POULTRY GOVERNMENT POUGY;


always aj necessity to usual salutation was,' ,d do fnell service.”


tee, trie idourtesles of '& very] rigorously ob-


'as Ben|fi[amed up for ■ ils fellpw-enthuslast ^hd,


,1"


pome ope shot iSi


Alj.eyesl Be dare t6 give


[they w to fine


iqrubbed along pld both look out


llncreaseqi les of sai many a


1 compact brarid


buentlyi lewed thi le found


in


arash for overtopping.” ck


;doubtless by and canary, i


fearful slice,'


|of bnde^orce of Ignorance,


eille


,to the rough, of his ball.


It,,he would


iavenlypqwer guide US Is fearful jOountry.”


en as nqi j the | ball was


Is not thelBard refer to ad its naitural explosive iie' wordsj! i


itrate search on land : leti hUn||go.v


bgthe ballj; an old one, 1 Ben’s ill I control of his bs would often lead him


|h a t he j ould hoi more endure


tienj ♦ ♦


|are, oj slighter build, t themloh the pretty, but


J was cjnly just average, ■that ai tunes. One hole Id always! bothered Wm. |s tu a r t representative of r n ' long,!!" short hole.” Lid never I get up with an ■Iways I complained,


I no long i spoon,” ^


jplays.: I t might be that - lhad wasted enough cash aost exasperating clubs, for, ad he goes round,


r he never purchased one mystery, for he must simply j I coining money


J turn h; lutter ouLof five.” aot record whether the


for the more willowy Will letter of i the ,two, but at bf the game, from ;the


.ne the udual repiark, and ie that it^bame from the Lell as ftqm the lip,


Se thy hehd : I am sorry beat the^.” : \


J to the nirieteenth hole, iafter a Igruelllng round, the pldaslng reflection


lUgh ];i


be somej, sports that are .Inful, yet :thelr labour .In them Sets op.”


■een-keepers will no doubt ihed that:!the practice of wap,carried:on even In lotd dajfp for ■ the poet


lo this in! the play when, ,esito oie of the greens, ,


is,|.-: i p •:! - nfm, thou artMnfected!


J own mind what answer ake to [that .Introductory I'Did Shakespeare play


I >s these! are all excerpts . singleiLlayi of “ The : will psk the reader to


iltatlon shows It.” '


I'i.. NIBLICK.


!;" i iV ; dld you remem-


it jumble for the at theConserva- t ’s notftoo late to


Or Stdefa


MORE “ FEED ” WANpD.i Slaughtered,


: = ; ' __________ • ___________ i • ' ' s Clitheroe Meeting. “ The,; Clitheroe Poultry Society


earnestly appeals to you to give all possible I assistance' in asking the Minister!of Food, and trie Minister ■of Agriculture,! to provide a[t once additional feeding stuffs for their stocks at a price erjsurlng: a fair living to those engaged in the Industry; Otrierwisa a large num- ■bfir of our stojiks.must be slaugh-


■ -terqd. The posjtlon ;ls| very urgent.” • I The above resolution .was'passed ■unanimously at a mass'meeting of pbultrynien arid farmers held on Tuesday; evening under the auspices .pf the Clltherpe Poultry Society, at* the King Land Hall, Copies ofTt aie to be forwarded to the Prime- Minister, the iMlnlster of Agricul­ ture, the Minister of Food, andf,Slr


■William Brass] theM6“i*^®r •Clltheroe Division.: The meeting


was addressed: by Mr. M. W. [Taylor, ■l)l.A., Agriculture ,' (Cantab), of Wllpshire, and Mrj F. Thoriias, of 'Lower Darweh, President of the 'East Lancasrilrel Utility Poultry Society, whOj stressed the vital necessity of poultry ikeepers being able to'securd niore feeding stuffs


-for their stocks than! was the case at the .momdnt.' Jf an imrirove- inent in tlip posit .on was not ■effected! immediately many [poultry keepers! would havp to go out of business. Mr. T. PSrker,! who presided,


the Clitheroe'Society, every local poultry; ke 'become; a member.


buT At


the


appealed for] Increased support of declaring that


eper ought to


TO \jfiNJ anD QUICKLY. ex-


oritset, Mf. Taylor yK


;plalned that;the prinjiary (jbject of ■the meeting Ms toiv 'iests in regard to[th policy, I


towards the {poultry jndustry. policy,(or r|aaitner;


)lce their pro- Government


hef| 1: lajck of policy, He


■wanted to make It perfectly clear ■that poultry! keepers like everyone


■else realised! thrit [this country was i t war and [that [the Goyernment had a greatlmany difficulties with


-■(vhlch jto copterid.' * ‘ ■ ! “ The first .object in all our


.1 I minds is the winning of this war, i and nothing we a^k the: Govern- I rneht mist Aclay Adetory by a ! single ddy, or p| single hour,”


[ Mr. Taylor declared. [ !


! Almost at; the outbreak of hos- ■ ! ' : 1 1 ■ ' t .


