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“MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1935.
NOTES OF THE DAY
DREADFUL CRIMES
vices.
POPULARISING THE B. B. C.
By GEOFFREY EDWARDS
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The Very Idea!
TOURIST BAITING
Enticing The Travellers To Come To H.K.
Dy Eddie "Cooka" Kelly
The death of Gareth Jones, one of these restless spirits who must use for themselves the conditions which give rise to crises, in just ano more of the horrors we have | QIR Stephon Tallents, the 50-1 and his chief quite amenable to come to dread in "news from North year-old Civil Servant, Live.feeding listeners with the present China," Mr. Jones, when he reWire, Enemy of Red-Tape, who in programmes dished up in any new cently passed through Hongkong,
two years has brought the Post or more appetising form. In Informed acquaintances that his
Omce nearer to the pubile than it other words, he has merely to in SOMEONE was complain- purpose in visiting the North-weat has ever been before, is doubtless troduce more showmanlike mot frontier of the Republic was to doing a great deal of hard think-hods of programme presentation. no ship-owners' names are ing the other day that study at first hand the economic Ing. He has just two months in So much for popularising the and political state of affairs so that
which to decide how best he can B.B.C. through its programmes.
mentioned in connection he would be in a position to weigh do for broadcasting what he has the Importance of future events already done for the postal sor-
with the Hongkong Travel The second method-through | 'Association. and write, or simply think, with
what the public hears about the authority and conviction upon their
What is more perturbing On October 1 he becomes Fublic B.B.Cwill appeal more Inti-is the fact that even our significance. He was a harmless English student of affairs, a travel- Relations Officer at Broadcasting mately to the new Public Relations ler exploring a little-known (to House, and the great campaign Officer. He is a master of the art name hasn't been mentioned. the Occident) people and politics popularise" the B.B.C. must of publicity, so will find no dim- With a $25,000 grant from of Asia. But because they have begin.
culty in keeping the right sort of the Government we could do profited by such ventures before, How is he going to set about information before the eyes of a lot of travelling. For our and generally, hava robbed and his task? Obviously, Portland listenera,
Even here, however, he will have health. murdered with impunity, ha fell a Place is a very different proposi- victim to one of these bands of tlon from St. Martin's-le-Grand, brigands which have infested for Stunts such as finding a broad for too long the less firmly adcaster with a gelden voice or dia- ministered parts of
China and covering the perfect stoner will torritories adjacent. His bullet-not work. The listening public riddled body was found near the has no use for stunts; in fact, on at, or because of, the person of Probably there is no one in the only two secasions that the Sir John Reith, who has an un-Hongkong who has travelled B.B.C. has tried them-the 24-hour fortunate knack of antagonising
the
to look clomoly into the causes of Still, although we haven't those attacks and adverso com- been asked to join the Com- ments on the B.B.C.'s organisation. mittee, we can give some If he looks close enough he will see that most of these are directed good advice.
more than we have. One night we travelled to and fro across the harbour on the Star Ferry no less than eleven times. One of the deckhands woke us up on the eleventh trip. Said it was the last ferry.
clock and women announcers-people who would be his friends, there was a nation-wide cry of Hence Sir Stephen and Sir John disapproval.
will have to indulge in a few heart He might. of course, act out to to-heart talks before the Director win the good will of listeners by General la personally publicined.
formation of a Listeners Reith hates personal publielly, Commitice to advise the B.B.C.but he will have to put up with and criticize its programmes. Or it if the B.B.C. is to be "popular" he might appoint a permanent pro-and he is to remain at its head. gramme eritic sort of Public There must be an end to all these Listener No. 1 who could speak at silly anecdotes of militarism. Broadcasting House on behalf of heel-clicking, Prussianism and 49 the man in the street (by whom I forth at Broadcasting House. Str In order to obtain cheap fares, menn, since I am dealing with John should be drawn out of his it will be necessary to subsidise broadcasting, the man in the arm-shell and shown up for what he the shipping companies. On a really a kindly, considerate, fifty-fifty basis, the Hongkong vory human chief, with an ele Government could contribute one ment of real greatness.
dollar for every Dollar boat.
chair).
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Unfurtunately for,Sir Stephen the B.B.C. is not Judged by any obvious gestures which it may minke for popularity. We listeners hold our opinions of the B.B.C. by three standards:
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One other point; many years as a Civil Servant have given Stephen the right outlook on his life'a. work-the Iden of service to hear the public. The B.B.C. as a whole
programmes, that
the
The main thing, of course, is to attract the tourists. This can be done in sovoral ways. Cheap fares, for instance.
As an inducement to tourists to travel by subsidiaod vessels, it would be necessary to use a little propaganda.
cameras.
