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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MONDAY, MARCH 14,
1938.
EARLY CHAPLIN FILMS QUEENS & ALHAMBRA
ARE MISSING
Many Pictures Declared Fakes
PRE-WA
RE-WAR cinema films are already prized as antiques —and collectors' are as much troubled as picture fauciers to distinguish originals from fakes.
At present the early films of Charlie Chaplin are causing confusion.
As part of their historical work the British Film Instituto are cataloguing these films, but difficulties have arisen because no two authorities agree as to the number of Chaplin films made by the Keystone Company in 1914, and most of them differ as to which was the first.
EMPIRE NEWS
THE UNION JACK SOUTH AFRICA
"All the trouble is due to the fact that in the early days aims were sold outright instead of being rented or hired out, as they are now," an oficial of the Institute told the News Chronicle.
"This made it easy for 'dupers' to manufacture duplicates of films they had just bought. The Chaplin Aims had a ready-made market, and con- INsequently they were favourite sub-
jects for the duper
Capetown,
"To cover his tracks the duper habitually gave his copy a new title, In this way the problem of Chaplin's
confusion.
fakes
PAGE BY PAGE
recently his 80
The Bishop of London celebrated years anniversary. shows Photograph
hun greeting workmen.
SUPER
PLANES
IN 1940
*
Airplanes
Speaking at Porterville, Cape Pro-curly films has become enveloped in vinee, Dr. Malan, Leader of the Opposition, stated to-day that the "Nearly a hundred titles are on only national fing of South Africa record, and up to the present there was the Union flag. The Union Jack has been no way of distinguishing from originals. The British was down as a concession to those who were so imperialistic at the time Film Institute are now clearing up
Dallas, Tex. of the passing of the Flag Act that the
Pago by mystery.
page the they insisted on the Union Jack as a trade papers of the day have been pound cargoes that can cross carrying million symbol of South Africa's friendship
searched for evidence, and the issue with England.
date and If the Nationalist party ever at- Chaplin ilm original title of every occang in a few hours were fore- seen here by I. R. Metcalf, head "About three
dozen of the earliest of the National Advisory Com- tained power and proclaimed a re-
The Union Chaplins are still in the catalogues mitteo on aeronautic for the de- publle, said Dr. Malan.
of renters and home
home Alin libraries, Jack would be done away with.
partment of commerce are missing. Death of Mr. A. W. Roberts-The but at least a dozen death has occurred of Mr. A. W. "The institute believe that many Roberts, an ex-Senator and formerly of these missing lms are in private siper machines will be common- "Within the next ten years such Choirman of the Native Affairs Com-collections, and we are anxious to mission. Australia
AN ASSURANCE ON DEFENCE
Sydney. Simultaneously with the Inaugura- tion of "Fleet Week," when ships of the Australian Navy are thrown.open to the public on a wider scale than ever before, Earl De La Warr, Lord Privy
Seni, has inade a
neech on i
sald the defence of Australia. that though few Australians feared Invasion, this was not discounted by the fnel that Australia's export and Inter-State constal trade were most vulnerable.
Lord De La Warr added emphasis to remarks made by Li-Col. J. J. Llewellin, Civil Lord of the Ad-
miralty, who Is visiting Australia, that "Britain is keeping a watchful eye on the Commonwealth, and can give a positive assurance that Aus- tralia can rely on Britain's fullest. help to defend the country.
of
Feared Steel Shortage Mr. T, W. White, the Federal Minister of Trade and Customs, to-day announced his
25,000 decision to udmit
tons Kelvanised Iron sheet-British for preference-free of the general 15 per cent. ad valorem duty. It Is toured that there may be a serious shortage owing to a strike at the works of John Lysaght.-Exchange, India
CONVICTS' HUNGER
STRIKE
Calcutta. Eighteen convicts in the central prison ut Hazaribagh, Blbar, including Elx repatriated from the Andaman Inslands, have gone on hunger striké as a protest against the fallure of the Government to release them. One man is in a serious condition and has been forcibly fed.
King George V. Memorial-India's first memorial to King George V. was seen by the public to-day, when the Governor of Bombay, Sir Roger Lumley, unvelled a statue of hils Majesty opposite the Gateway of India, the archway through
which
Viceroys pass when they arrive or
-Exchange.
ded Lothian's Return.-The Mar-
the
quess of Lothian, who was chairman of
Franchise Committee in Indian 1032, and has been touring India for several weeks, studying the working of the new constitution, left. New Delhi to-day by air for London.- Reuter.
New Zealand
"SOUND FINANCIAL POSITION"
Wellington.
