1936-02-25 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1936.

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MILLION-A-WEEK WAR SKYSCRAPER

IT COSTS BRITAIN ALL THAT AND MORE How much is the

League of Nations' intervention in the. war between Italy and Abys- sinia costing Britain?

when

This question was raised in the House of Commons Parliament resumed on February 4. Members are becoming per- turbed over the presumably heavy expense of the "prepara- tions" the British Government

has made to meet any eventuality

arising out of the application of

sanctions against Italy.

No precise figure is ablain- 北 well-informed

nhle, but in

quarter, it was stated that the

cost is "in the neighbourhood of

a million pounds a week."

Budget

It is not anticipated that, the expense will demolish a surplus, but it must considerably likely reduce it. And it

seems

that the expenditure will continue, for even if the tension were ended immediately it would take some weeks to bring back home the troops, naval forces, and aireraft from the various points to which they have been went.

'Little Man's' Burden

One reason for vast expenditurej was the fact that for, marths no Power other sanctions.laking moved a single man, airplane, or ship. In other words, the whale) cost of defending the Logue drej cisors to take sanctions against

NEWSPAPER HEIRESS BECOMES A BRIDE

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Balentine, who were married Jan. 25 at. Miramar Ranch, California. The bride, formerly Miss Ellen Brown- ing Scripps, is from Seattle and is heiress to the famous Scripp

.miflions. Mr. Balentine is a resident of Portland; Me.

Writes

Prisoner

One-step Based

on Gaol Life,

BANDIT

Escapes by Train from Clutches

of 200 Armed Police

Now York, Feb. 12.

After cluding all day and all night more than 200 heavily-armed polico who secuted the great Woolworthakyseraner, a lone robber-

Walked enimly past men guarding the approaches; Descended to a subway station under the building: Escaped by the first train that came along.

He bad lootel several offices in the fanious

80-storey skyscraper

when discovered in the morning by angelderly watchman, whom he shot and badly wounded.

The watchatan staggered to a telephone and gave the alarm.

In a few minutes the police were on the scene. From the windawept observation tower 70 feet above Broadway to the subbasement they searched in vain every inch of the 30 acres of floor+spape.

Meanwhile, the thief hnd climbed out of a window, dropped to the roof of a seven-storey business building adjoining, and entered the shop of a dealer three doors away.

There he hid in the storeroom until the first enfplayce arrived, and opened the sh. p. Whereupon he emerged and went unhurriedly, inte the street and the subway.

SOVIET

STAMPS AID

HOMELESS CHILDREN

Moscow, Feb. 10.

The Soviet Government has decided that the study and collec tion of postage stamps have an important educational value, and has therefore organised the Soviet Philatelic Association under the Commissariat of Education. This association is given a monopoly in the sale of stamps for collection in the Soviet Union and abroad, and its profils are turned over to the Society for Homeless Children.

Stamp collecting is regarded as something more than a hobby. The study of stamps is considered" one cf the best means for imparting the facts of geography and history not only to children but to adults.

BRITAIN EATS AND

SMOKES

MORE

The extent of the revival in British trade is demon, strated afresh by figures given in the "Board of Trade Journal." These show that the ground lost in the depres- Italy fell entirely on the British TRIC MAREO, a former Lon-sion years since 1931 has been almost entirely recovered, Eton musician and compo: while some trades are more prosperous now than in 1930.

taxpayer.

Auckland, N.7.), Feb, 1.

Another direction in which the war in costing Britain money Ber, who is in prison waiting is in regard to the loss due toj trial on a charge of murdering the application of sanctions. his wife, spenils bis time com-1 This figure has not been est posing music to raise funds for mate, but it is believed to ran, bis defence. Into many millions,

The heavy financial drain-both

He has written three pieces

past and prospective is having "Prison Patrol," a one-step, baard i an olleet on British Ministers who in prison life, a foxtrot, and a art opposed to taking cony further waltz-which have been published part in suretions. Those who fain Sydney. He is now working vour the ban on oil, on the other on other compositions.

hand, argue that the application

of this extreine sanction would

shorten the war, and thus "ut the Josses,"

R

trial is to start on February

Mareo was prominent in musi- But, whatever the cust, it is eircles in Aueland, where he that the successfully definitely unterstood

units until the tension has ended. Į "pērus,

produced

miany

and all danger of hostilities in He married Thelma Mares, his which Britons might be involved second, wife, in Auckland nearly

not will Government

withdraw two years ago, and four months

naval after her death was arrested.

any troops, air forces, or

has passed.

United Press..

