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HOW

PREPARED HIMSELF FOR KINGSHIP

KING'S SERIOUSNESS OF PURPOSE

PLACES HIS CONFIDENCES IN RANKS OF THE COMING MAN”

(By Cecil Hunt)

THEN the voice of the tional affairs-more--necessary.

W Garter King of Arms had He spoke as the most travelled

readily. He has a "nodding ac- quaintance with over five million from the diaries of a lady of the

Saxon Court people, and he constantly astounds

Nelson came with Lady Hamil his guests as he calls them by name after long periods between ton to Dresden In October 1800 died over the heads of the exalt Prince that this Empire has

atid stayed a week there. He spent ed throng, when the trumpets ever known. meetings. Mr. Horgan is

Good Name ceased their clamorous of the Hotel most of his time at the opera and had

welcome to our new King. one As the Prince of Wales. Ed- lat-concerts. Hong Kong, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1936 managing director

Edison, New York City. -

Eis modesty and his frail figure fact remained in the minds of ward VIII. frequently insisted made a great appeal to the Gerall King Edward's thoughtful that, as in a regiment, so in a

subjects.

nation, the good name was in They knew that no Prince the keeping of all ranks. had ever ascended the Empire with the born speaker's gift throne who had more carefully for the remembered illustration,

Banking's Century Of

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Progress

Archie Campbell of the PC-L EMBARRASSING INTERVIEW Hollywood team. won the ball

NEW GOVERNOR OF FLJI

APPOINTED ...

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“All right,” grumbled the bishop,

go to Algiers."

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necessary.

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Post-War Mentality

great heritage in trust for How true and with how much those that come after. I pin more significance does it come my faith on the younger from the lips of one who has generation."

shown himself ever 20 eager Thus at home; but he was supporter of all scientific and equally emphatic that "never mechanical aids.

(Continued on Page 11) was clear thinking in interna-

BELIEVE IT OR NOT” by Robert L. Ripley

The annual addresses of the ame, bad one assist, and one put The diarist gives full details of prepared himself for kingship he has quoted the Eastern pro- chairmen of the five great Joint out, and only threw one ball San the visit, including a staring match And that assurance was with verb: "If every man in the city anchor in the would sweep his own doorstep, Stock Banks are generally an Francisco and Hollywood were fat the opera between Lady Ham-them, like an indication of how they read the playing at Los Angeles. First ton and the wife of the French storm of bereavement, because the doorsteps of the city would signs of the times. It is not suhalf of the 9th innings for S.F.Ambassador. Lady Hamilton won they had learned these things soon be clean."

But our new King requires long since these speeches were one man out and a runner There is an amusing account of from their beloved Prince of

something more of his subjects eagerly scanned for the first second. Scare 4 to 4. Campbell Nelson's audience with the King Wales's own lips.

The King spoke no Though always he drew a lov-than the obvious, however salu- slight rays of hope in the pre-relieved the pitcher. He threw one of Saxony, vailing gloom. That depres bail batter, hit to first baseman English Nelson, according to the ing popularity from his youth-tary that may be.

He asks the nation to be re- sion, happily has largely pass who threw to Campbell covering diarist, knew not a word of any ful personality and vigorpus

zest for modern life. he was ceptive of new ideas; to adopt, ed away, and the general feel-first, giving Campbell the put out other language.

The article mentions that the lever at pains to reveal his equal-adapt, improve; to realise that ing of strong, confidence in Runner on second tried to score

ties that Great Britain will be reinforced but Campbell threw him out at the Nelson Mass, composed by Hayda, y intense seriousness of pur- while the concrete

pose and his ability not only to once knit our Empire are dis- by a study of the addresses last plate for an assist. Hollywood is.still performed in Dresden.

sympathise but to grasp the appearing, others can be intelli- moath of Mr. Reginald Mc-then came in, scoring one run, for

facts that made such sympathy gently cast. Kenna, o the Midland Bank. a 5-4-victory

The wise father, observing and Mr. Beckett, of the West-

increased independence in his minster. They declared. 201

A farmer was spending a few days

On his O'WI confession he growing and separating family, less confidently than Mr. Tuke.

in Cape Town and one evening went who addressed the shareholders

to an expensive hotel for dinner. found his manhood in the Great does not need to lose touch with When he was seated a tray of olives War, when he fought so hard the members or to be indepen- of Barclay's Bank the week be

· London; To-day. His Majesty was placed on the table. He eyed fore, that for Great Britain

ordinary man's lot.

longer controls them. 1935 had been the most en- the King has approved the ap- them critically for a while and ver and successfully to share the dent of them just because he no

"I would be He found, too, that he could| Looks To “Coming Men” couraging year since the depointment of Sir Arthur Richards, beckoned the waiter. pression.

