--FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1928
ELECTRIC CO.
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'been the custom for many years
with other supply authorities in: the East. Few if any public ser- vices here are rendered on credit and I see no reason why electricity should be an exception.
ers.
“7TH HEAVEN.”
SPECIAL SHOWING OF BIG FILM.
COMING ON SUNDAY.
THE CHINA-MAIL,
"ROBOT MAILWAY.”
ASK A DETECTIVE!
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DRIVERLESS TRAINS AS LETTER CARRIERS.
MANY KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE: NERDED.
THE CLD. MAN,
UNDER LONDON.
Shadows Before
May Institute, 5.80. p.m.
SOME RECORDS WE RECOMMEND
Columbia RECORDS
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D. Brazell, Baritone
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MY LAGAN LOVE ... BREATHE NOT HIS NAME MACUSHLA ...
W. F. Wait. Tenor
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THE BLACKBIRD WATCHING THE WHEAT
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JANNIE LAURÍE
March 22-Musicale at Helena
"You Never Know Women."
ainren 22-24World Theatre;
March 22-24 Star Theatre;
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COMING. EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE "MAIL.”
To-day-Queen's Theatre; "My Coming to the Queen's on Sun-
London, Feb. 9.
Best Girl." It is easy to disparage the de-To-day-World Theatre; "The day, "7th Heaven," the film version
London's latest marvel, the tective. He may be, sometimes, Understanding Heart." of the play by Austin. Strong, is a "Robot Mailway," which carries deficient in Latin or Greek, but he To-day-Star In the accounts consumers' de- triumph for Janet Gaynor and mails in miniature, driverless really does know a lot. He has to. Say
Theatre; The posite stand at $306,316 and of Charles Farrell, the two leading trains across the heart of the Many men who pass as well- the amount shown under the players. There are some excellent metropolis at thirty-five miles a educated
March 18-24-Queen's Theatre; and
well-informed Seventh Heaven." heading of sundry debtors scenes of the underworld of Paris hour through a tube eighty feet would fail ignominiously if faced
March 18-19-World Theatre; $386,000 was due to the company and later of the rush of French below street level, was opened for with the tests that are systema-The Tumbling River." for electricity supplied to consum-troops in taxis when the Germans practical traffic for the first time tically applied to every detective,
March 18-19 Star Theatre; "The were within forty milce of yesterday.
says George Dilnet in the Lon-Small Bachelor." The total of the consumers' de- the French capital. A ΜΠΟΥ This “mailway". connects Pad-don "Evening News,” posits is therefore less than the ing story of the life of
March 20-21-World Theatre; "A adington railway station with the
The C.I.D. man is hand-picked Society Scandal." amount due the company and as young girl in sordid surround-Whitechapel district post office, from twenty thousand men for interest is paid on all deposits of lings and a young scavenger worker and there are six intermediate certain natural qualities, and is Midnight Girl."
March 20-21-Star Theatre; "The $50 or more we think that our with ideals runs throughout the stations--at the Western Parcel put through a fine sieve before he constituents can have no cause play and, although much must have and District Offices, Mount Plea- becomes even a minor detective. for complaint..
been lost in the adaptation of the sant, the Parcels G.P.O., King There is a very practical school Extension of Plant. story from the stage to the screen, Edward Building, and Liverpool which young officers, not only In 1924 my predecessor made the acting of the two lending play-atreet Station.
from. London and the provinces, reference in his speech to a pro-ers and of the supporting cast is It is hoped to extend the serut from the Dominions, are "Hold That Lion," posest extension of the North such that the film must be number-vice with ten years to Kings taught the technics, side of the Point generating plant to 28,000 ed amongst the best that Fox Cross, Euston, Waterloo, Victoria, profession. They have to grad- → Sports
London Bridge, and Westminster. detectives who cannot be bluffed, of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, uate, before a board of veteran March 17-Extra race meeting put this work in hand during There was a special showing of Each train is controlled by an 1925 but owing to industrial trou- the film this morning at the Queen's operator in a switch-cabin, who and then they have to undergo a Race Course, Happy Valley, bles that year the expected Theatre and the audience was im- can see on a lighted indicator Civil Service examination to test March 19-Interport Billiards growth in the demand for electri-pressed with the realism with board its exact position.
their The
academic qualifications.Match at Club Lusitano, p.m. eity failed to mature and we de-which the drama is unfolded. The train is brought to
At every stage of promotion a March 20 Exhibition Billiards ferred action until the end of film la long-insting two and a switching off the current. This stiffer educational examination is Match, Club Lusitano, 9.15 p.m.
