THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1986.
SOME OF OUR EMPIRE BUILDERS"
FAIL
But Boys With Grit Are Offered New Chances
AND SQUEAL
M.P.s heard in the Commons last month of the boys who
go out to build the Empire
of those who fail and
squeal; of those who succeed and return to fill the high places.
The debate ended with an announcement that the Govern
ment will set up a Development Board of eight mem- bers to consider emigration schemes..
THE
HE House of Commons last month debated the great unpeopled places of the Empire. The House was a great unpeopled place itself.
Sir Henry Page Croft said you concentrate on the wounded the could land in the middle of Ausdressing stations?" tralia and walk for months without bumping into a human being. He himself could have walked twice round the House, right through the Liberal Party bench. zig-zagged along two Socialist and four Tory benches without bumping into a night. human being or at least any M.P.
Ile inde a striking contrast: Two months ago I crossed Canada from Queher to the Western Pacific and nover Anw one soldier in uniform. Compare that with a similar trip in Europe to-day where there is the tramp of marching feet by day and
Yet which is the most exciting- under this regimentation of men Captain Macnamara, youthful new Tory member for Chelmsford, look-orders or the free people developing ing like a younger Lindbergh, with their resources in the Dominions? Ano clear voice and no notes, made Which calls for the greater qualities? a good impression on what was left Peace ins its excitements and adven of Parliament with a speech urging tures far greater than war."
1. An immediate survey to re- start emigration;
board
Voice That Travalled Far
After Mr. to co-ordinate
arrived.
SHE STUCK TO DIET
You'd never recognize the slender, graceful girl fiere, as the once buxom Marion Talley, but this is a picture of the now Miss Talley, fanibus opera singer. She stuck to a diet of fruit, vegetables and Juices, exercised' regularly, and took off 26 pounds.
Baxter the Big Noise He was Mr. Hannah, a new Wolverhampton Conservative member, The Perfect Briton- who was formerly a professor of theology in Ohio.
2. A schemes of colonisation,
Berlín jibe at 'Idle' Britain, - "I was quite recently speaking at a dinner in Berlin," said the captain, "and the jibe thrown at me was
There you are in Britain with idle men, idle money, and all there undeve-joint voice would still be audible. loped resources in the Empire. You Mr. Hannah wished his, volce to
do nothing about them. At the same time you stop us doing anything."
"That is n very hard question to faoe, frankly, if you are sitting!
lot of business men in among a Berlin."
The Press gallery decided that he has the loudest vuice ever heard in Parlament, and that if he and Mr. A. P. Herbert could join volees the
ed. Ho
GLORIA'S
£38 WEEK-ENDS WITH MOTHER
MORE MONEY FOR ENTERTAINMENT
New York, Dec. 28.
THE CENTRE
OF- ATTRACTION
And The Reason,
Wherever they go some girls aro always the centre of attraction; they seem to radinte happiness to those around and consequently receive nt- tention from all sides." Other girls leas fortunato, wonder at such popu- larity and try to find the reason for,
it.
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There is no secret about this. The Arat essential to good health in good blood. Therefore every girl can, in- eroase her attractiveness, and with it, her popularity, by giving attention to the condition of her blood and by using every possible menns to improve Its quality,
Fresh air, regular exercise and plain wholesome food will do much to
some
LITTLE Gloria Vanderbilt, desirable to take a course of nomo, reliable blood tonic of those there is
who by order of the courts spends week-ends with her mother and the rest of her time with her wealthy aunt, Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, is an expensive child.
In an affidavit submitted to the her Surrogates Court to-day mother, Mrs. Gloria Morgan Van- derbilt, declared that the cost of entertaining her daughter ench week-end amounts to exactly £38 48. bd., divided as follows:
Hotel nuite (two days), 18. Food, 5 16s. 6d.
**Tips, £1 Ja
Telephone, da,
Flowern, £1. Entertainment, 13.
Car and chauffeur, $10. Detectives, £9.
£1,700 A Year
Vanderbilt estimates that
to fulfil her week-end duties she requires from her daughter's estate about £1,700 a year.
Hitherto she has been receiving £1,800 a year for herself. This she
AND THE THINGS THAT "renounces," as well as £600 a year
GO TO MAKE HIM
reach India, and probably succeed-WHAT makes an ideal Englishman or a successful business man. Two men, both well qualified to supply the answer, gave the respective definitions as follows:
THE IDEAL ENGLISHMAN
wanted Кепув to Ise opened up to Indian colonists, Some M.PH who wear hearing de- vices took them off immediately.
