1931-12-05 — Page 17

CAPTAIN ROBERT

DOLLAR.

STILL ACTIVE IN HIS BBTH. YEAR.

SON IN HONGKONG.

One of the most unique per- sonalities of California, in fact the most unique personality In the shipping fraternity of the world, in Robert Dollar, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Dollar Steamship Lines, who is now in his 88th year, and in as active, as any

hls associates half his ago. Perhaps you have read Peter B. Kyne's stories

"Cappy Ricks? The

of

you

Kobert

Dollar, for Kyne

has stated that

he

took

The

Grand Old Man

of the Pacific"

As the prototype of the dynamic old shipping maater who dominales

Kyne talcu

talen.

The

Age seems to

mean

Lo

Ilttle Captain Robert Dollar, for there ROBERT DOLLAR is not one of his "President" liners that arrives at San Francisco but the active head of the lines which bear his name makes a thorough inspec- tion of the vessel from the bilres to the bridge.

HONGKONG BETTING

TAX,

(Continued from Page 1.) numbered tickets issued in books with or without counterfoils as the Inspector General of Police may decide.

In the case of cash-sweep or ganised by clubs or other bodies elsewhere, ordinary social, sport ing. race, jockey or hunt clubs in the Colony as agents for the or ganising club or other body and with the permission in writing of

the

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPP

CORRESPONDENCE.

·The Great.”

To the Editor, Hongkong

Telegraph.]

Sir,-Apropos "The Great," I ask for the sake of information whother all that has been written about Edison is correct. Was he really a great Inventor?

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1931

EMILIO SCALA SUCCEEDS.

(Continued from Page 1.)

the general body of avidence in that light. On the contrary ∙I have received an unconquerablo Impression that both sides have a general belief that the real merita and the real justice of the caac pre with them.

Praying for Success,

box, held an interesting and attrac

"Mra. Apicella, in the witness tive set of bends in her hand quite sworn she took care to place the unostentallously and as she was cross on the book.

The telephone was invented by lieve, an inhabitant of Edinburgh. a man named Bell, who was, I be The Swann Edison Incandescent Inspector General of Police lamp may provide lists of numbers, Swedish gentleman as to Edison. due at least na much to the may sign their names as subseri-I understand he had a draughts books of numbered tickets as the is not a fact that any one of his bers for chances, or may issue man called Otto something, and It Inspector General of Police

"All was done in a way not to may highly technical and decide.

wonderfully make me see it but I did noo It," self-repressing experts who had a he said. "I am convinced that new idea had the option of patting she had been attending Mass

before

the public under the aus-regularly, and had stormed the pices of Edison?

heavens with prayers that this case might be won and that sha trusts her prayers will be answer- ed.

Restrictions,

ur

be

No tickets, Hats, receipta. other substitutes for tickets record- ing the numbers of the chances allicated for any cash-sweep, to- talizator or pari-mutuel may made, printed, laned, sold or offer- ed for sale, except by or on behalf ut a club which has received the permission of the Inspector General of Police under this Ordinance.

Or

per.

No hawking of chances in the streets or public advertisements of cash-sweeps or of totalisaler parimutuel betting shall be mitted: Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall prevent the publication of results after the race in question or after any drawing in relation hereto.

The Duties,

under

The title "Chairman of Board" of the steamship line which now operates a fleet of large pas- senger vessels seems to mean little totailsator or

On every bet made on to Captain Dollar as far as ahut-thorised

pari-mutuel ting him off from his fellow workers. His office door is open at all times to any of his associates, down to the newest office-boy.

Every day, promptly at 8.35 a.m. Captain Dollar arrives at the Robert Dollar building, San Fran- cisco and proceeds to his office on the tenth floor, which overlooks the

thia Ordinance there shall be charged a duty of contributed or subscribed. three per cent. on the amount paid,

Mr. R. Stanley Dollar. entire San Francisco harbour. Everyday, promptly at 3 n'clock his Recretary reminds him it is time to go home. And, reluctantly, for he loves his work, Captain Dollar gathers up some unfinished work to do after dinner at home.

in San Rafael, about an hour from his office, Captain Dollar 18 greeted by "Mother" at their beauti ful, old home, where they settled upon arriving in the Bay district, many years ago.

