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News in Radio.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1931.
erection of craft for the British The master of the Sam Kwong ROMANCE IS NOT
Navy should be entrusted to a Bri-Pepper shop at 48 Queen's Road
tish-owned firm wherever and West, has reported to the Police whenever such is possible.
that a salesman collected $365 on
漆
And, If the Admiralty cannot see July 4, from various shops, and has Its way to do that, its contractors since absconded, it is alleged. should. Yarrow & Co.'s action in this matter is, to say the least, surprising.
Industrialisation of China.
After 13 yeara' service with the U. S. Asiatic Fleet, Lieut. A. C. Leonard is returning to the States aboard the a.. President Lincoln. He is accompanied by Mrs. Leonard and son.
From time to time details of grandiose schemes for the indus- trialisation of China are broadcast the world over. They usually in- Mrs. Moelich, who is passing volve the expenditure of millions through Hong Kong on board the of pounds sterling, the use of mil-5.8. President Lincoln, is the nvife lions of tons of this, that and of the representative of the Wiley other commodity, and estimated to Chewing Gum Company in the occupy a decade or more to com- Philippines.
She is en route to plete, But few of them ever get the Statca, startad, and those few seldom, if
DEAD.
Enchanting Music on Heart Strings.
'ALL ACHE AND LONG,
What do we mean by Romance anyway? In spite of what the dradite would have us believe, Ro. mance in simply the enchanting music produced on our heartstrings" by the cunning hand of nature. The world in its gadding way has nextricably interwoven the sexes there is a mystic Romance in the into the fabric of Romance-but
myriad noises of civilized life—in the whirr of machinery-yea, oven in the shrill call of the evening paper urchin, writes T. C. M. in the "Statesman."
ever, complete the course. The Mr. J. A. Fraser, as Coroner, difficulties in the way, no doubt. conducted an enquiry at the Kow are enormous, and probably there loon Magistracy yesterday after is reason for congratulation for noon regarding the death of a man,
We are not all philosophers even the little that is accomplish-Wan Ho (46) who was run over by ed.
a truck. He sustained injuries to enough to see Romance in the open- his cheat from which he succumbed ing of a flower, or in the twitter of on July 30. The Jury returned a sparrows at neating-time, but our verdict of "Accidental Death," hearts throb in unison with the oc adding a rider that all trucks of eupants of a coupe reserved for a the description and weight men-honeymoon trip. That is as it tioned during the enquiry should should be according to all accepted' ideas of Ro- standards, for our mance ever point to that sublime consummation; we all ache and long for that kind of Romanco.
And so, the scheme which is an nounced to-day, as grandiose and stupendous as ever, will be accept ed with reserve. No doubt it is, father to a good wish, and so will be regarded by "most.
Grounds for Divorce.
According to a cable to-day, Jack Dempsey is petitioning for
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divorce on the ground of "Mental
Cruelty.". The legal argument's ad- vanced will be worth studying..
-This-brings-to-mind-the-case of the wife of an American scientist who, not very long ago, applied, for a divorce on the ground that 'her "husband's affections had been usurped by his study of natural history most unnatural rival, surely. Instead of mixing with
have brokes.
There are those in whom the
HOPE FOR NURSING "grab" instinet is highly developed,
HOME VICTIMS.
Anaesthetic Induces 3 Days' Forgetfulness.
who let not a single opportunity es- _cape_them_of_preaching_a_funeral. oration on the "Dead Age of
"Romance ha
dead.".... Chivalry." they wail. "and her throne is filled -by-the-dollar." This may-be-so-in- many instances, but to the vast majority the call of Romance comes at most unexpected moments, and the response is instantaneous be- cause it is inherent. And the more highly developed we become the greater the strain put upon our sensibilities, the more will, we be that susceptible to Romance to mysterious happiness which is so alusive in its charm, yet so positive- "In many cases it is not untilly soul-satisfying. after two days that a
Modern conditions, and particu- patient
larly the unaccountable rush, that realises he has undergone an opera-paralyze calmer natures, rather ac-
A London authority has been de- his fellow-men, he preferred, it scribing how the new German was sald, to roam the Gobi Desert,anacathetic, avertin, is used. searching for the remains of the "Its principal virtue," he said, earliest human species and for the "is the gentleness with which. It dinosaur's ten-million-year-old ogg. prepares a patient for an operation, and the slow and thorough way in which it allows him to afterwards. *
News in Brief.
there is no means except by the Radio of keeping in close touch Australian and Home affairs. To such as these an Em- pire news service by radio would be a boon as well as an advantage
The lowest open air temperature to Empire trade.
