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Nazi Bombs Punotuate Newsman’s Interview

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nllllrulm MacDonald. Briiainfis new High Commissioner to Canada. stffliis with his sister, Sheila, the "eittraordinarily good hostess."

BY PAUL MANNING NEA Service Staff Correspondent

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of a natural hostess.

‘WHETHER PAWPHLETS COULD WIN WAR

With Sheila Maollonald

llWHalfway thr-"tiglt the roast heel it, occurred to me what an extraordinarily good hostess this Sheila MacDonald was.

A blzrz was on over this Hampstead section cf London and the fivr of us ivere having dinner. There was Sheila MacDonald. who will be Eng- land's new hostess to Canada; she's expected to follow hrr 40-year-Zid bachelor brother Malcolm to Canada when he takes over the job cf High. 'ner. "flicre was Sheila's blond friend, a chum since roommate xicni, and there was a young doctor, I was the fourth.

Sieila MacDonald is no raving beauty, I thought. Her clothes are drab. She's a trifle tco lean. But even without the veneer which you can acquire fr.m a tour of Fifth Avenue’; simartesy, shops, she has the poise

South From Mayfair By

FOX‘ an instant Hawksford did not reply‘ then qule from his pocket a mans grey cloth cup. and ut. it into her hands as she- crouc ed trembling in the ferns. "That's what I picked up by the boat down on the shore. I expect you can recognize it."

Lorna. turned the cap over. It was one such as had worn when he came from Christchurch. She started, then stared up at Hawksford with eyes dark with horror.

"Allen!" she whispered.

He nodded. clasped her hand a moment reassurlngly, then turned from her swiftly. and crept hur- riedly along the stream, lifting his head warlly to look from left to' right. In a moment he had gone, leaving her to turn the cap over and over, to look inside. and see the name of the maker. "Brummer and Sons, Albemadie-st. London." and the initials, “A. E. R." inked on the lining.

Allen Richards, her fiancee. At- tached to her father's staff. the son of a fine old family of un- impeachable honour. It seemed so incredible, it was like a horrible dream, It was Allen. then. who had left the slip in the typewriter! Allen it was to whom the letter was addressed that I-lawksford had steamed open. That was why Allen had come to Kaikoura to settle the date of their wedding. to give himseff an excuse for being in the district and meeting the Japanese boat. at. Gulliver's Bay. And Alien. Allen who had been so near to her. her fiance. once to have been her husband. had been mercilessly firing those shots with the inten- tion of killing them both, so that

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and muddy. her feet wet from her 9 fall in the stream, she crouched in her hiding-place under the rock. and listened in an agony of bated breath.

There was not a. sound, only a dripping in the stagnant creek, a hum of flies. a whisper of leaves. with lift/ed head. she listened. Was that a. fooistep among the trees?

Thump! - thump! thump! went her heart in her straining body. Leaves stirred t,o the sigh of the wind above.

No. the sound had only been the cracking of a twig or the rustle of a bird. She relaxed with something like a sob. Only to lift. her head in tense anxiety again. She had never known that the wild was so full of so many incomprehensib‘e little sounds. What dark, sepulchred woods they were. the brown litter of leaves, and black twisted lianas underfoot, the dark blackish-green of all the foliage, stirring in the sinister movement to the never- iesting wind above.

Listening. listening . . . Minutes passed, dragged in an eternity of suspense.

Suddenly a. shot rang out, away on the right. quite distant among the trees. There was no answering

First, we had all gone to her study on the third floor. She had fixed it up herself, though the Job was not yet completxd and seemed bare.

The conversation was general, then an argument suddenly startrd. The hlorid girl, who was hipprd on the subject of a Federation Uuln.

scented still to think large-scale pamphlet. raids could win this war.

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she couldn't- explain exactly hcw, And against. three, she didn't have a

chance.

Then the banshee wail of a siren from the rooftop of a nearby fac- im-y began. So Sheila suggrsted dinner and we moved to the d ning room (lmvnstairs, There were shrimps, as big as any ever seen on Ffshermmang

utliarf in San Francisco or Fulton Street in New York. I said so.

Then

Sheila and the young doctor began talking airiit them peacetime vis ts in Ametrra, They still hadn't gotten over tho hospitality cf the Americans and Canadians, even after two and three years.

