with ess. serious falke in. welcoming avn Bowls enthusiasts will vie the arrival of Sir Francis Drake Shanghai this day. at the Cathay: Theatre, "Drake of England" ig a lin which carries on the historical tradition. recently established In the: studios. -Mr. Matheson Long, is Athene Soyler and Miss Jane Baxter—ait Condon artists of assured reputa on—help to record onthe screen history. "Queen Bitzabeth has. some: famous series of episodes in English
claim' on American' allegiance, Virginia tells true, s0 the film should minister to the common ideals of the English-speaking nations, Drake was a'Devon man although there is a dis ute on the year of his birth. ai Tavistock, Some historians put it at 154—others at 1539, Drake is looked upon by lawn bowls players as their hero because of his Yamous gesture hen the news Spanish Armad Hoe at Plymouth shown that the film does justi to that Story' there is no indiscretion In mentioning ity Pursers also. cherish his memory for it Ison record that at the age of eighteen he was promoted to bbe purser of 0 ship trading to Biscay. Hig" further advancement. to be captain of the Judith came four years later and with thay ship he won. his first distinction aa a Aghter under Sir John' Hawkins inthe Golf. of Mexico. Like so. many Englishmen who have sailed the seas Drake was not destined t0 lay his bones in his own land for he died aboard ship in the' West Indies near" the town of Nombre de Dies in 1698. It was by hig "voyages round the" world ever more than by his: share in the view tory over the Spanish Armada that] Drake won enduring fam for the factual command of the English fect. Nas Lord "Howard "of Emingham, rake being Vice-Admiral and had the distinction in that ment of capturing the galleon commanded by Don Pedro de Valdez, the reputed organizer of the ill-fated Spanish enterprise.
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