1938-10-22 — Page 7

40-YEAR

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22,

QUEST FOR WOMAN

Her Name Is Unsolved Mystery Of English Stage

Who was the first actress on the English stage? Nobody knows, but Mrs. Gabrielle Enthoven hopes any day to find out.

At one time a prominent amateur actress, she has spent 40 years buying bundles of old handbills, promptbooks, prints, photographs and letters in which she hoped were hidden the answers to this and other unsolved mysteries of the theatre.

"Historians say that Mrs. Hughes, whom Lely painted, was probably the flest woman to take the place of the bay actors of Elizabethan, and Jacobean times," Mrs. Enthoven said!

looking for recently, "but I actual proof."

az

EMPIRE NEWS

She was interviewed in a private] NATIONALIST POLICY gallery of the Victoria and Albert

Museum, South Kensington.

A handsome, energetle woman olj

70 in a checked gingham sock, she

IN NEW ZEALAND

Auckland.

The National Party recently

was working with three assistants sued a manifesto giving de

other

and tens treasures

of

the collection af 100,000 tails of its programme for the simong

Election. General theatre programmes

of coming thousands of theatrical history which she present-Polling takes place on Oct. 15,

The manifesto stater that the Na- ed to the nation in 1024.

tlonalists, if they took office, would preserve the really sound port of the Labour legislation, minus its Social- istle ingredients. Every endeavour would be made to encourage private enterprise, which had been so much whittled down.

USED OX BLOOD

In that year she refused an offer of £20,000 for the collection from America. It was then less than quarter of its present size.

To keep the Ales up to date, Bral ights are recorded on the following

day,

town

Assistance would be given to those wishing to acquire property freehold instead of holding it from the State

landlord. In some recently discovered re-s

farmers would be given con The ceipted bills Mrs. Enthoven found What Booth used ox blood for scenes trol of their output, and a minimum

BIGGER TAX YIELD

SOON

£1,000,000 a Week

From Profits

TAX COLLECTORS ARE GATHERING IN THE NATIONAL DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION, (PROFITS Trade unionism TAX) AT THE RATE OF MORE THAN £500,000 A She also found that Edmund Kean be guaranteed produce would still WEEK. BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR IT IS

of carnageld, worth for Macbeth price for dairy produce would stil

und 2d, worth for 1.cur.

[be guaranteed. price for dairy

Trade unionism would no longer EXPECTED TO BE YIELDING NEARLY £1,000,000 A was not a great draw. He took only £200 a night, while Young Roselus, be compulsory, and the Nationalist

social service programme would be WEEK. the child actor, took £700.

less ambitious than that of the La- bour party.

66 YEARS

In the 1935 election the National AT of Representatives against the 53 of

SAME TASK

ists secured 20 seats in the House the Labour party, now in office. Intia

CALCUTTA A.R.P.

Calcutta.

Treasury authorities are satisfied that it will not only yield the. £20,000,000 originally estimated, but considerably more. They will not be surprised if this year's total renches £30,000,000.

So far this year nearly £6,000,000 has been collected, and the collecting "season" seriously begun.

11/14 no! yel

BIG TAX RESPONSE Au ale raid precautions committee Way back in 1872, when Bis-

What is pleasing the Treasury marck was news and income tax has been formed here. All interests

are represented, and a comprebeu-authorities even more

activities

1x that the

10 evade

generally

their 410

a joke, young Harry Price took sive programme of propagande and big taxpayers are not making any up his stand at an ivory cutting instructional machine, in a Kennington, Lon-drawn up. don, factory. In 1938 he still stands there-cutting ivory.

"And what is more," says Harry.) who is now 73, "I srall stay here until I die, but that won't be before

1 reach 100."

Harry is not unique among ivory workers, even if he has stood at the sune machino for 66 years and re- fuses to sit down at the stool they have given him.

Many of the familles in the factory have worked in Ivory since the 17th century.

Next time you run that old ivory think of comb through your hair Harry Price. He may have made it for your grandmother.

belnuserious

altempt lability and taxes The committee was formed on the coming in well.

of Bir Income tax is up to last year's ground that the contingency

level. Switax has already yielded attack is becoming less remote."

First Agent in Burma-Mr. C. A. nearly £1,500,000 more, and Stamp up by £120,000, re- Henderson, member of the Central Duties are

apfecting the increased netivity on the Board of Revenue, has been pointed Brst Agent of the Govern-Stock Exchange.

ment of India in Burma.

Bengal Flood Distress-Severe dis- tress has been caused by the foods

in Bengal, rice crops and cattle fod-BOY FALLS 50ft. der linving been destroyed. Chapra, u large town of North Bihar, was!

darkness when flood plunged Into

the power water swept through house and put the turbines out of action. Australia

CRUISER TRANSFER

Sydney.

"Kindness Mother"

Can See Son

For Two Hours Weekly

Just to get a glimpse of her son George, aged 11. from whom the has been paried because it was stated she was "almos kill- ing him by kindness," Mrs. Re- becca Burman, 40-years-old widow, made two long journeys

bus, recently by

train, and bicycle totalling 180-miles.

Arrow indicates the young King Farouk of Egypt in Alexandria' after mysterious shols were fired. A university law student was arrested but asserted his Innocence.

