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ject of Ginek.. nationality Light is shed on the cost of

the Editor, and be accompanied by born in Turkey, who resides in high preferment in the Church by the- Writer's Name and Address Pienisin, Ching, brought action the Bishop of Chichester's "Life"

FORMER FOREIGN

SECRETARY

AN APPRECIATION OF SIR SAMUEL HOARE

not necessarily for insertion, but before a British Court against the of Archbishop Davidson, which EARLY DAYS OF HIS POLITICAL

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Writing to a friend who, on his.

British Municipal Comel in was published recently. Tentsin, China, for revoking his license for a "rodia and wine] viously granted him. dishilery", which had been pre-appointment to the Primacy, had advanced him a large susz of The plain- tiff appeared in Court represented money, Dr. Davidson szid:- by an America lawyer and s Russian transl diver The revoca- tion of his Ecense was the result of a police raid which was said to

Hong Kong, Monday, Jan. 27, 1936 have uncovered evidence that the

A Striking Vindication Of Tarifis

plaintiff had illegally manufac- tared Scotch whisky out of Japan- ese alcohol under the name of a

French distillery.

Order LOCAL MEMORIAL

& consohdating issued on December 28 the 20 per cent ad valorem duty, on imports of iron and steel, te- porarily imposed last Angust in consequence of the agreement reached between the British Iron and Steel Federation and the Continental Cartel, was ex- tended indefinitely. The agrée- ment between the Federation

SERVICE

St. John's Cathedral Ceremony

We shall have to pay just £7,-| 000 to Mrs. Temple for furniture and plenishings at Lambeth, and

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DOCUMENTARY DELUGE

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CAREER RECALLED

(By R. H. Bruce Lockhart)

Y- Sir: Samrel Hoare's about his task in his quiet, `ef-

Bigation the Government Scient manner. He had to the

Canterbury. I shall have to pay loses the man who has been trouble to learn Russian before he nearly $1,000 in fees, and about Britain's most knowledgeable and arrived. He worked at it every £700 to QAB. for poor benefices, most decisive""Foreign, Secretary day." He made it his business to and perhaps $400 or £500 for since the War ham Park dilapidations.

get to know Russians whom the In addition there were the fees

To the general public Sir Samuel diplomatists ignored for-had to to various civil authorities. These Hoare is known from the news guore. included a due of £62 to the Homes and photographs in the In those days he looked extra- Office, £67 to the Crown Office, daily Press. He is visualised as ordinarily fit and youthful, with £31 to the Board of Green Cloth, a little man who plays tennis and his rosy, shiring cheeks and his and £27 - on introduction ~ to the who-skates. It is an external view.immaculate, well-cut uniform.

and the exterior seems a little cold! He amassed an amazing amount. land negative. With the public of valuable information. Very Sir Samuel has no nickname, soon, too, one came to realise that and nicknames are the hallmark he had a mind of his own and of affection or contempt.

that his quiet, rather jefky dis- But those who know him have syllables of "Yes, yes" or "Quite, long recognised his outstanding quite no means signified qualities. On the intellectual agreement, but merely indicated side they comprise a first-rate that the speaker was weighing In connection with the Memorial and the Cartel is being satis-Service on the day of the funeral the finest paper in a mood of con- the fruits of studious reading,

It is printed in good type of brain, a mind well stared with the information imparted to him. factorily observed, and the of His Majesty King George Vnoisseur-like approval

Once his mind was made up, he licensed import tommage of the to-morrow, January 28, at 11.30 however, detect one note of sorting, to the root of a problem and There is no Minister in this coun One can and an infinite capacity for get-could be as tenacious as a lmpet- various classes of iron and steel the following announcement row. m the paragraph dealing of mastering it for himself. products is not being exceeded. is issued from St. John's Cathe-with

(try who is mone zigid in his at- This is a satisfactory outcome dra:

titude towards right and wrong.- to the long fight which British

opens as follows: At the official and public iron

stoel have made Memorial Service places will and

The main functions of the Public

Steady Chub To these gifts may be added against the huge flow of foreign reserved for those who have re-

ber. Record Office are to provide, ac qualities of character: a rigid ka After he came back to England

the National ceticism in his private life, a de Sir Samuel Hoare climbed steadi products dumped in

Britain ceived invitations from

Archives which have accumulated į below production costs before Colonial Secretary's Office.

since the Norman Conquest, and Potion to public duty which is al-jly up the ladder of political suc the Cartel came to terms.

continue to do so, ..

Imost a religion; a7 application (cess anal he had almost reached This book is one of the latest which defes a not too robust the-Prime „Mïmistership of „Bri-

PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND

the

AB other places in the Cathedral

REQUIEM AT CATHEDRAL

A particularly elegant publica tion has lately been produced by the Stationery Office in a "Brief Guide to the National Museums and Galleries of London”

the Record Office which Qualities Of Character

commodation for

The small soa school

"Father," he said, “you remember you promised me ten dollars if I came out top of the class? Well, I am top.

