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any large scale is surrounded with difficulties. Obviously, hundreds of thousands of men cannot be drafted out of the Army and left to fend for themselves. That would only accentuate the problem, for men so | placed would naturally turn to banditry. So it becomes necessary for employment to be found for the disbanded soldiery, and for this purpose funda
are essential to start big reconstruction schemes. So far as the dispersed old-time soldiers and bandits generally are concerned, poverty explains their depredations. They take to or- ganised robbery as a means of live ing. Here, again, something will have to be done to attract these men into steady employment if they are not to continue being a menace to the country. In view of the dis bandment decisions, the necessity
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HOLLYWOOD EN FAMILLE.
Impressions of a British Visitor.
Below is another of the series world knows him. By all the rules of impressions of the United of these things he should be, fot States written by Mr. Collinson his hours of repose, a depressing Licut. Commanders L. G. Adding-Owen, the British novelist and influence, a solemn person, In- ton and L. M. Bridge have been ap dramatio crilic on his first visit stead he radiates good cheer, pointed to H.M.S. Tamar.
to that country, for the Christian dances absurdiy, burlesques Al The P. & O. s.s. Mantua from
Science Monitor.]
Jolson in "Bonny Boy" doesn't care Hongkong arrived at Marseilles on
So far, despite a search which crumpled. This is really royal If his collar or oven his hair is 1st February at 7:30 nm.
has not lacked a certain ardour, generosity for a man to give to have found nothing resembling in his friends at any moment what decorum in Hollywood. The days millions wait to see at rare inter- of improprieties are either past vale, or nover wore. My own luctantly, ie that they never were, do as opinion, decided on somewhat re Out in the Wild East (which will or, at any rate, not more than is often heard stories of the failures a name for Europe) we the case anywhere else. Possibly and tragedios of Hollywood; of the in the early days of the film rush blighted hopes and gnawing dos- there was a considered liveliness pair of girls and men who have among these children of a new travelled the long trail, though not world, flushed by a success and in covered wagon, to the Eldora prespority over dreamed of, and do of the film, There must be A yet not quite aware that the many such. But these things
But though Hollywood may be
A winding-up notification statos that the Chinese Merchants. Bank, Ltd, has declared a third dividend of three por cont.
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Seven further Chinese cases of mallpox were notified yesterday. of which six were from Kowloon and the other from Victoria.
totalled 1.30 inches. All fell on the Botanic Gardens in January only five days from the 26th to the 30th inclusive.
His Excellency the Governor has appointed Ma Sai-hong to be a Forest Officer for the control and Buperintendence of the forests of the Colony.
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The rainfall registered at the eyes of the world were upon them, might-and do-happen anywhere.
But that is a long time ago, and made they will have the far-away full of such unhappy failures one if any such disclosures are over appearance that attaches to all se- does not see them. There is no counts of turpitude in days that Poverty Corner here--nowhere: are no more.
where the failures hang about. Nobody haugs about anywhere, in- But whether that is true or not, deed. There is no strolling from what I have seen of con- loftering place in all the 436 square temporary Hollywood everything miles of Los Angolea. So what- Is as decorous as need be. Indeed, ever the city hides in this respect I have been to studio parties in one sees nothing of it. And con- being London much more boisterous trary to what one would think, chester Chamber of Commerce in invited for widening patrol path and gay-than anything I have living can be very cheap, oven Hongkong Telegraph.high-quality piece-goods, taken into Lo Wu Railway Station Block self-consciousness. For one thing, exist, somehow, and the weather is reference to increasing exports of frum Sheung Shul to Ta Ku Ling to found here. It may be that over renta. Somewhere in cheap single 40 feet; and accose and patrol path Hollywood now hangs a certain rooms the failures contrive to conjunction with the recently an-House.
it knows very well now that the so kind that an overcoat is rarely nounced formation of a Lancashire Colton Corporation, an amalgama- The silk forwarded from Hongkong eyes of the world are upon it. And needed.
by the Empress of Russia on the again, when everybody is mero or tion for mass production purposes, pih January arrived in New York or less famous, and famous for the give rise to confident expectations (St John's Park) on
But by chance I happen on a sort the 30th same sort of thing, there is apt to of failure. I am in the office of a of an early recovery from the January, having been 21 Jars in be a levelling of temperaments. A famous film director. His name gathering of film stars is, after too, has gone round the world. He all. very like a gathering of Royal Is
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Academicians. Inevitably the so- cynical but kindly. Lanca-
Kowloon Inland Lot 2171, situate at Kowloon Tong, will be sold by auction at the P.W.D. offices on the
bering professional element creeps in. Mix a gathering of film stars.
