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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEEK-END SECTION

INSPECTOR PLAYFAIR'S

NOTEBOOK: 11

The Duchess's DIAMOND

"THERE

are

times,"

SATURDAY,

FEBRUARY 27, 1937

Current Affairs Test

How To

Do

*It

Five possible answers are given for each question: Prine Minister of Great Britain is (1) MacDonald, (2) Chamberlain, (3) Hallzham, (4) Baldwlu, (5)

Lloyd George. The number 4 (meaning Daldwin) has been placed at the right of 0 on the answer sheet. "Answers on Page Ten./

Home Affairs

0.- Lord Tweedsmuir opened the Parliament at Ottawa recently, Lord Tweedmuir is well known as the creator óf (1) Raffles, (2)- "Bulldog" Drummond, (3) Winnie the Pooh, (4) Father Brown, (5) General Hannay,

10.-Fierce fighting has been said have to read it first, you know." "Of course,' said Riccardo.

Joshua Playfair to Ser- geant Lumpkin, "when "Whaddya take me for?' And needs to have one's this, Lumpkin, is the note that

he wrote 'out:

one

wits about one,

**I shouldn't think," said Lumpkin, "that that could ever not have been said of you:"

Ignoring the phraseology of what was evidently meant as a compliment, Playfair, extracted a paper from his files. "Hero's an example of what I mean, Lumpkin. This is a copy of the letter from old Riccardo to his daughter Marta, which enabled me to recover the Knarlborough diamond."

Baid Lumpkin

that was, I'm

"Ah, yes," "A famous case told, sir."

Playfair laughed. "I'M just give you the essentials of the story. The diamond, which was worth fifteen thousand, pinched from the Duchess of Knarlborough at a dinner. We'd a shrewd idea who had it--| Riccardo

was

(known 05 "Lily fingers") and there was enough cvidence to arrest the old bird on suspicion. But of course he de- nied all knowledge of the din- mond. I talked to him like an Uncle at the Yard, and then I told him I was going to search his house and he might as well save me the trouble,

A

"Riccardo

never batted eyelid. 'Going to my house, are you? he said... 'Make your self at home, Playfair, won't you? You'll find my daughter Marta there. And, by the way, you might take her a note from me,!"

Scotland Yard,

last

three

years

"Dear Marta,

"The 're kept free of the cops, a now here we are again. But the whole affair's a mare's nest, you will find.

this!

"Funcy arresting - me trumped-up charge like But cheer up! There'll be an in- quiry, after this, into the Yard it-and and the dults who run that clearly is what is wanted!

"In the meantime, here I sit in the local dungeon. The chairs are uncomfortable, and the walls covered with filth.

"Give_my_ild__friend_Playfair what assistance he needs.

And

he seeds all he can get, I can fell you! By the time this case is over, he'll be definitely on the shelf.

“Aud send me some clothes, will you? And that volume of Proust, which you'll find on a table in the kitchen.

ons.

"Your long-suffering

"PAPA."

write

"I watched Riccardo that note, Lumpkin, and it seemed to me there was some- thing about his performance that didn't seem quite spontane- And when I read the note through, it didn't ring truc, either. That's why, when I got to Riccardo's house before even I'd given the note to his bright little daughter-the first thing I did was to collect the missing diamond."

"Right," I said. "But I shall} What was in the note?

WEEK-END PROBLEMS

By Hubert Phillips

the

PROBLEM I CYRIL'S JOURNEY

"To-day," said Cyril, "I did ten miles from the station in exactly one hour and a half. I walked part of the way, and I ran the remainder

I walk at a steady 4 miles per hour, and when I run I run just twice as fast as that,"

How far did Cyril walk?

**

PROBLEM II DICE

Mildred and her uncle were play ing a game with dice. "I've often wondered," sald Mildred, 'how many different dice one could have." "Different dice?" said her uncle. "Yes, you know," said Mildred. "Different in the sense that there's

6.

material, and all spotted 1 to could always be distinguished one from another?"

"Oh, that's soon worked out," suld uncle. "The answer

Mildred's

| is

what-is-the-onswer?

