Friday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
June 2, 1939.
Freedom Britain's War Food Plans Will Ban
Of The Press
MR.
Happy-Until Wife Joined Bridge Club
musician,
of
R. CHARLES ALEXANDER HAMBOURG,
Nottingham-place, Marylebone, W., was granted a decree nisi in the Divorce Court recently on the ground of the miscon- duct of his wife, Doris Valerie, with Mr. Reginald Arthur Drury. The suit was not defended.
Mr. Hambourg's case was that, for 12 years after their marriage at Harpstead Synagogue in November
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All Queues
Man Lost £200,000
In Film Venture
WHEN an application for discharge of Mr. John Henry lles, of Cap House, Broadstairs, and of Astor House, Aldwych, was heard recently at London Bankruptcy Court, the Official Receiver said he had amassed a fortune of £200,000 and then, at the age of 60, "tried to become a cinema magnate."
The Official Receiver reported that Mr. Res failed in Febru- ary last year, with linbilities of £193,583, his assets being esti- mated to produce £113,742.
The trustee had so far re- Mr. es also denied that his covered £1,249, and the possibili.activities amounted to speculations ty of a payment of a dividend of a rash and hazardous character, depended on the sale of the Rock My. Itegistrar Kean gald that al- Studios at Elstree, in which the though he thought there was some estate was interested.
justification for the colourful inngu- age used by the Omeln! Receiver, he For many years Mr. Hes had been did not think that, after investiga- connected with the amusement busi-ion, the debtor's conduct could be
described as rush and hazardous.
ness.
The Onleinl Receiver suggested charge subject to a suspension of 15 He granted the debtor his dis- that the bankruptcy bad been!
brought about solely by the debtor's months, to date from the time of the More than
700 newspaper pub-and that he began that career when
attempt to become a cinema magnate original application in February last, Ishers and other executives attended he was over 60 years of age. dedication of the Freedom of the Press statue, on Constitution Mall. Fat New York World's Fair. Nude figure of woman denotes "unadorned truth," one of four freedom statues,
and became friendly with Mr. Drury. Costs were awarded against Mr. Drury, whose wife, Mrs. Sarah Drury, of Clifton-gardens, Malda Vale, W., was granted a decree nisi on the ground of his misconduct with Mrs. Hambourg.
"FILM MAGNATE" DENIAL He met a man who persuaded him that there was a gold mine in the cinema business, In about 311⁄2 years his fortune disappeared and he con- verled that surplus into a colossal deficiency.
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the Union which the collected during films.
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Hongkong Telegraph
NINTH ANNUAL
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
June-September, 1939 CASH
$250 $250
PRIZES
(Donated by "Hongkong Telegraph")
TWO SILVER TROPHIES, VALUED $250 (Donated by ILFORD, Ltd., London)
SEND YOUR ENTRIES IN NOW
CLOSING DATE & TIME:
29th SEPT. AT 5 P.M.
THE ILFORD TROPHIES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE BEST AND SECOND BEST ENTRIES IN THE COMPETITION, IRRESPECTIVE-OF-CLASS.
Prizes will be allotted as follows: SECTION ONE;
For Story-Telling Pictures, 1st. $30, 2nd, $15. 3rd. $10.
SECTION TWO:
General Pictorial Section: Landscapes,{ Seascapes, Architectural, Street Scenes, etc.
1st. $30. 2nd. 515. 3rd. $10.
SECTION THREE: Portraits, Informal Close-ups, Humon Studies.
1st. $30, 2nd, $15. 3rd. $10, SECTION FOUR:
Sul Life and Table-Top Studies. ist. $30. 2nd. $15. 3rd, $10. SECTION FIVE: Snapshots taken by children under fourteen years. 1st. $15. 2nd. $10. 3rd. $5.
RULES
The following Ruler will govern the Competition:
1-The Competition is confined ex- clusively to amatour photo- graphers
2-No employee or member of any Arm in the photographic tradə is permitted to compete.
J--The prizes will be awarded to the competitorn sending in what are adjudged to be the best photo- graphia in each Sealion. Each entry must be accompanied by a for which will be published during the period of the Com petition, and which must parted on back of entry.
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· 6-The right ́to "pubilalı any orisil of the entries is reserved to the Hongkong Telegraph.
5.-All photographa entered MILLs1 have been taken in the Colony of Hongkong. Photographs which have been" already" entered in other Competitions are ineligible. -No responsibility will be 'ageopted for non-delivery-at, loss of, or damage to entries..
Y-All entries to be either black, sepia, or toned pictures, and musi
USE THIS FORM
AND PASTE IT
ON THE
BACK OF EACH ENTRY
bo
mounted. Coloured graphs are ineligible.
photo.
B-Pictures submitted in sepia tonos should be accompanied by a smaller print in black and white, D-No picture to entered in more
then one Section. 30-Mounts
to be only white or cream, and, except in the Chidren's Section, must be of one of the following sizes:-10×12, ' 10X20.
11-No correspondense will be entered into in connection with the Com- petillar,
12-Entries in the Children's Rection must bear the entrant's name, age and address on the entry form, counter-signed by a parent.
13-Members of the Blaffe of the Hongkong Telegraph and the South China Morning Port are not permitted to compete. 16-The decisions of the Judges shali
be final.
18-At the conclusion of the Com- petition, entries will be returned to competitors on application-at- the Telegraph offices with seven days.
SECTION
NAME
ADDRESS
DATE
ENTRY FORM
Please un block Testers and pasta this on back of each Entry. If entered in Children's Seation, parent please coun. tersign here.
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