-tllitles, poultry keepers were assured by the Minister of Agriculture that there were dmple'supplies; of food-


, stuffs to last the Country several riionths. Triat was not true, .and it had cost; the :p'qultry | Industry [thousands of pouridi ■ In Decem­ ber, there a


normal food supplies available, [with the r e ^ t that thousands of 'good laying birds had to be killed off |and sold at slump |[prices. Fowls


H s orily[ one-third the


■|were not like ■ certain classes of ! cattle that! could be turned Into [stores for aiperiod they must be [fed or they died. When the


IMlnlster !foi- Agriculture was asked about trie [ridiculous and ruinous state of aflfklrs appertaining In the poultry iridustry, [ all he could do 'was to refed them |to the Minister of 'Food, wrio did not [enjoy the con­ fidence Of tfie farmer. He, In turn, said that the Minister of Supply— the man .who was a failure at the Ministry of Agriculture—could not ^are the cprgo space. It was quite clear that poultry keepers were faced wltih a very! difficult problem in making people In authority realise the!urgency of their needs


;and, If everitually triey were to bring* pressure !tq bear: cn the Govern- ■fnent. It would only b^ because they were a urifted body.


[dief From


r, a 'jruwini nuflnj, painful backachM I in cold* O


t1,lent and btcome healthy and.vltoroul


adder aFe at fault* Your health he kidney* fall to filter exte*» add Ijonoui wijtes out of the blood#


kldntys. iFrequent . O *1


fjl Doana brarid' Kckache Kidney PlH


u zy jUcIneys P ttptlri ara xailiad by


^ biirnlnj tlio Ipdlcate* that, the P icanty ; urine


.(men and i^omeahive tfianked Doan* I Very from backachej lumbago, rheumatic


(e kidneys so,that the million* jOf tin/' pbVlfy' youP bloods' Only k‘ remedy w thia can give you permwent relief,


sweitlngs, urinary and bladder troublet M


ney I ■ ' ■


UPON DOANS, 1/3, 3/-, 5/-. ,IN WABTIMEi.


seiihen are prphq.to bo :ds tposc they, ipve, un-


j.' tiliey hate;; them! ,and either


ilg'erit’:'toJ .jiriosp '-“ i'poyqriytbr .^trew , H M


i l ' ispLct; id ]tbe!.'quaUpes


) kidney rnedIclrte‘iloei>hot merely, >ltu,: It strengthen*, Iqylgoratef, and


*» poulteI^ slaughtered. Mr. Taylqlr expre^ed the opinion


that if poliltry keepers could get ■the promised jiwo-thirds food supply they! would l)e able to main­


tain their flocks by using foods riot utilised Inj peace time, and by a


little ingenuity in iiubstltutlon. To tell poultry! keepers that they would have to reduce their flocks meant


i Yeep the household together. He '[could tell;! story after htory of ■poultry fanners a


[ that many [would he unable to make I [a living, as mariy one-man poultry


farms carried just enough stock to s ho were being


' ‘ forced to s?ll their dtock and get out ■i ef the industry as the result of the : Hovernmerit’s mistaken policy, but : rie would qriote only one which had ■come to Ills noti'eb. The poultry farmer lu| | question usually sold


people men


the flr^t place, the present and pre­ vious Governments h^d encouraged ■and particularly ex-Servlce


whilst poultry keeping In


4 go In for poultry keeping, they had also encouraged special (areas


under; the' land settlement sejaeme. In Britjlsh eggs and [poultry jve had a valuable and welribalanced[ foqd, rich Iq vitamins. Indeed, one of thb grptest essentials of egg's was that;trie'y must be fresh, hence they must.:I be British. [' He was] Quite prepared to admit [that foodstuffs occupied a . great | deal of cargo space, but eggs arid poultry :ost a great deal more money to Import.


He would say, roughly, that it took 5i-lbs. of food to pijoduce


; one pound of eggs, at a cost of about 71d., whereas to import a pound of eggs would cost from lOd. to Is.


i I


Ai a .nation we would save niore In foirelgri currency than we should lose by additional | cargo sprice in importing foodstuffs instead o!f eggs.


VAST INDUSTRY THREATENED, “ Poultry farming Is the, only


branch of agrlcultiire that hks ex^ pariddd in recent ydars without any help [from the Stite,” Mr. [Taylor declared. “ Poultry farming has become a vast and important In­ dustry; to-day, solely, through the effdrtk of all classes. To say that ‘backyarders’ and [general farmers can produce eggs i more cheaply than the specialist is ridiculous. Many farmers in recent yearp ha^e given up keeping [poultry, ijnalrily because they could]not make |it pay. To I say that a ‘ backyarder ’ can keep half-a-dozeij hens on his household scraps ls|out of the ques- I should think one en Is


tlbn.


the maximum he dan keep. | If by any chance he .can keep ipore, I sugge'st he needs a food controller In his own home.”


!


Mr] Taylor said' that th ep had been !some talk about breeders hav ing trie first claim on feeding! stuffs. Although a breeder himself, lie con­ sidered this


would I be a short-


sight^ policy, because the breeder was {directly dependent upon the commercial man for his livelihood, and the best policy vvould be to share and share ailike. No matter )U


to the industry unless


not oe over-empnasised, and he Was afraid it wqs due to someone |ln higher circles acting In a short­ sighted manper. New laid eggs were a vital necessity for: the wpunded and thd sick, but if they were to be produced, then poultry keepers would have to have some assurance triat they would be ih a of


posltion to hatch and rear some :ejniaents.


their replace:


If acHon was not taken, it meant that next autumn new laid eggs would prices.


