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MISCELLANY
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leave to speak wag mind.
Shakespeare.
Other Days In China:
Undoubtedly one of the best
W.cz[features of local journalism is the
Isaries of articles on, legends, and
Here There and Everywhere
belie's of ancient China which MR. WELLS5 · AFTERTHOUGHTS" All communications intended for to the Sunday Herald. The writer
|Phyllis Joby regularly contributes | Commun publication should be addressed to must have madę m the Editor, and be gecompanied by amount of research into ancient) was shown as a film in England enormous Who Could Work Miracles," which, the Writer's Name and Address documents and writings to gather recently, has apparently under- not necessarily for insertion, but the material for her excellent gone (88.6 SUZTANČEK of good faith.
soine drastic alternationa articles, which are unique as far since it left the library for the
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Europe And Hitler's -Decree
Our Amazing "Language
SUCCESS OF MODERN CROESUS
ONCE "FOOLED AROUND
WITH GASOLINE BUGGY"
Mr. H. G.. Wells's "The MSOME SECRETS OF HENRY FORD'S
RISE TO FORTUNE.
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son.
The verse has all been cut and
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(By An American Observer) as contemporary Journalism in this film studio. part of the world is concerned.
MODERN Croesus who rose revolutionary plans to success. He The hero's miracles have been No other paper here, so far as extended to include the materiali-of titanic importance is the HK$36.00
from obscurity to a position forged ahead against overwhelm- can see, attempts to tap the enorm-sation of a tiger on a clergyman's dustrial sphere attaining
-in-ting odds, surmounting obstacles on ous field which this research bearthrug and a realistic view of dreamed of wealth, while still re-like skiftles.
an-every hand, bowling over sceptics presents. I know for a fact that Hades. The film also contained maining the most amazingly sim-Here, perhaps, lies the secret of Miss Juby's articles are eagerly good many of Mr. Wells's pre-pie man that the mind can imagine his amazing success. It was his Hong Kong, Thursday, Oct. 1, 1956, read by Chinese themselves, who
in at least two caser have admitted were, perhaps fortimately, lack-
pagandist afterthoughts, which Such is Henry Ford. “
aim to turn out a good car-cheap- to me that the writer touches upon ng from the story when it was of the criss-crossed paper on which path, and never did he make
His life, mapped out on a piecey. Never did he waver from this aspects of Chinese folklore of
written 30 years ago.............. which they were themselves "com-
mathematicians plot their mysteri-false-step. His mistakes were The autumn fim season is, in-ous graphs, would show one heavy committed in Selds far foreign to pletely ignorant..
cidentally, starting earlier this me, starting at the bottom and that of carburettors and magnetos. There would probably be an ex-year than usual Herr Hitler firmly believes cellent sale for the articles, if they in the value of the unexpected were eventually collected is book London recently as "Mary of were made mistakes readily adde, strange decisions, his delu ending at the top, broken in only Mary are the tales told of his Katherine Hepbama was seen in two or three places where mistakes eccentricities, peculiarities Sud- All his master-strokes have form I commend the idea to Scotland. This, had this partientar quality, and Miss Juby and the publishers of
too, suffered mitted, because they had no con- sions. Some have the stamp of it is plain that he has by the Sunday Herald.
strange changes since it was first nection with his creed, code and truth; others are mere mythology means-exhausted the supply.
seen a year or two ago an e-play religion, the building of motor-conjured out of the aura of se Moreover, it is his way to give!
in blank verse by Maxwell Ander-cars.
crecy with which he has shrouded with one hand and then take!
His "Gasoline-Barry- himself:... with the other. and the second When three or four reasonably gesture not unseldom, destroys well-informed people get together so has every reference to Botha farm in Michigan. That he died Henry Ford spent his youth on
Peace Ship" Failure the gratification which
He admitted the failure of his and argue about the speaking. well's had arisen from the first. Thus his aunciation and spelling of. Ens done for historical reasons, but farm and took a position in Debe revealed that the blundering This was not from the monotony of his father's "Peace. Ship."-but to a confidant declaration that Germany lish one can be sure of fireworks because it happened to be Hep-troit, which later was to-feel-his voyage bad taught him one thing. would place an immediate and sat and listened enthralled to barn.
The
infinence by becoming a world-ceo-1-that there was a great field for unconditional embargo upon the such a discussion, recently.
tre_of_motor.car building, can his tractors in Russia. export of arms and munitionsment concerned the point of
hardly be ascribed to to Spain was followed a few whether or not there was such a
If Henry Ford is anything, he hours later by the almost total thing as "standard" pronunciation, There
was something of the whelming desire to show the world is an opportunist What other ly unlooked for issue of a de-and if so, what it was One school recherche du temps perdu in the that the horse was obsolete. word can be applied to a man who
He went to Detroit when cree doubling the duration of held that there must be some runaway horse which galloped a
be noticed that the slaughter-houses German military service for all standard: that the three pronun-van and a van boy into a shop was 17. His job with the Drydock of Chicago were equipped with Power Company brought him in moving corseyors that carried three branches-land. air and ciations of the word "nine" which front in Houndsditch last month-contact with machinery.There (carcases along a line of butchers sea. The move only too amply were commonly heard could not all Thirty years ago runaway caused the international ten squally be right or wrong the horses in London streets were free an annity which was later who cut-the particular parts as sion momentarily relaxed to be "zone of the Cockner, the "name" quent-sights. They provided his creams. During the struggies the system to his factory?
