THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 29, 1938.
Lilivery, Supretce
Girl With the "Golden Voice" Fights
Illness,
Seeks Panto Job
HER RECORD EARNS £1,700 A WEEK
Recently a voice whose beauty is known to millions earned £1,700. The slim, fair-haired girl who owns the voice was lying in a London nursing home, ill. The voice is the "golden voice" of Jane Cain. It tells the time to every Londoner who dials TIM, and is making a fortune for the Post Office.
Tim, the talking clock, brought fame to Jane Cain. She was known as the girl with the golden voice. A new career lay before her.
She was chosen out of 15,000 tele-stage.
I've been taking clocution
as a child in make-believe, later on
phone operators to be the voice of lessons since I was 16, and ever since the talking clock, mude 130 records 1 cun remember I've play-acted, first lor Tim, and was paid ter guineas.
That was three years ago. Since then she has known success, slamour... and hard work.
She has met celebrities, travelled, been mobbed for her own autograph, Now she is recovering from illness and determined to
go an Immediately after making the record for the talking clock, Miss Cain had dozens of offers of stage work. Famous playwrights urged her to go on the stage:
Two film companies signed her up, 41 beautiful because besides having volce, she is pretty, has an attractive personality.
"LEFT HER JOB"
Miss Cain obtained leave from the Post Office to make film.
The films she had made were so successful that Jane Cults left her Job, and appeared for a whole season
in amateur dramatle companies.
"STICKING TO IT"
"It was like a dream come true-
Then the hard work came, at arst. and 1 found it was even harder than But I've working from 6. made the break now, and I'm sticking to it,
"I have been taking singing Jessons recendy and I hope to get a job in pantomime for Christmas."
Post Miss Cain has asked the Office for a share of the profits made She thinks that she is by TIM. entitled to some of that £90,000 a year that is spun out by her golden voice.
The Post Office is considering her elaim. And while her voice murmurs soothingly into the telephone all day long Miss Cain is fighting her way
at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's back to health and new success in
Park.
her stage career. The show must go
Since then she has had a succes-on. slon of stage parts. She was under- Jeans in "People studying Ursula
Then came
Three years ago," Miss Coin said, "I said that it would have to be a very big contract that would tempi me from the Post Once.
Like Us" this summer. illness...
Lemons Big As Pumpkins
Pasadena, Cal. Newell Hayden displayed at the Chamber of Commerce proof of what Easterners will not believe in
Each of the Big Four national lenders at the Munich peace conference was halled here of the hour, when he returned to his war-dreading peopie. Here is how Rome welcomed Promler Mussolini, in the Piazza Venezia. In a speech Il Duce said: "In Munich we worked for peace according to jus tice. Isn't this the Italian Ideal?" The crowd roared, "Yes!"
GOLFER, 74, DIES AFTER
BEATING MAN OF 24
of
Mr. Walter Blackwell, the 74-years-, St. Andrews, who is in his twenties. old golfng veteran, died at St. None of the crowd who watched him Andrews recently, four days after realised he had a temperature
Jubilee more than 180. contesting the final of the Vase of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews.
Mr. Blackwell Was taken 113 during the competition, but refused
to withdraw.
LAWRENCE
FILM HELD UP AGAIN
Later Mr. Blackweli was removed
The Colonial to a nursing home suffering from double pneumonin. The Royal and Anelent Club flog was at half-mast.
In the semi-final, he defeated u man half a century his junior, Mr. the J. T. Blackwell. a Londoner, who WITNESS ASKED
"I had all my life to think about... not just a few years of glamour, excitement, and big money. I held
Then form of three lemons the size of was not related to him. out on it for a long time.
free He put up a great struggle in the Have way. I left my safe, steady pumpkins. He declared the
would make enough lemonade for an foal, when he job for the footlights.
and two by Mr. A. L. McEwan, off "I'd always wanted to go on the lentire circus.
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BILANCIAT • HONGKONG • TIENTSIN
ABOUT “CHINESE MYSTERY MAN”
The Unluckiest Film-"Lawrence of Arabla”—has had yet another set- buck.
ndvård Ofice has London Film Productions that it will be impossible, because of the situa- tlun in Palestine, for a film unit to take shots there.
Mr. Alexander Korda recently said: "It is true that the Colonial Office has been in touch with us, advising us not to go to Palestine at the moment-not that we needed that holding advice. Therefore, we are
J Alm for few up work on the weeks".
