Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September,
14, 1939.
Boy of Ten Ran Staff of 30- £27,000 Deal at 26
What is considered the best picture of Queen Elizabeth taken this year is above, It shows her at Grove House garden fete, London. She wears ankle-length embroidered gown with bolero. Hat trimmed to match,
WHEN Robert C. Barn-
sell
stone was six he had to four newspapers to make a halfpenny profit.
When he was 26 he was able to write a cheque for | £27,600.
And this, according to Mr. Barnstone, America's Watch King, is due to his "gaining everyone's con- fidence and going straight."
Mr. Barnstone, now 45, is visiting London. At Grosvenor House recently he said:
"I first began earning money when I was six years old. I actually sold the first Hearst newspaper ever to appear on the streets of Boston-but when I say I started earning raoncy, well, I mean that I made just Jone halfpenny for every four
newspapera I sold."
"STAFF" OF NEWSBOYS
But within four years Robert C. Barnstone was hrad "Jobber" of 20 or 30 newsboys-an "employer" who checked their sales and their receipts and was trusted to handle the money they brought in.
Until he was 12 year old Robert went to school in the morning, worked in a stationer's shop in the evening, and at week-ends sold Sun-
| day newspapers.
"Then," he said, "I went to work for my brother in a jeweller's shop lo a shoe-shine parlour. And at the age of 17 I struck out for myself in my own jewellery business.
"At the age of 26, I wrote out a cheque for £27,000 and bought ag a big business. Since then, well, any
London Cannot Find Enough Policemen
LONDON Police need 900 recruits to bring the force up to
establishment, but cannot get them. Last year 400 more men left the force than entered it. In the women police there is a shortage of 37.
Sir Philip Game, the Commissioner of Police, states in his report for 1938, which was issued recently, that the in- creusing milenge of streets to be policed makes an increase in establishment justified.
But this cannot be done so long as the present authorised total of 18,252 is not reached.
Elephant Charges Motor-Car
JOHANNESBURG An elephant in the Ruanda National Park, in Belgian territory, charged a motor-ear in which Prof. Gevers, Prof. Sutton and Prof. Mendelssohn, all of Wit watersrand University, were tra velling.
Prof. Gevers broke a leg and
Was flown lo Nairobi for treatment. Both the other occu- pants of the ear were slightly hurt.
London Solicitor Arrested
ed by City of London detectives recently.
"It is difficult to assign the Tenuses which are affecting re- He
cruiting." Sir Philip says.
points out that a high physical, Feducational, and moral standard is required, and adds: "I am convinced, Indeed, that it is better to go short
than to lower the standard."
MORE CRIME
UFG
Only woman wearing trousera ever to be greeted by Pope Plus is shown arriving at Vallean. She Is Empress of Annam, part of French Indo-China, and is a devout Catholle. Pope presented her a lapis lazuli rosary.
Voyage On Queen Mary
As Tip To Taximan
BY RADIO-TELEPHONE recently, contact was made with the liner Queen Mary, 350 miles on her way to New York, and
Britain's luckiest taxi-driver, 54-year-old Anthony living expenses have been between Edward Barnes, ceased pacing the decks to talk about £5,000 and £20,000 a year."
spreial-his trip to America at the expense of a Pittsburg man, To-day Mr. Barnstone is
whom he drove on a tour of Southern England.
ist in expensive watches, which be
Iselis in every city in the United
States-and sells for not less than £15 und anything up to £200, He wears a magnificent gold one which
His worth £50.
EMPIRE NEWS
AUSTRALIAN STEEL FOR INDIA
SYDNEY,
Barnes, who lives in Lower Richmond Road, Richmond, sailed recently from Southampton with his host, Mr. W. C. Fownes,
Visiting England with his family for the first tune. Mr. Fuwnes en- Roged Barnes and his brother for the tour.
"A FINÉ FELLOW"
Mr. Fownes sald Barnes was Latch a fine fellow" that he offered him this "tip-trip,"
"I just could not believe my fuck," Barnes said by radio-telephone.
"Here I am aboard the most won- derful ship in the world. Your call brought me from the decks, where Orders for 40,000 tons of Austra-was taking a walk before turning in
ron and steel are reported here to have been received from India. This brings Australia's total exports for the year to some 250,000 tons,
"It's a wonderful night; wonderful stars, wonderful music-everything] wonderful.
There was a further increase of 3.3
"It all happened so quickly. per rent, in the number of indictable Steel authorities consider that fu-
"Mr. Fownes and I became friendly erinus compared with 1937. whichture orders should be investigated to
on the tour. Sr Philip attributes to the lack of ascertain whether they are for Em-j munpower. On the other hand, there pire defence, or comme from per- "Two days ago, when the taxi-trip was a notable decrease in the per-manent customers, and not from ended, he said. Would you :centage of young offenders.
quarters seeking only a temporary to come to New York as my gues!” An interesting fact was that, how-source of supply.
