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H. KING WOOD REPORTS IN OUR AUSTRALIAN NEWSLETTER:
AUSTRALIA DAY
BUT WHERE
WERE THE FLAGS?
Sydney (By Airmail).
We have been celebrating 170 years of Australian settlement this weekend a celebration that the Royal Society of St George has been trying to get people enthusiastic about, urging them to fly flags, decorate cars, make appropriato speeches and pause to think.
somehow
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It sums up to the fact that! we are just not a nation of ana wavers and for all of us it was just an exceptionally for sum mer's day, followed by what We love very much indeed-a public holiday.
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Entertainment Tax Is Killing The UK Film Industry
London, Feb. 4. THE British cinema industry is in the throes of a crisis caused by television and tax.
und in many
Attendances at cinemas | London with three films escapist. Life in casier and | But, he thinks, thạ Algu will cases have to be "good enough for the last year continued to fall, "Around the World in Eighty happier,
the world market of better nak be Day", "The Bridge on the River tastes have risen above according to Lord Rank," and "The Bolshoi Bollel." level of some of the second and made at all." Somehow, ho "with the widening range But Alm goers will only book third rate hims shown.
argues, films have got to re- of television as a powerful for a film which is very im- For years, ms have been cover the old excitement they
their competitor." In the first portant and contains stars of losing
entertainment (hod for people. It they fall short thin valus. People today are looking of international standards, they six months, the seats sold in world-wide repale. For
reason the reserved seat system for something now. They may will never win back the public Britain's 4,000-odd cinemas was not a success with "The And it in the night life of post-from television. were 70,000,000 fewer than Three Faces of Eve." However war London and other cities, but Str Michael would like to 800 cinemas running one ble film in the corresponding period brilliant the cast may have been,
Ter
Instead long time, they were not well-known of 1956.
British audiences.
changing à douzie-feature pro- gramme every few days. Ika many other people, he would welcome Alme mado more cheaply, on the Continental raudel. The French and tho Italians, he says, have a genius for telling a moving story about life in a small village, without crowds and what has come to
Postponed
The cinemas dropped up to 25 per coat of their takings. paid The Rank Organisation £10,275,000 Entertainment Tax alone-36 per cent of its box office takings and decided to close down 24 of its 000
cinemas,
to
No one thinks that television is going to cust the cinema, but the client is certainly fading that it makes a big difference. For many people, the only cine- ma screen which they watch now is the little one that can be switched on and off at home.
Car Parks
By SIDNEY
TAYLOR
Not Doomed
that
of
be known as "Hollywood spec- facie."
Three Things
Lord Rank believes that tho three
elnema industry needs things: a substantin! reduction in entertainment tax; compre- hensive scheme of rationisation and co-operatipo within the Industry; and. an adequate
There have been processions, suficient patience to bow to the turn professional, there always Lable whims of political bosses and seems to be so much talent fol-
of lowing on that we seem the onslaughts aux and all the rest of li-but withstand
television remains the principal has all Jacked lofty and all-ienious heads of sured of holding the Davis Cup
attraction. Nor does Sir Michaet for some years to come, But
Balcon of Ealing Films belleve portonelly and been somewhat Covernment departments,
little tecting is gaining ground frightfully dull.
Over the country as a whole,
Not a single cinema has been that it has yet reached in sporting circles that it would
350 cinemas have closed MAN OF IRON
erected in any of the new maximum eReef on the cinema be almost worth losing the Cup
for one thing, there towns or on any of the 20 or because, for a year to bring some of during the last 18 months, and these boys back to earth,
more are doomed.
more big housing estates which are areas, such as Wales, where Pinewood Studios has Sporting goods firms, who pay
post- the London County Council has the new industry has still much what can only be termed
reponed making four major films created since World War II. It room for expansion. tainers to many of the stars, are costing 21,100,000. It has paid is true that sites have been re- already SU fed up that they are off 250 technicians and others. served for them. But they are talking about withdrawing their The studios at Elstree have dis-being used as car parks or no open spaces which can be hired
But he does not think to Australian Sk biz Terence
Tom O'Brien, general by travelling circuses. support and this could make a missed 148.
the cinema is doomed. He polats supply of films of high enter- many out tennis.