What .'eggs would be


be at famine


foreigners gdt control of the British market, the| public would have! to pay through the nose.


there'were available foreign, T and ri the


IMPORTS: EGGS OR GRAJN? Let them examine, for a moment,


the Government’s policy that it - better to import eggs than to , courage hofne , production.


'Thi


reason givep for this [policy - that It would save more exchange arid shipping space. [ As a matter of fact, 100-cwts. of Im­ ported wheat and maize cost less than the equivalent weight of eggs, so that by impprting the raw material, ln| place of the finished article a“considerabIe saving could


foreign was


;be[ effected in payment of cash.j In addition, the freightage charge for cereals was lower than that for eggs, and the same applied to in sufance costs, while no cold storage was required for bringing wheatand maize, whereas to bring eggs it Was necessary !to make elaborate arrangements. , I t was a tragedy that whenj poultry keepers \/ere crying out for mal^e, Manchelster should be flooded with eggs from abroad. So scarce had been fi stuffs that Locks had suffered mendously, 22,0'p0.chlc: ■fooi


!s. On his hands anc no was driven :to


the


asked the Home Seerbary whether, in view of the announcement made by the Assistant Commission^ oMhe Metro­ politan Police that polfce opicers will be issu^ Awith white overcoats jin order to be more [clearjy when stoiiping drivers who are alleged fo havfe ex­ ceeded 20 miles per hour in; the black- out; I he will consider extending [ this issue to point-duty officers for their nonpal duty of traffic control, as is the practice in other parts of the country? Sir J. Anderson: All jraffic-rioint


of Commons, Sir Wpllam Brass


officers of the Metropolitan Police are now' equipped with wpite coats fo:- use in darkness. In daylight, wjhite sieves are [worn. Sir tv. Brass;: 'WlU myj right hon,'


our one-and-only Grapie Fields, and ' strong stofy combineto make " yard Sally j” one.of the most sat entertainmehtk the sdreen has offerei in many a, seEjson. ffhe story is motl] vated by ; evepts in 'Clydebank, inter] nationally ; famous birthplace of the world’s biggest- llherk, and' has its beginning; in the gireat depression changing to jubilation when, the Go


TTEARTY comedyj glorious singing of old favouritep'a’


nd new hits by at


Friend consult the police to see whether in fact that is so; becau4 only last night I noticed policejmen hot equipped Avlth white coats at pight. | Sfr J. Anderson : My informatibn is


supplied by the Commissionpr of Police. Sir W. Brass; Will myj right hon.


,


Metropolitan Police, 'vhen frying to re­ duce road casualties, to ! experiment with the methods prictised so^success- fully by the Lancashire police recently of showing the polide and police cars cleb to the public iij Avafning to careless driyers instead of 'f methods which aim tioris and coltividtions prevention ? Sir J. Anderson


tary-whether he will consider instruct­ ing! the Chief Confmissiorier of the COPS.”


“ COURTESY Sir W. Brass asked the Home Spere-


and inconsid'irate le sec :et trapping more at prokecu- at


ordeii to act as a than


from qod- tre-


■■avalla|}le, .One man, left a/1th


expedient qf going to a !blscult factory, buying '2d. packets [of cults, and plnding them up food In order to' feed his bli|ds. another ca'se brought to his no turred


bls- Jnto In


man who normally


4,500 chicks a week for purposes, arid at this year 1,500 ‘jmilk” chickens |for market, had been ccmpel,led close downJ If poultry were to caby on It was esseritlal that they ]should have a definite assurance triat necessary and aiaple provision \]lll be made for jfee ling purposes, and that the whole In dustry wil)l.|be, supported. Instead of wobbling! this' way, then that the Government ought to settle dovm to a real constructive policy


tlce, out


cominerclal (■me of


the the to


ers


lAnd ! ]^R AERODROMjES. A Short -time [ago the Lancashire


what action they took, it wriuld be nefit


be


imposlble to achieve lasting be"*'^*' there was _


united action by | poultry peepers. Never In the history of the Industry had there been such pressing need of organisation. Unity was strength and he hoped thrit, as a result of the meeting, value would direction! let;


something of- real


be [achieved in this I t was up to triem to


those in authbrity know ‘they were determined [to get a


square


deal! •' [[ ' i ■ ■■


I CONFIDENCiE LOST. J In' trie course! ^ yigorous


speech, Mr. Thomas attacked the Government for its attitude towards the poultry industry, asserting- that the statement made by the Ministry of Food that supplies of foodstuffs wqre 60 per cent, of the [normal quantity had heeia|found to he quite untrue. He had [not the slightest confidence in the Minister of Food, but; he had a certain amount of syniiiathy Avith the Minister of Agriculture, who v/as In'an unfor­ tunate position, as, whatever he mlglit desire to dp for the poultry Industry, he had to go cap in hand to two men—the Minister of Ship­ ping and the Minister of Food, who had] proved failur^ In other offices.