During the four years that will be unreserved and open to methods employed by the Govern bealth, and a personal ambition tain. He had taken the Air the British iron and steel indus any member of the public. dustry has enjoyed protection it

ment to encourage sightseers and which throughout his political Ministry and a formidable job at Ministers of religion are asked tourist trafic. has undergone thorough moto regard this notice as sufficient

care has been tempered by at the India Office (in his stride. dernisation. The Iron and Steel invitation, and to be at the Cathe

unswerving loyalty to his party Even those who disagreed with Federation formed in April, dral Hall, robed, by 1115 am;

Your Daily Smile! and, above all, to his leader. respected his industry and 1934. under the chairmanship they are asked to inform the Chap-

With these assets of character his ability. of Sir Andrew Duncan, has am of their intention to attend

zeturned from jand intellect it was natural that With success came no frills, no [brought under a central direc-

Sir Sammel should succeed in pomposity, above all no relaxa- tion every department of the

polities.

tion of the application which had industry and linked the 14 or:

Nearly 20 years ago I saw much carried him to the top. He still 15 associations into which it

of him when he came to Russia? studies languages, with patient was divided. Not only has

The parent reluctantly took the early in 1916, as head of a British fassiduity. He still succeeds in there been a new cohesion and

DECESSSTY note from his wallet, intelligence Mission. He was keeping abreast with what is best collaboration between compet-

grumbling.

"Well, here you are, but don't study then a temporary colonel. His in modern literature

After Enssia inevitably, I saw so hard next term. I don't want you mission was one of those - war- to have a nervous breakdown o

time circases on which the pro-much less, of him. But when our fessional diplomatiet, and, above paths crossed, his manner was “Dancing is in my blood, y'know." all, the professional soldier look just the same as it had been 19 tariffs has allowed £20.000.000 It has been suggested that, as Then, you must have a poor eir- of new capital expenditure to tribute of respect to His late culation. It hasn't reached your down with contempt.

years before. Behind that onla

feet yet."

"Difficult › Task

and very English, exterior there' take place; the $3,000,000 Corby Majesty King George, the Hong

Ja the cirenimstances" Sirjin a warmi, generoas, and very plant and the £2,500,000 Cardiff Kong singers should give a ren A. Bulgarian officer got six months Samuel's task was far from easy.loyal : heart. Loyalty, personal. Dowlais works are only the dering of Brahms Requiem in in prison for killing newspaper Outwardly, at all events, he was loyalty to Mr. Baldwin, even more biggest of some hundreds of the Cathedral at 6 pm on Wed- in Spain Spain regards its news schemes of large-scale building nesday next.

reporters quite, highly.

ing or complementary firms Hong Kong Singers Pay but an immense reorganisation Tribute To Late King of works. Confidence in the progress of iron and steel under

or reconstruction. As a result H E-the Governor has given of the new Impetus, although his approval and has expressed the final figures are not yet his intention of being present. He available, Britain ended last also feels that a collection should year with a record peace-time be taken and the whole proceeds output of steel little short of given to St. Dunstan's, in whose 10,000,000 tons. The Shefeld wonderful work it is known that area alone produced in 1935 our late King took the greatest Inearly double the pre-war an interest

nual output. The effect of this There will of course, be no progress upon other industries, charge for admission and no re and particularly upon coal, can servation of seats.

be calculated in terms of em Those members of the Singers {ployment It is particularly who took part in the Armistice welcome that those heavy in- Service and others who know the dustries in which Britain led the Requiem, are notified that special industrial revolution of the 18th rehearsals will be held in the and 19th centuries should be Cathedral to-day and to-morrow revived by tarišis in our OWB time from the plight of four.

at 8.45 pm

years ago.

Humanising The Prisons

have

Two main problems occupied all prison reformers

It is repeated that the Service itself will be at 6 pm, m Wed- nesday next

YOUNG WOMAN DEAD ON BEACH

Wearing only a raincoat over from the days of John Howard underclothing, Miss Vera Winifred onward: how to occupy prison- Hanley, aged 26, of Offington-lane. ers while they are still under- Worthing, was found dead on the going their penalty, and how to beach at West Working. provide means by which they!

can enter into normal life when

they are released. To find em- prison walls But apart from ployment for a discharged pri- turning men into economic far- soner is never likely to be easy, tors there are other qualities despite the devoted work of the which they must need when prisoners aid societies, and they reach the wider social life there is a clear gain it the time outside. Solitary confi Ispent in gaol has been used to may pizodnes as

omer exfent

how more likely to pro ship" in a useful trade. Since thrope, and eyen 12 hours, 1929 experiments have been in the cell day after successfully conducted at Wake to warp the spirit. field and Nottingham in paying the hours men spe teams of prisoners for work together implies

lot warders;

done over a certain quo

it is interesting to

the system has been

Maidstone convirt

to the Borstal institu The system has been

accessful in

es of those

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