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FORTUNE
IN OPALS
COMES TO H.K.
AUSTRALIAN GEMS TO BE
- TREATED LOCALLY
THE world's most romantic traveller, who carries a for- tune of $500,000 in a suitcase wherever he goes, is in Hongkong to settle down. His name is Mr. Prosper Ralston.
His fortune is in Australian opals, precious stones for which the demand has become famous since Royalty in England became interested in it,
Mr. Ralston has brought his famous gems to Hongkong for cutting purposes, le believes that the Chinese jade cutters in Hongkong are the cleverest stone cutters in the world, and he is going to employ them and jade cutting machinery, in order to eut his collection of opals.
Altogether, Mr. Ralston has half a million pieces of rough opal. Much of it he discovered himself, when he made a lucky.. "strike" at Lightning Ridge, the famous Australian mining town.
Six years ago he was living on two sixpenny meals a day in Perth (W.A.). Then he went motoring, and made the colossal discovery of 1,700 cwt. of boulder opal at Lightning Ridge, in New South Wales.
Although of no great value in itself. the opal looked extra- opinarily well when made up into an artificial "mine", which
subsequently exhibited in London.
Mr. Ralston's "mine" proved a rich one for its owner, for it started him on the serious business of collecting apals.
To-day he has with him in Hongkong a collection valued at $500,000 Hongkong,
The precious stones-for one of the black stones he has refused £750 are strewn about his room at Harbour View Hotel in Kow- loon. They are not insured, and Mr. Ralston has no bodyguard.
Mr. Ralston is one of the lin." he said. "In Hoogkong I strangest personalities ever to hope to be able to do it for one There is an enormous mar- visit Hongkong. He is a world gent.
famous harpist, adventurer and the world, selling from tento
has 20 London showman. He searched for gems in most eaun-cents each. Because it cost 30
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY,
JUNE 16, 1936.
How Passengers will Travel By Imperial Airways when the new Flying Beata are commissioned.
This Will Be A
Warm, Wet Summer
Hongkong Can Try For
tries of the world, on foot, on a curls in cu tata, che per Fade These Prizes
camel's back and by acroplaneals in Australia, the result was
cutting plant because the Chinese
Iosa."
VALUABLE GEMS
Mr. Ralston has in his posser-
HEAT
RADIO BROADCAST
Some Gems from The
Chinese Classics.
A DAVENTRY RELAY From Z. : W. on a wavelength of 365 metres (846 kloeycles):
1-7 p.m. Chinese Programme,
7 p.m. "Symphonie Espagnole for Violin and Orchestra” (Lalo, Op. 21) played by Bronislaw Hubernian (Vin Hny and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
7.25 p.m. Four Songs by Jan Klepura (Tenor).
1. La Danza (Rossini): 2. Heute Nacht oder Niel (Spoliansky); 3. My heart in always calling you (stolz);
You, mo and love (Stolz)
4.
7.38 p.m. Debroy Somers Band. The Open Road Hiking Medicy. (arr. Debroy Somers); Blinds We Love-Selection (arr. Debroy
Somers); Northern and Southern Memories (arr, Debroy Somers).
8 pim. Timo Weather Stock Quo- tations, and Announcements.
8.05 p.m.
A Cinema Organ
Medley by Reginald Dixon.
1. Roborth-Solection; 2. Sweet Music Selection: 3. Naughty Ma- rietta--Selection.
8.15 p.m. From the Studio. The 3rd of & A series of Talks on Gilbert and Sullivan Operas. No. 3- "The Popular Favourito" "The Mikado," by the Rev. T. F. Ryan.
8.45 p.m. The J. H. Squire Celeste Octet.
Andante Cantabile: Salut D'Amour (Elgar); BarcarolleTales of Hoff- man" (Offenbuch); Phantom Minect (Hope).
9 p.m. Daventry News Bulletin and Announcements.
