1937-08-18 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY,

KENT HOME FOR AN EX-KING

Sixteenth Century

ΑΝ

House

At Beauty Spot

N ex-King is going to settle down in a small Kentish

village.

Prajadhipok, Prince of Sukhodaya, the former King of Siam, is to make his home in a sixteenth-century black and white, half-timbered house in Biddenden.

The house-Vane Court, Biddenden, four miles from Tenter- den-is situated in what is reputed to be the prettiest part of the county.

Vane Court, with its five acres of gardens, was recently on offer for sale at £4,900.

The village of Biddenden itself was fill recently famous for the celebration every Easter Sunday of the ritual of giving "Biddenden Muids" loaves und pieces of cheese to the the parish.

The "Biddenden Malds** APP Siamese twius who Hved in the village lu A.D. 1100 ml left the money in their wills for the distri- button of the bread.

DIED AT AGE OF 34

The sisters, Eliza and Mary Chulk- irst, said to have been born joined { together at the hip and boulders, i

died at the age of 34.

The curtom of distributing Inves

of

'Blind" Man

Drove Car

Ten Years

and portions of cheese UN Easter: A man, certifled as a blind person Sundays is now preserved by the issue as Teich

driving licence

of small flat makes bearing the im- for ten years, drives a car rides a pression of the sisters fold together.hleycle and has never had an ne

Although

Court has been {cident. Vane

restored and modernised it has lost nothing of its picturesque appearance i

This cas is mentioned by a London and it is described as a "pletten Paygeon, Mr. J. Myles Bickerton, fn

house.

letter in the British Medical Jour- cat..

Old oak bens end rafters, with carved "khu post," -Massive "ip" beams, easement windows. and was studded oak wails almund.

The motorist to whom he refers found to be geratinely blind within the Blind Persons art and had | been drawing a blind pension for fes

years.

LUFS

GARCONS ON STRIKE—Striking Paris waiters not only upset tables and smashed chairs, but throw ink on prospective custom- ers. This scene is at the famous Cafe de la Paix.

BRITISH FARMERS FACE SERIOUS

LABOUR FAMINE

By L. F. EASTERBROOK

AUGUST 18, 1937.

RADIO BROADCAST

Relay of the Cafe Colette Orchestra, London PROFESSOR HARRY ORE

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.B.W. on wavelengths of 355 metres (845 .c's.) 31.49 metres (9.52 m.e's.). 11.K:T.

12.30 Brahms Variations On A Themo By Haydo.

Played by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pablo Casals, Elisabeth 12.54 Two Songs by Schumann (Soprano).

Der Vogel Im Wald; Was P Bab (Bavarian Folk Song).

1.09 Time and Weather. 1.03 Varlely.

Piano No Regrets (Tobina-Ingra ham); Miracles Sometimes Happen (Noble-Murray)...Leslie Hutchin- Son Humorous S-m-y-t-h-u (1 Pounds and N. Long). No

Norman Long; Spanish Songs-Clavelito Del Genit (tomero); Flor Del Mal (Padilla-Montesinos).. Raquel Mel- fer; Sketch-The Cure (Hiecoughs). ....(Dion Titheradge); Cleely Court- heldge and Jack Hulbert....Assisted by Laurence Green and Cecile Dixon; Vocal-Got To Dance My Way To Heaven; Shipping Through My Fin- gers (From It's love again) Jessiv Matthews.

Press;

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Weather and Announcements.

140 Hawaiian Music. Beautiful Woman (Kahale); Lliu E (Kulia). William Ewaliko and Lizzie Alchikea with Royal Huwaitan Glee Club: Sweet wation Dream Girl-Waltz. (Green and Willians) The Hawaiian Marimba Players.

1.58 New Dance Records. Fox Trot--Let's Call The Whole Can't

Ching on; Fox Trot-They

That Away From Me. (Film: Shall we Dance); Hoy Fox and His Orchestra; Fox Trot-Was It Hain (From The Hit Parade'); Fux Trot-

..Jay

On Wilbur and His Band; Fox Where Are You? (Film: Top of the Town); Fox Trot-Carelessly....Roy Fox and His Orchestra; Fox Tro Poor Robinson Crusoe: Fox Trof -- Keep Calling Me Sweetheart.... Billy Colton and His Band,

2.13 Close Down.

A Little Dream Ranch Fro

4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme.

Or-

7.00 Now Light Symphony chestra.

Dance of The Hours ('La Gioconda'

Kamennot-Ostrow

πARM labour is the biggest problem that faces agriculture at the present time," said an Cx- president of the National Farmers' Union to me at the NOT PALATIAL

Royal Show recently; and farm labour-or rather the There is a foggia which leads. through glazed doors, to ** quadratice by a

was to my shortage of it-was the most discussed topic in the show-Pouchlei); ma wo had been his rangle. In another room there is a

passenger on a journey to fetch his ground. cocktail bar.

pension money," states Mr. Bicker- ton.