NOT LESLIE HOWARD The hearing of the case
In March this year it was an- in which three men are,nounced that Leslie Howard would charged with conspiracy to play the part of Lawrence. Since then defraud the director of a scit, and Mr. Korda said:
he has gone inte production for him-
Paris arms firm was con- tinued at Bow-street recent- ly.
"I do not think now thai Nir.' Howard will play the part in the film which we are to produce in with Paramount. conjunction But as yet I have not deelded on his successor."
Here the long history of the
The men. described 19 Frederick Willing, aged 50, metal merchant, of Tavistock film: mmy Court, Tavistock-square, W.C.,
re-
Apr 1933T. E. Lawrence his son, James Oll Herbert Will. Jected an offer of £10,000 from an
American syndicals to appear ing, aged 24, metal merchant, picture of his life. of Dorset House, and Dennis
in a
1931: Permission to film
a pleture
Michael Corrigan, aged 46, agentie's life story in
refused.
of Park-Inne, W., are charged called "A Fugitive from Glory" was Korda with conspiring with Chou ́ Tin May 1924: Alexander
the Alm Shu and others unknown to secured
rights. Leslic cheat and defraud M. Theodore Howard to play Lawrence.
June 1934: Walter Hudd, to play Lafite of £7,250.
Lawrence.
They
Lore further charged with
March 1937: Cilifford Evans to play obtaining the money by false pre- | Lawrence. tences and attempting to obtain a further £4,000 from M. Lafitte.
MACHINE-GUNS
The case for the prosecution, as outlined by Mr. E. Clayton, was that the accused put forward Chou Tin Shu as an important official at the Chinese Embassy in London and head of a Chinese commission for buying arms in Europe,
July 1937: Lesile Howard to play Law.ence.
1937: John Clements to play August 1
Lawrence.
September 1937: An "unknown" to play Lawrence.
March 1938: Leslie Howard to play Lawrence ("later this year").
And now-October 1838-another "unknown" is to play Lawrence.
But when?
It was alleged that M. Latte, director of a Paris orins firm, was because all his relations with Mr. shown Actitious documents purport- Shu were through "Mr. Willing."
U
million
Ing to come from the Chinese Em-
"PRESENTS OF £500 bassy. M. Laffitte agreed to buy 50
M. Lafitte said that he agreed to Mr. James machine-guns and half rounds of ammunition, and he pala ga to Marseilles with £7,230. At Marseilles the coses Willing and said that if the goods were found to contain brick rubble, were all right he would give Mr. old motor parts and tyres.
Willing's wife a present. remember mentioning
£300.
At the hoaring Mr. C. G. L Du Cann, for the Willings, stated that they were of excellent charac-
He did not
Д
sum
of
so rich
Mr. Du Cann-Are you
ter, and their firm had always been that a sum of £500 is nothing to
known
แ highly honourable one. you?-1 am no richer than anybody Their case was that they themselves else, but in business one makes many were victims of the conspiracy and presents.
Many that they had a perfect answer to Many presents of £5007-Some-
the charge.
times larger.
Mr. Walter Frampton, for Cor- He did not go to Marseilles to look igan, said that he did not agree with at the goods as he had other workc the securacy of Mr. Du Cann's state- to do, but sent his secretary. nient.
MET AT EMBASSY
He
be-
In further cross-examination by Mr. Du Cann, M. Lafitte said that in January he was concerned in a M. Lafitte, who gave his evidence £300,000 deal for armaments that through an interpreter, was Cross- were in France and America. examined by Mr. Du Cann.
was acting as an intermediary Asking what M. Lamite knew of tween Mr. Willing, and a London Chou Tin Shu, "thia Chinese man of nem, and he offered the Willings 6 mystery," Mr. Du Cann said, "Were per cent, commission. you told that this man was a brother- Mr. Du Cann-Was the amount In-law of the Chinese Prime Mials-which you were willing to pay them ter, Dr. Kung?"
as commission £18,1907-Yes, to the M. Lamite.-By Mr. Frederick Willings and Shu.
M. Lafitte ogreed that he gave the Willing and it was confirmed by Mr.willings 26,000 of the £18,000, and James Willing that Mr. Shu was related to Chiang Kai-shek and Dr. subsequently he gave £2,000 to Mr.
Shu. Kung
"M" Latte said that he met Mr.
All the defendants were. remanded Shu in the Chinese Embassy, both for seven days. Corrigan was again in Paris and in London. Ile did not refused bill, but ball for the Willings Welle to Mr. Shu at either embassy CANAZOTO
continued.
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