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LONDON NOTES

By The Air Mail

(From our own Correspondent)

¡

Idbraries, representing an expendi- ture of more than £12,000,000,

London, Oct. 16, " Politics are barred in the City of London except at Parliamentary elections, but it was not always ao. "I was reminded of this "at the dinner of the City Lieutenants Club, at which Lord Marshall pre-chusetts alded as acting Lord Mayor.

Queen Anne dismissed her Whig Ministers and replaced them, by Torles. She also gave the City a new Commission of Lieutenancy. The Queen's lead resulted in six colonels with Whiggish proclivities being turned out and six others of different -political character ** being appointed.

A contemporary writer recorded that

*|- Millionaire's Mall | Ve Poynton, an Irishman, was the constant companion of Carnegie at Shadowbrook, the charming Massa-

estata where Carnegie spent the last years of his life.

and fishing with his chief, Poynton Here, in addition to playing golf

handled all the vast philanthropic transactions which were the joy of Carnegie's declining 'years.

Poynton wrote the story in a' pamphletcirculated privately and entitled "A Millionaire's Mall-Bag."

VAST USE OF ELECTRICITY

Extension Of Grid System

LLOYD'S ANNUAL ANGLO-POLISH

REPORT

TRADE

Questions of Tariffs

(The following is an extract from the Lloyd's Register of Shipping annual report for the twelve months ended June 30, 1934-Ed.),

(Special Air Mail Service? With regard to the year under

London, Oct. 26. (Special Air Mall Service).

review, it has to be recorded with"

While representatives of the London. Oct. 26. regret that the unparalleled de-

has Governments of Poland and of this More capital for the development pression in shipping, which of electricity in this

country is characterized the last few years, country are discussing in London being sought by the Central Eler- has still continued to baffle the new trading agreement, a dele tricity Board and prospectuses for efforts of the ablest and most ex-sation representing the spinning,

available. £6,000,000 31 per Cent. Stock are perienced shipowners to operate weaving, and finishing sections of their ships at a reasonable proft, the Lancashire cotton industry is or even, in many cases, to avoid a going to Warsaw for the purpose of meeting representatives of the serious loss.

Polish cotton Industry and an- The position of the tramp ship-deavouring to agree upon the tarlas owner, suffering under the accumu-

which should be applied to im tated effects of a succession of bad ports of cotton goods in the two years. became so serious that Bri- tish shipowners were led to appeal The Lancashire delegation will for Government aid in the shape

be headed by Mr. T, Ashurst, sec- of a subsidy. The adjustment and retary of the Cotton Spinners' and' application of the subsidy which Manufacturers Association, who has been approved by the British will deal with cloths, grey, coloured Government is still the subject of and bleached and dyed; and he discussion-between the Owners and will be accompanied by Mr. T. the Board of Trade, so that it 18 Driver, of the Federation of Master not possible at the moment to say Cotton Spinners' Associations, and what effect this may have on the | Mr. E. C. Copley, who will speak general position.

The new loan coincides with a remarkable growth in the con- sumption of electricity, which has cxceeded all estimates.

Discussing the present position an official of the Central Electric-

A copy was always on Carnegie'sity Board said that the increase desk..

"Poynton," he would ask, how much do you calculate I've given away?"

A new Commission for the Lieutenancy of London has come from her Majestle, since which they have mett and turned out ply gravely: "124,851,399 dollars."

the six old collonells.

An earlier case of interference was prompted by the desire for military efficiency.

The careful Poynton would re-

A Grave For Delius Before Delius died in his French home he asked his wife to take him

churchyard that is very old where I may ite."

In 1818 the Commission of Lieu-back to England when he was dead and herself "choose "a little quiet tenancy of the previous year was withdrawn. The Lords in Counch then directed the Court of Alder- men to give a certificate of the number of men enrolled in the trained bands and to replace the caliver by the musket, and to pro-

*Would you like it to be in your own county of Yorkshire with the wide, sweeping moorlands ?" asked his wife.

apriled particularly to big indus- trial undertakings which had given" up making their own power and now took supplies from done or other of the many distributing undertakings which were supplied in bulk by the grid scheme.

Thirteen Years

This development was not con- fired to any particular industrial

area.

