1933-05-12 — Page 21

GIANTS NOSED OUT BY PITTSBURGHI

Washington Receive A Set Back

WELL-BEHAVED BUS

PASSENGERS

ARE NEW RULES NECESSARY?

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

ORDERED TO PAY HIS WIFE 2d. A WEEK

Vanished Fortune of £170,000

FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1933.

"NEST EGGS OF

THE POOR"

MILLIONS SAVED BY WORKERS

MARX'S

PROPHECY

FALSIFIED

RADIO BROADCAST

STUDIO CONCERT

FOR TO-NIGHT

From, B. W., on wave length of | 866 metron (84.5 k/c.),

4.30-7 p.m. Chinese recorded pro- gramme.

The drivers and conductors of Washington, May 11. the London omnibuses, when nok- A man who inherited £170,000 Brooklyn accomplished a smart ek what they thought of the in 1920 and at one time allowed his performance in nosing out Cin: Transport Minister's new rules wife £3,000 a year, was ordered at cinnati in the National Baseball

governing their conduct and that Marylebone to pay his wife 2d. a Longue match to-day, and Pitts of their passengers, seemed puz-week.

A group of Conservativo M.P.N burgh treated the Giants In 11

zled. There is nothing now in the similar way.

point out in a letter to the Editor The husband. Cloveland gathered another win regulations, they complain, noth-

Alan Freeman of the Morning Pest how the work-itons, etc. in the American League and the ing they have not known for Hooke, of Union-street, Farnham, ing classes by accumulated sav- Senators found themselves noaed years. What is the good of had been summoned for neglecting ings have built up a great bulwark Victor Balon Group.

regulation, they ask, if it deals Several matches were again post-with an offence that is no longer to provide his wife with reasonable have falsifled the dismal pre-of the Teye-In the Toymaker'a Work-

out by St. Loula.

poned on account of rain.-Reiter's scores follow:

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London's bus conductora and He said he was astonished London's bus passengers are the thear that she had no money, con- beat-behaved in the world. The sidering that she had £42,000 from secret of such good conduct lies in him fn 11 years. It was perfectly good nature, in the feeling experi- amazing, enced by most passengers that a for Cin-ride in an omnibus is even to-day a mild adventure to which the whole attention, or most of it,

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His own Income, he said, was 246 a year, and he was living and boarding in a bed-sitting room at 20a, a week.

against revolution, and thereby

phecles of Marx.

7-10.30 p.m. European programme. 7 p.m. Closing Local Block Quota- 7.3-7.20 p.m. Selections by the Air de Ballet Al Fresco-March shop-Never Mind Bo-Peop-Go to Sleep Toyland-I Can't Do That Bum-Whilo on Parade-Every Lovar Angelua-Sho's Pretty as a Pleture Jeannette and Her Wooden Shoes---- DAY 1s Sweetheart Waltz-Every Ladies' Day-Isle of my Dreams- Whistling Song-Danco-Moonbeams Shining-Because You're You-The Streets of Nuw York.

(Victor Horbert). L-4591. 7.20-8 p.m. "among the principal predictions The entire musical numbers of "The of Karl Marx, the dismal prophet Mikado" (Gilbert and Sullivan).

Civic. is being com- wiono centenary

Light Opera Company and Orchestra directed by Lewis Kroll. would be the first country to memorated thin year, that Britain

L-24005/0. Loen! Time and Weather exhibit the collapse of the capital-

The letter, which is entitled "Nest Eggs of the Poor," Is signed by six M.P.8: Mr. J. D. Cassels, K.C., Rear-Admiral Gordon Camp- boll, Mre. Copeland, Mr. P. J. Hannon, Mr. Bracewell Smith, and Mr. Linton Thorp, K.C.

"It was," the letter proceeds,

But even much a spirit of ad-

A sister gave him a few shillings New venture rarely sends bus passen when necessary entertained him to

gers, as the Ministry of Transport regulations would seem to sug-meads occasionally and, when he

auch gest, to

of was hard up, paid for repairs to hisist system. enthusiasm as playing musical shoes. Fortunately, he was well off instruments, jolning in solo or for clothes an he had had a good community singing, throwing bot-wardrobe all his life. les out of the window, waving flags, streamers. Dr swinging balloons from the window, or throwing money to be scrambled for by people in the street. Some how or other, these things are not done,

Medwick humored for St. Louis) Philadelphin v. Chicago match abandoned owing to rain

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THE CONDUCTOR'S DREAM.

