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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY OCTOBER 15, 1931.

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A DUTCHMAN LOOKS AT HOW OLD LEGENDS GREW.

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THEATRE STARS” AND EMPLOYEES ATRAS

STEEL DIRECTORS' FEES HALVED

BRITAIN ALMOST MONO- POLISES SPEED RECORDS.

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Snakes at the Zoo for the Bret fow days of their captivity cover. the glass panes of their snclosure with youum in their abortive at tempts to spit at the visitors, and when the door of their cage has to be opanou for the parpose of introduring food motor goggles ar worn by the keepers for the pro- tection of their eyes, writes E. Ch Boulenger in the London Morning Such reptiles may well have

Actors, actresson, all theatre

ard to

The G.W.R "Cheltenham Flyer' has regained for England the word'a record for the fastest start- to stop passenger train,

starting from Swindon, it cover-

Paris. A country in which intel A quarrel between two Kowloon lectual work is rated below manual swoinen on September 20, End its labour, where engineers and tea Coquel at Kowloon Magistracy yes

terday when Madara Katie Akor- chers are worse off than stokers, mann of 13, Wing Lok Buildings, and the educated aro ayatematically Katie's Beauty Parlour), summen penalised that is Russia as seen Mrs. Maric Beton (Beton Beauty by a Dutch economist, Dr. Otto Balon, Peninsula Hotel) for assault Ronart, who has just returned after and causing her bodily harm. A making a study of the Five Your

for assault. was Plan uross-sunimons:

Intelligence," says Dr. Ranart, taken out against Madame Aker- main who was represented by Mr.is considered by the Soviets nea Gao, K. Hall Bratton, while Mr. luxury only permitted to countries F. O. E. Rendalt was Ihr Mrs. Ewhere the oonditions of production given rise to the early legends of have taken affect on the following when the figure was raised to 08.9..

Beton.

Outlining his ensu; Mr, Brutton told the Court that on the day in question, Below bout Madame Akormann's shop

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and consumption are already detor- mined. That is why intelicetuals belong to the category which is placed as a disadvantage

Discussing the Soviet system tea time where she created a dia salaries, Dr. Ronart shows that turbance. The latter asked her to highly qualified engineer, though ro leave the shop but Mrs. Baten receiving a higher wage, may actually fused to go and took up a manicure be at a disadvantage compared with finger bowl and threw it at Mde.the men he supervises, Akermann, cutting her on the head. This was followed by a table lamp (electric) being thrown by Mrs. Boten, which struck the former on the head near the word.caused by Men Boten thon the finger bawi. left the shop and got into a rick shaw bat Mde. Akermann refused to. let hor go away and the two Indica walked along the road for

while, after winch Mes, Boton Again tried to get into a rickshaw. She was again stopped by Mde. Akormann who called an Indian policeman who took Mrs. Beten to the police station,

A Direct Hit.

The engineer may earn 500 roubles a month, but more than half of this goes in providing food, clothes, and lodging. He may also enjoy certain privileges in the matter of victualling, housing, ete

Manual Labour.

But the position of the worker in this respect is so much more favoured that even though he is earning less than half as much in wnges, the latter is actually the better cared for of the two.

Other kinds of intellectuals whoar work is esteemed to be unproduc tive, suelr: as. doctors, lawyers, journalists, etc., are treated still more badly. Worst off of all are the teachers and members of pro fessions who are regarded as pro- ductive in the next generation.

ployees throughout England are auffor substantial salary roductions. The outs in theatro salarius, upon which agrooments was reached be tween the Bociety of West-End Managers and the National Associn- tion of Theatrical Employees,

the fiery breath of dragons and scale stories of toads and newts capable Stage and goneral hands-3d- of sitting venom

spits in

Hourly workers 1dn hour Departmental heads (including master carpenters, chief electric ans, and property mastors per cont. (with a guaranteed mini- mum of £5 10s a week),

ed the 773 miles to Paddington in an hour and at times reached a speed of 83 miles an hour,

Its previous rooord of 6 miles an hour was borten by a Canulian in in April, Pacific Railway

This record set the seal op a sories of achievements which with- in the last few years have placed Great Britain supreme in speed on

load son, and river and is pre 10air with one exception, the "Blue

Riband of the Atlantic,

These reduction affect 1,300 cm- ployees in the West-end of London, 1,000 in the London suburbs, and 3,000 in the provinces.E

COME Onesies (performance Several species of poisonous snala can spit with serious effect. The commpur cobra of India. frequently, but the ringhals of South Africa habitually employ this method of attack, showing deadly proficiency in aiming at the exes. It spits by elesing the jaw. in such a manner that the fang are left uncovered. Then the head is thrown back, so as to bring the hollow teata into a horizontal post tion. The muscles controlling the poison glands aro suddenly com tracted, and from each fang is jocted suddenly and with grea: fores a thin stream of venom.

The horned lizards" of the United States of America and Mex co are unique in discouraging their enemies by squirting at the time iets of blood from the corner of their eyes, to a distance of several feet. The fluid is ejerted with surprising force.

