Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
July 10, 1939.
Film Star Marries
£1,100,000 AIRPORT TO
Wedding of Merle Oberon, fim stor, and Alexander Korda, noted producer, was recently reported from Antibes, France. They are shown above as they appeared in Hollywood, recently. It's her first, his second marriage.
Polyanthus With 206
Blooms Opens Season
WEST HOATHLY (Sussex).
VILLAGE folk and furmers here are expecting a record crop of freak and outsize garden produce this season.
SERVE THE WORLD Cost has been nearly doubled
THE ANSWER'S
AN ORANGE
THOUSANDS of road deaths could be saved if motorista would eat three orlanges a day, says Dr. C. F. Stewart, of Edin- burgh Royal Infirmary after months of research,
Oranges, he says, prevent Haleht blindness" caused by sudden headlight' glaro,
The best mfeguard "against this glare is a substance in the eye known as "yisual purple" I strength depends on vila- mins A and C, which are obtain- able from the oranges.
New Plan To Be Flown To Moscow
NEW formula, designed to overcome difficulties in the Anglo-Soviet negotiations on the Baltic States, was recently flown to Moscow.
Government by Mr. Strang In a special aeroplane.
M. Maisky, Soviet Ambassador in
CONSTRUCTION of the City of London Corpora-
tion's airport at Fairlop, near Ilford, Essex, will,
it is estimated, put an extra 11⁄2d. in the £ on the rates.
The Corporation recently decided to go ahead with the acheme at an estimated cost of £1,100,000—nearly double the original estimate of £600,000.
EMPIRE NEWS
ARMS FROM CANADA FOR BRITAIN
OTTAWA.
The Air Ministry are making no grant towards the scheme, and the capital cost will be raised by loan.
Fairlop will be a “xuper-slundned” airport.
Within four years Fairlop and Hes- ton, which the Government are developing as another "super-ston=" dard" 'drome ut a cost of £1,000,000, will supersede congested Croydon as
the terminus for all heavy slr-liner traffic, leaving Croydon as the centre for internal services and a stand-by. It is reported here that the British The "uper-standard" calls. for wor onlee has worked out a detailed concrete runways over nearly two- programine for the spending of thirds of the surface. Thus safe £12,000,000 in Canada for the pur-inking-off and landing is assuredt in' chase of arme and equipment.
every direction.
This is an instalment of a long- term plan to spend £50,000,000 in secondary source of arms supply and
POOLING REVENUE
Canada in the development of the corporation recently
The recommendation adopted by
...
also in-
cludes a scheme of pooling revenue This plan was taken to the Russian Munitions for Brish defence forces from leston and Fairlop between It is suggested that the Dominion the Air Ministry and the City of Government will establish a separate London.. Munitions Department to co-ordinate
Fairlop will not be developed until a formula has been agreed on con- materials.
cerning the boss of this "pool," but negotiations will be started at once.
The report, with its recommenda-
For generations West Hoathly people have been London, called at the Foreign Office the Canadian manufacture of
accustomed to find strange-looking vegetables in their
recently.
SY*
FRANCIS & DAY'S
65th SONG & DANCE album
CONTAINING
You'ro As Protty As A Picture. Sweetest Song In The World.
A-Tisket A Tasket.
I Love To Whistle.
I Must 500 Annia To-Night. ..
My Own.
If It Rains-Who Caros.I
Any Broken Hearts To Mend? The 7-15 To Droomland.
When The Circus Camo To Town. Stop Beatin', 'Round The Mulberry Bush. When Thay Played The Polka
Thanks For Everything,
Oh! Ma-Ma. Nice People.
TSANG FOOK PIANO COMPANY
19. Queen's Road C.
Marina House,
Tol. 24649.
SUMMER VACATION 41
MAMPEI HOTEL KARUIZAWA
KARUIZAWA 1188 been a well known | GOLF summer resori for European people for over fly years. 3080 feet above sea level, it offers ideal Kummer temperatures, never exceeding 80 degrees.
