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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1,

1937.

8-FIRM 'RING' DICTATE TERMS TO G.P.O.

Force 56% Price

Jump For Telephone Equipment:

FUFS

Shapely Eleanor Holm; wite of Bandmuster Arthur Jarrett, abandons ler mermaid role to Alt through a Hollywood forest as the mate of the new Tarzan, Gleno Morris. Above, she meets two important actors in the play. Centre is Mr. Morris and left is Jes the ape. Miss Holm, former Olymple champion and winner of many swimining trophies, has recently appeared at the Great Lakes fair at Clevelanil.

Danish Journalists' Homage

To Britain's Dead

SUNKEN SHIPS' BELLS AND ANCHORS IN UNIQUE MEMORIAL

FACIN

#

NACING, England, on the bleak, off the Danish conat during n Merce

windswept Band-dunes of Jut-storm in 1811, kind, there stands monument Many of the bodies le buried in erected by the Journalists of Den-the nearby churchyard at Nisson. murk.

Recently (he bell или anchor from

each ship were recovered, One bell hangs in Nisson church. The other bell and the two anchors form part of the morumment which was dedicated recently.

The monument is, and for over shall be a part of Britain. It wil stand for ever, too, as a stirring testimony of the Danish people's re- gord for this nation of ours.

All Denmark is behind this simple

A WONDER BRIDGETM

The monument lg In memory of Litle ceremony at Fjand. the 1,373 Britisti suilors who lost! their lives when the two warships, St. George and Defence, foundered?

·HO MORE SCRUIDING

A regular sprinkle of HARPIC

cleans and disinfects the

lavatory-pan in one operation

HARPIC thoroughly dezates

State Manufacture Threat

LIGHT firms who supplied telephone equipment to the G.P.O. formed a ring, then raised prices "very heavily" and dictated their terms, it is re- vealed in a Government Blue-book published recently, Reference is made also to a ring who are concerned in contracts with £1,900,000 a year.

To counter the activities of the rings, the Post Office have threatened to manufacture their own ♬ supplies. Another alternative mentioned is the possibility of securing equipment from abroad.

The Blue-book contains the evidence of Sir Henry Bunbury (Accountant-General of the Post Office) given to the Committee of Public Accounts.

Ile stated that the result of the eight contractors forming a ring was that the price of telephone cards was increased by 66 per cent.

In the following year (1035) the Post Of tightened their speci Alcation. That led to a further 20 per cent increase in price.

This year they were getting an 11 per cent. reduction on the 1935 price.

The department, Sir Henry said, accepted the price after an invest- gallon of the books of a representa- ive contractor. They were satisfed that the prices were reasonable. Replying to a member of the milter, he agreed that the firm whose costa

investigated selected by the combine. The firm was a very large, well-known firm" In London.

were

com-

was one

90 P.C. FROM RING Sir Henry explained that in the agreement provision was made for of G.P.O. re- a small percentage quirements being met by firms out- side the ring.

Mr. Latham (a member of the committee): Are the conditions as to. how far you should purchase outside the ring laid down by the ring? They are laid down by the two parties to the agreement. Pari of the agreement Is that the Post Office will purchase 90 per cent of its requirements from the ring irms.

That is in effeel a condition im- posed by the ring?--In effect it is.

So, in the matter of the purchase of your supplies, considerable re- strictions may easily fall upon you to the detriment of the taxpayer?...... Not the taxpayer; the consumer of Post Ofee servicca,

Mr.

Benson (another member): making Have you contemplated your own steres? That has been contemplated,

certain advantages for

which has them. They know where they are.

Mr. Morgan Jones: Is it not obvious that, if you are to keep yourselves as independent as pos sible of the ring, you have to do two Wings-elther to help one of possible compelltors, or produce this weapon which is in the back- #round?

Sir Henry: There is a third alternative, not everywhere applies: able, and that is to buy abroad. Sir Henry add

added that the contract department were always looking for fresh sources of supply.

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George Stanley Ladbrook, ex- chauffeur to the Duke of Wind- NDT, who was arrested after shouting "Lies" at a street-car- ner orator discussing the Duke, sak "The Duke will be A bit annoyed with me, I expect.

