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FORWARD STRIDE IN TELEVISION

BIGGER SCREEN: BETTER PRODUCTION

In a basement studio at Broad- casting House artists caper and posture before a white screen in the rays of a flickering shaft that stabs through the darkness from a wall aperture.

They are bizarre, nightmar figures blac-lipped, complexions black or clownish white. A tele- visien broadenst is in progress.

Four times a week, mince August, when the B.B.C. began to transmit television, this scene weird, ar an African witch dance, has been or acted And the new-born form of entertainment has so developed, as quired such dorite character, that Iwas astonished by a demonstra- tion of reception given to me at Broadcasting House.

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DEATH OF ANNY

AHLERS

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1933.

CONTINENTAL LETTER

TALENTED AND CHARMING Work on German Railways: Holland to Batavia by Airship ?-

ACTRESS

Finances of French Railways: Moscow and the Far East Oilfields in Albania.

Mise Auty Ahlers, the talented young German actress, eroated the part of Madame Dubarry, in the English version of Paul Kueplet | BERLIN and J. M. Wolleminski's Operette,

wise. intermediary landings might become difficult. The final decision regarding the institution of the

Reprisal.

The Dabarry," written to the

Work on Railways.

service and the details connected masic of Cari Millocker, at lis

Berlin, March 14-An auspicious with it would depend on the out- Majesty's Theatre, London, on April 14. The part was recognised beginning was made to-day for putcome of his negotiations with the at once to impose a very heavy ting into effect the Government's Dutch Government. strain. It was brilliantly played extensive scheme for the creation of by Miss Ahlers and she had the work by the decision of the German support of a fine cast which in State Railway Company to enguga cluded Miss Clarice Harwickë, Mr. 73,000 new hands for outside repair Charles Healop and Miss Margaret work on road-beds to be started im- Yarde. Through the summer co-mediately The work will involve the placing of large orders for materials with private undertakings, thus providing employment for up wards of 20,000 more, so that nearly 100,000 men will be taken out of the ranks of the idle by the State Rail- way's decision,

Bon it remained one of the big sue

cesses Int in September Miss Ablera was attacked by laryngitis, The manngement had three medic al men in the wings to help her to pull through but on September

1. when she had to appear in a matinee as well as in the evening, she broke down on the stage in the latter performance. Her un derstudy carried on for two scenes and then she gallantly returned for the rest of the play.

A New Televisor. Ipa room, remote from the trans- mitring studio we received the tele- vision, by wire, on a new Baird televisor which has a frosted screen of oblong shape 16ia. high by din wide. This screen was a great deal Jarger than that of an older model standing alongside. Spectators_can alt at a comfortable distance from

Now a tragic end has it and enjoy a programme that now Miss Ahlers, perhaps, had overtax- has definite entertainment value, thaigh the remains the drawbacked her strength once again with the result that her sleep-walking propensities. brought disaster

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For Hindenburg and Hitler, Presidens von Hindenburg and Chancellor Hitler will, by an unani- mous vote of the city council of Chemnitz, receive the freedom of the city.

Berlin's Local Government.

A thorough reorganization of the administration of the city of Berlin, which has been necessitated by the result of the municipal plectious on Sunday last, is taking place,

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Berlin, March 14.-In connection with the fact that the Czechoslovak Crown is at present not quoted at the Berlin Exchange, it is autho- ritatively stated that this stitutes one of Germany's measures of reprisal for Prague's attitude to wards the German export trade. PARIS

Railways Feel the Pinch! Paris, March 14,-The précarious financial situation of the French railways which for some years have been piling up deficits and this year are confronted with a deficit of 2,000,000,000 Francs, formed the subject of a lively discussion in the are sorely handicapped by the heavy Senate to-day. The railways which taxation, demand a considerable abatement of their taxes but in view of the state's own financial embar rassment it appears unlikely that Parliament will see its way of alleviating the distress of the rail-

MOSCOW

Russo-Chinese trade should be nade a national undertaking, and that, with investinents by the public, a trading company should bo established.

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ADVERTISEMENTS.

"ADVERTISEMENTS.

THE HONG KONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

HUNDRED AND

THE UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY, LTD. (I VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that has Extraordinary General THE ONTENTH ORDINARY Meeting of the United Asbestos MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS Oriental Agency, Limited (in voluntary saine

Office of the Company, 1, Queen's liquidation) will be held at the Offices in the Company will be held at the Limited, at Queen's Building Victoria, Tuesday, the 4th April, 1833, at 11.30 of Messrs. Dodwell and Company Building, Victoria, Hong Kong, on in the Colony of Hong Kong, on'

Report of the Directors, together, with a.m. for the purpose of receiving a

The National Government is favourably disposed towards the scheme. The Board of Trade is now studying the actual conditions of the export and import trade botween the two countries. In the hope of establishing the system as that in practice in Russia, the Government is now in clined to send an inspection com- mission to Russia. The matter has already been Moscow. The Asali correspondent ARCH, 1933, at 3 o'clock in the learns also that the main object afternoon at which Meating the of the mission is to obtain the Liquidators will lay before the Meeting an account of their acts and dealings Soviet consent for a restriction of and of the conduct of the winding up Russian goods shipped to China, during the third year of Liquidation.

