1939-02-27 — Page 3

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

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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 success of the year

NEWS

AUSTRALIA

to be "The Citadel," Woman's Record As FLOUR EXCISE TAX

seems which

Wax seen by 130,000 people at the Empire, Leicester- square, W., in one week,

'PYGMALION' RECORD

This audience would herpa West End play going for more than ave) months.

"Sixty Glorious Years," generally released recently, is taking on the average 35 per cent. "Vletorfa the Great."*

TILO

Ground Engineer

THE honour of being the only

woman in Queensland to hold the certificate of a ground engineer, be loss to Mrs. G. R. Bell, who recently arrived in Brisbane with her husband, who is Queensland Traffic Manager of Airlines of Australia.

When Squadron-Leader Hell was air-liaison offer with the B.A.A.F. than in London 10 years ago, his wife, who It has been has always been latensely interested booked soild for four and Ave weeks in aeroplanes, trained for her certi- Beate with the de Haviland Company by many halls,

"Pygmalion" has broken box-office; in Stag Lane.

Brighton, at Hastings, recorda Coventry, Chesterfield and Luton, The largest ball in Sydney, N.S.W., I booked it for three months FLITY.

Yet to-day only right flms are be-1 ing male on the an British studio Books, mo against the peak figure of 30 In 1936.

OPPOSED

SYDNEY.

A strong agitation has developed

in Soculist efreies against the Gov- ernment's Imposition of an Excis tax on flour to finance the subsidy to wheat growers. There is to be a local consumption price of ki, Od, a bushel.

ameunks to

about

one-third of the

Wheat used in Australia, only total production, and the overseas price is now the equivalent only of is. 10d, a lashel. As was fuevitable, lakers have had to pass on the Hour tax to the bread bread

consumer by in- creasing the price by is. a 2b, loot. wheat- Lebour admits that the grower must be helped, but contends that this should be done 01422 general taxation revenue.

Physical Education Chief.—Mr.

"It didn't seem to me parileu- Iarly elever," said ntra. Bell, when talking of her award. "My number was 444, which shows that 443 other people had obtained ecriffientes liefore me." Born In Tasinania, Mrs. Belt has spent a lot of time abroad, and nest to aeroplanes, riding is her chief hobby. She has one daughter, aged in 13.

A GREAT HELP striking. The answer is simply with her qualifications, Mrs. Bell JAMAICA

should be of great help 10 the aviation section of the Women's De CENSUS TO BE TAKEN

NEXT YEAR

This paradoxical prosperity

#nauce.

CITY IS SHY

Gordon Young, unt! recently Dirce- the tor of Physical Education at Y.M.C.A. in London, has arrived an become the first Director of Physical Education to the New South Wales | Government.

Kingston.

The "Ero," official mouthpiece of frace Legion, of which Mrs. E. P. cinema shownien, declares bluntly: Finlay is in charge, and

The City's confidence has been sadly, Mrs. He has shown her interest by shaken. Nevertheless, it is adopting consenting to take the attitude of a man who, having transport section. been caught by a share-pusher, re- fuses to deal wills the Stock Ex- change. Having bought gold bricks, It will not admit the existence of Kold mines."

1930 will probably see a change it the backing of British films, instead!

costing productions uf mancing £100,000 on the Toubtful gamble of the United States market, pictures posting from £25,000 to £10,000 will be encouraged. At least 40 films of this grade are already planned by Mr. Michael Balcon at Ealing, Mr. Waller Mycroft at Elstree, and Mr.

which

The Legislative Council recently charge ot the decided to take a census of the island

next year at cost of £25,000.

for a census was re- Council on the ground

Although the section is yet in its 1931 a request infancy, plans are being formulated, jeeted by the for training and drill, and Mrs. Belt of economy. hopes to provide her volunterra with MAURITIUS facilities for driving heavy vehicles, renvoy driving, and driving body.

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Women of any age from 17–50 are acceptable as voluntvers, if they can

drive a car, a motor boat, or a molpr ele, ride a horse or a bicycle, know anything about mechanics, or would accept positions as cleaners or order-

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Edward Black at the Gainsborough Indian Bride

studies.

BABIES IN COLD STORAGE!

Sydney.

Unusual measures were taken to save the lives of five babies who collapsed during a hrat wave Grimh, N.S.W,

at

Runs Away

New York.

In

LAND SETTLEMENT FOR UNEMPLOYED

Port Louis. The Government recently began a new land settlement plan in the Midlands district to relieve un- An the employment

sugar canc the northern plantations in

cers western parts of the island. The drought this year has caused heavy destruction of cane.