Mr. Nash, the Finance Minister, commenting on the income and ex- penditure figures for the nine months ended Dec. 31 last, which have just been issued, says that New Zealand's financial position is
sound. essentially Revenue amounted to 220,740,000, with £18,588,000 for the
compending period last year. Ex-
penditure totalled £21,930,000, com- pared with £20,044,000.—Reuter. Ceylon
BRITAIN HER BEST CUSTOMER
Colombo.
Great Britain woa Ceylon's best customer in 1937, and Ceylon pur- chased more goods from Great Bri- tain than from any other country.
Imports from the United Kingdom totalled just over £4,000,000-an In- crouse of £648,000 over 1936-while Ceylon's exports to the United King dom totalled £10,050,000——an ... In- crease of £1,860,000 over, 1930.
The Driush Empire took over two- thirds of Ceylan's exports, Empire- purchases totalling £15,000,000. Houter.
Lize
have been extracted.
get in touch with any who possess place," Metcalf said. reels of Chaplin's early work, how- ever fragmentary they may be."
STOP PRESS
The chubby, grey-haired acronau- itical expert explained that engineer- ing problems practically had been solved for the construction of planes weighing up to 250,000 pounds.
The large planes probably will nove through the sub-stratosphere at a cruising speed of 400 miles an hour. They will cross a state while a guest is eating breakfast and move out over the accan beyond the sight of land while a passenger is taking a stroll around the glass encased promenade dock.
Metcalf was here for the semi- Annual meeting of the maintenance civision of the National Air Trans- port Association. Engineers from all parts of the United States and Canada met to discuss construction and maintenance problems to be met. by airlines in the next few years.
Melenif-told the engineers that. experiments by his bureau and manu- facturers had proven that the ratio of the carrying load of a plune in- ereased indelinitely as the size of the craft increased.
Mechanical power and fuel will be the only limits to the size of the craft constructed 10 years from now, ho cald.
Little change in the shape and con-
struction of planes was predicted by the engineers. The pusher type motor may replace the radial motor, be- cause of less wind resistance. But the body of the pusher motor will be hidden Inside the forepart of the wing and will be connected by a shaft to a propeller at the rear. Vibration of the present pusher motor is too great for the thin rear part of plane wings, engineers said.
The giant planes will be more com- Avrtable. They will be complete with promenade decks, bars and recreation
rooms.
Metcalf believes air travel will bo ** safe as along traffic congested highways, when the giant crafts arrived, Engineers reported that mechanical faults caused less than 3 per cent. of the air transport accid- ents in the last three years.—United Prest.
Veteran H.K. Educationist Passes Away
Mr. W. Drew Braidwood Dies In Jersey
Word has been received in Hong- kong that Mr. W. Drew Braidwood, former headmaster of the Victorin English School for boys and girls, has died in the Channel Islands at the age of 81.
The school was originally opened by Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hanlon, about 90 years ago, but was eventually. taken over by Mr. Braidwood who was headmaster until it closed in 1903.
Only last year, on March 12, "old boys and girls of the school held a re-union, the occasion being Mr. Braidwood's eightieth birthday. The arrangements were undertaken by Mr. J. H. Ruttonjee. At that |tima a handsome sliver tray, in a mirrored, slik-covered box was sent to Mr. Braidwood, bearing the initials of his "old boys
Mr. Braidwood- dled in Jeracy, February 26.
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May Rush U.S. Navy Building
SCREEN ACTRESS DIES SUDDENLY
Hollywood, Mar. 12.
The death has occurred from heart fallure of Lyda Roberti, who ap European Situation May peared in "The Kid from Spain."--
Expedite Expansion.
United Press.
Lyda Robertl was born in Warsaw, Poland, and was the daughter of the Sho famous Continental clown. Washington, Mar, 12. The Nazification of Austria gave toured in her father's troupe and the House leaders new strength in after getting stranded in China she went to California where she became the drive to force the Naval Expen- a chorus girl. She was soon given"
sion Bill through the House next a part in "You Said It" on Broadway
and later in a film for Paramount". week.
entitled "Dancers in the Dark."
Representative Ralph O. Brewster,
a member of the Naval Affairs Com-
SITKA DEFENCE BASE
mittee, maintained that the Austrian advantage for the passage of the crisis should not have a place in the Bill."-United Press. debate. He admitted that the crizis did not help the opposition.
San Diego, Mar. 11. It is learned that an unannounced Opponents have abandoned party lines and drafted a challenge to the number of submarines have been contention that the measure is strict ordered to Alaska, apparently." In ly a defensive one. Leaders state connection with the proposed fest that the "erials is undoubtedly an and air base at Slika, United Presse
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