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PROBLEM LII INTRUSIONS

In each of the following groups there is one "intruder"one object, person or place that is clearly dif ferent" from the others. Numie the "intruders":

(1) Chester, Durham, Exeter, Read-

ing, Salisbury. (2) Aluminium,

Sulphur, Tin.

Copper, Nickel,

(3) Emerson. Grant, Hoover, Lin-

coln. Washington.

a different arrangement of spots. (4) Cheetah, Hyena, Ounce, Panther,

Put it another way: how many dice

Tiger.

could you have which, though they! (5) Beech, Birch, Plane, Sycamore, were the Hame size, colour and 1 Yew.

New:

A

OF

DAINTY SELECTION SUMMER SHOES HAS ARRIVED

EARLIER THAN USUAL AND IS NOW ON DISPLAY

BE WISE, MAKE AN EARLY CHOICE

ANY MODEL. MAY BE PUR-

CHASED ON VERY ATTRAC-

"TIVE EASY TERMS FROM

GORDON'S LTD.

-Hong Kong's Ladies' Shoe Specialists..

1. The Socialist League has formed a united front with the IL.P. and the Communists. The leader of the Socialist Lengue is (1) Mr. Attlee, (2) Mr. Muxton, (3) Sir Stalford Cripps, (4) Mr. Gallacher, (5) Mr. Lansbury. 2.-Dismissals at naval dockyards have created scusation. The responsible Minister is (1) Mr. Baldwin, (2) Sir John Simon, (3) Mr. Duff Cooper, (4) Mr, Eden, (6) Sir Samuel Hoare,

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3. The Duke of Gloucester is giving

up his army career to asalat public functions. His regiment la Life (1) 10th Hussars, (2) Guards, (3) Grenadier Guards, (4) Gloucestershire Regiment, (3) Royal Horse Guards.

4.--Porilament will, it is understond, vote some Cabinet Ministers in- creased salaries. At present the Prime Minister's salary is (1) £15,000, (2) £10,000, (3) £5,000, (4) £0,000 and an allowance for, entertainment (5) £8,000,

5. Post Omee savings deposits at

the end of 1936 totalled (1). £710,000,000, (2) £ 432,000,000, (3) £300,000,000, (4) £103,000,- 000, (5) £87,000,000.

World Affairs

6.-Navies nnd armies of world Powers will draw a cordon around Spain in order to prevent the en- iry of volunteers and munitions, The Canary islands will be guarded by Great Britain. The capital of The Canaries is (1) Tenerife: (2) Palma; (3) Lanzarote; (4) Santa Cruz; (5) Las Palmas. 1.--Baron

bern ven Neurath has holding important conversations with the Austrian Chancellor, Dr. Kurt

Schuschnigg. Baron የርን፣ Neurath is (1) German Foreign Minister; (2) Chairman of the Heichsbank; (3) German Ambas- sador to Vienna; (4) German

рго- ceeding around Oviedo, which is the capital of (1) Old Costille, (Z) Grunada; (3) Catalonia; (4) As- turins; (5) Aragon.

General

11-It WUS Mr. Lloyd George's birthday last month. He is (1) 03, (2) 68, (3) 71, (4) 74, (5)

70.

12-"Gold Staff Officers" for the Coronation ceremony are now being nominated. Their appoint- ment rests with the (1) Earl Mar- shal, (2) Dean of Westminster, (3) Speaker, (4) Archbishop of Canterbury, (5) Master of the

Horse.

13.-The design of King George VI.

(4)

1

the poet. This took place in (1) 1032, (2) 1005, (3) 1740, (4) 1780, (5) 1027.

Arts and Books

10. Mr. Harold Samuel, the pianist, Is lend. He was famous s an of (1) interpreter

Bach, (2) Tchaikowsky, (3) Chopin, (4) Brahms, (5) Beethoven. 20,- A pleturisation of Lewis Sinclair's "Dodsworth" is coming to Hongkong shortly. The princi- pal role will be played by (1) Norma Shearer; (2) Gladys Swarthout; (3) Mary Brinn; (4) Greta Garbo; (3) Ruth Chatterton. 21-A famous London theatre about to be rebuilt Is (1) Globe, (2)

