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Hong Kong, Monday, February 11, 1935
Trade Agreement With India
HERE, THERE
EVERYWHERE.
TO ENGLAND IN WINE CASK
FORTUNES IN OILS
REVIVAL OF PICTURE TRADE IN ENGLAND
SOME SPECTACULAR DEALS
There would be no Portal In the! Honours List to-day if it had not been for the persecution of the Huguenots in France in the six- teenth century: ""
During the religious troubles in fortunes could be made by buying parts. Before the war they ex- France Henri de Portal, a pro-and selling pictures. But a trade hlbited what most picture-fanclers minent French Huguenot, was which almost disappeared from would nowadays find trivial and smuggled across to England in sight in 1930 has been showing boring memorial exhibitions of wine cask. MOUNT
pre-Raphaelites drawings from signs of revival.ord Assisted by French workmen.
In England this business is "Punch," Arthur Rackham and Henri, who became a naturalised roughly divided into three Edmund Dulae. But it paid. They British subject in 1711, began branches, of which Lord Duveen is had a Holman Hunt memorial ex- making paper at Bore Mill, near one in himself: the entrepreneur, hibition, and on the last day the Whitchurch. His business pros- dispensing with exhibitions, only queue flowed down Green-street pered from the start.
selling the best, nearly always the into Leicester square. And the Later he acquired the famous most spectacular bidder at a big crowds for an exhibition of Max Laverstoke Mill, where the paper sale...
Beerbohm's caricatures were near- for the Bank of England notes is
ly as large. I asked what artists The House Of Daveen how made."
Young Joseph Duveen started in were the most certain draws, mď Sir Wyndham Portal is a direct] descendant of Henri de Fortal. his father's business in 1887, when Mr. Phillips replied, without heal- During the war they had the His uncle, Sir Spencer Portal, still he was 17 The firm (for there is tation, "Epstein and Max." lives at Whitchurch. He himself a firm, and his brothers are in it) has a house at Laverstoke, it is was one which dealt in antiques distinction of being the only art probable that he will include the generally; it still does, but, as the gallery that was almost a Govern name of Laveratoke in his new Old Master is infinitely the most ment department. In the last two profitable form of antique, the years they worked in with the title.
bias has always been in that direc-Ministry of Propaganda. Their tion. And the name of Duveen has function was to promote interna- always been associated with the tonal "good feeling by exhibiting buying and selling of the most ex- the works of allied artists and pensive since 1901, when he bought soldiers. French artists, Italian Hoppner's portrait of Lady Louisa artists, Artists Rifles, "Punch's" C. R. W. Navison Manners for 14,500 guineas. This war cartoons,
8.8 "Late Private, was bigger than any price paid for (advertised
open saleroom.A.M.C.)...Sandwiched in bo
tween these was an Epstein ex- picture in the
T one time it was thought that was regarded as a lunatic.
A the day was past when great Hams pistory Bustic Too
MAKING THE BANK-NOTES
The connection of the Portal family with the Bank of England
dates from 1724.
Previous to that date the paper
for the Banit's notes was made at Sutton Milla, Berkshire. It bore no watermark.
hitherto.
In 1906 "Joe" made his Arathibition (1917), the forerunner of Henri Portal had a friend in Mr block purchase. He paid £250,000 the post-war policy. For in 1918 William Heathcote, who introduced for the Hainauer collection. Block there was Faul Nash, Gandier-
American
is led by the big dealers, Agnew's,
dovetail the activities of the modern Arms..
The China Hail Jantee that the Tariff Board will him to his uncle, Sir Gilbert Heath purchases, as well as being more Brzeska, and Edward Wadsworth;"
not come to its decisions after hearing only one side of a case.
cote, then Governor of the Bank of spectacular, are more of a gambie, in 1919 Matisse (his first exhibi That an understanding so, com- England. It was Henri Portal For when Duveen pays 70,000 tion in England), in 1921 Picasso prehensive has been reached is who introduced the art water-guiness for a single picture in the and Frank Dobson. The Telcester witness both to the better feel-mark.
saleroom you can be sure that he Galleries ceased to be an adven ing in India towards Britain and His son John cemented the con-has a buyer or two nibbling pret-ture, and became an institution.
