People and Their Doings.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 144, 19 June 1931, Page 6

People and Their Doings.

The Owner of Ascot Gold Cup Winner belongs to Famous Family Do They Cheer in the House of Commons? : Shopping in an Autogyro.

gRIGADIER - GENERAL CHARLES LAMBTON, the owner of the horse, Trimdon, which has won the Ascot Gold Cup, is not so well known in the racing world as the Hon George Lambton, his younger brother. The lion George Lambton has been an admitted authority on racing in England for muny years, and has contributed a good deal to racing literature. About seven years ago, he published a book which was widely read under the title, “ Men and Horses I have known.” The two brothers come from a racing family. Their lather, the Karl of Durham, many years ago, when steward of the Jockey Club, made a speech which resulted in a famous libel case with Sir George Chetwood, whose racing methods did not appeal to the Karl. Brigadier-General Charles Lambton appears to have the some sporting blood in him, though his military activities in different parts of the world seem to have taken up a good deal of time that he might have given to racing, lie has served in India, Ireland, the Straits Settlement, Egypt, in the Soudan expedition where he won the D. 5.0., and in South Africa. sS? YOUNG WOMAN who declares that the time is not far ahead when women will be doing their shopping in aeroplanes of the autogyro type, landing perhaps on the roofs of shops, arrived in London recently to buy an autogyro and to make plans for a flight of more than 15,000 miles in it. She is Miss Elvine Kalep, an Estonian, who is well known in flying circles on the Continent. Slim and fair and artistic, Miss Kalep is a woman of great personal charm. She speaks several languages, and has studied painting, and travelled in most parts of the world—and she designs her own dresses. “ I have seen enough of the world from trains and motor-cars,” she said, “ I am determined to see it all from the air. 1 want to prove, because of its special capabilities, that the autogyro is the ffiachine of the future for wofiien.” | She proposes to fly to the Far East, butl for the moment is keeping her route and® actual destination secret.

FREQUENTLY in cablegrams one reads of cheers greeting a division or a speech in the House of Commons, and one wonders if they are the conventional British cheers. Actually they are no such thing, and herein is indicated the survival of a wide meaning in a word that has been narrowed by use. Cheers in Parliamentary parlance may mean shouts *bf applause, cries of encouragement or approbation, such as “ hear hears,” or “ hurrahs ” or “ huzzas.” But in colonial practice a cheer is limited to what one hears after a football match. The modern pronunciation, “ hoora\',” was once regarded as very vulgar. sgp W 32? FEW octogenarians are as active as the Duke of Connaught, who has just celebrated his eighty-first birthday in his villa on the Riviera. Throughout his life the Duke has been more closely associated with the Army than any other member of the Royal Family. The Duke’s first spell of active service was with Lord Wolseley in the Red River expedition against the Fenians in Canada in 1870. Twelve years later, when Arabi Pasha revolted, he went to Egypt in command of the Guards’ Brigade. lie was in action at Mahuta, and Tel-el-Kebir, was three times mentioned in dispatches, and received the thanks of Parliament for his services in the field. The Duke, for a time, was Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, and later posts he held were InspectorGeneral of the Forces, and Commander-in-Chief and High Commissioner in the Mediterranean. 3J5 & JN ITS CIVIL and administrative aspects, the Duke’s life has been a busy and responsible one. He inaugurated the Union Parliament in South Africa in 1910. In the year following he went to Canada as Governor-General of the Dominion, remaining there until the Great War was half over, and in 1921, although over seventy, went to India to inaugurate the Council of State and the lrhperial Legislative Assembly. For many years the Duke has been a keen Freemason, and succeeded King Edward when he gave up the office of Grand Master of the Freemasons of England.

DECISION of the Joint Committee

of the Three Methodist Churches at Home that women should not be disqualified from the ministry merely on account of sex, gives point to the argument of Miss Helen Marion Wodehouse, the newly appointed mistress of Girton College, Cambridge. “If a boy wanted to learn to cook, I would teach him; if a girl wanted to learn engineering, I would teach her.” Miss. Wodehouse, who is Professor of Education in the University of Bristol, had many congratulations when she received the appointment as mistress of Girton, one of the highest academic positions that can coipe to women in England. She will take up her appointment in October. “ I could never have done the things I am doing if Girton had not existed,” said Miss Wodehouse, who was once a scholar at the college of which she is to become mistress. “ Women to day,” she said, “ are taking advantage of the wonderful opportunities given to them. There are more alternatives, more subjects for both sexes. There is much more of a mixture of men and women to-day than there used to be at Cambridge, but the intellectual life has not altered.” 52? sS? sip CIXTY YEARS AGO. (From the “Star” of June 19. 1871.) The Subjection of Women.—Auckland exchanges state that a Mrs Colclough, who writes for the local papers under the signature “ Polly Plum,” is about to give a public lecture in the City Hall there on “ The Subjection of Women.” Football.—The annual match between the College and Christchurch Clubs was played on Saturday, on Cranmer Square—H. Cotterill captain of the former and T. Gordon of the latter. ... Owing to the bursting of the ball, the game had to be stopped at 4.15 p.m. for about ten minutes. On resuming, the excitement increased to such an extent that when a dispute arose the captains could not make themselves heard for some considerable tune. Some of the play* er s injudiciously tried to decide the dispute, forgetting that of that sort ought to be arranged by the captains. The match will be continued on Saturday next, weather permitting, at the same time and place.