The family of Captain and Mrs. Dollar consists of Mr. R. Stanley Dollar, president of the

Dolar Lines, (who arrived here by the 3.8. President Madison yesterday), Mr. J. Harold Dollar, vice-pres.dent of the Dollar Lines, and Mr. A. Melville Dollar, who has his own shipping organization in British Columbia, their families, and re- latives. They are all considered part of the "family" and the San Rafael home is always the scene of family gatherings on holidays and week-enda.

Another "family," of which their are more than 10,000 members, is the big Dollar-Line-family, which extends to the four corners of the earth, and the Seven Seas. It is with pride that Captain Dollar calls his organization his "family."

Parin..

Geneva.

Borila

Ozlo

Athens

Previous Day.

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17.0/32

.14.3/10

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..202

and on every cash-sweep chance On every cash-sweep ticket sold

section 4 there shall be charged a allocated by list as provided In

duty of five

per cent. of the amount paid, contributed or sub- scribed.

The secretary, treasurer and every steward and member of the committee of management of the club, as well as the club itself if a corporation, shall be jointly and severally liable for the duty pay. able.

Penalties.

•

p

I do not want to detract from the greatness or otherwise of a man who has now passed away, as we all shall eventually, but I do like to see the rewards of public favour,

etc., going where they ought to go, although it nover docs, Thus the thusness of this,Yours, etc.

NEMO.

IF YOU LIVED IN KUSSIA.

(Continued from Page 8.)

was no strained respect shown the principas. ne caduren, governing Lucir own rooms and actions, not Duty feel free to criticize the.r erdere as well as their roommates, our are encouraged to do so.

We stayed to lunch and ate at one of the wooden tables where the 260 children are served. They had a good vegetable soup with a piece piece of porogi, a little dainty tnade ot meat in it, black bread, tea and a

of pastry folded over some kind of alling. meat, vegetable or jam.

A little girl with flaxen. pigtails and new black apron over her faded checked gingham dress came up to the dietitian.

"I am convinced that that is so whether sue perjured herself in the box or got," he said. curious outlook, but human nature "It is a must be accepted and not taken as the expression of an ethical theory.

Liars Classified. "Persona who give false testi- mony are almost invariably con- sistent in their method of lying.

"There are the artistic liars," he anid,

credit by being in the malu per- "wha endeavour to gain fectly truthful and occasionally even making apparently damaging admissions and reserving the lion for some essentials.

"Then there are the timid llars,

who are reluctant to tell a lfe if it can be helped and who prefer to evade or forget.

the type that adopts the policy of "Mr Scala," he said, "is one of taking the bull by the horna. He never minces matters.

He con- sistantly seeks to cut the ground completely from under hia oppon-i ents' feet.

"There are some litigants who cannot leave a good casc alone," said Mr. Justice Meredith. must improve and copper-fasten "They their case. I have no doubt Scala

Scala's Conscience.

"My table thinks the porugi is too tough," she stated in a matter- of-fact tone, and went back to her scat. "She is right," the kindly-is such a litigant. faced, middle aged manager in an unironed white Hoover apron said. I guess there is too much in them." "We got some new flour today and

"Also there are many witnesses In the seventh grade, the children scrupulous if they find that the

who tell me that 98 per cent. of their other side is telling lies, and parti

become much more U21- number has joined some kind of larly if they think those tes are of specaling up production or edu-Court." a voluntary group with the purpose making an impression on

the

"If the plaintiffs were relying on a document that had been altered result

Any person who, and the secret- ary, treasurer and every steward or member of the committee of management of any club which acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with any provisions of this Ordinance or of any regula-cation. tion made or condition imposed I saw no truant children wander- thereunder for which no othering Moscow streets as there used to penalty

la provided shall be be. Delinquency is not a problem, liable on summary conviction to a Ane not exceeding one thousandsory for all children in Russia be-

I was told. Education is compul

ages of seven and 14, No boy or girl can get a job untilment, and if their story seemed to he has had seven years schooling.

be making headway with the Literacy, only 24 per cent. for all Court, I have no doubt that Scala the of Russia under the czur, is now

would not hesitate to say anything claimed to have reached the level which he believed would help his of 84.5.

dollars.