In these townships, these Arms' secretary of the National As- bucking of top players, Austra-suciation of Theatrical and Kine people now have more comfort-technicians at his studios, pro- Twenty dive year ago, lia's amateur
have duce in a year only seven and 24,000,000 tennis standards Employers, blames the Governable homes than they
people in Britain could quite easily collapse.
ment for taking one-third of the ever known before. They have a half hours of entertainment. (roughly half the population) box office money in the form of
more money and more room for Considering the demands made, went to the cinema every year. entertainment tax.
entertaining their friends, and upon the craftsmen and techni- Today, 20,000,000 people pay Somo cinema managers say in this entertainment, television clans of television to produce 22,000,000 to attend the 'cinoma that they are running on the naturally plays a part. They also shows every day, he says, "It is each week. Yet over a period of sales of ice cream and choco-have gardens, which keep them not difficult to foresee the time six years seat sales have fallen lates.
busy during the fine weather.
when television will be too ex-by 295,000,000.
Entertainment During the grim years of the hausted of creative Ideas war and its aftermath, the hold Ite audiences,"
cinemas hox elnema offered people on oplate When that time comics, Bir £93,000,000 a year compared which softened reality. Today, Michael thinks, the tide will with £5,000,000 before they are no longer quite so turn in favour of the cinema. War II.-China Mall Special,
ACCEPTANCE
ong
It is nearly five months since legislation was passed to set up the Commission and Minister of the Interior, likable Allen Fairhall, has been given the j
job of finding a man of iron to run it at a princely £0,000 a year. Six thousand pounds a year is not the figure to entice men into that type of job these days and so far Mr Fairhall has
been searching in head of
however,
He did approuch There was,
Day keynote which the South Australian Australia
Housing
met with general acceptance-Trust, but as that official was to already drawing £0,000 in ปี that all sections are keen
is
Without
SUBSIDISED
Too High
Executives of leading Austra- a much more comfortable job the lian sports goods stores with build up
population
mot and discussed continuing intake of migrants, offer was declined.
during the week He then made a pass at the ending payments, to big time and that much is being done to give them and teach them-ahead of the Tasmanian Hydra-players. They pointed out that better way of life here.
Electric Scheme and felt they have been paying there nibble when he learned that
youngsters during their overseas of Use folder that job,
Mtrips and are now beginning to A. W, Knight, was scratching doubt if they are justifying their along on £6,000,
position on the payroll in rela- But the Tasmanian Premier
tionship lo business returned got to hear about this plot, said
Main question of the confer- There are several reasons why things
about some nasty
ence was: Why should we con-people are forsaking the cinc- Federal "plrating" and up-ed tinue to subsidise players who mas, or at any rate going less Mr Knights salary to £7,000 a are absent most of the year? often. They find the prices of
no
Although the Government being neodled by some section of industry and all members of the Opposition about our grow ATAMP ALBUMA— Bainora!”—$12,
the Primê From South China Morning Post Liling unemployment, Wyndham Street and Sailsbury Road, Minister, Mr Menzies has
stressed that there will be reduction in the migrant tar. He admits hut it might Ket. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES enuse some inconvenience for
time. but that it will be worth
far So
absorbed we have since the war, some million and Damaged cargo ex dila vesel will be surveyed by Mears, C. dan:da quarter now settlers Into our system without anyone starving to death, though it could be that reaching are gradually saturation point,
"BENARES"
& Daiglas At Hot's Wharf from 10 am on February 1, 1958, and -consignees are requests! to have their representatives present during the survey.
BUTTERFIELD 4 SWDIE, Agents.
Hong Kong. February 3, 1930.
To ADVERTISERS
it,
Wo
And if the migrants are Bnd- ing some sort of security here, we, too. are gaining much-in a litle colour, a little gally, in learning a bit about the other fellow.
BOOTMAKER
year.
HOW FOOLISH
im
Mr Knight, of course. mediately saw how foolish he would be to leave the lovely climate of Tasmania.
The chairman
of the Сал- Commission, with berra
the com- help of two assistant missioners, will have the job of all future directing
develop- ment of Canberra and control- ling expenditure in the next few years of millions of pounds.