Lord Apsley said: "I am 'Aure Mr. Hannah's voice has gone far His recommendation: "I think it
beyond the precincts of the House." I very necessary that we do do
The debate was remarkable for a Good Manners Romething. I am certain in the next courageous
speech by a Socialist Truthfulness four to six years the waters of tender, Mr. Ammon, and its repudia-Courage Europe are going, to suffer such a tion by a Socialist backbencher. Mr. Justice storm that it would be well for us Aneurin Bevan.
to
start consolidating our Empire anchorage now.
"There are more foreigners than British catering the Dominions to day. I know a German in London at the present time trying to or ganise a scheme for German eml. gration to Australia, and he is gaining a certain amount of money from garrulous ladles in Kensing
ton."
Ten M.P. walked out when he finished.
20,000 Needed for the Empire
THE SUCCESS- FUL BUSINESS MAN
by
Hard Work
Frankness Honesty Reliability
"World at Your Feet"
allowed her for the maintenance of her mother, Mrs. Kilpatrick Morgan, who, it will be recalled, gave evidence against her during the lawsuit which resulted in the custody of little Gloria being awarded to Mrs. Whitney.
£89,014 Estate
The second definition was given
Hunter, Sir George
the In addition to the expenses for Tyneside shipbuilder, who built week-enda, however, Mrs.
VII-
the Mauretania, at his home derbilt reserves the right to re- in Jesmond, Newcastle on Tyne, cover from the estate the expense where to-day he celebrates his 90th jof running a summer home during birthday.
the fall month which, the court Sir George, from being a poor has ordered, Gloria in to spend Mr. Ammon and we should take Fair Play
hay who had only three years' with her each year. steps to populate the vacant spaces, Abhorrence of
would be compelled to
schooling, rose to be the head of crooked dealings
the £9,000,000' shipbuilding com
The guardians of the estate sub- or else we
them open Lo foreigners. throw
be," he nald, Respect for others "That ought
The first was defined by Rear-pany of Swan, Hunter, and Wig- mitted to the Surrogate Court a Crawled nations and empty con- tinents
A. L. Snugge, Admiral nm Richardson. But now, having report showing its present value to Д dog-in-the-manger Admiral
of Devonport put business aside, he has taken be £89,014 18, Superintendent policy."
a hobby. Mr. Bevan said that Mr. Ammon's Dockyard, in a speech at Dockyard up simplified spelling as
"Work hard, became reliable. speech should not be taken to repre- School, Devonport, when he added sent a large body of opinion in the that there was no reason why any remember your duty to God and Socialist Parly,
your feet," he said. The motion was carried without a working man should not attain to man, and you have the world at
"This ideal. division.
not to
Sir Henry Page Croft complained Lost Explorer
that two years ago when he secured a recont number of signatories to a motion for a survey of the Empire which might plan out new towns and now cities he was met with a depart- mental committee. Thuy had now reported, and held out no constructive hope.
We need strong measures, he cried. At least 20,000 workers should be trained with their wives and families
with a view to establishing self-con-
tained colonies on
OF BRITON
BODY OF
FOUND IN BRAZIL?
Cuyaba (Brazil), Déc. 28.
Is the body of a white man, killed and flayed by Chavante sa-
new land. This vages, which has been found in Matto Grosso, in the heart of Brazil,
was a small scheme to an Empire that of Colonel H. P. Fawcett, the British explorer who vanished. which transported 7,000,000 men for
the purpose of the war.
down.
ten years ago?..........
Six M.P. walked out when he sat This is the question now being asked Cuyaba in an endeavour Mr. William Lunn, the Socialist to identify a hody found by a party of national telegraph workers. spokesman, rose to speak. Almost
evory ond walked out except Mr. Beverley Baxter.
Exploring the interior of Brazil. . the party came upon a village of which they savages,
Mr. Luan aaid among other adjec- Chavante tlves that emigration was impossible, thought it safe to avoid. useless, ridiculous at the present When they had passed it they time. "My advice," he said, is that found the body, which, it in thought, people should stay at home."
I may be that of Colonel Fawcett.-
Men Who Make Good in Canada Reuter,
Colonel Fawcett set off with his. Mr. Raleigh Mr. Lunn then told a harrowing 21-year-old son and story of a letter received from a boy Rummell in May 1925 to explore the emigrant in Canada who has been Amazon basin, warning his friends paid ba, a month and who wants to that he might not be heard of for come home but has no money,
One could see from the Press Gal-two years.
