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Life Begins Again-Fox Trot
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Jack Hylton & His Orchestra.
Jack Hylton & His Orchestra.
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NOTES OF THE DAY
SCOTTISH VIEW
We have heard Signor Musso- lini's plans for the disciplining of Abyssinin and have permitted our
JULY 11, 1935.
LAST REFUGE OF BIRD LIFE
By E. M. NICHOLSON
TN the middle of great towns, All these are birds which can selves to wonder how he recon- IN whore people herd close to- and do exist in solltary places
MAGNETOS preservation of peace in Europe birds will follow except the in- most crowded parks, wherever the
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Teddy Joyce & His Orchestra. | PRANKLIN-On July 11, 1935, at the Victoria Hospital, Hongkong, to Gindys, wife of P. P. Pianklin, adughter,
BD-162
Roso of Italy-Fox Trot Friends-Waltz
Teddy Joyce & His Orchestra. .Teddy Joyce & His Orchestra. Teddy Joyce & His Orchestra.
BD-163
Olga Pulloffski-Comedy Waltz
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Jack Hylton & His Orchestra.| Hongkong Telegraph.
Zing: Went the strings of my Heart-Fox Trot
(From "Gay Deceivers") Jack Hylton & His Orchestra. BD-164 The Girl with the Dreamy Eyes-Fox Trot
Jack Hylton & His Orchestra. Orchids to My Lady-Fox Trot
Jack Hylton & His Orchestra. Paper Hat Brigade-Fox Trot
The Bridal Waltz-Waltz
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BD-166 Serenade-Rumba Fox Trot
Jack Jackson & His Orchestra. Jack Jackson & His Orchestra
Jack Jackson & His Orchestra. It happened in the Moonlight-Fox Trot
Jack Jackson & His Orchestra. Also an interesting selection of vocal and Instrumental Records.
THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1935.
BRITAIN'S JOBLESS
PROBLEM Themselves failing to produce any constructive scheme for deal- ing with The unemployment
elles his present schemes with gether and cover the earth with where they may go for days with- previously avowed desires for the their buildings and streels, few out seeing a nian, and also in the evitable house-sparrow. But place is suitable for them. Except wherever the desert of bricks and when we persecute them we human mortar ends, or is broken by an beings hardly matter in their lives onsin of parks or gardens, many one way or the other, more birds are at home,, and park on the outskirts of a town in often surprisingly rich in bird life.
The Very Idea!
BOSH
AND
BULSH
Scraps From The Note-Book Of Edward Kelly
Edited By Eddie
The response to Mr. Edward Kelly's appeal for contributions · to his bi-weekly "Scraps from My Note-book”, pablished in this columu on Tuesdays and Thura- dayn, was positively amazing. Excluding theố two outsidé contrí- butions publishing to-day. Mr. Kelly received six threatening letters from well-known business huusex, nine accounts, une letter
the Editor of the Telegraph telling him that his application for a rise had been turned down, and a message from the giri friend, saying she was going out with Pete to-night.
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generally and the defence of Aus- trla's integrity in particular, But we had not seen, the utterances of
In Gosforth Park, at Newcastle, the Italian dictator in the light in which the Evening Dispatch of
where there is a famous race- course, woodcock have brought of Edinburgh views them. We quote
young on the racecourse itself n the Dispatch: "The world is fami-
Every year recently, for example, day or two before the race meet- Bar with the sabre-rattling speeches between Afty-five and sixty species ing. I know a park in a univer- whereby Signor Mussolini seeks to of birds have bred in Richmond sity city where kingfishers bring prove himself the spiritual suc- Park, near London. Rearing in off a brood every year in a bank cessor of Wilhelm of Hohen-mind that the whole county, of actually under the feet of thou-
Middlesex at present only claims sands of passers-by. zollern in the post-war world, and
seventy-seven breeding species, By getting up early it is possible it takes his pcrfervid utterances and the whole British Isles list to find many unexpected birds, with a grain of salt. A man of includes only about 190, this is an some of which, particularly ducks the Duce's temperament doubtless enormous total to be shown by aand divers, occasionally settle down needs to let off steam now and little patch of less than four square for a long stay. A gadwall drake miles of country, constantly over-which wintered on the Round then. But, even so, the scarcely run by people and almost entirely Pond in Kensington Gardens in disguised attack which he has de surrounded by buildings.
