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A CASE OF "TIGER"

FOR A GUESS

As from Wednesday, the 14th September, up to and including Tuesday, 20th September 1938, there will be displayed in the lobby of the King's Theatre an extraordinarily large Tiger Beer Bottle filled with candle sticks of varying sizes.

All you have to do to win a handsome prize is to guess the correct number of candlesticks contained in this bottle.

As many guesses as desired may be submitted but each guess must be accompanied by the counterfoil of a ticket to see Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer's picture entitled

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THE EMPEROR'S

CANDLESTICKS"

a story of Royal intrigue co-starring the ever popular WILLIAM POWELL & LUISE RAINER, twice winner of the Motion Picture Academy award. Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan and the ini-

The picture will. mitable Frank Morgan are in the picture_too! commence at the King's Theatre on Saturday, 17th September, 1938.

All entries must be submitted on a special form provided for the purpose obtainable in the lobby of the King's Theatre and must be addressed to “THE EMPEROR'S CANDLESTICKS GUESSING The contest closes at 3 p.m. COMPETITION", King'a Theatre. WEDNESDAY, 21st September, 1938.

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There will be three main prizes and 12 consolation prizes which have been donated jointly by A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd. the distri butors of TIGER BEER, and the management, of the King's Thea- tre. The first entry received with the correct solution or · nearest.

of thereto will be awarded the FIRST PRIZE, which will consist

One case of 96 bottles of TIGER BEER and a Sincere Co.'s Merchandise Coupon to the value of $15.00.

2nd Prize-48 bottles of TIGER BEER and a Sincere

Co.'s Merchandise Coupon to the value $10.00.

3rd Prize-24 bottles of TIGER BEER.

12 Consolation Prizes each of 2 bottles TIGER BEER.

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THE VOICE OF EMPIRE

sponsibility for initiative in Veffective contribution" towards a wise foreign policy. The mach- inery and the spirit for produc......... ing that result are as much their own concern as Britain's; the I difficulties towards the objective are common difficulties, just as the objective itself is for the com- mon benefit. The past two de- cades have established beyond all need for further argument the “equal status" of the Dominions within the Empire their inde- pendence, if they prefer a term which may not be so liberally in- terpreted in foreign. Chanceller- ies. Their constitutional freedom from Downing Street control we may take as completely acknow- ledged. The question now is how to give this freedom force and weight for the whole Em- pire's stronger authority and confidence in times of crisis. There is still need to exhort the Empire communities to appre ciate that if collective security, and the spirit which makes for fit, are not attainable within the British realm, then it must be an idle dream for world peoples as a whole.

Herein Governments must give the lead. The machinery for consultation to-day is plainly in- adequate; but it is not solely in One of the happiest features of such deficiency that the trouble the strains and tension of the lies. With a picturesqueness past week, one which cannot feel characteristic of him, Mr. Hughes to impress itself as a powerful recently 'assailed the Dominions influence on the side of peace, Office as the retarding influence has been the unanmity of the in despatch of information. Mr. Dominions behind the British Hughes's impetuosity outruns his Government's policy, together discretion, for he admitted that, with complete assurances of even though "Government infor- active as well as moral support. mation lags behind Press mes- Even Mr. de Valera, in Geneva, sages,” the news received is final felt constrained to be severe rely "the same as the Press pub- Transmission `of'in- garding the stand adopted by the lishes." Nazis, though in view of the formation is of primary import- of special. position of Eire it was ance, but promptitude în use. not surprising that he also show-that information to the desired ed understanding of the cause end is no less essential, and in of the Sudeten Germans.

that respect there is a lack, or a This voice of Empire in har-laxity, of Government organisa- mony makes more important the tion which no newspaper would recent speech in London of the tolerate. The existence of such Australian Attorney General, Mr. defects in Government machin- Menzies, in which he drew atten-ery is, in fact, symptomatic of a tion to the need for "a frank and lethargy which is the main sub- full exchange of ideas" for the ject of complaint. forma a united Imperial

foreign

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As Mr. Menzies

said, "having now established the substantial independence of the

constituent members of the Em- Excuses Not Upheld pire, we should concentrate more

and more on devising not only Bow Street, possibly the most the machinery, but also view-famous police court in the world, point, which will preserve the has a new distinction-one aris- essential unity of the Imperial ing out of the congestion of crime. structure as a whole." At the For the first time lay justices dinner given by the Royal Insti- have been permitted to sit on tute of International Affairs, Mr. the bench hitherto the preserve Menzies declared that if Britain of lawyer justices in one of its vure to speak with one voice in courts to expedite the hearing of foreign affairs on behalf of the cases. It was a visitor from Empire we must devote ourselves Nigeria who had the distinction to accelerating and completing of being the first offender to the process of consolidating Em-appear before the three lay jus- pire opinion. The sentiment and tices who sat in No. 3 Court. His the sense of its importance were offence was leaving a car unst- refreshing after the exhibition tended in other than an author- during the previous three months ised parking place. The lay of comparative silence, in the justices were not moved to mercy Dominions concerning momentous by his rather unusual defence- developments in Britain and on a reasonable defence for a visitor the Continent, particularly the unfamiliar with the maze of Lon- resignation of Mr. Eden on the don streets. He explamed that question of negotiation with Italy he had left his car in a street and Germany, the German sel- and then could not find the street zure of Austria, and the German again. It cost him £. Another threat against Czechoslovakia, unusual defence was heard " Mr. Menzies & remarks raised the where from a lor driver. qum- more commot because White moned for exceeding the speed hall had apparently been left to limit. He explained that he had believe

Australian Gov-a load of six live lions and want-

to com-led to get rid of them after be to make ing on the road all night. That, the task too, sounded reasonable, but the ECAUSE: Hons driver had to pay the same Dominion nount as the car-loar from