Tourists from the United States can be made at home by receiving them on the wharf with a salvo of machine-gun bullets.
place of his capture. The usual protest has been lodged. His friends will probably agitate for remedial action for a time, and then, as the realisation of the futility of argument grows upon them, they will possibly bow to what appears to be inevitable and drop the matter. But this ad- 27778/9ditional pin-prick-It is hard to use no feeble a metaphore in auch a tragic case--may have the effect of stiffening the attitude of British people generally towards the con- dition of affairs in certain parte I'll take the South-Foxtrot
of the North-west of Asin. A few more such outragee, and we may seo determined action, perhaps on Rehearsing a Lullaby-Waltz
the part of the League of Nations, to put an end to such ghastly and shocking crimes. To meet such a BD-177 Lonely Little DancorTango Fox Trot
condition of crime requires drastic measures. We have suggested be Way back Homo-Fox Trot
TRADE IN THE
fore, and we suggest again, that It is high time they were taken STERLING BLOC
If the Chinese authorities feel BD-178 My hoart jumped over the Moon-Fox Trot
1. Mostly by what themselves incapable of dealing
For a start, we should build Jackson's Orchestra.
Let "A Pub For Suggestions that China may with the situation, and admittedly from it. Little Goldon Locket-Fox Trat ..Jackson's Orchestra.
has this same outlook, but it doca more hotels. their administrative machinery is 2. Partly by what We hear not talk enough about it. The Every Tourist" be Hongkong's possibly be induced to join the clogged and encumbered
in the about it. BO-179 On the Prom, Prom, Promenade--One Stop
enormous publicity medium of its motto. give additional North, let them declare it. Then 3. Comparatively by what we microphone could put this right. Jackson's Orchestra, sterling bloc
The "Magic Carpet" travel film we shall perhaps be given an op- hear from foreign stations. Extending the principle of service is a good idea. In this connec- I Love you Gipsy-Fox Trot Jackson's Orchestra. interest to statistics recently is-portunity to assist them in main-
So it looks as though Sir Stephen for the listener Sir Stephen, who tion some wierd effects could be On the Good Ship Lollipop (Film “Bright Eyos")
sued regarding Britain's trade talning the peace of their borders Tallents will have to do his popu- is also to be in chara of B.B.C. obtained by using slow and ultra- Rudy Vallee's Or. with nations on the same curren-
and removing at least one excuse arising first and foremost through publications, may agree with me for the violation of frontiers by the wireless programmes, and the that the programme paper, "Radio fast motion movie I'vo got a Nota-Fox Trot
ey basis as herself. Since Bri-probably quite justly infuriated fact that his status at Broadcast-Times," should be distributed free The slow-motion camera could be New Mayfair Dance Orchestra: tain suspended the gold standard neighbours. In such matters as Ing House is tantamount to that to all listeners.
used in order to allow tourists If a man pays 10s. a year for to see with some detail the the suppression of banditry, and of an assistant Director-General in 1931, ber action has been
piracy, there should be an op- suggests that Sir John Reith his wireless entertainment he Younger Set at a Peak wild Now Mayfair Dance Orchestra, followed by a number of other portunity for international inter- realised this when he made the should not be expected to pay party. On the other hand, it
For such things are an appointment.
another 95. to buy. n programme would be necessary to use an New Mayfair Dance Orchestra. countries for whom the im-vention.
international menace. They are There must be no pandering each week. poriance of their trading and DD-161 Mr. Bluebird-Fox Trot New Mayfair Dance Orchestra.
not the concern of one nation alone, to the masses by lowering the
Now listen for a few minutes to ultra-fast camera to obtain the other connections with the unless that nation forbida bandit actual artistic and enltural stand-those foreign stations. How the same effect when the shorts of jolly good company by the Sea-Six Eight
territory to foreigners.ards of the programmes, for the B.B.C. does hate 'em! "They are "Government Servants at Work" New Mayfair Dance Orchestra. United Kingdom made it im-infected
were taken. perative that their currencies and unless that nation takes steps B.B.C. has an educative mission bursting in on our racket." Lots of other interesting records in the
to destroy a plague of crime whose and a conscience. Long ago Sir Well, what is it, about these should be kept more or less in toll is by no means abating.
John Reith seems to have decided foreign new consignment.
It certainly isn't equilibrium with sterling. At
that the listener is like a greedy public likes?
Chiefly, it is the schoolboy who loves chocolate their quality. the present time, in fact, the DRASTIC MEASURES
eclairs and if there are sufficient brightness, spontaneity and general nations in the sterling area in- And what, somebody is going to available will go on eating them fast-time music is popular, too, but the leading tourist centre for
case of presentation. Their break-
Hongkong could also be made clude over one-third of the | ask. would the bright young until he is sick.
