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Lt. Col. ROWLAND FIELDING on

THE EARTH

THOU

GOLD: RANSACKED.

even if pure English were spoken, ☀) American talking films could not be exported to non-English speaking. pooples. Mr. Maxwell therefore realised the opportunity, and dis- covered that Elstree was ideally aftunted for the purpose of the "multi-lingual talkie." He began to produce English talkies and then to arrange with a German or

NHOUGH most commodities are that of an ocean into which the French company to bring their

selling at prices which barely world dumps nearly a third of its The P. and O. 8.8. Mirzapore, from own chata to Elstree, using the Singapore, is dus here at 8 am. on ropay the cost of production, con- annual production, most of which

sumers stili refrain from reploni- is merely hoarded. same studio sets and recording Sunday next.

the ahing their stocks) so deep

Since the discovery of America apparatus, Obviously, American The Hongkong Technical Institute prevailing feeling of uncertainty. at the close of the afteenth con- producers could not ship whole advertises ita re-opening on Wednes Within the last few days allver tury the world has produced ap

has reached the lowest price in proximately 1,042,850,000 ounces casts of Germon OT French day, March 4.

Its history.

of gold, more than half of which arlisten from Europe to Holly- The St. Patrick's Society of Hong-

Gold alone la boing produced in was mined during the last thirty wood for the purpose of making kong is holding its ball at the Poiningaificient quantity to meet the years.. Of the total about 467,

sula Hotel on Tuesday, the 17th in-demand, and the world's output, 000,000 ounces are estimated to which in 1920 was approximately exist in the form of monetary A prominent American Consul

J. w. £8,500,000, will probably have stocks. It in advertised that Mr. recently stated that the English Stephenson has taken over charge of noon passed its zenith, if it has

To-day the principal gold-pro- much the Chinese Maritime Customs from not alreay done so.. It is at pro- are adapting themselves

Mr. J. G. O'G. Anderson, as from to- sent being kept up by the Randducing countries in their order of mere readily to "sound" than they day.

goldfield, the capacity of which importance are the Transvaal, must before long show diminution. the United States, Canada, Russia, ↑ did to "silent" Alm production.

Rhodesia. Sir Charles Eliot, retiring Abbasso-

In countries which have define-Mexico, Australasia, The reason, of course, la that the

dor for Japan and formerly Vice- producers have the material ready Chanceller of Hongkong University,ly adopted the gold standard, the The Transvaal, which contributed

half times at hand on the British stage. As a passenger by the Hakone Maru, value of gold as expressed in cur- some £43,000,000 in 1929, producos

rency in unchanging. In England about one and a due in Ilongkong Friday,

an ounce of Bine gold ja worth 808.much as the other six countries the moment, they are largely en-

A further remand for a week was it follows that as gold becomes mentioned, put together.

The world has been ransacked kaged in merely transposing the

granted by Mr. Schofield, when Sohbat scarcer its purchasing power in- spoken drama from the medium of Khan and Abdul Khanan appear-creases, which-in other words-[more thoroughly for gold than for the stags into the new medium ofed before him, charged with having means that commodity prices fall. any other metal. Untiring pro-

a assaulted four other Indians in

It would seem that the nation spectors, rough ploneers of civil- tho the film. They have not had the fairest Bght at Wapchat in January, time in which to develop an entire-Sub-Inspector M. Murphy said the producing, most gold, in a rising sation, continue

in market for gold, possesses advan-mountains and the plains as they Injured men would probably be

доло throughout ly new art or technique of sound hospital for at least another week. tages over other nations in the fhave

But there have been fow work markets. Now that is the history. And talking movies. But they

Mr. John Charles Oswald, of Croy-position occupied by the British new Ands of late years and none Empire, whose mines, mostly that is likely to replace the Rand

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The

Thongkong Telegraph.

MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1931.

BRITISH FILMS.

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tri-lingual films.

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now coming into worldwide relied on June 21, 1930. left Hongkong

to

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have made a fine start and arodon, Surrey, and Inte of Fonchow, whontrolled from this country, pro-when it begins to fail. Some cognition. We can only hope that estate to the value of $22,100, and duce rather more than 70 per cent. promising new discoverien

Kruss persimalty, including groas of the world's total output. It is being developed in Western Aus

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Forthcoming Concerts.

