1939-02-27 — Page 27

Monday,

[HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 27, 1939.

MYSTERY OF BRITISH FILM STUDIOS EMPIRE

WHILE three new British films are packing cinemas

up and down the country, British studio floors are

only 10 per cent, active: Why is this?

Biggest auccess of the year

seems to be "The Citadel," Woman's Record As which WALE seen by 180,000 people at the Empire, Leicester- Aquaro, W., In one week,

PYGMALION' RECORD

This audience would keep a West End play going for more than five

'months.....

thinn

"Slaty Glorious Years," generally released recently, is thising on the average 38 per cent. more "Victoria the Great." It has been booked solid for four and five weeks by many hails.

"Pygmalion" has broken box-office ht Hastings, Brighton, recorda Coventry, Chesterfield and Luton, The largest ball in Sydney, N.S.W., hus booked it for a three months run.

Yel to-day only eight films are be- ing made on the 80 British studio floors, as against the peak gure ef 30 in 1030.

in

This paradoxical prosperity striking. The answer in simply one of finance.

CITY IS SHY

Ground Engineer

THE onour of being the only woman in Queensland to hold the certificate of a ground engineer, he longs to Mrs. G. R. Hell, who recently arrived in Brisbane with her husband, who is Queensland Tramo Manager of Airlines of Australia.

When Squadron-Leader Bell was

air-liation ofleer with the R.A.A... in London 10 years ago, his wife, whe has always been intensely interested in neroplanes, trained for her certi- flate with the de Haviland Company in Stag Lane.

"It didn't seem to me particu Iarly clever." safd Mrs. Bell, when talking o? ber award. "Iy number was 444, while shows that 443 other people had obtained certificates before me." Born in Tasmanka, Mrs. Dell has spent a lot of time abroad, and next to aeroplanes, riding is her chief hobby. She has one daughter, aged 13.

A GREAT HELP

ira which

NEWS

AUSTRALIA

FLOUR EXCISE TAX OPPOSED

SYDNEY,

Excise

A strong agitation has developed in Socialist eireles against the Gov- ernment's Imposition of an tnx on four to Amance the subaldy to wheat growers. There is to be a local consumption price of 4s, Bd. a bushel.

Whent used Austraila only amounts to about one-third of the total production, and the overseas price is now the equivalent only of 1s, 10d. a bushel. As was evitable, bakers have had to pass on the four tax to the bread consumer by in- ereasing the price by 15. u 2lb. loaf. Labour admits that the wheat- grower must be helped, bul contends That this should be done out of general taxation revenue.

Physical Education Chlef Mr. Gordon Young, unli recently Dirce- tor of Physical Education at the Y.M.C.A. in London, has arrived to become the llest Director of Physical Education to the New South Wales Government, JAMAICA

CENSUS TO BE TAKEN NEXT YEAR

Kingston.

With her qualifications,, Mes. Bell should be of great help to the aviation section of the Women's De- The "Era," official mouthpiece of fence Legion, of which Mrs. E. F. cinema showmen, declares bluntly: Fisley is in charge, and

recently "The City's confidence has been sadly Mrs. Bell has shown her interest by The Legislative Council

charge of the decided to take a census of the stand shaken. Nevertheless, It is adopting consenting to take

next year at a cost of £25,000. In the attitude of a man who, having transport section.

Although the section is yet in ita 1931 a request for a census was re- been caught by a slime-pusher, re- fuses to deal with the Stock Ex-Infancy, plans are being formulated, Jected by the Council on the ground change. Having bought gold bricks, for training and drill, and Mrs. Dell of economy.

to provide her volunteers with

MAURITIUS

cosling

boly

driving as a

it will not admit the existence of alles for driving heavy vehicles, gold mines."

1930 will probably see a change in convoy driving, and the backing of British flins. Instead

Women of any age from 17-50 are! of Anancing productions

acceptable as volunteers, if they can £100,000 ou the doubtful gamble of drive a car, a motor bunt, or a motor The United States market, pictures eyele, title, a horse or a bicycle, know costing from £25,000 to £40,000 will anything about mechanics, or would be encouraged. At least 40 lms of accept positions as cleaners or order- this grade are already planned by lies. Mr. Michaci Balcon at Eating. Mr. Walter Mycroft at Elstree, and Mr. Edward Black at the Gainsborough studies.

BABIES IN COLD STORAGE!

Sydney.

who

Unusual measures were taken save the lives of five babies collapsed during # heal

at WAVS Grimth, N.S.W.

On the advice of doctors they were placed in the Griffith Producers' cool stores, where a moderate temperature was specially maintained.

Indian Bride Runs Away

LAND SETTLEMENT FOR UNEMPLOYED

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Un- cane

UFS

High enthusiasm greeted French Premier Edouard Daladler es he arc.ved in Bizerta, Tunisin, to inspect France's Mureth line of fortifications between French North Africa and Italian Libya. Here he is welcomed by Tunisian chikiren.

For 80 Years He

Lived In The Dark

COMBE HAY (near Bath, Somerset).

AFTER living in terror of daylight for eighty years, Mr.

George Edward Smart, Lord of the Manor of Combe Hay, was carried by villagers to Combe Hay church just after dusk recently to lie in his coffin before the altar in the darkness he loved.

