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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14,

NEW

30,000,000 BRITONS

: FILM

CHIEF

to

Nikolaus Harthy, ron to the Hungarian regent, intends establish a film company which will probably eume under the leadership of Alexander Karda.

FOUGHT PET BABOON AT EDGE OF PRECIPICE

LIFE AND DEATH

STRUGGLE Capetown, Oct. 15.

VOTE TO-DAY

WILL CAST A

MOMENTOUS ELECTIONS IN FOUR COUNTRIES

BIG POLL MAY DECIDE FATE OF THE WHOLE EMPIRE

London, Nov. 14.

Approximately 30,613,000 electors are eligible to vote for the 615 members of the new House of Commons to be elected to-day, according to the new register just issued.

There are 14,480,000 men and 16,183,000 women, making the largest electorate in British history.

The previous electorate for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland was about 29,960,071 and men out- numbered women by approximately 1,750,000.

A century ago the electorate totalled only, half a million: Until the reform act of 1918 when women of 30 years of age and over were given the vote the electorate never numbered more than eight million. An additional five million women were added in 1928 when the franchise was extended to women on the same terms as to man.

PASTOR GIVES 6 RULES FOR KEEPING YOUNG

Auburn, Oct. 16. This prescription for keeping young was given Kiwanians by the Rev. George E. Davis:

Keep your eagerness for newe ̧ EX- periences.

Keep the confidence of youth, Never despair.

Do not try to keep up with youth

AT the edge of a preci- in your living kabila.

pice near Harrismith (Orange Free State) the owner of a pet baboon found himself strug- gling for life with the

Take to heart youth's ability to averlook petty annoyances.

Make a life, not a living.

Temples

beast, which was trying Looted For to push him over.

The baboon had behaved well Relics?

before, except that it could not tolerate dogs.

It would destroy every dog it could find. At first it would pretend to be friendly with the dog until within striking range. Then the baboon would grab the dog, march off with it to a precipice 100 feet high, near the homestead, and hurl it to the rocks blew.

Sudden Grab. Lately it had accounted for a few sheep-in-a-almilar.manner, and ite master, Mr. de Wet du Plessis, had begun to think seriously of destroy- ing it.

He took it for a walk, and as they were passing the cliff where the animal had thrown over dogs and sheep, it suddenly grabbed its master round the waist and started to force him 'towards the precipice.

Mr. du Plessis tried to push it away, but every time he took hold

of it the beast bit him, so that he hud to use his fists and boots,

Step by step he was forced back- wards towards the edge of the pre cipice. In despair he swung un uppercut at the baboon's jaw. This knocked it out. Mr. du Plessis looked round and found that he was no more than five feet away from the 'edge,

The baboon, still dazed, was secured with reins, led back to the house, and shot.

According to a local hunter who has shot baboons for many years In the Cape Province, it was the largest specimen of the

grey mountain baboon he had ever seen. Ho considered that it weighed near- ly 150 pounds.

treasures

At least 80 per cent, of the electors are expected to cast their ballots, a total of nearly [25,000,000 compared with about

23,000,000 in 1931,

All persons twenty-one years

1985.

MOONEY'S STAR WITNESS

Warren K. Billings, the second famous prisoner in San Fran- cisco's Preparedness Day bombing case, on the witness stand in Tom Mooney's habens corpus proceedings. Behind Billings brought from Folsom to attend the hearing-can be seen various photographic exhibits in the famous case. It was held in San Francisco last month before a commissioner representing the State Supreme Court.

BIGGEST AIRCRAFT

of age or over, except royalty. Contracts. Given for 2,000.

peers, aliens, bankrupts,

tics and idiots, are eligible to vote, unless, by mischance, their names have not been în- cluded in the election register.

The remnants of plural voting which still exist in Britain "make

R. A. F. Planes

it possible for tens of thousands FIRMS WORK NIGHT AND DAY TO

of electors to vote in more than jone constituency.

More than 100,000 men and women university graduates are entitled to vote for one of the twelve members of parliament representing the universities.

In addition they may vote for and relics another candidate standing for A worth thousands of pounds the residential constituencies. University graduates are finding their way into Bri- elect two members of parliament, tain, according to the London Cambridge two, London Univer- Sunday Chronicle.

sity one, combined English uni- It is one of the biggest "rackets"versities two, Welsh universities of modern times.

A man who has just returned one, Scottish universities three, after spending 30 years in China, and Queen's University, Belfast, told the Sunday Chronicle that he one. hus Identified articles which are almost priceless-in-China.

stolen from Chinese temples Oxford

They are being taken over at ridiculous prices, because even the men who are selling them do not know what they are actually worth.

"Over there," he said, "one of the biggest thieving cam- paigns ever organised is baffl ing the police.

are

. two

tuencies.

COMPLETE 1937 PROGRAMME

The Air Ministry has now given out most of the con- tracts for the expansion of the Royal Air Force.

It is understood that the total order, including first line machines, and training machines, totals about 2,000. aircraft.

This makes the biggest order given to the British aircraft industry since 1918.

