THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1937.
THOUSANDS OF SHOPKEEPERS
CUfford
J. MacGregor, meteoro-
logist of the weather bureau
Newark airport,
nt.
America, who
of weather
is
heading an expedition experts to the Arctic. The picture shows MacGregor inspecting an anemometer in the rigging of the three-masted schooner which is being used for the voyage.
LEGION UPROAR OVER GEN. GOUGH
EFERENCES to General
RHubert Gough, vindicated
commander of the Fifth Army during the German offensive of 1918, caused a scene at the an- nual conference of the British Legion, in the Queen's Hall, London, last month.
A resolution stated that in view of the General's "complete vindica- tion," the Government should be urged to grant him the honours he deserved.
During the discussion a delegate mentioned Mr. Lloyd George's attack on Earl Holg, and declared that neither Earl Haig nor General Gough was to blame for what hap- pened to the Fifth Army,
When another delegate said that Mr. Lloyd George was a member of the British Legion there were crles of "What's his service?" and "He should not be."
The chairman (Major F. W. Feller- ston-Godley): "whatever he kas done, he is a great statesman, Leave it at that."
The resolution was withdrawn. The conference carried a resolution that the definition of "widow" under the Royal Warrant was grossly un- fair and should be widened to in- clude those women married to ex- Service men after disablement pro- viding that a pensioner lived seven years or more after the marriage.
Under the present definition, the
resolution added, a widow Was Teft totally unprovided for, ni- though she might have devoted all her time to helping the pen- stoner lastead of providing for her own future.
The chairman sald ihq, answer of the Government was that this would have to be applied to wives as well as widows, and that the capital liability of the Government would
be £105,000,000.
WAR OF POPPIES
SUNDAY TRADING
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO ENFORCE IT
"Treated With Contempt"
Police Say
If tens of thousands of those affected by a new law defy it, or, at any rate, ignore it, what should be done?
Should immense batches of summonses be issued, with special sittings of the police courts. and relays of unwilling magistrates?
That is the problem worrying the authorities regarding the Shops (Sunday. Trading Restriction) Act.
It came into force'in England a month ago, and seeks to prohibit Sunday trading except that which it speciflcal- ly permits.
Articles that may be sold, and the times of sale, are sot out, and provisions are made in relation to hours of work, trading by members of the Jewish faith, sales at London atreet markets and at holiday resorts, and the making of orders by local nuthorities. LITTLE CHANGE
So far, little change has taken place in the opening of shops compared with the practice that obtained before the Act.
Chiefs of police in the country report that the Act is simply treated with contempt, while in the cast of London traders scoff at it and carry on as though nothing had happened
Police say it would need thousands of extra officers strictly to enforce this new law,
And for this reason: Every shop in the land may be open on Sunday, provided that only the articles enumerated in the Act are sold.
BETTER TO CLOSE.
To discover whether, in fact, only those goods are sold would require the presence in every shop of an officer on observation duty.
Many garage owners say they are in the dark as to what they may do and sell, and that if the Act is administered in its present form it would be better to close their premises on Sunday.
Not only among traders but also among lawyers there is confusion as to the exact meaning and, bearing of certain parts of the Act.
MR.
66
Shall
•We Produce
on
Grand Scale
99
£1,200,000 DEAL
(By R. A. PUGH)
London, June 8.
R. Alexander Korde told me over the telephone from New York last night how he had just negotiated the most spectacular agreement between British and Ameri; can interests in the history of the film business.
With dramatic suddenness Mr. Korda, by buying a big interest in the United Artists' Corporation, has placed the production of British and American pictures on an equal footing for the first time.
It will now be possible for British producers to make films on the biggest Hollywood scale, knowing that they can command equally with Hollywood the world market.,,
ACT
BEST MAN-Major Edward D. Metcalfe, futmer equerry to and one of the closest friends of the Duke of Windsor, who Wes the Duke's best
man at his wedding in Monts, France, to Miss Warfeld. The Duke had expected his brother, the Duke of Kent, to serve.
