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SATURDAY MAY. 26, 1924
THEATRE NOTES.
POPULAR FRAWLEY COM-
PANY BACK.
MUSICAL NOTES,
SUGGESTED HONGKONG
EISTEDDFOD.
RENTS ORDINANCE.
NEW AMENDING BILL,
EFFECT OF THE MEASURE..
THE CHINA MAIL.
the second place, the lessee may go on sub-letting up to the very end of the three months period, so that at the end of that period the lessor might have to serve another notice. This might go, on" indefinitely. The principal Ordinance, however, The Daniel Frawley Co., is to Mr. A. Sklarevsky had an ex- In the current issue of the Governt-failed to take the next step, open for a seven nights season atcellent audience at his farewell re-ment Ghette is published a draft, to provide expressly that the Theatre Royal, commencing cital-which probably marks the bill to amend the Rents Ordinance, an order for possession obtain May 20 with The Cat and the close of the present season which 1922, which it is intended to in-ed on a reconstruction notice Canary, and continuing with some
It Is of the latest successes of the has been notable, in more senses troduce in the Legislative Council should also be binding on the arguable on May 31. The objects and rea- sub-lessees. American and English stage. The than one, by the visit of Mr. sons are given as follows:
that. it is but it is also Cat and the Canary Is quite in the Leopold Godowsky, Hearty wishes
I. The object of this bill is to that it is not. Clause
bill therefore pro Grand Guignol manner, mysterious accompany Mr. Sklarevsky in his make certain amendments in the of the and creepy, with thrills galore. And yet it is brimful of humour, appointment to the Seattle Con-Rents Ordinance, 1922, Ordinance vides that any order for possession No. 14 of 1922. It is proposed to given on a reconstruction notice. The success of this piece seems to servatorium.
extend that Ordinance for another shall be binding on the sub-lessees. hings on its power to combine the
year from the 30th June. This will To avoid hardship which might be be done by a resolution under caused to the sublessees if they
There is need in Hongkong for the services of a progranime an-
notator. The immeasurable amount
section 10 of that Ordinance.
cerie with the humorous. On its presentation in London, the play
were unaware of the reconstruction afforded the critics an opportunity
2. Section 2 () (i) of the principnotice and the proceedings for pos of comparing the methods of the of good to the cause of music suchal Ordinance excluded furnished session, power is given to the American stage artist with his con- frefe of the English stage, who one could do, is beyond com- houses and furnished flats from the Court to suspend temporarily the scope of the Ordinance. The main execution of any order for posses- lost nothing by comparisoa. The pare. Frawley Co., a combination of tried A recent movement in the Colony reason for this exclusion was thatsion against any particular sub- artists, do The Cat and Canary' in to promote the cause of Chamber the complication introduced by the lessee. Besides avoiding hardship furniture would have made it due to surprise, this provision splendid fashion and its presemia-music-at once the most difficult dificult to ascertain or fix the would also give an opportunity for tion should not be missed.
and beautiful of interpretation, scens to have failed for the time standard rent. The effect of clausea sub-lessee to come in and show heing. Let us pray for a speedy ses let as a furnished hotel or a thought that he had any legal 2 of the bill is to extend, to prem- [cause against the order if the resurrection.
furnished boarding house, the ground for doing so. Has the question of an Eisted-principle of excluding furnished
9. Clause 9 of the bill proposes dfod ever been thought of? With premises which had already, after to add to the principal Ordinance, music playing such a large part in discussion, been adopted in the new section 28, which provides the education of the young, there principat Ordinance. The opport- that if a lessor gives an invalid re- should be sufficient musical talent, unity has been taken of making it construction notice to quit he shall both vocal (singing and elocution) clear that the exclusion of furnish-be liable to a fine of $1,000 unless and instrumental, to warrant the ed premises applies only when the he can prove that he was acting attempt. A pleasant and profitable premises were bona fidelet furnish-bona fide throughout. afternoon could be spent, with ed. advantage to all,
BAND RECITALS,
Band recitals are as far off as ever, One has a lively recollection of those organised during the War by the then Police Reserve who proved that the thing could be done if only tackled in a proper way.