9.20 p.m. Recital by Maria Okzowska (Contraita) and Vladimir Horowitz (Pianoforte); 1. Pinnoforte Solo-Mazurka in C sharp Minor (Chopin1; 2. Song—Widmua Dư Meine Scole du Moln Herz
3. mann);
Planoforte
Children's Corner Multe
Paganini Etude in E Fint Major (Paganini-Waltz): 4. Songs-Die Mainacht (The May Night) (Brahms);
Ode
WAVE DUE Sapphische (Sapphic Ode)
FOR AUGUST
(By a Weather Correspondent)
wet and warm,
and
He has come to Hongkong hop:) ing to establish an opal-cutting |
The New History Society will! Industry, which should provide employment for at least twenty sion a gem that is valued at £750.launch officially, on September Another, valued at £1,000, is en 1st, 1936. a World Competition Chinese jade-cutters.
ronte from Australia. The de- Jon the subject: "How can the Mr. Ralston, in revealing lamand for these higher grade gems. People of the World Achiers THE current summer will be plans to the Hongkong Telegraph however, is much more Umited, | Universal · Disarmament ? yesterday, said that he had come and they are usually cut by ex- to Hongkong to establish the opal-perts with world-wide reputations. This is in the nature of a uni- į. Heat wave temperatures will
Most of the cheaper grade upatsversal plebiscite to discover the be experienced in July jade-cutters, whose work is of a brought to Hongkong are in asilent longings and aspirations August, but there will be less similar nature, ure recognised as sealed petrol drum. In it are of the inhabitants, of the world sun than during the past three being among the best stone cutters more than 100,000 pieces of bould- who have accepted mutilation years. in the world.
er opal, waiting to be cut,
and death for ages and cycles.
holiday- Mr. Ralston gels his opals from With this competition, the people Three Australian experts are nlready en route from New South mines at Coober Pedy in the of the globe will have a chance good summer-but not as good as
Australian desert, and from the to register their opinion on the the recent drought years. Wales to superintend the work infamous held at Lightning Ridge.
This forecast was confirmed by Hongkong. Twenty Chinese cut-New South Wales. He gets the question of disarmament.
Mr.
E. L. Hawke, the famous tera will be employed for a start rock opals from Lismore,
incteurologist, who has provided and Mr. Ralston expects that they
accurate weather forecast for will be able to cut 3,000 pieces of opal per day.
1911-costs me 30 cents. Hongkong currency to cut an opal in Austrà-
Many Local Buildings Unsuitable
—FOR ANTI-GAS,
No nation in the world can pro- duce opals to equal the quality of Lightning Ridge gems,
-HARE IN PAWN
Five years ago Mr. Ralston's sale possession-a gem-studded harp worth £20,000—was in pawn In Brisbane. le was trumping the continent penniless when he ¡ found opal—"an Aladdin's cave of
gleaming jewels."
"The Man With the Harp" had had adventures in bush, jungle and desert more thrilling than any Wild West story. He has written of his experiences in most of the newspapers of the world.
"
Generally speaking
can look forward to makers
Men, women; philosophers and labourers: office workers; miners, and teach-many years.
factory hands And
erin fact, every person-arg entitled_to_compete_in_this_World. Competition. There will be abso- lutely no restriction as to colour. race and age. This will be con- sidered as a great universal stock- of the taking of the opinions world.
with the
♫
(Brahms).
9.40 p.m. "Chanson Triste" (Tschai kavsky, arr. Stewart) played by the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra,
9.45 p.m.
From the Studio.
A
Talk: "Sone Gems from the Chinese Classics" by D.E.A.
10 p.m. A Relay from Daventry. Dig Ben: "Foreign Affairs” by Sir Frederick Whyte. K.C.S.I., LL.D. 10.17 p.m. Dance Music.
11 p.m.
Close Down.
ZEESEN PROGRAMMES.
Special programme for For Enstern listeners will be brondesat from Zereen an follows:
18.74 15,300 ke 1,39-3 p.m. 10.74 m 15,240 kr. 4,45-8.15 p.m. 31,40 m 0,010 ke 4.45-8.15 p.m. D31, 19.74 m 15200 ke 9 p.m.-12.30 4.m.
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BOUTHI ABIA ZONE
South Al Zane, Lroadcast from DJ, 119.74 metres) and DJN (31.45 metro},
4.45 p.m. German Falk Heng
3 p.m. Famous Arilaisi
5.10 p.m. Nawa and Berlaw is English, 5.45 5.m. Little Evening Entertainment. French Bulle in E.
8.33 p..
0.45 c.m. Nowa and Nerlew In German,
Concert of Light More. p.m.
New in English,
8.15 p.m. Greetings to our” Libtenere in ̈
New Zealand.
"During the winter and
7 p.. "the baro apring," "he says, meter has been very low. It can be assumed from this that the temperatures during the coming summer months will be reasonably high.
"But sunshine-I have my doubts about that.
"There will be U.S. $5,000 in prizes "The last three summers have| distributed among the winners, 62-been remarkably good, and it is ginning
first prize of unusual for us to have four con- US. $1,000, and, ranging downward to secutive years for hot, continual U.S. $60.
sunny weather.