Church of England And Remarriage
DEFY
E RADIO BROADCAST
Studio-Madame Francesca
Denics to Sing
ROTARY CLUB SPEECH
Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.B.W. on Wavelengths of 355 metres (845 k.c's), 31.49 metres (9.52 m.c's).
H.K.T.
12.30 p.m.-2.16 pm. Programme.
European
12.30 pm. Albert Sandler and His Orchestra.
Rose Min (Potter).
The Fairies Gavotte (Kohn). Amoretten Tanz (Gung'l), Bien aimes-Valse (Waldicufel). Soliloquy (Murray)
A
Gipsy Melody (Knight). Live, love and Inugh (Heymann). -12.51
Turner p.m. Songs by Layto
When the Poppies bloom again, I wont the whole world to love
you. Pennies
tion.
From Heaven-Selec-
1 p.m. Local: Time Signal and Weather Report.
1.03 p.m. Variety.
Vocal-Das muss ein Stueck vom Himmel sein... Willy Frilach; Cinema Organ-Waltz Selection.... Reginald
Dixon; Vocal-Goodbye, little dream, goodbye, When Woman smiles....Yvonne Prin- temps; Humorous-Knock, knock- who's there?, ....Vie Oliver & Sarah
THE legal position of clergy-Churchill; Orchestra-Swing Time
men of the Church of Eng- Selection....Geraldo & his Romance
land in relation to the re- marriage of divorced persons is closely defined by statute, but the statutes do not, of course, cover Anglican clergy outside the Church of England as by law established.
The position may be summarised tbus: With certain exceptions, it is the duty of the proper clergyman to marry persons who apply to him for that purpose, and if he refuses to do so he can be proceeded against.
CHIEF EXCEPTION
The chief exception is that "no clergyman of the Church of England shall be compelled to solemnise the marriage of any person whose former marriage has been dissolved on the ground of his or her adultery, or shall
in Rhythm Orchestra.
1.20 p.m. Reuter Press,
Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements.
Club Tin Speech from the Root- 1.40 p.m. Reiny of the Rotary Gurden of the Hongkong Hotel,
Close Down.
Mr. G. White, &c., Principal of the Hongkong Trade & Technical Schools on: "Petrol Vapour."
2.10 p.m. 4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme: 7-11 p.m. European Programme. (Mendelssohn), played by Cortot,
7 pm. Trio in D Minor, Op. 40 Thibaud and Casals, 1st Movement |---Molto allegro agitato, 2nd Move- ment-Andante con moto tranquillo, ment-Finale. 3rd Movement Scherza, 4th Move-
Quotations and Hongkong Exchange 7.33 p.m. Closing local Stock Market Report.
gramme, instrumental-Mighty lak' 7.30 p.m. A Light Variety Pro-
be liable to any proceedings, penalty a rose....Frank Biffo and his Brass
or censuro for solemnising, or refusing Quintette; Vocal-Swing is the thing to solemnise, the marriage of any such....The Mills Brothers; Piano Med- person."
ley No. R21.Charilc Kunz: Vocal-Celebratin'
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In other words, the clergyman (Comedian); Orchestra Hend Over
-Jack Hulbert Hong Bank Bldg. cannot be required to solemnise the Heels Selection....Louis Levy & remarriage'. of a "gullty" party. his Gaumont British Symphony: though he may be compelled to Vocal-Dreaming a dream..... Leslie solemnise the remarriage of an "inno-Hutchinson, (with plano); cent" party,
8 p.m. Local: Time Signal, Wen- ther Report and Announcements.
Though the clergyman cannot him- selt be required to solemnize the re- Crooks (Tenor). Bird Songs at Even- 8.03 pm. Songs by Richard marriage of a "guilty" party, he is tide (Contes); The Green Hills of obliged to allow his church to be used for the purpose if another clergyman,
Ireland (Del Riego); Macushla
entitled to omelate in the diocese, Is (Macg): Too late to-morrow
prepared to do so.
