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Hong Kong Weekly Press

Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting

The Sheng An Piracy

Up Country Letters ·

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Other Interesting Features.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY,

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME

·BROADCAST BY Z.B.W. ON 355 METRES

11-11.30 .m.-Stock and exchange

quotations, selected London, and New York stock quotations, weather report, etc., 11.30 am. Chinese recorded pro

granne."

port.

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12.30 p.m.-European programme of

Victor and Brunswick reords. 1 p.m.-Local time and weather re- 1.13 -A relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Orchestra by courtesy of the management, (During the intervals recorded music will be broadunat front the Studio).

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1.30 p.m.-Rugby Press nows, etc. 2.13 p.m.-Close down.

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4,30-7 p.m.-Chinese programme. 6-6.15 p.m. --Children's Studio Con

cert.

7-10.39 p.m.-European programme. 7-7.30 p.m.-

4.

A Concert. Orchestral Country Gardens ”

(Grainger), Orchestral Shepherd's Hey "

(Grainger)-Victor Concert Or chestra.-20802.

Violin Solo At Evening "

(Primi-Trans. by Krame), Violil Solo- Leiter of Love (Cui-Elman)Mischa Elman

NEW AIR MAIL ·

CARRIER

Trial Flight at Norwich

AUSTRALIA IN A WEEK

[Special Air-Mail Service).

NORWICH, June 23. An aeroplanie, which has evoked of the Empire, and may set a new interest and inquiry from all parts standard in British commercial air- craft, has made its third trial fight here to-day with every ap- pearance of fulfilling expectations. This is the new air mail carrier, ordered by the Air Ministry little more than a year ago. Its top speed is at least 100 miles an hour; itseruising speed 130. It can enery a load of -1,000lb., and, with that load has a range of 1,000 miles.

JULY 12, 1933

£25,000 FOR MISS GRACIE FIELDS

FIVE WEEKS' WORK ON NEW FILM

STARS AND THEIR SALARIES

We are informed that about £25,000 is being paid to Miss Gracie Fields for her work in made by Julius Hagon at Ealing

This Week of Grace," now being

artist in this country, and is equar This is probably a record for any to about £5,000 a week.

The earnings of some of the other highly paid British performers have been stated to do:

Tom Walls: £10,000 a picture, or £100,000 in three years.

Ralph Lynu: £6,000 a picture. or £60,000 in two years.

Evelyn Laye: £5.000 a picture. Madeleine Carroll: £1,000 F week.

Elizabeth Alan: £12,000 a year

But we have it on the authority of Mr. Michael Balcon, production manager of Gaumont-British,..that the salaries given ou: by film stars' press agents are hardly ever curate.

Fantastic" Figures,

This neroplane has laen designed purely as a mail or freight car- rier. It has derived its generalfron M.G.M.). outline from one of the most suc cessful British twin-engined bom- bers. It is now contributing in its turn to the design of a fast passen- ger_aeroplaus of about "the same performance, with more fuselage enpacity and a greater 'load in ex- change for the diminished range required in passenger machines. From the evidence of to-day's fight it may be conjectured that the air

"With rare exceptions," he said liner of this type, when it comes to not long ago, "they are fantastic he built, will be both comfortable exaggerations. No studio can ever (Eberliar and comparatively silent, not-with-reveal the actual salary of a star. Cadman)Mary Lewis (Sopstanding its high speeds. It will which is just as private to the star rano).-1140..".

probably allow seats for six passen, and studio as the salary of any 17 Dance Kere.

other professional man or woman."

And Mr. John Maxwell, hand of B.I.P., has committed himself to the statement that he does

1160.

Song" Little Grey Home in the West (Eardly-Wilmot-Lohr), Song--" From the Land of the

Sky-Blu Water "

Piano Solo-" Scarf

(Chaminade).

20746.

not

Piano Solo" The Flatterer" This high performance biplane (Chamiande).-Hans Barthay thus be said with some insti- fication to mark an important stage in British commercial aviation. It believe anyone in thie country. introduces the first modern experi-would pay £1.000 a week to ar (Vi.ment by this country in the separa-

artist under contract."

Cello Solo Serenata Napole

tana" (Sgambati).. 'Cello Solo Intermezzo"

valdi).--Pablo Casila.---1542,

Song The Rogue Song" (Grey

Stothart).

Song- The Narrative"

Stothart) Lawrence Tibbett (Baritone).1446- Vial Solos-(a) "The

Bee" (Schubert) (b) "Waltz in D Flat" (Chopin). Violin Solo-"Caprice" (Ogamw) -Alexander Schmidt.-2061.. 7.30-8.42. p.in. →

Variety.

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Note the words "under contract,” When you read, for instance, that Miss Fields is being paid £5,000 a week, and Miss Garbo £3,000 a week, it is important bear in mind that, even Jassuming the figures are true, Miss Fields is be ing paid for a single picture, while Misa Garbo's entary goes on every week during the period of the contract.

tion of passengers and mails in the interest of speed, and promises & subsequent argument in favour of (Grey-accelerating passenger services without too large a sacrifice of air izer amenities. Yet like so many important advances,

bears nothing of its real significance in its general appearace. The fusel age is deep and seemingly stumpy; the wings are short, and the gap Between them in the centre is filled by the body; queer bulbous excres associated with film STATS

Nearly all the "fantastic figures cences are set in two places on the their origin in this confusion be

have wing and mask the tail wheel between payment for a specified job

and a regular weekly salary.

8 pin-Leal time and weather re-neath the fuselage.

port.

Orchestral- Alice Blue Gown." Orchestral Plantation Daner Victor Symphony Orchestra

1093.

