THE
HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY
SECRET OF 3d. AND 6d. MILLIONS
How It's Done- By Man Behind Woolworth's
THE announcement of Woolworth's ever-mounting profit-last year it was nearly £6,500,000--has caused the usual bewildered wondering.
Year by year the company's report shows more progress. In 1937 34 more of the now familiar red-fronted stores were opened, making a total of 711 branches, employing nearly 40,000 people.
It seems difficult to believe that an organisation so · vast, with a capital of £12,500,000, has grown from a single store opened at Liverpool in 1909.
EMPIRE NEWS
AUSTRALIA'S GOOD HOLIDAY TRADE
Sydney, Thursday.
How is it done in stores where nothing costs more than sixpence?
Asked this question recently, Mr. W. L. Stephenson, chairman of the British company and the "brain" behind it, replied:
"I'm much more interested in how it is going to be done next year. There is nothing Tricky about it; it is simply straight- forward marketing."-
Mr. Stephenson is now getting on In the files, but looks..ten
years younger,
At 13 he was working for 5s. 5
Following reports of the hest Christmas trade for years, markets week. fave shown comistent improvement for a week.
In 1909 he was one of a small group of young men who opened
To-day, the last on which the Stock the rst Woolworth's in this coun- Exchanges will be open before Jan. 5, dealings were quiet, but showed a healthy tone.
The note clrculation of £53,000,000. is the highest fer several years. Un- employment in New South Wales is
at n record low. figure. Savings bank deposits increased by £10,000,- 800 in 1937.
Try.
in
There in Liverpool he had an offtec a dingy store, swept the flours and huuled cases about the stock-
room.
"34. AND Gd," YACHT
To-day he earns many thousands o year, works in a cedar-panelled office
Though wool, wheat, butter, spel-] in Bond Street and has one of the ter and tin prlecs fell on an average most costly hobbies-building and by 11 per cent. in November, the sailing a big yacht.
yields during the nvẻ months to Nov..
Appropriately 5
sixpennypicet
30 showed a 5 per cent. rise over! Bis yacht Velsheda was the first. the corresponding period last year. J-class boat built in this country and Rugby League" "Poueling." —Me. cost about £25,000. The annual Miller, Secretary of the Australian cost of racing her runs into thou- Rugby League Board of Control, des- sands of pounds. cribes the English League's decision to ban "ponelilng of Australian and New Zealand players by English clubs till the end of 1940 as the best news of the year. "It will improve the standard of our worries," he slad. "People will flock back to our games. We are anticipating a bumper sea-
Managing director of the company son in 1938 with visits of Frenchmen is 40-year-old Mr. Louis Denempont.: and New Zealanders. By 1940 the He also was a pioneer, cuming from advantages of forbidding ponching America in 1010 and working at the will probably lead to an extension of
Arst branch. the bun."
Budge's Status, Donald Budge. commenting on a message from Ame rlea, stating that his parents wanted him to benefit financially from his lawn tennis successes, said he had no Intention at present of becoming a professional.
A £500 Prize-Its announced that Pinckney and Goll, of Gray's Inn-square, London,, haye won the first prize of £500 for plans for the enlargement of St. Andrew's Cuthe- dral, Sydney, at a cost of £500,000. Thirly designs were submitted. A Sydney Arm took the second..prize of £300.
INDIA
and a threepennypiece were built Into her in place of the sovereignt and Italf-sovereign which tradition decrees shall be faid on a yacht's Keel!
and
Like Mr. Stephenson Denempont, every man holding high Mr. office in the company has achieved it from humble beginnings.
Smiling grelings to her people. here is the Queen Mother as the arrived at the Belgian Embus.y in London for a dinner in honour of King Leupold of Belgium. King Leopold recently made
three-day visit to Loudon,
SCHOOL WHERE
"BACK-ANSWERS”
ARE
ALLOWED
PUPILS at a school near Totnes (Deven) are not obliged to take lessons in a particular subject if they are not interested in it.
15, 1938.
RADIO BROADCAST
H. E. the Governor From the Studio
COLONEL IRWIN
Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.D.W. on Frequencies of 845 k.c.'s 9.62 m.c.'s. per second.