DINNER DURING AN’ AIR RAID

Then came the roast beeb-and with it a German bomber overhead, ‘luickll’ in“) "l? lire“-

I-le was evidently making for a factory. and when he dropped his bombs nearby. the table moved slightly. 'I‘he blond girl on my right jumped. In

fact, we all Jumped.

But the conversation. guided now by Sheila MacDonald. moved right

along without interruption. There were a few more brmbs-then

about twenty minutes.

We finished dinner during this lull and moved from The German planes kept circling and

it seemed. all hell broke loose. dropping more and more bimbo.

Occasionally the house rocked when a stick

the comer we were on.

EVER THE CORRECT HOSTESS

But Sheila MacDonald. ever the correct hcstess and probably the‘

a lull of

the table. ‘Then,

of bombs would Just miss

feminine counterpart of that fabled Britisher in Africa who always dros- eed for dinner. sat. down at the hallway piano.

I don't remember what she played, except that

there were two

Scot ~11 timer. included. I remember that, of course. because after the first

Sotcfm number the young doctor got up off the floor where we were

strrichcd out listening and went into the kitchen for some Scotch ale. There were two more hours of this, which included some phonograph

playing, then the all-clear sounded. That was the cue t. 155w,

For

another raid might start anytime. when those plane; which had passed

overhead withdropping bombs would return

from the Midlands.

Besidcs. it urns a taro-mile walk to the Subway.

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"Ha/wksford is shot!" Lorna thought. "Hawksford is kiiledl”

And she relaxed in a kind of stunned despair. No idea of escape came to her. Lkl? Alien come. let him kill hcr. What did it. matter?

But a moment later she was ilOplllg again, tense, straining her ears . . . Footsteps came running softly on the other side of the stream. Her heart pounded against he throat, she peered through the

ferns. v HaAvksford came through the bushes, gun in hand, and looked

lover at her. evidently to ascertain that. she was safe. There was blood running down his sleeve, on to his left hand. He made a sign to her to be quiet. and moved away again

Relief flooded through her in s. strengthening wave, but the sight of the blood on his arm had in- creased her dread. I-Ie had been hit ‘in the arm! That last shot had come so near!

"Oh God," she thought. “How

long will this go on? How long? I If only she could have gone with ‘I-lawksiord. but she could not de- iend herself and being with him Iwould only increase his peril. There was nothing to do but to lie there, enduring that torture of suspense!

When the sunrays began to slant in the tree-tops and take a reddish tint, she was still waiting, still lis- tening. She had heard two more shots, one. she thought, from the rifle, and one from the automatic. Perhaps they were both hit. per» haps they were both dead or wounded . and there she must. liel on a rack of terror and uncer-

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She could bear it no longer. One thing she could do. Richards would be too occupied trying to stalk Hawksford to bother about her, and she could make o. dash up the hill to the Kaikoura track; then she could run to the home- stead Hawksford had mentioned ‘and get help. At least their would lhavs s telephone; she coui ‘phone the police or bring meh with guns to surround the bush.

She listened. All was still. Some- where in the thickets they were cree ing after one another. and surey she could get away. She wormed her we. out of her hiding place, scramble up the bank” and with her heart in her mouth, ran through the trees, pushing and tearing her way through the undergrowth. In a moment she saw the sunlight on the open hill- side between the branches. She plunged out into it. and even u she did so she heard sorneone firashing through the bush

er.

Terror spurred her. and she dashed ahead up the steep. stony slope. Realization that it might be Hawksford made her check her speed and glance buck.

There stood Allen Richards on the margin of the trees lifting his rifle to take aim at her as she ran.

"Allen!"

She screamed wildly. He was only some twenty yards from her, she could see the mad savagery in his face, his usually smooth dark hairb dishevelled and falllnl 0W1‘ his row. i He sighted m: deliberately alone the gun. She dodged frantically.

