1936-01-18 — Page 2

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, JANUARY

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·HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN "The Society asks for $25,000

in 1936 to continue, its work for

sick and destitute children.

Hon. Treasurers:

Mi. A. MCKELLAR, C.A...

c/o Mackinnon, Mackenzie &

P.&O. Building.

Mr..KWOK CHAN,

c/o Banque de L'Indo Chine,

Hongkong.

SIX MONTHS IN U.K.

Billy Roosevelt, three-year-old grandson of the President

of the United States, has spent six months secretly in England, after a flight from kidnappers. He is now back in America.

Billy's mother, Mrs. W. H. Donner Roosevelt, engaged armed guards to watch day and night over their home, Camp Wood Villa, near Pennsylvania, when the kidnapping scare in America was at its height.

The guards were, members of THE MAN THEY the Uillled States Secret Service.

COULDN'T Su feeling unsafe, however, she nailed for England with her PHOTOGRAPH sou last spring.

Scottish Nurse

Prague, Jan. 1.. Ivan Slep, a Russian, arrested at Ostrava, Moravia, was photographed by the police.

The plate, when developed, weas

Mrs. Donner Roosevelt was the first wife of the United States President's son Elliott. The mar-blank. riage was dissolved in July 1933.

Billy arrived in England with his mother and his Scottish

They stay- nurse, Miss Leonard. ed a few days in London, shop ping; then went to Combo Martin, near Ilfracombe, Devon..

They stayed four months, at) that scaalde village.

Billy went to the beach every day and played happily with bucket and spade under no ater- ner eye than that of his mother or nurse.

lle made many friends-but Bone of them learned his surname. Mina Leonard always described ihim discreetly as "my

American boy, "Billy,""

A second attempt was made with the same result,

Then the police took siz more "photographs"—all blanks.

Steg offered to reveal the secret his invisibility if released, but the police refused.--Reuter.

Atlantic 'Phone

18, 1936.

NO MIKE FRIGHT

This little Austrian Mies, brond. casting from n Viennese Station, not suffering from "mike" fright--a campinint aufered by many Rotary speakers in Hongkong.

FRANCE WILL BREAK

BRITISH MONOPOLY

Paris, Jan. 8.

little GREAT Britain's monopoly on telephone calls between Europe

Towards the end of the summer the three refurned. to London.

In Hyde Park

and the United States will be broken in July when the first direct service between America and continental Europe is opened from France.

Hitherto calls from any part of of question and answer exchanges Europe to America have gone arst without loss of time.

to England before being trans- As for comparative costs, the Mrs. Roosevelt by now felt mitted across the Atlantic, but in Initial outlay for laying a cable agreement was high as compared to that of sufficiently reassured to leave her September child in the care of the nurse reached between the French Min-establishing a radio station. The while she paid a visit to the Con-istry of Telephones and the present Franco-American cable tinent.

American Telephone and Tele-cost £500,000, while a transatlan- about For two months Billy and Mag graph Company providing for lie radio station costs

radio-telephone service, £60,000. However, the station's Leonard stayed at an hotel indirect

which will begin July, 1936.

fetime is only about 10 years, Cartonplace, Mayfair, W.

Eight-hour service will be pro-making for high amortization Every fine day they went to vided at the start, covering the costs, while the eable last for a the France- Hyde Park.

period of greatest traffle--between long time. Thus There Billy played with young1 p.m. and 9 p.m. French time, or Algiers cable, which gives entire- friends Tommy Sopwith. three-8 am to 4 pm., New York time.ly satisfactory service, has been years-old son of Mr. T. 0. M. A 24-hour service in expected to operating for 10 years. Sopwith, the yachtsman jelder son and daughter of Prince von Bismarck, Count Ferdinand, aged five, and Countess Mary Ann,! aged six: and Lord Remnant's

five-yeurs-old son Jimmy.

There the cameraman

olten foundl

the follow shortly.

.

No Change In Rate

Upkeep for Cable Small Cable upkeep is small. An agent at each end of the cable is

Bates will be the same as from enough and the expense for elec- tric current la Insignificant. London-EG for three minutes. Repairs do not figure largely in In explaining why the price is not the budget. But a radio station Sunday Dispatch to be reduced despite elimination requires a large highly trained him of the London relay, oflleials point technical personnel for its opera "playing trains." learning nursery out first that the telephone re-tion. Its supply of electrical rhymes,

feeding the mains more economical than the energy from the French side only singing. birds, and swapping, toys with his cables, second that radio costs are will cost about £5,000 a year. not much lower than cable costs, Ench post will need ten lamps little friends.

as is often believed...

valued at £200 whose life will not Ordinary cables from France exceed 2,000 hours. to the United States cost 5 francs However,

Jimmy Remnant taught him to play English football. Tommy Sopwith showed him how to sail

that

it is possible Go centimes per word or about 37 rates will be reduced if-volume of a boat.

cents. A three-minute phone con- traffic makes it possible to do so, The Bismarck children sangversation costa £6 for which 85 but that is a development which carols with him. He learned to words could be sent by cable. The is not expected for some time after

English many

nursery number of words exchanged in a the service starts.

three-minute telephone conversa The French station will be near"

American Is much greater, and the Paris. The

atation

recite rhymes.