H.K.T.
12.0-12.30 p.m. Relay of Service.of Intercession from St. John's Cathe- dral.
12.30 Rale da Costa. (Piano),
Butterflies In The Rain (Reaves and Myers); Everyone Says "I Love You (Kalmar and Rugby); 'Waltz Time-Medley (Strauss, arr. Levy); Dancing Butterfly (Young and Pet- kere).
12.42 The London Palladiurn Orchestra, cond. by Richard Crean.
Vivienne (Fincit); Longing (Haydn Wood): The Valley Of The Poppies (Ancliffe); A Birthday (Lincke):
Here is a friendly, sporting style of hat made of a rougher finish felt in green and brown.
It is adaptable in shape and can be worn just as you wish, many men preferring it "pork pled", as illustrated.
Serenade $19.50
The Druid's Prayer-
Waltz (Davson),
1.0 Local Time Signal und Weather
Report.
Orchestras.
(Verdi); Grand The B.D.C.
1.03 The B.B. Aida--Selection March (Verdi). Wireless Symphony. Orchestra cond. by Percy Pitt: Overture Fingol's Cave', Op. 20 (Mendelssohn): Over- ture 'Merry Wives Of Windsor' (Nicolai), ... The B.B.C. Sym- phony Orchestra rond. by Adrian Boult.
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press; Weather Forecast and Announce- inents.
Timn 1.40 Relay of the Rotary Speech from the Roof Garden of the Hongkong Hotel. Speaker: Prof. Dr. phil., Dr. Ing. h.e. E. Gracte Subject: 'How Selenee rectifies Nature'.
2.15 Close down."
Who
6.0-7.0 Chinese Programme. 7.0 Dance Musle. Fox Trois-The Lady Couldn't Be Kissed (alm "The Sing- ing Marine'); Swing, Swing, Dear Mother-In-Law..... George Elrick and His Swing Music Maker; Rumba -Blue Rumba; Rumba Fox-Trot- Coubanakan.
The Lecuona Cuban Boys; Fox-Trois--I'm A Little Prairie Flower; The Best Of Friends,
Billy Cotton
and His Band; Tangos-La Ultima Cancion; Cabe- elta. Heinz Huppertz and His Quickstep-Don't Say Waltz Goodbye, Waltz - Hum
Affair'). m Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orch.
"This is
my
7.30 Closing local Stock.. Quota- tions.
7.35 Studio-Colonel Irwin, p.8.0.,
7.50 His Excellency The Governor, 8.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
and · Lindsay A.
8.03 Studio Recital by Prae Lafford (Piano). (Violin)
Lewis
They are encouraged to be frank and honest. They may even "answer back" the headmaster.
From this school the headmaster (Mr. W. B. Curry) went.C., on "Air Raid Precautions," to the News. Chronicle Schools Exhibition in London to discuss dispassionately aspects of "The Modern Movement in Education." His school, Dartington Hall, presents the educational side of one of the most interesting social experiments of the genera Mr. Curry began his talk by placing upon the shoulders of educationists most of the blame for the Great War, and he warned his audience that unless something was done to adjust the pro- found irrationality of human society the consequences will be measureless,
HAMPERING CIVILISATION
Choosing Sex on
Of Child
Life Mystery Solved By Doctor?
MANOEUVRES AT BOMBAY
Bombuy, Thursday..
A Famous Harley Street surgeon Officers of the Bombay Garrison, has achieved remarkable results in the Royal Air Force, and the Royal predetermining the sex of children Indian Navy, with auxillary force before conception.
more
units, may spend the Christmas and The Sunday Chronicle understands New Year holidays preparing a big that this surgeca bas treated scheme for a week's manoeuvres de than 100 women during the past three signed to test Bombay's land, sen and years and has enabled them to choose air defences, beginning on Jan. 3. the sex of the child which they wish-
The authorities believe that the ed to bear. chief danger to be guarded against would lle solely in isolated raiders, such as the Emden proved in the lost
war. The manoeuvres are designed
The cases were successful in three unt of four.