The Cabinet had jnow appointed I [Sir Samuel Hoare to have con-;


trol of agricultuije.' Sai I t was to lie hoped he kneAV more about


i poultry keeping than the three ' Ministers previously mentioned


INDUSTRY AT| STANDSTILL. Dealing with trie [ policy of the


: ■about ten thousand day-old chicks ijetween November and February but, entire y as a result of the un­ certain fooi situation, net sales had been reduced to nine hundred day-: old chicki I whilst!' in ■ addition at


; least four hundred tested breeding : hens had ad to pe disposed of at : eating pr le. ' This was but a typical case, arid now poultry farmers h£ (i to consider what argu- hnehts the; ij could rise in support of fhelr, claiinji for more food being made available at a price which 'Would ena |le them to carry on. In


GoA^ernment. Mr. Thomas said that in' |he early stages of. the- war pciultry keepers were urged to in cr'erise p4duction, but later the GoA/ernment completely ' changed Its attitude arid'they were advised to': kill off». their stock. Now the Government was anxious to avoid the! premature slaughter qf good pigs and poultry as long as [possible', declaring [they were prepared to do wriat they could to' arrange such p4ference as A,vas possible, subject to the prior claims of feeding dairy cattle and sheep. That was all very well, but ' poultry keepers wanted to know exactly where they stood In [the matter. The plain friclt was that the hatching industry waVafc 81 standstill, the breeders were at a standstill, and commercial mSii were! making little attempt to replace their stock. ! All this was thri result of the Government keep- irig them in the drirk. The Govem- m '^ t did riot seem to realise that In trie poultry industry lb was- neces- saryfto plan twelve months ahead, It! Ms estimated that not more than 5 to 10 per cent! of replacements Averri being hatched out. -The


i'


War Emergency Committee ap proved a [[certain scheme whereby certain v/aste products coul utilised as' feeding stuffs. In nolrmal times, from potato crops, there was a land surplus of l i million tops year. Next year, with increased planning,: trie figure would be 3ven larger, ap'd! when the substance dried and Seated properly,- it estimated jto produce 500,000 of really gj)od feeding stuffs.


was was


The Government had taken


tons over


10,000,000 acres of good agrlcui tural land for aerodrome pur poses. That land Avas still u ider grass, Avhich if cut regularly, dried, would produce 400,000 of grass; meal.


!


Similarly, fbdlng stuffs could bp ob tained from waste In the sugar beet Industry which, this year, As/puld cover an area of 400,000 acres, j was iriterertlng to note that, be) the war, there were in Germ: well over !l00 factories processing this waste I material, but only [four In this couptry, Mr. Thomas added that like niany


It


fore any


vice man


of his audience he was an ex-Ser ’


In the - I keeping. They were told [that every effort would be made to make this land ri place fit for heroes to live in. I That dream had materialltod, yet the bulk of ex-Service


hard, providing they were [given a fair deal.


land were LEAVE TO EXPERTS 1


thought they would agree Lancashire iWariEmei-gency Committee


introduce


Some effort was'now being made to bompulsory culling, bUt he that the


had taken the right step in telling the Ministry of j Agriculture that under no circumstances would Lancashire POultW farmers agrieG to such 9- course. On the bulk of well mariaged farms, flocks had already been culled, and few men( were capable of culling another man’s flock. He agreed! however, that Adyisory Culling Committees might serve a use­ ful ^rposel Apparently the Gbvem- men^’s policy was to drive the poultry industry into the hands of the general, termer and] the back-y arder. 'NoUong


,for taking that attitude.


ago he askqd an official of the Nalional Farmers’ Union what was the attitude of the ordinary'fanner to such a course. He repUed; “They have been stung Mice, but they won't be stung tmee.” He did not! blame the general farmers


more reason why the special^t ^ould be allowed to carry on with his job In regara t® the allocation of food


one


he suggested they ought to be aUowed to return to a straight meal basis, as


with ready mixed mashes they had np idea as' to their edmpositidn. They simply had to take what: thejj were allowed. There were still large ^tocks of grain inj many parts of the cquntjy awaiting tlireshing, and they ought to press the iHinistry of Food to inttoduce compulsory! thneshing.


. ■ ■ ■ ■ ; I | [


men Avho took still prepared jto ]vork


to the


' ’ ,who, after having forigh last war, took to poultry;


not the


and tons


of j Police has consistently: taken the view that the police possible, by the use courage a high star on [the part of road ingly the traffic p Metropolitan Police shew a promhient their crews wear u: hap shoAvn, however,


'strdtehes of road with a pad accident record. .


Friend aware that in Laficashire the fatal accidents were reduced by 4‘; per cerit. as a result of trie method adopted in [ Lancashire, and. that :in Loifdon prosecutions-were 53'0 a week for park­ ing offehces and 46(j a week for speed offences; and does'he not think that the police spend fheir time in court rather than on the rpads ? ; Sir J. Andel'son; My hon. and surpristo ,'to


j LANCASHIRE EX.IMPLE Sir W. Brass: :is riiy right.hon,


gallant Friend may be leayn .that the Lancashht metho i, to which he, refers witlji apprAval, was in­ itiated in London three, years ago


shall be happy to sbnd hf the circular Issued. Sir W. Brass:


a copy of


Prjend consider the statistljcs of his Department with me ? Sir J.-Anderson ; Certoi


Will iriy right ly.


hon. own


workmg man would lose his sport), but I fjm satisfied that in a national emerg­ ency the British ^orktog-man Ajiould


‘l You might say that the Bi-itish


Another questio i wijs that of using bran for tie manufacture of dog biscuits. If I hcy could do jvith- out English eggs, they ;ould alp do without greyhour d racmg,


willingly be content with id 'of mew laid


leskon as to what could l|appen ip an emergency without proper legislation, In [Blackburn, he saw people pay tog as much as a shilling'for a babbageJ If thb Government persisted with [their present policy, then such 4n occurrence wopld become comraonpla?e. The same would ' apply to the price of eggs as applied to the cabbages.


if he could be assur for breakfast” Mr. “When the British rises that he is gc laid egg for breakfast,' there will real shout.” Dealmg with the Thbmas said it


pived recent


hold-up as an object


Mr.


