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Japanese Finance

HERE, THERE

EVERYWHERE.

KIDNAPPING FUTURE PREMIER

The universal Interest In the Lindbergh up will strengthen the Impression in land that kid- napping is a purely American crime?"

The most fantastic kidnapping i plot, however, that most people will remember was aimed agatnet no less a person than

British Prime Minister present

RADIO PROPHECIES FOR 1935

TELEVISION WILL SOON BE OURS

:

DROITWICH SHORTCOMINGS

MUST BE REMEDIED

ND now.

what?

(By Collie Knox)

London. quite so impressive as had been"

hoped For Droitwich fades at

Master Radio of 1935 starts night, and so large and expensive a Soon after the first Russian re-under a crushing handicap.. He voice should never be permitted to volution in March 19178 will never be able to excel, and falter.

widely believed that Mr. Ramsay probably with not equal, a certain Likewise, it would be good for MacDonald would visit Russia. broadcast which had sent last year broadcasting if during the year The announcement of his visit to its rest crowned by a veritable something were done about a sopar. was published in nearly all the festoon of hulos.

ate transmitter for North Wales and

PLOT THAT FAILED

Russian newspapers and caused 1 refer, of course, to the broad-Cornwall. The Empire service, considerable excitement and re cast of the royal wedding. It will which has made remarkable strides, sentment in many quarters, not live in the memories · of all who will expand greatly this year, as least in a small Britlak unit which heard it. But Master Radio need the transference of the Midland was, then serving on the Russian not despair. He is going to find a Regional transmitter to Droitwich front +

great deal to do in 1935. When he will leave the. Daventry site free too goes to his rest, across his heart for further experiments and extend- · blazoned in letters of flame will be ed' facilities. the one word-Television.

If Master Radio 1936 wishes to Regarding Mr. MacDonald as The past year has been made not start off with golden opinions he dangerous pacifist, certain memable by the royal wedding and the will, with his youthful charm, win bers of this unit' put their heads opening of the great Droitwich sta- back to us The Silent Fellowship.. together in order to checkmate tion, to say nothing of the Lucerne He may have to make a bit of a."

Wavelength. Plan.

fight of it, but that will be good. 'We are beginning the first year for him and get him in trim for alf Was arranged that when Mr. MacDonald arrived in Petro- in which the B.B.C. has been forced the other battles he will have to grad he should be invited to visit to tackle television and all that it wage:

his activities.

It

Д

their section of the Russian front. is going to mean. "Television dur- There will be one or two This would have been quite ing the past year has been sur-changes in the higher command of natural, visits to the front being rounded by a blanket of mystery. the B.B.C.-changes that will, may part of the programme of Allied Whenever anyone at the B.B.C. even be, cause heart-burning: Labour leaders who visited Russia whispered its name he was told after the revolution.

darkly that there were some things He was to be allowed to address that could not, with safety or

eventa

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Unharnessable Tide

"

Mistaken Policy

and

this coming

do..

It is time that the pundits relax- ad their odd view that they cannot The China Mail cash. and thirty million is to be the men. If he made any undesir- Politeness, be mentioned.

promote a serving official but must collected in new taxation, the

bring in someone from outside. level of which is already high. able remarks, the Russian escort,

But no one can harness this tide. They say, "It creates jealousy." The balance of 683 million is to which in the ordinary course of

would take him back to It is likely that the report of the The fact apparently escapes them be raised by Ioans; and we note that the so-called surplus is not Petrograd, was to arrange for him Television Committee, that has that a policy of never promoting to to be captured by the Germans-a been sitting for so long that it must high command'a faithful and trust- due to ordinary receipts, but to the raising of 102 million by simple enough matter in those daya be getting cramp, will be available ed executive kills initiative

days of Russian military demorali- before the end of this month. brings a feeling of brooding dia The premature death of Mr. loans during the current years of Ru

I prophesy that television will content to any organisation. Fujii, who recently retired from Mr. Takahashi has informed an

The plot was never put into then be handed over to the B.B.C. On the entertainment side I am the position of Finance Minister interviewer that he will not ne at Tokyo, and was succeeded by cessarily pursue his predecessor's execution. Mr MacDonald being to control; that various firms, not not unhappy about Mr. Takahashi, is ascribed to a policy, of a gradual reduction in prevented by another agency from one favoured one, will be given con-year. Old favourites like "In Town

going to Russia,

tracts; that a large Treasury grant To-night," Cafe Colette, "Serap nervous breakdown due to his Government borrowing." The

will be made to the B.B.C. for the books," "Music Halls" and Henry failure to stop the mounting total only reduction in votes is on

furtherance of television. Forestry."