a stop by 1926. This postponement of part quarter hours and the action can be worked so delicately that
set. of the scheme for expansion has drags a little at the opening, but the train can be pulled up at pre stumbling blocks to the aspirant
March 20 Interport Billiards These examinations used to be Match, Club Lusitano, 6 p.m. enabled us to spread the expendli-is certainly a film which should be cisely the required position on not so many years ago but now (Ladles Section) bogey competi March 20-R, H. K. Golf Club ture over a longer period and at seen.
each platform. the moment we hope to be able to
The G.P.O. claim that a daily very few fail. Most of the mention, New Course, Fanling. carry out our programme with
load of 23,000 mailbags can be tions, and there are several who Match, Club Lusitane, 6 p.m. and have received fairly good educa- March 21-Interport Billiards out calling upon shareholders for
(carried across London by the new have been at public schools. new capital in the immediate
line. future.
kilowatts. Steps were taken to Films have produced.
MY BEST GIRL.”
MARY PICKFORD AT THE
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
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The expenditure on capital ac-; count amounted to $1,116,464 which covers part of the cost of a new generating station building and machinery at North Point, the building and equipment of
Mary Pickford makes a return to sul-stations at Wong-nei-chung the screen after a long absence in and Causeway Bay and the laying the film which is now being shown of 18 miles of high tension and at the Queen's Theatre. This is "My Best Girl." and we see the
Branch Offices.
town as occasion arises,
Our generating machinery and distributing plant has been main- tained in guod order during the year and we have been free from any industrial troubles.
Tribute to Staff.
the proposal, said:-
Mr. chairman and gentlemen,-
son to be satisfied with the report
Ernest Croxall, a bricklayer, of Newhall, Burton-on-Trent, was kill- ed at Bretby Colliery through being caught in a flywheel in the engine.-
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WITHOUT AMBITION.
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STRANGE WIVES WE MEET.
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Contrasts.
Politics and Printing,
9 p.m.
March 22-Interport Billiards Match, Club Lusitano, 6 p.m.
March 23-Interport, Billiards
Quite apart from temperament and quickness of mind and body the detective of to-day has to have Match, Club, Lusitano, 6 p.m. many qualifications. Here is a March rough list of subjects with which he must be acquainted in greater or lesser degree. On none of them may he be absolutely ignorant. On some he must be a specialist:
Languages. Plan-drawing.. Banking Practice. politics. Book-keeping.
Psychology. Fingerprints. Tools.
Disguise. Chemistry.
24-Annual University Athletic sports, 4 p.m.
March 31-Fanling Hunt Steeple chase (Easter Meeting).
Lammerts' Auctions.
March 17-At Sales Room, Dud- dell-st., one Studebaker Motor car (5-scator) and one Cadillac Motor cer. (7-seater), noon:
March 17-At Sales Room, Dud- dell-st., miscellaneous goods and sundries, 11 a.m.
March 19-At Yuen Mow Hong Godewn, Praya, Kennedy Town, miscellaneous goods, 11a.m.
Meetings.
March 30-Annual dinner of the
low tension cables in various parts world's sweetheart."
"He might have risen veryLaw. of the Island.
(a title of much higher socially, if it had Photography. The purchase of new machinery which Miss Pickford must be not been that his wife refused to International accounts for the increase under heartily sick) in the role of a stock- keep step with him," is a common the heading of Bills Payable.
room girl in a "ve, and ten" de- comment on some self-made man Jewels. partment store. Here she falls in who has been the architect of his Printing. A new item appears in the love with the son of the millionaire own fortunes, and from a humble Handwriting. accounts this year under the proprietor (a part ably taken by beginning, has attained an hon-Precious metals Firearms. heading of branch oflice equip. Charlie Rogers) and after a num- oured place in his own community Boxing. nient.
We have opened brancher of vicissitudes, marries him. or in the world at large.
Footprinta Almost invariably it is the wife Anatomy. offices for the collection of ac-That is the story in a nutshell. It counts, etc.. in Shaukivan and is pleasantly screened, capably act- who is blamed for not rising to identification.