The A great op- yesterday was 77 degrees. Over three months ago we comportunity presents itself to the humidity was 94 at 10 am and mented on resolutions adopted by British trade campaigners, of the American Newspaper Pub whom the Prince of Wales is by lishers' Association designed to far the most brilliant and most ineet the competition of the successful. radio as a news-disseminating and advertising medium. One reso-
It will be noticed from the re- port of the Empire Marketing
90 at 4 p.m.
Marshal Chiang Kai-shek arrived at Lunghwa yesterday afternoon by air from Klangal, says a Reuter message from Shanghai.
tion!
recover
Half an
"The patient is weighed, and the centuate Romance when it does dose is made up strictly in accord- drift our way. We are delightful- ly surprised; it presents such a ance with the weight.
sharp contrast to our every day hour before the time of the opera routine; so entirely different from tion, the drug is administered and the bills, and cheques, and quota. the patient gradually falls asleep. tions, that form our mental menu
"The operation is then perform-
sunset. Think
grammes, "if published, should be handled as paid advertising." Another dealt with the investiga
Mr. W. Marshall, of the Standard tion of "the legality of the radio
Let the grouser grouse in his in- Oll Company, returned to Hong
Like A Child.
satiable self-interest; let him growi broadcasting of direct advertis-
Thus, in its legitimate field, Kong yesterday by the a.. Pre-
"During the important period his way into the grave, for who can ing." It was further suggested there is admittedly much that
sident Lincoln. He had been away after the operation when his pro open his eyes to the green of Spring, that a committee should be ap can be done by means of radio to Philippines..
on a short business trip to the gress might otherwise be serious-
ly rotarded by the thoughts of or to the delicate tints of a rose- bud? Who can tell him of the pointed to confer with the Press further the cause of Empire.
what has been happening to him music of a child's prattle or of the Associations on the question of trade. To go further, particular- tion of a B.I. steamer, with the
́ ́ ́A ̈ beautifully coloured lustra he is sleeping like a child."
exquisite harmonies in the rushing The anaesthetic has been the waters of a mountain torrent? Will broadcasting news reports. At ly in newspaper centres, would words: "British India Life.Ship subject of intensive research and he ever bec, think you, that the rain- the time we commented on the result in a challenge by news by B.I. Travel by B.I.," appears experiment in the laboratories of bow is aught other than a scientific steady encroachment. on the paper publishers, as in the Unit on a glass paper weight sent to us Germany for the past few years, phenomenon, or that the dog was legitimate field of the Press in ed States in regard to the com-
through the local agents.
and one prominent London hospital meant for any other purpose than, has been using it for six months. to keep house for him and to win Hong Kong and in China by the petition with newspapers, both as A visitor to Hong Kong to-day la Avertin'a existence Wes made prizes at a dog show? Let him, rádio, which had developed even regards news and advertising. Mr. Robert Ralston, a prominent known to the general public re- I say, ring his own knell, but let us to the extent of broadcasting It was suggested three months Florida. He fe accompanied by it was revealed that the drug had respond to the many voices around Real Estate dealer at Miami Beach, cently when at a Reading inquest be grateful that our calmer naturea "advertising talks" in Shanghai. ago in this column that a Far Mrs. Ralston They are on 4 been used in a case of tetanus for us that whisper-Incessantly whis- The Home" papers to hand East Newspaper Publishers' As pleasure tour of the Orient. the Arst time in this country. pero a happiness which though publish an article on broadcast sociation might be formed with
"It is a wonderful anaesthetic it means nothing in coin of the Major Rowlette, residing at the for nervous people," said a well-realm, is yet priceless. news for the Empire, in the advantage to deal with radio Peak Hotel, has reported to the known London specialist recently. Let us sing a poem of thanks- course of which the Prince' of
developments as they arose. We Folice that between 1.30 and 2.30 Those who have had operations giving that Romance Wales is quoted as having pointee no reason to withdraw that p.m. on Saturday, he either lost or performed upon them with avertin wherever human hearts beat, for had stolon apare wheel and tyre, ed out the advantage to British suggestion in the interests of valued at $60, from: his car, which as the medium are going about ex man is but a creature of Romance- trade through a more efficient the Press a whole. service of British news being
Reports that Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh had departed for ed--but the patient sleeps on bliss-Irom sunrise to lution suggested that radio pro- Board, also published by us to- Nemuro have proved to be unfound fully for at least another twelve too. of the Romance that thrills us and quickens our heart beats, when day,
that among
the eight ed, says a Reuter measage from hours. methods of publicity used are Tokyo.
