shall be conducted on the same lines as hitherto, and that 50 per cent of the net profits, after de- ducting 10 per cent as interest on the capital employed, shall go to the staff, subject to their having been employed for 12 months, in the same proportion as their re- spective salaries, On the death of his' wife, Mr. Alexander has directed that the business, with goodwill, money on current account, stock and fixtures shall go to the staff, the capital employed to remain as a, loan. While Hawali has a shortage of builders it has an oversupply of Thompson, married Miss Gerda Parson of Montreal. clerks this season. WADE T0 STAFF WILL HE SOON FIND HIMSELF A WIFE? HR.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES ibility of his early marriage, Whose friends are P ried after he was 35 years of age. month. lating on the p in view of the fact that he is said to have declared that he would be mar- The prince will be 35 years old next 5 "To H--- With London.--Intense indignation prevails in Launceston, Cornwall, following a speech on the Castle green, owned by the corporation, wherein the Rev. C. J. Bucknaun, locally known as the 'red curate of Delabole" {is credited with the declaration, "to H--with the Brit- ish Empire." The Town Council ordered that in future Mr. Bucknall should nbt be allowed to speak on any prop- erty owned by the corporation. Mr. Bucknall was previously credited Parson Credited With Saying British Empire" with declaring publicly that "The Union Jack is an un-Christion flag" and his socialist doctrines so in- censed the parishioners in 1925 that they petitioned the Bishop of Truro for his removal, but the bish- op declined. Mr. Bucknall is alleged to have delivered a sermon smoking a clay pipe and standing between the red flag and the Crucifix and on anoth- er occasion with having displayed a Sinn Fein flag on one side in the church and a red flag on the other. ASPIRES T0 HOUSE OF COMMONS American Woman Adopted Liberal Candidate for Norfolk London, England.--Mrs. Charles Frederick Hoffman, formerly of New York and Armsea House, New- port, R.I., who abandoned New York society after the death of her husband in 1919 and became natu- ralized in England, has been adopt- ed as the Liberal candidate for the North Norfolk constituency (Mas Anglia). Mrs. Hoffman acquired Blickling Hall, Norfolk, the magnificent his torical house of the Marquis of Lothian, in 1921, and soon became a well known figure in county so- ciety. Both Labor and Conservative parties have candidates in the field against Mrs. Hoffman, but for the last nine months she has been steadily campaigning throughout the 328 villages in her area, follow- ing the lead of David Lloyd George in emphasizing the need for under- standing and co-operation with the United States, and stressing that a Liberal Government would be "get on prosperity, work for the workless and peace." Unlike her fellow-countrywoman, Lady Astor, Mrs. Hoffman does not favor prohi- bition for England. EARL OF MEATH Founder of the Empire Day move- ment in England, celebration of which will take place on May 24. The Earl of Meath has been asso- jated with mov ts for the benefit of people for the last 40 years. MOUNTAIN TRIPS ATTRACTING MANY Benn Heirs the Mecca of Scottish Mountaineering Club Inverness, Scotland--Ben Nevis is the Mecca of the Scottish Moun- taineering Club, whose members, to the number of about 100, are revel- ling in the glorious weather amid the different ascents on the mon- arch of British mountains. The pro- tracted drought, which is so very unusual in this district, makes the hills particularly attractive to rock climbers, and all the great ridges of the Ben are in perfect condition due to the almost complete absence of ice, a condition exceptionally rare at this season. Amongst the ascents successfully tackled have been the Towers Ridge, the Castle Ridge, the north-east buttress, and the rock faces of the Cairn Dearg. Numerous parties have visited the summit of the mountain, which is remarkably free of snow. On Mon- day an Alpine hut, gifted to the Club by Dr. Inglis Clark, of Edin- burgh, for the use of members of the Club, ig to be formally open- ed. It is erected at a convenient site in Corry, and lies at an alti- tude of over 2,000 feet. It is meant as a shelter in time of stress, and, being stocked with provisions and supplied with stoves and bedding, members can, when occasion re- quires, spend the night there. URGE BOYCOTT ON ONE POUND STAMP London. ~-- The charge that the British Government is attempting to profiteer from the international Post- al Union Congress was made recently by the official journal of the Royal Philatelic Society, which in scathing language blacklists the proposed one- pound commemorative stamp and advises collectors not to buy it. This stamp, it says, is useless for postal purposes, and is merely a method whereby the Government hopes to defray the expenses of its new issues out of the pockets of stamp collectors everywhere. The paper explains that it has no objec- tion to the commemorative half- penny, penny and 33 pence stamps, which the Government put on sale to mark the first postal congress ever held in London. The one pound stamp, however, it finds is inde- fensible. "The object of any commemora- tive issue should be to commemor- ate and not to export," says the philatelist organ. "We have tne very strongest objection to any at- tempt to foist upon the stamp cole legting public high values in the _| hope that some simpletons will lock up a quantity of unused material in their albums and so pay good money for printers' labels.. The idea is cheap. We trusted this country was above that sort of thing." Glenorchy House, a mansicen has been destroyed by fire. BRITISH GOV'T SEEKS FISHERIES Expedition to Hunt For New Grounds For British Trawlers London.