On thelbther hand £5 notes drawn from the bank by Abrahams were traced as immediately finding their way into Harvey's banking account; when he was asked in the witness box to write certain words, two handwriting experts were positive that he was trying to disguise his writing, and no attempt was made by the defence to upset their evidence although experts on handwriting no-tonously quarrel with each other in law suits more than any expert And lastly there was this highly ssu: picious fact, best told in the Judge's words to the jury:
Where you find when a certain telegraphist is nat on duty the man who is represented as such a wonder ful judge of horse rad and fo have knowledge of m is making coming out with a net you will probably think it is very remarkable that on other days when that certain telegravhist is on duty he nearly always win: and does always win on balance.
But its activities are small compared with what some foreign Governments do. One useful work to which it might pay attention is the repulsive state of landing stages and Eu: toms sheds at Dover, Folkestone and elsewhere. One can't expect luxury in such places, but the frantic muddle that takes place on the arrival of a crowded boat, exposure to weather and general dreariness of everything is a very poor welcome to foreigners.
In connection with holidays I have lately seen some astonishing figures of the growth of the photographic industry. It is calculated that at least 25,000,000 rolls of film and 750,000 new cameras are sold every year. The film at a modest estimate of 1s. a roll (probably this is too low) means £1,250,000: and 25s. would certainly not be too high an average per camera, making another £937,500. The takings of the "D and P"-man, from those who don't process thei own films are reckoned at not less han £2,000,000. Besides all this there is the money spent on plates, cut films, papers, chemicals, acco sories of all kinds, which is really incalculable. And in all this one is thinking only of the amateurs. Professional and cinema studios must account for much more.
When I was a small boy the Kodak people were introducing the first roll films in which the emulsion was carried on a paper foundation, with the compelling slogan, press "You the button we do the rest" I wish my parents had had the foresight to buy a block of their shares.
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