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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1037.

RUSH TO AID CHILD REFUGEES THE CELLULAR

One of the last pictures taken of Sir James Barrie before his un- timely death last month, Sir James was famous for his "Peter Pan" and

other stories.

OUR GUIDE TO THE CINEMAS

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Countries' Money-Shower At Albert

Hall

Handfuls of pound notes, dollars, francs, belgas, Austrian schillings, kroner, lire, roubles—an international torrent of money-poured on to the platform table at the Albert Hall one night recently,

They were gifts of all manner of people who had come to a vast meeting designed to help the Basque re- fugee children's fund.

In 20 minutes more than £1,500 had dropped on to the table In silver. notes, cheques and promissory notes ncribbled on the backs of programmes.

Fifty stewards walked the hill talking money that puased from hand to hond the rows.

about Just before the recorded voices of

was 50 Basque children began to the olong¦ hall-in a moving, haunting song- the audience had been reminded; "Remember that these 50 children: whose volees you hear might have heen tying dead on the road from Bilbao to Santander."

At a microphone Mrs. Isabella Brown, who had made an appeal for money, tried to keep pare with the rush of messages that came with the guests.

"WITHOUT DUCE'S PERMISSION"

Some of these were:

E from the Unemployed Art Centre, Dowlais, South Wales,

Ten shillings a month from Ed-! monton tramwaymen;

Fifty dollars from an American:|

225 from a group of Russians; £5 from a Dutchman?

£1 from a Pollsh architect: £5 from an Italian "without the permission of Mussolini";

from the Artists

100 franes;

£65 national;

The gathering was one of the must, mixed that can

have cver gathered in the Albert Hall. At least 21 countries were represented. ROBESON'S 'SPEECH

On the platform sat some of the foremos! scientists, writers artists in the country.

"They are here," sald the Duchess of Athull, M.1, "to recall the great

Nino Million Gas-Masks Ready

Nino million gas masks have now been produced in Britain- biggor number (Mr. Geoffroy Lloyd, Under- Secretary for the Homo Office, stated in the House of Commons recently) than any other country possesses for its civilian population.

Four regional supply depots, with a total capacity for 11,000,000 gas maska, have been sat up.

Cost of storage so far has been £23,000.

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contribution of Spain to the culture that arrangements had been Something New

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of the world, and sympathy with her suffering people." concluded, subject to the Paul Robeson, the coloured singer. settlement of certain de- Inter-who had hurried from Moscow to be tails, for the formation of

present. was on one side of the

a new company to build and operate plant for the manu- facture and rolling of steel at Jarrow.

Five shillings from a Spanish Duchess of Atholl; Professor J. u. S. refugee;

10 kroner from a Dance."

1:

"The 13th Chale" (King's Theatre, picturisation of the last of the Amer- to-day)-Thrilling mystery dramu lean outlaws, Finely photographed staged with typical Hollywood effl-and well played by Preston Foster, ciency. Clever performance by Jean Muir, Van Hein, Virginn Weid-

There were also these: Cheques Dame May Whitty, who acted so well ler and Margaret Irving,

from Left Book clubs, and one from in "Night Must Fal." She is sur- "20,500 Years In Sing Sing" (Oriens Right Book club; a matchbox hold- rounded with a hand-picked suppert- ing east which includes Madge Evans, tal Theatre, to-day),—This ranks not ing 10s. 114d. (all the donor had a as un oustanding production promise to make shop-to-shop Lewis Stone, Elissa Landi, Thomas only Beek, Henry Daniels and Ralph technically, but as probably the finest collection in Piccadilly; and £1 from

One of the best flm thril-piece of acting ever accomplished by the reporters from the Press table.

is. Spencer Tracy. Playing opposite ers since "Dracula's Daughter.".

the clever Bette Davis.

"Riff Raff" (Majestic Theatre, to- "Escadrillo" (Queen's Theatre to-

American day).Vivid and emotional drama day). Impressionable

story, packed with with Rome excellent psychological water-front studies by Paul Muni, Miriam Hop-dynamite action and made extremely kins, Louis Hayward and

the tate attractive and entertaining by the in- telligent work of Spencer Tracy, Colin Clive.