Simply because, only one ten poultry keepers belonged to some ktod pf . organisation! In the cotton trade, [ weavei-s were willing to pay Is. a week to their trade union, and yet poultry keepers—some oif - them with thousands of pounds invested in the industry—were content with Id. and 2di a I week. lYhen he las]; [ attended a poultry meeting in Clithesrie there was a touch smaller audiencq and he sug­ gested that the reason {for increased interest was that poultry, keepers gen-^ erally realised their pockbts Avere being touched by the present situation. For^ turiately,- the four-great! organisations affecting the ' industry—Lancashire Utility Poultry Society, Scientifid Poultry Breeders Association, National Farmers’ Union, and Lanfcaahire Feder-j atlon of Utility Poultry farmers—were Awdrking in harmony. >It was up to Lancashire to give the ledd. 'When thri Government asked poultw farmers to support their war effort [they ought to remetober those in the industry who went to the war last time.; “ I veriture toj say that if only the Gcjvemment will support us, we will prove burselves good soldiers in another field,’’ Mr. Thomas concluded. *’Maybe we jare to old tp fight now, but we will do our best to feed the country. 'We arp hot afraid of working long hours, but |we must have fair play, and I beg you to support whatever organisation you; can, so that we can demand justice tor the poultry industry. We are determined .to have bur rights, and, if -we, get those rights, we will do all we epp to help the


earnest appeal for poul support their various Why was it that the plaiyed with the idea of £ poultry industry for the


acrlficing the foreign egg?| out of, every


iri conclusion Mr. Thotoas made an I CALL FOR UNITY.


,ry keepers to Arganisations.; Government'


tog toj lose hiq new be a


Thomas declared, working-man rea-


weaker beer eggs


to supplement this [by other metfiods, including fixed controls, fir detecting and dealing with M’ivers who dp not observe the lafv, more ^specially on


iniform. 'Experience •, [that it Is necessary


of patfbl carf, en- dard bf behaviour usei-s, and accord- itrol cars in, the district normally Police” sign, and


The Commiss should, as far .as


Friend make inquiries ? It; was npt to last night.


RAILWAY-BUILDING [. ■ DRAMA. ■ i: , : ii, ;


emment’s [ interest aroused, work is resumed on tije “Queen Mary “ arid the keel of the “ Queen Elizabeth ” Is laid. Seldom as : Gracie’s sequence been


a/]


finale, wrien spe sings" Land of Hop] and Glory is patriotically stirring arid debply moytag [ Co-sta,iTed witri Gracle is; the fambps irorkshire comedlairi Sydney Howard, as' the Major (hbr father). His droll humour and senpe of -character pfovidek her with perhaps her. most suitable screen partner to date. Oliyer 'Wakefield, Morton Seltpn and Norma [Varden are important mepibei- of th | cast.;


has; anything so funnjf male impersonatioh seen in a film, and trip


-great man and the love that inspired r i r i r i .


stray of Alepcander Graham _ Bell, inventor tpe telephone. His is trie dramatic romance of one wrio dreambd and struggled, loved and acrilevpd. Simple, human and inspiring,, the magnificent riiotion picture comifag Monday pays riomage to his genius and to a woman’s devotion. “ The Modern Miracle,” witri Don Amecrie (in tri[i title role), Lofetta Young and Henry Fonda' sharing stellar honours,' tells Avith power, with humour and wjtri profound humanity the drama pf| a


“THE MODERN MIRACLE.” OUT of , the stirring past emerges


drama of accomplishment—thI


; desperate battle against public ridicule and powerful! opponents, his ultimate


scientist,.: his \ discouraging struggle^, his: invention' of the telephone, his


Bell’s is a story of the obscure ypun[g ' [ ' ! I '


i triumph, the flame of his genius kept alight by the love and faith of the woman he adbred. So intense was the struggle against poverty, disappbint- ment and [powerful opponentb-ja struggle which.prevented-his marriage to the girl hb loved, that Beil hMted on the threshpld of his invention rebdy to Sacrifice it so he could find happjriess with Mabel-Hribriard. But the caurage- ous Mabel spurred on the dreameriwljo believed men puld talk through a wirle. It [ was their romance that gave [the world the; pjwer to span oceans grid continents wii h the human voice. '


POLICE TRAIL MR. MO’TO. TRi . C e r i t u . , .................... ..............


the' international police bn his trail ■all in “ M ,r. Moto on Danger tuiT-Pox's


the 1


R. : Mo|ro gets mixed up irj qn international racket and f\i '


whlch stars Ppter Lorre as Moto during the[ week-end.;


new mystery - - r - r -


The exciting story has its localq In tropical Porto! Rico, America’s colourful island where American life rubs.elljraf/s with