No reference has been made to the undoubted interest which the late Sir Henry May took in music. Whether this was due to his daugh- ters who played respectively the cello, plano and violin, or was an
10. Clause 10 is a technical saving which provides that when. the principal Ordinance is extend- ed by resolution of the Legislative Council it will be extended with the amendments made in it by this Orinance.
3. Section 2 (g), (i) of the prin- cipal Ordinance provides that a lessee of a domestic tenement who occupies a portion of the tenement himself and who su-lets other portions is to be regarded as the tenant in actual occupation of the whole tenement vis-a-vis his im- mediate lesson. This was intended to prevent any claim by a landlord to turn out his tenant on the ground that the tenant was occupying only a part of the tenement. Section 15 that if the interest-of-the-lessor of WANTED. A small house or part of the principal Ordinance provides
a domestic tenement comes to an
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.
WANTED..
herent instinct, is not known.
of a house (furnished) on the That is interest, was also of ́a practical kind is demonstrated by end, his sub-lessees become ten-Peak for July, August and September, Miss Adele Blood, the leading the fact that when a visiting Con-ants of his lessor. For example, A Apply F. A. BRITTON, St. Stephen's lady of the T. Daniel Frawley Co. cert party got stranded in Hong-lets a house to B, and B sub-lets College. is an actress of much charm and kong and the Treasury returns certain floors to C and D: B fails of were not meeting expenses, he to pay his rent, and is tarned and possessed histrio.ic abilities of a more than stepped forward and with the out: C and D become tenants of their respective floors under A. unusually high order. So much strong influence of Government it may be that C occupies only a was evinced when the Frawley Co., House made matters easy.
resource
were last liere, Miss Blood's stage presence has personality and dis-) tinction and her voice is one of music. Nothing comes amiss to her-indeed a Repertory artiste is almost 11 super-artiste-and whether her portayals are grave or gay, the true artiste shows through them all.
KOWLOON'S CHANCE.
The Courtenidge-Holloway Co., concluded it
HONGKONG TRADE.
MOST MARKETS DULL..
The fortnightly trade report issued by the Hongkong General
Chamber of Commerce states:-
portion of his floor and sub-lets} other portions, It seems obvious that when B drops out C should also be able to resist any attempt by the landlord to turn him out on the ground that he occupies only a portion of his tenement, which is a single floor, in his case. Accord- ingly, clause 3 of the bill proposes to give to such sub-tenant the protection which was given to B.by Cotton piece good sand fancy section 2()(). It is arguable that successful three cotton goods:-During the interval section 2 (g) (f) as it stands does nights visit to the Star Theatre, a moderate business has been give this protection to C, but it is residents seem to have attended in Fancy Goods. No sales are reportan obvious mistake in section 3 (2) with The Bat, and Kowloon effected, chiefly in White and Dyed also arguable that it does not.
4. Clause 4 of the bill corrects large numbers. The audience at ed of Grey or White Shirtings but the opening performance which Clearances are somewhat better. of-the-principat-Ordinance.The- happened to be Pinero's 'Second Manchester is closed for the usual Rents Ordinances are not con- Mrs. Tanqueray' was certainly Whitsuntide recess and reopens on rents which became due before the cerned with the collection of any large. The Colony is fortunate in Monday the 28th instant. having the opportunity afforded it Cotton Yarn: There is practi-passing of the original Rents Or- of witnessing these revivals (ascally no change as regards the dinance, Ordinance No. 13 of 1921. 5: Clause of the bill amends Pinero's play is) and the latest and volume of business done. Limited best, such as Drinkwater's sales are being effected at can-section 4 (1) (d) of the principal 'Abraham Lincoln. One thing tinued decline in prices, these benotice to quit by the tenant must Ordinance by requiring that any with the production of plays which ing below replacing costs.. occurs, is that a synopsis of the Quotations are: No. 10s. $160 plays might with advantage be 188, No. 125. $166 194. No. 16s. given with the programmes. The $190/205. No. 20s. $175/204. ordinary European playgoer is Arrivals 3,500 bales. Shipments probably content to follow the nil. Sales.1,500 bales. -stage story to its conclusion, logical
Unsold stock 16,000 hales. or otherwise, in his own fashion, Bargains 7,000 bales. but where, as in Hongkong, our
Woollens: There is no change Chinese friends, and others who to report. are not familiar with the trend in Raw Cottons-No business has modem English drama, who attend been reported and quotations are performances and who evince a purely nominal-Indian descrip-
be in writing, so that the landlord Cannot recover possession on a mere verbal notice to quit given by the tenant. This is to avoid dis- putes which might arise as to whether a notice had been given.