Jean Harlow, Una Merkel, Joseph "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" (Al-Callein and a number of other good hambra Theatre, to-day).--Powerful supporting players.

Forbes.

Haldane on the other side.

Professor Haldane wag roundly cheered, but it was Robeson (who later enchanted the company with his songs) who made the most striking speech of the evening.

The record he had made

to be

The conclusion of the scheme had been made possible by the broadcast from Moscow could not be agreement of the Government heard from the Albert Hall loud-to provide loan money under the The refugee camp near Southamp-speakers. He therefore read the Special Areas Amendment Act,

speech. He said: lun is ensting £2,000 a week.

1937, and by the participation of "Through the propagation of the Bankers' Industrial Deve- false ideals of racial and national lopment Company, the Nuffield

Mr. J. B. Priestley has written a message on last night's programme:

superiority the

artists,

scientists

Company.

"You are horribly wrong if you think that the children will sonic- how be allowed even to stay here If private funds give out. They

He talked of beautiful Guernien, bont- will have to return to the bardment.

and writers are challenged. The Trustees, and the Consett Iron batile front Is everywhere."

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with its blood-drenched streets, le Special Arens had agreed to take Whiteaway-Laidlaw & Co., Ltd.

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I stand with you in unalterable sup-steps to secure a site and pro-

port of the Government of Spain." vide the financial assistance.

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Professor Constable asked: Europe so destitute of resources that We cannot save Spain? The situation is desperate,"

'Stabbed Father To Protect Mother'

-Alleged Statement

It was proposed that the capital of the company should be £1,000,- 000, and the chairman would be Mr. C. Bruce Gardner (chaleman of Sir W. G. Armstrong Worth and Co., engineers).

Whit-

Severul hundred people would eventually be employed at the works. JOY IN JARROW

From being one of the busicst Industrial towns in the country Jar- row has sunk to the "workiess town" of the North. For years it has had VB per cent. of its population out of work,

WHE

When the Nuffield Trust formed last December with a capital of £2,000,000 the trustees, Lord Portal, Mr. Nigel L. Campbell, and Mr. B. Seebohm Rowntree, were given complete discretion in the use

stressed areas.

The Consell'Iron Company is one

of the biggest concerns of the kind in the country. In 1019 its capital was raised from £1,5000,000 to £3,500,-

000.

JAMES Harry Hollingworth, of the capital for the initiation or aged, nineteen, of Brighton-support of measures likely to give rond, Derby, accused at Derby employment to those living in the recently of attempted murder, was alleged to have told the police that he stabbed bis father intending to protect his mother. He pleaded .not guilty. reserved his defence and was The Bankers' Industrial Develop- sent for trial.

ment Company was formed in 1930 under the chairmanship of Mr. Mon- His mother said that there had tagu

of the Norman, Governor been trouble between her husband Bank of England, to investigate and herself over another womun. financial, industrial, and economic On June 11 her son arrived home questions and to ald In the forma-. from the night shift, and said that įtion and carrying out of schemes re-. he was upset as the other woman lating thereto.

was waiting for his father.

She became hysterical after her

There was the liveliest satisfaction

husband arrived home, and he took in Jorrow. "It is the best news for many a year." her by the shoulders and shook her we have had

the Mayor, Alderman J. W. In an attempt to bring her round, sald

Thompson. Detective Inspector Gray said that after arrest Hollingworth said that when he heard his mother scream he went downstairs and saw her on the floor with his father bending over her. He lost control of himself and drove the knife into his father's back.

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He added: "I am very sorry for what I have done. I did it in a hot temper, and would give any- thing to undo what I have done. I did not intend to murder my father. I intended to injure him.” | duced recently something new in A doctor said the wound was not

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He used a pint or se of ordinary

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Six Pairs

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Their sixth set of twins within eloven years has been born to Mr. and - Mrs. Harry, Fifield of Putnam, Connecticut,

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