[ ■


modem efficiency finds itself confronted with the Avelrd superstitions that hpA/er about thb ghpstqmf the Spanish Main. In ' this vivid .'setting sleuth


strarigb' native


diamond'smuggling case and a sbries of ! murders [as breath-taktog as , they are'baffling. 'After a series of highly susrienseful adventures, the stoiT ends' on a surprise climax in the course [of dead man potots out' t’rie


gets [involved in


the iniipitable a


gigan]ic


master criminal who is head of- tfie smugglers an]i perpetrator of the mys­ tifying murders. Jean Hersriqlt, Amanda Duff, Warren Hymer, Riepard Lane, Leon [Ames andDouglasDum- brille head trie supporting oast.


which the j


lytoore presents an hilarious cameo of a posturing,' vbte-chasing governor;o^ a college. George Murphy and Marjorie Weaver Avllli give you gay romance. Joan Davis and Jack Haley and [such laughter-makers as George Barbler and- Paul Hilrst will prbvide you jwith laugh' upon jaugh. The film also lias


“HOLD THAT GIRL” COMED^. In this supporting comedy, John bar-


tuneful kong^ arid the jjlever tap danc- ■ ylo delight you.


Gover-nori Jshn [Barrymore’s hectic electioneering catopaign when he takes of


tog of Georg 5 Murphy 'Th


■ Hold ' jTl at I'G.irl ” is the sto|y|'bf


over the-college and enlists the aid gay [singing dnd swinging youth. THE RIALTO, BLACKBURN.


Matineb daily, 2-30. Continuous Monday to Friday, from' 6-15. Sat­ urday 2-30J 6-M and 8-30.


[


ED. G. ROBINSON IN TENSE DEAj|lA starrBLACIMAIL,” at the Hiajto,


Lockhart,;


crinilnal, i'fvho, in the guise of friend­ ship,


prison, to which he had been unjustly sentenced.


[ Along comes


an escapd frpto thej


ijeal


tricks jEtobinson, secures hi4cpn- flderice, 'blackmails him, and then t&s him' returned to the prison campj 'irie final fscene, to which Rob s


revenge, GINGER {


drags his betrayer up to the brinkxjf a. ipinpon


flaming' oil pit, is one of the screen’s mort gripping scenes of terror and


rOGEES AND DAVID


NITON IN BRILLIANT COMEDY I [I ROMANCE.


[Minister of Food in his Avar efforts.” Several questions were - asked after­


wards, and both sheakei'9 were warmly thanked on the proposition of Mr. A. Hallows, seconded by Mr|[ S. 'Whitwam. Trie resolution quoted | at trie begin­


GreenworaL


ning of the report, was tooved by Mr. J.j Crook, and seconded: by Mr. L.'


coniedy;romances, “Bachelor Mbther Is to be presented next weekj vfith Ginger Rogers and David Niven' in the stellhr leads. Miss Rogers-in the role of al department store sales girl d]sp(ays her pair fo4 comedy which she recently employed m “Vivaciou? Lady ’ Arid “ feMe Dook’.’ Niven’s charactiensatlon as M adatoant store executive H al re­ freshing departure from his roles to “ Writhefing Heights ” and -*| Dawn


TTERAL OED as 'one of the sqaspn’s -tl- most sprightly and origmal


Patrol.” (Jcontinv.ed’foot of next Column!


dynamiter vfho tries to live under jqn assumed name after


Blackburn, this week-epd, ing Edviard G. Robinson andjGprie is the ■ story of an o^ well


customs [and [. findq


Island,” 2o]h thriller


achleArement, a calendar of crimb, a tribute; to the wit arid courage of women; a: rousing illustration of the dictum'“money is the root'of all eA/ii,” and, above all, stem testimony to the belief that Divme providence Is on the sidb of'right,


|The Palladium. At one and the le time; it is a record of stupendous


grahd toniance, a magnificent thriller, and, if [possible, an even better comedy. History and lokum are wedded with superb [showmanship, and even some of thej previbus “star” pictures .which Cecil B. DeMille has givehjus pale, al­ most toto insignificance.; :alongside “Uplon Pacific.”


And that’s only half of; it; it is ■; ■ ! |


to the part of MoUie; she-ls eA/ery inch the( courageous outdoor rierdtoe. Joel McCrea and Robert Prestori observe all the-rules as rivals Jeff and'Diok; Brian Dorilevy is a sinister .Campeau; [and Akim Tamiroff and Lynne Overman [are grert as Jeff’s henchmen. ' Their sense of pmedy is superb. Other playbrs worthy of mention are Henry Kolk'er, J. M- Kerrigan, Robert Barat and Fuzzy Knight. [


Barbara; Stanwyck gives'all' she’s got 'j ' :' [


AEROPLANE ■ TESTS FILM.


trip inside.of thtogs, trierejiis much in- terjestlng material iri“ Spies of the A\v; plqying at the. Palladium [to the early pai't of next week.


A


drome wriere a fast new plane is bi:ing groomed before submission: [to the Alr[ Ministry.; Details of trie plane arej lea,king ralefseas. Suspicion falls equally on-all'.pei'sonnel at trie .'kperet a,ero-i drpme. Triurtoe, test pilot; is in[love[ wi'.h designer Madison’s wife and pleads Avilh heV to go away witri him after the, test of the new plane.:'j They;-are' blackmailed by a mechanic [who ki]ows their secret, the mechanic is found killed by a lorry with incriminating documents ' in his pocket. - 'Whitehall tajees a ; hand and traps' the culprit spectacularly on the day of the tbkt. (The audience see .and hear the 'tests


The stoi'y is laid in a secret aero-i . IN NEW


atisation of the building of the Pacific Railway, now screening


N outdoor' epic of gargantuan dimensipns is the ; spectacular


msHERiiANq


A BOY ani a pet seal] played Bobby I reen and S' icker, corii«


shdwtog. The with other dist quilitles—a d ish- and song, a- pfneh large measure


itful amusefnent iarf,” Bobby’s’


t'q add a fine, full flavour of de- , to ‘j Pishermari’s latest I picture nriwA


hguished eritertatoment. Qfisparjcling mrisic of! romance andj|a


if adveriturb land comedy


.e story id one of simplicity arid huriian inter^b-ri tale| of Bobby.