1920-21 unui to return every year, livered on British statesmanship
Richmond Park happens to be and ended up by staying there for is disturbing. This country and specially well watched, and many the rest of his life, which seems its Ministers are well used to Can-other parks could certainly put up to have ended two winters ago.
an impressive list. Bushy Park tinental abuse. It is their fate and lampton Court Park together! to be always asspected and mis- recorded seventy-four different understood, to be the villains of forms in 1933, of which more thables and their pieces of good for his friend's would get seeing him
fifty bre
the
How do these birds of the public parks live? What are their trou-
Pando
After six months on Home leave, Willie Whalesteeth was returning to Hongkong. The M.5. slipped through Lyemoon Praange into the harbour, and his heart beat faster as his gaze met well- remembered
Dear old Hongkong: hadn't changed bit. The new bank building had gone up, but otherwise it was the same old joint. What a surprise
scenes.
the piece, with sinister, malicious
Haw important parks may be as tune? As a rule they are immune gain, especially as he had let none inolives. This being NO,
strongholds of bird life is brought from shooting. On the other hand, them know that he was aboard the Pando. The ship slowly moor- periodic onslaught of the French out by several recent national bird they are heavily exposed to the at- ed in mid-stream, and Willie, re-
Lacks of those animals which live or Italian or German Press are torensuESPA.
fusing to walt for the tender, leapt For instance, the 1931
into a waila walla.. As it approuch- be taken as a matter of course. grede inquiry showed that in Ox-spets or parasites of man, especi- ally cats and rats, and in some
ed Blake Pier he craned his hend to fordshire more than three-quar Iut this latest outburst of anti-
see if some well-remembered face British feeling in Italy appears to
ters of the breeding stock of the places grey squirrels. Even big and strong birds like woodpigeons,
was on the wharf, but he recognis- Fare great crested grebe was con-which root at the top of trees, be a mre serious matter. 1centrated in four parks, and more feel much safer sleeping on an islet disappointed, he gave his bags to a ed none of his friends. Somewhat comes at a time when barmony of
than half of it in a single one in a park lake, where there is a
coolle and was making for Con- policy among France, Italy, and Blenheim.
good strip of water all round them, naught Road when he sighted old Dritain is essential if the Europ-
further ean situation is bot
In Bedfordshire the whole of the and they will fly several miles Eddie Kelly. Itere was one who
day in order to get there. deteriorate I brings
new eighteen breeding paira were In London it is the rule for wildmanding the coolle to element of menter into com secured on park lakes." If we take plication of evil influences that another large arul interesting bird, duck to nest up zloft in hallow walked across to his old friend and are already mebaring enough.
was about to speak when Eddie the heron, we find the same retrees, which in many parts, of the
Haw him. liance on the shelter of our parks. country would be unusual for
them. single park in Northampton-
ONE THEORY
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shire, at the census seven years No wild birds get food with so ago, held more than 3 per cent. of little effort as the hand-fed spar- the occupied herons' nests in the rows and pigeons of some of our whole country, and four other parks, and their food supply is Richmond, Windsor and Burwood summer. parks round London-Wanstead, actually better in winter than in
together held another 3 per cent.
But their lives are not entirely Richmond Park alone at the pre-care-free, for they cannot save sent time is sheltering just about against a rainy day, and rainy if the entire Surrey breeding days keep people out of the parks, stock of herons.
cutting down their man-brought rations.
would be glad to see him! Com- wait, he
"Huilo, Whalestceth," said Ed- die, "going away ?′′
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S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD. pression in such a manner as to words as come from a member of the seemed as is morsel of hope of getting them to breed there and wife listening to ZBIV weather
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"BEAUTY TO ENDURE MUST BE
· BUILT PATIENTLY”
SAYS
ELIZABETH ARDEN
a
in
FORTHELUVOF MIKE
"One theory is that Signor Mussolini hopes, by systematic denunciation of Britain, to pre vout the decline of enthusiasm in Italy for his Abyssinian adventure an adventure which may yet prove more disastrous to Italian military, economic, and financial interests than he suspects. Creat-
Every time a park is broken up problem, the Labour Opposition statecraft.
ing a diversion is un old trick in
or buill over, enormous damage is Quite unexpectedly done to bird life. because there
Is it possible to encourage more failed to induce the House of and undeservedly, the British
is no other type of country On
birds in even larger variety, and to Commons to pass a vote of cen-Government has become, in Italian which so many birds of so many increase our pleasure by making sure on the Government when expansion. That a plan of expan-
cyrs, the chief enemy of Fascist kinds depend for food and shelter. them tamer and more approach- Although in some of the more able? There are plenty of pro- the issue was debated on Tugs- sion is behind the Abyssinian crowded parks food is brought by thising ways which should be tried. day. The Government spokes the Luce's latest diatribe. He is bold enough to take it, and a sanctuaries planted with suitable campaign seems to be implied in the hundredweight for those birds First of all we might arrange more men had little difficulty in show-to create and defend an Empire though many shyer birds will shrubs, and supply more roosting- ing that under its guidance, the irrespective of world opinion, haunt well-supplied, kird tables in bases in which birds might breed, country has faced up to the de-Haly alone will be the arbiter of quiet suburbs or. country gardens, Then we might release more birds
her destiny. These are strange there are many species which rare from captivity in the parks in the Ezrlusive picture of Peak ́resident
bring about a measure of re- the League of Nations. There is food put out for their benefit. in a state of freedom, like the Lon- | report, janned by Royal Observatory eovery which has no
in St. James's at Kowloon: “Pine to cloudy, moro parallel now apparently a Japan in the
In this group which prefer to be don cormorants West as well as in the East- DOCSCENSOS CSPCS5000ywhere else in the world. Italy that will behave as she dependents on us are usually the bred at Kow.