The appointment of the com SUNDAY POST-HERALD
mission is urgently needed. To Драсе for commercial
day Canberra is sprawling into advertising should bo
30,000 place of booked
When Hungarian Josef Kone-an unlovely not latar than noon on Wednesdays.
a little boot-people; many houses conveni- zol Look
ently
temporary known 03 maker's shop on For the BOUTH CHINA | barbour-side wharves, ferry dwellings, but which wil MORNING POST and the passengers heard
fine main for more than a lifetime. CHINA MAIL, 48 hours singing coming from the shop. What should have been before date of publication.
they city controlled in every stage of The new bootmaker, Special Announcemante sald, was certainly keen on his its development is fast becom- untidy vilinger and Cikasified Advertise-tudio. Then, in brightening up ing a chain of
and the place, Joset had the frost without reason for being,
mente as uAHNİ
H. K. S. P. C.
Neade financial support for the
sake of poor children'
Please
address communion-
over
one of
our
very
Γ
ed paint removed from his so far away from the Idents of window and that revented that a national capilal that one can for the un- only feel soITUW was doing the singing.
becomes who of lucky character Most days he sings sonds
Letur commissioner. und Mozart, Schubert
the Actually,
Government cannot
blumed for the The Going at Canberra at present uninviting £6,000 salary.
book
was originally is n job for a near genlus.
Omcially, he will be chairman with £10,000.
Then
as he works on his customers' shoes
baited
Service
With a budget due in April, Exche- the Chancellor of the quer is being pressed to lift the
killer" tax on cinernos as has already done on the tax theatre and sport.
best cluemas.
he
on
The executives decided to seats too high for example; they sleep on the Idea, but one point may be buying their television plak to all is that our tempera-set on the instalment plan; and mental players had better settle they dislike the queuing notes- down and reallsg that not only sary to get into so many of the are the cash customers getting fed up with their tantrums, but who have also their sponsors, done more than has ever been appreciated or recognised bring Australian tennis to high standard it is today,
for
to
During World War II, Brilons stood and walled patiently almost everything. Many now refuse to do it any longer.
the
Advance booking has recently been tried out successfully in
China Mail Entertainment Guide
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT
ROXY & BROADWAY:' "The Great Locomotive Chuse." Fess Parker and Jeff Hunter in the American Civil War.
KING'S & PRINCESS: "Robbery Under Arms." Peter Finch 03 the Australian bushranger leader.
LEE & ASTOR: "Jamboree.”
'jockey parade.
All-star disc-
QUEEN'S: "Nana." Martine Carol and Charles
Boyer in Zola's classic, ALHAMBRA: "Yangtze Bridge." A Chinese plc-
turo.
STAR & METROPOLE: The Public
OF-
the Public of the National Capital Develop ment Commission; in down to, Board stepped in. earth terms, he'll be the man Service Board is a matey who will run Canberra, und at ganisation which, among other the same time try to untangle things,
controls
scales
of
and
The Public the iness created by 25 years salaries. None of
are receiving of muddle, many-times divided Service chiefs control; who will have to have more than £6,000 a year
they did not think I right for someone on a "fancy" figure to be brought in to run their town.
tions:-Secretary, Hongkong SIX CHILDREN
Society for the Protection of Children. P.O. Box 250%
Hongkong.
Pisase and us your unwanted 'loys, Colicotian centre at Radiusion.
Headaches (BAVER
Toothaches
Colds
are quickly overcome by
CAFASPIN
•
BURNT TO DEATH
TENNIS STARS
Cabinet bowed to the wishes of the people who do, so much to run the country, decided the screw. would be £6,000-and so Is sill searching for a commiso- joner..
Sydney is rapidly becoming St Louis, Feb. 4.
very fed up with its glamour Six brothers and sisters and temperamental tennis stars. ranging in age from 15 In the big championships this years to 18 months died week a couple of them lay on the courts in protest against a
today in a fire that roar-merman's decision: another
three
"The Buckskin Lady." Patricia Medina as the gunfighter. HOOVER & LIBERTY: "Last Of The Bad Men."
George Montgomery in a Western.
RITZ: "Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend." Randolph
Scolt in a Western.
MAJESTIC & ORIENTAL:
Pat
"April Love." Boone and Shirley Jones in a musical. CAPITOL: "Gunsmoke." Audie Murphy in a
Western.
Audio And Visual Entertainment
RADIO HONGKONG
that 400 craftsmen and
Last Survivor Of 'Golden Stool' Crime
Returning To Ghana
By HAIC NICHOLSON
to
Accra, Feb. 4. Ex-chief Seniagya, who is now over seventy, will soon return to his homeland, Ghana, from Nigeria.
