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It cannot be done." Reference was also made at the meeting to past experience of restriction. which, it was claimed, did.no 6ms

It permanent good whatever.

TALKING WITH A FRIEND IS NO- forced up the price of rubber, said THING ELSE BUT THINKING ALOUD, one speaker, to a figure out of all—Addison. proportion to the real value

The P. and O. B.8. Mantua, from the commodity and caused an Shanghai, is due here at 8 a.m. on

| Friday. enormous area to be planted in the Dutch East Indies. of which

of

month...

A Word For The

Chorus.

Three letters lie before me. They delight, then astonishment, and

all arrived to-day. They are ultimately' with awe.

all sad, and when I have Things You Must Learn. quoted extracts from them you As for talking about going into will realise why they are all also "even" the chorus! If anybody stupid, writes Beverley Nichols in says that to you, ask them the the Daily Mail.

following questions, in rapid succession: «

"I am really desperate. In fact, I would be quite willing to go into the chorus."

"Even the back row of the than chorus would be better tramping round from agency to agency.

"Can you stand on your head! "Can you kick your father's top: hat off his head without kicking his noset:

"Can you dance on your toes? -- "Can you sing in tune-not with yourself but with others!

The P. & O. 8.8. Kalyan, from the potential production is now Hongkong, arrived at London on the

7th September at 10 p.m. the hanging like a cloud over market. Many further arguments Mr. H. S. Rousa, of the P.W.D., were advanced against interferis representing Hongkong at the Sixth Congress of the Permanent ence by the Government, one International Association of Road speaker saying that if the plece Congresses at Washington, next goods merchants, who were having

A female domestic servant em- a bad time, asked the authorities to ban the importation of piece-ployed by a Chinese family of 8 Maple Street, Shamshulpo, has goods, the idea would be treated been arrested on a charge of stent- as ridiculous, or if the Chambering money and jewellery to the of Commerce sent round a cir. I value of $254 from her master. | them is the assumption that "the bitten managors in the stalls with

The property has been recovered.

During the early hours of this men went to a morning, three brothel at 11, Swatow Street and

there robbed one of the inmates of jewellery to the value of $10 be- fore decamping. One man has been arrested in connexion with the affair,

"I've no pride loft. I'd even go

"Are you exceptionally pretty? into the chorus, if I got the chance."

"Are your legs the sort of legs All these letters were written by that can be observed in all posi- armateurs, and behind each of tions, on a cold morning, by hard- chorus" is a sort of large, com out exciting misgivings? fortable bag into which any sort

"Can you check all immoderate of human eccentric may be drop-longings for sweets, cocktails, and ped and made to ft.

Hard Work Required.

cigarettea?

"Can you rehearse interminably, dress in a stuffy, crowded room, Hardly a day passes in my life run like greased lightning on to on which some strange lady does the stage, and look as fresh as not button-hole me, take me into a though you had just come from a corner, and tell me, in earnest bathe?

or cousin "Can you learn principal parte, tones, of some nlece

Wish Wynne THE RUBBER PROBLEM / Dothing left for the country, trade/China negotiating with the Clin- for speaking parts straight away, fact, of course, is that it increases

Walter Glynne

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B-3474

Sigh no more, Ladies

Drink to me only with thine eyes More Sea Shantics

B-3341 {

B-3494

Little Pudden Basin

.....Gracie Fields

Around the Corner

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B-3484

The Rullighter (An amazing adventure of John Henry) The Bullfighter-Part 2.

B-3489

И

Violin & Organ-with Harp & "Cello

B-3349

There's always something

B-3-412

I pitch my lonely caravan

Where my caravan has rested

B-3455

B-3463

An Oki Church Legend ..Regianld Goss-Custard, F.R.C.O.

B-3439

The Minster Bells

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B-3454

Played on the organ of Alexander Palace. London. March Past of the Highland Regiments

Salut D'Amour (Elgar)

B-3465

Drink to me only with thine eyes

F

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Played on the New Gallery Cinema Organ

B-3473

The Empire Party Song

Fat Flat Fish

the However much

Malayan

cular urging that, owing to bad trade, work should only be done four days a week, the suggestion would be met with derision.