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When he was nine year old, his; Port Louts. eyes were injured while he was at The Government recently began a play with school ri.nd. Ever since then daylight, anything new land settlement plan in the

relieve Midlands district to

white, caused agony to his eyes the sugar employment

and Lite was unbearable unless he plantations in the northern

The turned day into night, rugin mo tlay. western parts of the island. drought this year has caused heavy He died at the age of eighty-nine." destruction of came,

One of the staff of the Manor Hour of Consbe Hay told me to- Wight-

The unemployed began a march on the capital, asking for a dole or the work, but were stopped by police.

New York. The co-operation between the new Recently, Arthur Ochiltree, Scot- Labour Department and planters is tish-born New York opera stor, bearing fruit. The Government is shoukt have been spending the first daily transporting men in special day of his honeymoon.

trains from the workless districts to Instead, he is wondering where his the less affected areas where work sweetheart, an exolie Indian under-is still available. graduette, Bonule Ber Berryhill, could be hiding.

tree: "I can't go through with the While he was making final plans marriage. I have run away." for the marritute,

his flancee

Mr. Ochiltree said: "She is an fled

adorable, spoiled brat and a head- A telegram to friends told Ochil-strong kid, but I still love her."

Their parents sat beside the babies from New York. during a week-end.

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"Mr. Stet slept all day with his room closely shuttered against the daylight. As soon as it was dark he would get up. ile generally listened to the radio turli midnight,

Then he would have his lunch and go out for a drive in his car be for returning for his tea, Just before dawn he would go back to ibet] +

In the beautiful gardens of Combe Hay Manor, where there is a lake, Mr. Smart built an Italiau garden and a grotto of shells which were sent from all over the world.

The lake, the grotto and the gar- den he saw only by moonlight. One of his greatest interests was agricul- ture, but he could visit agricultural shows only at night, long after they had closed for the day,

Suez Film Not To Be Banned

Paris.

A Paris Court recently rejected two applications for a ban on the film "Sucz" pending legal action. The film is based on a romance woven round the building of the Suez Canal. The application. was made by M.

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Giving: the court's decision, Judge Maillefaut declared: "This fini which is no claim to literary, artistic or historic meriis, contains blunders and improbabic er ingenious incidents entulated to evoke mirth rather than imagination.

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"It contains no passage likely sully the memory of Eugenie de Montile and Ferdinand de Lesseps in the mind of the audience. There is. therefore, no reason for preventing the exhibition of the film.

"Though foreign, the Alm-very op- He used to go round the cattle portunely recalls that the creation of tents and other exhibits with a the Suez Canal was a French work." torch.

His servants had to read to him with them for his generosity. Years anything printed on white paper. ago, in his young days, he made the Though the villagers of Combo Hay minor famous for its parties and hardly

always at ever saw their lord of the social gatherings manor, he was immensely popular night.

"Private Room On Wheels

For Basil And Betty"

CANBERRA,

A profound change in the relation of the sexes had been brought about by the intention of the automobile, said Professor G. V. Portus, of Adelaide University, to the history section of the Science Congress. Basil could now meet Betty in a private room on wheels, and nobody could say nay, he added.

Snob 'Insult'

To Golf Club

Professor Forlus also said: "If you ask a boy to-day who kissed Hardy, he probably will answer Laurel." After strongly criticising the old melled of teaching history, with its emphasis on the doings of royalty and on wars, he said things were better now.

The old form of history, about the NEW complaints of "snobbery" by private lives of royally, he described:

Downs Golf as "gnob history." members of Hastings

Club towards artisan members were "When the farmer Kalser, now made at Hastings Town Council cutting trees at Doorn, was saying 20 meeting recently.

The Counell was again considering years ago that he was God's vice-

resent

on earth, you heard speaking the proposal to grant £100 a year to

no

modern king but an Elector of the club. The proposal was carried Hanover of 400 years one," said Pro- by 24 votes to 11.

fessor Portus, Councillor Riddle, who charges of snobbery at the council's last meeting, quoted from the letter, dominated history to a considerable which was written by an member:

mado

artisan

He added that economics now

extent,

The head of the civic administra- tion section of the Department of the The other day some of our chups Interior, Mr. C. S. Daley, said he re- were playing when four so-called gentlemen cut in. Just as an artisan gretted the absence of an historical was taking his shot one of the gentle-background in Australia compared men said: We are allowed to play with other divisions of the world.

With a knowledge of Australian through you."

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and subalituling Australia for Eng- "The artisan said: "We are sorry; and, Browning's question could be but you have cut in, and so fost un repeated: "Here and here did Aus- right to the course. The gentlemen refused, saying 'You are only artisan tralla help me: How can I help members; you are not of the zume Australia?ay, and in purposeful

action and the satisfactory answer, standing as UA,"

"As for the matches they (the full-time for members) claim to have played with for showing the publie what snobs us, we liave had one slice the club, 09 per cent, of the golf club are." has been formed. We don't approach Councillor Goldman-wald: "As one them for a game because of ftüle 18, of the snobs referred to in that letter which states that no artisan member; which Councillor Riddle, by means is permitted to play with a member best known to himself, hos hack sent of the parent club except by Invitato himself, I protest on behalf of 200 tion of the latter.

members at his insult which Coun- "On behalf of the artisans, who eflor Riddle has no foolishly Bung I am sure are with me, I thank you at the club."

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