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Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1931, Page 5

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FABULOUS.INCOME LONDON, November 26. Noel Coward, whose youthful maturity the “Observer” recently com. pared to Shakespeare’s is making stage history. He-is earning- £I2OO weekly from royalties at the, age of 32.. ■ . ...... ,' | • “ “Cavalade” continues to play to packed houses producing £650 a week,, in > royalties, i “Bitter Sweet” an£f> “Private Lfofs” are touring the •pro--vinces and United States, and bring in steady revenue.Mr Coward also draws large- sums from sheet music and gramophone recordings. His earnings from “Bitter Sweet’ are estimated at. £40,000. He received £IO,OOO as author-producer and actor for ten- week’s season of “Private Lives”. He is at present holidaying in South America, and expects to return with a ne<v play. ‘ ■ % ■■ ■■ • . t •; , (. ' ■ HOSPITAL SUFFERS. SWEEP WANTED TN LONDtiNV'' LONDON, November 26. While British hospital finance is desperate, Dublin - is-'by 1 way “of ’ tfecoffifing' the greatest medical centre'-' of the Empire, says the “Daily Mail,” in a lender. “Why should British medicine be sacrificed to a silly prejudice against lotteries and sweepstakes “ it is asked. ~... ..'• ; “The ; Free : State', (fovekimekt is composed of young men not afraid to act. and not enslaved to ancient catchwords 1 ,” says the leader. “The vast majority of the public do not believe that sweepstakes are wrong and foolish. The law forbidding them should be repealed, enabling London hospitals To recover their pre-emin-ence, and the Government to purchase great national art treasures which are being sold abroad.”. SHIP FREIGHT WAR. BRITAIN AND GERMANY- ' ./■ ■ ■' •• _ ■ ••• •'V. ■ “ ’ • . November... 25. The 1 “Sunday' Tijnes” / sayk that ifte refusal of British, shipping companies; to increase ' tlieir chaxges *25 per cent; because of the .depreciation of sterling, is expected to lead to? an Anglp-German freight war. The Germans hold that the conference agreement - has been violated.,: ~ ~ v ..,.... As a result the newest and speediest

Hamburg-South America; vessel, CapAoorna, is calling at Southampton, en route for -South • American despite the .• certain ports to certain ships. The Cap Aedma ;is attempting to secure British mail x contracts •- which "j< ordinarily are given .to the fastest ves-fif sels, irrespective of their -nationality. |j