What has the other side to say to these contentions? It relies solely on the argument of ex- pediency under what it considers

Suffering from injuries receiv- phenomenal circumstances. One ed as a result of a fall from a who does really charming Spanish and keep your head if you sud- plank on board a cargo boat, the dances (with or without castanets, denly have to play them, and keep

removed as desired). And always the cen-your temper if you don't? advocate of restriction asserted wife of the master was

"Can you stifle, month after that the taking of some official to the Kwong Wah Hospital yes-versation ends with that remark action is a matter of life and death terday for medical treatment. It about "even" the chorus. As month, your own longing for per-

was stated that the woman, named though being a chorus girl was sonal applause, and content your ?' to Malaya. In support of this, he Po. Ngau-mei, was suffering from the next thing, in the theatrical solf with doing your utmost as a

profession, to being on the dole. member of your team 2" pointed out that there are over internal injuries.

Now there is only one answer to Personal Responsibility.

suf- ""Even the chorus! Apart from two million acres of rubber in the

Sir Henry Pollock writes as these people. If they are country and fully half a million follows to The Times-The lead- ficiently optimistic to imagine that this idiotic assumption that the people employed in the industry, ing article in your issue of August they will be able to wrest a livell-chorus is easy, there is the equally 9 on the "Threat to Hankow aptly hood from the theatre, they should ridiculous conception that once a The actual 10. 1930. and added that if rubbor fell to an illustrates the extreme undesir- realise at once that they will have girl is in the chorus her personal unsaleable price, there would be ability of the British Minister to a much better chance if they try responsibility ceases.

a lofty in direct ratio to the number of ese authorities for any relaxation and leave the chorus as would flag, and the possibility of of British extraterritorial rights ambition to be attained only after the chorus, Itself,

trade and years of hard work...

When you sit in your stalla and disturbances of the peace by the in China, British

has shipping in China, which

At parties one often meets see sixteen exquisite pairs of legs unemployed would have to be been built up and maintained charming young people who could flashing in a complicated rhythm quires, in these difficult times, the to play parts, or rather to "be it ever occur to you that if one of

themselves." rubber interests may complain, it faced. The attitude of sitting still upon the faith of those rights, re- be lifted bodily on to the stage across a brilliantly lit stage, does those alxteen girls began to slack, is now made perfectly clear that and doing nothing was compared continuance of those rights."

The young man in a grey flannel or to dream, or to tire the rhythm neither the Straits Settlements nor by this speaker to that of doing in ..:Gracie Ficida the Dutch East Indies Government away with civilisation and revert. 000 in all since its institution nine suit lying with his head on a would be confused or utterly lost, years ago, for city infirmaries and hassock, and observing, with and the "number" which is only, has perhaps, a single, glittering mo is prepared to support officiallying to barbarism, on the principle other charities. The probability tremendous gloom, that he

appears to be, however, that Poppy forgotten how to fall in love. ment in a long pageant-ruined? Day and Student's Day will be ex- he could be transplanted, with- Evidently it does not. It seems any scheme of restriction in out-of leaving everything to nature.

Despite the seriousness of the cluded from the ban, but there is out any alteration whatever, into that no aga ever does justice to its put. A reading of the news con-

chorousea. In the nineties the present position, we ara inclined as yet no indication whether other the average Lonsdale comedy.

The young woman in the brichorus girl was supposed to be a us veying this decision leaves

to the view that the case against places are to follow the example

with of comb feverishly through her prey for any young man perhaps an excellent means Malaya authorities might have

that for it, especially when we raising funds for charity when it yellow, electric hair and stares out enough money to pay for a cham- Reginald Foort |

been prepared to support restric-

take into account the interests of was first introduced. Its popu- of the window, for a taxi that pagne supper.