Austria,
care
Fortune For Buddhists
SIR WALTER WILLIAM STRICK- LAND, "the wandering baronet," who died in Java a year ago, left un- seltled estate in Great Britain valued
£15,844,
The whole amount is to be devoted to the spread of Buddhism. for which purpose, I was stated after his death, hi had provided £250,000.
Sir Walter renounced the title of which he was the ninth holder in 1023 when he beenine a citizen of Carcho-Slovakia,
Probate of his will las now been granted.
ALL FOR BUDDHISM
He directs that boxes of manu-
"I said 'Yes,' and went home to tell seripts, books and papers deposited
LEG-PULLER
trustees should have access to them and that "none of the boxes or their contents shall be removed or trans-
|ever the courts dealt with them for Refugees Learn English.—The Edu- | my wife. She was too surprised to in Prague should remain there at the their first offence, the younger mencation Department here has insti- say much, but she did say I deserved discretion of the trustees, that the -und-boys-between 10 and 25 were tuled special classes in English holiday,
found to have a greater proportion | for retujees and other aliens from of preonvictions than the older men. Bohemia,
Dunzit! anti And first offenders placed on pro- Lithuania. About 500 of the mi- bation showed a greater proportion grants have enrolled. of reconvictions than those treated in any other way,
JAMAICA
£17,000 GRANT FOR MEAL FACTORY
of
to
Lo
"I came aboard the Queen Mary ferred to any place in England, Scot- at Southampton with only one suit land or other part of the
British case and three shirts. I shall have; Empire." RICHARD P. CLOWES, 71.
six days in America,
The residue of his estate is to be year-old solicitor, of Putney, a
Sa Philip has some strong words to say against the tendency of cer-j
"Mr. Fownes will take me to the held in trust for 21 years and used member of the firm of Nye, in drivers to take advantage of a
World's Fair and I can tell you I'm in printing, reprinting and publishing Moreton and Clowes, of Ser-less rigid application of the Trafe
excited."
his MSS. and then the income is to jeants' Inn, Temple, was arrest-Acts.
KINGSTON, Jamnalea. Asked what his taxi-driver friend be paid to Buddhist society
found chairs or "So long us there are people," he
laboratories of Elected members of the Jaunaien in England said when they heard hej says, "who are prepared to defy the Legislative Council voted a grant of was
physics and psychology on Buddhist New law or to take advantage of any re- £17,000 for the establishment of a laughing said:
York, Barnes fines, any surplus to go to Buddhist Mr, Clowes was taken into custody Jaxation in its enforcement, the police Government-owned corn-meal fue- lieve me. They know me for a bit propaganda.
"They wouldn't br shortly after leaving Charing Cross, cannot reduce the number of pra lory for the improvement of the of a leg-puller and they thought it. Sir Walter stipulates that Hospital, where he had been a patient secutions as much as they would like.corn industry on the Island.
was just another joke. Now they Christian or European shall be ap- One unfortunate result is that with The Government Murketing Divi-
know the truth."
pointed or employed in connection Detective Ins the deliberate offenders there must slan, established some years ago, is
with the proposed chairs. pector Griffin to Snow Hill pollee inevitably be included a certain doing all it can to stabilise minor station, where he was charged with number of people who are not in that industries for the benefit of smaller fraudulent conversion.
category."
growers. KENYA
for about a fortnight.
He was taken by
Four Boys in Runway
Train: Brakes Released
NATIONAL MOTOR RACE MEETING
MOMBASA. Kenya's first national open motor race meeting took place recently on
It was considered that the race- course will serve admirably, when
FOUR boys who got on to a railway siding at Greenford the Nairobi Racecourse. (Middlesex), to play Indians and cowboys, had a real adventure.
"This is my dream come true. I've always wanted to see America.
"Mr. Fownes has been most gener- our, paying for everything on the:
trip.
"And all because I liked hon and: he liked me, and we both knew a little bit about old buildings and antiques.
RECENT WILLS
Naval Recruiting
no
Recruiting for the Navy con. tinues to be satisfactory.