When he does the anal handed over to the chiefe of chapter in an historical incident Ashanti for trial and sentence. will be written.
But an important reservation
For he is the sole survivor of was made the representative of the men deported In 1921 for the British Government should stripping the "Golden Stool" of have the right to modify any
which might Ashantithe symbol of kingship sentence there of its golden ornaments, imposed. having them melted down, and
sharing the proceeds.
Death Sentence
be
The trial took place in
Wis a
and despite the fact
tainment value.
Lax on
the
been totalling World
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By Afr Hawaii, U.S.A., Canada, 4 p.m. Топлю, Когов, в р.т. Zaod, p.m.
By Surface
Macro 5 pm,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 By Air Thailand, 8 a.m.
Peking, Shanghai, 2an, ow, Kun- ming, lothow, 8.50 4.m.
Japan, 9_4,7%.
Malaya, Indonesia, Australia New Zealand, Caylon, India, Pakistan, the Great Britain and Europe,
Puppies, Noon.
The atory started in 1898. when a police force occupied Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti, and King Prempeh was banished. Kumasi
Men of the King's bodyguard that in the eyes of the law it
theft case of who were the custodians of the five main accused, Seningya, Noon
in "Golden Stool" deposited it Yankyira, Danso, Yogo and the village of Wawase when Kujo Poku, were sentenced to There death. Prempeh was arrested
Others found guilty of efforts It remained, in spite
complicity were sentenced to find it until twenty years later when a dispute arose over the payment of large dnes. the ownership of land in the village.
Concealed It
The Magistrate who dealt with the dispute decided to visit
to
Then the British Government representative stepped in, and gave it as his opinion that the sentence of death was out of all proportion to the seriousness of the offence.
The death penalty was never Instead, the five men exacted. the
heavy village before giving his were given
prison arranged decision. When the guardians sentences and it was
heurd that these sentences should be of the "Golden Stool"
When they and served E Nigeria. this, they carried it off buried it in a box near a place weir released, the men were to called Abusbugya.
remain in Nigeria under polico surveillance. Special legislation In both the Gold was passed a new
Coast and Nigeria to give effect to these arrangements.
Now only Senlagra le alive and the conditions of his
in Nigeria residence
have gradually been made less severe. He lives quietly and simply in narned Danso, secured the Box Lagos where he reports to the from the labourers, took it to polics once a month,
In 1920, the Government started construction of road between Aburbugya and o ueighbouring town. The box conlaining the "Golden Stool" accidentally found by WDS Labourers working on the road and dug up,
The village headman, a man
the house of
man named Yankyira and concealed there.
£1
On
Representations
several occasione he has daked to be allowed to return to His homeland.
The Prime Minister, Kwame met Sentagya in On Senlagya's allowance
حاظ
U.B.A., 5 p..
Thailand, Burma, India, 6 p.m. Cambodia, Caylon, p.m.
By Burface China People's Republic, 0 4.3. Burma, 11 4.m. Malaya, Ceylon, Aden, Egypt, Great Britain & Europe, 11 a.m.
Macao. 1 p.m. Indochina, 1 pan. Philippines, Rabaul, 2 p.m. North Borneo, 3 pim. Maceo 8 p.m.
THIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 By Ale Indo-china. France, D am. Formosa, Japan, Okinawa, Korea, 11 J
Guan, Hawall, USA. 1 p.m. Philippines, Austraila, New Zea land, pm.
Услова, в
Thailand, Indiin Pakistan, Kiddie East, Africa, Great Britain and Europe. p.m.
USA., Canada, 8 p.m. Kawall, 0 pm.
By surface China, People's Republic, Dam, Australia, New Zealand Noon,
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Italy, Bwitzerland, France, Bel- glum Netherlands & Germany, pm.
Macao. 1.p.m.
Japan, USA. c. § 6. Amprics, a
Biscay_pJ
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"SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1
By Bustnon,
China, People's Republio, 9 a.m. FORTIORS, 98.10.
Philippines, 1 p.m.
Canada, 3 pun.
Indonesia, p.m.
Japan, U.6.A, P. & B. Apsurica, a pin.
Solo, 8. p.m.