to-ripes into something far beyond signed to them, and then applied renewed Germany connor of the super-refamed posely and policemen and ordinary citizens double her compulsory military
“nine" which ordinary with many opportunities of prov-from the munificent salary of 10% the happiest workers in the world. of those eight years he worked up He is credited with employing service from one year to two decently-educated people attering from what heroic mould they week to the general superinten-Romanticists have tried to pin without a shock to the sensitive The other school argued that the were cast by jumping at the ran-dency of the Detroit Electric Com-their contentedness on their em nerves of every country in three, pronunciations were correct awaye heads and bringing them any the last "job" be held. Europe
ly to be considered as dialectic to a standstil
・ployer's ' radiance of goodwill and variations, and that therefore all
The Manager of the Company cheer. That is 'à myth ---- As if with the object of were equally correct in their Hore Belisha in the more up his job or "stop fooling around" timates, is a charming man, but Now the horse, frowned on by told him he would have to give Henry Ford, to his few in- diverting or dividing attention proper venne.
fashionable parts of London, is with his "gasoline-buggy," which he could never be accused of radia-
new
the
surname.
OLD-FASHIONED HORSE
Over-
a flood of unofficial rumours emanated immediately after- Other matters more or less only able occasionally to express was bringing him secres of action. His men are happy because wards from Berlin relating, heatedly touched upon included the himself by careering away down tions for damages by outraged Ford discovered early in life that among other things, to
self-imposed fight of the B.B.C. to the public streets.
citizens whose horses were frigh-}men could werk best if they were' plans for organising the youths. All present agreed that this join the shoeblacks and the men strange contraption.
censor the prožunciation of Eng- Bunaway horses, indeed, must tened out of their wits by the not overworked, and were happiest of Germany in the service of
if they earned enough-money-for: the State from the early age it was
was an arrogant presumption; but who sold "watercresses”-in-the Henry Ford gave up the job. He a little pleasure in their leisure of 10, more or less on the
also admitted that the ranks of the vanishing or vanished directed the rest of his life to time... Italian model.
B.B.C., in common with any other sights of London. They may or self-contained entity, had a per
proving two things the practiez- (Continued on Page 11) may not have been true. but feet right to lay down
The water-cress men, with their bility of the motór-car and the fact what will engross the minds of
certain big baskets, have vanished entire that it could be produced cheaply SHEPHERD LEFT £200 the Governments of Europe is Principles which were to be followly, but a few bootblacks remain enough to appeal to the man of how this doubling of the Ger-ed by its officers; and in this pro faint reminders of the days when moderate means.
Angus Ross, 70-year-old man military service will affect vince must undoubtedly be con it was possible to have your shoes. Gave Up The Job` Sutherlandshire shepherd, har themselves. It should be em- ceded rulings on pronunciation, cleaned...a dozen times between Henry Ford needed something been left a sum of at least £200
Charing Cross and Ludgate-circusdmaza than genfes to agy hislunder the esate of his brother.
(Continued on Page 11)
EXPLANATION OF TO-DAY'S CARTOON
phasised that it does not neces- sarily mean the automatic [doubling of the forces in Ger (many under arms. There is! reason to believe that it is not the immediate intention of the German Army Chiefs to go be iyond the 36 Divisions. announced in March oftast year, amounting to some 550,- 000 men. But in any case the The power of rapid expansion to 800,000 or more has been acquired by this decree, and the potential as well as actual Imight of the German military- machine will be enormously enhanced.
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Expression “Quiz” Is The Result Of
A Wager
Ulz" and all its derivatives originated in joke.
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into the
we were assured, of course acter of Dublin, Ireland, and that the sole object of this inveterate bettor, wagered that he (dramatic - decree was the would within 24 hours introduce a further security of Germany meaningless new word against foreign attack, and English language, The four letters that it should be welcomed as QUI Z were then chalked and a proof of her earnest desire posted on every wall in Dublin for peace, and as strengthen- and Daly won his bet. He was, ing Western Europe's principal at the time, the manager of the bulwark against the dire Theatre Royal in Dublin, 1789. menace. of Communisri. It I naturally caused extreme- dis- quietude in France, where a Government of the Left is in office, which has found it 'very diffeult to make the response which its predecessors would but you never
Parents say a boy is more trouble, hear them speak of. certainly have made. Great getting a-son "marzied off.” Britain is principally concern-
Your Daily Smile!
* *
"Forgotten
ed to know how the establish- ments of the Gerznan air ser- Pat: "That was a foine sistiment vice will be affected, and Casey got of at the banquet last whether further increases in Make: "What was it?". the British Air Force will be Pat: "He said that the watest required to maintain the prin- mimories in loide are the ricollictions ciple of equality. These are of things forgotten!" very serious, not to say grave, questions.
The German
Profitable Present
Junior: That harmonica you gave stroke, following Russia's re-me'
me was the best present I ever got!" cent reduction in the conscrip Uncle: "Tim glad to hear that tion age, relegates disarmament Junior: "Yes, mother gives me 50 to some distant decade, It cents a week not to play it.” justified to the hit the British national programme for the re pair of our defences and wherever possible, an accelera- tion of its rate.
Holding The. „Audience Actor: "And, the audien
boy, were gined to their seats"
Rival:” “Ah! That was a meRƐ, WHY of keeping them there."
"BELIEVE IT OR NOT” by Robert L. Ripley
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