Our new King looks always Mr. Beckétt said Governor and Commander-in-Chief obliged," he said, "if you could let

modern mentality in the post-to "the coming men," whether there as good ground for an of Gambia, as Governor and Com-me see are of the pods those green- and did ally himself with the

war period.

it be to foster international lieving that "the £51,000,000 mander-in-Chief of Fiji and High Peas grew in"

Western A London bishop who was feeling | For him apathy and indolent brotherhood, to secure the en- debit balance in the nation's Commissioner for the

reaction after stress were never listment of the finest brains and trading accounts for 1982 had Pacific, in succession to Sir A. Gil called on his doctor.

You must spend the winter in theen

justified or likely to be produc-ability for commerce, or for the turned into ' credit M. Fletcher, former Governor of

ap Algiers," said the doctor.

-Haven't the time," said the bis-tive.

nourishing of art. balance cf from £20.000.000 to Hong Kong, who has been

Here are his own words, in hop.

"It is not enough that we £30,000,000 for 1935. after twn pointed Governor and Commander-

"Well," said the doctor, "I'm afraid his appeal to youth in 1932:should be the financial and years in which both sides of the in-Chief of Trinidad and Tobago.

it's a case of either that or -

"Depression and apathy are technical centre of the Empire," Heaven." account had been approximate-British Wireless Service.

the Devil's own,' he said he once told the Design and ly equal.

know's observer

that the

"They are not English, so Industries Association. "We Hopeful signs are many. Un British banks and the British

away with them.

must also be the cultural centre. the other hand, general inter-banking system are part of the

He paused on the doorstep. He "We have got to fight to The Empire at large should be national trade is not improving very foundation of England's

keep England' a bulwark for able to look to us for leader- much, and "the solution of the ustrial and financial stabili had suddenly thought of something.

"By the way," he said to his wife,

the cause of men; to keep our ship." existing exchange difficulties,"ty. Without the development Fm bringing young Barclay home in Mr. Beckett's phrase "eludes of the banks the great indus with me from the office to-night" us still." General stabilisation. tries of the land could not have pied. We haven't a thing to eat in Oh, Fred, whatever for?" she re- therefore, remains still an developed. Without the sound the house, the cock's left, baby bas ideal: others might call it a banking principles which have measles, and mother is coming." will of the wisp. At any rate been evolved by experience the "Yes," he said, "that's just why it is probably removed farther path of development.

would I'm bringing him home. The young from realisation than ever have been far more plentifully ass is thinking of getting married owing to the involved nature of strewn with wreckage. tbe political situation in The present centralisation of Europe. What it all seems to banking represents a hundred come to is that there is every years of steady and natural reason to hope for a continu-growth. The disappearance in ance of the recent improvement turn of the private banker and in England if, in Mr. Tuke's of the private or public limited words, the community, there are company on a more or less local "spared further major develop-scale, and their supersession, ments of a disturbing charac- through analgamations, by five ter abroad or complications, at large banking corporations. home." The strength of the having branches all over the general desire to escape com-country, have proved an almost plications at home was admir-unmitigated gain. There was ably shown by the settlement a time in Britain when the of the threatened deadlock in mortality among banks was the coal industry by close nego something like what has been tiation and the proofs of pras- witnessed much more recently tical good will evinced by all in the United States: No classes of the community. fewer than 2,298 banks Whether there are to be "major closed their doors in the developments abroad" depends United States in 1931, fol- more on others than on the lowing 1,345 in 1930,

and British nation.

their deposits amounted to two It is of special interest to and a half bilion dollars. Eng- observe, that both the Midland land has never rivalled such and the Westminster. Banks figures, but there was a disas this year are celebrating their trous, month in 1825 when no centenaries. Their chairmen, fewer than .82 private British therefore, naturally drew banks, all issuing their - own attention to the striking deve-notes, stopped payment. There lopment, not only of their own are, doubtless, very good", rea- particular institutions, but of sons why the United States banking in general since 1836. have evolved their banking sys- Certain foolish people attack tem on their own particular the great joint stock banks as lines-reasons, closely associat- well as the Bank of England as ed with their constitutional laws being symbols of evil and relating to State rights. But active agents in the production when criticisms are levelled" of industrial distress, by their against the British banks for selfish worship of what their their undue conservatism and detractors are pleased to call their rigid adhesion to the old- "the Golden Cal" It is an fashioned principles of banking, avowed part of the Socialist it is pertinent to recall that it programme, though most was the new era of American Socialist candidates last banking philosophy during November kept it well in the what has been called "the gold- background, to nationalise the spangled decade of the 1920's" Bank of England and put it which helped to produce the under national, ie, strictly subsequent catastrophe.

Cer- political, control. The joint tainly two of the British Big stock banks are reserved for Five would not be celebrating somewhat later attack; when their centenary with a bonus-if the main citadel falls it seems they had not- maintained, the to be hoped that they wil Victorian tradition of the dif- tamely hand over the keys,ference between sound and un-

et every capable foreign sound principles of banking.

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