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WINNERS IN CAMERA CONTEST

LOCAL EXHIBITION OPENED

opened

WOMEN ARE BAD DRIVERS OF CARS

Failing To Pass Tests

“DANGER AGE”

Nearly one-fourth of the

total

A very successful exhibition of number of candidates who have un- photography was

last dergone the driving test in England night at the Sailors' and Soldiers' since it became compulsory in 1936 ·

Home Judging was carried failed.

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was

out prior to the opening, by The proportion of failures Dr. F. Bunje, Mr. E. A. Von Kobza higher among women, being 30 per Nagy and Mr. H. Lueer, and the cent. compared with 22 per cent. in

the case of men. A awards were as follows:—

Open Class (Section A) First. Prize-Value $60.00 "Ear ly New York Morning" from "Queen Mary" by G. W. Arnold.

This was disclosed by Sir Cyril Hurcomb, Permanent Secretary to he Ministry of Transport, when told members of the Insurance In- $30.00 stitute of London that of the 553,445 aspiring drivers examined 426,812 passed, and 126,633 failed..

Prize. Value Second "Starboard it is" by Colonel J. F. King.

The the problems still confront- ing the Ministry, he said, were the group vaguely embraced under the expression "Co-ordination of trans- port"; what sort of highway the mo- the dern community needed; and casualty list.

Third Prize.--Value $20.00 “Fish- ing Tackle" by W. J. Iles.

Fourth Prize. Value $15.00 "Stromboli" by W. C. Clark.

Consolation Prizes of Burroughs Wellcome exposure calculators and diaries were awarded as follows:

"Awaiting Master's Return” by│- Miss J. Seath.

Small Man's Survival Co-ordination had not squeezed Mosque, Cairo" the small man out of business, and in seven years goods vehicles had "Eventide, Stonecutters" by Ma-increased by 100,000, and by 42,000

"Mohamed Ali

by G. R. Grant.

rine W. Hall,

"Sunshine in the Alley" by C. S. Kwok.

since 1934.

Dealing with the road-rail fight for freight, Sir Cyril asked: "Will there be greater freedom for rail- Open Class (Section B) First Prize.-One Kodak Six-16 ways or greater obligations upon camera with F 6.8 lens and carry-road carriers? The object of co- ordination must always be sound ing case.

economy and correct adjustment of under which efficient function, transport services are made avail- able for the use of the community at the lowest price and in the best form for the community, when these needs are considered as a whole."

"Arum Lilies" by W. J. Iles. Consolution Prizes of Burroughs Wellcome exposure calculators and diaries were awarded as follows: ""The Welder" by C. S. Kwok. "Roses" by C. S. Kwok.

Members Class

Value

This

They were likely to concentrate upon remodelling and reforming $25.00. existing roads, but upon a new prin- Bciple. Merely to widen and straigh- ten roads would not make for grea-

First Prize. Value $50.00 Freedom" by S. Morgan.

Second Prize. "Dhow-Suez Canel" by A. Brown.

Third Prize. Value $15.00. "Inter safety. The fewer opportuni- land Waterway" by E. W. Fielding. ties which were allowed for ad- Consolution Prizes of Burroughs mixture of traffic and for mistakes Wellcome exposure calculators and in the control of conduct of any : diaries were awarded as follows: particular type of transport,

"Leisure Moments" by C. R. Col-fewer accidents there were likely to

be.

Call For More Care "There is too much junk' on the roads," Sir Cyril said, "but the information available to the Minis- try does not enable us to measure the relative liability to accidents of

vehicles of different ages"

lins.

"Flying Angle" by S. Morgan. "Evening off Macao" by F;" W. Clark.

"Juliet" by A. M. Watts. Prints exhibited number 225 and the high technique and good com position of the work was particu- larly commented on by the Judges as also was the manner in which the prints have been displayed.

The Exhibition is well worth a

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The great bulk of accidents would be avoided only by more careful and considerate behaviour on part of the millions of road users.

LIQUOR

visit by anyone interested in Pho-US. GOVERNMENT tography and is open this evening and to-morrow evening from 5.30 TO SELL to 10.00. p.m. There will also be a demonstration of home portraiture each evening from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Saturday evening at 8.80 p.m. a display of sound and silent cinematography.

There is no charge for admis- sion to the Exhibition or to any of the demonstrations.

on

the

The United States Government will officially entered the liquor business on April 15 by placing on the American market, 50,000 cases of rum distilled in the Virgin Islands.

~This consignment is the first re- sult of an expenditure of £500,000 in the work of a relief project

According to schedule, the R. M. S. started in the spring of 1934 on

her piece of land 5,000 acres in extent, Empress of Britain, round-the world-cruise, arrived at containing two mills and a distil- Kobe yesterday afternoon, and will sail for Yokohama on Monday next] at 7 am

The R.M.S. “Empress of Japan" is due to leave Hong Kong at 8 p.m. to-day, arrives at Manila on April 11, leaves Manila on April 12, is due back in Hong Kong on April 14 and leaves for Vancouver on April 16.

lery.

About 500,000 gallons of rum have been produced already, but some of it is not yet aged sufficient- The liquor, ly for consumption, which experts claim is excellent, has an entirely different taste from It will be. Cuban or Jamaican run. sold in the shops in America at 89.

a bottle.