6. Section 4(1)(f) of the principal Ordinance provides that an owner, can recover possession of a domestic tenement if he intends to reconstruct the domestic tenement to such an extent as to make it technically a "new building". It
desire to understand motives and tions at $34/39. Chinese staple at is often difficult for the lessee to methods, might he considerably $37-44
ascertain whether the intended re-
helped in their desire by such a Metals:-A few small sales reconstruction will have the effect of synopsis. The following wise ported but market very dull. saying is attributed to the Chinese: Flour Market Report:-Stock: making the building a new build- Those in front of the stage are about 700,000 sacks. Market dull. ing. Paragraph (d) of clause 7 fools, but those on the stage
therefore proposes to provide that Quotations-American Patent, lunatics." It may be considered $3.75 per sack, American Straight With the three months' notice to So, where the auditor -lias $2.95 per sack, American Cut off quit the lessor must also serve a по clear grasp
that the $2.95 per sack, Shanghai Flour $3.00 copy of a certificate from the Build- actors are attempting to
per sack, Australian No. 1 $2.95 per ing Authority to the effect that such intended-reconstruction portmay. This handom reflection | sack.
is prompted by witnessing Pinero's Sundries Window Glass-would have the effect Mrs. Tanqueray' where the action Very few small sales. Market quiet.
of the play begins to develop to a conclusión late in the third act, and
SugarMarket quiet." Saltpetre Canton troubles have
hari a number of Chinese guessing miserably paralysed our inarket.
QUARRY BAY ENTERPRISE ··
It is all to the good that the on-
terprise of Quarry Bay adds
0
TO LET.
LET-European fints in Lee Building, Wanchal Gap Road. Apply to 32 Kennedy Road,
of making the building a new building within the meaning off the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance; 1903. Clause 7 also proposes to omit from section 4 (1) (f) the references to “pulling down," because in generäl the only justification for pulling down is re- another Dramatic Society to our its support of visiting professional construction. Dangerous buildings short list, and the best wishes go companies-at any rate it is known can be dealt with under Ordinance forth to those who have had the to be fickle, due often to the No. 1 of 1903, and any exceptional energy and enterprise to produce. weather, which, as an American cases not involving danger can be The writer has not seen the Society phrased it, has'nt a mind of its own, dealt with under section 24 of the at work. The initial play given it seems therefore that our ama« principal Ordinance.“ would seem to have been 1 safe' (cons should surface all the annot. Clause 7 of the bill adds a sub- one and one not overburdened to let their productions clash with section which is taken from section | |- with scenery. Slow but sure is a those of visiting professional 19 (2) of the English Act of 1920, good motto for any budding brethren, as happened the other Dramatic Society, but the hopa expressed that this latest enfant will soon, hitch its waggon toe star
Saturday,
MISS TEMPEST HOME.
10 and 11 Geo. V. c. 17, which pao- Rents Ordinance shall not enable a yides, that the expiration of the
Plessor to recover, any-terapient
and launch out with sterner stuff. Miss. Marie Tempest, after an which he could not have recovered. It is easy to write of the plays of absence of eight years, has return during the continuance of the Shaw of Galsworthy of Barrie,ed to England to be received with Ordinance, and that it shall and to suggest that Hongkong has bursts, of genuine affection. Her note prevent a lessee from need of them. But there are mum tour included Hongkong. Here, recovering any sum which be -bers of one-act plays and others of
iring the a more extended character with this famous actress was coldly could have rocovere
received to put it bluntly, boy continuance of the Or thought and action about them, that cotted it was the beginning of 30.4 ction 21 of the might engage the attention of our the Higher Cost of
ings the Ord provich Thái Quarry Bay friends. Ite dogged as dollar was bigh and local patrons struc
quit does it, as cur Lancashire friends did not see the fun of paying 35, 100
which then worked out to a pretty ("25
have it.
high sterling vah
at
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