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in spite of great natural. dificul- ties an Equatorial climate, scant the untrained labour, a country

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as an outcome of the deliberationsrealty, of $58,324. He rescinded a

former will, by virtue of which left position which, some years ago, tralia, and the Australian Govern- of the recent Imperial Conference, his wife, Ninn Louisa Oswald, sole led people to think that our re-ment, alive to the importance of of a larger proportion British beneficiary and exccutrix, and she has covery from the ravages of the the gold-producing Industry, has

bonus Un-recently decided to pay a the war would be fast and sure. granted the resealing of been Aims will before long be made

probate.

fortunately, our production costs £1 per ounce of gold mined in the of goods have not come down in country. In New Guinea, available to Britons overseasi

the rich deposits are being exploited annual carnival dance in the Pen-proportion to the rise in insula Hotel on March 13, and purchasing power of gold. would appeal to all lovera

Practically speaking, all The world at large would ap-

animals to give this function their support. Prizes are being present. gold that has ever been produced precipitous and inaccessible that Shear Lo be changing ita viewa

as transportation is practicable only ed for the Best Dressed and most has been employed either

There exists no about British films. if.

Gold does by acroplane. a few

original Costumes for both Laney or in the arts. [To The Editor of Hongkong

up like the base dimculty, however, that cannot be years ago, it had been predicted

and Gentlemen. Telegraph.]

This annual Ball not get used

metals, such as Iron, copper, tin, overcome by the ingenuity of man that

in of British

sufficient. the products

is recognised as one of the int lend, and zinc. It is imperishable if gold is found Sir,We have just received in studios would

gain more

pleasant ways whereby all those and indestructible, and the gold quantity. wire from the Westminster Glee who take an interest in the work articles recently excavated at Ur Rich mines may, and probably popularity than those emanating Singers, stating that they are per-16f the S.P.C.A. may got together of the Chaldees, though several will, be opened up, but the earth's from Hollywood, the prophecy forming at the Star Theatre from and the financial support helps thousand years old, are as fresh surface has been searched ao in- March 7th to March 10th, and ask-materially to enable the Suciety to to-day as when they were manu- tensively and for so long a period would not have been taken too

for gold that the chances of And- the good work. The factured. seriously. But the fact is to-laying us to assist in making this

were popular dances held in 1928 and

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1920 The existing available worlding new fields of the magnitude that it in the British talkies which here before that we recommended proved a great succosa, everyone supply must indeed closely ap necessary to arrest the declining mined output become less probable as are 'most popular, the appeal of them to give a few performances pecsent being out to enjoy the proximate the total gold

Kowloon in

return evening. thoir On

I should again make a ince men first began to extract each year passes. the American production being on

The hope for the future lies this special appeal to the rising genera- the metal from the carth-after the wane. There are reasons would be in April. Advertise-tion of the Colony to support us in deducting, of course, the gold lest principally in the large low-grade this, as we shall show later. Meau-ments are, of course, appearing our effort in this direction, thereby by misadventure or attrition, or ore bodies. Already the flotation hidden process has made available vast while, it is interesting to note immediately, but the notice is so combining sympathy with the lot through ita having been

in tombs or deposita of lead-sinc-copper ores That whilst the Films Act for a short that the Singers will have of animals with a social evening away deliberately

containing small quantities of arrived almost fore the public spent in the delighttal surround-otherwise.

however, various gold. The Buchan's River Mine in time played into the hands of un-has heard of them. We, underings of the Garden in the Penin-ways in which gold can go out of Newfoundland provides a notable scrupulous cotapuny promoters. it stand that booking is being opened sula Hotel.

For example of one of these. did a good turn for Mr. John Max- at once at the Star Theatre and ati Tickets may be had from these and become ineffective.

example, about two-fifths of the History shows that gold short- following members of the Commit-geld produced each year is con-ages have in the past invariably well, the lone man of enterprise We should appreciate it if you tee:

sumed in the arts. Obviously been made good by now disco from Glasgow, for his company, would allow us to make a further

Mrs. Anderson, Hon. Mr. J. P. such gold serves no utilitarian) veries. Goldfield after goldfield the British International Pictures, announcement of three fortheon Braga, Mrs, Forrest, Mr. H. Owen purpose, and the available sup was found. The sixteenth century was helped by it to weather the ing musical attractions which, Hughes, Mr. S. W. Ko, Mrs. de plies could be made to go farther produced many discoveries-lo through sheer bad luck, are book-Martin, Mr. M. H. Roffey, Mr. M. by legislation restricting its uses America. The hungry forties ter- talkie storm, with the result thated for three consecutive week-P. Taluti, Dr. K. C. Yeo, Mrs. in this manner.

minated in the Australian and to-day his Elstree studios are the nights:-Fri, and Sat., March 27th Baker, Mr. F. R. Devey, Miss Grace The remaining three-fifths is Californian gold rushes. In 1885 Ho-tung, Mr. J. D. A. Hutchison, employed as money. Most of this the Rand was discovered and. centre of the British talking-film and 28th, and Mon. March 9th.