Police Wanchai. We believe this is a
ed and intelligently directed, the heights with him, but she is
regulations. March 20 Yearly meeting of the Although the reason why a de- Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co.. convenience to our constituents picture all screen-lovers will enjoy. not always the culprit.
tective must have knowledge of Ltd., 2, Queen's Bldgs., noon, and propose to extend the ar- Mary Pickford appears to have. If a young couple marry within some of these things will be ap- rangement to other parts of the lost none of her wonderful charm their own class and remain there-parent at a glance, the need for members of the Victoria Recreation March 20-Annual meeting of and gives a sterling performance.
in, the risks of drifting apart are others is not so obvious. A man Club at V.R.C., & p.m. considerably lessened. The trou- called upon, to investigate a case ble often begins when a man in of embezzlement would be lost meeting. of Green Island Cement March 21-Thirty-ninth annual middle-age finds himself in a unless he knew something of Co., Ltd., at St. George's Bldg. much more influential position book-keeping. and an entirely different social ance with printing is essential
Some acquaint-Chater Rd., noon. circle than when he married. when dealing with the forgery meeting of Shareholders of the H.K. March 26-Fifty-ninth general I take this opportunity of plac-room.
notes. If a detective did not Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., at Messrs. ing on record the directors' appre
He may have succeeded far know a great deal about tools Jardine, Matheson's offices, noon. ciation of the services rendered
above his most sanguine expecta- many more burglars would escape. by the staff and workmen during
tions, and, associating with men
April 14-General meeting of Very Tactful, Tho. the year,
of superior advantages and attain-
members of The Prince's Bldg, & one of the few instances in which ments, have acquired power, dig-ternational politics, I shall point 6, Des Voeux-road Ct), neon. Nothing further I think calls the industrial troubles of 1925 nity and culture. His wife on out that the Special Branch have
If you ask me why I include in-Land & Co., Ltd. (in liquidation), for comment and I now beg to have been of advantage to any the other hand, may be handi- a great deal to do with political propose that the report and state-section of the community.
Miscellaneous. ment of accounts for the year
capped from the start of an in-crime. ended Dec. 31, 1927, be adopted. (gratulate the directors, the com-sure of domestic tasks, and the Not long ago it was seriously sug In conclusion I desire to con- different education, by the pres-
To-day--Address by Miss Bes- When this has been seconded Ipany's agents and the staff on the bringing up of a family.
Then take precious, metals, wick to Victoria Diocesan Asscn., St. John's Cathedral Hall, 5.30 p.m. shall be pleased to answer to the very satisfactory figures placed has been shut up in a little world robberies was organised by coin-Brigade Inspection, 5.15 p.m. best of my ability any questions before us and I have much plea-of her own, with few, if any, opers. Now that might have led to
She gested that an epidemic of silver To-day-St. John Ambulance you may desire to ask.
sure in seconding the adoption of portunities for self-improvement. a false scent had not every C.I.D. of the opening of the first section March 18 Inaugural ceremony. Soconder's Speech. the report and statement of Mr. G. C. Moxon, in seconding accounts, (Applause.)
While her husband has been man known that to manufacture of the Macao-Shekki-road. progressing, in every sense of the bogus coin from any large pro and Members of FI.K. Chinese Other Business.
March 21-Dinner by Committee word, she, as far as the things of portion of silver would necessitate No question was put and the the mind are concerned, has been very unwieldy and costly equip I think, every shareholder has rea- proposal was carried unanimously standing stock still, and one day ment. Real silver coins cannot be D. G. M. Bernard, at Chinese Mer- Chamber of Commerce, to Hon. Mr. and accounts for 1927 and also the company comprised:-
Other business transacted by when her husband's successes moulded; they must be stamped. chants Club, China-bldg. with the proposed · appropriation|
crowned, it. may be The modern detective must also with .of the profits,
Confirmation of appointment of
title, she awakens have a very considerable know. Institution of Engineers and Ship- One of the changes in Hong Mr. C. G. S. Mackie, the Hon. Sir mentally his inferior. Then, to and he must be able to pass in
to the fact that she Kong most noticeable to me is the Shou-son Chow and Mr. T spite of her love for him, she may any society. On one day he may
is ledge of the world and great tact, builders, 8 p.m. increased use of electricity for Pearce as directors, and re-elec serve as a drag when he aspires be interviewing a duke, and on lighting. As far as our company tion of Sir Robert Ho Tung and to further honours. is concerned the output of electri- Mr. T. G. Weall, the retiring dir-
the next a greengrocer.
Not SURGERY TRIUMPH. city in 1927 was more than 2% ectors-proposed by Mr. J. H.
only must he be able to wear a times greater than in 1920. The Taggart, seconded by Mr. L. C. F.