--The Government fis about to send an expedition into the Atlantic in the hope of dis- covering new fishing grounds for British trawlers. It is understood that H. M. S, Rosemary, of the Fishery Protec- tion Flotilla, commanded by Com- mander G. F. W. Wilson, D. 8, O., will be the vessel employed. It will carry a staff of experts from the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty. The fishing industry has been faced with the fact that while fish are moving farther and farther away from the usual fishing grounds, and the necessity for util- izing more distant waters was re- ferred to in a report on this ques- tion published some months ago by the Imperial Economic Committee, Normally a trawler cannot oper- ate in water more than 250-300 fathoms deep (1500-1800 feet). Distant waters go down to unfath- omable depths, but it is believed that there are comparatively shal- low places in the Atlantic where fish may be found. It will be the task of H. M. S. Rosemary and the hydroghaphers to find and chart these places. The next step will be for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fish- eries in conjunction with the fish- ing industry, to send out a trawler on an experimental fishing expedi- tion, It is probable that the trawl- er Florence Brierby will' be used for this purpose. This vessel was utilized when new hake fishing grounds were re- quired some months ago. The cost of the expedition was £1,500, but as the result of the expedition the first year's catch of hake from the new grounds discovered was valu- ed at £12,000. CATHEDRAL DEGAY CAUSES ANXIETY Historic Structures Endan- gered by Ills of Old Age Canterbury.--There are still sev- eral cathedrals in England badly in need of repair. Recent reports supplied by architects to the au- thorities show that some of our oldest and most beautiful shrines are slowly collapsing under the at- tacks of acid in the atmosphere, or the Foofs are being ruined by dry rot of the death-watch beetle. The last report issued by the Cathedrals Commission pointed out that about £500,000 was needed in a few years for renovations and re- pair. It is probable that a suggestion for a large and authoritative ap- peal for work on all English ca- thedrals will be brought forward at an early meeting of the Church Assembly. There have been a mumber of causes for the decay in the fabrics, At Canterbury Cathedral, the archi- tect, Mr. W. D. Caroe, stated: The stone is subjected to an in- fluence of destruction quite un- known in the Middle Ages. It be- comes sulphated in the atmosphere of today and turned into gypsum, which readily decays. Thus the dean and chapter are faced with a constantly acting enemy which nev- er rests and continues tp eat into the fabric. The decay spreads by contagion, The most recent report is that concerning Wells Cathedral, where damage to the fabric has been caused by the vibration of heavy trafic under the 'archway, over which is the singularly beautiful Vicars' Hall, linking up the cathe- dral with the close. Cenotaph Escapes London--Although it is no great tribute to British driving ability, attention has been called in the London press to the fact that the Cenotaph, the monument to Brit- ain's war dead which stands in Whitehall, has never been scratch- ed, bruised or bumped by careless motorists. The Cenotaph is said to be the only building in the centre of any London. street which has never been pumped. SEEKING TO TRACE LOST ROMAN ARMY Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. -- A lost Roman Legion, probably annihi- lated by savage tribes, and a wall built- by the Roman Emperor Had- rian across the north of England are important links in the history of the Romans in Britain which excavators hope to trace beneath the streets of this ship-building city. They also are seeking the ruins of the fort of Pons Aelii, which stood on the pre- sent site of Newcastle when the Ro- man soldiers held sway over the fierce northern tribes. Roman galleys once floated in the river 'Tyne, now occupied by the modern shipyards which produced Maurentania. It is believed that Pons Aeclii overlooked the river. Wallsend, across the river, was also a Roman stronghold. The work to be under- taken by the North of England Ex- cavation Committee should produce one of archaclogy's most interesting All Auto Accidents London.