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WANTED: MAN TO FILL

HIGHEST

PAID JOB

London, Mar. 1.

What is reckoned to be the highest paid job in the world is

vacant.

This was revealed during the sittings of the British Royal Commission on the private man- ufacture of Arms. Mr. F. C. Yapp, director of the Vie- kers-Armstrong Armaments firm, replying to a member of the Commission,, Sir Phillip Gibbs, the well-known author and former war correspondent, said his firm had nobody to suc-1 cecd Sir Basil Zahuroff as their chief agent.

He added that Zaharoff was now. only their agent for Spain.

Sir Banil "The Mystery Man of Europe" is reckoned to be one of the wealthiest men in the world., He distributed over A million dollars to the Allied cause during) the war.

He financed the Monte)

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1936,

WARMTH. FROM STREET FIRES

Bitterly cold weather does not seem to be worrying these rickshaw coolles who, in between fures, gain a little warmth by burning old newspapers în the streets,Staff photographer.

DEAD MEN KEEP

$

GUARD OVER A

PIRATE HOARD

Barnstaple, Mar. 1.

MONTE CARLO STARTS TWO NEW GAMES

INGENIOUS "DOUBLE

ROULETTE"

Monte Carlo, Mar. 1. Monte Carlo Casino has sud- denly introduced two new games, for which picked croupiers have been undergoing a strenuous training for months.

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RADIO BROADCAST

The Z.B.W. Dance Orchestra

STUDIO RECITAL

355 metrex (845 kilocycles);

From Z.B.W, on a wavelength of 4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme, 6-6.30 p.m. Children's Studio Cen- cort.

7-7.17 p.m. "Petit Sulte do Concert" (No. 1) (Coleridge-Taylor),

7.17-7.30 p.m. Four Songs by Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone).

1. Star O'Robbie Burns (Booth); 2. The Auld House (Nairne); 3. The Winding

Rond (Andrew); 4. The Man in the Street (Longstaffe),

7.30-8 p.m. From the Studio. A Violin and Planoforte Recital by Joso Radesky and Monn Maclean.

Programme

1. Waltz Unrequited Love .... Lincke; 2. Song-Over the Rim of the Moon.... Head; 3. Violin Solo Meditation.... Massenet; 4. Old 'and'

... Herman Finck. New Melodies

8 pm. Time and Weather Report. 8.03-8.30 p.m. Light Orchestral Music.

The frat is known as "Double Roulette". It, is an ingenious com- bination of two roulette wheels in one, and the highest odda possible! are no less than 1,200 to 1, against 35 to 1 in ordinary roulette, A small wheel is fitted inside a larger one, and they both revolve in the same direction but at different speeds. An ivory ball is thrown, as in ordinary roulette, and falls

a numbered reccas Into

in the smaller wheel.

When this ceases to spin a special device automatically locks the two wheels together with their num- bers facing each other.

Waltz (Detit): Mors et Anyone wishing to play for the Vita Judex) (Gounod): A Life on highest, odds must purchase special the Ocean (Binding); Blue Rome numbered chips, and these he must selection (Ellis); Folly to be Wise- stake ok a number. If the ball Selection.

8.30-9

Vocal falls into the recess bearing his

p.m. Variety number, and if the wheels are so Items. locked that the number facing the My Gal Sal. da" Sweet as Apple The treasure avas collected by recess is the same as that on which Cider. The Mills Brothers; Lovely Captain Robert Nutt, a bold and the numbered chip is staked, the Dream Irene Duane (Soprano) to Look At When I grow too old to bloodthirsty buccaneer who plun-player is paid 1,200 times the value Musical Comedy Requests Les Firm Overwork Himdered the ships of the rich mer of his stake. For a bet of 20 Allen and his Canadian Bachelors; If Los Angeles, Mar. 1." chants of Bristol in the seven-francs, or a little over 5s, he would 1 had a Million Dollars; Rock and receive £320, counting the exchange Roll... The Baswell Sistera;, When- nt 76 to the £1.

ever I think of you.... Leslie Hut- Play on combinations of numbers chinson. is allowell, that is, on 2, 3, 4, or 6 combinations, the odds being rea- pectively 280 to 1, 120 to 1, 64 to 1, and 25 to 1.

Lundy Island, in the Bristol Channel, has a "buried Carlo Casino with $5,000,00, He treasure"-as have so many other lonely islands far over bought soveral daily papers In Greece and financed others in the seas. Europe.

It is, of course, Pirate Gold. And the Sea and two Dend Men keep guard over it.

Cagney Says Film

Vickers war profits are said to have exceeded by far their then capital of $67,000,900 and it is n financier'a hobby to calculate Zabaroff's cut out of that. reported to have netted millions) for his Arm out of various wars, i James Cagney, the film actor, teenth century. and his own fortune is said to bothas filed a suit to cancel his con- RO colossal that it is almost Im-(tract with Warner Brothers For three years Landy was Cap- possible to compute it.

