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Hong Kong, Monday, July 11, 1927.
mean head, any cap would look! mean; a gentleman may wear one with the best of dignity. An average person, indeed, invariably could sport this form of head- wear and pass general inspection when, in Hong Kong, white or khaki shorts would draw upon him
ed
MONDAY, JULY 11, 1927.
CINEMA LOSSES.
CHINESE LESSEE BUES THE OWNER,
DEPOSIT RETURN CLAIMED.
masculinely reproachful The hire of a Chinese cinema at giances and feminine sniffs. A Hunghom on trial led to a Summary when stout man, as a rule, carries a Court action this morning
Tam cap to advantage, particularly if Ng Shun-fat claimed from
of $1,000 he is the possessor of a happy Fung-shek the return face, whereas the pinched-cheek- alleged to have been paid for a
consideration which failed. under-developed individual Plaintiff's ense was that the would make the most perfectly money had been paid as a deposit tailored cap look "mean." The whilst he took the cinema on trial receipts cap, as worn to-day, is in effect for a few days. If the the cap of the Tudors, though of were satisfactory he was to carry plainer material but with slight on with the cinema, if not he was
under entitled
der the agreement, he' modification of form. It was claimed, to the return of his money good enough for Henry VIII within six days of the commence- Why not for us? It has its own ment of the trial.
to
the
simple and solid qualities, just as In support of his case, plaintiff the caps of the professions have produced an agreement" their qualities. It lacks the above effect which was alleged to columnar splendour of the top have been signed by both parties. hat; lacks the three-cornered Defendant denied that the agree
ment produced was the one hei glories of the Macaroni; it lacks signed, contested the genuineness the grand swell of the plumed of the signature and produced a head piece of the time of the document which he stated was the early Charles; it lacks the offi-text of the agreement which had ciousness of the barrister's wig; been come to between the partica.
It was defendant's case that the it lacks the line and "finishing off" effect of the ordinary felt the cinema for six months and that plaintiff had agreed to take over hat. In fact it lacks a lot of he had backed out of it as soon as things. But it is a form of head- he found it was not making so much gear which has its own many as he thought it would. good points, And you have to have the right kind of face to wear it with success..
CORRESPONDENCE.
MR. AMERY'S TOUR.
A "Bad" Film. Plaintiff stated that the theatre had only brought in $16.60 on_the| first day's showing of a "first- class" Chinese play and that on the second, third and fourth days, the amount had been ever less.
Defendant stated that on the worst days of the whole period he had run the cinema, the receipts had never been so low as that and he could not believe the figures. (To the Editor of the "China Mail." The film which had been shown SirThe announcement that the by the plaintiff during those Secretary for the Dominions, the few Unys was, the defendant stated, |t. Hon. Leopold Amery, M.P., is a very bad one and "everyone in the
about to embark upon an Empire audience was cursing it." tour in order that he may secure Asked for an explanation, defen- first hand knowledge of the pro- dant said that the picture had por blems facing Britain's Colonial trayed the robbing of a bride after administrators, will be generally marriage, and was very bad from welcomed. In recent years, of the Chinese point of view. course, officials or the Colonial Plaintif further stated that the Office have visited the Colonies, alleged agreement provided for the ing their own hands clean. In the bat these visits of investigation hire of the Cinema to the plaintiff
been numerous. words of Mr. Thomas, the Soviet have not
It is for $150 a month complete with certainly a matter of importance, everything. Government is subsidising people particularly in the administration This defendant denied, stating without influence and is wasting of the Dominions Office, that those that, he had previously hired it to who are responsible for taking a the Hong Kong Amusements for its money, because no greater mis-share, however small, in the large $250 a month without machinery. take can be made than to assume decisions of policy, should have so he would hardly have made the that the circumstances that first head information; should have, alleged terms.
at any rate in regard to some The case is proceeding. brought about the Russian revolu- of the countries, a realisation of Mr. C. A. S. Russ is for plaintiff) tion could ever operate in Great the values and the proportions of and Mr. D. McCallum for the de-
the issues with which they have to fendant. Britain.
deal. There is another reason.
Protectoraten.
,CHINESE GET BENEFIT"OF DOUBT.