Hall's famout Guest Nights will go of borrowing which he consider-"Agriculture and

We shall then have our feat onjen. Aa, indeed they should ed to be reaching the danger which is of the nature of a re-

A competition was held at a 'sex.the first rung of the television lad-These are accepted hits with, the point. He was of a consumptive productive investment.

side resort to find the person with the

public; some of the very few. tendency; and the loss of vitality The foreign trade of Japan at homellest features, A girl whose Do not, I beg you, run away with!

"Hit" Programmes occasioned by inability to satisfy the end of the year showed an passport photograph dattered her was the notion, which I have seen haz- The B.B.C. does not boast too himself that the national financés "active" or "favourable" balance an easy winner.

arded by people who know as much many "hit programmes up its were sound, turned the scales for the last month for which the

about broadcasting as a Belisha sleave to do away with those it has 7 against him. In view of the figures are published, but on the The Rer. Mose Johnson was hold beacon, that 1985 will see television get. There is a tendency for great. policy announced by the Official whole year there was a consider-lent his hat to member, as was the perfected. But it will witness a er freedom of speech over the air, Spokesman, which was the sub-able "passive" balance," the im-custom, to pass for contributions. sturdy youngster with a television and a happy sign that talent, in ject of diplomatic discussion, and ports having exceeded the exports The brother canvassed the congre look in his eye and many B.B.C. every form, is welcomed and en+ such expressions of opinion as by some sixty yen. The monthlygation thoroughly, but the hat came officials with their heads most un-couraged.

back to him empty. Brother Johnson the ambitious programme put export of cotton yarn was about looked at it, turned it upside down, comfortably out of the clouds, I am always strong on. New Year forward by the Osaka Mainichi, a hundred and thirty pounds. and shook it vigorously. He sighed It will be years yet before tele-resolutions .. for other people, I which amount to a claim to veto When once inflation has begun, Jaudibly

vision becomes general. Long be present-a few to the B.B.C.... any development in China other by the spending of large sums of

"Breddern an' slatern," he said, "Ah fore that era Broadcasting House,Once having resolved to please than what may be done with Jap- borrowed money, particularly if holy glad dat Ah done got mah hat

back!

which is already like an octopus the public do not look backward. anese capital and under Japanese they are spent on unproductive

with tentacles reaching as far apart Realise that the public does not control, one may quite reasonably activities such as the Army and

as Maida Vale and New Bond-consist entirely of idiots and that do a little research into the con- Navy, the figures become decep, Mistress: Shall I send for your strest, will have to reconsider a new their criticisms, If constructive, dition of Japanese finances to tive if stated in terms of cash luggage?”.

housing scheme. A new "Televi- might well repay analysis. form an estimate of how far valuation rather than quantities.ually leave it at the station

Cautious Cook: "No, ma'am; ston House" may be built. Both Realise that fierce is the light that Government can prudently The total value of shares listed the first week.".

the stage and film worlds will have that beats upon 'Broadcasting undertake large fending opera-lon the stock exchange show a re-

|a golden finger in this pie.

House, and that smoked glasses are tions after paying internal ex-leent rise of 422 million yen

Prophets Proved Wrong penditure and the heavy Man-which is at the rate of seven and

of no avail. With each new yeur chukuo, commitments.

When broadcasting first came in the light will grow fiercer and the a half per cent, on the nominal That Japanese trade has been values.

to prominence people lifted up their public more knowledgeable, mora voices and wailed: "Here in the critical, and, I feel sure, more roady - prosperous, and that much very It is ominous, that the recent

death of the gramophone racord, to understand the B.B.C.'s difficul admirable enterprise has been loans have only to a limited ex shown.nobody can deny; but just tent been taken up by the public;

the theatre, and the films." Those ties, as the Army Command tends to the loans are made by the Banks;

