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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1936.

Sir Isaac Isaacs In London To See The King TAILOR'S

WHO MADE HISTORY

THE BRITISH MINISTER in Addis Ababa, Er Sidney Marlon 'Geft), with 37, B. Bond, the British Cu sul, and (right) Major W. F, Charler, on the steps of the British Legation.

SIR

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TALL-HAT GOVERNOR

MADE DAUGHTER A

COURT OFFICIAL

IR ISAAC ALFRED ISAACS, the most brilliant Jew in the Dominions, arrived in London this month to give the King an account of his stewardship as Governor- General of Australia.

He was accompanied by Lady Isañes, and was met at Victoria! station by the Earl of Dunmore, V.C., representing the King.

Sir Isaac was the first native-sovereign and the first Governor- | born Governor-General, the first General to be appointed inde- Jew to hold that office, the first pendently of the British Govern- representative of the King toment at home. take up his appointment without

He retired last year, when he

a personal interview with his was succeeded by Lord Gowrie (previously Sir Alexander Hore. Ruthven, "V.C.), and is in his eighty-Brat year. Ho wasi seventy-six,, with lifetime of arduous public service behind him., when he became Governor- General in circumstances that Christled with controversy, le has concluded his task in triumpit. HIS CHOICE

Fred Astaire's Film "Fear"

Clashing Personality Makes Ginger Rogers A Perfect Partner

enormous

"He considers every detail of his work over and over again with

"Any suggestion that the work. In spite of his

success he suffers from the fear of film partnership between failure. He worries. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers may be broken either by Mr. Astaire or Miss Rogers is as fantastic as any- thing, even in the films, can be.

"In temperament these two players are strongly contrasted, but there is a terrific artistic aflinity between them.

"The moment they start to work together they bring out the very best in each other, and they both know it."

This is the secret of the most successful screen partnership as revealed by Mr. Dwight Taylor, who wrote for these two famous stars "Gay Divorcee." "Top Hat." and "Follow the Fleat."

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The Imperial Conference of 1926- declared that the Governor-General of a Dominion should be the "repre- Kentative of the Crown, holding in All respects the same position in re lation to the administration of public affairs as is held by His Majesty the King in Great Britain," and should have no copnection with the British Government.

and his

Mr. Scullin, Labour Prime Minis- ter of Australia, interpreted this to the full Australia advised the King as to his cheier, chofer was Sir Isaac Isance And what sort of a man is this whe has wat so much honour?

He was born in Melbourne, Victoris.

letermination.

Melbourne

on August 0, 1855. His father was in tailor. He faced the world with few the genuine apprehension churne-advantages but his own brains and teristic of a sensitive artist.

"Mins Rogers, on the other hand, These won for him successively is more like the traditional trouper, high distinction at the concentrating every energy on her University, a rich practice it the Vie work: not ignoring what people Parliament, the positions of Solicitor Tar, a seat in the Victorian torinn will think of her, but being antis General and Attorney-General for fed that they will think the best Victoria. of Attorney-General for of her if she does the best that is Austraila, of Jurige april Líniel Justice of the Australian High Court, a Privy in her.

Councillorship. 11 K.C.M.G.. "Very few stars of ne fot. Geternor-Generalship, and a ability, and beauty are so con-

In his early days an politician, scientious. She works herself when the professional man's uniform completely out, sees the results was a tall hat and a frock cont, he hnd in the studio projection room, to address a tough meeting of niners.

than must do better says. "I

That hat will create a bed ima that, and begins all over pression." sald a friend.

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"If I wore any other." Sir Isaac replied, "I should be appearing as chen. The men will see me as and if they like they can my hat off with a stone." He wore his tall hat und won the election,

DAUGHTER'S POST

HIS BEST FILMS

T for Before leaving Hollywood London Mr. Taylor completed the writing of "Hata in the Air" for Mr. Taylor has gone to LondonMiss Eleanor Powell, who danced to work for six months at the her way to fame in "Broadway Gaumont-British studios at Shep herd's Bush....W....where he will firat prepare a new story for Miss

Jessie Matthews.

Melody of 1936."

He has extraordinary knowledge of languages. He speaks Buent French, Italian and German. He has a good command of Greek Latin Arable and coastal Chinese,

He is

Mr. Taylor, who is staying at the Savoy Hotel, is one of the youngest and most successful is regardless of public opinion "You can discount all the writers in Hollywood and was in- when convinced that he is in the

of storles

professional troduced to films only five years right. There was some criticism about jealousy between Mr. Astaire go after he had written the play

"Trevelyan's Ghost." and Miss Rogers. No such thing exists. They are the most complete team in Hollywood." he sald.

FEAR OF FAILURE "Mr. Astaire is greatly concern- ed over what people think of his

OCEAN RACE TO DYING MAN

Of the films he has written he likes best "Top Hat" and "Lady by Choice," which starred Miss May Robson,

SUMMER IS HERE

Scenes like the one pictured abore suggest the kind of weather Hongkong may expret during the next three months. Photograph was takoi ou aur of Australia's justip-famed beaches three months ago.

Atom Laboratory 'Poisoned' By Radium

Cambridge, May 31.

SIR HERBERT AUSTIN'S £250,000 gift to the Cavendish Labora-

tory at Cambridge University has come only just in time. This famous place, where the atom, was first split, is in danger of splitting itself at any moment.