Years of research' have led to the which the
on this basis, but also include a com- | amazing discoveries on plete black-out of the city to test the new treatment is based. result of an air rold. Fire brigades, It is claimed that the sex of a child ambulances and anti-gas detach- may be determined by the chemical ments will participate.
conditions prevailing in the mother, The Fleet and Air Force machines] at the time of conception. will take part.
and II.M.IS. Lnw
INJECTIONS GIVEN renco will act as an enemy raider, at- tempting to land a party at Juhu, a Scientists have found that a woman scuside resort in the suburbs. Detail-in an acid state of conception will
.
""The Great War," said Mr. Curry, "was itself a challenge to traditional usage in education, and the ideas and amotions that led to the Great War and are still hampering civilisation are, to some extent, the product of education."
To some educationists who had now become identified with the modern education movement these were wrongs that must be righted in the school-room, and Mr. Curry out- lined the trend and significance of the development. Proneness to hate, so much in evidence everywhere to-day,
is to some degree a direct product of unwise education, Mr. Curry argued, and has suggested to thoughtful educationists 4 challenge which has inspired the new movement.
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was
A NATURAL CONCLUSION
freedom to express opinions
inculcated in the class-room, MENTAL TEST SOUGHT
tolération towards the point of view
of others would fellow as a natural Barbara Stanwyck Accuses conclusion when the younger gener-
Her Ex-Husband
ation grew to manhood.
Ilic
haviour and bobila.
Shore
(Percy
1. Molly on the Grainger); 2. Sussex Mummers Xmas Carol (Perey-Grainger)-Prus- Lewis accomp. by Lindsay Lafford: 3. Three English Dances (York Bowen): (a)
Country
Dance, (b) Morris Dance, (e) Gig Dance. Lindsay Lafford; 4, Lotus Land (Cyril Scott-Kreisler); 5. Breath o' June (J. B. McEwen); 6. English Dance (B. J. Dale)..... Prue Lewis accomp. by Lindsay Lafford.
8.35 Bongs
Feter by (Bass-Baritane).
Hybrias, The Cretan (Elliott); I Fear No For (Pinsuti): The Shep- herd Boy's Song (Pepper).
8.35 Marek Weber cliestra.
Puccini-Potpourri.
Dawson
& Hi
Or-
Band
8.45 London Relay-The Warzon
with Arthur Askey, Reginald Foort at the B.B.C. Theatre Organ' and The Band Waggoners conducted by Phil Cardew. Production by Cordon Crier and Harry S. Pepper.
9.30 Lendon Relay The News. 9.50 Beethoven Moonlight Sonata (in C Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2).
Played by Ignace
Jan
Paderewskl. 10.03 New Symphony Orchestra In this respect, new schools đư-
and Angela Parmelles (Soprano).
'Merrie England'--Selection (Ed- fered profoundly from traditional A psychiatric examination of Frank schools, where lessons were taught Foy, the former husband of Barbara Dr. Malcolm Sargent: The
ward
Orchestra German)..
cond. by Nightin development of the child's emotional her legal efforts to prevent Mr. Fay Brahe)....Angela Parselles; 'Le Cid'
demanded by gale (Wynne by the modern school, it was the Stanwyck, itney la connection with Fine Song Wer The Way (Taylor we ed attention is being paid to safe- bear a girl child.
that counted, rather than befrom visiting their Ave-years-old Ballet Musle (Massenet); (a) Castil- guarding vital suppiles of water and If an alkaline state predominates electricity, especially from Internal | the baby will be n boy.
adopted son, Antliony (says Reuter lane; (b) Aubade; (c) Andalouse; sabotage by enemy agents. The sup-
Mr. Curry sald he was among from Los Angeles). Under these candlilons a doctor those who thought that a world
(d) Aragonalse; (e) Madrilene; (1) plica come from great distances.
may inject acid or alkaline prepar-based fundamentally upon competi-
Navarraise,........Orchestra cond. by Elephant's Revenge-An astonish-
She alleged, amongst other things, Eugene Goossens. ing story of an elephant's revengeful
allons to ensure the birth of a baby | tion was a bad world.