Dug Under River For

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Bacon Secret Francis BACONIAN--SHAKESPEARIAN drama of twenty-

five years ago—the long, romantic search in the bed of the River Wye at Chepstow, Mon., for hidden manu. scripts that might have dethroned Shakespeare is re- was great excitement called by the £8,614 will, pub- There

when hard substances was located lished in London this month, beneath the mud. of Mr. Frederick William Hammond, a Chepstow en- gineer.

I proved to be only the foundations of a Roman bridge. Heaps of iron alag were found, and these, according to the cypher, were placed there by Bacon, who

Chief actor in the drama was brought them from his wire works

SHOW RAIDED

James Timony, manager of Moe West, Albi star, and 12 mem- hers of the cast of "Ladies by Request." a show. which he managed, are trial in Los Angeles courts charged with pre seating an indecent performance.

on

NEWS AT SPEED

OF LIGHT

the noted American Buconiun, at Tintern, three miles from the Round The World Orville W. Owen, but Mr. Ham-hiding place.

mond,

1.3

engineer-surveyor, Digging went on for several

played a leading part.

months but the search failed

Dr. Owen chilmed that the spot completely, and eventually, in in which Sir Francis Bacon was 1913, Dr. Orville Owen went back belleved to have burled documents to America.

proving that ho was Shakespdare

or, rather, that Shakespeare was

Bacon was revealed in a compli

ITALY SAVING

cated, cunning, cypher introduced COAL 'NUGGETS'

Into the Shakespeare plays.

World-shattering

rovelations

were anticipated by many people

if the documents could be recover- cd.

They were to prove that Bacon wrote the Shakespeare plays, was the son of Queen Elizabeth, and the author of nearly all the great books of his time...

Duol Of Words

Rome,

In Split-Second

Modern science brought the whole world to the bier of George

The Soviet Philatelic. Association therefore especially encourages the formation of stamp collection in schools and factory clubs., and Jurges individual popils and factory workers to contribute to such cl

make to lections rather than separate personal collections,

Timo Payments Many schools and clubs have ac quired extensive collections, and the Philatelic Association helps or Kanisations which wish to begin or extend collections by permitting period of years. them to pay for purchases over å

The association arranges

fre-

ent exhibits and lectures on pares articles for newspapers.

stamps in clubs and schouls, and Of the basis of declared values. The children's newspaper, Pioneer stam department British trade figures for 1935 Truth, has a showed a considerable decline on which has proved very popular with 1930. When allowance is made for its readers: Whenever the Govern- price changes, however, the totalsment issues a new series of alarups,

This is ahow only a small décline. also borne out by a comparison of the volume of trade..

Taking 1930 as 100, the Index for 1936 exports works out at 91.2, against 84.4 in 1934. In the case of imports, the index is 96.6, against 94.9.

To allow for price changes ex- ports and imports have been re- valued at the average prices for 1930. On this busis they compare as follows:

1930

travelling exhibits are prepared which fully explain the meaning of new stamps, and the Philatelic As- Rociation notifies those schools and clubs which have collections, which Jare given preference in purchases

at reduced prices,

The Soviet Governinent issues an average of about 10 new series of stamps annually, to commemorate some outstanding event or anniver. Hary. The two most recent issuCY the Internationt commemorate Imports.

Congress of Iranian Art held in Exports. 1570,800,000 Leningrad and the twenty-fifth £1,044,000,000

1,000,000 181,700,000 anniversary of Tolstoy's passing. 1,008,000,000 620,800,000 The Illustration for the Iranian Analysing the changes in various stamp was taken from a Sassanid classes of goods, the "Journal" plate of the fifth century in the shows that Britain is consuming Hermitage Museum at Leningrad. more foot, drink and tobacco than in 1930, Imports of dairy produce, fruit and vegetables have all in creased appreciably.

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Manufacturers are also using more raw materials from abroad than in 1930, purchases of wool, cotton and other textiles having risen by over 100 per cent, in Rome {cusen."

The volume of exports of manu- factured goods is now only 8 per cent. below the total for 1930. Or

the 20 groups in this class, nine show increases over that year. In the case of cutlery and hardware, the gain amounted to more than 40 per cent.

SAFE FROM AIR RAIDS

RUSE TO PROTECT ETHIOPIAN RADIO

Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian government has found one means to counternet the 'When Queen Elizabeth died a effects of that Italian air raid about special niessenger set up an amaz- which the capital has been talking ing record by covering the 400 and fittering ever since the start of

hostilities.

second.