"IF MINISTER REFUSES"
8.15 p.m. London-Cricket: Ox- ford v. Cambridge. A commentary during play by Howard Marchali. "If any minister of any church or Frum Lord's Cricket Ground, Lon- refuses to perform the marriage ser- chapel of the Church of England don.
vice between any persons who but and Lee, The Fun Racketeers.
2.30 p.m. London-Variety:"Haver have the service performed in that Piano. "On Your Toss" Medley; for his refusal would be entitled to 8.45 p.m. Vivian Ellis at the church or chapel he shall permit any "Streamline"The First Waltz; "The England entitled to offelate within
of the Church of Town Talks" Medley.
other minister
the diocese in which the church or Francesca Denies (Soprano). "Hero- p.m. From the Studio, Madame chapel is altunte, to perform the mor- diade"-Herode He me refuse pas, ringe acrvice in that church chapel
or Celui dont la parole....Massenet;
"Werther"-Laisse couter larmes....Massenet.
"I have done-all-l-get out to do when I started on this visit as passed by the Commons, would! cerpla, "Patience"-Love is a plain-
"I came out to secure
to the United States," Mr. Korda told me. better representation. for British pictures, and to bring that about I have arranged to take over United Artists jointly with Mr. Samuel Goldwyn,
-
"We shall be equal partners, sharing absolute control of the organisation.
"Mr. Goldwyn and I are buying the holdings of Mr. Charlie
United Artists' deal, there will be no Among further toples discussed Chaplin, Mr. Douglas Fairbanks
sen., and Miss Mary Pickford.
difficulty in financing it. Already certain American Interests are ready to provide the money If Britain is
were:
con-
Popples. The conference demned the sale of white poppies on Armistice. Day and it was resolved to nak, manufacturers to make it n condition that those emblems should not be sold during Armistice Week. A delegate said they were being sold by a women's organisation whose object apparently туда to help the cause of peace.
l'alestine Reservists. A resolution was carried noting with dismay the lack of provision for the return to regular employment of the reservists who were called up recently for ac- live service in Palestine. It also urged the Council to approach the Government with a view to action being taken.
I asked Mr. Korda how much had been paid to secure for British Alms this equal pride of place.
"I'm afraid I can't discuss figures yet," he rejoined. (Reports from the United States give the value of
alock to be acquired £1,200,000.3
the
BIGGER RETURNS "For me the most gratifying result of this deal will be an increase in the financial returns from British pic- tures In the British and world market," he continued,
De.
"Is it true," I asked, "that Glannini, American banker and preal dent of United Artists, had hinted that the Bank of America would invest
£3,000,000 in British films?"
"I don't know anything about that? was the reply. "With regard to the
Greatest Joy Killed Him
Hobart, June .10.
FOR 40 years Sydney Coundon searched for gold in many
parts of Tasmania.
At last, at the age of 71, his dream came true when he found a rich deposit at Long Plains, in the north-west of the island. “
But the joy of his discovery was too much for Mr. Coundon. He became so excited that he collapsed and died-Reuter,
unable to find it.
“Wo shall now be able to do cur -making at Denham on the grand scale, encouraged by tho knowledge that the world distribut- Ing power is in our hands.
"We shall confidently, go ahend with the making of British films in technicolour."
I invited Mr. Korda to summarise in a sentence the effect of his deal on the British Blm industry,
"More Alms, better films, fewer worries," he said.
and
By SETON MARGRAVE
The new alm deat means that' there will be complete co-opera- Won between the London Fitm Bindlos at. Denham and dia Unked Artists 'Studios in Holly- wood.
There' will also be complete. equality between the release of the Brilish and American filmna from these studios throughout the world.
When this transaction is rati- Red Mr. Korda will have done. more for British films than any Act of Parliament has schleved or has professed, to be, ible, to achieve
i
тся Mr. A. P. Herbert's Marriage Bill.