So, like a strict, unimaginative above all, their provision of bright Europe by judiciously introduc- estimated population of the newspaper columnist suggest to
Sunday programmes as opposed to remedy this state world and are responsible for Newspapers, generally speaking, feed the greedy boy on plain, of the B.B.C.
of affairs? schoolmaster, Sir John decided to the Cromwellian Sunday solemnity ing the national pastimes of the
has a tremendous countries from which
it is approximately the same propor- may be fond of fault finding, may straightforward cold roast beef or
appenl.
desired to attract travellers. tion of the total value of inter- criticise freely without offering bread and butter.
Surely Sir Stephen can see to it Special wild game preservek national trade. How widespread of that which they feel forced to have been more cunning, more of with the Continent in these res- from each country.
anything constructive in the place That was his mistake; he should that Broadcasting House competes could be set aside for hunters is the sterling bloc may be condemn, But a newspaper com the psychologist, and persuaded peets? It should be quite simple gathered from the fact that it mentator
scarcely. can
offer the greedy boy to eat what was to correct the differences. comprises the United Kingdom. remedies for every fault in govern- Argentine, Australia, Bolivia, you, that he sees,
ment, finance, society, or what have He cannot be Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, expected to give expert opinion in Egypt, Esthonia, Finland, India,
affairs of which experts (presuma bly) have despaired. Never- the Irish Free State, Japan, Nor-theless, on this occasion we are way. New Zealand, Paraguay, tempted to make suggestion. Portugal. Siam, Sweden, the Generally speaking the outrages for Union of South Afrien, and the cerned, those in which Europeans which we are particularly con- British Crown Colonies. Figures are involved, occur in the areas now issued show that, taking the where police protection might be expected to exist. The highways period between 1931 and 1934, and railways of a country, one dúring which Britain's total im- might expect, should be reasonably ports have fallen considerably, safe. We know, however, that even arrivals from the Empire have shown a marked expansion, while only a moderate fall has occurred in trade with the other members of the sterling area. Morever, whereas between 1932 and 1934, there has been an in- crease in the figures from the latter countries, imports into the
those nations whose currencies United Kingdom from the territories outside the sterling ability of the nations in the ster- are linked with sterling. The arca show a slight decline. It is ing area to maintain, and, in pointed out that in certain cases some cases, to expand their ex- the ability of foreign nationsports to the United Kingdom both inside and outside the ster- during a difficult period for world ling area to maintain their sales trade generally, has in turn stimulated domestic business, in Britain during recent years and the revival which has taken has been due to the conclusion of place has been reflected in an trading agreements affording re-expansion in productions.' in ciprocal advantages to British many directions, while the re- exporters, but such agreements sulting increase in imports has had favourable reactions on the have not been made with all the demand for British products. sterling countries, and the course One point which is suggested by of British trade with the two these circumstances. Is that, if groups suggests that exchange China were to join the sterling stability has been an important bloc, and her trade relationships influence in securing the recent with Britain were placed on a revised basis, the result might expansion of business both with well be to the mutual benefit of the British Empire and with both countries. *
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In countries which have a fair claim to good government, the highways are frequently unsafe, that bandi- try, robbery and even murder are far from rare. In the United
States we have recently seen a wave of crime which almost staggered
we have seen the belief. And methods-some call them ruthless (Continued on Page 0.)
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One section of the New Terri- tories. for instances, stocked
the
good for him by dishing up the To sum up; then, it seems that roast beef hot, with Yorkshire and Sir Stephen has a great deal to with income tax collectors, re- horse-radish sauce, and by giving do if he is really to popularise the ferees, foxes, and politicians him bread and butter with jam on B.B.C. The methods to be adopted would speedily attract
appear straight-forward, but, apart English tourist, while the Reith has begun to edge away from House, the fickleness of the public were running wild in the hills There are signs that Sir John from the inertin at Broadcasting announcement that Orangemen this "take it or leave it" policy has to be reckoned with. Sir near Fanling would quadruple which so antagonised listeners. Stephen will indeed need all his the tourist trade from the Irish Sir Stephen Tallents will, in fact, talents!
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Germans would rush to Hong- kong for their vacations when it was announced that the big game reserves were chockablock with Jews, Catholles and Free- masons, and Italians would for- get all about war plans in their eagerness to reach the Colony before the Abyssinian hunting Henson closed in the hills near Talpo.
The local tourist trade would have to be catered for, too. Quite a large number of Shang- hai and Singapore folk who ordinarily spend their holidays in Japan would visit Hongkong if it were annouced that the Government was paying $1 a head for the scalps of shroffs.
Once the tourist arrived the rest would be easy. Special tours could be arranged to the Colony's beauty spots, including Wanchai Market, Paddy's Market and Ice House Street. After visiting Ice House Street, there would be no need to bother about the tourist any more, ás he would have-no money left.
We have several other equally good ideas about the tourist trade, but if the Hongkong Travel Association think we're going to give 'em this informa- tion without paying us a thump- ing big slice of that $25,000 from the Government, they've got. another think coming.
Besides, we've got to save up enough money for our trip to “Japan next month;