1


I to'ur ; lives : :n complete harmra^. Neither camerA or micropf one has eyer ■ ' ' to Bobby.


1 I and, Slicker to continue


CITY.” THRILL.


ll the Avorld/is airminded these [ ■ [Y)^HEN:a ye^r ago film days. For those who like to see; 1 _


„r...


RPbm Hood ” with as ovirwhelming a ba|n'age of - f raise as has ever been accorded a mi tion picturP; they added tltetjit was rio I possible to make a more craoUrful or m >re spectacular adventure phture. Only “ Dodge c(ty” can pro- vl le an answe:. If “ Robto Hood ” was pietty close to flctlpn, " Dbdge City ’f is Ptetty close't) fact, andj it Is all the m/re extraoi-dlnbry tod excitng thereby. , Maiy people |Vtoo know he hJstoiy of the pioheer W:st are fa lar with stories bf Tombstone Diadwood, VTchitla and Abilene, Artonio and £ianta|Fe, and all the i B it- .few aie more jthan "sHg. acquainted w th t£ie mojt hair-ralf town of them all—


jVN ALI^’PHE-WEEK greeted


x'he Adventures I of


all the othdr famous ' frontier cembined-T-fo


of the new machine carried oijt at heights that; necessitate the pilot using ari oxygen bottle, while piloting his pjane and taking readings of inum&ous instruments. ,■ All this ' materiM is authentic and the help of test experts wjas enlisted in compiling [it. The last lel of this picture gives a' less pleasant it terrifically tririlllng impression of


,li:72 was the Western tieiminus of thri rillway, and thatj made jit 'the cattle centre of thu .couijitiy,-[arid the mecca the trail > over whltnltrie pioneers


Avriat'it [ feels like to be in a crashing plane. ' It is one of those inspired pieces movie-making that have people ipping the arm-rests of their toats.


Barry ,K., Bahies, Roger; Livesey, [Basil Rjdfrafd ' and Joan .Marlon have the centre, of the stage iri this excellent thriller. '


the serial instalment, {‘Jaws tr action,’' a short ‘,‘iriterest;” Donald [Duck in a mei-ryj" Golf Gi


Incidental to the. programme ' ' [ “ I WAS A SPY.”


atitention is the Gaumont-Britisnjfllm, was a Spy.” - It is the story [of a


NOTher notable' produqtion. which has attracted universal


Bblgian woman who is torced to] nurse German wounded and, approache]i by hPr Belgian compatriots, is aborted into the espionage systeto organited by the Allies.,


mendous power in the conflict between her human feeling for -the wqqnded toen she nurses and the struggle in her soul! which is desirous of victory for the Allies. Madeleine Carroll plays trie part; of the nurse, Martha- jC&ock- b'aert, and she receives brilliant stoport from Herbert Marshall^ Geiajd du Maurler, Conrad Veidt, Edriiund Given, Eva Moore and others; ^ually well known. This is a story b ^d . on real life 'and it is intensely dramatic.


The drama is worked out with,: tre­ 1:1 ■'


arranged that native chiefs in [remote districts shall travel to Pietersbutg in Northern Transvaal once a month to hear a war bulletin, as they: do hot see the newspapers. .


WAR NEWS FOR NATIVES. ■hie South African Govemmen; has


; ' "


the axis about which' j '‘Baphelor Mother revolves. Holding; a tempor­ ary job in the store during the jCjhrist- mas rush, Miss Rogers—during her lunch* hour-^flnds an infant [oq the steps'of-a foundling riome,' and is in- sttouy mistaken for the child’s toother, q/he more Ginger protKts the m'oqe she 1 is disbelieved, and the horaej authorities |. report .the matter to the storej execu­ tives. [Niven, a vice-president, arid the son o f ' the store’s OAvnek Investigates for himself, and he, too, is coriA[tac0' that Ginger is trie motliei. !He immem- ately shifts her to the permanent staff and gij/es her a rise in salary. Trii^ only- infurri tes Ginger, who is at her, wit’s end jtp ' shift the care [of the child to others


(Continued from preceding Column). A hilarious tangle over a baby iorms


■'Hbniifled, Niven lectures her, and- under -threat of dire consequences forces her - to bring up 'the youngster. But his interest in trie girl,arouses the jealousy df a young stock clerk in the Store, wri6 anonymously inis-informs Niven’s fdther, Charles Cobum, that Niven is i the tether of Miss Rogers’ child. Cobum, anxious that his son shaU many and settle doAvn, is greatly interested in the report.i He shadows Niveri] [and concludes that it is true. The' 'situation becomes even' [ more hectic' [when both Miss Rogers and Niv^ learn that Cobum is planning to adopt the chUd as his grandson. - 'What: happens from this point on is a series'of mirth*making complications, developing the film into one! pf the season’s most entertaihing offerings. Miss Rogers and Niven'in the co-star­ ring' roles, head an outstanding , sup­ porting cast lead by Charles Cobum, and; including Frank Albertson, E. E. Clive, Ernest Tmex and Perlke ; Boros.


i' !.' ' ,me.