In the witness-box, Mdo. Aker- ann said she was the proprietress of Katie's Beauty Parlour At about 4.30 p.m. on the day in ques tion she was in her shop when Mrs.

Placed below the industrial Beten came in and started to make workers in the economic scale," "a noise. Witness said she asked anys Dr, Ronart, "the corporations Privileged visitors being shown Ars. Beten not to make a noise and to which they belong and the shops the service galleries of the Zo to leave the shop but the latter re- where they are obliged to supply Aquarium are often natonished by fuser. She (witness) then sent one themselves are much proper, and a phenomenon that can never or if the members of her staff out for cannot even supply necessities, such witnessed fren, the public corridor.

policeman and it was then thatns clothes and shoes, except at Mrs. Beten seized the finger-bowl and threw it at her, hitting her prics, and of an inferior quality Small and quite inoffensive fish hit

the head and causing it to be cut open. This was followed by the table lamp being thrown at her, and, incidentally, it hit her on the same spot, as the finger-bowl Mra. Beten tried to take up a flower pot but she was prevented from doing soby" one of the girls." The rest of witness evidence bore out Mr. Brutton's opening remarka

Cross-examined by Mr. Randall, Mde. Akermann said she was for merly in the employ of Mrs. Betan. You left about two years ago Maybe, or a little more.

And since then what have been doing-Working,

Did you work in Hong Kong Yea.

The impoverishment and material hardship imposed on the liboral pro festions, which are largely recruited from the former middle class, Dr. Ronart emphasises, is part of the Soviet's plan to stamp out the main support of the old régime.

Banishment,

thoir mouths with water, five or the surface, and deliberately spat. at the passing guest. The writer's observations have convinced hir. that this demonstration is merely a subconscious effort to attract as tention. ma

The bish associate the passing or a human being with food, and their expectorations are analuguns to the monkey's outstretched paw The destruction of the bourgeois for the elephant's supplicating different is enrried out by other menus astrunk. Many widely well: excessive taxation, restrictive kinds of fish thus express them regulations which forend the intel-selves. The coinuron gurnard wil lcctual classes out of work, and crawl up the rockery by means of banishment to inolated regions. its pectoral fins and advertise its" youFinnily, at the bottom of the desire for attention by a spit that

senle," writes Dr. Ronart, are a can be both seen and heard. large number of older people who cannot or will not adapt themselves to the new conditions which the young people accept as n fait në compli There are the most un- fortunate. of all and they can count on no amelioration of their lot."

Did you leave your employment in Hong Kong because you had a quarrel with your employer 1-No. Did you threaten to bring an ac tion against your employer, Miss Tester 1 made a demand for money on account of a machine.

And for the past two years you have had a grudge against Mrs

Betón.-No.

Spitting is often quite involun tary when the fighriser nt acine desired object, and with this i mind it is not difficult to concervi how the water-gua of the famous archer fish was gradually evolved. The urcher fish is common through out the fresh waters of Burma and the Malay Archipelago, where shop on the day in question because it deliberately ejects a jut of wate

at some insect that has alighted on she wanted to ask Mrs. Bogdasky the overhanging waterside veget». if the latter knew whers Goldman zion. Unless the coveted mors 1 It was Madame Bogdusky shows grent determination, it is who introduced Goldman to hor, knocked off its peren and engulfen, and it was also Madaine Bogdasky

Many generations of persisten who perenaded her to lend Gold-spitting have trained the archer. man 82,000 for business purposejaws into a spout-shaped forms: Mrs. Beten said that when she got tion. So infallible is its method to Katie's Beauty Parlour, Mdo

of attack, that it is a popular per Akermana asked her to get out and of the Far East, shooting its tiny followed this order by pushing her. "Naturally I pushed her back," prey with astonishing accuracy.

even in confinement she said. Witness continued that

Why did Mrs. Beten come to your shop that afternoon?-Bécause she was was jealous of somebody working

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rus,

The Bout Described.

Mrs. Beten. is jealous because Madamo Bogdasky is working in your shop?-Certainly

I put it to you that Mrs. Beten came into your shop on that day to talk to Madame Bogdasky.-I

Spitting is, with few exceptions,

de not know. Witness added that when Mde. Akermann threatened essentially an act of aggression

wanted in the shup but the latter did not reply.

was talking to Madame Bogdasky I put it to you that Mrs. Beton when you pushed her away. No.

You told her in a very threaten- ing manner to go out and then you tried to push her out. No.

Then you seized her hair. No. Was there a jug on the table- Yes.

I put it to you that you picked

to throw the water in the finger ate epitter, shooting its acidulated

with the jug, all she did bowl at her (Mde. Akermann's) suliva tot considerable distance face, but when the latter, actually: hand which she used to ward off when it will twist its head round, threw the jug at hor, cutting her and with horrible precision. A rid ing lama ay suddenly turn nasty. the article, she (witness) took up fix the person on its back with a the lamp and threw it at Katie's stony glare, and shoot out a mozi- face."

ous fluid, delivered with the fores Cross-examined by Mr. Brutton, of a garden syringe. One Zoo. Mrs. Beton denied that she was ex specimen had an extraordinary. cited because she could not find antipathy for top hats, whilst tolerating any other form of hend gear, and it never lost a chanc of spoiling the silky sheen of the

Goldman.

