1939-03-07 — Page 14

"Perhaps I'm hard to please

When was younger.

́I didn't much care what I ate or drank or

smoked. But nowadays I take my pleas ures, not sadly but seriously. I suppose you-, would call me faddy. I hate to be put off with second- best, no matter what it is. I won't eat a peach unless it is English. If I order caviare it must be Beluga.

You see what I mean about whisky. While I can obtain a whisky as soft

and smooth as a fine liqueur,

THE CHINA MAI

BRITISH REARMAME

Precision

Instruments And Range-Finders

Is the Government purchasing precision instru- ments for aircraft and rangefinders for guns from Germany? That is as good as admitted in Gov- ernment circles: E

Sir Thomas Inskip has written to a correspon- dent stating that in a vital field of rearmament Bri- tish industry has been unable to rise to the occasion.

ICE GIRL ON $166

why on earth should I be A DAY TRIP

put off with anything less

2

than White Horse? admit that perhaps I am hard to please --büt take

£ 1 Asu

from me, it pays.”

WHITE HORSE

WHISKY

You can tell it blindfold!

Sole Agents for South China: Jardine Matheson & Co. Ltd.

Here's Luck!

EWO

BEER

Bringing Up Father

WELL-WHY DON'T YOU SAY

SOMETHING SHUT UR-

KNOW. YOU'LL ONL

YOU DO TALK-INEVER

WHY SUCH A

BE A G

LE F

SAW:

YOU EMAN ? NO-IT

IN YOU-

REMARKS

The Normandie has left New York on the most luxurious cruise ever planned. There are 743 pas- sengers. All are wealthy, most of them are millionaires. They have paid £200,000 in passage money.

When the ship reaches Nassau in the Bahamas, Sonja He

Henic, the skating ilm star, will come aboard with her party. She has booked - a suite that cost $1,500.

Sonja has six guests, including her mother and brother and two servants. Their fares cost Sonja £1,800 and her £8,300 bill does not include special entertaining.

His letter says: "Undoubtedly the position is that there is a difficulty in obtaining all the instruments we require. due, as you say, to the lack in this country of craf

craftmen- mechanics scientifically trained and skilled in the production and use of instruments of the precision type.”

In Germany, on the other hand, it is claimed that the photographic industry has been systematically fos- tered by the Reich as an essential war industry.

Germany has built up a world export trade in high-precision photographic and optical instru- ments.

The German camera that long ago swamped the markets in England

SAI were. int Artists plete ext study.

precision tried and

manufact were not The comp many, as American

and in America is characterised by its, coupled range-finder, its trigger release, and its high precision. The industry that has grown up round this and similar exports is a shadow done. It industry for war.

WAR FOOTING

The Normandie is bound for South

It is believed that it has now America and the West Indies and

been placed on a war footing, Sup- the £200,000 cruise will last only plies of German optical instrument twenty-four days.

and camera exports are no longer In that time gallons of champagne available in quantity. Their fac- and expensive wines will be contories have been turned over to war sumed: rare food cooked by the production.

most famous chefs afloat will be

served. For the number of million In trade circles they tell of “the aires is the largest that has ever appalling shortage of instruments" filled a passenger list.

in England. It was urged that Gov- Sonja Henie can afford to eat, ernment action is necessary to re- drink and make merry on the mil- store vital industry. lionaire standard. At twenty-pix, she has an income of £1,000 a week. Her recent "personal appearance" tour of U.S.A. brought her in £80, 000

High-precision work of this kind is done in Britain by many firms- Hollywood, for instance, gets some

in Switz

So stro

eco

The Vi

of its best camera lenses here. But 40 m.p.g. the output of these firms is so small trial, ove the 10 h. And. it Hydraulk

During that tour her hosiery bill WAB £500. While she skates she as to be virtually negligible for wears silk tights that cost 47 a pair rearmament purposes., —and she changes five times a day. The cruise will cost Sonja about £160 a day, which is not much more than she earns everyday.

AND WITH THESE FEW

I'M GOING TO WORK-

BY GOLLY- IF THEY TOOK WHAT MAGGIE SAID DOWN

SHORT

PHAND-THERE WOULD

NOT BE ENOUGH PAPER IN THE WORLD TO RECORD IT-

About two years ago & British company set out to put a miniature this market in Britain that manu-

WELL CUEBALI

AM-1 SAID SOMETHING

·TO MY WIFE AND SHET HASN'T SAID A WORD TO ME FOR

YOU LOOK WORRIED

A WEEK-

chromesh

features.

LISTE YOLLA DOLL

LIKE

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