On the first floor is the principat suite, and six other bedrooms.

"The PINC

Not only is there an acute shortage of casual farm "He had only one eye, but could labour in many districts, but some farmers are finding the

greatest difficulty in obtaining regular men.

"But, the house," sald a represen-

read the number plate at 23 yards tative of Messrs. John D. Wood and

with a pocket telescope spectacle. Co., the Berkeley

It was possible that one in 70 of the Square properly | agents who have effected the sale on population, 100,000 persons, had use behalf of Commander Paris Singer, ful sight in one eye only. "is in no sense palatiul.

A Ministry

گاندی

Transport offlelal "The rooms are comfortable, but said: "We cannot say that there is not spacious, and they will be not a blind man tiriving a ear in furnished to suit the ex-king's own Britain, but if he is found out he will taste.

be able to heavy penalties for mis- Black and white" houses are representatlon, typient of the district, and are so described bersuse

their black beams against while stuccoed walls.

The ex-King will take possession of the property in Orlober.

گرام

CONGRESS

MINISTERS CUT THEIR SALARIES

Bombay, July 22. CONGRESS Ministers taking office in the six Provinces where Congress has an absolute majority have decided to accept only a sixth of the salary in order to emphasise that India is a poor country.

JUDGE ON DIVORCE EVIDENCE

Op. 10, No. 22 (Rubinstein); Liebes- traume (Liszt); Triana (Albeniz Orchestrated by Arbus); Spanish Dance No. (Granados).

kong Exchange Market.

7.25 Stuck Quotations and Hong-

1.30 London Relay-Hyde Park." A drumatic narrative by Junquil Antony. Produced by M. H. Allen.

3.00 Time. Weather and

The chief cause is rising urban prosperity, employment through rearmament and the construction of new aerodromes,nouncements. factories and roads in rural districts..

Farro wages have risen a shilling or | wheelwrights ch other artisans. two a week since the rot in agricul- They are leaving the country for the ture was stopped; but the average | towns because the country offers minimum is still about 32s, per week,] them a precarious living al about and more people are coming to the 13d. per hour, while the towns-are conclusion that until we can offer paying metal workers Is. Gd. a minimum of something like 40s. 1s. 9d. Yet they are necessary we shall out keep the right men on | agriculture. the Innd.

HARVEST MONEY

It is true that overtime and harvest money raise the average wage con- siderably.

A Sulfolk farmer has shown me his books and these prove that the aver- Mr. Justice Hawke, at Lewes į Assizes recently, had some strong age wage on his farm worked out at

30s. 6d. last year.. words to say about divorce evidence.

When the question of identifying a ¦ respondent and a co-respondent arose he said:

"Are divorces to be granted for the asking, or by going into the post office for them like a licence?

"As long as the law remains as it is I am not going to grant decrees unless people are properly identi *fied."

In a case in which he granted a decree nisi, the judge said he was not fully satisiled with identify evidence, and declined to allow costs

But that includes the skilled stock- men and dairymen who work seven days a week, and even if another 75. a week be added to account for the

difference in rent between form est- tages and town council houses, the comparison with 558, and 60s, a werk, that can be fairly easily earned in the towns with shorter working hours, i favours the towns.

Moreover, more houses are urgent- needed in the villages to induce people to remain in them, and the rents of these are seldom less than weckt, compared with 3s.

for farm coltages.

This means they will draw £450) -a year instead of the £2,700 received

by Ministers under the old regime. to the petitioner.

The proposed salary for Members

Mr. Justice Hawke rentuked in of the legislatures in £00 a year.

another case; Ministers and Congressmen are all

"If people are able, determined to wear only white hom-to get divorce simply on their own spun cloth, and they are also en- statement of having committed mis-! couraging the use of what they call conduct and without any evidence, flag--which is what they may be able to get divorce with- the national

out committing misconduct nå all." others call the Congress flag,

PREMIER'S FLAC

The Prime Minister of United Provinces, whe yesterday released u big batch of political prisoners con- victed of sudition. is flying "national tier" permanently from the roof of his bungalow.

the

Ministers are also encouraging the singing of the national song, "Vande Mataram." which means "Ital, Alatherland."

in

Signifient of Congress rule Madras Province is the setting ht liberty of Yusuf Mehrall, secretary of the Sociallit Congress Party, who was sentenced to six months for defying a magistrate's order prohibiting public speaking.

GOVERNOR AGREES

This shows that even in matters involving the special responsibility of the Governor, such us the pence of the Province, the Governor has acted on his Ministers' advice.

In order that minority interests may be represented In the various Cabinets, Congress Moslems have been appolated, Bombay Cabinet has

one Maslem. Minister,

He has had to take the Congress

oath to strive for the independence

of India and for the economie

betterment of the makes.

It remains to be seen whether,

when any communal tension arises

these Moilem Ministers will command

and

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How can more money be paid to village workers? I doubt veru

much if the farmers can pay more at present prices. I will not quote average farm profits, for they are misleading.