You said that Mde: Akermann pushed you out of the shop 1-Yes, but I would not go. I wanted to talic to Ziba.

up the jug and threatened to throw it at Mrs. Beton-I swear not. In reply to further questions, Mde. Akermann said that Mrs.

Couldn't you have asked Ziba to go Beten first threw the finger bowl outside I wanted to ask her if at her and then the electric light she know that Goldman had just Witness added that the reason why arrived from Shanghai.

because she chose to go home.

abe did not stay in hospital, was Pretty story, isn't it? I'm not

Re-examined by Mr. Bruttona liar

Then if you are not a liar, per. Mde. Akermann, said when Mrs. Beten came to her shop, she (withaps you can tell us why, if you only throw the lamp at Mdo. Aker

news) did not know what she want mann, she was cut in two places od and added that she did not try (the cuts were parallel) on the to push her out, inthend-It is possible that the glass

Madame Bogdasky then went shade on the lamp caused the cute. into the witness-box where she gave put it to you that you first corroborative evidenco. Under cross-examination she said that she throw the finger bowl and then the

lamp-NoRNAL know a man named Goldman but did not know that his business in Kowloon Tong was financed by

Parties Bound Over

Bra Beten. Witness also mention. Thus the case came to an end ed that she was formerly employed The Magistrate remarked that it by Mrs. Beten. She had been work- ing for her. (Mr. Beten) for about was obvious there had been an ns sault and it was also obvions that

once popular "topper,"**"

Bombardier Beetles, common in many English chalk districts, ox Pela volatile fluid which explodre with "pop," followed by a diminutive cloud of smoke.

NO GRANT FOR LIGHT

́HORSE BREEDING.

WAR OFFICE DECISION,

of the Council of the Hunters Improvement Society in London that no further grant would be available for the subsidising of thoroughbred premium stallions. As a result the War Office would be unable to hold a show of thoroughbred stallions next March

It was announced at a meeting

two years and was disdiarged bothere were two parties to the as in conjunction with the society cause she failed to turn up to work aule. There was no evidence of One day owing to illness.

At Kalle's Yace

In view of the serious effect of pormanent injury so the summons this decision both on owners against Mra Beten for causing premium stallions and on

turime it was unanimo bodily harm would be dismissed.

the witness-box, Mrs. Beten He bound both parties over in the she went to Madams Katie's sum of 8200 to keep the pause for (Voniksuod--on west Column. Jauntwelve months

to ask the Treasury.

deputation with a view,

possible,

to obtaining a modified

finally accepted the cuts by a ma- After some protest the employees jority on the understanding that the high salaries of "stars" and the huge theatre rents would also be reduced, Mr. Thomas O'Brien," the employees' pational organiser, said.

All wages connected with the theatre are being reviewed" sald Mr. Horace Collins, "scoretary of the Society of West-end Theatre

Overbend Managers.

chargea have had to come down, and the star performers, like everyone else, are falling into line. There is a very good spirit about the whole busincas and we have had little ren opposition. I think everyone rea faca that it is a pass of urgent necessity."?

Steal Corporation Cuts. The fees of the directors of the. English Steel Corporation are to be reduced by 50 per cent, on and from Nov. 1, and the saini

officials are to be reduced from 5 to 10 per cent, it was stated by Vickers Ltd., Sheffield.

Salaries up to and including £200 a year will be unaffected, but high- er salaries will be reduced on the following scale:

£200. to £300.-5 por cent £500 to £1,000,5 per cent. on firat £300," plus 74 per cent. on £500.

Over £1,000-5 per cent..

£300, 73 Tier cent. "om £500, and 10 per cent, on excess of £1,000.

It may not be long before this returns to England,

"The principal records held by Great Britain are as follows:

Land (Track},"

Highest speed-Si Maloom Campbell, 240 miles an hour at Daytona, Florida in February, 1931, in a Napier-Carapbell car,

CAT.

One kilometre standing start, world's record-The late Parry Thomae.COM

One mile standing start-Mr. in a Sunbeam motor- Kaye Don

The five miles' flying start, the 200 kilometres standing start, and practically every other motoring y record is held by a British motor- car driven by an Englishman,

· Land (Rail),

Highest speed-Over 100 miles an hour in 1904 by a Great West- ern engine.

World's fastest Brain-77.25 miles an hour by the Chelten ham Flyer

Water,

Highest speed-103.40 miles an hour by Mr Kaye Don; in "Miss. England Ion" Parana River, Buenos Aires, April, 1931);

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Highest speed-415 miles an hour by Flight Lieut. Stainforth, on September 29, 1931.

100 kilometres, world's record- 300.1 kilometres an hour, by Cap- tain Broad, 1027,

The value to industry of these socesses is incalculable,

The United States once held as many records as Britain does to day?

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