Since it is now generally ad- .* larity led to its abuse and muni- never comes... you could ship tion if they could have secured the consumer, which must be kept cipalities were flooded with appli- her over to New York and give ber mitted that chorus girls are no Dutch

Cecil co-operation. Sir

in mind. in the past, the rubber cations from all sorts of charitable a good part in any play which more scarlet than any other girls, Clementi having failed to over-

industry has had a long period of societies for permission to hold a deals with the lives of the sup-and since society has flooded the Once posedly smart set in London, stage with its recruits, we have come the opposition in the Dutch

extraordinary prosperity, and it is flag day on their behalf.

having granted permission to one, Neither the young man nor the leapt to the other conclusion that East Indies, it is not to be wonder-right that people should ask what organisation, it was difficult to young woman, however, would the chorus is a sort of charitable certain have the least chance of entering institution for the poorer and has happened to all the money refuse another until in

chorus without very more bohemian relations of the places the flag day almost became the made at that time. As has been a weekly institution, Glasgow's strenuous training. I only know rich, demanding no particular

are reversal of the idea is at least one chorus really well, and that is talents and no special training. well pointed out, if matters

I would not blame any chorus the chorus known as Mr.. Coch- intelligible, for ingenious allowed to take their own course,

ran's Young Ladies, who during girl who told me that she found those estates which are inefficient,tion of a generous public every Revue filled me

scheme has led to much persecu- the rehearsals of the present 1930 the legend of the nineties the less

at first with jirritating of the two. low-bearing or badly-managed will where.

I'm in the market for you (Film-"High Society Blues")

Eleanor

Played by Reginald Fourt on New Gallery Cinema Organ A Cottage for sale

Cryin' for the Carolines (Film-"Spring is Here")

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.Pipers of the with the impression that the restriction is far stronger than set by Glasgow. The flag day was liant scarlet jumper, who runs a scarlet woman, easy and legitimate

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ed at that the Straits Government should decide that unilateral ac- tion would be worse than useless. So far as official action goes, therefore, nothing will be done, and economic laws will be left to take their own course. This, however, does not rule out the possibility of the industry itself devising special measures to adjust the situation. but restriction of output does not appear likely to be included in any schemes designed to serve this end.

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go to the wall, leaving the field open to the properly-managed estates which put money away in reserves in good times and will be able to carry on in free of ad- verse conditions. Add to this the possibilities of rationalisation and | amalgamations, and there would From a standpoint of sheer appear to be ground for thinking economics, restriction is bad. that present tendencies may Even its advocates are prepared to eventually be overcome and that, concede that much, but they con- by the operation of the laws of sider that expediency warrants supply and demand, the industry artificial support of this will again come into its own as character. The. case for and increasing uses for rubber are against restriction was very fully found as a result of the lower put forward at a recent meeting price of the commodity. of the Straits Settlement Legisla- tive Council. Those opposed to

Glasgow Bans Flag Days.. Government interference submitt-

The magistrates of Glasgow ed that economic laws are the only

have thrown a bombshell into the remedy for the troubles from

camp, of charitable and similar which the rubber industry, In

organisations in the city by their common with very many other decision to prohibit all flag days basic industries concerned with and street collections for charity, the production of prime com- This decision has been arrived at *modities, ja suffering to-day. Lowing to the fact that flag days They urged that restriction is have become so numerous as to constitute, in the eyes of a nothing more than a palliative

majority of the magistrates, a which cannot effect any permanent nuisance. But the magisterial curs. One speaker put the posi-ban has to be approved by the tion thus: "The patient is ill. Town Council before it can be He is very ill, but if the laws of come operative. Apparently the] health-financial health, economic | magistrates' new rule is to cover. health-are allowed full play, he all charity collections, with no ex- will recover. Restriction, how ceptions, and this has called forth many public protests, as the pro- ever, is a quack remedy. The hibition would imperil the Poppy patient, goes to Government and Day collection for the Boiz Fund, says, "We don't want to go through as well as to the Glasgow Students' this long and painful remedy; we annual Infirmaries Day street want you to give us some medicine, carnival. The latter event has some pill, which, by its magic raised, on each of the last two touch, will put everything right occasions, over £17,000, and £105,-

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