"He awakens slowly, and it takes we have helped lift the burden of some Jessfortunate voyager..............on. wireless talks to housewives, by
two, or perhaps three, days for him life's stormy billows. to become really wide-awake. courtesy of the B.B.C.
broadcast to overseas listeners.
A Home paper gives the ex-
Mail Commentary,
perience of overseas listeners with
.
was parked outside the hotel.
Reported to be missing from 13 Tai Pak Terrace, Kennedy Town; the body of a married woman, Identified as Ma Chau-ngan, aged about 28 years, was found washed up on the foreshore at Kennedy
tolling it for all they are worth." Only anaesthetists who have made a thorough study of the drug are at present allowed to use it.
SPENT 40 YEARS IN PRISON.
still lives
one glorious triumphant Romance, Ten Years Ago.
From the "China Man" of
August 18, 1921.)
was
Chelmsford, one of the latter H.M.S. Falcon.
To-day's dollar is worth 2/9%. complaining of the paucity of
The re-areotion, in China of this Town yesterday: It is believed
This month's Criminal-Sessions news. He states that overseas gunboat was mentioned fu the that she committed suicide.
Robert Wilson (70), of Liver- pool, was at the Preston Sessions did not last more than fifteen listeners cannot get direct recep- House of Commons recently when?
A talking picture, which has a few weeks ago sentenced to two minutes this morning. There was tion of medium wave B.B.C. stain reply to Commander Southby's
questions, the First Lord of the been booked for a run at the King's years' hard labour for ten cases of only one case and a plan of "guilty" tions because of fading. And it Admiralty stated that the contract Theatre shortly, and which pro- false pretences in the Liverpool was entered. A Chinese is pointed out that for reasons of had been given to Yarrow & Co., mises to be first class entertain and Ormskirk areas committed placed in the dock before Mr. J. R. copyright the news service is Limited,, who had appointed the ment, is "The Lawyer's Secret," during eight weeks after leaving Wood sitting as Criminal Court Klangnan Company as sub-con- gripping" romance. It features prison in April. He had 85 pre- Judge, in the Summary Court, practically non-existent.
tractors He admitted, that the Clive Brook, Charles Rogers, vious convictions, and had spent charged with having helped a man There is, of course, a great Kiangaan Company was Chinese Richard Arlen, Fay Wray and Jean 40 of the last 50 years in prison. on the evening of August 6 to rob difference between complaints of owned, but said it was understood Arthur. This is the fimt time His general method was to repre Miss Julia Ahwee, while she was this kind and that ventilated by technical management
that the works were under British since Wings was filmed that sent himself as a foreman on some riding in a rikisha in Kowloon. Rogers and Arlen are together public work, get lodgings, and. Sentence of five years hard labour the newspaper publishers in Pressed to give an assurance | again.
next morning, borrow money and, and ten straker of the cat was im disappear. America. In Malaya, for in-that in future work of this kind porn
would be given to British and not A murder in Macao on Chinese stance, which is mentioned in the Chinese arm; the First Lord made New Year's day (February 17) article in the Home paper, there this astâlpafur, reply, this year, was recalled in the are hundreds of rubber estates "I could not give any spectac Central Folloe Court yesterday Schofield, and tin mines remote from any undertaking of that kind. If what afternoon, before
the hon. gentleman has in mind is when extradition proceedings were newspaper centre and these have the labour employed, it is certain commence to depend for the most part on that British firms at Shanghai em| Chan the Home. pers which are five br six weeks old by the time they Similarly In the bush in Talla, miles from elvilisation,
loy as much foreign labour as the | Macao
What if they do?: It seems only right that the Admiralty sh
nes that even
give evidence djourned
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