National Organisation With no particular encourage- ment. thousands of Individual stamp collectors are active in the Soviet Union, chiefly anong school children and industrial workers. Interest has become so great that' the Philatelic Association recently organised 4 national society through which individuals may ob tain Information about stamps and how to cure for them.

Before the revolution Russian private collectors owned some of the best collections in the world. The Government has confiscated or purchased many of these collections for museums. but has not taken the collections of individusts who con- formed to the present regime, and jaome valuable collections still are

privately owned..

Working Among Peasants

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They include FOULARD, MACCLES- FIELD, also SPORT CLUB and REGIMENTAL STRIPES, etc.

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The interest in stamps still is limited largely to cities in Russia, but the Philatelic Association is working through collective farm schools to stimulate an interest the children of peasants. among Teachers in these schools report that children learn geography and miles from London to Edinburgh From the beginning, one of the history more rendily from stamps on horseback in three days. The chief fears has been that the Italian- than from maps. And some adult news from Sandringham was constructed radio station, five inites peasants, studying school collec MAY NEED THEM flashed round the world at the from town, would be wiped out of tlons, have become so much inter- that they are beginning to speed of light-186,000 miles a existence with the first load of ested bombs.

make collectlons of their own. TO MAKE OIL

If that happened, and with the tele-

The Philatelic Association To- In one seventh of a second it had Electrification of state owned rail-encircled the globe. Before the graph at best spasmodic, even if it, ports that the United States is the

too, were not destroyed, the Ethiopian

best purchaser of Soviet stamps, roads has affected a dally saving of sentence had been completed by capital would be left without com- 314 tons of coal, official figures the B.B.C. announcer it was al- munication with the outside world and conversely that United States vealed to-day. And from "coal oll

stampa are most in demand among ready known in "Australia, India,jand incidentally, the flood of nows- can be made..

The total is expected to be greatly Africa, America, China, Russia and paper cables, which has netted 4,000, Soviet collectors. An official of the boo thalers since the war began and association suggested as an explan- Dr. Owen and Mr. Hammond-be-augmented shortly sincs electrifica-the Arctic wastes.

compensated for a now non-existentation that Boviot children · and export trade, would be stopped. gan early in 1911 to dig two huge tion of all lines has been pushed fol-

of lowing application holes in the bed of the River Wyc.against Italy, and fear of

Nothing could illustrate more But the Ethiopians have solved workmen hear so much favourable vividly the progress achieved that. They have now a fully equip. about American technique that they Day after day during the search embargo. Shakespearian and Baconians Substitution of coal by aloctricity during the reign of King George ped small station, erected in the one acquire a greater interest in any-

the Italians would never bomb, a

The sale of Soviet stampa abroad fought a duol of words in news-on trains operating between Florence than this cimultaneous world-wide section of town which it is agreed thing American.

is undertakes systematically. The British and Belgian Legations Philatelic Association sends speel- over the gonuineness of the cypher tons of coal during the first 80 days,

ocials said.

fact that within a few hours of United Press. and the likelihood of any manu-

mens and detailed descriptions of Italy's programme of modernisation the proclamation of the new King scripts being found. Dr. Owen of rahroads was undertaken in 1925. and Mr. Hammond went "Beauty and comfort," has been the and the journey of his father's radio telephone, and within a few, new issues to stamp magazines and digging,

government's slogan in developing body to Westminster Hall, peoplo minutes people in the streets of associations, and prints a complete America and Australia were Hongkong and Melbourne know catalogue of all Soviet stamps in Not without considerable the system, which is expected to lura In peril Tides swept into the an increasing number of tourists, to looking at pictures of the scones in more about events in London than several languages, which is sent on the Inhabitants of villages a few request. The profits of this busi- ahored-up holes, spoiling much this country. One of the nowest de- their newspapers.

ness constitute a substantial por- volopments in the running of special Telephoto and bear wireless miles from the English capital. of the work accomplished.

motorised couches to winter aporta transmitters brought this marvel- A complete film history of these tion of the funds of the Society for CALDBECK MACGREGOR & Co., Ltd. According to Dr. Owen's cypher resorts. Special excursion trains

royal events has already been re- Homeless Children, which seeks to story Bacon had placed concrete also are scheduled over wook-ends, lous achievement.

Journalists spoke to editors leased in the farthest corners of rohabilitate the thousands of waifs over the secret hiding-place which Those trains offer greatly reduced

[who still roam about in Russia. he had built

| fares-United Prest.

thousands of miles away on the civilisation.

sanctions an oil

PICTURES, TOO

papers and literary magazines and Naples via Rome, Haved 30,000 announcement.

Another modern miracle was the strip 150 feet wide between the

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