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Melillo and Gullle Louis.)

troit v. Philadelphia postponed on

"The capitalists, he said, would continually enrich themselves at the expense of the working men until the exasperated masseя com- overthrow those who bined to flched their earnings and net up a Mr. Long Brown, counsel for theictatorship of the proletariat. wife, asked Hooke if he was left with £7,000 or £8,000 a year.

£7,000 A YEAR.

ASTONISHING FIGURES.

Hooke: No; that is the whole glat "Marx's prophecy has been fal- of the trouble. For the first twosified mainly by two developments which he did not foresee. (i) On the other hand, say the con- for three years, yes.

Through pension, schemes and for St.ductors, there are many thing#

You came into a very considerather forms of social legislation which the new regulations ignore. Chicago New York, and De-They contend, for instance, that able sunt in 1920 on the death of our working classes have secured the national income. (1) The no passenger should be allowed to your uncle. How much was that? an enormously increased share of tender more than a shilling for Roughly about £170,000.

wage level has risen substantially. his fare, and that a rekalation en-

Counsel: Wasn't it more in the and the wage earners have them- foreing the tendering of the exnet fare would be workable. They neighbourhood of a quarter of a Relves become rapitalists on say that a revision of "stages" is

million?

overdue.

system, The present based on fractions of

mile, K too rigid, they declare. Parken- gers overshoot their "atages" in

necount of rain.

BRITISH MOTOR CAR

EXPORTS

London, May 11.

another penny.

A

Hooke: Certainly not.

THE WIFE'S STORY.

vast scale.

"It is timely to call attention to some astonishing figures of work- ing class savings:

Once

"The funds of the Friendly BIG INCREASE SHOWN ignorance, and very properly com-of St. Ann's House, Delamere ter ship of nearly 9,000,000, exceed Mra. Florence Gwendoline Hooke, Socletien, which have a member- THIS YEAR

plain when they are asked for ruce, Paddington, sald she separated £115,000,000.

Assurance "Industrial from her husband in 1920. Under It was pleasant to learn from the separation agreement he was to Funds accumulated mainly by col- 4 large increase in the export some of the older conductors that pay her £3,000 a year. Later the lection of weekly pence and six- of British motorcars is shown by there are far fewer "fare-bilkers" amount was reduced to £2,400, but pences in respect of 80,000,000 than there were twenty years ago, since 1930 he had not paid her any

"This vast Bum held and invest- four months and that the temper of the passen-thing, and now she was practically

without means.

ed on behalf of the policy-holdern gers has improved with the im-

represents insurance to the value provenments in the buses them-

Mr. Hasicwood (før the hus-of £1,200,000,000. selves

band) remarked that under a settle. | "Saving Certificates and Sav ment Mrs. Hooke received £160 ainge Banks deposits (partially year, whereas her husband had an middle-class savings) are worth

the

Board of Trade returna published to-day.

enrs

at

ILS

During the first of this year,

valued £3,337,038 were sold overseas against £2,240,358 for the corres- ponding period last year.--British Wireless.

21 YEARS AGO

Extracts From the "Telegraph" Files

The following extracts are from the Hongkong Telegraph for the week ended May 11, 1912.

•

policies exceed £260,000,000,

The regulations affecting the men themselves put an end to those mysterious conversations be-income of less than £50 a year. approximately £950,000,000.

sometimes

new

tween driver and conductor which Mr. Hooke: One of my

would take place trustees has told me that my in-i through a little window just became is £115. hind the driver's sont--a window which seemed specialy designed

Cont.

STAKE IN THE COUNTRY. "These are stupendous figures, even though they do not include the vast accumulation represented by houses purchased through the anybuilding societies. They

stitate the neat-eggs of the poor. in under capitalism, and the fands have in the main been accumulat- ed an the result of what may ba called stimulated thrift, ir., thrift organised by private enterprise.

In making an order for payment for the purpose, but which now of 2d. a week Mr. Snell (the turns out to he merely a means of magistrate) said that if at ventilation. These conversations, time the husband's circumstances now to be stopped, were never improved the order could be long affairs, as eavesdroppers will creased. testify. What they were about one could never discover. "Well,

The rate of the doliar on de- just business," was all the con- mand was 1/11 15/16.

ductor would answer. if ques tioned.