Every aircraft and aero engine chester, also has a substantial or- firm on the Air Ministry's list is der for Audax machines and, in working day and night to complete addition, a large order for their type 652a for general reconnais- orders to time-table

The Home Defence commandssance duties round our coasts. of the Royal Air Force will be brought up to a first line strength of some 1,000 to 1,600 machines

by March 31, 1937

New Pilots

Avro's are now, also to build the Hawker Hector-a new type deve- loped from the Audax..

Thousands of electors who not university graduates qualify nevertheless to vote in

Now Day Bomber constituencies through their occupation of business

Hawkers themselves, apart from This programmé gives the coun- premises of at least £10 yearly value in constituencies other try more than 30 new airdromes their 250 m.p.h. Fury Fighter than their residential consti- and more than 2,000 new pilots and with 600 h.p. Rolls-Royce Kestrel

20,000 skilled aircraftmen,

engine, are busy with a good order Busy firms, such as Hawker's, for their new "Hind," a light day Electors with residential, uni-have had to farm out a great deal bomber developed from the Hart. The Westlund firm, who build "Priceless pieces of judo, golden versity and business qualifica- of their work.

orders for the Buddhas, poem boxes containing tions, however, may vote in only

The airplanes on order embrace at Yeovil, have

Wallace General Purpose biplane single-seater fighters which can and cruise at 230 to 250 m.p.h.; Fury Fighters under licence.

airdrome, London, are building The present register of elec-

day bombers and night bombers

Boulton and Paul of Norwich of which are thousands of years tors was compiled last summer with speeds up to 150 m.p.h.; and Northampton, have orders for old, are being smuggled out of the Householders throughout the general purpose machines and two-

country filled in forms listing all seater fighters; machines for coas- some two-senter Fighters of the Hawker Demon, close. Both Clever Leader'

persons over twenty-one years of tal reconnaissance; flying boats Handley Page and Falrey's, who "One of the biggest men in the age, under their roofs who had and training machines. 'racket' is

Here are the bulk of the orders: supply the heavy night bombers former Russian resided there for the preceding 24

for the R.A.F., are exceedingly Prince, but the police have been bree months. Included in these

Armstrong-Whitworth, of Co-

busy. unable to get sufficient evidence reports were the naval and mili- for Hurt Trainers. These are ventry, has a substantial order against him. He is too careful, tary forces abroad.

developed from the Hart seater day bomber, which flies

the original works of the cous-two of the three constituencies.climb to 35,000ft. In a few minutes and General Aircraft at Hanworth

try's most illustrious poetą, bronze figures, temples cut out of solid ivory, and other items, some

country,

I

"I have been in touch with

people who have bought many of Failure to make a réturn in-about 150 m.p.h. these time-honoured relica looted curred a penalty of £100.- from temples and other places," United Press. he added. "They are now decorat- ing sideboards and other pieces of furniture."

A TRAGIC KING

The anniversary of King Alexander's death was celebrated in Bel grade in the presence of the young King Peter, together with members of the royal familly. The picture above shows the young King with his younger brother, Prince Tomislav, reviewing the Royal Guard.

Tests Completed,

two-

at

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allied with Hawkers, have new or

The Gloster Aircraft Co., now

ders for both the Gauntlet single- seater Fighter and the Gladiator.

It is the Gludiator which can reach 35,000 feet and fly at more than 230 m.p.h.

Flying Boats

Sir John Siddeley, head of the Armstrong Siddeley Development Corporation, has stated that his New orders for flying boats companies are so busy with orders have gone between Saunders-Roc, for aero engines and aircraft. that of Cowen, I.O.W., for the "London" Armstrong cars will only be built type; Short Bros., of Rochester, to order.

for some of the Singapore class

The first of now airdromes as it stands up to dato is apponded

They are: Crandeld (Deda} Church Fenton (York)

Vickers are also building « num- ber of these Hart trainers. Vic- kers also have orders for the new general purpose monoplane, which has lately completed its. toste.

The Bristol Acroplane CO., Debedan (Benex)` which is busy on the production burn (York) of nir-cooled radial engines for Zaitwell (Norfolk). Winningi (York) milltary and civil pигровез, has Harwell (Borkh) a substantial order for the Type Hewall (Lincs)

Mallavington (Wilte) 142 monoplane, which can reach a Marbam (Norfolk)» speed of 270, m.p.h. and something

Montrose Beatland) Manby (Line) Odiham (lanta) Bhambury (Sakr) Beampton (Lines) Btrudishat! (Auto) Terhitt (Balon] Thorney faland

(Ital) Upwood (Hunte) Wyton (unta).

less when converted for day bomb- The Air Ministry's plans have been laid with a view to aircraft ing duties.

air-

This company now has an addfall being completed as tho tional order for Audax machines. dromes and hangars are ready to Thess are Army co-operation receive them, and for the recruit- types, which again are designed ment and training of personnel to

be completed by Hawkers.

as squadrons The firm of A. V. Roe, of Man ready to absorb them.

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A SIX YEARS' PAINTING JOB

One of the biggest painting jobs in the world has just been begun.

Forty painters are now at work on the entire girder system

of Sydney's huge harbour bridge.

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