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Film Star Marries

Monday,

HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH

July 10, 1939.

·£1,100,000 AIRPORT TO

Wedding of Merle Oberon, film star, ond Alexander Korda, noted producer, was recently reported from Antibes, France. They are shown above as they appeared in Hollywood, recently. It's her Arst, his second marriage.

Polyanthus With 206

Blooms Opens Season

WEST HOATHLY (Sussex).

VILLAGE folk and farmers here are expecting a record crop of freak and outsize garden produce this season.

For generations West Hoathly people have been accustomed to find strange-looking vegetables in their fields and gardens but never any abnormalities among their flowers.

Rerently Mrs. Angel, a ent- tager, discovered a polyanthus |

cointed. 205 which she

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blooms, and villagers take this as a sign of even stranger, things To come.

in-

By this time nearly every habitant in the village has, counted the hlons to verly Mrs. Angels figure. All have reached the 2001 mure.

The stem is nat instead of round. werms, by a quarter of an inch thick.

fte, at one and a half inches

A FARMER'S CROP

SERVE THE

Cost has

THE ANSWER'S

AN ORANGE THOUSANDS of road deaths could be saveil if motorista would eat three orlanges a day, kaya Dr. C. P. Blewart, of Edin- burgh Royal Infirmary altor months of research.

Oranges, he says, prevent "night-blindness" caused by sudden headlight glare.

The best raleguard against this glare is a substance in the eye known as "visual purple." 11s strength depends on vila- mins A and C., which are eblain- able from the oranges.

New Plan To Be.

Flown To Moscow

WORLD been nearly doubled

CONSTRUCTION of the City of London Corpora-

tion's airport at Fairlop, near Ilford, Essex, will,

it is estimated, put an extra 1. in the £ on the rates.

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The Corporation recently decided to go ahead with the scheme at an estimated cost of £1,100,000-nearly double the original estimate of £600,000.

EMPIRE NEWS

The Air Ministry are making no grant towards the scheme, and the capital cost will be raised by loan.

Fairlop will be a "super-standard" airport.

Within four years Fairlop und Hes- ton, which the Government are | developing as another "super-stan-

ARMS FROM CANADA dard" drome at a cost of £1,600,000, |will supersede congested Croydon as the terminus for all heavy air-liner traffe, leaving Croydon as the centre for internal cervlees and a stand-by.

FOR BRITAIN

OTTAWA.

It is reported here that the Brilish The "super-standard" calls for

War Onice has worked out a detalled concrete runways over nearly two-

programme for the spending of thirds of the surface. Thus snle A NEW formula, designed to 1200.000 in Canin for the pur-taking-or and landing is assured in

every direction, overcome difficulties in the chase of arms and equipment. Anglo-Soviet negotiations on the Baltic States, was recently flown

to Moscow.

This is instalment of a long-

POOLING REVENUE

FRANCIS & DAY'S

65th SONG & DANCE ALBUM

CONTAINING

You're As Pratty As A Picturo.

Sweetest Song In The World.

A-Tisket A-Taskot.

I Love To Whistle.

I Must See Annio To-Night.

My Own.

If It Rains-Who Cares!

Any Broken Hearts To Mend?

The 7-15 To Dreamland,

When The Circus Camo To Town. Stop Beatin' 'Round The Mulberry Bushi When They Played The Polka,

Thanks For Everything.

Oh! Ma-Ma. Nice People.

TSANG FOOK PIANO COMPANY

Marina House,

19.-Queen's Roal! C

Tel: 24648:

SUMMER VACATION { !-

MAMPEI HOTEL KARUIZAWA

KARUIZAWA has been a well known The recommendation adopted by summer resort for European people term plan to spend £50,000,000 in Canada in the development of the corporation recently also in- for over fifty years. 3080 feet above -secondary source of armis supply and cludes a scheme of peoling revenue

exceeding

HO

This plati was taken to the Russian munitions for British defence forces from Heston and Fairlop between sea level, it offers Ideal summer

It is suggested that the Dominion the Air Ministry and the City of temperatures, never Government by Mr. Strong in a

Government will establish a separate London.

degrees. special aeroplane.

Fairlop will not be developed until M. Maisky, Soviet Ambassador in Munitions Department to co-ordinate

cerning the basis of this pool," but recently.

The Dominion National Defence negotiations will be started at once, non, called at the Foreign Office materials manifacture of war formule has been agreed on con- Sie Frie Phipps, British Ambassa Department has already conducted a

The report, with its recommenda- connection with the flussian about better production for Canadian?

and Imperial defence needs. gotiations.

Last session the Dominion Parliaj don is to be closed in any case In front passed a bill to establish a De-a few years, for renovation. Heston ZAWA directly.

heavy fence Purchasing Board, but this Act and Fairlop will share its

or in Paris, was in London recently

Daylight Theft From Louvre of Painting

PARIS.