· • •

Rev. F. T. Johnson, minister at

St. John's Cathedral, was present-

ed with a cheque for $1.590 on the LET WOMEN WRESTLE

Occasion of his departure from

Hongkong "In recognition of his

good work in the Colony,"

.

II. A. Nisbet won the Colony's tennis championship, benting Cap- Lain Day in the final.

Mr. J.A.S. Bucknill, King's Ad- vocate at Cyprus was appointed Attorney General of Hongkong.

IF THEY WISH

A breakdown in health caused land promised to consider the ban- the retirement from the Colony ning of such contests when Lady=

STRONG STOCK MARKETS

ACTIVE WAR LOAN DEALINGS

London. May 11.

"It is extremely significant, in our view, that the Post Office experiment to popularise insur- ance broke down Onally in 1928, and when its failure was at length than admitted there were fewer 10,000 policica in force as compared with tho Industrial ABяurance Offleca 80,000,000.

The great stake in the country SAY LADY ASTOR

The stock markets closed with a that the masses have acquired by Should all-in wrestling contests good tone after some business on a their thrift is, we suggest, the between women be prohibited? large scale particularly in home stautest bulwark against unrest industrials...War Loan 3 per and revolution that the nation pos- Severni M.P. had answered this cont. 99%, and new India four per sosses. Can any leader of Socialist question with an emphatic "No," in cent. were actively deal with at thought, who talks gilbly of ap Parliament and the Home Secretary 16/16 premium.-British Wireleas rooting the Capitalist systems, tell A what he would propose to do with these working class capitalists whilst he was engaged in an im- Astor, ever the champion of wom-afterwards they should be allowed and their millions under Social- portant ease of Mr. Marcus W. on's rights came sailing into the

to have one?"

ism ?" Ślade, K.C.

Tray.

"If women want to wrestle," she Before the laughter had subsided, demanded spiritedly, have they came Lady Astor's retort: "W not just as much right to wrestle they see that if they have a drink

It is within prescribed houra?” Os men?"

The Home Secretary was silent, "Revolting displays," was May 11, but Sir Joseph Nall (G. Hulme)}{mule criticism of women's wrest-

86% id:

ling, and the Home Secretary him- SUNDAY REGISTER 17.474

"Will the right hon. gentleman self expressed the view that such 14.38

(the Home Secretary) agree that exhibitions wore open to the strong- if they desire to have a drink est objections.

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Hongkong Brussels. Stockholm.

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DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF

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113

HE IS WISE THAT IN WISE TO 32 HIMSELF-Euripides,

113% .39,7/16 3.7/10

A .676

was injured 670

young Chinese 1/4.7/10 yesterday in an attempt to alight .1/4.7/16 .24.2034 24.22 from a moving tram near Wellington

29.35

was done.

onc

8 2.a. Report.

8.8-9 p.m.

A relay of "The Melodian's Trio" from Lane Crawford's Restaurant by courtesy of the Management,

P. R. Antonio (Violinist), Y. Aristorenas (Cellist) Carluen (Planlst).

Programme.

BRITISH MADE

BATHING

COSTUMES of exceptional VALUE

We are offering this season the finest value in Men's Bathing Sults that has ever gone out of our store.

There are many plain colours and fancy designs in PURE WOOL that are comfortable to the skin at Price $8.50, $9,75. Loss 10% Discount for Cash.

Cotton Bathing Suits $1.75.

NEW STYLES—ALL SIZES,

WM. POWELL, LTD.

8:

JUST

1. Overturo Calite of Bagdad

(F. Bololdiou).

2. Selection-Cavalleria Rusticana

3.

(a) Siciliana.

(Mascagni).

(b) Intermezzo Binfonico, Gavotto-Stephanie (Czibulla).

4. Song Without Words in A

0.

7.

Major, Op. 9 (Mendelssohn), Serenade to the Stars (J. Rico). Goodbye (F. Tosti).

Violin Solo La Serenata

d'Arlo-cchino (Gereni).

8. Menuet (M. Roland).

D

10.

Ol Garden Danco (G. Vargas). (a) Pas de Echarper).

(b) Callirhoo (Chaminade). 0-9.30 p.m.