"Allen, Allen!" It was a 1105991?‘ ing plea to the Allen she ‘hag known. to the recollection o s that had been ban/zen them. The barrel of the gun followed her In- exorably.

she ran. tripped, fell; l. double

NOW ll the CHICKS and

trees behind him. gun in hand

the shoulder, turned The glazed eyes widened. fixed on

moustache. drawn back from the white teeth, relaxed; with a spas- modic movement straightened and were still.

back!"

from her, her spent limbs sagged and she fell senseless onthe grass

two miles away over the hill bark- Hawksford. carrying the half-con-

and was met by two surprised men

fflifgfmnd not ten what’ they who were rubbing down their Terror for Hawksford came rush- hQfst-‘s- 9,,

ing back to dispel the daze in Have Yo" he felephvne. field

Lama's mind. scratched and torn HaWK-Sfllfd» T7115 lad-V has had

tripped over his and shot himself. He's lying out there now."

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report, so nearly in unison as to be aim dered an echo from the hills. For an instant her shocked brain fanc- ied she was hit; but as she lifted her shaken head to look, she saw Richards stagger, throw his widc, and fall.

0st one, rang out and thun-

rifle the Lorna scrambled up and stag- red down the hill to him. Hawks-

rd bent, and takln Richards by him over.

Hawksford stepped out of

e sky. the lips, below the little

the bent limbs

Hawksford said lioarsely:

"I had to shoot him in the

Lorna sobbed:

"Oh, Alleii—Alieiil" The last of her strength ebbed

Richards’ body. Half an hour later as dusk began fall. the dogs at the homestead

frantically at a stranger who me staggering through the gate.

ious. bedraggled body of Lorna his arms. walked into the yard,

shock and she's ill. Her fiance gun in the bush

(To be Continued)

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Mail From Soldiers Given Best Handling

When letters arrive late from our forces overseas. there are mam’ reasons quits beyond the control of Postal Service to account for

William P.

suses eported to him by officers 3f the ‘Canadian Postal Corps over‘-

sefitters from our forces in the United Kingdom

e o m ex e. . ‘tinged were peditedi‘ U ‘mesa mails from Great Bum: as received at the Corps Headquart- ers. overseas and am made up 1n separations, every precaution bdrm taken to see they reach their Cana- dian addresses without delay.

After being ‘bagged up" at the Canadian Postal Corps "eadq 8!‘: in Great Britain, these mails gfofi “grime imnstgortih 213mm‘ m’

ce or a on to e port of shipment. Perhaps the mails at this point may not always re- ceive the same speedy handling as in peace time for it must be re- membered that a very large percent- ag- of the personnel of the British Postal Service are now in vafous branches of the anned forces, and have b‘en replaced by inexperienc- ed he-lp. During the Christmas sea- son in England, for example the Fri/Ives of several thousand soldiers were loaned ths Post Off ‘ce to help dasoatch millions of cards and parcels.

Whll- their husbands are serving with Brita‘n's armed forces the wives of British Post Office em- ployees. although th-v have never d0lle the work before, halve come forward in thousands to fill their men's places, and help sort letters and parcels. Some 50,000 women

England also biped deliver the mails during the Christmas rush.

Delays in expediting the mm in the Old Country have be-n occasion- ed by enemy air raids, but despite alarms postal pnsonnel often dis- ieir-ard the imminent danger signal. and carry-on under “biltzkrieg" conditions so that the mail can get through.

In D11? recent case where 1300 bags of letters from our Canadian form wezedespatched to o. Bri~ t:sh port of shipment, thiv were loaded on the steamer which left port. Shortly after, it was dis- covered that its protective equip- ment was not functioning properly and as the ship would have to Pass‘ through a ,minefield it was considerrd advisable to retum for repairs f rst. ‘Iiiese repairs took one week.

Th- British General Post. Office was preparing to transfer the malls to another ship, when the vessel cut short her stay and put to sea. Later. it was found necessary to en- ter an Irish port for further ie- paires. As tmre was no opportunity of removing the mails at that point and putting them aboard another steamer. they had to remain on board. and were carried to Canada. filter the r:pa’rs had been effect-

are sorted daily Canadian Postal

Now Admiral Flagship Fleet

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Amer; t“: is of continuous B11‘ fieiffllwlinldymmlbmlls service to air tion in general.

unusual honour ‘igdhelduby only f C Idioms l- - was ‘ w 171mm; and business

United States.

