1939-04-19 — Page 2

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 19, 1939.

SONG WRITER LEFT £997 AND

A NEW HIT Asked For Red Roses, Forbade "Moping"

"NO mourning or moping for me. Most likely I will be popping in at odd moments to keep an eye on my dear ones"-these are the last words of the will left by Archibald Emmett Adams, the famous composer.

..

- He died inst October at the age Me" and the "Bells of Saint Mary's." of forty-eight at Leinster-gardens, W. London

He also asked that there should be red roses at his funeral, and wrote both words and music of a song to be played at it.

But he died leaving £007 183. The amount is comparatively small, because, says a close friend, he was so wonderfully generous to people in, all walks of life.

Several other songs which he left

This music. "Life's. Great Sun-will be published, for he is still nj set" was not to be made pubile best-seller. until after his death. de he had instructed His wishes were ob- served, and the sour, now publish. ed, in a great success.

WAR FAVOURITE

It was Fald that he made a for-

There is also a complete novel which was found after his death, ready for publication. This will be published soon and will have the unusual Interest of being

s first novel published post-humously.

A friend who has rend the manu- most amusing

tune from his songs, which had been script said, "It is a heard all over the world.

book and shows that the author was

They Included the war-time a fine psychologist and had a keen favourite "God Sead You Back To wit without being malicious."

MAY TAKE GROWN

TO CANADA

FOR the first time in history the Imperial State

Crown will leave England in May, when the King and Queen will take it with them if their visit to Canuda is not interrupted by the international situa- tion.'.

The crown is that worn by the King at the opening of Parliament. Until the passing of the Statute of West- minster in 1931, it could not leave the shores of the United Kingdom.

It is being taken to Canada

so that it may be worn by his

Majesty at the proroguing of Parliament there.

when the King

Helmets, Steel,

will give his murent to Canadian Nets Civilians NOT For

of Parliament. At the opening of Parliament the Queen does not weur;

Aerowat.

The Imperial State Crown in the most famous, spectacular, and valu- able piece of jewellery in the world. Its value has been assessed at £500;- 000, but its historical associations place it beyond price.

It weighs nearly 40 ounces, con-; taina 2.783 diamonds, 227 pearls, 18 sapphires, 11 emeralds,

five and rubies.

Among the culier is the famous one given by King Pedro the Cruel to the Black Prince, and worn by King Henry V. at the Battle of Agin- court, and by King Richard II, at the Battle of Bosworth.

The Use Of

-ds the Army would say Unless you are something to do with ARP or fire-fighting or in the

A.T.S.

sicel

EL SARADOR

Smallest

Republic

El Salvador, amallest Cntrul American Republic, the size of New Jersey, recently opened its pavilion at the Golden Gate Fair, San Francisco, Officials present, were: Commissioner Roberto Aguilar, Consul General Ramirez and Finance Undersecretary Bustamente.

Queen

Mary Buys 84 Manicure Sets

UEEN MARY nearly exhausted the official party who followed her round the British Industries Fair, Olympia, London, recently.

50 Million-Year-Old

Fish Wanted EXPERTS, have hopes of capturing another specimen of the prehistoric sh-believed to have been extinet

EMPIRE NEWS

AUCKLAND TO STORE MILLING WHEAT

AUCKLAND.

Accompanied by the Princess

To guard against emergencies the Royal and the Duke of Kent, she Auckland Inbour Board 1998 visited sixty-four stalls-one ranged to store 11,000 tons of Aus- more than her previous record tralian milling whent

this year. in 1935 and rested for only months' supply for the metropolitan This amount of wheat is equal to six fifteen minutes during a tour area. lusting three and a half hours.i

Salesmen were astonished at the Zealand which is dependent on Aus- Auckland is the only port in New alze of her purchases. They in-tralia for its wheat supplies. Grain

for 50 million years-which was caught off East London, South Africu,Į cluded:-- on December 22, 1938.

D. J. L. Smith, of Rhodes University College, Grahamstown, well-known "Nature," telling the story of the natural history expert, writes in

catch.

Was

You will not be sued with

helmets (which we used to call tindescribed as "one of the most amazing

The discovery of the fish balu). Sir Jolin (A.R.P.)

events in the realm of natural history Anderson AI nounced that recently. But

in the twentieth country." my cranlum

Dr. Smith hopes that another Decan't worry.

specimen may be captured. "This is hat still survives-inside's a geranium.20 so remote as might appear," he

The

old

tJn

W. T. K. writes.

After examination of the mounted a responsible citizen-angler specimen, a Judging from the booking already; of East London stated that about five is estimated that about years ago he had found such a fish,

much, it

12 flower vases,

12 reproduction tea sets,

72 workboxes at one stali.