OMENS DISCREDITED "At this time 1 fine the greatest
The Society. ix calling upon the leaders of thought
i27
every
ife says that money does not walk of life to collaborate with dificulty in giving an accurato When the Hongkong Anti-Gas attract him, but music does. He The New IIistory Society in detailed forecast of the summeri Committee issues its pamphlets takes his collection of harps with the promotion of the пешн of weather, because the sunspots do advising the general populace of him wherever he goes and has this World Competition, so thai Hongkong how to make their played to Mexican cowboys, sun-every person may come to know of not give any real help.
This year is not in the homes gas-proof, the populace tanned Australian miners, London the capital or in the remotest village. gycle that gave us the roast- will be told that the safest roomsociety audiences and Australian
Ing summers of 1922 and 1933." will be those on the first floor of aboriginal tribes.
Mr. Hawke discredite
Opals, he says, are his lucky buildings at least four storeys stones. high.
Gas always seeks the lowest level, so the use of ground floors is inadvisable. On the other hand, high explosive bombs may wreck the top floors of buildings. Thus an intermediate floor, preferably the first, will be the safest,
Unfortunately few of Hong- kong's bulldings rise above three storeys.
U.S. COMMODITY PRICES
LATEST CABLED
QUOTATIONS
The following quotations on the New York commodity exchange are
by Router.
New York Cotton
11.70/70
Statistics, obtained by the Tele-issued graph Special Representative from the Public Works Department, die July
3,064 October close that there are only buildings on
the mainland four December
January storoya high or higher, and only March 7,105 on the island.
May In Kowloon, 1,079 buildings are Spot
dolal one-storey High and thus
Con
11.13/13
11.89/70 11.18/18
11.07/08
11.15/15
11.07/07,
11.16/15
11.10/10
11.17/17 11.70
| this opportunity, whether he lives in
The opinions and aspirations of those who will take part, even though they may not win a prize, will be considered and given to the world for onfens
netion.
For application blanks and advance announcements of this World Com petition, as well as for all other in. formation, write to The New History Society, 132 East 65th Street, New York.
Last year a Kirin University stu- dent, Miss Louise Pin-yen, won the first prize for the Asian Division.
DAY
wuch
8.20 p.m. Little German Broadcasting
A.B.C.
R35 D. Concern of Waht Music (con-
tinund),
EAST ASIA ZONE
East Asia Zone brondrail through DJQ on 19.61 metem (16,220 ke) 1,955 v.m. Concert. news : 2.
9.06 p.m. German Folk Song. 5.17 p.m. Groeiings to our
the Dutch East Indies.
9.15 p.m.
9.30 p.m.
9.43 p.m. 10 p.m.
lateners
News and Herlaw, in German on DJA, DJE, DIN.
Hitler Youth Programme.
"French Buffe."
News and Review in English on
DIN.
10.15 p.m. To-day in Germany,
10.30 p.m. Chamber Music and Songs by
Reger.
3 .19. Concret of Light Munic,
DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES
The following wave-lengtha and [reateneles are observed by' Daventry,
Frequency Warungth
4,050 k..
20.65 matres
mstres 20.28 metron 19.12 netres
** "berries in summer mean a hard winter," and:
If the onk before the ash. It will only be a splash; If the ash before the oak There's bound to be a soak.
Also
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9.510
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V.BAS K..
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11,780 ..
41.65 rbitres 31.19 mrtres 26.51
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1080 matre
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21,010 k.c.
13.47 metres
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They have been proved wrong time and again, he says.
GBJ
15.268 k.e. 19.00 21.444
Jet metr
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BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF
NOTHING WILL EVER BE ATTEMPTED ; Kwan Wo, a school boy, was f IF ALL POSSIBLE OBJECTIONS MUST BE knocked down in Pokfulum Road! FHIST OVERCOME.-Samuel Johnson. about 3.45 pm, yesterday by lorry No. 1892, and was admitted to the Government Civil Hospital.
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours totalled ending at 10 a.m. today_ 0,08-inch. The total since January 1 In 20.40 inches, against an average of 31.00 Inches.