Ile was sad when he said good-tion bye to England. to return America and his guards..

to phone call gives the added. advan- probably will be built at Law-

lage of providing the possibility frenceville, N. J.—United Press..........

But, he explained, he find promised "grandpa" to visit him

at the White House in Washing- Free Gas Ramp

ton for Christmas.

He is looking forward to an- other visit to England, to more months of glorious freedom, away from gangsters, kidnappers, and guards.

Red Army Officers

To Have Full Dress

Moscow, Dec. 20.

"ICE COINS" FOR METER

FRAUD DISCOVERED

The most extraordinary way yet discovered of defrauding a gas company has just been reported in London.

A business minn obtained a free Tin dises, badges, pieces of

supply of gas from a company in sheet-metal and foreign coins are

the London district by inserting in the things most commonly used:

"Usually, we do not consider

the slot-meter discs made of ice.

"Large amounts of gas had been that these things are placed in the used by this consumer," an official meters with intent to defraud,” jof the company concerned said, said the offfelal,

"A decree issued to-day states "But whenever the collector called "Often a householder has run that henceforth officers will be dia- to empty the meter, few coins were out of ready cash and uses a disc tinguished from other ranks by found. There was a large de-in emergency. gaily coloured uniforms, shining fetency, compared with the amount "There are few prosecutions, as with gold stars and elaborate of gas consumed. Lenamelled badges,

the unsumer usually pays in cash

"It was noticed, too, that the for the return of dises taken froni' The plain khaki breeches and meter was exceptionally damp. a meter. shirts hitherto worn by officers and "Further, investigation. revealed men alike will be replaced for that the consumer had been using officers by long trousers with nice discs Instead of coins." broad coloured stripe and smartly

Emergencies

"Gas companies are further pro- tacted by the surplus usually, in the meter after the amount of gas Used hasbeen paid for. This sur- plus is à rebate to the consumer, It is presumed that this sartorial Although the practice of Insert but if false coins are found they reform is in harmony with a ing spurious coins in meters is not are written off.

IČE recent law formally establishing prevalent enough to cause the gas PS. DON'T TRY THE

cut jackets.

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9 ICE HOUSE STREET HONG KONG

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS

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25

20

Acress

10

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TRA

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1 It isn't right to put this before men of Scotland, though many take it with soda,

4 Been read? No, but could be.

Dress: just by old dress.

10 You can't do this puzzle without

pain.

12 It's lawful here when

French.

here's

13 Cramp. Start with study, this

is none too easy to finish.

15 Most necessary in a dairy,

16

All vory well for a joke, perhaps, but pretty foul all the same.

17 Last, though not the latest. 22 Resounded from one end of a

country house to the other.

24 The boat that always carries a

life-saver.

27 The baker's note?

28 Moving like a tramp:

$1 Re

32 They are not uncommon after a wedding: but don't believe half

of it.

33 An Indian is turned to clean. 34 Painted

Im- "Dignity and pudence."

36 Saw, but won't cut even if it

itself.

Down

1 Concessions must be made about

the demand for shellfish.

2 One who helps inefficient pupils.

3 If this were the occupation of the every Ford user would essaltles decrease?

It might be more rash to say that he was n playwright,

6 Perch.

7 Necessitate.

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8 Exactitude.

11 May divert a draught oran

audionec.

14 Makes a sound start, this coin. 18 How to make a harbour deeper.

19 A total abstainer who can't "loso.

the habit.

20 Bax with a pal for the shell-proof -- shelter. 21 Sown.

£3 The tool of which everything

reminds us.

20 Box with a pal for the shell-proof 25 Giving un broken fuel may be

handy.

26 Quite an ordinary call to make, though more than one might be unpleasant.

20 Mostly hack numbers. 30 Sho

angor

shows direction.

over the

Yesterday's Solution. QUESTICULATION" ARVE IN ENUNDA LIE 6 KIRTING MILDEW ||PN 8 SI BENI JE ONCE POACH DENE KERR A SW E EEM APS NATURALĮ 18 HBTENEAN ONE YEW HEALING MOPEDER ALDEE A SMI VEST DAIRY BONG ETFRBO 8 H SNAILS FLAGRANT

FEUSSENEN EN EFFERVESCENCE".

WHEN AT HOME

The

Thongkong Telegraph.

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the ranks of officers. The object companies much trouble or loss, COIN trick in Hongkong, because THE DAIRY FARM ICE & COLD SELFRIDGE'S

la to improve the discipline of the it is in ovidence in most districts it won't work. The local gas com-

of London. Red Army. Reuter.

SALESMAN SAM

STORAGE CO., LTD;

Ipany took that precaution years ago,

- und THOM'S GROCETARIA.

Just A Little Too Cautious

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SCOTT'S EMULSION

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