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As wo talk he excuses himself
British cotton slump of the past six | transit or seven years. Manchester has specialised for comment shire's new line, a mixture of cotton
which is increasing by leaps and aquare feet, and the upset price is then you might have results.
arrived in his secretary's office, ho of superfluous armies, there is much bounds, and of which the world fifty cents per foot.
explains, who was on a newspaper sound sense in the arguments pat markets are taking steadily increas
This is only a partial explana-in a far-away American city. She forward by Marshal Li Chal-eum in ing quantities. The all-round in to the Government Civil Hospital ings I have seen a good deal of others, to write scenarios. These, Two Chinese were admitted tion, because at some such gather-came to Hollywood, like so many the course of an interview accorded crease in the plene-goeds export yesterday from different ad-real fun; just the sort of fun that he says, are impossible. He must to a Telegraph representative on his trade for 1928 has been placed at dresses, suffering from the effects would go on at any good party deal with her as gently as possible. return to the South yesterday. over £1,880,000, which represents of overdoses of opium which they This, no doubt, is largely to be Fortunately, he adds, she has man The burden of his contentions was cent on the 1927 figure, which was
an advance of practically 50 per took in attempts to commit explained by the fact that on such aged to secure a job of another
suicide.
occasions the stars were among kind-"selling advertising" for a that there can be such a thing as less than £4,000,000. This is
themselves, almost en famillo, The Los Angeles firm, which will take too rapid and too rigid disband encouraging indeed,
His Excellency the Governor han fact that I, a mere member of the her travelling round southern though it appointed Inspector Frank Shaftain ordinary public, by some accident California. So it might be worse. ment. He elaborated his view-ahould not be overlooked that it is to be an Examiner of Weights and of magic happened to be tem He goes just outside, leaving tho point by showing that dispersed still the good-quality products, in Mensures under the Weights and porarily one of them, must not be door wide open, so that er ie "Red" troops and scattered groups which Lancashire has always re.fensures Ordinance, and also an allowed to warp one's sense of all. There is just a hint of wepp- of bandits, although not a menice igned supreme, that the business Is Inspector under the Gunpowdiver values. In the intimate life ofing In it now and then..
While there ain be no question that one of the greatest needs in China to-day is the cutting down and artificial silk, the demand for 18th instant It has an area of 7,450 with a gathering of R. A.'s and for a few moments. A girl has
and Fireworks Ordinance. partially complete, restoration of being done. For a complete or even
S. MOUTRIE & CO. LTD. might easily resume their per Lancashire's former position it is police by Lam
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royal families the formalities of majesty are largely ignored, or 80bles, "I'm sorry I can't do anything "My dear," his deep valce rum- one understands. So it is with with it. It just isn't my kind of story. But I'll send it to some of the others to read it.”
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nicious activitier once they see that essential that she afould be able to proprietor of No. 82 poultry stall
Sul-kat, the Hollywood intime. the regular forces are cut down to compete in cheaper grade cloths.
at the Centrál Market, alleging
The royal comparison perhaps a point at which they would be un-And it is here that, it is that a foki, named Lam Man-cho, explains it all best. There is a able to offer adequate resistance, hoped, the Lancashire Cotton Cor- cheque for $2,000 at the Bank of in Hollywood-ruling great stu- has disappeared after cashing a sprinkling of kings and queená At the same time, the Canton leader poration will come in. Backed by Canton,
dios-many princes and princesaês, | 'em." indicated that he would loyally su the most powerful men in the In- the Bank of England and some of
and so on down through all the "Make them! There you are, port the Nanking Conference in its dustry, it is expected that at least
gradations of royalty. Hero and Mr. X! You'll make them! You there is a prince or princess from mean my stuit's so bad you'll have decision to effect a huge reduction 10,000,000 spindles will come under
the poorer film'royalty of Europe, to force them to read it?” in the Kwangtung and Kwangsi its control within the next few
but welcome all the same as being "No, my dear young lady. I Armies.