11.10/10 11.13/13
Pleading that through poverty he was forced to steal in order to get 11.85
food, Yip Nap-shing, 21, unemployed, New York Rubber
15.63b/67a 15.71b/75a
Fung Wan-yung, coolie, received was bound over by Mr. Balfour at the 15.720/75u 16.82b/86
Central Magistracy this morning when severe injuries when bla hand 16,751
wax he pleaded guilty to the theft of un 16,806 caught in a machine at Talkoo Docks electric bulb from a money-changer's 15.80b/85a 15.026/15a yesterday. He 16.80n
15.900
shop at 68 Connaught Road Central. Governniest Civil Hospital for treat Sub-Inspector A. J. Jolinson grosecut- 15.91b/95a 10.026/04a) ment. 15.00n 15.11b
ly unsuitable for anti-gas precau-July tions. Five Hundred and sixty-six | September buildings on the mainland have two October ..
December be protected aloreys, and
January against gas but not against high
March explosive bombs, Three storey May buildings total 5,588 and 4-storey Total sales:-1,030 tons, balldings total 3,055. There are unly eight five storey buildings.
Was
the sent to
eth
A remand of one week was granted
A flannel dance will be held by the un the application of Inspector W. R. Chester Woods when Chan Sik-tim, Health vid Strength Lengue in the aged 22, unemployed, appeared before Phoenix Ball Room of the Hotel Cecil Birney this morning, charged with to 12.45. a.m. Admission by dance.
from banishment before the membership card, which jean, be expiration of his period.. Defendant | obtained at the door. Hy kind ́per- was went away for a period of ten mission of Lieut.-Col. R. M. Rod. years on December 4, 1931. He stated well and officers, the dance orchestru that he returned to ask his mother to of the 1st Bn. Uister Rifles will be go to the country.
in attendance.
Chicago Wheat July
85/85% 874/875 September 80%/96% £8/89 On the island there are 627 December.. 87%/88 90% 701 buildings one-storey high, 1,372 Saturday's sales: 14,571,000 bushels. Mr. Macfadyen at the Kowloon on Saturday, June 20, frum 8.30 pm. two-storey buildings; 5,102 Ehree-
Chicago Corn storey buildings, 6,305 four-storey July buildings, 619 fives-torey buildings, September, 22 six-storey buildings, 24 seven July storey buildings and five eight- October" storey buildings. -
December
51%/01 0134/62 681%/58% 50% 769 Winnipeg Wheat
7744/77% 70%/79% 7736778 20%/70% 7847784 80% 780%
19.03 130 k.c. 49.19 metres
Transmission 1
IG.B.H., G.S.I.)
12.30 p.m. Big Ben. A Programme of New
Gramophone Recorde.
ID.M.
"Out of Danen!" 1 son all things an the sun seee them, as the aan ahlmer,"
1.14 p.m. The ... Dance Orchestra. 1. p. Chelsea Beach,
3.10 p.m. The News and Announcements.
Cranwich Time Signat at 2.15, p...
Transmission 2
ra.8.0., G.8.1L)
T .. Big Tian. Dance Mule. 7.15 pm, Sports, Talk.
.1.14 p.m. - The B.B.C. Northern Orchestra.
30. p."Harlight,” Number Seven. 4.45 p.m.. Danes Mirale,
Greenwich Time Signal ́at.m. p.m. The News and Announcements. 9.29. p.m. The nirmingham Theatre Royal
Orchestra
Transmission 3
(G.G.G., G.S.F. G.S.D.)
10 p.m. Big Ben "Foreign Affaire,** 14.17 p.m. Roland Powell's 'Quintet. 19.35. 15.m. "Till To-draw.”
11. p.m. Modern fritish Munic. 11.18 Empire' Maasaine," No. 2. 11,85 p.m. The News and Announcementk. Greenwich Time Signal at 13 a. 12.16 am. The Continanials.
Ona case ench of Typhoid and Meningitis were reported to the local Health authorities during the week end.
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Mrs. Owens, 189 Boundary. Street, ground floor, pleaded guilty to allow Ing a black and white dog out on Boundary Street without a licence or muzzle, explaining that a beggar had opened the garden gate and lot the dog loaso. The dog belonged to some friends of hore, and it had been
Captain Shunji Ito, of the N.Y.K.noculated. A fine of $5 won impoard. liner Tatsuta Maru, was summoned
Help Kidneys
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Don't Take Drastic Drugs ship without a permit on Jane 11
Lance-Sergt. Cochrane sald the dog Your kidneys have níos mililen. tiny tubes belonged to Mrs. C. T. Ozorio, a por fillem which are endangered by neglect br senger, and she had attempted to take drastic, irritating druge, Deware! If Kidney the dog across the harbour on a Star trouble or Bidder woknese makes you suffer
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