Regulations.

arc

or con-

Amongst the regulations made under the Ordinance following: organising a cash-aweep

The secretary of every club ducing a totaliantor mutuci, in the Colony, or acting as or pari- agent in the Colony for

location of chances in a cash

the sweep organised outside Collector of Stamp Revenue

the Colony, shall draw up for statement showing

the

(i) the number of tickets sold and the amounts received in rospect of the totalisator or parl-mutuel betting on each

tween the

Mrs. Apicella after the they were making a number of of the draw was known, and if false statements as to the agree

case.

statement that by 1983 every one entitled to win on the true facts "I must not, therefore, jump lo The Five-Year Plan Includes a the conclusion that Scala is not

shall be iterate! of Russia's 176,000,000 persons just because he has made a number of false statements; or only use There is a shortage of teachers, the detection of auch false state- The pay ranges only from 95 rou- ments 1or the mere purpose of ables ($47.50) a month in the coun-autermining how bis evidence is ry to 166 roubles ($82.60) for pro- to be estimated, and also for the fessors. Teachers have to work at purpose of seeing what were the least one month a year in a factory points on which he was afraid, just issued an appeal for Komso-motived. or on a farm. The government has because his lles were definitely

25 years) to teach. moles (young Communists from 14-

This

group of ready to go anywhere, do anything youngsters la a volunteer army, the government aske them. In out- of-the-way places you will always find a boy or girl Komsomo! start- ing a new nursery for peasant babies, teaching illiterate muzika to read and write, pereuading them to Join the kolhozes, or. collective

race: (ii) the number and value of

tickets sold;

(iii) the number and value of cash sweep chances alloca ted otherwise than by ticket in respect of each

TACE,

Delivery of Statements.

Next: Housekeeping in Ruskin.

In the case of a club acting as ted to lasue lists instead of tickets. agent as aforesaid which is permit-farms the statement shall be drawn and delivered to the Collector be fore the lista of numbers allocated are despatched from the Colony.

Soviet

SUGAR MARKET. THE LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS.

London Terminals. March 1982 6/10% up May 1982 7/-up

d.

d.

August 1932 772% up December 1981 6/7 up

d.

d.

asking

In the case of cash-sweeps con- durted by a club organising the race and in the case of beta on any total delivered within fifteen days after the day on which the race la of the sugar market yesterday has The following cable at the close EXCHANGE RATES.

keid,

been received by Mesars. Pen- In all other cases the statement treath and Co. Yesterday, shall be drawn up and delivered 85% within three days after the day on 17 which the race is held and before 14.3/16, any money distributed

among the 18% contributors or subsribers. .1924 The Collector, or any person 235% generally

or specially authorised 40% thereto by him in writing, may at 1/10.17/32 1/10.0/16 all reasonable times require from .3.80%

the Amsterdam.. .8.11/32

secretary of every such club 181 the production at such place as ho may direct of any books, accounts, 140 vouchers, lists, counterfolla or 680 other documents relating to any 1/4,15/16 1/4.20/88, totalimator, parl-mutuel or sweop

Payment of Duty.

Helsingfors.

Buenos Aire...dox

Shanghal.

New York.

Stockholm

Vienna..

Madrid..

Bucharest

Hongkong Brussels Milan Copenhagen.

Prague.. Lisbon.

Rio

Bombay

Yokohama,

Montreal....

3.88

8.0/92

**28

+18.3/16 .20

.670

24

.05% .18.0/16 .114 ..100%

65% 18

113 under

12

.1/0.8/02 .8/1144

.8134

Silver (apot)...20

(forward) 19,5/10

the

&

Buyers at above prices, sellers

14d-20 more,

New York Terminals. March 1932 1.08 down 1 pt. May 1982 1.13 no change. July 1982 1.19 no change. September 1932 1.24 down 1 pt. December 1931 1.10 no change.