--The action brought by Archibald Bathgate Lamberton, the former secretary of the Kensington Rotary Club, to obtain a declara- tion that he was a member of the club, and that a resolution pux- porting. to expel him, passed hy the council of the club, was illegal and contrary to natural justice, was dismissed with costs by Mr. Justice Luxmore in the. chancery division recently, The defendants to the action were the president of the club, Rev, H. Martin Thorpe, and other offi- cials. The resolution was passed after Mr, Lamberton had written a letter regarding a difference which had arisen between himself and another member of the club, a Mr. Barrs. The defence contended that Mr. Lamberton had failed to conduct himself in accordance with the principles of Rotary. Mr. Jus- tice Luxmore said that the dispute had arisen out. of what any reason- able person would call a trivial matter, but it had been so magni- fied that it had become a serious matter for all concerned. The prin- ciples of Rotary were to abolish all conflicting interests, and to estab- lish a close personal acquaintance and friendship between the mem- bers, Letter Provocative The letter written by Mr. Lam- berton to Mr. Barrs was obviously a provocative letter and undoubt- edly offensive. It was not surpris- ing that Mr. Barrs objected to it. He agreed with the council that the letter should not have been written. British Court Backs Expulsion of Unwanted Rotary Club Member Former Secretary of Club at Kensington, England, Claimed That His Expulsion Was Illegal and Contrary to Natur- - | al Justice--Judge Calls Complainant an Obstinate Per- son With Peculiar Type of Mind He accepted the evidence thaf after the promise given to the coun- cil it was agreed that Mr, Barrs should apologize in his turn. Mr. Lamberton tried to alter this ar- rangement by suggesting that Mr. Barrs should make his apology first, but the council refused to ae- cept any alteration of the promise given by Mr. Lamberton. Mr. Lawm- berton made things worse by offer- ing to withdraw the letter but me? a single statement in it, That was something which nobody could ac- cept. Peculiar Type "I have seen Mr. Lamberton in the box," said the judge. "He has a peculiar type of mind with a strong tendency to technicalities, and he is obviously an obstinate person." He was satisfied that Mr. Lamberton knew what the charge was when he received the notice. Every member was anxious to help Mr, Lamberton against himself. "I have never come across a case where a committee was so anxious to avoid the necessity of extreme measures--to keep Mr. Lamberton as a member, and preserve the friendly relations of the club," ad= ded the judge. He was satisfied that the notice of September 29 complied with the letter and rules of the club. Mr, Lamberton knew what the charge was, and he had been given a fair hearing. He did not think that it was suggested that the council acted in anything other than in good faith. He thought that the resolution was a valid re- solution, The action must be dis- missed with costs. Fashions Take Back Seat in British Drive London.--Platform fashions for candidates' wives have become a very serious feature: of the forth- coming general election in Brit- ain. Party headquarters have been is- suing special advice on the 'sub- ject. "Fashions for Ascot are not nearly os important as platform fashions," says one of these state- ments, "Wives who speak for hus- bands must be neatly and smartly dressed but not over-dressed." The postmaster-general has de- cided that in future a wireless re- ceicing license for sets at home shall cover also one portable set used by the licensee of a member of his household anywhere in Great Britain or Northern Ireland. Laying of the telephone cable which will connect the Isle of Man with England will be started soon. Former patients of Mercy Hospi- tal, Cork, Ireland, have erected a Grotto of Lourdes on the hospital grounds. SIR HENRY SEGRAVE IS GUEST OF KING After Being Knighted Takes Lunch at Craigwell House ad Bognor,--Major H. O. D. Sea- grave, England's speed king, is now a knight of the road in fact as well as figuratively speaking. The King bestowed upon him the accolade of knighthood as a reward for his famous automobile and motorboat speed featg in the United States. The major was the first man hon- ored by the King in person sincé His Majesty's recent illness. The King wore morning dress. As Major Seagrave knelt before him, a sword was handed to the King by an attendant, and His Majesty then touched the major on the right shoulder, saying "Rise, Sir Henry." ' : After the ceremony, Major Sir Henry Seagrave spent some time with the King, telling him about his American trip and his speed feats there. Afterwards Sir Henry was presented to Queen Mary and had lunch at Craigwell House. Dumfries.--The famous anvil at Gretna Green, over which many couples have been united in time- honored circumstances, is some- times the scene of marriages which savor less of romance than of ae ception, and which lead to unhap= piness instead of wedded bliss. This was the point stressed by the sheriff in Dumfries court when, in passing a sixty-day sentence on a woman for bigamy, he said it Magistrate Blames Gretna Green For Many Bigamous Marriages was only right to call attention to the fact that a large propor- tion of the bigamy cases which came before him arose out of Gret~ na Green marriages, 'Margaret Logan, 25, pleaded "Guilty" to bigamously marrying at Gretna James McGill, hairdress« er, of St. Michael street, Dumfries, while her husband, Michael John Logan, a sergeant in the National Army, attached to the army school at the Curragh, was still alive. chapters. INTENDS TO PAY VISIT TO CANADA i GENERAL WILLIAM HIGGINS i Commander-in-Chief of the Salvation Army, who has announced that he intends to pay a visit to Canada in the autumn of this year.