There was to certain news of lary that something was happening
beneath the double-breasted dovegrey him or his two companions, but waistcoat concealing the ample bosom when in 1928, it was heard that he of Mr. Beverley Baxter, now Tory was still living in the interior, an M.P. for Wood Green, and native of expedition, led by Commander A flame was kindling, and it belehed Dyott, set off in search of the lost at Mr. Lunn in an excollent maiden explorer.
Canada
speech. (Three M.P.s came in when Commander Dyott was unable to Mr. Baxter rose, but on the other hand find any trace of Colonel Fawcett. two went out.)
"Mr. Lunn had letior" exclaimed Mr-Bastar from a young fellow who was earning, he said, 57. a month. I wonder why the Socialists nover read letters from a young man who goes out to Canada and makes good.
YOU CANNOT INHERIT CANCER
-Says Surgeon
CURES CAN BE MADE. Mr. I 9. Souttar, surgeon to
"If that boy has character he has opportunities, and kla deheen- dants may yet come back to Britain the London Hospital, speaking in and be, shall I say? a newspaper Manchester. recently, described proprietor (meaning Lord Beaver-cancer as "Bolshevism in the cells brook) or possibly" a member of of the body.","
this House" (meaning himself)... We are practically convinced," He did not suppose the Sociallats he said, "that it is not an infectious once mentioned the Empire at the disease, that you cannot catch. It, election except in relation to Abys sinia to say that the Empire was that you cannot give it to your cannot gathored by methods of brigandage. neighbour, and that you
"Cancer is not such a terrible:
He told the Socialists that their only inherit it. hope of winning an election was to
adopt the policy of optimista and disease. If the sufferer would! advancement which would remove apply early enough for trentinont, people from the distressed areas to the there is n vary considerable pro- light of day in the Dominions.
Why Mr. Baxter asked, "must spect that he could be permanently bho Socialists in the battle always cured."
COL FAWCETT
£1,000,000. VENTURE ENGLISH CAPITAL FOR AUSTRALIAN GOLD
One million pounds of English capital is being invested in gold mining at Bendigo, Victoria.
It will seek to develop 16 mines on a line of reef at Eaglehawk which yielded extremely rich re- turns in the heclic early days of the felda in the 'Ofties, anys Anatral News. It is proposed to mine largo tonnages of ore, by modern methods and at depths not previously attempted.
Government aid is being sought in de watering the old working at
cost of £20,000,0
TIRED OF HAVING HIM BEAT HER
Twenty years of marital bickering in the home of John H. Dum- brell, San Francisco, ended when Mrs. Amy Dumbrell shot and killed her husband, well known as a banker and a broker. "I was tired of having him beat me. I saw him coming out of another woman's apartment and I thought I might as well end things". she told poliec.
Air Race Sequel
SUIT OVER AEROPLANE AMICABLY SETTLED
The action in which Captain Thomas Neville Stack and bis as- sistant pilot, Mr. Sydney Lewis Turner, asked for rescission of a hire-purchase agreement of the machine they used in the Australia air race last year, and repayment by Airspeed (1934), Ltd., of the Airport, Portsmouth, of £2,448, with damages for breach of con tract or misrepresentations, has been settled. ・・・
Mr. Van den Berg, K.C., for the agreement. In addition they had "defendants, said that as long as understaken to puy, fn 14-daysph there had been any suggestion of further sum of 41,850 and to make dishonesty in the case no question over to the Airspeed. Limited, free of a settlement could have been of all costs, the Viceroy airplane considered by the defendant but which, of course, for commercial the plaintiffs had now intimated purpose, was worth a very-con- to them that they realised there siderable sum of money. was no ground for imputing any dishonesty, and that they wished Mr. Justice Finlay said the unreservedly to withdraw any alle-parties, in the hands of their ad- visers, had taken a wise, course. gation of misrepresentation.
Mr. Stack and Mr. Turner had It was satisfactory that grave informed the defendants they charges made upon people of high were mistaken in thinking that standing in their profession, should comments in reports of Flight-have been withdrawn in the way Lieut. Colman and the Air Ministry they had." Implied that the machine was In any way unairworthy,
To Pay £1,850 The plaintiffs had already paid £2,448 under the hire-purchase
Ho was sure that the course taken was a wise one, and there would be a Judge's order, if neces- sary, upon the settlement and the
action would be withdrawn.
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