It was spread throughout the country. Iron and steel works in Yorkshire, cotton mills in Scot- land,

countries.

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for the finishing sections of the One important factor which may, industry. They are to start their however, be mentioned is the con- Journey soon. and expect, to be tinued, if somewhat slow, reduction away for about a fortnight. in the amount of world tonnage The visit has arisen out of the Linoleum factories in the laid up unemployed. Two years discussions which took place be- Midlands, cement works on the ago the figure stood at 15,000,000 tween representatives of the Boards banks of the Thames and else-tons; a year ago at 12,000,000 tons; of Trade of this country and Po-- shire there is rugged beauty, but it taking advantage of the

"No," said Dulius "In York- where were among those who were and now it stands at 8,000,000 tons. land in London some months ago grid. Even this amount of tonnage, how concerning tarif rates. Lancashire is too cold, tog bleak. "When I am scheme for their light and power. ever, forms a terrible dead-weight | representatives were then asked to Royal Wedding "Bookings" dead take me to the South of Eng- "In 13 years, from 1921 to 1933, on the freight market, although attend to advise on the rates which The rate at which seats on the land, where the winds are warm. I electricity consumption in this quite an appreciable proportion of would be equitable. The two sides public stands for the Duke of think there is more sympathy in country has increased from four it is not only unemployed, but failed to agree, and on their re- Kent's wedding are selling proves the southern winds."

thousand million units to four-economically unemployed under turn to their own country the Po- that with better times people are. Mme. Delius, tall and white-hair- teen thousand million units," add-existing conditions. Efforts con-lish textile representatives invited again indulging the English love ofed, has come over to England toed the official." "That is a tinue to be made to get rid of re- the Board of Trade to send two or

choose the grave. "I have been crease of 206 per cent

vide bullets in addition to powder and match.

a romantle pageant.

J'

I hear that on one of two public stands near the Abbey 1,900 out of the 2,500 seats had been booked by

the fourth day after the lists opened, many of the orders coming

from the country.

Hope Spring-

|

very ill" she said yesterday, "but ".

Up To 6,500,000

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it my strength will allow me I shall In the first nine months of this visit several peaceful churchyards year the increase has been 16.1 per

Oxted in Surrey is among them

cent. compared with the same and I hope to find one which period last year. That is an in- may be his last resting place. Then dication of improved times." next spring, the season that he

"Domestic users. loved so much, I shall bring him over from Grez, where he lies now

Mr. Gandhi's announced inten- tion of retiring from Congress po-in a temporary grave." litics has been expected for some time.

his leisure.

“Progging” On A Grand Scale.

"I doubt, however, whether much

One of the most elaborate under- will come of the plan he has map-graduate hoaxes occurred in Ox- ped out for himself for employing ford five or six years

ago. The perpetrators, who were never dis- covered, managed to obtain the official form on which the Froc- tors

This is to take up residence on the North-West Frontier in order to convert the Afghans and the ever-warring tribes of the Border to his doctrine of nonviolence.

It is, as an Indian friend com- ments, a novel method of solving the problem of India's defence," on which nearly one-third of India's revenue is spent."

"The Afghan menace which we dread so much should then be a

summon offenders against University discipline to the Claren- don Buildings for punishment.

These summonses they sent out to half the University, which duly following

appeared at 9.30 the morning in academic dress.

Their First Meeting Miss Madge Titheradge's arst thing of the past," the Mahatma appearance last night in a play has declared to his admiring fol-"Theatre Royal"-reminds me of a

produced by Mr. Noel Coward-

lowers.

Mr. Gandhi's followers may ad- mire this solution: Whether the

story I have heard her tell of their first meeting:

.

One evening when she

was

of light and

in 1822 to 6,500,000 now. power have gone up from 2,000,000

"The growth in demand has ex- cecded all estimates, but the Board, a planning the grid scheme, made preparations to deal with twice the present demand if necessary."

OVERTAKING THE HEAVIES

dundant tonnage" by means of three textile experts to Poland to breaking up; and it appears that renew the discussions and make from June, 1933, to the present themselves personally acquainted date, the total tonnage has been with trade conditions there.

reduced by 2,700,000 tons; which have been sold for breaking up purposes.