EARL'S RENO DIVORCE AND MARRIAGE.

The latter features may be ex- plained national ground. They concery the strange phenome hon known "interference" and TWO WIVES IN AN HOUR Vocal Duet-" Sometimes Fm they have been proved: by wind-tun- HappyLouise Groody and tests to diminish drag by an al Charles King

most incredible aniount. Messi's. Chorus Hallelujah"--The Re-Boulton and Paul, the construc- tors, have taken the greatest trou- ble to secure performance by means of clean design and so to avoid ex travagance in engine power. power loading, with two Bristol Pegasus, engines of a maximum power of 025 h.p. each, is fairly low, and as an additional means of Song- Aki Na Uta" (Song of economy, an altitude of 10,000ft, Autumn). Yosie Fujiwara.s been chosen as the standard operational height of this machine. Absence of Noize.

velers.-20600. Instrumental Hele of Hawaii" Instrumental-"Honolulu Stomp" -Honolulu Serenaders-91190. Song- All by Yourself in the

Moonlight." Song Susukippo

Grass),

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(Pampas

The

Reno, Nevada.-Christian Arthur Wellesley, fourth Earl Cowley, known on

the stage kimply as Arthur Wellesley, created a record here by divorcing one wife and marrying another within an hour..

new

Married to an actress in 1914, Earl Cowley gave as the ground for his petition that he had been five years, separated from Lady Cowley for

4044. Orchestral Risen Shine." Orchestral "Turn Out the Light-Paul Whiteman and his. Orchestra.-24197.

Its squat and rather solid ap. 8:42-9 p.m." Ma Mere L'Oye" pearance is emphasized by the set (Mother Goose) (Ravel).-Bosting of the radial engines just be- ton Symphony Orchestra underneath the upper wing on either side the direction of Serge Kousse and supporting each with a sturdy cisco, who alleging cruelty, obtain-

vitzky. -7870/7371. ̧

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Selections by the "Music Makers.

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Orpheus Ballet Dance of the Spirits" (Gluck-Motti).

"Minuet

from Serenade

his divorce the Earl mintried Mra. Less than an hour after securing Mary Elsie Himes; of San Fran.

vertical strut which looks as thoughed a divorce from her husband in it were continued through the lower April last. wing to join the faired wheel of the andercarriage" below. Only from

Earl Cowley, who is forty-two.

the front is a sense of good line to has a son and two daughters.

be obtained.

The nose, like that

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and "Fallen

"Henry VIII-Scotch Idy" fuselage is to be had. This first the illusion of stumpiness. The

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machine is of a silver coldar, and span is only 34ft, or less than att Gypsy

when to-day it took off over our more than that of the Wapiti. The 9.5-10.15 p.m.---

heads and we watched its climb engines are fitted with Townend quickly to become intangible in the are not rings at all but nine-sided from behind, the wings seemed ring cowlings which, paradoxically, sunshine and only by black dots polygons. Finally, as a biplane, it were left to the eye. The engines, looks as though it might cause more the fuselage, and the wheels made drag than a monoplane of similar a mathematical demonstration of wing area. the acroplane's good proportions.

A Song and Pianoforte recital by Mr. Edward Moses (accompani: ed by Miss Anna. da Rosa) and Mr. Harry: Qre,

Programme.

2. 'Pianoforte

Solo"

"Tannhauser"

.Liszt).

1. Songs-La Donna è Mobil

from "Rigoletto" (Verdi).

The final point is of some import- This aeroplane, showing its paces gaining popularity. The construc- Lolita Serenata (Burri Pecat low altitude, was making 170 gaining popularity. The consruc-

cia).

miles an hour. It was difficult to tors have satisfied themselves that: March believe this until it overtook two for this purpose the biplane gives (Wagner Moths which were travelling at 00

miles an hour and left them behind needing lese fuel for & specified a smaller and lighter aircraft, 3. Songs - Recondita Armonia so quickly that they seemed to be range. Dimensions and weight are from "Tosca" by (Puccini), crawling. The comparative absence factors in handling and housing Maria Maria-Napolitan Song of noise from the big machine aided charges along the air routes. Yet

{de Capua).

the illusion of slow speed. Engine small size in this biplane has not 4. Pianoforte Bolos - Nocturne noise in fact was subordinate to the meant high wing-loading, and, its

(Schumann). Musette (Sibelius).

singing of the bracing wires be- high top speed. notwithstanding, it Etude (Scriabin).

tween the wings a sign of speed in lands at 60 miles an hour. It can itself. 10.15-10.30 p.m. (approx.)."A relay handled well on the ground and in engine, and with both engines can The aeroplane evidently maintain height at 5,000ft, with one from Daventry of the Bourne- the air and was reported by the achieve its cruising speed at less mouth conducted by Sir Dan Godfrey Rea, to be easy to fly

Municipal Orchestra test pilot, Squadron Leader C. A. than two-thirds of the available -Harold Rubens (Pianoforte)

power.

As noon as the Air Ministry tests been completed-possibly

Relayed from the Pavilion, There was nothing of the specta Bournemouth. (If reception cle in its work The whole aero have proves good thig relays will he plane indeed disguises ite qualities within six weeks-this aeroplane continued until 11 p.m.). What appears to be astumpy fusel will be prepared for a trial period 10.30 p.m. (approx.)-Rugby, mid age is actually of the same length on one of the Empire routes. The

day Press news:

as the Sidestrand's, which has al-Australia route seems, the more ways seemed so shapely. Its height likely to be chosen, and on ita guar. (affording sufficient headroom for anteed performance, the mail car. sorters to work during fight) and rier should be able to reach - Aus- the shortness of the wings produce tralia in a week.

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