The Third Division - to the high value of private nego nection by his discovery of a paper ty hard-probably an
The third division of art dealing tiation. The mission from Lan- which defled the forgeries which one, for his knowledge of that cashire that went to India under were then a serious, menace. - market is unrivalled.
He adopted a singular method The firm discloses no figures, Knoedlers, and Colnaghi's, Arms. No immediate improvements the chairmanship of Sir William in trade are expected at home Clare Lees conducted an agree of conveying the results of his indeed, it would be most irregular which from the agreement which Mr.ment, which is now working, with secret test to the Bank. The new and dangerous for any are dealer Duveen and
are all either They buy old masters in salerooms, Walter Runciman has concluded the Bombay Millowners Associa-paper was enclosed in a thin, small to do so. Thes with the Government of India. tion. They also pressed on the box, which was nailed down and partnerships or private compan sell both privately and by exhibi
ies, and
a balance-sheet of 'big tion, and maintain an interest in The value of the document is Government of India their desire placed in a parcel of vegetables.
The parcel was put on the Salis-profits, however, honestly made. Contemporary painting. It is false... that it registers existing good-for access to the Tariff Board
carriage paid, and might give the collector an arron-ly supposed that the latter is a will and offers a guarantee for and for an extension of the Otbury coach, the future against measures in-tawa terms to cotton and arti-reached Loudon and the Bank safe-eous impression that he could stop-gap part of their activities,
Negotiations begun ly.
eliminate the middleman, which, that they sell. a few Vanessa Bells. jurious to the trade that exists.ficial silk.
in fact, he has never been able to for £20 to keep their hand in be India, which gave a ready assent by Mr. Runciman on these limit-
do. The difficulty of finding pic-tween Gainsboroughs. Actually It to the Ottawa agreement, has ed lines have been expanded to
tures and the risk of being swin-is an essential part of the busi- extended the principle of that cover all goods protected by
ness. No firm can do without it, dled is too great. understanding to the protective tariffs in India. After cotton
Agnew's, for instance. In 1817 But the measure of Duveen's duties she levies in the interest the most important of these are She iron and steel, but as. Indian in- of her own. industries.
He has ter Mercury," begged leave to in- undertakes that "discriminating dustry grows the field covered a paying a call at the time was die profits may be partly gauged by Vittore Zanetti, in "The Manches protection," as adopted for In will be widely extended. In the usted to find herself knocking at the his gifts to the nation.
given two wings to the Tate Gal form his friends and the public lery; he has given it Augustus that he had taken into partnership. dia in 1923, shall be so interpret. revival of Indian trade during
A kindly, but somewhat patronizing John's protrait of Mme, Suggia Mr. Thomas Agnew, Zanetti and... ed as to give an advantage wher- the past 12 months the percent- ever possible. to imports from age of British goods going into landlady inquired of the young bride as playing the cello. He has given Agnew were primarily looking-glass. the United Kingdom over im- the country has considerably into how she would spend a certain holl- the National Gallery Hogarth's and picture-frame manufacturers,.
creased. That tendency should day from other countries.
"Our plans so far," replied the bride portrait of the Graham children barometer, thermometer, hydrome-- be accelerated during any further a little distantly, "are tentative and a Correggio, and he has con- ter and saccharometer makers. Moreover, the protective duties)
[recovery by this fresh agreement. "Oh, how delightful!" exclaimed the tinually subsidised artists asso. But in 1820 they held an exhibition: that are levied shall be no more
The negotiations have not landlady. "I'm · sure you'll enjoy
And of ancient and modern palatings, than, sufficient to bring the price of British goods to an equality brought all that was desired, but camping out more than anything else clations with block grants,
con-for they had found that the new rich of Manchester wanted pic the fair selling price of their outcome is a long step to
tures to hang on their walls. similar goods produced in India. Wards that, understanding be tween the two countries which
[[Continued on Page 3) The gain, it remains to be added, is not all on the British side. the Lancashire mission strove to
Personal Pars The British Government will continue to encourage the great-
ports
with
er use of Indian raw cotton at home, and will allow the import of Indian pig-iron duty-free so long as Indian duties on iron and
steel are not altered to the de triment of Britain.
foster.
UTTERING FORGED BANK NOTE
Man And Woman Face Three Charges
Your Daily Smile!
In America a cyclone picked up house and turned it right round. A prominent resident of the town who
back door,'
you could do."
.
afler. They are now.