\yill be of Des- and


rpde. So 'it wad 'to Didge City that ’amer Bros, went for their picture. The entire abticln ol! (he film tikes


p'ace .to arid aroqnd Eio|lge City. ' I t begins iti trie Sumijier ol (872, when the ita Fe’s'first train pritfed across the pteirie and, e: it ered the [ crittletowh (hat


having carried dull the |etaplre-buil(ilng r-!sponsibllitlas they assumed when (hey cteated Dodgp Cite, hedditertheq West ’entii|re.‘ Qljlte a number young Britons became


[as jilst a settlement. I I t ends when ^le principle characters! of the film,


for a new ad oi adventurop


vfell-known f f the west! rat such a':


duality could, well have be'en one of ! hem. With this blessing of historical '


;ured in the pioneer'days and it is easy to beileAre : illowj as Errol. Flynn IS in .[


pldier of i fortune who'has become a [ pwboy in ; Texasj after [having -fought h the army of the Confederacy during- | ■ be Civil War. j In the screen blay Airitten by Robert Buckner, events! are- ! contrived .to get Flyhpto-accept’the |


(lost of sheriff of I the [notorious cattle-; ‘riwn where the j six-shooter was' the | taalarbiter of alliaigutoents. He'sets:[ .bout cleaning up the town, and [this'!


longest are a cattle istempede to the [ early part bf the picture, a rousing ! saloon brawl In which more thari lOO ' .men[make;a veritable:shambles o( the ' 'dace, and a climatic pistol battle]in a •ailway mail car which is givEn a


;;udden and. horrible, twist wheri the [ :ar bursts into flames. iHlynn, of course, [ iominates the action | of the piece ihroiighout, but he fs[ given'valiant', Assistance by a vei-y expert ensemble of. [ jupporting rplayers. : iNotable among [ ;hbm are Olivia! de: (lavilland, jasiaj pioneer newspaper - girte who faljs in j love with the sheriff aijd helps him in j Pis campaign to clean up the tjown; | Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot; Frank Me-' Hugh, Alan Hale and others.


LIFE AND LAUGHTER AT GRAND THEA'TEE, BLACKBURN.


THE:


in 16 scenes,of life andjlaughter is the; attraction, at itrie :<^rand ’Irieatre, Blackburn, this j week-end. Therij :has, beeri collected an excelltrit bill of revue; fare. Among 'trie artistes are Billy Kray, Hal Julian, Nita Dene ; and: [ diaries O’Brien; Billie [Gibson, B(orace Andrews, MafgljMorrisJ'Harry Stafford , and Reginald ]Moore.]: In addition,; there ; is i Fredi ; Brand, “ vaudeville’s; brightest coloured entertainer. A special: item is Madamoiselle ReJane andiCom-; pany, presenting living pictures of “Art' and Beauty.” j [ , : | ; '■ ■ -


“TUAUGHTYi BUT]' NICE,” I Jack! •t-3 Gillam’s; ilatest : revue trl|unph


i ., ■' CLAUDE DAMPIEU InEXT WEEK.


Dampier in popularity.; ■The famous i stage, film and-ifl.dlo star is presented; by West End; Varieties, along 1 with: another well-known-.stage andiradio-


F


ew entertainers (who are heardj over trie,ether can rival Olauda;


artiste, Miss Billy Carlyle,-and together - they should 'attract big," houses.’’ Other shining; lights in the enter-


ta in n^t world-are Kidd and Mack,.the; happ^o-lucky pair; Silva and:Gaye.i “him and her’i;and a tbanjotenditha Two Valors and Jim Jassiman, special-: ists in their own realms i Those dancers, de luxe, The'Grand Sisters: Will Power, and Page, unicyclist, ! and- Charles Seltzer, radio’s young . ventriloquist^ will add furtherisplce [to an unusuaUy strong programme,, :;] ■ .


[he production, but those that I the [ pectator is most likely to remember


le finally succeeds in doing. Thera are | nany impressive hair-raismg scenes in


(uthenticity, Flynn makes an ideal I fgure as a .venturesome young (riab [


p:cture of al! that was [pest and worst ol the old,West.' For podge City in.


More tradit on aptachea to it thaq , it really \iris a composite


{Dodge City, Kan,


SHOW. critics


dojne better ju itice


. “DCDGI TECHN (COLOUR


■Come. erabrbllrd. Bo


Slicker (the; S3al) |and Bebby’s fostfer father, Leo Ca rilloj all of whom reslflp hyjthe waterfr mt of San FrariclscbMt the head of; tie origihal Pisherman’a Wharf. Simpli i Sicilian flsherfolk, My arb carefree . md happy! into thbir lives come Lee Patrick and her ttouble- mdking son!; -T Ammy Bupp Together thby combine to Jupset :he peaceful hA/fes of thei t riy i Italian! colony, until Bobby, m a moment of I desperation, challenges the oldeb younMer. /In trie figfit that ensiles, (he parbrits, too, F 'The. [melee' ’


filial is alM savourpE,


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