Criterion, Haymarket, (3) St. James's, (5) Prince of Wales. 22.-"Balolaikn" is a triumph of

production. The producer is (1) C. 13. Cochran, (2) Tyrone Guthrie, (3) Leontine Sogan, (4) Athole Stewart, (5) Noel, Coward.

been

st

nged (1) 21; (2). 18; (3) 18;-(4) 13; (5) 17. 23.-Emil Ludwig has written the life story of a river. The river la the (1) Nile. (2) Thames,, (3) Euphrates; (4) Seine,.(5) Ganges. 20-"Famine" is the new novel by (1) Phyllis Bentley (2). Liam O'Flaherty, (3) Daphne Du Maurier, (4) Pearl „Buck, (5) Arthur Calder-Marshall,

.

Sport

27-The annual ruces were held in

Hongkong this week.

SCORE SHEET

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Winner of

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the

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29.A snooker a record break of 151 (unofficial") has been made by (1) S. Smith, (2) W, Smith, (3) Newman, (4) H. Lindrum, (5) Davis.

(13)

(29)

(14)

(30)

(15)

SCORE:

the 1937 Derby was (1) Havoc Eve; (2) Thunder Bay; (3) Happy Eve: (4) Rob Roy; (5) Expansion Timę. 28.-The Anal test match started in

In Melbourne (4)

yesterday. fourth test at Adelaide (1) England won by an innings and 28 runs; (2) Australia won by 01 runs; (3) England won by 178 runs; England won by 257 runs, Australia won by 140 runs,

postage stamps is being eagerly 23.-"Madame Butterfly" has

revived Those who are speel- discussed.

Sadler's Wells. The ally interested in stomps are known scene of the opera is laid in (1) as (1)-psychiatrists, (2) toxicolo-

Honolulu, (2) Japan, (3) Titipů, gists. (3) phlintelists,

(4) Barataria, (5) Paris. lapidaries, (5) seismologists.

24.-Deanna Durbin, a new star, has made a remarkable hit In "Three 14.-A German destroyer is being

Smart Girls", which had its second named after Hans Lody. Loly

screening at a major theatre in figured in the late war 119 (3)

Hongkong this week. This star is aviator, (2) Rрy, (3) submarine commander, (4) cavalry offleur, (5) expert in trench warfare. 15-An International Regutta, to commemorate the Coronation is to be held in the latter part of June. The venue is (1) Cowes, (2) Felixstowe, (8) Falmouth, (4) Milford Haven, (5) Torbny. 10-Particularly humid weather hus been experienced in Hongkong during the past week, the humidi ty reaching (1) 98 per cent. (2) 67 per cent.; (3) 100 per cent.; (4) 94 per cent.; (5).97 per cent.

Ambassador to flome; (5) Chair 17-Colonel Theodore Roosevelt man of the Nazi Party.

8.-Foreign warships may not use the Kiel Canal without permission. The canal connects (1) The Elbe with the Weser, (2) the North Sea with the Baltie, (3) the Order with the Vistula, (4) the Zuyder Zee with the Ems, (5) the Rhine with the Scheldt.

is

to lecture at London University. He has been (1) President of the U.S.A.. (2) Governor-General of the Philippines, (3) Chlef Justlee of the Supreme Court, (4) Secre- tary of State, (5) Governor of New York.

18-Recently we eelebrated the anni- versary of the birth of Lord Byron,

SNAPSHOT GUILD

The SNA

CAT PORTRAITS

Did the photographer way, "Watch the birdie"? This command ought

to mean something to a cat, but, as a matter of fact, those poses were obtained by dangling a bright object near the camera.

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fa natural for an amateur pho- tographer, according to his tastes and interests, to become intrigued with one kind of picture subject: animals, machinery, trees, sky. scraparb, wild Mo, marine views, and what not. The result, often, in that he finds himself pursuing a fasclanting hobby within a hobby--- searching for and photographing in- teresting types of his favorite ple ture subject.

One of the most enjoyablo and challenging of one-subject hobbles is making portraits of cats. You soon learn that the maturo ent is an animal of many expressions, and that ho rarely fails to reward you with an interesting one. You dis cover, also, that cals hayo indi- viduality, even those of the samo breed, Consequently, in making cat portraits you obtain a variety of distinctive studios.

