THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER
2, 1987.
POST OFFICE PREPARES TO SERVE A NEW BRITAIN
'Phones Must Follow As Industry Moves
In a little over two years the Post Office will know more about the British Isles of the future than any other authority in the Kingdom.
It will know where the next generation is going to live, work and play; what sort of houses it will have, in what sort of places; where the big new factories and mills are going to be.
Two hundred officials in the Tele-
phone
Development Department,
with the help of 700 telephone ruler. TURKEY'S NEW men, are in the midst of a great national survey designed to show where the new telephone trafic Is going to come from.
The salesmen are making in- quiries in all parts of the country.
In March 1st Britain was tele- phoning at the rate 2,000,000,000 calls a year, and was paying for thein
£000,000,000 a year.
In 1927 there were 1,100,000,000 calls a year; In 1918 only 700,000,000,
THE THIRD MILLION
The Post Office had to work from 1670 to 1922 to get its first million' subscribers. Nine years later the second million were connected.
The third walllion will almost cer- tainly be completed before the end of this year.
How fast will the development of the service continue?
The Post Omee, faced with the need of "placing" exchanges to cope with the coming new traffe, is searching out the towns that are de veloping and those that are decay- ing.
Information is being collected from estate agents, buliders, surveyors, colliery proprietors, manufacturers, town planning and education authori- what the next building moves will be. ties, and scores of others who know
CALLS ANALYSED Telephone users ure being studied carefully so that the Post Ofee will have forcknowledge of their dencies.
calls nui For example, 37,000
were exchange through a manunl
analysed recently. Operators were instructed to note the sex of the the caller, the number asked for, time the call came through.
ORDER
War Training
For Girls
So marked In recent times has been the process of equalising both sexes that very litle alten- tlon has been aroused In Turkey by the news that all pupils in Intermediate and high schools for girls, as well as all girl students at the University, WEI henceforth be given lessons in military selence, says the Con- stantinople correspondent of the
Observer,
The same regulation applies to professional schools of equivalent degree. A circular has already been sent by the Board of Education to all schools concerned,
Once A Tango Champion
Home
Sir Samuel Hoare; Secretary, speaking at a lunchron given by King George's Jubileo Trust at the Savoy Hotel, said:-
**On one occasion i won a tange competition at a casino on the Continent. It is now many years ago, and since then I have been a reformed charac- ter.
"When I returned home I sald lo Mr. Baldwin, Well, I have done something during the re- cess, and he asked, "What is it?' I replied I have won a tango competition." Mr. Baldwin ex- claimed, "Thank God my Cabinet has done one good thing? *
BEDTIME CURFEW
Headmistress Wants
New Law
Liverpool Miss Jessie Crosbie, u headmistress, wants children to be put to bed early by Act of Parliament,
"I want a curfew bell to be rung, of a gun to be fired, or a Byrca' sounded at 8 p.m. In the winter and 9 o'clock on summer ildren nights as a signal for
10 le home and put to bed," alio satd.
"I want this to be decreed by Parliament as an addition to the Children's and Young People's Act.
"We don't allow Juveniles to smoke, or go into public houses, or sec certain
In the first course the girls will be taught the elements of conscription and
mobilisation, military disclpine, and martial law; they will be trained films, yet we allow them to see the in the use of arms and maps, in wrongdging in the streets at right ut
defence, in military work, and in the giving of military tired and susceptible to temptation.
ali-aircraft information. They will also be given lessons in military history.
themselves a time when they
arc
"Canada sends her children to bed
The second year programme in-by syren."
Miss Crosbie is planning a mass cludes the use of machine-guns, the study of shells and artillery, topo-meeting at Liverpool to
open her #rophy, lessons in strategy and the- campaign. lica, and instruction qualifying for service behind the front
Trolley Cars Offered
An
Free
Bristol, Conn.
Puerto Rico Calls Graduate
From these data officials discover-
Schenectady, N; Y. ed that women were making one- third of the total number of calls,
H. George Loiselle, who received 1121 and were nearly all ringing
calerprising realtor selling A.B. degree from Union College shops-between 9 am. ari noon. Another analysis-to find peak lakefront lots, offered an abandoned in June, has been appointed teacher As in the public school of Puerto Rico.' "business calls" hours-showed that trolley car free with each sale.
residents The appointment was made by Dr.
"Gallardo, commissioner an average of 31,000 calls are put result a number of lake through from 10 to 11 am. on the have made over the cars into cun-Jose
education of the island. London, City and Central exchanges, fortable summer homes.
GREAT
XMAS SALE
Bolieve it or not
UFS
Demolished by shells in the heart of the World War's West- ern Front, Reims Cathedral in France has again been officially opened after extensive restoration. Funds were provided by the public, with John D. Rockefeller, Jr., of New York, the most Kenerous contributor. Here is the restored nave, where Joan of Arc saw Charles VII crowned.
WANTED CAR FOR
HIS BRIDE
George Henry Sulton, twenty- three years old, wanted Millicent his bride, to have a shiny new home. pretty furniture, a garden and ex- pecially a car for the honeymoon.
TO TO GET
were married. Most of our friends have cars."
Months ago the young couple be- gan buying furniture for their litle home not far from his parents' house. They had been sweethearts two years.
Now the
new house-and the
beth range—are
unoccupied. George's bride is staying with his parents rather than live alone with her wedding presents. They were married last Saturday at Lewisham While Gearre was on bail.
"We wanted Milcent to put of Recently Mrs. Sutton's brown eyes the wedding," Georgo's father said. filled with tears when her husband "But she wouldn't. She's a brick." In court the man from "whom was sentenced to four months hard
100 in the savings bank. He abour at Bromley, Kent, for obtain-George obtained the car said he had promised д deposit of £30. Later At the home of his parents in he was found to have, no banking in the car by false pretences Sidcup she said: "I have faith in good job. lie meant to pay for the car after we
account. had of him. He
Your presentation Gifts for the fast approaching Season must be purchased well in advance, as. then you will have the priority of choice from our vast collection of novel goods just unpacked at bargain prices before this sale ends. Shop carly this month and settle that troublesome question of
WHAT SHALL I GIVE HER THIS CHRISTMAS? What we offer is Not old Stock and Not Remnants, BUT ALL HIGH QUALITY GOODS AT THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE VALUE
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A detective said that in 1935 Sut- ton was bound over for two years for pavilion-breaking and having house- breaking implements at night. The time of his probation expired white he was in custody on the present charge.
How I Became Golf Champion
Henry Cotton
Henry Cotton, Open Golf Champion, speaking at Foyles Luncheon at Grosvenor House recently:
When I started to play soriously all the best player's were Americans.
In my desire to become champion, thought the best thing to do was to imitate them.
So I bought a pair of black and white shoes and a very very bright pull-over
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failed quite a number of times. As a last resort, I thought,
I could become a naturalised American.
Finally, I managed to win and, since thon, everything British looks botter
Any success that I have had was inspired by the Amori- cans who set the standard.
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