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

The co-operation between the new Recently, Arthur Debiltree, Seot- Labour Department and planters is tish-born New York opera star, bearing frult. The Government is should 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

i sweetheart, an exotle Indian under- is still available.

On the advice of ductors they were gradette, Homnie Bee Berryhill,. placed in the Grifth Producers" cool) could be hiding. stores, where a moderate temperature} was specially maintained.

While he was making final plans his lancee fed for the marriage,

tree: "I can't go through with the marriage. I have run away."

Mr. Ochiltree said: "She is adorable, spoiled brat and a head A telegram to friends told Ochil- strong kid, but 1 still love her."

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

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Lived In The Dark 司公空航亞歐

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' con before the altar in the darkness he loved.

When he was nine yours ok, bi eyes were injured while he was at] play with a school triand. Ever siner then daylight, or anything white, caused agony to his eyta.

Life was unbearable unless he turned day into night, night into day.! He died at the age of eighty-nine.

Que of the staff of the Manor House of Combe Hay told me to night-

"Mr. Smart slept all day with his room closely shuttered against the duylight. As soon as it was dark he would get up. He generally Ustened to the radio until midnight.

"Then he would have his lunch and go out for a drive in his car be-

Inr fore returning

tea. Just his before dawn he would go back to bed."

In the beautiful gardens of Combe Hay Manor, where there is a lake. Me Smart bullt an Italian 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 appleul- ture, but he could visit agricultural shows only at night, long after they had closed for the day.

He used to go round the cuttle tents and ather exhibits with a

torch.

Suez Film Not

To Be Banned

Paris,

A Paris Court recently rejected two applications for a ban on the sim "Suez" pending legal action. The 1m is based on a romance woven round the building of the Suez Canal

11.

The applleation was inede by Paul de Lesseps, a son of Ferdinand

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andrephew of Empress Eugenie, who is represented in the Alm by Loreita Young.

Giving the court's decision, Judge Maillefal declared: "This 1, which has no claim to literary, artistic or historic merits, contains blunders and improbable er ingenious incidents calculated to evoke mirth rather thun imagination.

"It contains no massage likely to sully the memory of Eugenie de Montijo 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 film very op- portently recalls Bat the creation of the Suez Canal was a Frenels work."

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 Combe Hay manur famous for Its parties and

hardly

mano.

saw their lord of the social gatherings ever

* was immensely popular night,

always at

"Private Room On Wheels

For Basil And Betty"

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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

NEW complaints of "snobbery" by Golf members of Hastings Downs Club towards ariisan members were: made at Hastings Town Council meeting recently.

The Council was again considering the proposal to grant £100 year to the club. The proposal was carried

by 24 votes to 11.

Councillor Riddle, who Inde charges of Enobbery at the council's last meeting, quoted from the letter, which was written by un artisau member:

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

The old form of history, about the private lives of royalty, he described

as "anob history,'

"When the former Kaiser, now! cutting trees at Doorn, was saylag 20 years ago that he was God's vice- restul on earth, you heard speaking no modern king but an Elector of Innover of 400 years ago," said Pro-

fessor Partus,

now

He added that economics dominated history to a considerable extent,

The head of the civic administra- "The other day some of our chuition section of the Department of the so-called Interior, Mr. C. S. Daley, said he re- were playing when four gentlemen cut In. Just as an ariann Krefied 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 knowledge of Australian through you."

history and its storied enterprise, "ONLY ARTISANS" "The artisan said: "We are sorrs, and substituting Australls for Eng- but you have cut in, and so lose your land, Browning's question could be right to the course. The gentlemen repented; "Here and here did Aus

can $ help! refused, saying "You are only artisan tralla help me: How members; you are not of the aumention and the satisfactory answer.

Australlo-say," and in purposeful standing as us."

"As for the matches they (the tull members) claim to have played with for showing the public wht snoby us, we have had one since the club, 90 per cent, of the golf club are." has been fornied. We den't approach Councillor Goldman said: "As one them for a game because of flute 16, of the snobs referred to in that letter which states that no artisan meinber which Councillor Riddle, by means Is permitted to play with a member best known to himself, has had sent of the parent club except by invita~¦ to himself, I protest on behalf of 200 tion of the Intier.

members at his insult, which Coun-

"On behalf of the artisans, whom clllor Riddle has no foolishly dung I am sure are with me, I thank you at the club.“

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