a royal cousin. On state occa-mean nothing of the kind. months. Its biggest effort will he
sions in the studios or elsewhere very good, only it's just not what The problem for China is one launched in China, and the pro-
the kings and queens are invest want. That's all." possessing many facets. Admitted moters venture the bellef that by that the case for wholesale reduc-co-operation in every branch of pro- duction and distribution, they will
tion of the nation's armed forces be in a position to compete on has been made out, there are still equal terms with Japan, and even so many considerations to be taken Shanghai. It may be too much to into account that the task of accom-expect that Lancashire vill plishment is extraordinarily diffi- dominate as before, but there seems no reason why the China trade cult. As to the reasons lying at should not prove a big factor in the back of the need for action, first the rehabilitation of Lancashire's and foremost we must place the chairman of the National Provincial industries. Sir Harry Goschen, the danger of allowing hundreds of Bank, points out that there now separate armies, owing allegiance exista in China a great opportunity to various military leaders, to con- trade in China, which if neglected for extending all sections of our tinue in existence. So long as this now, may not recur. If we read the systém is tolerated, so long will signs aright, Lancashire has re- there be periodical tussles for power paring to share in the prosperity alised that long since, and is pre-
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I know I can write. I don't pretend freely acknowledged. But on all to be able to do anything else, and other occasions there is a pleasant. I'm not concelted, but I just know all-round informality....And of I can write. You know that, Mr. course there is much visiting be-x tween
one Beverly Hills palaceYes, my dear. But we can't all
have just what we want.
and another.
That's "The fact is," said one of the the trouble. I can't do just what European royalties to me, "it's I want. It's the same with every- just a village here. You're in one body. And you've got this job." set or another, and you meet just "Yes" (A very pronounced sob the same people over and over here.) "Selling advertising, when I again. If you knew how at times w-want to write scenarios. And I I long to get back.". Roise en don't want to leave Hollywood." exile, so to speak. But in many "But that's where you're wrong. ways a very pleasant exile. What you've got now is much bet- Which reminds me that sitting You'll go travelling all round tar. I'd be glad to leave Hollywood. in one of the small studio projee southern California." tion theatres I have next to me a between rival, generals, with con- that must follow peace in this the lead. North and South must tary record behind him. He has round southern California. I just
Clubs are trumps, and South has "star" from Britain with a mill- the utmost country and in which it la certain win three of the four tricks, sequences imposing hardship and suffering on the Hongkong will play a large part.
people. For, apart from the terrors
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of actual warfare, there is the ad- ditional circumstance that military commanders who are a law unte themselves oppress and "squeeze" Paris the people to an intolerable extent New York in their demands for, funds with
Brussels which to enrich themselves and pay Amsterdam
Geneva
their men. Then there is the tre- Milan mendous wastage of money in non- Stockholm
Berlin productive energy which the keep Copenhagen ing up of these huge arraiça im-
Oslo Vienna plles. Happily, at the present time Prague China has 'a better centralised Gov- Helsingfors ernment than she has had since the Lisbon
Madrid
Republic was established, and, the Athens,
Bucharest task of bringing the armed forces nie of the country under something Buenos Aires Ilke" real control. is thus rendered Bombay
so much the easier.
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the situation. See if you can find Colour, with colour and music com-happier when I was a boy on the a method of play that will not plete. Even after a few months North and South three tricks..
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There is much more of it and the big director (I wonder how many would be like him) never loses his gentle patience, And finally ho closes the interview with what sounds like a benediction, so kindly and paternal in his tone.
ceding puzzle, the opponents' were him no good. Just no doubt as a Those pictures of London did forced to lead a sult which both
"Look here, my dear, you're all North and South Incked.
southern Californian who had been they must lead from their own London calls weather would sigh job is a much better thing for you. living for three years in what wrong about this. Belleve me, this 108%
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and come and see me again some .876 'must return a heart, South cover- As to Hollywood in its lighter day and tell me I was right." 8074 Ing whatever East plays. South moments, perhaps the smaller With a broken word of thanks ,5.29/32 now returns the higher of his two parties are best. At one of these she goes on her way to sell adver .47% romaining hearts, and West is the i met Ernest, as we will call him, tising in southern California, leav
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tricks,
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