Sometimes-and this is the chal lenging part of eat photography-- you head something more than pho- tographic skill to bo successful. When it comes to posing for the camera, the feline is often à por vorad creaturo, Dogs beyond tho puppy stage ato generally obedient, but, to koop & cat in front of the lens, it is usually necessary to on- tertain him. you then, Thomas te likely to "tako a walk" out of the vlow finder, with complete Indif ference to what you say to him or about him. Ho has a mind of his own Hasco...there will be times when you will nood Christian pa tionce and an assistant to recover

the cat. Especially outdoors, when Thomas is in a lively mood, you nmy, Ond that the best you can get is 9/10 backyard and 3/10 cat, Ou tho other hand, Thomas loves to lie in the sun, espacially after a good meal, and then, usually, you find him a most tractable model.

Inside the house the chancos are always good because hero a cat is generally quieter and disappearing acts can bo provented, Hero, too, you conmore easily arrange a contrasting background. The surest way to calch a pose is. to use a flash bulb. Flood light lamps socht to cause most cata to lie down and hask. Cats, however, being Inquisitive, like to look out of windows for long parlods, giving you a chance to creep up on them and ́suap a good pleture by daylight.

A most unoful "accessory before the fact" for eat pieturos is a. por. trait attachmont over your regu. lar lens permitting close-ups within arm's length. But, if you do not use a portrait attachmont, be sure your fo- cus is correct so that the image of the cat will be quite sharp. Then you can mask out the surrounding part of the negative to obtain a big- image enlargoniant as in the ple turce shown abavo.

Remember that the typical physi cal charactor!siles of cata are their whjakors and the liquid gleam in their oyes. The one needs a contrast. Ing background; the other, It must be confessoć, nocds luck with the light reflections. If you succeed in revealing both, you are a good cat photographer.

'JOHN VAN GUILDER.

30.-Up to date, 30 test matches have been played on the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Two have hern drawn and Australia has won (1) 16: (2) 14; (3) 12; (4) 11; (5)

D.

Girls' and Boys' Corner

must have

to

Dear Kiddies,-You ked last week's Competition, Judge from the large number of en- tries which have reached me. I can tell you

that it was quite a job look- all the efforts and care- through Ing fully going through each one. There were very few wrong entries this,

age and time, so that, once again, neatness were the chief factors in teciding the winners.

After a lot of time and thought, I have come to the conclusion that the Senior

10 award should ro Jacqueline Maithews (aged 11), 280) Prince Edward Road, Kowloon,

by

The Junior prize is won June Martin (aged 7), 30 Humphreys Buildings, Kowloon.

Will the winners call at the "Tele- graph" Once for their prizes?

Specially commended for neat work are the following Seniors:- Peggy Barton, Mimi da Roza, Frankie Hughes. Belly Wadmore, Cyril Grimh,

Margle Audrey Barton, Xavler, William Barker, Christopher Kingsbury, Helene Ozoriu, Auren-

Foster, Mar-

Marques, Ada Suffed, Ronnic

Thompson, garet Shuk-chun,

Karet

Doreen

Charles

Choar

Foster. Ada

Ho

vonne Shaw,.. Olivia

E. Botelho, Peggy Prince, Mar- Macfarlane, Hazel Sclater, Manu; and Stephens, Irene Mi the following Juniors: William McMahon, Moira Patey, Jacqueline Dudley McMahon, Freda Stephens, Ronald Cameron, Marlam Curreem, George Hudson, Anthony Cutcher, Jean Drennan, Mary Fitz- Gerald.

Brown,

Now, children, here's another Com- petition which I am sure you will all ilke. The sketch shows a picture of a girl in fancy dress. What you have to do is draw in her features and then colour the completed skeich with your paints or crayons. There

Send your entries, not forgetting; Wednesday:

Who'll win the prizes

will be two prizes--one for those tu mention your age, to Uncle Eddie, this time, I wonder? Lots of love, from 10 to 14 years; and the other c/o "Hongkong Telegraph," so as to kiddles. for those under 10.

reach him not later than 4 p.m. onl

UNCLE EDDIE.

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