Chine People's Republic, a
Macro, 1 p.in.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY
By Surface MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19
Hartsco China, People's Republic, 9 HARG MERRYANA, Africa, 8. Afrios, all (Argentina, Parcels direct), Macao 1 pm
Nopt
Melted Down
Indo-china, 3 pm. named
Now special Jegislation is being put through Parliament in Kujo Ghana to permit Sealagya to
News of the great discovery soon got round. Soon after- Melachroo Musicale: dz. Birthday warde, Senlays, who was a stool Malibag 6.30 h me. Jurgens Show Bay Melatosh; 6.46, Story carrior, arrived at the village 8.30, Evening Soranada; 6, Tipe
Banso Tyme and persuaded
and Olgnal, Lucký Din Presented by
Signet
Nerve And the ed through a wooden-broke two racquets in a dress- Margherita: 0.58, Weather Repork
Tankyire to remove the golden crumah, Weather Foremat. Azouzompante because he lost a 7, Tuna Signal. News: 1,10. Com- frame house of this iso-ing room
match and others threatened to mentary: 2.16, Cladys Swarthout and Interlude: 740, The Shep Fields ornaments from the "Golden Lagos In 1955,
(Mezo-soprano)ompaniment 15, Redifudon Spotlight into him and
Show 750. Maniayani Memories: Stool" and share the booty with representation lated farming community
cut out touring because the song with plano
a young man, called was increased and Mr Nkrumah 340 miles from Quebec Lawn Tennis Association
wille De Jolan Furlany;. D. on- by George Trovillag 750,′′ Robert Parade Williama; 2.19, The Yugo, who happened to be pass-promised that when Ghana bo.
Fanton and his Orchestra; Fixt nounced that it would cut ax- City..
came an independent nation, he by
Tops In Popular Musio prosented by ing at the time. Ronald the penses while in
United Decent;
| Nick Kendali; 439, Diamond Music
would seek the exile's roturn to Dorton
Show: 9, IAD With The Krona), 950, The parents, Mr and Mrs States.
Orchestra: 54, Weather Heport;
his native land. London Dalongs To MyPart"4"By Luelen Berthelot, 42 and 36, Most people haven't any por- News from Britain; 9410, Wednesday
9 Time Bignal. Nawe and Home Nonman Collin; 10, "Men. Behind with cocaped
David the Melody==1)m Story and Boggs other ticuler belief for the cheese-muenire; i Horden on One Night Biand; 13. Date WISS Poku' rocdived some of the ) come back to the land he loves.
of composer Irving Berlin: 1030. children and a relativo, Ray-sporing attitude of the Assorin Rodion in In Dooc Unige
A goldsmith 10.15 "low Dentis, mond Roy, 29.
tion but they are asking when Mortimer;
Dreamland sweet dhythm"--Charlie Shavers Kidalat 19 manight, dod Bare ornaments and malted
1130.
Endi Qayton, Burncone is going to come along and his
them The Government of Nigeria has pays Drost Frgiain & Muropa, Lab- Bechestin With Maxine The Hueen. Close Down. 100 disaster occurred when with sufficient wrongth to tell sullivanj 1020, Time for Dancing:
down
at the same time been baked ta I Para & Packety 9 am." (1954), Reg. TELEVISION 13-year-old Francoise one of the bright boys where t they got a Weather Report: 11. Time
When news of this como to someve any remaining ́re à parcels 4 pm
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY- 11 the surviving children.
5 pm. Children's Tour Cartoons: the cars of the Bellish, Govern-strictions on bis movements sp. at-off.
They are sino. interested to Goodnight. Muale; 1130. Close Down. 3.15. Uncle David Presents The BROTT | PARNƒ, Benisgyn, and the others that when the time comics he tempted to light à napřitha-fod
of Twinkynung Motime: 0.10 whe
China, People's Republle, a am.
Adeti, stove. There was an explosion know if the Association is goi
Endla, Onfion, Adventures of Kit Carsons, Clow concerned were arrested and will be free to leave. and fames swept through the ing to make an example of the 3 Bu.. Wednesday Concert"The house, trapping the victims as player who told barrackers to The Flizabethp-Sulje"
**Sonatina Voy a violin and · Plano" they slept in the upper storey. shut up,-as happened on Fri Benjamin atstats on a Theme,
The house burund so quickly | day.
Veghan Willamar; 4, Tea For Two: Buictly Instrumental; 8. No one
underrate the that repeated rescun attempt
COMA-PROMEN JEG by the parents proved 'useless magnificent tennis et Australip's
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