The result is that the world ton- nage, which in 1914 amounted to 49,000,000 tons, and had by 1931 grown to 70,000,000 tons, has now shrunk to 65,000,000 tons. This total is still in excess of the de- mand of the freight" market, but the gradual elimination of surplus vessels which is going on,,opens up a more hopeful vista for shipowners than was apparent a year ago and stiff more than two years ago. T

MR. KIRKWOOD'S CLAIM

Scots Business Men To Lead Country

(Special Air Mail Service)

Glasgow, Oct. 28. Scotland must give the world,

lead in solving the problem of

In face of the existing conditions, it may not be amiss to recall the fact that, in the course of the last hundred years of the Society's his- tory, shipping has experienced sex ed that Scots were well fitted to

eral periods of severe depression;

distribution.

Mr. David Kirkwood, M.P., claim-

Many motorists visiting France of late must have observed with satisfaction now promptly huge lorries move over to the right when the horn sounds, to overtake, but, as time has shown, these per- show the way when he spoke to writes a correspondent.. So im- pressed was I at this apparent

fods eventually passed and were Glasgow City Business club on “Our phenomenon, that I made ед

succeeded by years of great activity Great Inheritance." by which he quiries and found that all lorries and prosperity. This encourages meant the superabundant wealth pelled by law to carry a sort of over a certain weight aro com- the hope that, with the steps now produced through the development being taken to relieve the condi- of machines since the days of microphone at the

James Watt. rear. This

tions which bear so heavily upon picks up, the sound of the" over shipowners in general and tramp taking car's hooter and transunits

shipowners in particular, we may most successful.

"I never hide the fact that I am

Scotsman," he said. "I am

Afghans, Pathans and other w-leaving the theatre after a show. I it to the driver's cab The result again, in the near future, see a re- / Proud of my race, proud of its BC-

like frontier tribesmen will do so too remains to be seen.

Emperor's Love Tragedy

A Royal love-story that led to embittered lives introduces Prin- cess Catherine Radziwill's life of the Empress Frederick.

*

her

a boy of 14 came up and offered a binch of rather "faded flowers which he had clasped in a hot hand...

Amused by his offering, she asked whether his people knew he had come to speak to her. "No." Her father-in-law, Kaiser Wilhe answered, very shy and fright- Ham L. was in love with Elisa Rad-

ened. "What

your name?" "Noel Coward," was the reply.

ztwill. For years he hoped to make ber his wife. But Prussian Court etiquette ruled out the match, and his father unwillingly forbade it.

William I. duly married a Prin- cess from a Royal house. But he pever forgot the lady of his choice, and died af the age of 91 with her miniature in his hand.

The result of "his submission to Hohenzollern discipline, however, was that he insisted on others fol-

lowing his example. His daughter

in-law was his first victim, because he never forgave her for having inspired in her husband a passion reminding him of his own frustrat. ed love.

The result was muchTM unhap- piness for Queen Victoria's- eldest daugter.

Where Were the Barpipes? When Scott and Campbell Black arrived at Melbourne they were welcomed, I read, by Acting Pre- mier Mactarian. Sir Macpherson Robertson (the promoter of the race) paid a glowing tribute."

Handing Millions Two men who administered

probably the largest aum ever spent on charity have died on the same day, De

They were Mr. James Bertram and Mr. John Poynton, the private Becretaries of the late Andrew Carnegie:

Bertram came from Edinburgh and joined Carnegie in 1887. He was put in charge of the Carnegte library campaign.

Once the scheme was formulated, he was given a free hand. By 1919 he had organised 2811 Carnegie

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OBSTRUCTION IN THE

· LORD'S

Socialist and Samuel Liberal" peers are expected to fight the Incitement "to. Disaffection Blil Lords next week. when it reaches the House

Deliberate opstruction is of rare In the Upper House, and it s riot imagined that the Government Whips..... fear any serious delay in the passage of the measure.'

occurrance

A suggestion that the aid of the closure, or even the "guillotine," might be invoked if the bill were in any danger ignores the fact that these expedients are never resorted to in the Lords,

The Only Form Of Closure

is

Worth Thinking About

of even

i am well aware that our own heavies labour under rules and restrictions that make the thought nightmare to builder or operator. one extra law a perfect But when one considers, that a great deal of the often loudly ex- pressed dislike of big lorries by motorists in Great Britain real- ly rests on the difficulty of geti ting past them, if makes one wonder if it would not be good policy to adopt a similar device

over here.