A PAINTING which the official catalogue of the Louvre

describes as "priceless." Watteau's "L'Indifferent" (The Unconcerned)-a portrait of a young man playing diabolo has been stolen from the Louvre.

It is believed thm the theft.)

was committed yesterday after-je

Farmer William Hunt, who at 60 noon when the galleries were When Doctor

won four firsts last year at the lay-open to the public. words Heath fat stock show, believes;

the

produce

The thief must have taken the

Should Tell-

survey of Canadian industry to bring

3 hours from TOKYO. Please apply to the JAPAN TOURIST KUREAU HONGKONG INQUIRY OFFICE' and get details to your A Corporation official said "Croy-requirements or write to KARUI-

tons, was carried by a large majority.

is still not proclaimed and is not in trafile and will deal with the rapidly

growing size and weight of aircraft.

fnrer.

When proefaimed it will limit pro: "Croydon has been unpopular with 11ts in non-competitive contract: to foreign air lines for a long time, and five per cent of the capital employed the new "super" airports will doubt- la filing orders. British contracts less attract more traffic,"

jare not affected

NEW ZEALAND

LIGHT PROGRAMME FOR PARLIAMENT

AUCKLAND.

anticipation, the Salisbury Chamber

of Mines acting as intermediary.

The Chamber of Mines represents the big mining companies. The small miners, whose organisation is the. Rhodesian Mining Federation,

farmers feel that the 5,000

Parliament begins shortly. There the

Ind

is no prospect of a heavy programme. labourers will not represent núdi- It is unlikely that noneial men- tional immigrant labour. The larger sures will be formulated before the mines will metely recruit at the completion of the mission to Lundun source labour which In

corne to Southern of Mr. W. Nush, the Finance Minis- would have

drought may help oddities. He has found time in his picture (which measures only

18in. by 10in.) off the wall in! Thrond daylight, probably under!THE problem facing a doctor that the cost would be £2,000,000

Held:

алу

case

the

ter. There is a possiblity of delay Rhodesia and would have been dis-

evenly throughout in the promised reorganisation of tributed taxation and the impending paid colony. holiday legislation. Employers duim JAMAICA patient yearly, suffering from epilepsy has a SOUTHERN RHODESIA driving licence is described by

who knows that 1. A perfect carrot 171; inches the eyes of people who thought

langt

-274-cluster — $)—istorikler- beans on a single arm, all between 12 and 18 Inches long:

3. A 10. long potato i the shape of an alligator from head to tall.

"Perhaps we have the reputation of growing freaks here simply be- Cause we take more count of them," he explained,

she was an official.

MINES

When a blank space on the wall Lancet as "one in which-duty tn NATIVE RECRUITS_FOR was noticed about 3.36 an alarm was a community overrides duty to ruised and all leaving the Louvre the patient." after that hour were searched, but nothing was found.

The doctor. It is said, should gives The keeper is positive that the picture was in its the patient a choice of relinquising the fence or being reported to the place at 2 pm.

police.

WORTH £200,000?

TWO MEN STABBED AT MEETING

KINGSTON, Jumaten Another affray took place at one

of Mr. Bustamante's Labour meetings

SALISBURY, Southern Rhodesin.

recently. Two men, sald to belong to The announcement that the new a rival union, were badly beaten and for joint Chamber of Mines has already stabbed. Fears are entertained been granted a licence to recruit 5,000 the life of une vletion. nutive Inbourers in Nyasaland is likely to arouse lively opposition.

On the previous night police were The bill incorporating the newstoned when trying to rescue a man Churber is still before Parliament. who was being benten by the crowd

It is pointed out that English law Experts say that the painting, if it is somewhat tolerant in its attitude Trould he sold would probably fetch towards the motor driver with a his-and the licence has been granted in at a Bustamante Union meeting. Jim Jeary, a farm labourer, thinks as much as £200,000. With its com-tory of epilepsy-"The applicant for nothing of growing potatoes welthe panion, "La Finette," a portrait of ažu licence has merely to declare that Ing two and a half is, in his back, it is recognised as one of Watshe does not suffer from epilepsy.

gardien,

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teau's masterpieces.

"A person who has at one time RECOGNISED BY ALL

"La Finette" had been disturbed, been cured, or who is still under with regular doses of "Punch" Vickery, builder's and the thief probably meant to take treatment

sedatives that have kept him free both paintings, helper, is proudest of a potato grown

frem fits for some time may truth. last year in his vegetable patch so As the stolen picture is painted on fully say this. like the head of Lloyd George that a wooden panel it could not be cut everyone saw the resemblance at from the frame and rolled up; it had) ance.

to be taken complete with frame. perted and should not consent to act

TRAVELLERS SEARCHED

At the 300-year-old Cat Inn across

"While the doctor cannot be ex-

as detective, he may well feel him- self obliged to give his patient the

from the tenth-century parish church; When news of the theft was re-choice of giving up driving or of is a collection of photographs of ceived by the Surete Nationale being reported to the police." Mr. C. F. Betson, raised over 30s. for (French Scotland Yard) in Paris,

recent vegetable freaks. The host,

tergent mesanges were flashed 10

(London) and to

East Grinstead Hospital Inst year in Scotland Yard

a penny weight-guessing contest over Americi.

a murrow which weighed 201ib.

dealers to be sold

lectors and art without detection.