The principal demand at the moment is for men to train as alr gunners in the flying branch. There are 140 vacancies to be filled during
They released the brakes of trucks in which they were play-such necessary work as the banking Sir James G. Owen (69), Exeter, the early weeks of September, and ing and 20, weighing 250 tons, ran down n slope for 670 yards, of corners with sandbags has been for 38 years editor and managing conditions of entry have been some- The train crashed through three level crossings and into an completed. Prizes in the various director, Western Times, left £21, what relaxed temporarily until re-
classes were given. All makes and 204 (net £16,401). Army Ordnance depot where men loading vans jumped clear. ratings of cars could be entered and
quirements have been met. Instead. Mr. T. S. Jones (72), Radyr, a of education up to school certificate The story was told in Ealing run under official handicapping ar-
past president, Cardiff Chamber of standard in mathematics and elec- Juvenile Court recently. The boys, rangements.
Women's Hosplial Training Most Cominerce, a former chairman Car- tricity, for this entry only a sound three aged 11 and one 12, summoned of the women of Mombasa who have diff and Bristol Channel Shipowners' knowledge of arithmetic is required, for "interfering with the train, there-passed
and late a partner R. and ability to satisfy the Navy examinations Association by endangering the safety of railway have accepted an invitation to at- and J. H. Rea, shipowners, left £0-examiners in a short intelligence test. employees," were placed on pro- tend the European and native hos- 350 so far as can at present be as- Previously candidates had to travel bation. Their parents
each pital
to a naval centre to take the examina- actual sick and certained" (net £9,241). and nurse accident cases. They are also 05-
Mr. T. Plant, Lelvester, directortion; now they may be examined by Age TADPOLES are unable to make ordered to pay £1 58. Od, costs.
Benjamin Russell and Sons, losiery their local recruiting officer. their way up the sheer sides A man jumped into the moving Bisting the doctors in operations.
manufacturers, left £2,805 (net; limits are from 17% to 22 years.
Tadpoles
In Distress:
Redhill SOS
were
train and becaked it, an inspector
of a pond on Redhill Common inter applied more brakes, and the
their
A.R.P.
when they want air." (Do train stopped against other trucks. Flags Tell Safety
tadpoles require air?)
This urgent matter was brought to
Score
Children
£ 1,402).
Gross value is the total of all as- sets possessed by the deceased be- fore deduction of labilities. Net |
s personalty
comprised of all' the attention of the Redhill and R.S.P.C.A, in London, the following Earlswood Common Conservators by statement was made:
HOUSTON, Tex. (UP)-Houston properly such as money, "the RSP,C.A., which made sugges-
It excludes | Alors to remedy the hardship.
"Tadpoles do not come under our accidents with flags. The all-white and funeral expenses.
(freehold property), any CAMDEN, N. J. (U.P.)-Two hun Conservators met and solemnly jurisdiction," said an official. The traffic safety car will carry a black realty decided they could do nothing to letter was written by our representa- dag on its radio aerial on days that charges on which must be deducted dred children held funeral services Zreileve the tadpoles.
tives at Redhill without our know the city has no fatalities and a while before arriving at the net realty.. in a vacant store for Dickie, the Thera"; the matter now stands. ledge. There is no such thing as Bag on days when such accidents Estale duty is payable on the total neighbourhood's pet rooster. He later
headquarters of the cruelty in a case like this,”
of net personally and net realty. I was buried in his owner's backyard..
police will dramatise fatal automobile leaseholds, after duuey shares and Mourn Rooster
occur.
INTERESTING BOOKS ON MUSIC
Oxford Companion To Music.—Percy A. Scholes. Musical Wind Instruments.———Adam Carse, Guide To The Practical Examinations for Teachers"
Diplomas In Pit, Playing.—Dicks,
My Life Of Music.--Sir Henry Wood. She Shall Of Music.-Kitty Barne.
(Charming Story For A Girl.)
For The Children
More Dramatized Nursery Rhymes.-B. Waddell.
In Three Books.)
Fourteen Country Dancos.Alfred Moffal
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Members of New York Cotton Exchange.
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The
Hongkong Telegraph
NINTH ANNUAL
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
June-September, 1939 CASH
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PRIZES
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CLOSING DATE & TIME:
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Prizes will be allotted as follows: SECTION ONE:
For Story-Telling Pictures.
1st. $30. 2nd, $15. 3rd. $10,
SECTION TWO: General Pictorial Section: Landscapes, Seascapes, Architectural, Street Scenes, etc.
1st. 530. 2nd, $15. 3rd. KIO.
SECTION THREE: Portraits, Informal Close-ups, Human Studles, 11. $34
End, $15. 3rd, $10 SECTION FOUR: Still Life and Table-Top Studies. ini. $30. 2nd. $15. 3rd. $10. SECTION FIVE: Snapshots taken by children under fourteen years. 1st. $15. 2nd. $10, 3rd. $5.
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tinn one Section.
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cream and,
the except in Children's Section, must be of one of the 11x20,
following sizes:-10x12
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