* *
at 65 he is still ready and fident to outbid anyone else. Punch: A collector says that in a few hundred years our present-day
* Other Types Of Dealers and much sought At the other end of the scale to coins will be rare
Duveen, the individualist In
Old Masters, is the firm which lives
nervous.
The witness appeared to be very by selling the works of conten- Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Moutrie recently.dead artists, returned to the Colony this morning "Have you ever appeared as a wit-porary or iness before?" asked counsel. N
and depends on its exhibition to by the s.. President Fierce affer "Yes, air, I have,” was the reply. sell them. In London the best
their spending
honeymoon "In what suit?”
known are the Leicester Galleries, Manila. Black coat and vest and striped Tooth's and Alex. Reid and Le-
trousers."
LOCAL NEWS
BREVITIES
fevre, I describe the first because The Hon. Mr. William H. Bell, it is. typical, and because the ex- Manager of the Asiatic Petroleum hibitors taste is more catholle. Co, Ltd, of Hong Kong, returned":
The Phillips brother started the to the Colony this morning by the Leicester Galleries in 1902 Brown.. President Pierce.
The agreement has value for the future, and that value is in Arrested by Sergeant Baker on creased by a supplementary pro-Saturday evening for uttering a vision by which the Indian Gov forged $50 Hong Kong and Shang- ernment undertakes to reduce bei Bank note, LI Hung, a 26-year-
During the 24 hours ending at joined them in 1903. And the] the tariff on British cotton goods old woman, and Li Pleg. u 10 a.m. to-day, 0.01 inches of rain-film has been Brown and Phillips Mr. Matheo Beraha, principal of whenever improved financial con-ployed, were brought before Mr. ditions permit the removal of the E. 1. Wynne-Jones at the Central fall fell, making a total since ever since. In the past 30 years Mesara, M. Beraha, and Mrs. Beraha January 1 of 1.55 inches, as they have had 590 exhibitions, and returned to Hong Kong this morn second surcharge upon. Imports Magistracy this morning on three against an average of 1.85 inches the work of every modern artlating by the B.s. President Pierce. Into India. Importance must charges.
has appeared in the little low gal-
also be attached to the promise It was stated that accused at A total of 11,997 cases, including lery in Green-street. Further to give full opportunity to any tempted to utter them in three 153 maternity cases, were treated more, they have caught some of British industries affected to Japanese shops in Hennessy by the New Territory Medical Bene them young, and it is always-plea- state their case before the Indian Road The case was remanded volent Branch of the St. John Am-eing to have introduced to Eng Tariff Board whenever the grant until Wednesday morning on the bulence Brigade in the month of land, the work of a foreign artist of protection to an Indian indus- application of Detective-Sergeant January try is under consideration. That Fitches.
may prove in the end to be the
most fruitful of all the articles
WITH ASSAULT
of the agreement. There has MUSICIAN CHARGED been a danger of late years that, under pressure from¦ poorly- organised Industries: protective duties, already absurdly high might be raised to the point of prohibition. The beat corrective of that tendency is that India
who afterwards turns out to be in
the front rank. You never boar The 8.8. Takadn left Kobe on Fri- much about Brown and Phillips;' here on Thursday morning. day afternoon and is due to arrive but if interested in modern ple- tures you go to the Leicester Gal- lerics several times a year, ready A lecture on "Glasgow and ita to pay your shilling at the turn University will be delivered by stile, an exaction which no other Prof. W. Brown, MA, B.Sc gallery in London makes, The FRS AMI.EE on Friday FebruLeicester Galleries dess not be ary 15, 1935, at 8.45 pm, in room,lieve that its clients must be lur Kwan K of the University The Genera ed in free of charge, they can be Lakapublic is cordially Invited by the
made, to pay... Law and Commerce Society to at tend
Used Wrong Type Of Instrument
should have accurate knowledge Charged with assaulting Lo of the coats of production lapin Queen's Road Central,
where. Any check to high pro-21-year old musician,
tection will be to the advantage in police custod
of a country that has sacrificed Mr. W. M.
millions of revenue in fostering Mag
Jinefficiency in local manufac-
tures. The admission of evidence
from outside will be some guar. fendant
Kwan
When
ern French Art "they
French painting was unknown, in was England, except for Corot and
Bart
one
school. There had been tion, and Manet