3 hours Ironi TOKYO.
Please apply to the JAPAN TOURIST BUREAU HONGKONG INQUIRY
fields and gardens but never any abnormalities among dor in Paris, was in London recently survey of Canadian Industry to bring tions, was carried by a large majority• \ OFFICE and get detalls to your
their flowers.
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Recently Mrs. Angel, a cot- Inger, discovered a polyanthus which she counted 206 blooms, and villagers take this us a sign of even stranger things to come.
By this time nearly every in- bftant in the village has counted the blooms to verlly Mrs. Angel's figure. A have reached mark,
the 200
The stron is Hat instead of round. across, by a quarter of an inch thick.
futed, and ยาพ and a half inches
A FARMER'S CROP
The Dominion National Defence Sir Eric Phipps, British Ambassa- Department has already conducted a in connection with the Itussian about better production for Canadian) negotiations.
(and Imperial detence needs.
Last session the Dominion Parla-don is to be closed in any case in requirements or write to KARUI- ment passed a bill to establish a De-a few years, for renovation. Heston ZAWA directly,
share, is heavy Įtence Purchasing Board, but this Act and. Fairlop wil
Daylight Theft From Louvre of Painting
PARIS.
PAINTING which the official catalogue of the Louvre describes as "priceless." Watteau's "L'Indifferent" (The Unconcerned)—a portrait of a young man playing diabolo-has been stolen from the Louvre.
When Doctor Should Tell'
A Corporation offeint sald "Croy-
Is still not proclaimed and is not in trafle and will deal with the rapidly
growing size and weight of nireraf. force.
When proclaimed it will Himil pro- fits in non-competitive contracts to five per cent, of the capital employed In filling orders British contracts are not affected.
NEW ZEALAND
LIGHT PROGRAMME FOR PARLIAMENT
AUCKLAND.
"Croydon has been unpopular with foreign air lines for a long time, and the new "super" airports will doubt- less attract inore traille."
anticipation, the Salisbury Chamber of Mines acting as Intermedlary,
The Chamber of Mines represents | the big mining companies. The small miners, whose organisation is the Rhodesian Mining Federation, and Parliament begins shortly. There the farmers feel that the 5,000 is no prospect of ʼn heavy programme. labourers will not represent adds- It is unlikely that financial mea- tional immigrant labour. The larger sures wil be formulated before the mines will merely recruit at the completion of the mission to London source Inbour which in any case of Mr. W. Nash, the Finance Mials-would have came to Southern ter. There is a possibility of delay | Rhodesia and would have been dis-
evenly throughout in the promised reorganisation of tributed ************ tuxation and the Impending paid colony,
holiday legislation. Employers claim JAMAICA
£2,000,000.3 THE problem facing a doctor that the cost would be
who knows that a patient yearly. suffering from epilepsy has a SOUTHERN RHODESIA driving licence is described by NATIVE RECRUITS FOR When a blank space on the wall Lancet as "one in which duty to was noticed about 3.36 an alarm was a community overrides duty to
· raised; -and-all-leaving-the-Louvre! the patient."-
It is believed that the theft. was committed yesterday after- Farmer William Hunt, wie of 00 noon when the galleries were won four Arsts last year at the Hopen to the public. wards Heath fat stork show, believes |
The thief must have taken the| help produce drought the oddities. He has found these in his picture (which measures only Bin, by 10in.) off the wall in neld:
broad daylight, probably under the eyes of people who thought he was an official,
muy
1. A perfect carrat 1744 inches) longs
2. A cluster of NINT
beans on a siugii arın, att betuwer |
12 and 18 inches long:
3. 10, loup potato in the after that hour were searched, but shape of au ulligator from head to
tatl.