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(In Voluntary Liquidation). per pro. DODWELL & CO., LTD., 3. P. WARREN,

Director. Liquidators.

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HONG KONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.

HE Annual General Meeting will THE

be held in the Board, Room of Metera. Jardine, Matheson & Co, Ltd., on THURSDAY, the 23rd of March, at 5.30 p.m.

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By Order,

B. D. EVANS,

Hon. Secretary.

HỒNG KONG. LU.

THERE will be a vacancy for the post of Secretary in the late Antumn.

Application in writing should be made as soon as possible.

It will be essential that the Secretary reside in the Club where he will be provided with free board and Applications should be

that only one artist veniently, appear at a time.

"A greenish light, traversed by

Corporal Punishment. faint, dark vertical lines, shim-. nered on the screen. There follow dancer, and when, by a reversal of Corporal punishment in schools, d the preliminary announcement the process, the three artists came which had been banned by law for though the loudspeaker of on one after the other at the finale several years, is now being reintro-ways, ordinary wireless receiver along and ran towards the

duced in Saxon schools as a means side. Cam James Liversedge, as Her is not merely a great ad of preserving discipline. The de

Zulu, with black face and white vance in reception (though the dark

cree permits moderato flogging

Opinion on Far East Crisis, pateles round the eyes and mouth,vertical lines persist) but equal if it is deemed necessary for the giving vocal imitations of jungle progress in the technique of producinaintenance, of strict discipline, but Moscow, March 14.-The opiniou beasts. Good reception, but there on. better follow. Harry

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It is said that there are 35,000 requests the teachers to keep a is gaining ground in political quar- case of ters bere that the Japanese advance written record of each Michaelson, whose buahy eyebrows British owners of television reflogging and not apply the rod for beyond the Great Wall, is inevit and pineo-nea glasses showed up ceivers.

correcting negligence or similar reasable. "Krasnaya Sveeda," the Power for Battery Sets. with exceptional clarity, drew car- toons. Then came laughing Pearl The "Quiescent Push-pull" prin-discipline. Green with jazz and high-kickingeiple in receiver design, just intro-

diced in this country, offers im Clearer Detail,

portant advantages. Among them Every detail of the face and is the provision of enough power to two work a moving-coil speaker in an artists could be seen without dirdinary battery set, with the culty, every subtle change of ex corollary that portables can now pression appreciated. There were be designed with the best speakers. close-ups of the head and The Ever-Ready firm inform me shoulders aunt dissolving long that they are marketing a special of 10.5 volts for the battery

Quiesennt Push-pull" receiver. I have also received details of a whole would have range of Ferranti transformers fored. this type of set.

sons not involving the question of organ of the Red Army, to-day TSANG FOOK PIANO ters.

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movements of these second

sbots" as the artist retreated from

the projector and appeared at full length. This last device was parti- cularly effective for. Pearl Green's change of rôle from singer to

published an article written by a Holland to F.E.I. by Airship? military expert who comes to the conclusion that Japan will not con- Berlin, March 15-The feasibility tent herself with the conquest of of a regular airship service between Jehol but will attempt to gain con- the Netherlands. and the Dutch. East-Indies was emphasized by Dr. trol over the entire region of Pei- great importance and consequence Hugo Eckener in an interview given ping and Tientsin, so that events of this morning on his return from may soon take place in North Batavia. Dr. Eckener declared that China. The article further main- the present Zeppelin would not be tains that the Japanese distrust of suitable for the service and that Marshal Chang Hsuch Liang is the swifter and more powerful craft principal reason for the anticipated

to be construct- However it would also have invasion of North China as his re- not to be too large as other dignation is being regarded in Tokyo as a deliberato move to forestall a further Japanese advance. FRANKFURT

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Ollfields!

Frankfurt, on the Main, March 14. The Albanian Consulate here informs the Press that important oilfields have been discovered in Albania and that Italy has granted a credit of 200,000,000 Lire for their exploitation. It is proposed to lay a pipe-line to the seaport of Valona on the Adriatic where a large re finery is to be erected. The dis- covery of the new oilfields is con sidered of the most vital importance for both Albania and Italy.

GENEVA

"Poland-Danzig Incident. Geneva, March 14. The landing of Polish marines on the Wester- platte within the territory of the Free City of Danzig was after a brief consideration adjudged as in- compatible with the existing trea ties by the League's Council this forenoon. Following this decision Polish Foreign Minister Colonel Beck sanounced that his Govern- ment would immediately withdraw the reinforcements,

The Council's decision allays, at least temporarily, the tension be tween the Free City and Poland.

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Just Arrived charming selection of -Model-Gowns-and- Summer Hats. Special service for Tourists. FROCKS made

to order in 24 hours.

HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Alarmed cor the very low prices for which Russian goods are offered TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in the Chinco malot and which Nhat the Provisional Certificate threaten the domestic manufac No. 57/495 dated Hong Kong 20th turers, the Chinese Government February, 1922 for Four shares of this now wants to make the Russo Bank numbered 127041/127044 inclusive Chinese trade national under-registered in the name of LU A BU taking, according to a Shanghai this certificate not be produced to the has been Lost or Stolen, and should message to the Asahi.

Owing to the repeated rises in

By Order of the Court of Directors,

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager.

(595

Bank before 16th April, 1933, a new oortificate for the shares will be issued, the gold currency, both European and the aforesaid Provisional Certifi and American goode cont very much cate No. 57/405 will be thereafter nowadays, Japanese goods are treated by this Corporation as Null offered at attractive prices, but ad Vold. in the face of the boycott agitation, Chinese merchants are afraid of handling them. Russian gooda are therefore popular among them. Rusaint goods are, however, offered at very low prices, and their activity hampers the develop, ment of the domestic industry.

-The. Chirices authorities are now much concerned with the situation. In his contribution to an orgen paper, Mr. He, chief of the Board of International Trade, declares that the import of Bussian goods of which one never knows the cont ir destrmotive to the Chinese noonomy Mr He has now pro posed to the Government; that the

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The Secretary, HONG KONG CLUB, Hong Kong..

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

Pthe Sale by Public Auction to BARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

be held on MONDAY, the 27TH DAT of MARCH, 1983, at & P.M., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His ExonlaanGY TES Gorna- No. of One Lot of CROWN LAND

Statement of Accounts, and electing Directors and Auditors

The TRANSFER BOOKS of tho Company will be CLOSED from Wednesday, the 20th, March, 1933, to Tuesday, the 4th April, 1933. Both Days inclusive, during which period NO Transfer of Bhares can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

G. E. ELLAMS,

Secretary.

Hong Kong, 20th March, 1933,

THE HONG KONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,

LIMITED.

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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. THE Sixty-fourth Ordinary Gen-

oral Mecting of Shareholders

will be held at the Offices of the undersigned on Monday, the 10th April, 1933, at NGON, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers, together with a statement of Accounts for the year ended the...... 31st December, 1938.

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The following Resolutions will also be submitted to the Meeting

(1) "That na from the lat day of

#January, 1933, the remunera "tion of the Consulting Com- "mittee be increased from **$16,000 to $4,000 per annum.” (2) "That as from the 1st day of “January, 1933, the remunera- "tion of the Anditora be raised "from 150 to $1,500 per "annum for each Firm."

The Share Register and Transfer Books will be closed from the 27th March, to the 10th April, 1983, both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON

& CO., LTD., General Managuru,

The Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.

Hongkong, 20th March, 1933.

HONG KONG CLU

NOTICE.

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at Shaukiwan, in the Oclony ofHE Eighty-Ninth Yearly Geners! Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of ronswal at a Orown Bent to be fired by the Surveyor of His MATT THE Kme, for one further term of 75

YCKTS.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Shankiwan Inland

Lot No. 535.

Upposita Staukiwan Inland Lot No. 446.

Shaukiwan

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

➜ARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

PART Ale by Public Anotion

Meeting of the Members of the Hong Kong Club will be held in the Club House on Friday, the 24th March, 1933 at 5.80 pp.

By order,

T: A. ROBERTSON,

Lieut. Col.,

Secretary.

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Hong Kong, 10th March, 1988.

NOTICE

THE HONG KONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.

NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN

that the ORDINARY YEARLY HERTINGTM of Bhareholders will be

held in the Office of the Company, 2, Queen's Building, Hong Kong, on MONDAY, 27th MARCH, 1983, a Noon, for consideration of the Direct. tors' Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December

1932.

The Share Register and Transfer Books will be closed from the 20th to the 27th March, 1933, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

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Chief Manager. [507

of Hn Hong Kong, 10th March, 1993,

to be held on MONDAY, the "27TH DAY of MARCH 1933, at 8PM, at the Offices of the Public Works Department by Order EXCELLENT THE GOTHANOL, of One Lot of OROWN LAND at Ms Tau Obung in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 yours, with the option of renewal at a Grown Bant to be fixed by the Barreror of His MA/ESTY THE Kine, for one further term of 75 years.

No. of Bala

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Kowloon Inland

Lot No. 3143.

Junction of Tam Kung Road

and Sung Wong Toi

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THE MACAU ELECTRIC -LIGHTING CO., LTD.

HE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from Tuesday the 28th March, 1933, to Wednesday, the 12th April, 1938, both days inclusive, during which period no Transfer, of Shares can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

JOHNSON STOKES & MASTER,

Secreta

Dated the 22nd Day of March, 1983.

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY

CLUBTIE

THI D'EXTRA RACE MEETING.

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RAFT Programmes and Entry Farms for the Thirstre Hace Meeting to be held on BATUR. DAY, 1ST APRIL, 1933, (weather permitting), may be obtained at the Becretary Office, the Club House, Happy Valley, the Hong Kong Club, the Sports Club, and the Stables, Village Road.

Entries close at 19 o'clook NOON on THURSDAY, 2325 MARCH, 1933,

By Order,

OB BROWN,

Beonetary

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