"I WAS SET ALIGHT"

Dying "Wild Man"

Told Sister

Described as having lived like

67.

+ wild man In a but in the

John Hawkins, a woods,

faron labourer. ་་མ years-old slated at a Honiton, Devon, in- quest recently to have told his alster that men threw petrol on 1m and set him alight.

1938.

Hawkins d'el from pneumonia. and a doctor said that his death was accelerated by n serious burn on his back which become septic.

A police seigcant said that al- though inquiries had not been com- pleted, it had been ascertained that Hawkins received the burn while with certain men,

The coroner, Mr. C. N. Tweed, ad- Journed the Inquest and said that a jury would be called to hear the evidence of the men concerned.

Boys Use Pump, Kill Snake

Johannesburg.

Two Johannesburg boys told how they had slain with n bicycle-pump a nine-foot snake which had sent a London.

party of explorers running for shot- 17-years, fell William Lee, aged

guna and a snuke-bite serum outfit. from the fourth floor of Messrs Rim-

The explorers, who were looking mer, Bros, Ltd., u distance of 50ft. but was saved by William Venables,

for remains of the "missing link” in the Frederikstad caves, gave up the of Staresby Crescent, Liverpool, i winchman who is employed by Mesera. Mrs. Burman's son was put into attempt when they found their way Rimmer, Bros. Lid. Venables ran

home

at Brigg, Lincolnshire, blocked by a green mamba-a parti- into the street when he saw the boy after she had been bound over for cularly venomous form of make.

A-snake catcher who had offered The British cruiser Apollo, 0.080 fall, and was able to catch him in his keeping the boy almost permanently

minor

bed and never allowing him to nor in

to deal with the mamba by hand did tons, which has been purchased by arms. The boy received only NEW SOUTH SEA the Australian Government, and will injuries. The firs were fined £20 meet other children.

When at

authorities not turn up, and the explorers re- Bring the become H.M.A.S. Hobart, is to be and costs for falling to tence an open- LIP COLOUR GIVES transferred on Oct. 1.

Then the two boys, Christian Van Strad Street, Liverpool.medient reasons, but under pressure mises Her crew will be provided by the on the fourth floor of their pre-banned her from visiting the boy for tired.

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to see him from time to time.

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Arc. Venables was praised for his tross, which is now in England and

to brought back the remains of skeia- Now George has been taken is being taken over by the British quick action which saved the boy's Government in part payment for the life, both by Mr. M. K. Pedlar, de- Horncastle, 13 miles farther on and tons and primitive implements. Amphlon, 7,040 tons. The Amphilon puty superintendent, Inspector of 40 miles away from her home.

LONG JOURNEY will be transferred next year, and Factories and the magistrate. Mr.

rade this ome H.M.A.S. Perth.

Stuart Depron. Mr. R. S. Trotter. Mrs. Burman

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will become tions will be made representing Messrs. Rimnier Bros., | In the Hobart EQ that new high-said that the firm were very grateful to him for his resource and courage.

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angle guns may be fitted.

Restricted Markets--Mr. Abbott, vice-president of the Aus tralian Wool "Boord and the Woolment was the longest allowed any- Cafes. Mr. Edgar Growers Council, has just returned where, he said. from a world tour. He states that talks with British farmors, politicians Brookes, one of the Senators repre-

Benting the natives, suggests and manufacturers have convinced

Cape Town of establishment in

Inter-Racial

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him that Australia will in future inter-racial cafes where Europeans probably find her markets more and can meet the young natives and tralian trade representation abroad make. personal friendships... compares unfavourably with that of India

more restricted. He adds that Aus-

the alter Dominions.

Immigration Figures. For the 12

months ended

ded July 31 there was n

permanent population gain in the

Commonwealth of 7,031 but a loss

of 502 "native-born British subjects.

MADRAS OFFICIALS

REINSTATED

Calcutta.

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But when she presented her- self at the home where the boy is a patient she was refused ad- mittance...

She did not even see him from the distance, as she had sometimes done at Brigg. The day after she made another long journey to the County Council offices at Lincoln

..

An official telephoned to Horn- castle and was told that Mr. Bur- man could see her child once a week on any day she chooses.

NEVER BANNED

It was explained: "There has been The Government of Madras has no question of a ban, and of long as The number of German migrants to reinstated some hundreds of minor she does not have any undesirable Australia in July was 125, a rela- officials who have in past years lost influence on the child she will al- tively high figure.

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Mrs. Burman can send parcels to the child and see him for two hours Madras is administered by one of at a time.

"He was removed from Brigg fof- the Congress ministries that have consistently endeavoured to obtain a lowing the usual practice of the modification of the treatment of County Counell."

George is stated to be perfectly Cape Town. political agitators, Political prison- Legislation to control ribbon de lers have been.

released and in happy now. velopment on South Africa's national some check they had been given pre- roads is likely to be introduced next ference in obtaining posts. year. The move follows discussions Earthquake Shocks in South.. which have taken place between Earthquake shocks, recently feli in the National Roads Board and the South India and Ceylon at Trivan- four provinces of the Union, the drum, Tinnevelly, Colombo and Cape, Natal, the Transvaal and the other places, seem to have been of some severity. Most seismic activity When complete the national roads in India takes place near the Hirno- will have cost £20,000,000.

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