Treasurer.

be under the hand of the Colonial Unless by agreement between The duty required to be paid any club and the Collector for the

payment of Betting 100%

duty in any other man- Doty Ordinance,

ner, the 1981,

'duty shall be paid by shall be 1/6% deemed

dobt

atamps affixed printed, embossed and

mayor impressed by the Collectar on be recovered in the same manner each ticket or counterfoil and on 3.00 58 Crown renta, assessments, fees each list provided for in sections 19.7/18 or forfeitures are recovered under of the Betting Duty Ordinance, 19% the Crown Femal'us Ordinance 1981; before any such ticket or liet

1875, upon certificate purporting to in fasited.

2/11/2

British Wireless.

Londonderry Air (arr. Harty).

The Ecg. Band of H. M. Grenadier Guards. DX75.

An Irish Symphony-Scherzo (Harty), Sir Hamilton Harty conducting the Halle Orchestra. 9881. Memories of Chopin (arr. 8.26-8.62 p.m. Osteta.

Willoughby).

J. H. Squire Celeste Octot. DX128. Serenado in C-Elegie

(Tachaikowsky arr. Sear). None But the Weary Heart

(Tchaikowsky, arr. Willoughby). Down Memory Lane (arr.

Willoughby).

J. IL Squire Celeste Octet

DX288-DI267.. 8.62.9.35 p.m. A Concert. i Song- Bacio (Dream of Home)

Organ Solo-Toccata in F (Bach);

(Farnio and 'Arditi); Isobel Baillo (Soprano), DX165,

Anton van der Horst. DX36. Choral-O Care, Thou Wilt Despatch

Me (Woelkez Fellowes). Choral-(a) Follow, Lo, The Footing

(Morley-Follower) (b) Trio: How Merrily We Livo (East- Fellowes).

Plano Solo-Prelude in C Sharp Hiner

The St. George's Singers. 9877. (Rachmaninoff).

Plano Salo-Prelude in G Minor

(Rachmaninoff)

William Murdoch. DX244. Bong The Barber of Seville-Dawn Violin Solo-Ave Maria (Schubert

With Her Rosy Mantle (Rosshal). Hoddia Nash (Tenor), DX18, arr. Wilbels}}............... 14"

violin Bolo-Caprics Vienno la

(Kralalar y

i

37, Naoum, Bunder. DX7; 9.35-10.00 p.m.

Concerts in Minor (For 'Cello and Orabestra) (Elgar, Op. 85). W. H. Squire ('Cello), and the Hallá Orchestra conducted by Bir Hamilton Harty DX117-DX120,

10.00 pm. Clowd down

All records in the above European programme are kindly supplied by deure. Anderson Husle Costu

RADIO BROADCAST

COMMENTARY ON TO-DAY'S FOOTBALL.

Txom

To-day's radio programme, Z. B. W. on a wavelength of 855

matrox.

8.46-5.80 p.m. (approx). Running Commentary on the Football Match from the bowinon Football Ground- Kowloon Football Club v. Argyll and 8. H. by kind permisalon of the Kow- loon Football Club and the Football Association

6.30.7.00 p.m. Chinem recorded programme. 7.00-21.30

'ard

European Pro- gramme of Victor and HLM. V. re- cords.

7.00 p.m. Mail notice, etc. 7.03-7.45 p.m. Variety. Hawaikan. Orchestra-Mariz, Mari Hawallan Orchestra-Girl of my

Dreama.

Walter Kolomoku Honoluluan. 21203. Humorous Song-I Learned About

Women from Her. Humorous Song-A Gay Caballero.

Frank Crum.t. 21785. Chorus-Dusky Stevedore. Chorus-Blue Shadows.

The Revelers. 21765. Organ Bolo-The Love Waltz. Organ Bolo-Falling in Love Again.

Reginald Foort. B3574. Song-My Fate is in Your Hands. Song-All That I'm Asking la

Sympathy.

Gone Austin (Tenor). 22223 Chorus-Happiness Boys Going Abroad. Chorus-Happiness Boys in London.