The theft is the most serious from As a result, watch was kept on the

the Louvre since Leonardo's "Mona Mrs. Smith, his aunt, who retired British ports, and visitors with recently in his favour after 45 your luggage were specially serulinised. Lisa" was stolen in 1911. On that Joccasion the thief cut the picture out as hostess, reenils hundreds of extrn-

The Louvre authorities have hopes of its frame and took it away under ordinary vegetables including klenti- cal twin cucumbers of perfect shape that the picture will be recovered. It his cont, it was returned after has And beetroots weighing over 20 lb. la too well known to museums, col-ing been found in Florence in 1913.

2 oz.

$-.80

SINCE 3775

...

Hills

NAVY

Mild, Medium.

and Full

Glucosed Guards

Troop The Colour

FOR

the first time for many years, no guardsmen collapsed from the heat at the Trooping the Colour ceremony: and the probable reason was glucose.

After breakfast each officer and man of the Brigade of Guards was handed a special ration of the preparation. All except the Grenadiers munched at the glucose sticks as received.

The Grenadiers, for some un- explained reason, took theirs in powdered form.

CUT

For PURITY and SUPERIOR QUALITY

4 oz.

Not

I hud the same effect. The only casualty was a 15-year-old single man tell during the ceremony, drummer boy.

DRUM BESIDE HIM.

As the band marched for the Inst time across the parade ground ihe led fell in a heap, his drum besido him, directly in front of the saluting base.

He had fainted as he marched in the centre of the massed bands,

It was not until the bondsmen had ali passed that the crowd saw him an the ground.

Ambulance men ran across and carried him away on a stretcher. He quickly recovered.

on

»A sergeant-major's comment the glucose trentment will not bear repetition, but the experiment will be tried again.

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City Won't Publish Novel

ALAMEDA, Cal. Loreme Beatle, city clerk, received a letter asking if the city of Alameda would undertake to publish a novel, the writer asserling the city had authority to do so. Beatle took it that Alameda would not print a novel for anyone.

BRITISH MADE PIPE TOBACCO- $195 has the court t

GOLF

SWIMMING

RIDING

TENNIS, etc..

Rates:-

European plan from 15 to Y11 for single and from Yo to Y18 for double.

American plan from 11 to T20 for single and from 120 to 30 for double.

The

Hongkong Telegraph

NINTH ANNUAL

AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION

June-September, 1939

$250

CASH

PRIZES

$250

(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. $15. 3rd. $10.

SECTION THREE: Portraits, Informal Close-ups, Human-

Studies,

Ixt, $30. 2nd. $15. 3rd. $10. SECTION FOUR:

Still Life and Table-Top Studies. 1st. $30. 2nd. $15. 3rd, $10, SECTION FIVE: Snapshots taken by children under fourteen years. 1st. $15. 2nd, $10, 3rd. $5.

RULES

The following Rules will govern the Competition!

The Competition is confined ex- clusively to amateur photo- grapher

2-No employes or member of any firm in the photographie trade is permitted to compete, 3-The prizes will be awarded to the competitors sending in what are adjudged to be the best photo- graphia in each Bestien, Each entry must be accompanied by a form which will be punished Quring a period of the Com petition. anu which must be pasted on back of entry. 4-The right to publish any or an of the entries reserved to the Hongkong Telegraph,

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B-All photographs entered must have been taken in the Colony of Hongkong. Photographs which have been already entered in other Competitions are Ineligible. G-No responsibility will be accepted for non-delivery of, loss of, or damage to entries. 7-All entries to be either black, sepla, or toned pictures, and must

USE THIS FORM

AND PASTE IT

ON THE

BACK OF EACH ENTRY

photo

be mounted. Coloured graphs are ineligible. -Piciores submitted in seple toneR should be accompanied by a smaller print in black and while, -No picture to entered in more

than'ana Section. 10-Mounta to be only white

cream. And except in the Children's Section, must be of one of the following sizes:-10x12 10x20.

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11-No correspondence will be, entered Inte in connection with the Com- petition.

12-Entriex in the Children's Section must bear the entrant's name, age and addrem on the entry form, counter-nignted by, a parent: 13.-Members of the Staffs of the

South Telegraph and the

China Morning Post are not permitted to compete. Ve 14-Thu_decisions of the Judges ahali

be Anal.

16-At the conclusion of the Com

petition. entries will be returned to competitors on application at the Telúgraph offices within seven days,

SECTION NAME

ADDRESS

DATE

ENTRY FORM

Please use block letters and paste this on back of each Entry. If entered in Children's Section, parent please 'DOWN- tersign here,