"Perhaps we have the reputation of growing freaks here simply be Cause we take more count of them," he explained.
nothing was fours. The keeper is
The doctor, it is said, should give j positive that the picture was in its the patient a choice of relinquising the feence or being reported to Uie place at 2 pm.
police.
WORTH £200,0007
MINES
TWO MEN STABBED
AT MEETING
the
KINGSTON, Jumalen, Another affray took place at one
recently. Two
SALISBURY, Souther Thodest of Mimo me, faid to belong to
The announcement that the new a rival union, were badly beaten and joint Chamber of Mines has already stabbed. Fears are entertained for been granted a licence to recruit 5,000 the life of one victim. native labourers in Nyasaland ist
On the previous night pollee were Bikely to arouse lively opposition.
It is pointed out that English law
The bill incorporating the new stoned when trying to rescue a man Experts any that the painting, if its somewhat tolerant in its attitude Chamuer is still before Parliament, who was being beaten by the crowd entld be sold would probably fetch towards the motor driver with a his-and the licence has been granted in at a Bustamante Union meeting. Jim Jeary, a form labourer, think as much na £200,000. With its com- tory of epilepsy-"The applicant for nothing of growing potatoes welgh-panion, "La Finetle," a portrait of aja licence has merely to declare that ing two and a half ibs, in his back girl, it is recognised as one of Wat-he does not suffer from epilepsy. garden.
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teau's masterpieces. RECOGNISED BY ALL
"La Finette" had been disturbed, "Punch" Vickery.
builder's and the thief probably meant to take
both paintings. helper, is proudest. of a potato grown] last year in his vegetable patch so As the stolen pleture is painted on like the head of Lloyd George that a wooden panel it could not be cut everyone saw the resemblance at from the frame and rolled up; it had
to be taken complete with frame.
once.
At the 300-year-old Cat Inn nerass
from the tenth-century parish church
TRAVELLERS SEARCHED
"A person who has at one time been cured, or who is still under dosen of treatment with regular sedatives that have kept him free from fits for some time may truth- fully say this.
"While the doctor cannot be ex pected and should not consent to act
Glucosed Guards
Colour Troop The
SWIMMING
RIDING
TENNIS, etc.
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European plan from Y5 to Yil for single and from Y9 to Y18 for double.
American plan from Y11 to 120 bile and from Y20 to X30 for double.
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Hongkong Telegraph
NINTH ANNUAL
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC:
COMPETITION
June-September, 1939 CASH
$250 $250
PRIZES
(Donated by "Hongkong Telegraph")
TWO SILVER TROPHIES, VALUED $250.
(Donated by ILFORD, Ltd., London)
SEND YOUR ENTRIES IN NOW CLOSING DATE & TIME:
29th SEPT. AT 5 P.M.
THE ILFORD TROPHIES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE BEST AND SECOND BEST ENTRIES IN THE COMPETITION, IRRESPECTIVE OF CLASS.
Prizes will be allotted as follows: - SECTION ONE:
For Story Telling Pictures.
1st. $30. 2nd, $15. 3rd $10, SECTION TWO:
sts obliged to give his patient the OR the first time for many years, no guardsmen General Pictorial Section: Landscapes,
self
When news of the theft was re- choice of giving up driving or of is a collection of photographs of recent vegetable freaks. The host,ceived by the Surete Nationale being reported to the police.""
Yard) in Paris, Mr. C. F. Betson, raised over 30s, for (French Scotland
urgent messages were flashed to East Grinstead Hospital last year in Scotland Yard (London) and to a penny weight-guessing contest over Amerien. amarrow which weighed 204ib.
As a result, watch was kept on the
lectors and art dealers to be sold without detection.