"The Duke would have said 'Keep

to Take no notice of what they

Bir Assheion Pownall: In the sum involved in this a large one out of it. He would have told me In the

year? From course of a £200,000 to £250,000 a year, Replying to Mr. Benson, who ask- any." ed whether the G.P.O. were in touch with the telephone services in other countries about the prices they paid, Sir Henry said they were to some extent.

Ladbrook-who in eighteen years drove the Duke's car thousands of chauffeur to Mrs. miles, and was Wallis Warfield when she went to COSTS QUERY

Cannes just before the Abdlention-- "We were able to use this know-was arrested on a churge of being ledge recently," he said.

drunk and disorderly after a speaker We

manufacturers to nsked

in Charing Cross-rond, London, W.C., Justify prices they were asking for certain apparatus. They refused to had complained to the pollee of inter- disclose their costs, but they offered ruptions. At Bow-street to disclose agreements that they had was dismissed, made in certain foreign countries, and to satisfy us that they charging much higher prices to the than they were countries foreign

charging to us."

were

When Bir Isidore Salman asked about an agreement that was be- ing negotiated for telephone stores. Sir Henry sail the figure involved under

that head was roughly £700,000 or £800,000 a year nor-

the case

furnished

Kenning-

Ladbrook

In his comfortably at in Sancrofi-sircel, ton. S.E., last night, khowed me

signed wedding photograph from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, then said;

"I don't regret my action.

"I was Jurt walking past this

I heard the Duke's about named mentioned, I can't quite re- imember what the speaker sald, but You are not in the 'was the usual stuff about the Duke Sir Isidore: enme difficult position on that are-pulling him to pieces once more. Yout

mally but, because of certain pur- meeling when chases. It was at present £1,900,000,

Is it still in contemplation?—I The position is much the same," So I up and shouted that I wasn't think the correct answer to that is Sir Henry replied. "There is quitej going to listen to such lles and non- that as a polley is a weapon & close ring." which lies In the background. Sometimes It comes a 1tle to-

wards the front.

Sainon, Replying to Sir Isidore Sir..Henry.uld that the_ring_cun- of all the firms who previous- H contrasts sharply with the ly

ad made cords for the Post Office. greater ceremony earlier in the week Later, Mr. Morgan Junes (chair-} of the opening of the two-mile long man) said: Storstrom Bridge connecting the two "You are so completely in the islands of Zealand and Falster,

hands at this ring, I gather, that But both are alike in one impor-is a matter for the ring to determine aspect. Each illustrates the whether they will enter into an close unity and mutual regard be-agreement with you or not?" tween both nations.

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Storstrom Bridge was built by the Sir Henry: Yes; they could refuse famous British firm of Messrs. Dor- to do so. In fact, they asked us to 895,366, 368, 301, 559, 999 to

man, Long and Co., in co-operation, make an agreement with the Danish firm of Messrs.

Christian! nd Nielson. IL

cost

nearly £2,000,000, and is the second fungest in the world. It shortens the Copenhagen-Continental rail journey

by nearly an hour.

It

was opened by King Christian

X.. Denmark's much-loved ruler, in

the presence of over 100,000 people,.

ΟΙ

who Included representatives nearly every country la Europe.

The opening coincided with tho King's 87th birthday.

When the train sped over the bridge for the first time, breaking

en route the tapes bearing the na→

of this sort, 11.

HOUSEWIVES GO

VEGETARIAN

New York, Oct. 4.

The droughts of last year and 1935 have

tional colours, the King travelled caused a great shortage of cattle throughout the

in

a few coach which had been

presented to him as a birthday rift United States and a soaring of the price of meat,

by the Danish Biale Raliways. Flower-decked cars raced by as the train roared along; happy, cheer- ing crowds lined the cycle track and footpaths, while from the blue, placid waters below, beflugged ferry boats shrieked loyal

salutes,

GREAT DAY FOR DENMARK It wa a great day for Denmark, the nation of smiling faces, the na- tion over which there pervades an atmosphere of warm content,

Small wonder that British tour- Lin visit her shores is ever-increas- ing numbers year by year.

Tho Danish people like the British, and nearly all speak English.

And British people will not forget even in the moment of the proud achievement of Storstrom Bridge the simple little ceremony this Fri day. on the bleak, windswept dunes

the Isvatory-pan, god aleg theof Jutland and all that it implies.

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....28. 1d. upwards (60. morc). Leg of lamb:..

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