"because, he anys, "I am over-tain Nutt's headquarters. Then There is only one man who knows worked." He alleges he had to one day, when returning from a how to work the world's highest make ten pictures in 1934-35. |rald_in_the Channel, his ship, the paid job but he won't tell. Hel The Superior Court has ordered Black Mary, was chased by two could tell more of Kings and con-Wamers to show cause why they English men-of-war. spiracies. Governments and Warsjshould not be restrained from in- | than any other man but he keeps terfering with Cagney's efforts to his secrets intact.-United Preãs,!obtain other employment.-Reuter.

GIFT OF CHERRY TREES TO CHINA

Among the cargo of the Rokko Maru which arrived in Shanghai from Japan recently were several bundles of young cherry trees. The bundles contained 3,000 young irres which are the gift of the City of Tokyo to the municipalities of Nanking and Shanghai, Mr. A. Ariyoshi, retiring. Japanese. Ambassadur.. China, was responsible.

For Inducing the Tokyo mayorally to make this gift to Chinese cities. The young treen will be. It is understood, planted in parks In Nanking and at the Civle Centre in Shanghal,

"Sleeping Beauty" Of Chicago

ASLEEP FOUR YEARS

Chicago, Feb. 29.

PATRICIA MAGUIRE,

the

"sleeping beauty" who has not awakened in four years, has been invited to join the religious sect which recently prayed Shir- ley Tapp of Detroit in and out of a six-day trance.

Patricia's mother, Mrs. Peter Miley,sreceived fetter from Mrs.

He was forced to flec, leaving his hourd behind him on Dundy, and during the chase his ship foundered off the Welsh const with the less of all hands.

The entrance to the eave where the treasure is hidden is on the i west side of the island at the foot of a 365-feet-high cliff. The open- ing is on a lovel with the Atlantic at high tide, and within a stone's throw of all that remains of H.M.S. Montague, wrecked in 1906,

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9-9.15 p.m. Vocal Gems by the Light Opera Company.

1. New Moon (Romberg); 2. Pozgy Ann (Rodgers).

tin.

9.15-9.30 p.m. Daventry News Bulle-

by Marck Weber and his Orches- 9.30-9.50 p.m. Concert Waltzes

The game is evidently somewhat complicated for the beginner, but printed rules are handed to all in- Lerested, and it is hardly necessary tra. to add that it is carried out with the utmost mathematical and selen- Life Waltz (Stmuss); Tales of Danube Waves' (Ivanovici); Artist's tific precision. At present it in to Autumn (Waldteufel); Dream Wall

Maldens of Baden be seen only at the International (Millocker): [Sporting Club,

AEROPLANE GAME

The other Innovation, for the moment confined to the Casino, in apparently for these visitors who [de pot take their gambling too neriously. It is known ns "Les Petite Avions," obviously a mo-

(Komzak).

1.50-10 p.m. "Mr. Whittington". Selection by Jack Buchanan and Elsio Randolph with Carroll Gibbons and bis Boy Friende,

10 p.m. Big Ben:

10-II p.m. From the Studio. "The 2.B.W. Dance Orchestra.”

11 p.m. Close Down,

Customs Men Seize dern development of "Les Pets DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES

12,000 Italian

Cauliflowers

Chevaux."

In the centre of a large hexagon- al ginss case, balanced around an upright mast, are 17 little model aeroplanes, each bearing a number. They are mode to revolve in- dependently by means of a small Twelve thouannd Italian cauli-electric motor, and the one which flowers, contigned to England from stopa nearest to the finishing point anti - sanctionist ́ ́ Austria, werefis the winner. Heized ferry. train AL (L.N.ER.) goods yard recently machine is a muster piece of

by Customs men from a According to the chance chosen It is possible to win anything_up to 16 times one's stake. The

Bishopsgate

It was the second seizure under the mechanical-ingenuity.-- sanctions embargo, The first was

ja consignment of 150,000 lemons at Covent Garden, on January 25.

Fate And A General

Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Fothergill Cooke escaped death on many battlefields.

He was an officer of the Indian Army. He served with the Chitral Relief Force in 1895-the days of real "soldiers" battles" with their hand-to-hand fighting.

In the European War he was mentioned for his services seven times in despatches. He held the D.S.O.

The soldier who had survived wars and deadly climates.

died after an accident at his home.

He slipped while going up the steps leading to his house in Pembroke-gardens, Kensington, and fell into the area.

The inquest verdict on February 28 was "Accidental death."