An Aid To Safety

I spoke to the driver of an enormous diesel-engined oil tank lorry in Rouen about the device. He was

most enthusiastic in ita favour. "It is efficacious," he said, "and saves time and temper over and over again, And in his opinion it is a great move to road safety, in that it does away with people trying to overtake when the lorry driver does not. know of their existence.

MAPPING LONDON

(Special Air Mall Service)

London, Oct. 26. "Accurate to an inch" seems ra- The only form of closure is that ther a big demand to be made for a peer may rise and move that a the new survey of the whole City brother peer should be "no longer of London. The 25in Ordnance heard."

Survey is that, but it has not been Only one case can be recalled found possible to redraw the where the absence of the par changing metropolis for each quin of closure enabled a peer to takquennial revaluation! That great out a Government bill which work lags far behind in date should have been returned to the London was inapped in Tudor Commons before that house rose days, but such early efforts were Not at a certain hour

really bird's-eye drawings. This was that Lord Portsmouth till the seventeenth century was who afterwards, became an Under correct plotting of the ground be Becretary in Campbell-Banner- gun. latest of all muereva,

greate

turn to a resonable measure of pro-complishments, and of the quota it has contributed to make possible sperity for merchant shipping.

this great age. But it is our duty not to boast about our country, and not to rest on our cars.

With regard to shipbuilding, will be observed that the increased activity recently experienced has Jeen of a rather limited character. having been confimed chiefly to passenger liners, oil tankers and vessels intended for special ser- vices,

During the twelve months ended June 30th, 1934, the Society's clas-

Scotland's Opportunity This is a time when our, coun». try will have to give a lead, not by looking for orders, because the orders are not there, and Britain is no longer the workshop of the" world

"Our business men must now set

sincation was assigned to 192 If they can devise ways and means

vessels, of 350,430 tons gross, Al- though this total is the lowest upon to distribute our superabundance. record, it represents approximate- That is the next great problem. I ly 64 per cent of the world ton- am sure it is not beyond the wit nage completed during the period, and women who will be able to of my native race to produce men The proportion of ships hullt in solve it within my day and genera- this country was again comparatione hand tively small of the amount quot-other points from Mr. Kirkwood's ed above, only 138.072 tons were address:YWS constructed in Great Britain and I have fought: 40 years for this Ireland, the remaining 214,358 tons ideal to do away with work. ⠀⠀⠀ being bullit abroad,

The day is past when you busi- The number of plans submitted ness men can look upon me as re- during the year ended June 30th, volutionary.The real revolution, 1934, of new vessels intended to be aries are the Blacks and the Scotts classed by the Committee of Lloyd's | who are bringing the world closer: Register, showed a substantial in- and closer

crease over the gure for the pre- The Soviet State could not have vious twelve months, viz:-242 ves come into being if it had not been Sels, of 804,810 tons gross, as com-for: James Watt. paled with 142 vessels, of-323.000 The only hope for my country tons gross, for 1932-33. Of this and for civilisation Is Boodallam, contemplated tonnage 53 per cent and we are heading for is whether (ie., 169 vessels, of 426,230 tons) you business men like it or not.. is intended for construction Great Britain and Ireland the re- maining. 47 per cent (73 vessels, of

378 580 tons) being for construction 555,545 tons were being built

eat Britain and Ireland and 360, abroad.

cele 1:1532 tonas „abroad. The Since June last plans have been of Shipowners throng approved by the Committee for world in the survey and further 30 vessels of 58.810 tons ton of Lloyd's Register I

There were. 172 vessels, of 915

by the fact that these present nearly 95. total tonnag Britain and Ireland

cent oëthe

593 tons, rose, under construction throughout the world with a view London alto the Society's classication, at 75

the end of June last of this total

man's Ministry. The incident oc The curred some thirty years ago. No Domesday Book, has no map, and, similar case has since been re- corded

in the