Twelve Chinese and two this morning
Whilst not in agreement with Political parties come and go, but SAM KUNG OR POKER the Home Government in break-endeavour to build up a great na- they all work for great ends and all ing off relations with Russie, Mr. Lion possessed of a great estate, and it is undoubtedly inportant Thomas stated that the Russians that those who, in distant coun- should change their foolish, in- trics, are called upon to work hard sane, and absurd methods, and and live their lives in bad climates, Japanese were
often under conditions of great charged before Mr. R. E. Lind- realise that neither a minority difficulty and often of duliness and sell with playing "sam kung" at Government nor Communist pro-monotony, should feel that those in No. 24 Wing Lau Street, Wan- authority at Home have something chai, last night. The defen. paganda is going to divert the more than a text-book knowledge of mass of British people from fol- the Dominions, Crown Colonies and dants claimed that they were playing poker. A Chinese de- lowing the constitutional path.
The most important reason-one tective who raided the place said It may appear to some that Mr. which most people will, I think, that the alarm was given as he Thomas has in the same breath agree with me for Britain not re-entered the premises. In a back laxing her efforts in the countries room behind a shoemaker's shop effectively countered his objec- for which she is responsible, is the he- found the defendants, tions to the breach with Russia, interest of the native races who opposite whom were notes, silver dwell there. Here it must be said ALVES.-At his residence, No. 128, but that is a detail that need not at once that the British Colonial and copper coins. On the table Montague Ede Avenue, Kow-be pursued further. What is of Service is singularly fortunate in also were five open cards with various sums of money on them. the manner in which loon Tong, Jose Luiz de
a great num- primary importance is his ember of its officers construe their The rest of the pack of cards Selavisa Alves, aged 79 years. Funeral will pass the Monu-phatic denunciation of Soviet duty towards the native population was strewn about the floor. He ment at 5.45 p.m. to-day, methods and his great and abid-among whom they live. It would believed that these were deliber- be an evil day for the populations ately thrown down when the ing faith in the British working of British West and East Africa, alarm was given. man. The average labourer at for instance, if they were handed
He thought they were playing over from the careful and disinter- "aam kung" from the five cards Home, no matter how inferior his cated control of British Imperial and stakes on the table. education, must think twice-nay officials to the hard self-interest of
some small local community..
Remarking that he could not thrice-before he would counten-
One word more. It is a very sad convict because it had not been ance the substitution of the pre- thing that these races, which have proved that "sam kung" was the Pointed references to Soviet sent constitutional regime in made such rapid progress and game played, the Magistrate dis- propaganda in Great Britain were Great Britain by a "Government" tible of assimilating and so willing Mr. Lindsell instructed the
which show themselves so suscep- charged the defendants. made at the annual conference of of the kind that has now a to assimilate the good things the police in future when they were the National Union of Railway-stranglehold of Russia.
British have it in their power to not sure of the nature of the teach, should be preyed upon by so men by Mr. J. H. Thomas, whose
So long as the British working terrible a scourge as sleeping Fick-game to charge the gamblera views were unanimously endorsed. man is blessed with leaders of the ess. But in protecting these races
with playing "an unlawful from this terrible menace, British game." "Hands off Britain" was the key- type of Mr. Thomas and re- science and civilisation have a mis- was taken from the gambling A sum of $12.57 which note of Mr. Thomas's statement.pudiates others of the kidney of Bion to full, such as no man, what- table was returned to first ac- It is not original. It was given Mr. Tom Mann, Russia can go on perialism, can possibly challenge others.
ever he may think of British Im cused to be divided with the expression to time and again dur-wasting her money and indulging or impugn. ing and after the general strikein methods that are aptly describ- at Home in May of last year. If
ed as "foolish, insane, and} ever the Soviet emissaries had absurd." These cannot ever make any chance of engineering a re-the slightest impression on the volution in Great Britain that was British constitutional rock that the time, but they failed most has placed the British Empire grotesquely as they must in where it is to-day. variably fail in any future attempts to undermine constitu- tional authority in the Home land.
the
A
SOVIET FOLLY.
Since the industrial
In Support of Caps.
Yours, etc..
L. E. HAYNES.
Hong Kong, July 9,
WILBUR PLAYERS.
OUTSPOKEN PLAY AT
KOWLOON.
LOCAL MYSTERY.
RICH CHINESE WOMAN'S DEATH.
Mystery surrounds the murder in the early hours of Saturday morn- ing of Mrs. Tang Tsang-tse, re-i puted to be a millionairesa, residing at No. 4, Seymour Terrace, who was "RAIN" FEATURED TO-NIGHT, killed when robbere entered her
house.
Police investigations brought to To-night and to-morrow night, The cloth cap, a lecturer tella crisis us, is "the meanest form of head the "Star" Theatre, Kowloon, the stances that the safe was not ran- the Wilbur Players are giving at light the extraordinary circum-
of 1926 there has been dreas that the human race has dramatic sensation "Rain," an out-Backed, while some jewellery and
raid on Areos
House.
spoken play by Somerset Maugham silver dollars which were lying in ever invented." His plaint is not which has had a tremendous run in conspicuous positions in the room hotbed of Soviet pro- new one. From time to time America.
where the murdered lady was found paganda directed at civilisation the cap comes in for abuse, e-Company of actors need to be told
None who have seen this talented were untouched.