12 sets of table tennis,

7 pairs of book ends,

84 manicure sets at one stall, 144 travelling tollet sets of brush and comb, sponge, etc.,

72 powder boxes,

and produce merchants in the city have been advised by the Wheat Committee that it would be advisa- ble to keep good stocks of wheat for poultry food in store.

Contracts for Hangars-Contracts for the - construction

of two large reinforced concrete hangars at the new military aerodrome at Whenua-

150 pieces of china, including pai, near Auckland, have been let by four musical mugs which played the Public Works Department. It is "Underneath the Spreading Chies!-estimated that the total cost of the nut Tree," "Balmoral," "Stirling two hangars will be about, £ 180,000. Castle," and "Come to the Fair.""

Sir Jullen Cahn's Gift-Sir Jullen

36 combs made in the shape of Cahn, who is new touring New Zea Mr. Chamberlain's umbrella, and land with his cricket team, recently called "Mein Gampf."

I WON'T! I WON'T!

Fits of temper-tantrums-breaking up the party may not be serious to grown-ups but it's tragedy to child- hood. There's something wrong with this "bridegroom". What he probably needs is CASTORIA, the children's laxative. Nervousness and fits of temper are not natu- - ral. In children. At the first sign of irritation, temper, give them CASTORIA, the laxative made especially for children. It's pleasant, gentle, mild and thorough. Don't let real tragedy grip your children. Insure their happiness with CASTORIA, the laxative which blends perfectly with their delicate, sensitive systems, Get a bottle today. Keep it in your home.

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RONALD FRANKAU. (The Ace of Humourists)- on PARLOPHONE RECORDS

R 2307. Marriage. Will Not Take Place.

I Don't Like Her Circle of Friends.

R 2203. Good Morning Mr. Barlow.

I'd Give Everything I've GOL

R 2030. Grub,

Music.

R 2230. Faust De-Bunked.

R 2190.

in

R 2158.

presented the Queen Mary Maternity MOST ENCOURAGING Hospital at Dunedin with a special The fair's most encouraging news] anaesthetic machiny for Use Mr. Erling Steen, maternity cases,

AUSTRALIA

Then there is the Steond Star of 100,000 people will follow the King partly decomposed, cast up by the yet comes from Afrin, hewn from the Cullinan Din- and Queen across the Atlantic. The waves on the shore east of East Lon-leader of Norway's party of twenty mond, and four gigantic, egg-shaped varhais shipping companies have don. When he returned with assis- buyers. pearls which were. Queen Elizabeth's never experienced such a rush for tance the monster had vanished with -eur-vluge,

reservations.

the tide."

tions of the fair, he prophesied that After walking through both sec Britain might supersede France as the centre of women's fusblona.

He said: "I am impressed by the 0000 advances made by British manufac

turers of fancy goods, cosmetics and perfumery.

SALE-SALE-SALE for one day only Thursday, April 20th

at

Mainees

ALEXALORÁ BUILDING.

Dark Silks

Wool Dresses

Travel Suits

Coats, Hats.

Evening Gowns.

Bargains you can't afford to miss!

All less than cost!!

CASH

ONLY

No Returns

No Exchangos

POLAR SHIP FOR METEOROLOGISTS

SYDNEY,

Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth, the Ameri- can explorer, who has just sold his "There is now no reason why Palar ship Wyatt Earp to the Com- Paris should be regarded as the cen-monwealth Government, says that it tre for goods of femine uppeal."

should be used for meteorological Salesmen at many stands reported observations in the Antarctic because that business was much improved conditions there undoubtedly decided over last year. One of them in the the weather in Australla. textile section said it was twice as good. Another sold the whole of his stand display to a London store.

DIFFICULT YEARS FOR CHILDREN

It's when children start

sid, that a hard winter in the An- It had already been proved, he Larctie was followed by a drought season in the cereal growing areas of the Argentine.

It is understood that the Common- wealth, Government is consulting- with Sir Douglas Mawson, who has taken part in several Antarctle ex- peditions, as to the best way in which the Wyatt Earp could be em- uployed.

shoot up suddenly that they need SOUTHERN RHODESIA

your special attention. Children

who are growing fast often tire easily, get pale, listless and do

poorly at school.

MINES CLOSED BY HEAVY RAINS

SALISBURY.

The trouble is that children have a double job of work to do. Idea of the losses caused by the re-. It is now possible to form some They use up energy in work and cent exceptionally wet season. play and at the same time they are growing!

The most serious direct losses are)

in mining, many small gold mines

Don't Tell My Mother,

*

1's Getting Harder To Discover. And Sa To Bed.

You Make My Wheels Go Round. J Hate Vice.

R 2138, I'd Rather Be A Savage.

R 2100.

I Couldn't Make To The Girl of To-day.. Navy and The Army & The Plice, Have A Little Pity On Her.

R 2003.

I'm Terribly Terribly British. Chinese Nights,

cte

ctc.. etc.

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