our close neighbours rather than Park, or the white storks which cloudiness anticipated." Copies of
this remarkable picture may be wh Jained from Edward Kelly, the well- rests 011 it re- pleases and make force, not right, blackbird, throstle or song-thrush, S0300CJSBESESEBOUSSES record
Fewer dingy rhododendrons and known artist, at following rates fusal to adopt wild experi- the decisive factor in her quarrel dunnock or hedge-sparrow, wren, laurels and more of our native As reproduced, $1; husband winking,
with Abyssinia. And the crime' ! greenfinch and rook, ments at moment
bushes, shrubs, and fruit-trees in
76 cvita; husband asleep, 50 centi; when for which Great Dritain is de-1 Others, probably left over from hedges or clumps world. attract both sleep, 25 cents, N. B.-Thero cautious policles are essential, nouneed la no more than that she the days before the park or garsongsters which many parks need.
Riau a cat in the picture but it has ita bitck to the artist. The fact that there are now a tried, with some ayceess, it at first dens existed, often manage to hang Bright and once rare species such the on without much changing their as the tufted duck have been per- million fewer unemployed than appeared, to pour all on
troubled waters. How can stabili-way of life. Such birds are the suaded adready to colonise many there were when the Government ty and tranquility be achieved in carrion crow, jackdaw and missel- of our town and cuntry parks. It came into office is evidence that Europe or elsewhere when the thrush; also, outside large towns, į took nearly ten years before the the efforts made to grapple with policy of a great Power is govern the jay, magple and fawny owl. London cormorants made a nest ed, as that of Italy now is, by fits the three, woodpeckers, and, where and reared young. Patience and a problem of unexampled magni- and starts, outbursts of temper, there is water, often the cool, energy could bring to parks many tude have not been altogether in and unreasoning 1-will?';
moorhen, heron and kingfisher. other birds for everyone to enjoy, vain. At the same time, the fact is that the deadweight of senson under the Act, a sum of Two million unemployed, with aii- about £25,000 was granted by other million and a half on poor the Government, but later on the relief, remains. Yet it is dif- National Government was com- ficult to see how this number is nelied, for reasons of economy, to to be substantially reduced until stop the grants. Subsequently, there is a definite world recovery it was found possible to resume in frade. No Government, what-grants on a small seale, but the ever its political complexion, can main work in connection with | solve this problem alone. Mean- the scheme was continued by while, the Baldwin Administra- the Allotments Committee of |tion is making some further con- the Society of Friends (the tribution towards a solution by Quakers). Recent reports by fla scheme for settling some two this body show that nearly 118,- thousand families on the land in 000 unemployed have come into- connection with its plans for the scheme, that during a year relieving the distressed areas. the cost of administration and The men are to be selected from materials has been over £48,- those who have already been|000, towards which the men as- partly trained on allotments, thesisted have contributed, £24,000 working capital to be, provided in repayments and the Govern. | partly by free gift and partly by ment some £13,000. This has loan on easy repayment terms. left the Committee with a charge This is really a development of on its funds of some £10,000. a plan initiated by the Labour | Excellent though the scheme is, Government when it was in the problem is admittedly one power in 1931, under the Land | which cannot be left to private Utilisation Act, a measure which enterprise, and it is something to enabled local authorities and the good that the Government is certain societies, with the ns- now taking a bigger part in the sistance of Government grants, undertaking. But for a real
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"Don't worry—that 40 cents he owes me la nothing, comparod to, the credit some of these banks give him."
Dear Eddie,-I remember you once saying that ZBW should in- troduce a bit of variety into ita programmes by getting its studio artistes to emulate the cricket. A cricket produces music by rubbing its legs together. While we're on the subject of cricket, I'd like to suggest that ZBW chatgen Its call- sim to LBW--more appropriate. They may know all there is to know about long waves and short waves, but when it comes to brainwaves.
Yours optimistically,
LISTENER
OLD JOKE NO 19565
A certain pul, who claims he la 40 per cent. of our readers, sends in the following hoary que for publication. As he shouted us a beer yesterday we can do nothing elsg but-
Tommy Munny, if some one broke the flower vase, what would · you do?
Mother. I would thrash him and put him to bed. ►
Tommy-Woll, roll up your sleeves. Father did it.
•
GAVE HIM THE PIP
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And, just to conclude this fax- cinating column, we want to tell you about the Hongkong army. officer who changed the name of his Aut from "The Nutshell”, be- cause everyone who rang the door bell wanted to know if the.kornel was in.
STOP PRESS! WHOA! FLASHI
Just received a dozen bottles of cumshaw Tigor Beer from ¡fr. J. A.. Tarrant, Secretary for the Hong-". (Continued on Page 7.)