The motive of the murder op- throughout the world, and parti-erally from people who look that for a touring company they pears to be robbery, but the invon- cularly within the confines of the and know they look-perfectly are exceptionally good-the best gators think that something must British Empire. The disclosures hideous in this kind of head proof of this is in the large houses have occurred to prevent the mur- made as the result of that raid wear. That is why, no doubt, they have attracted to the Kowloon derers from carrying out their theatre in spite of the sultry wea-plans of robbing the house, and must have opened the eyes of they condemn the cap, for all the ther conditions.
they cleared out immediately... It On Saturday night, and again was found that the unfortunate many British working men, with unfavourable things they say
The robbers The Dairy Farm Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd. previously pre-Communist lean of truthfulness. The fact of the with their excellent representation ed lady's mouth to prevent her from
about it lack any definite degree last night, they kept full houses in woman was dead.
a continued státe of merriment had forced a towel into the deceau- ings, to the reality of the Soviet matter is that the cap does not of the comedy The Whole Town's raising the alarm, with the result peril and to the necessity of keep always "fit" the wearer. On a Talking.”
that she was suffocated.
P'RAPS-P'RAPS NOT!
Sergeant to new recruit: Pri- vate, I'll impress upon you that you must be more respectful to- ward me. Why, I had two hun- dred and fifty men under me during the war.
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Recruit: You ain't got nothin"
on me.
I had twelve hundred people under me last summer.
Sergeant, doubtfully: What were you doing?
Recruit: I mowed the grass in a cemetery.
Two old Scotsmen were found crying on a corner recently, cry- ing because they had spent their youth together.
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Algy Did you sound the family about our marriage?
Frances Yes, and father sounded the worst. "Kansas City Star."
"Why does Maud look so crest- fallen?"
"She jumped at a conclusion and it wasn't there."-"Boston Transcript."
Judge-It is painted, pamper- ed dolls like you who shake our holy institutions to their very foundations, young lady, and bring misery and ruin to, yes, even the third and fourth gen- erations. And it is dissipated, wild youths such as you are, young fellow; with their leering mouths and weak chins, who bring shade and disgrace and ugliness to court and fling it in our faces. Why do you wish a divorce?
He and She-We don't want one. We came here to have you marry us.-Life,
Pett I've got a fine job. I have the whole day to myself.
Pit What do you do, Pett-I'm a night-watchman.
When is a holiday not a holi- day? When the family come too.
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The man who said "There's safety in numbers" surely never had to stand treat.
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The other day a lady who is very keen on always being up-to- date insisted upon having her appendix removed. After the operation she asked the surgeon what he had found. "Well," he replied, rather puzzled, "it was extraordinary I never found any- thing like it in an appendix before: there were several hard small pens in it." "Oh!" said the lady, "that accounts for our having no sweet peas this year. I'must have sewn the pills."
All the papers have told the story of how the late Duke of Leeds, standing as a very youth- ful candidate for Brixton, was Asked by a man in the audience, "Does your mother know you're out?" and replied, "Yes; and by to-morrow she'll know I'm in." But they do not give the sequel: which is that the retort was ar- ranged beforehand and that the heckler was the family butler. So were elections won, even in the eighties.
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The new dance, announced from Paris, is described as "evok ing the movements of a couple slipping on a banana skin." The
·last--did it not?-represented the struggles of a Mississippi nigger to free his feet from the mud which is so plentiful in that region. We can only say to the dancing masters, in the words of Falstaff, "Thou hast the most
unsavoury similes."
At one of the great public schools at Home a boy was asked to translate a French sentence into English. The sentence, was "Ah oui! Voila L' Anglais avec sangfroid habitual." The youth made a great effort thus "Oh yes! Here comes the Englishman with his usual bloody cold."
The six best doctors anywhere,
And no one can deny it, Are Sunshine, Water, Rest and
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me?"
Exercise and Diet.
Freda (archly)........"Do you love
Fred (with fervour)-"Madly." Freda-Would you, die for me?"
Fred"Erno. Mine's an undying love."
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"Malaria is caused by an·· amoeboid parasite. This par asite belongs to the Protozoa, one of the two chief divisions in Micro-Organiem Classification. The Protozoa are in turn sub- divided into fur classes."-East Africa paper.
No wonder malaria is not cured by cold weather.