Hyde Park

Mansion Will Be Fit

Tor A King

No. 5, Prince's Gate, S.W., his appointment of one of his two the house which has become daughters, Miss Nancy Innes, to be his Associate while he was a judge.

Haile Selassie's freehold pro- But he thought she would make a

It was built in 1870. it is now. just a hotch-potch of makeshifts. Yet in 1932 the experts managed somehow to split the atom arti- fleially by the application of power

in greater than it receives the 10,000,000 degrees of heat in the centre of the sun.

'To-day the Cavendish has passed on from the splitting of unatom-100-millionth of a. centimetre in size to the study of its nucleus, several thousand times smaller, and it can now photograph a collision between two atoms, and the movements of the split particles. How it can do it, its scientists)

themselves hardly know. Even

good Associate, and he was right. perty, is being decorated to Miss Isaacs aras the first woman to the scheme of Princess Asfa❘ the attic

for is being used hold such a position in Australia.

research. Main research rooms Yilma, member of the Royal have old wooden floors, and if one Salomonic House of Ethio- | worker is taking delicate measure-- pia, kinswoman of the Kingments and some one else walks

past, the creak he makes is of Kings.

likely as not, to be recorded on some sensitive apparatus.

SLIP OF PAPER INSURED LINER FOR £5,800,000

QUEEN MARY BECOMES THE WORLD'S GREATEST "RISK" AT SEA

.OPERATION AS VESSELS! STEAM SIDE BY SIDE Sydney, N.S.W., May 28, The story of a race across 120 miles of ocean with medical aid for a dying man, an operation où board ship, and the death of the patient when it seemed that he would recover, was

The £4,800,000 "risk" started as a mere slip of paper, circulat- toll, by officera na the freightering around the select company of Lloyd's underwriters, inviting them in brief, almost casual terms, to take their sharein shoulder- Karamen on her arrive Sydney.

fing one of the heaviest responsibilities ever undertean. A few days after they left Cape-

LLOYD'S TAKE UP TWO MILLION town, they received an urgent callf

THE world's biggest marine insurance deal was concluded in London when it was announced that the Cunard White Star liner Queen Mary was fully insured just before her departure. for New York for £4,800,000,

Behind this story of an insurance record is a drama of the London money market,

One by one the underwriters sent their replies, until the whole from the British ship Peshawur, about of the available insurance had been taken up. 120 miles behind them. Oblecer Robbinga, of the Peshawul was million is being shared by the big British provincial companies and Two million pounds has been accepted by Lloyd, and another suffering from a.. corious abdominal

a selected few abroad. complaint.

The premium is £60,000 a year, but the policy does not operate The Karamea had no doctor in the unless the claim is in excess of £1,000 for the round Atlantic trip. crew, bol n'passenger, Dr. R. Davis, The fact that Lloyd's and the provincial insurance companies of Melbourne, volunteered and the are taking between them £3,000,000 of the burden means that the ship was turned about, and at full British Government is keeping £1,800,000 of the business. speed dashed for the Peshawur. }, One of the most striking facta They met at noon. Dr. Davis'a lemerging from these águres is diagnosis revented that an immed into that Britain is now responsible operation ТУП essential. Hurried for seven-tenths of the world's preparations were made. The Pesti marino insurance.

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At present she acts as hostess at the Ethiopian Legation for Dr. Martin, the Ambassador. Her husband, Captain Algernon Holland, is Dr. Martin's private secretary.

When atom-splitting is going

· on such an electrical disturbance takes place in the room that dust from the rubble lying un- der the boarded floor is sucked up. Walls, celling and windows are now coated with thick black grime.

Recently, says a London Corres-| pondent, I was invited to inspect Haile Selassie's beautiful mansion.

WORTH £2,000 OR 15 It overlooks. Kensington-rond, intoj

Because X-rays are given oft Hyde Park. It has five storeys during atom-splitting the selent- and twenty-seven rooms, including Ists who carry it out have to get wood, hammer, nails and rough those in the basement.

thair Countess Sondes, who died in squares of lead to build July 1935, was the last occupant own little sheds for protection.

room The apparatus In this of the house, which she left to her two daughters, Lady Cayzer, wife of Sir Charles Cayzer (Cons, M.P. for Chester), and the Hon. Mrs. Devereux,

can produce 700,000 volts. It le worth $2,000. Il fa probable no scrap merchant would give more than £5 for the lot.

Dr. A tour of the great house show-

M. Oliphant. assistant ed that:

director of research at the labórn- The basement has two large kitchens tory, said: "The whole place la and enough accommodation for a obsolete, entirely Inadequate for staff of about a dozen,

the work we have to do. We have Two lifts are installed; also house been using radium so long here

telephone elécuit. Ground floor has black and white now that the building is actually marble-floored hallway, dining contaminated with diffused parti Ioom and lounge: (fokling, glass cles that disturb our electrical aloors); smaller room at back with apparatus. balcony facing beautiful garden. We are deeply grateful to Sir

First floor has only one parquet Herbert Austin. Half of the floored room-13 feet long and more money will probably be used for than 21 feet wide..

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PALE SHELL PINK. operating theatre, with the saloon single company will be taking up Mr. R. A. Young, the solicitor who

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