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Frequent Canadian Pacific Atlantic sailings to European ports.

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PREMIER READS ROMANCES FOR RECREATION: DICTATORS LEAVE LITTLE LEISURE

Mr.

Chamberlain turned aside "While I hope I am not entirely from serious affairs of State re-insensible to the charms of poetry, cently to preside over the anniver- I must admit that I cannot sit down sary dinner of the Royal Literary to read a book of poetry unless it Fund which was held at the Hotel is coupled with drama, as we find Victoria.

in our own immortal Shakespeare.

NO POCKET SHAKESPEARE "It is not true, as I sometimes see it said in the Press, that I go about with a volume of Shakespeare al- ways in my pocket,, but I do occa- sionally indulge in a perusal of some of his works.

It was fortunate for him, he said, that Prime Ministers were not marked off for their contributions to literature, otherwise he would certainly be at the bottom of the list. It was extraordinary how many Prime Ministers had been authors, though he cherished the belief that their writings were not done while they were in office. (Hear, hear.)

As his business was to commend the Fund he would rather speak of his debt to Literature.

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"The great interest and delight that I find in Shakespeare is not so much in the words as in the study of the development of his charac- ters, minor as well as major. They seem to be of another world, yet al- ways they seem to be part of our

"I will admit," said Mr. Cham-modern life. berlain, "that my favourite

"I think it is the same eager de- mances are those of the Elder sire to get away from the real pre- Dumas, and the superb stories left sent that leads people to devote to us by Joseph Conrad, with their themselves to crime stories. I am haunting sense of ever present my-not above swallowing one myself stery.

as a sort of literary cocktail.

"Some people find their relief in poetry. I always think that you must have a poetical ear as you have a musical ear.

LOCAL SHARES

Following is the list of changes and enquiries in local share quotations this morning:-

BANKS

Hong Kong Bank $1415 sa.

INSURANCES H. K. Fire Ins. $180 b.

SHIPPING

Douglases $67 b.

DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, ETC.

H. K. and K. Wharves $108% b.,

$108/9 sa.

H. K. Docks $18 b.

"But it is as easy to become an addict to detective stories as to opium and cross-word puzzles, and I have preferred to treat them as an occasional excess.

"One of the things about which 1 pick a bone with dietators is that they leave so little time for read- ing. For days together they have been making speeches. Often I can- not read for 20 minutes without a visitor coming in and saying, 'He has done it again.” (Laughter).

"So you see how difficult it is for me to get the reading I should like. But in those odd moments that come to me I find relief in those excellent works on fishing that I do not think you would class as litera- ture, but which take me back to the rivers that I cannot visit in person

Providents $4 b., $4.85 s., $4.774/- and recall to my mind many of the

80 ga.

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North Camarines Ps. .35 sa. San Mauricio Ps. 1.06 sa. United Paracales Ps. .51 sa.

LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS. H. K. and S. Hotels $5.65 b. H. K. Lands $35% b., $35% 8. Humphreys $7.90 b.

PÚBLIC UTILITIES H. K. Tramways $16 b., $16.06/65

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Star Ferries $661⁄4 b.

China Lights (Old) $8.55 b. China Lights (New) $5.55 b. H. K. Electrics $55 b. Sandakan Lights $12 b.

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Cements $13.30 b.

H. K. Ropes $3.70 b.

STORES, &C.

Dairy Farms, Ex. Rts. $21.85 b., Dairy Farms, Ex. Rts. (Old) $21.85

b., $22 sa.

b.

thrilling moments that I would like to repeat again..

"Always, however, I cherish at the back of my mind the idea that some day I shall have leisure to take down those serious volumes which remain unread upon my shelves. And so I conclude by saying to you that even a busy man like myself, engrossed in the affairs of public life, does find change and recrea- tion and new strength in reading when he can, and he can eke out those scanty opportunities by re- calling what he has read before and anticipating what he will read again."

It was announced that donations to the fund totalled £1,800, to which the King contributed £25 and the Prime Minister £5.

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IN LENINGRAD

A woman spy, whose name is not disclosed, has been shot in Le- ningrad by order of the Military

FRAUD CASE Collegium. Her soldier lover, whose

HEARING

been

name is also withheld, has sentenced to a "long term of im- prisonment for criminal careless- ness.".

The case in which Edward Davies Sykes, 45, broker, is charged with

According to the verdict, the defrauding Reliance Motors Ltd. woman obtained military secrets of $1,250 and $1,000, was, this morn- from the soldier by chiding him ing fixed for hearing on June 6 for neglecting her. He got into the and 9 by Mr. R. Edwards.

habit of giving her the fullest de- The defendant was allowed the tails of his military duties to jus- same bail, $3,000. He is to be re-tify his frequent absences. presented by Mr. F. H. Loseby, This information was, it is atated, while Mr. O. E. C. Marton will ap-| communicated. › to an pear for complainant firm.

foreign Power.

unnamed