If she is tactful and possesses morning coat or a spotted muffler company has since 1920 scrapped Bellamy,
n sympathetic, kind nature, she with equal ease, but he must be the whole of its old and obsolete) Re-election of Messrs. Linstead which threatens to yawn between part. This only bears indirectly may manage to bridge the gulf able to suit his demeanour to his. plant and has installed a new and and Davis as auditors for 1928 at them. Her attractive personality on the matter of disguise, for up-to-date system at a cost of a remuneration of $1,500 over 8 millions. With a sub-posed by Mr. Leung Yan-po, and silence criticism, and her facial disguise. All they attempt pro may serve to conquer prejudice Scotland Yard men rarely use.ony
New York, Feb. 8.- scribed capital of $3,000,000 this seconded by Mr. C. G. Alabaster.
"Siamese" twins born to Mrs. has only been possible because we
sense of honour carry her through is the difference between a mani Frank Keller, of Little Farm have carried out the greater part
Extraordinary Meeting.. trying circumstances enabling her cured man about town and an Cottage, near Marseilles, Illinois, of these works by investing our meeting. The notice convening deficiencies.
The following extraordinary to disguise her ignorance or her unshaven navvy in other words; were subjected to a severing oper reserves in the business,
was read by the manager. The L, however, she is lacking in their surroundings.
they try to take on the colour of ation which permitted one of Price Compares Favourably. chairman then said:
them to live.. The proposed issue of bonus
any of these cardinal virtues and Gentlemen. This meeting has inclined to rush in where angels
One of the children was 'appar- The Specialists. shares will give shareholders a been called for the purpose of obfear to tread," then
ently normal, but the other, show- reasonable return upon the un-taining your sanction to the in-her!!.
woe betide. There are, indeed, few classes ed no signs of life except for divided profits of latter years and crease in the capital of the com- Such a woman must often wish proach the standard of broad of the normal child. The babies of men as a whole who can ap blood circulation from the heart is an arrangement which they pany which is necessary before we she and her husband had remain-education which you will find in were hurried to hospital, where wall, I am convinced, consider can issue the bonus shares of ed in obscurity, and to think that the Criminal Investigation De- the operation was performed. eminently satisfactory.
which I have just spoken... If she had known to what heights partment. If I wanted a point After eight hours administering We are interested in your re- therefore propose (as an extra- he was destined to reach, she cleared upon any matter-on oxygen the surviving child re marks on the réduction of charges ordinary resolution) since 1914.
would have been wiser to have literature, on art, on theology, on covered, and is now reported to My own experience. That the capital of the com-accepted that young butcher, or medicine, on anything you please be completely normal. enables me to confirm the state- may be increased from its present the dashing "commercial," who I should feel inclined to ask ment that the price of electricity capital of $3,000,000 (Hong Kong were suitors in her early girlhood. the first man I met coming from in Hong Kong compares favour-currency) divided into 200,000 Ably with that in England. This shares of $10 each, to $6,000,000 Now and then one hears such answer me, one of his colleagues
Point of View.
Scotland Yard. If he could not result is all the more extraordin- (Hong Kong currency) divided remarks as: "Whatever possess tary when one considers the enor into 600,000 shares of $10 each ed him to marry her?" or "we
would. mous cost of land in Hong-Kong and that such additional shares like Mr. so and so, and would all those supplies required by an passu with the original capital of but you know, my dear that wife then you. I get $5 a day and you and the generally higher cost of shall rank in all respects pari-loften invite him to the house, The Optimist. "I'm better off undertaking of this nature." the company.
of his is quite impossible. Congratulations.
The Hon. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard On the other hand, it is only only get three da We are pleased to note that the seconded and the resolution was fair to admit that frequently aYes, but when I get laid off extension of the North Point carried, plant is now proceeding.
wife gets the credit for making only lose $8 and you lost five." The The chairman then announced a man of her husband The criti fact that the postponement of that the confirmatory meeting cista is "How immensely John fhis work in 1925 has enabled you (for the increase of capital) will Danh has improved since his wed toforecast the possibility of be held at 12.30 p.m. on Monday, ding. He is quite presentable and carrying out this scheme without April 2, in the company's office polite now, and he was such in asking shareholders for more capi-Dividend warrants can now be rough-diamon
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Desirable Qualities.
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Canddie Thank you, air Scots GolferGo straight home.
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Prep. Gun 2.40 p.m. Start 2.45 SATURDAY, 17th March, 1928.
By Order,
JR. STANTON
Hong Kong, 16th March, 1928
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