The Fire-Bird (Stenwinsky).

Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Leopold Stokowski, 6773/0775. 0.30-10.30 p.m. Concert from the

Studio.

1. Sunke

Programme.

(a) The Trout (Schubert).

(b) The Water Soug (Schubert). Mrs. E. Snowden Jonca Accom- panied by Mr. V. Mason A.R.C.O. 2. Sange

(a) Sombre Woods (Lully). To Althen (Hatton). Y. W. H. Bailey (Baritone) accompanied by Mr. Frederick Mason.

3. Songo-

(a) The Nightingale (Delius). (b) Sweet Venevil (Dolius). Mrs. N. Mathieson (Con- trallo) accompanied by Mr. Frederick Mason,

4. Pianoforte Soloe-Solected by Miss Amella Lee, 5. Vocal Duets-

(a) The Whirling of the Spin- ning Wheel (Old Wolah Harp Melody).

(b) I Know A Bat (Martin

Shaw). Mrs. E. Snowden Jones, Mira. N. Mathieson accompanied by Mr. Frederick Mason.

6. Songs

(a) Boots (McColl). (b) Golden Slopes of Burgandy (Green). Mr. W. II. Bailey (Baritone) accompanied by Mr. Frederick Mason.

7. Songe-

(a) Seronade (Tosti). (b) Lullaby (Brahms),

Mre. E. Snowden Jones (Soprano) accompanied by Mr. Frederick Mason. 8. Pianoforte Solos Selected by Mias Amelia Loe.

9. Songs

(a) A Prayer to Our Lady -

(Donald Ford), (b) Sweet Chance That Led My Step (Micheal Head). (c) Coucou (T, J. O'Hara).

Mrs. N. Mathieson accompanied by Mr. Frederick Mason (Contralto). Rugby Press News. Close Down, (All records in the above European Programmes are Victer and H. M, V. and are kindly supplied by Messrs. S.

10.30 p.at. 10.33 p.m.

WALTER LINDRUM Moutrie and Co.).

MARRIED

OFFICE WEDDING

Walter Lindrum, the famous Australian billiards player, while

I

MARCHERS AND POLICE IN FIERCE FIGHT

BANDSMEN "RELIEVED" OF THEIR INSTRUMENTS

in the midst of a billiards tourna Durham County Police' and un-.

from various ment at Bristol, left there to be employed marchers married at the Honrietta-street parts of the north-eastern counties into conflict at Durham Earthquakes were recorded in Bul-Register Oflee, Covent Garden. came

Thore wero many garia and California on Wednesday. Ha bride was Miss Alicia Hoaltin, recently. The shocks were severe but no damnge a 27-years-old Australian woman, casualties on both sides and three

who has been In England for arrests were mode.

Whon the demonstrators at- about four months.

tompted to enter Ravensworth- During Wednesday, two cases of The time was kept secret,

terrace, in which are situated the 10.55 Barracks, and was taken to Hospitat. snall-pox (ono imported) from the Mr. Lindrum later explained why offices of the Commissioners em- Victoria district, and one cose of he had chosen to bo married on a ployed by the Ministry of Health, typhoid were reported to the local

Banday. Wong Fung-leung, aged 6 years, health authorities.

"I just wanted my wedding to be they were met by a strong force was bitten in Poplar Street yesterday)

a quiet one," he said. "Since of police. Immediately hundreds of .1/2.11/18 1/2.11/16 by a pot monkey belonging to a well-known actress Gladys came to England I have mado demonstrators rushed forward with

04 Chinese widow. She was taken to the Cooner was involved in a motor 4.49 Kowloon Hospital for

through the cordon. treatment cident at Maidstone. Sho was not such a host of friends that I feel praised sticks to force their way 250 The monkey was removed to the seriously injured, but her under- sure that, if tho 19.1/16 Matuokok depot.

The polico drew their batons and study had to appear for her at the had been made public, they would for several minutes there was 10%

have crowded round me and comfierce battle. Eventually the polica pleted my nervousness.

charged into the crowd which

road, where they were met by an- band dashed into North- other body of police, who forcibly consented their Instruments,

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Bombay,

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Yokohama.

Montevideo. .34

Montreal.

Miver (spot).

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110

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Belgrade

.260

Silver (forward), 19

4.48

18.15/16

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