The theft is the most serious from Mrs. Smith, his aunt, who retired British ports, and visitors with Lisa" was stolen in 1911. On that the Louvre pince Leonardo's "Mona recently in his favour after 45 years luggage were specially scrutinized. as hostess, recalls hundreds of extra-
occasion the thief cut the picture out ordinary vegetables Including denti- The Louvre authorities have hopes of its frame and took it nivay under cal twin cucumbers of perfect shape that the picture will be recovered. It his coat. It was returned after hay and beetroots weighing over 20 b. | is too well known to museums, col-ing been found in Florence in 1913,
2 oz. $-.80
SINCE 1775
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collapsed from the heat at the Trooping the Colour ceremony: and the probable reason was glucose.
After breakfast each officer and man of the Brigade of Guards was handed a special ration of the preparation.
All except the Grenadiers munched at the glucose sticks us. received.
The Grenadiers, for some un- explained reason, took theirs in powdered form.
Hill
NAVY
S
CUT
Mild, Medium
and Full
For PURITY and SUPERIOR QUALITY
-BRITISH MADE PIPE TOBACCO-
DON
4 oz. $1.55
| It had the same effect. Not a The only casualty was a 15-year-old ingle man fell during the ceremony. (drummer boy.
DRUM BESIDE HIM
As the bond marched for the last time across the parade ground the lad fell in a heap, his drum bealde him directly in front of the saluting base.
He had fainted as he marched in the centre of the massed bands.
It was not until the bandamen had all passed that the crowd saw him on the ground.
Ambulance men ran across and carried him away on a stretcher. He quickly recovered.
A sergeant-major's coinment on the flucose, treatment will not bear repetition, but the experiment will be tried again.
City Won't Publish Novel
ALAMEDA, Col. Loreme Beatle, elty clerk, received a leller asking if the city of Alameda would undertake to publish a novci, the writer asserting the city hnd authority to do so. Bentle took it upon himself to hdvise all authors that Alameda would not print a novel for anyone.
Seascapes, Architectural, Street Scenes, etc.
Ist. 330. 2nd, $15. 3rd. $10.
SECTION THREE: Portraits, Informal Close-ups, Human- Studies.
*ist. $30. 2nd. $15. 3rd. 810. -
SECTION FOUR:
Still Life and Table-Top Studies. 1st. $30, 2nd. $15. 3rd. $10, SECTION FIVE: Snapshots taken by children under fourteen years. Ial. $15. 2nd, $10. 3rd. $5,
RULES.
The following Rules will govern the Competition:
1 The Competition is confined ex« clusively to amateur photo. grapliers
2-No employee or member of any Arm in the photographia trude s permitted to compete,
The prizes will be awarded to the competitors sending in what are adjudged to be the best photo- rap in each section. Each entry must be accompanied by A form which will be published during the period of the Com petlilon, and which must be pasted on back of entry. The right to publish any or all of the entries in reserved to the Hongkong Telegraph. -All photographs entered must have been taken in the Colony. of Ilongkang. Photographs which have been already entered In other Competitions are ineligible. -No responsibility will be accepted for on-delivery of, loss of, or famage to entries.
1-All entries to be eliher binck, sepla, or toned plețures, and must
·USE THIS FORM
AND PASTE IT
ON THE
BACK OF EACH ENTRY
be
mounted. Coloured photo- graphs are ineligible, D-Pictures submitted in sepia tones should be accompanied by a smaller print in black and while. 9-No plcture to entered in more
then one Eection. 10-Mounts to be only" white or
Cream,
And except in 你好
Children's Serlion, must be of one of the following sizes:-10X12, 10X20.
11-No correspondence will be entered
into in connection with the Com petition.
12-Entries in the Children's Section must bear the entrant's smile, agu and address on the entry torm. counter-igned by a parent, 13-Members of the Staffs of the Hangkong Telegraph and the South China Morning Port are not permitted to compete.
1 The declatons of the Judges shall
be final.
18-At the conclusion of the Com
petlilon, entries will be returned to competitors on application at the Telegraph offices within seven days,
SECTION
NAME
ADDRESS
DATE
ENTRY FORM
Please use block letters and paste this
on back of each Entry. If entered 1b. Children's Section, paroni please coun Leren hore.