0.15 p.m. Gilbert & Sullivan Ex- give the clergyman power to declinative song... Winifred to remarry any divorced person. (Soprano): (a) So go to him..... Lawson whether innocent" or "guilty," and Bertha Lewis & George Einke would exempt him from the necessity It's clear that Madieval
Art....D. of lending his church;
Oldham, M. Green & D. Fancourt; "No clergyman of the Church of Sad is that woman's lot....Bertha England shall be compelled to Lewis (Contralto); (a) Turn. oh solemnise the marriage of any person turn in this direction....Chorus of whose former marriage has been Girls; (b) A Magnet hung in a hard- dissolved on any ground and whose ware shop....Leslie Rands & Chorus former husband or wife is still living of Giris." or to permit any other minister of the 1.30 p.m. London-News and An- Church of England to perform such nouncements.
marriage service in his church or chapel."
9.55 p.m. Concert Waltzes. Car- men Sylva (Ivanovici), "Eva" Waltzes (Lehar, arr. Schott).... In-
• POSITION OVERSEAS
ternational Concert Orchestra; To offelate in the Church of Eng-Weber and his Orchestra; Danube "Faust-Waltz (Gounod).... Marek land a clergyman requires the per- Waves (Ivanovici), Artist's mission of his ecclesiastical superiors. (Strauss)....Marck Weber and his
Не can be inhibited for certain Orchestra. disciplinary offences, and the inhibi
10.15 will be upheld by the civil court.
Bon
By an Act of 1033 the Bishop of London is given jurisdiction over chaplaincies in North and Central Europe, and he exercises this jurls- diction through the Bishop of Fulham. But it cannot extend to a clergyman who conducts a service in a private: house abroad and such a person tan- not be reached by any process of ecclesiastical law.
Life
p.m. London-Dig Ben. (Continued on Page 4)
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HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH,
SEVENTH ANNUAL
Amateur Photographic
Competition
JUNE AUGUST, 1937.
Owing to pressure of space the list; of Prizes have been unavoidably left out for this issue, but the Sections, Rules and Entry Form are printed below:
SECTION ONE:..
FOR STORY-TELLING · PICTURES.
SECTION. TWO:
SECTION THREE; STUDIES IN STILL LIFE
SECTION FOUR: BNAPSHOTS. TAKÈN BY CHILDREN, UNDER 14 YEARS
"SECTION FIVE:
GENERAL PICTORIAL SECTION (VIEWS, ARCHITECTURE, LANDS- CAPES, SEASCAPES, HUMAN AND FOR PICTURES OF HONGKONG
ANIMAL STUDIES).
CORONATION CELEBRATIONS
READ THE RULES CAREFULLY
The following Rules will governa; the 3-All entries to be either black, sepia, Competition:
1-The Competition Ja 'confined
clusively to amateur photographet 2-No employee or member of any firm In the photographic trade is per- mitted to compete.
-The prizes will, bo awarded to the competitors sending in what are adjudged to be the best photographs to each section. Each entry must be accompanied by a form which will be published · during the period of tie Competition, and which must be lahtly pasted on back of entry, The right to publik any or all of the entries In tha Telegraph reserved.
or toned
pictures, and must be Plotures sub
elled-coloured photographs
Rol tones
No plature, to be entered in more Whisen, smaller than one section.
10-stounts to be only white or cream. and, except in the Children's Section. Tust be of one of the following sites:-id" by 14", 10" by. 12 10 by a".
T-No correspondence will be entered Into in connection with the Competi- tion.
113.-Members of the Staffs of Hongkong -Telegraph and the South Ching Morning Post are not permitted to compete,
5ml photographs · entered must· have been taken in the Colony of Hong- kong Photographs which have been already entered in other Competitions are tricligible,
-No responsibility will be accepted for non-delivery of, loss of, or damage to entries,
14-The decisions of the Judges shall be
final,
eturned to
15At the conclusion of the Compati
tian, entries will be competitions on application at the Zelegraph offices within poyen days,
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