Mr. Strok has just wired reserv-Mrs. M. K. L. Mors. A. F. B. gold having been laboriously dug later, the Klondike and the Lena. production.

ing the Theatre Royal on the 27th Silva-Netto, J. Russell, E. Cout of the ground is reburied in But it will not be wise to count for a pair of excellent dancers Tregillus, D. II. Blake, W. B. Fin- bank vaults. A great deal of it upon a continuance of these ex- reviews, in commenting on the known as the Sakharoffs, who are nigan, Lady Ho-tung, Miss Gin hoarded. Recently, the flow of pertences, future of the British film indus violinist. They should have a Perrin, Mr. H. S. Rouse, Mrs. P. Ptions, with tho

accompanied by a pianist und "Heard, Mr Loseby, Mr. N. J. gold to the United States and France has reached flood proper- try. puts forward the view that peared here carller but have been. Wodehouse, or from eur. Ilon.

A writer in one of the English

tut journey,

Moutric's.

understood

And

There are,

even without the Films Act, Bri-delayed by splendid successes in Secretary, Mr. J. D. A. Hutchison, other countries

pinch. India, according to a Lish talkies would have emerged Japan. He has also booked the e/o. Thomson

Theatre for the 30th, for a vocal Buildings. victorious, In the first place, he recital by the celebrated prima

and her says, the British people wanted donna, Toll dal Monte, good English. The plain, honest husband, de Muro-Lomanto (lyric audiences of the Midlands, the tenor), who are on their first world

tour.

not North and the South could

At the same time another im- stomach a jargon which was pressario, M Podoli, unaware of largely meaningless to them. They these engagements, is bringing M. Martenot, the inventor of the could not appreciate the wise-wonderful "Music from the Star cracks of the "big hoye" or the Ether" instrument, to the

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a pity for music-luvers to miss any of these attractions, but without k special effort the altendances are bound to suffer from the close Proximity of the dates.

It is the object of this Society to au-give timely notice of the visits of dience gaping when asked to lis. professional artists of sufficiently ten to such gibberish. Even high standing to be recommended to the public; to stimulate Interest, Landon began to loathe back and combat the apathy that used to drama with compaplace be so widespread; and to ensure stories of crime, boot-legging, or that these artisten shall face reasonably-filled halls and not sex, which Hollywood sent over

rows of empty benches. Adver week by week, mouth after month, tisements will appeur in your to serve as the background for columna in due course. But some. monotonous displays of chorus thing more than the usual adver Straig is needed if the attendances girls legs. Even the romantic on these three dates are to justify young woman from the suburbs this Colony's Improved musical grew tired of such back-chat as: reputation. We hope that musle- lovers will give all the support in. "Baby, you didn't oughta travel their power for the sake of the with that bunch." "I8 zat 807" artistes who are in no way to

for don't blame "Yeah, that's so and I

unfortunato arrangements.-Yours, etc. . mean maybe. Listen, baby, you

A. M. BOWES-SMITH, kinda kil yourself you'ra smurt;

Hon. Secretary, well; some day I guess you're

Hongkong Musical Society. gonna be kicking yourself all

S.P.C.A. Ball. round the block." "Aw, can it, big boy." "O.K.,, baby!" Sufficient cloty for the Prevention of Cruelty has been quoted to show that, | to 'Animals are having 'thair third

these

reault that all are feeling the

Co., York writer in the New York Times.

absorbs about 6,000,000 J. RUSSELL,

each year. The relation of India; Hon. President.

ta gold-so says this writer-ia

Sir, The Committee of the So-

"The polar bears will next play--"

SVOBOJKA SZÖNJË MË. FELLUME OFF

ounces

We Must Have Favourites.

By Beverley Nichols.

THE man next to me was study- ing one of those bright little con- theatre programmes which tain, besides tho' list of scenes and the names of the cast, various atories, jokos, and oddments of theatrical information. One of the most popular features of this programme la Its saries of "con- fessions," in which various actors and actresses inform the' public of their favourite flower, their favourite food, their pet aversion, and the like. It was one of these confessions which aroused the ire of my neighbour. "How can they make auch fools of them. selves?" he demanded, with snort. "How can anybody but a half-wit havde a favourite flower or a favourite anything, for that. matter?"

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I do not agree with this critic. I am all for the man who saya, quite definitely, that he has, favourites, whether they are: animal, vegetable, or mineral. All Specialiste..

It may be more impressive to say that you haven't--to observe, gushingly, that you adore all flowers to such an extent that you couldn't possibly choose single blossom, from the world's. gordon. But such broad apprecia tians are apt to be little dull.

Aftor all, the Institution of marriage is based, somewhat rash- ly, on the assumption that you haya a favourite woman so that In this mattor, at least, you have (Continued on Page T.),

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