I would rather quote it typical example which I know very well, 11 is a 350-nere farmt of medium land, managed with great care. And efficiency, but with no special outlets for its podure.

CAUSE OF LOW WAGES

It is an arable dairy farm, with about £3,000 invested in it; and its than mest in the neighbourhood. financial results last year were botter

Yet the net profit was only £325. It employs five men. If the wage of each had been raised by 88, per week, It would have accounted for 38 per cent, of the already modeni profit.

low farm wages are caused by low The farmers' contention is that food prices and that while food prices are only 37 per cent. above pre-war, coal is 90 per cent. higher, clothing 95 per cent, higher, and the general index of such things about 75 per ing with the village blacksmiths. cent, above that uf 1011-13.

ARTISAN PROBLEM

Exactly the same thing is happen-

An-

8.03 Vienna Philharmoale Orches- Ira and Elisabeth Schumann (50- prano). Nachtmusik, K.525.

Mozart Serenade

'Eine Kleine (Vienna Phift- harmonic Orchestra condid. by Brung Walter); (a) In Abendroth (b) Dio Vogel (Schubert) (a) Die Post (b) Wohin?....Elisabeth Schumann (So- prano); Ruins Of Athens-Turkish March (Beethoven); Turkish March (Mozart). (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Karl Alwin); (Grieg); Solveig's Som (From Peer Gynt') Wiegenlled 'Der Kuss' (Smetana), Bilubeth Schumann (Soprano).

8.49 Studio-Tchaikowsky Grande Sonate in G. Op. 37. Pianoforte Salo by Harry Ore.

0.00 London Relay-Tho Cafe Colette Orchestra,

Directed by Walford Hyden, in a programine of dance music froin the Continent and other parts of the world.

0.30 London Relay The NewB

and

Announcements.

9.55 Varlety and Dance. Fox Trol-Let's l'ut Our Hearts Together; Fox Trot-With Plenty Of Money And You. (Für: Gold Dig- Fox and His Orchestra;

gers of Comente-Thu South

Solomon's Mines)....Paul

Is The Place For Me, Why Hos A Cow Got Four Legs. (Cicely Court- neldge); Plano Selection-Shall We Dance, Intre; Shall we dance: De- ginner's Luck, Slap that Eass. They all laughed; They can't take

that

Climbing Up (The Mountain Song) way from me; Let's call the whole thing off. (Vivion Ellis); Vocal Ho! Ho! (The Wagon Sour) (Film. King Robeson (Bass); MedleyHello Coronation Waltz; Across the great Blackpool: Intro: Hello Blackpool; divide; Boo-Hoo; Goodnight my love; All alone in Vienna; Delyse; Hello Blackpool. (Jay Wilbur and His Band); Humorous-The Three Trees No News (Or.-What Killed The Da;;} (Prank Crumit); Fox Trot-Girla Were Made To Love And Kiss; Wellz Love Live For Ever And Rule My Heart (Jack Hylton and His Or- chestra); VocalArtifcial Flowers; A Little White Room (Floodlight') Frances Day and John Mills; Orches- tra-Swing 11gh, Swing Low (Film: Swing high, awing low) Will You Durham and Tyneside £170,800, Remember-Waltz (Film: Maytime) nud six in Cumberland £66,650. (Louis Levy and His Gaumont-Bri- These facts are set out in a state- Can't Go Away Like That: Weeping Ush Symphony); Comedian-You ment. Issued rrently by the Com-willow. missioner for the Spretol Areas.

(Max. Miller); Fox Trot- (Continued on Page 5.)

£3,500,000 to Assist

Distressed Areas

WORK FOR 10,566 IN NEW INDUSTRIES

THE

HE Nuffield Trust for the Distressed Areas has already provided or agreed to provide nearly £1,250,000 to assist the establishment of new industries in three arcas.

Assistance amounting to £527,750 has been or will be given to 14 undertakings in South Wales; £416,350 to 13 undertakings in Durham and Tyneside; and £263,850 to gix undertakings in Cumberland.

A special table giving the total amotile of assisiauce granted in each area by the Treasury, the Nut- field Trust and SARA, states that up to the present £2.062,350 has been provided or agreed to in prin. ciple, and that a further £1,510,750 will be provided from other sources, The total sun is estimated to give employment to 10,000 persons, of whom 4,003 will be in South Wales, 3,084 in Cumberland. 2,709 In Durham and Tyneside, and

Joint contributions have been made from all three sources in certain im-

A further £302,600 has been!tion, Ltd. (S.A.R.A.), Twenty partant cases, such as the Jarrow

or will be provided by the Special undertakings in South Wales Steel Co., Ltd, the Whitehaven Col-

the confidence of Moslems generally, Arons Reconstruction Associa-will receive £156,150, 88 ineries and South Wales Conlite Co.,

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