m, Ellison qualified for the c033- misston of "Admiral of the F" Fleet". by over twenty years 0i’

constant patronage of air trill/Bl and made his first 1115M as m 591°- lane passenger in 1912. many‘ WM! fore present passillflfi‘ Brim" were in operation. Durinit "his l?"- iod he has covered well over 100.000 mug; by g1!‘ 0V9!’ all parts 0! $11G North Amfirioan Coéifilnentil A aoecia y sc-ro com- missioning MTPTFBZHFLSDII as “Admiral o; eh. Fqagflflp Fleet" was present- ed by Mr. Gordon Wood. represent- ing Trans-Cariada. Airlines. at an impN-EWB oersmony recently held in Mr. item's office at The E B. Eddy Company Limited 1n Hull, Quebec. _ The "Admirals" commission em- braces full honours and privileges as a. full-pie *d member of the Ad- mirals’ Club ocated at the new La Glliafdlfl. Air Feld in New York C y.

Canada were on board a stFamer when the poit was bombed by ene- my aircraft. The ship was damag?d to some extent which p:eventcd it sailing as schedulzd, and by the time the mails had been moved fiom this vessel. other sailings had been missed. These mails. wnile undam- aged werg appreciably delayed in reach‘ng Canada.

Thus it will be seen that while war conditions make for unavoid- able delay the Pcstal Service in ef- fecting delivery shows that it is

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MT. ALBION SCHOOL

Grade IX-l. Johnena Myers; l. Ora Balicm; 3. Alma MacNeil.

Grade VII—1. Morris Jenkins; 2. Catherine MacNeil.

Grade V-1. Charlie Bailem; 2. Chester Jenkins.

Grade IV Sr. —l. Neil

Grade IV Jr. —l. kins; 2. Willie Myers.

Grade II Sr. -1. Beth Stewart.

Grade II —Jr. —l. Hudson Jen- kins; 2. Wendell Jenkins.

Grade I Sr. —l. Lillian Myers.

Grade I-Jr. —l. Judson Myers; 2. Eva. Jenkins; 3. Jackie Myers.

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NEW YORK. March 7: T116 eighty-third annual re ort. 0f The Borden Company. em silks 1-1181- lt is a. home institution throughout the United SVAMES and Canada. ‘Hie Company, in 194), paid 312334.368 for dairy products. wages and taxes in Canada. or $275,111 more than in 1939. At the close of the yea: stockholders there numbered 1.435 and emplo is averaged 2.510 throughout e year.

Net income in 1940 was $7.5Bfl.fil7 or 3.5 per oent on salfs in the Unit- ted States. Canada and export mar- kets. Theodore G. Montague, Pre- sident, reported to the Ccmfimyb‘ 47,396 stockholders and 27,080 gm- ployees. Nineteen thirty-nine earn- ings were $7,979,897 or 3.8 per cent on sales. Profits in 1940 were $1.72 a. share on the 4,396,734 common shares of $15 par value and con- trasttd with $1.81 a share on the finiegaagmOllnt of outstanding stock

Taxes in 1940 were $8.477.171 0r about 95 per cent as much as total net income. ThEy re $1.47 a share. or seven cents share more than dividends pad last; year.

Mr. Montague said that the Company's DliSlHESI: is not expected to be substantially oiccelsratozl either from war demands or our own dc- fense program. A limited demand may matsrlaiize for some types of dairy products for use by civil or military authorities as well as for rel'ef and Red Cross distribution. The Company, however. does not anticipate this demand will be of substantial proportions when com- pared with domestic consumption.

In tih- fluid milk division 78.6 cents of the sales dollar—against 78 cents in 1939-were paid for milk other dairy products. wages and taxes. However, for all of the Com- pany's operations payments for milk cream. biWc“. cheese. labcr and tex- es took 71.6 ecnis per dcilar of sales in 1940 a; against 69.9 cents in 1939. Costs and expenses of operation

In another case. the mails for

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took 22 1 cents, against 23.3 cents

Borden's Pay $12,334,368 For Products, Wages And Taxes In C-anad

in 1939, and dqneciation 2.8 against 3 oenig in 1939. Tolaloga and expenses took 96.5 cents Of S8165 in 194D again“ cents in 1939, lEQVing 3.5 cents vailable to the owners of the b 655 against 3.8 ecnls in 1939. Sales in 1940 were $216,795,850 u 513.008.1300 over 1939 sales of $205 789. 250. Cost of sales and my were $208,217,319 in 1940 up y; fliglgfl over those of $199.56974z 3 .

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in the serlrs of COHtlIlUCIB paymen

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