that Mt. Fay muttered a prayer över
10.35 Sibellus Songs. of the sex desired, memory comes from Rangpur.
that If u class was based upon compe-cach cigarette
he smoked;
Flickan "Kom Ifrin Sin Alsklings Bhadrolok villager annoyed a Innd- Morcover, it has been discovered tition, then, in the nature of things, muttered prayers while driving a car Mote: Say, Say, Susa (Schilfrohr, owner's elephant by teasing it. The that certain chemical states of the success was the boast of a very small whenever he passed a church thereby Saus'le) Op.30, No. 4.... Marian An- elephant charged the man suddenly, body destroy conception and render minority and doomed most people to endangering the lives of others; burst derson (Contralto) with plano ac but he fled to a house and the ele- women unable to have children.
cut with phrases such as "Lord help comp. by Kosti Vehanen. phant was brought to book. The If these women are given the cor-
us" when reading, but would inter- 10.42 Sibelius Symphonic Foem animal seemed docile all day, but rect held or alkaline antidote they are
aperse these exclamations with pro-Night-Ride And Sunrise, Op. 55. when returning by the same route in enabled to beedme mothers.
For similar reasons class-work fanities if he read something dis- Played by The B.B.C. Symphony the evening suddenly broke loose and
based on competition was unsound. pleasing: once threw Anthony into a Orchestra conducted Adrian Boult. wrecked the house where the man
Those at the top did not need swimming pool; drank to excess.
11.0 Close down, had formerly taken refuge.
stimulating by auch methods, and.
A
GREATEST MYSTERY SOLVED
The doctor's work and conclusions arp decribed in a book entitled "Boy or Girl," and are supported by the experiments of Professor Unter-
colved,
a sense of failure.
DISCOURAGED
the boy at the boltom of the class,; branded as a fool, did not feel en-CANADA couraged to think that if he worked
harder he would rise to die top,
No, the method discouraged those who needed encouraging most.
PRISON REFORM
Ottawa.
The majority of Mr. Curry's lis- Sweeping changes in the Penitenll-
a
CITY TO NAME OFFICIAL SNIFFER
Sausalito, Col. The city council has been called
The man was then elsewhere. Arrest After 10 Years-An escaped convict named Urao has been re arrested after a lapse of 16 years and berger, director of the gynecologicat sentenced at Calcutta to six months' section of the Konisberg Hospital, Imprisonment with hard labour. Germany. Urno was serving a life sentence nti Rajshahi, Bengal. In 1021, when ser-
These scientists' work has pavedieners were teachers, and for fully fary Aci are forecast for the coming upon to name an official sniffer. The ious trouble broke out and he, with the way for a new world in which
city has been suffering from nauseat- half an hour he was called upon to session of Parliament following several alter prisoners, escaped the greatest mystery of birth will be Reuter.
answer many stimulating questions, year's investigation by a Royal Coming odours that might come from a reduction plant, the bay itself or Dr. Susan Isaacs, head of the Chlid mission.
other sources which it is necessary- Unterberger has been successful in Development Department at the Uni- The Commission's report will, it is treating a number of sterile women versity of London Institute of Educa-expected,
to determino definitely before the recommend the British counell Inunches punitive measures. with alkaline preparations. In every tun, presided:
Dostal system for Canada. | enso where the treatment was success-
The elimination of patronage in the ful woman gave birth to a boy.
prison service will be recommended, and it la auggested that the appoint- ment of warders and other officials might come under die Civil Service Commission.
noluces
AUSTRALIA CHANGES COINS,
Melbourne. Australia is changing the designs at all its coths to emphasize the re- and characteristics of the country. While the King's head will still be retained on the face of ali coins, the reverse will have auch Images as kangaroos, a ram's head, Indicative of wool, and three edits of wheat, aymbolle of that crop
He then applied lite treatment to
74 women who had given birth to two, three and four children, but all
CAT JOURNEYS 180 MILES
Niagara Falls, N. Y. Lost from the Niagara Falls apart
of them girls. · Ula method was ment of Mrs. Lealio Hodge, Nickle, a Immediately successful.
6-year-oldent, is back home, Mrs. The Royal Commiläsion studied the.
A series of boys was born to the Hodge found her pet on a farm 180 prison system not only in Cariade, but women, who had hitherla had only miles from here and to which her in England argule, United States ber girl children.
Curve family moved fast summer.
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