The Happiness Boys. 22401. 8.00 p.m. (Local time and weather

report).

7.45-8.16 p.m. "No No Nanette," "Rose Marie."

Vocal Gems.

Victor Light Opera Company. 35766. "Countess Maritsa,"

"The Desert Song." Victor Light Opera Company, 35800. "Follow Thru."

"Hold Everything."

Pomp and Circumstance (Elger),

Victor Light Opara Group. 35970. 8.16-8.33 p.m. Orchestral. Royal Albert Hall Orchestra. 8016. Petite Suito-Due (Bizet). Petite Suite-Berceuse and Galop

(Birot):

Victor Concert Orchestra. 86768. 8.38-3.58 p.m. A Concert: Piano Solo-On the Banks of the

Danube (Kurucz). Song-Oh Could I But Express in Song John Kurcz. V-12.

(Maleshkin).

Feodor Chaliapin (Bass). 1368. Violin Solo-Humorenque

(Dvorak-Kreisler).

Fritz Krolelor. 0002. Bong-The Bella of St. Mary's

(Furber-Adams). Song-Ever of Thee I'ma Fondly

Dreaming (Linley-[Inil).

Fra Alda-Suprano), 1176- Piano Solo-Rococo (Palmeran).

Benno viselvitch. E492,

8.58-9.30 p.m.

Trial by Jury (Gilbert and

Sullivan),

Recorded under the direction of Rupert D'Orly Carte. CA. 9.30-11.50 p.m. Dance programna. Fox Trot-Nevertheless. Fox Trot-Look in the Looking

Glasa. 22722. Fox Trot-You Forgot Your Gloves. Fex Trot-Falling in Love.

22700. Waltz-The Same as we Ueed to Do. Fox Trot-Mary Jane.

22088. Fox Trot-You Don't Need

Glasses. Fax Trot-Building a Home For

You, 22704. Fox Trot-Let Me Hum a Hymn

to Her To-night. Fox Trot-Can't You Read Between

the Lines. 22696. Waltz-Mine Yesterday-His To-day. Fox Trot-Say a Little Prayer

For Me. 22667,` Fox Trot-I "Wanna" Sino

About You. Fox Trot-Now You're in My

Arms. 22680. Fox Trot-Ya Got Love. Fox Trot-I Wanna Be Around My

Baby All the Time. 22080. Waltz-That Melody of Love. Waltz-Was it a Dream? Fox Trot-Doin' the Rumba, Fox Trot-So Sweet.

22660. Fox Trot You Don't Know What

You're Dom'. For Trot-I'm Thru with

21297.

Love. 22077. Fox Trot-Yours in My Heart Alone Fox Trot-Out of Nowhere. 22868. Waltz-Laugh! Clown,, Laught Fox Trot-The Dance of the.

Blue Danube, 21308. Fox Trot-African Lament. Fox Trot-The Voodoo, Fox Trot-ig-time.

22457-

Fox Trot-Egyptian Ella Fox Trot-It a Great Life. Fox Trot-My Ideal.

22644

22544.

Fox Trot-High and Low. Fax Trot-Dancing in the

Dark. 22702. Fox Trot-What's Keeping my ...

Prince Charming?. Fox Trot-You Can't Stop me

From Lovin' You. £2710. Waltz Destiny, Walts-Cecile

21569.

10.30 p.m. (approx). Rugby mid-

day preas news,

11.80 p.m.

Close down.

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SUNDAY'S PROGRAMME. 10.00-11.00 am. Relay of Service from St. Joseph's Church:

11.00-19.38 pm. Relay of St. Paul's Church "Barving

12.15 p.m. Chinese musle. 1.00 p.m. Local time and weather reportaj 22m

2.00 pm Closs down.” 8.00-10.00

p.m European pro- gramme of Columbia records.

6.00 p.m. Local time and woutber asport.

3.08-8.26 pm. Orchestral. Partits in E (Bach-Wood).

Sir Henry J. Wood conducting the New Queen's Hall Orch. DX10. Parsifal-March of the Knights of the

Holy Grail (Wagner). (Continued on Previors Column,).

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