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ROMANCE OF FAST COLOURS

How Britain "Captured a German Monopoly

EXPERIMENTS IN A GREEN-HOUSE

[By Dr. E. F. Armstrong, F.R.S., F.I.C., Technical Director of British Dyestuffs Corporation]

The housewife of to-day, confronted with a bewildering choice of materials for her curtains and covers all or which are relatively proof against fading, has probably forgotten that only thirty years hack things in this respect were very different, and it was the usual custom when the sun shone to draw the blinds so as to protect the delicate falries within the room.

The progress in this respect is very Pavilion on FRIDAY, the 11th Olargely due to British enterprise and whilst the firm had its special plant At the outbreak of War in 1914, tober, 1929, at 530 p.m.

to British acientific research and is and processes of application, it had NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Sociated with one name in particu-grown to be almost entirely depend- that on FRIDAY, the 11th Octo- that of James Morton of Carlisle, ent on Germany for the supply of ber. 1929. Immediately after the The story of the development of its special dyes, na Germany had a TO LET-Nie (9) Roomed Flat. holding of the GENERAL MEET-ft colours as applied to woven and monopoly of the manufacture of Suitable for Mees or Private Board-16, a drawing for the redemp-printed fabrics is a fascinating one these fast vat dyes. No one in the ing House. Modern sanitation. Rention of thirty (30) Debentures will worthy perhaps of being ranked of the dyes-they had been fully oe- and forms an epic of industry firm knew anything of the chemistry very moderata Apply Box No. 620, Hip "Chino Mail."

The numbers of the Debentures with the stories of that great series cupied in their application. To a drawn will be published in the of inventions in the eighteenth cen-less determined individual the con- Hong Kong Government Gazette tury which, beginning with James tinuance of the guarantee would and the local Newspapers, and Walt's invention of the steam- have seemed impossible, but Morton YOUR VISITING CARDS nently and holders of drawn Debentures may, engine, was followed by Richard was made of sterner stuff. promptly printed."Chino Mall" Office, upon giving notice to the Treasur-Arkwright's development of the spin-could get the bluss and yellows it ***NA, Wyndham St. Telephone Cen-ers waiving the six months' notice ning machine from which we date would still be possible to carry on. to which they are entitled, apply the establishment of the cotton An appeal was made to the then on the 31st October, 1929, to the manufacture.

existing dye-making concerns in Treasurers. Messrs. Percy Smith.

England to undertake this task, but Seth & Fleming, for payment of

in vain; the difficulties appeared too the principal and interest to the

great, and they were fully-occupied 31st October, 1920.

in other directions.

In Wartime Morton went home to think things

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Peel's Grandfather Another Lancashire man, Robert Peel, perfected the process of roller printing on calico and founded the cotton printing industry; his grand- son became Prime Minister of Eng- land.

if he

WARWICK SEASON

THE PERSONALITY OF A COMEDIAN

REX BURCHELL

It is a curieus thing to note that almost all the eminent professional funny nien of the present and last generation have been of diminutive minute, Little Tich was even smaller. stature, The late Dan Leno WIN

while almost all the celebrated come-

as at present making Lundon laugh

Mr. Rex Burchell

are decidedly small nien. Stanley Lupino, Leslie Henson, Will Fyffe→→ the list could be added to almost in- definitely.

What is there about laughter-rais-

Perhaps to-day the stories of over, with the result that he deter-ig that so frequently limits it to the

these three inventions Bre not as well known as they should be, al- though much of the prosperity of England has been built up on them. The art and practice of dyeing goes back to antiquity. At first the colours used were of natural origin, mally vegetable or mineral, though a few, such as cochineal or the Ty- rian purple of the Romans, which is obtained from a molluse, were de- rived from animals. The discovery of the so-called aniline dyes made from coal-tar is an oft-told story, Originally founded in Britain by Perkin, the industry passed to

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soll and became almost a monopoly of the Germans and the Swiss until the Great War brought about-ils re-

mined to make the dyes-that blue and yellow-himself, even if they cost him their weight in gold. Within three months-an ounce or 30 of each had been produced in the laboratory by methods which can only be followed by the trained chemist. But this was a start, and the next thing was to find the plant in which to make the many thou sanda of pounds required.

There was a war on, and, those who tried to`get plant of any kind during the War without a very high certificate of priority will realize the One by one these were afirmounted. difficulties which were encountered.

though new troubles always arose; by the end of March, 1915, a 'batch of twenty pounds was produced, and

however that most of our professional little fellows! The fact remains, Funny men are small, but there are some exceptions. One such is Rex Burchell, who will appear here with the Warwick Revue Company. Not even his best friends could describo him as anything but substantial, but he has surmounted that disability (if indeed, it is much) by obtaining laughs through the very fact that he is of ample proportions. A round, laugh- ing. tace, ant a decidedly "intimate" style with his audiences has helped to make him a favourite wherever he has appeared.

The box plans will open shortly at Moutrie's and the Star Theatre.

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ON 350 METRES

in Carlisle from plant which ́ wna practically all local. To-day of the DELIGHTFUL ENTERTAINMENT be broadcast to-day, from the Gov- same colours about ten tons, a week are made.