NEBULA THAT

TRAVELS AT 94,000,000

Mary Anderson; Kaliniazno, MiMILES PER HOUR

chigan, containing newsuper articles about the Tupp girl and

an offer to conțe to Oak Park, prag į

Mt. Wilson, (Cal), Feb. 29.

over Patricia and make her A SPIRAL nebula travelling fast enough to

member of the group.

to "try faith and apirituai

circle the earth in one second has been Mr. Anderson urged and power, discovered in the outer reaches of space by Dr. which can do more than any doc Milton L.. Humason, astronomer, he announced tor can." Mrs. Miley declined Mrs. Anderson's offer as she has here. thousands of others which have

unconsciousness.

come since her "Pat" lapsed into Fortunately, it is travelling away from the earth at a speed of 94,000,000 miles an hour, or one-seventh the velocity at which light slips through space. No solid object had been thought to travel so fast.

mendous velocities.

Dr.

Humason sighted

:

Married Corpse Of Dead Bride

Nanking, Mar. 1.

Marriage of an 18 year old youth to the corpse of his fiancee, | who had died of influenza, re- cently attracted thousands of onlookers to the town of Wuh- sing, near here.

The couple had bien, betrothed; since before birth, in accordanes with Chinese tradition, but in contrast with a majority of such engagements, were said to have been deeply in love since childhood. When the girl died suddenly, the youth threatened to commit sui- elde unless he were married to the girl's spirit. To this the elders of the two families rendily agreed. The wedding ceremony was per formed according to all the ancient Chinese rites. Prior to the well-

ding the coffin of the girl was of the groom, decorated in red and gold, the traditional colours of the groom went through the elaborate

moved from her own home to that

wedding acdan-chair. The bride-

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Transmission 1

(G.8.N. GA.D.. G.S.D.)

10*17

1.15 p.m. B 1ten. The Taunted House:

345 p.m...

An Organ Rachim!” byTM Rörkeley | Mason

45. I'rose. Heading.

Greenwich Time. Bignal at 4.13 p.m.

4.20 p.m. The Composer at the Planofort- 61 Michael Hend. A recital of Michael Hend's Banga.

The Haunted House: Part 2. The News.

4.45 p.m.

6.

3.78

Close down.

Transmission 2

(0.8.J., 0.5.0.1

7.m. iz Ilon. Variety: "How's Thai?" 1.45 pm, A Pinsafarte liecital.

155 pm. Talk: "Tha Conquest of the

AIN"

Greenwich The Signat at 8 p.." 5.15, p.m. The 11.C. Emplte Orchestre. 8.14 p.m. The News. $35.

p.m.

A Programme of Hunting Bonge. 1,45 p.m. Close down.

Transmission 3

(9.5.0., G.S.E.}

10 pm. Ble Ben. Th B.K.C Dance

Orchestra. 10.33 p.m. Talk: “A Countryman's Dlarz." 13,50 p.m. The Composer at the Pianoforte 51 Armstrong A reclind of Armstrong Gibb's songs, 31.15 p.m. Tha Bournemouth Mantelpal

Orchestra. Greenwich Time Digual at 12.30 a.m. 13.10. The New

12.43 am. - Jan Beresaka and bla Orchestra.

Close down.

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Since the day in 1982 when she went to bed yawning and wonder ing if she had this sleeping sick- The discovery bolsters the Uran Major Cluster No. 2. This ness. I've heard so much about," theory that the universe is expan-cluster contains at least 200 Patricia has shown only slight ding like an exploding shrapnel nebulae, each separated from its Improvement. Recently she has shell. It indicates that the spoeding neighbour by some six million bil- been able to follow simple instruc-ebula and millions of others kelion miles of space.. tions, such as laboriously rateing including the earth's own Dr. Humason measured the a finger, and to indicate happiness galaxy-are flying apart at tre velocities by calculating their effect or displeasuro.

apon the radiations received from Her condition la diagnosed as

the the nebulae as shown in the red Encephalitis Lothargien (Sleeping nobuia far out at the limits of the shift in the spectrum,

One of his discoveries important sickness) but physicians adinit its range of the Carnegie 100-Inch duration, the longest in medical telescope. Its distance from earth to astronomy is that the farther Arthur Page was ponniless when was estimated at 1,404,000,000,- distant a nebula, the greater pro he entered Auburn (New ; York) records, has them puzzled.

| 000,000,000,000,000,000 miles (and portionately is its speed.

Prison. Mr. Miley still believes that considerably more by the time Some astronomers bollovo that He has just been released a com-

May Patricia some day will awaken tile is read.). It in so far away when they discover where, these paratively rich man. da fully but placed her trust in that the light from it took 234,000 nobalso are going so fast, and He last four Ungarn while work- September constant care rather than the million years to reach the toles, why, they will hold the explanationing in the prison metal shop. offerings of "miracle workers" cope.

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