foolish propheta have been proved. utterly wrong. go beyond the announced policy and about half the scrip held by of the Foreign Minister, so does the Banks is Government paper the Army in its elaborate organ-of one sort or another. isation and its advance. in. Char-iper cent. of all deposits is Gov- har, and the Navy in destroying ernment liabilities which could A farewell tea-party was given broadcasting; that relays from the the Washington Agreement with only be redeemed by the issue of by the University Medical Union theatres fill the plush seats and do its limitation of cost, disregard more paper if a sudden demand yesterday in honour of Dr. D. K. not empty them. the warnings of the Treasury. should arise. In any case a Bamy, who is leaving, the Hong This year relays from theatres During the years of Great Bri- prudent Banker would not be an- Kong University staff to take up will become an accepted part of tain's greatest prosperity the xious to increase the percentage, private practice, after 20 years' radio entertainment, with the full Chancellor of the Exchequer held and it is difficult to say how the connection with the local institu- co-operation of managers. the casting vote; and every case large loans included in this year's tion, Dr. Samy was presented with More money will be expended on in which a Department has been programme are, going to be supa table clock and other gifts, the Regionals for proper staffs and Mitchell, formerly of the China. given its head has strengthened plied. the argument for unified control.

In making the presentation, Prof. equipment. In 1985 the B.B.C. will Light and Power Company, and The more one ponders these L. J. Davis 1eferred with regret to at long last give its provincial cen- more recently of the Texas Ol It must also be remembered that figures the more urgent it seems the loss the University suffered by tres, which serve so many millions Company, occurred at St. Paul's by casting adrift both from gold that the Heads of the spending Dr. Samy's departure.

of listeners, a place in the sun Hospital yesterday morning. and silver Japan has lost the Departments should consult the The Vice-Chancellor, Sir William When The Daily Mail sent me on benefit of the rise of both metals Minister of Finance with some Hornell, in an amusing speech, said my recent tour of the B.B.C. pro-Hong Kong from Australia about 10 In terms of paper. The yen is no deference; for there is no doubt he preferred, with an old friend's vincial stations to investigate con- years ago and joined the generating longer so effective for the pur at all that they will be carefully privilege to refer to Dr. Samy as ditions it did so in the knowledge station of the China Light and pose of making foreign pay-scrutinised by the people who Uncia Sam, whom he first knew as that such an inquiry would bring Power Company in July, 1925. He

have money to fend.",

ments.

The Estimates for the year beginning on 1st April next anti-

Thirty

FAREWELL PARTY TO DR. SAMY

Leaving University After 20 Years

INTENDING TO TAKE UP PRIVATE PRACTICE

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for

The past year has shown the theatres and the films that they have nothing to loss and everything to gain from co-operation with

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PASSING OF MR. T. M. MITCHELL

Australian Resident

Colony

Of

FUNERAL TO-DAY

The death of Mr. Thomas Mordy

The late Mr. Mitchell came to

A remarkable figure connected with the provinces into much-delayed remained with this Company until' Lugard Hall in that period when It limelight, and rectify not a few December, 1981, when he left to cipate an expenditure of Dr. F. L. H. Fatt, for 45 years turbulent organisation.

acquired a reputation as being a oversights. Join the Texas Oil Company, where This year will also mark the time he was superintendent of the lubri 2,122,826, * million yen a slight President of the St. John's Univer Prof. R. E Tottenham, whose when the word "Region" disappear cating oil department. decrease on the current year prosity, har ghat, where many of the assistant Dr. Samy, has been, praised ad from oficial broadcasting ter Stricken with pneumonia on vided there are no Bupplemen-present day, statesmen, diplomats his work both as an obstetrician/minology: There will, for instance, January 17, deceased became tary votes. But the Fighting and well-known doctors and mer and as a gynaecologist. He pre- be no North Regional; it will be gradually worse, until he passed Services show an increase chants in China have been students, dicted a very successful career for known as the "Northern Program- away yesterday at 11.15 am. at the lover eighty-three million, at a

kund hospital. He was only 85 years of total of 1,021,400 million. These will give an address at the Union As- Dr. Samy in the new field he had me, figures represent 48 per cent ofsembly Hall, Hong Kong University; chosen

Waldo Giant That Weaken

the total. The estimated Revenue next Tuesday at 9 p.m. Dr. Fott Amongst other speakers who, add Something will have to be done

age

He is survived by his wife and

15: 1.402,172 million, an increase met his friends and old students ed their tributes were Professor K. about Droitwich before the year three children. of 954 million Seven million this morning at 10 am at the Hong H. Digby, Professor, W. 1. Gerrard, much older. This much-heralded: The funeral will pass the Monu will be brought in as surplus Kong Hotel.

and Dr. D. J. Valentine.

giant of the ather has not been ment at 3.80 p.m. to-day.