With the two vat-celours under

FOR SATURDAY

The following programme will

ernment Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. on 350 metres:-

Chinese Music.

-5:00-6:00 p.m.-Programme of

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Programme. (For Hospital).

7.48p.m.Evening weather

6.00-7.00 p.m.-English Records

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The special children's cinema. way and a dye-making factory com performance which is to take place ing into being, attention was devotat the Queen's Theatre to-mor It all began in a shop window.ed to the possibility of making the row morning at 10.30 a.m. in aid Morton, who is by nature an artist, fastest and most sought after of the

of the Ministering Children's had token much pains in the design acid wool colours which was looked League, is expected to prove a most and colouring of some tapestries. upon as the key colour in blues for successful event. A most attractive port.

Indeed, at the end of 1916 programme has been arranged, and Passing down Regent Street, he wool.

9 p.m.Evening General Pro- viewed these in the window of a it was estimated by a director of children are assured of a delight-ramme. (Columbia Records sup- well-known shop, and found they had the Bradford Dyers' Association that ful entertainment.

plied through the courtesy of changed so radically that the balance the annual value of the goods dyed | The performance has been or Anderson Music Co., Ltd.). of his schemes had been completely with thla colour was well in excess ganised by the Victoria Branch of "A Musical Switch-Humoresque," "Lover's Lane Minuet" (Tours), upset. though inquiry showed they of £1,000,000.

the M.C.L., and it is naturally hoped

Plaza Theatre Orchestra. had only been in the window for

Years of Trial

that a satisfactory sum will be "Arabian Night" (Arbos), about a week. Much concerned at

Progress at Carlisle was such that raised from the sale of tickets

Madrid Symphony Orchestra. the revelation, Morton's first step the space available become inade- which have been priced at 30 cents "My Heart Stood Still"

(Rodgers), was to ascertain whether other peo- quate, and development on a more each. These may be obtained at "The Birth of The Blues,"

Pianoforte Solo, ple's fabrics behaved in the same ambitious scale seemed justified. Moutrie's or on the morning of the way as those of his firm, and he Ultimately, a site at Grangemouth performance

at the Queen's "Organ Fantasia of Old Songs",

Edythe Baker. stayed in London long enough to col-was chosen and the firm of Scottish Theatre..

Grand Organ Solo, lect a very large assortment of pat-

W. G. Webber. teras typical of what was then com-

"The Three Bears" (E. Conten), ing into the London Market.

Plaza Theatre Orchestra. "The Chairman's Remarks"

(Stewart), Burlesque Recital hy

William McCulloch. "Fidelio" (Beethoven), Overture,

Musique De La Garde Republicaine. "Mother Goose" (Ravel),

What did the Gardener Say? - On his return north, the young tomato plants were hastily removed from the green house what the gardener said is not on record-and the patterns, duly mounted on cards with their surfaces half covered and half exposed, were submitted to the effect of daylight in a warm, humid atmosphere. As Morton says, the result was most staggering. Only here and there a colour stood out as fast: this gave a hint as to the future.

Dyers, Limited, constituted, where the manufacture of the fast dyes: was undertaken with new energy.

About this time the dye trade was confronted with cortain political issues which had a well-nigh devas- tating effect on its future. ment had given a promise to restrict

Govern-

STANDARD TIME,

SUNRISE AND SUNSET IN COLONY

Sunrise Sunset

the import of dyestuffs from abroad, Sunrise and Sunset How so as to give the infant industry a Kong for October (Standard time of start in Britain, and had relled the 120th Meridian, East of Green- on an Act of 1876 for the neces-wich), are as follow:--

This intention was Barr powers. upset in August, 1919, by what is October called the "Sankey Judgment," with the resint-that for a time the users were free to import from Germany So a constructive campaign was ated that something like £7,000,000 all they wanted, and It.Is estim instituted, the scheme being to ar-worth came into Britain during the rive at a

range of colours, how- ever small with which fabrics could Act of Parliament was passed for next eighteen months until a special be dyed and guaranteed by the the benefit of the dye industry. On maker against fading from sunlight the heels of this almost knock-out or ordinary washing. Mahy hun-blow came the severe slump in trade dreds of colours were dyed in every of 1921, and the new venture was conceivable way that would tond to secure fastness, and already, by the faced with two years of adversity.

The New Green summer of 1904 a sufficient number or rellable colours had been obtain ed to make it possible to put tape stries on the market, for the first The following unclaimed tele-time in the history of textiles, with grams are lying at the office of the a guarantee of fastness.

The next step was the education.content to match the pre-War Ger Great Northern Telegraph Com- pany (Limited) of Denmark:-

Hike, from Shanghai Buckwheat, from Kobe. Ramsay, from-Yokohama.

EV. JESSEN,

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TELEGRAPH CO., LTD. OF DENMARK

Superintendent

THE EASTERN EXTENSION - AUSTRALASIA & CHINA TELEGRAPH CO., LTD.

Lancashire Astonished

for the purpose of chemical research, Morton used this period largely Convinced that he was on right lines In aseking to manufacture the very fastest colours, he was no longer

man colours, but sought to discover

Suite for Orchestra,

New York Symphony Orchestra. "Lend Me Your Aid" (Gounod),

from "Queen of Sheba". Tenor,

Francis Russell. "Song Of The Sca" (Kunneke),

Selection,

His Majesty's Theatre Orchestra. "No Power On Earth," "The Change.Of The Tight Brigade,"

Comedian

Billy Bennett, *"The Yeomen Of The Guard"

(Gilbert and Sullivan),

Columbia Light Opera Company. "The Selfish Giant" (Wilde), Told by

Rex Palmer. "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in P

(Liaxt),

Ernest Von Dohnanyi and the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra.,

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"HELENA MAY"

PROGRAMME FOR WINTER MONTHS

CONCERTS AND LECTURES

The following programme of con- certs has been arranged for the Helena May Institute:

October 24 Opening Concert, organised by Mrs. Wyatt

November 7-Classical Music ---Madame Bonenfant.

November 21-lad Concert----- Mr. F. Mazon A.R.C.O., L.T.C.L.

December 6-Music of Child- hond-Mrs. Bellamy and Mrs." Little..

January Vocal and Plane. Recital-Mrs. Bowes-Smith.

January 23-Musical Interlude -Mro. Womack.

February, 6-Local Composers Col. Cardew.

February 20-Selections from light opera Mrs. Bellamy.

March 6-Concert by request. March 20-Miscellaneous,

Lectures

December 10-Dr. Wellington Col. Cardew. "EN MA ("The Life of a Mosquito"); Welfare in the Tropics").

SWEDEN'S MILLIONS

Sweden, now has 940 millionaires, according to the latest official statistics. Of those 148 are men and 192 women. Amongst the different social groups listed in these statistics the country estate Owners form the biggest one. There are 195 landed proprietors who own one million kroner or more. The second biggest group is that of the merchants. numbering

189.

Ten Children In This Canadian Home

Have Been Kept Bonny And Well By Means of Baby's Own Tablets.

"I have ten children; the baby being just six months old. I have used Baby's Own Tablets for the past 20 years, and cam truthfully' say that I know of no better medicine for little ones. I always keep a vial of the Tablets CHINESE IN “AUSSIE” | in the house and would advise all

other mothers to do the game," writes Mrs, Charles Hatt, of Tan- cook Island Nova Scotia, Canada." Baby's Own Tablets are a plea- sant and absolutely harmless Mr. F. T. Sung, the Chinese Con-medicine especially designed for Bul-General at. Melbourne, said re- the use of infants and little chil cently that the Chinese Govern dren. Their frat effect is gently ment had made a courteous request laxative, thus cleansing the to the Federal Government to bowels of impurities. Then they. modify the present restrictions on sweeten the stomach, cool Chinese in Australia. We point feverishness, if any, relieve the pain and griping if the child has indigestion, summer complaint, or calle, allay the irritation of teething, destroy worms, and thus in a natural way promote health- giving sleep and repose. -

Your chemist sells Baby's Own Tablets, or post free, 60 cents per vial, from the Dr. Williams' Hedf- cina Co, 60, Klangse Road, Shang- hal:

of the trade buyer and of the genant invent dyes of his own. He had eral public in regard to the value of had the vision to acquire the British the fast dyes, so that they would be rights of a noved American process prepared to pay the very consider for making a qubstance called phtha abla astra price. The now well lie anhydride the starting known trade mark Sundour material for their dyestuff sym- introduced, and an intensive educa- theses, thus replacing anthracene, « tive campaign amongst the custom much scarcer and more costly cons ers undertaken.

tituent of coal tar, which is both difficult to purify in itself and is At first only the dyeing of the costly to transform into a dye, Caledon Jade green, created more ed out, he continued, "that we are special colours on yarns was tackled,

Not only were the known dyes than a sensation, both because of its anxious to establish better trade The following unclaimed tele-but at a later stage the more fu- made more cheaply, of greater pari-purity of shade and because it was relations with Australia, but we re- grema jars, lying, "st the E. E portant problem of dyeing in the ty and faster but quite few found to be the fastest all-round quest, the conditions for the Télegraph Co. office, Hong Kong plece was undertaken and process products came along also. These colour of the whole vat series. welfare of our people should be im-

Marian, from San Francisco.

worked out for produci Case included the fastest blue ever made. Twenty-two patents for it exist over proved Rampal, Haurbar, from Benares goods ever-made

Hale the first whole or In wat dyed and on September 11, 1920, run the world. It is the most outstandMr. Abbott, the Minister of Home anteeing of pure quality, the lack of which ing discovery in the dye trade for Affairs, announced that he had re- S. LACK them mucha

Kad always been one of the obvious a quarter of a century since the celved the document, but he deciła- Superintendent one which caused astonish Hong Kong 26th Sept. 1929.

/3 original Introduction of the first, ed to discuss or to disclose the con- the Lancashire

proudly, christened vat dyes John O' London's Weekly, tents of it.