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FRIDAY, the 30th March, 1928,
commencing at 11 a.m.,
at the Godown of The Yuen: Mow Hong Firm (in Bankruptcy), Praya, Kennedy Town,
6 Weighing Machines.
9 Pieces T Iron.
About 400 Platforma
AND.
A Quantity of Wooden Material
• and Furniture.
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The history of the banned play "Young Woodley" is not
un-
I occasionally think my fellow critics on the "Times," the "Morn- ing Post," the "Manchester "That the capital of the Company
Guardian," the "Daily News" are cracked about some particular "be increased from its pre- "aent capital of $3,000,000
point, and they in turn are at "Hong Kong Currency)
liberty to (and probably do) think "divided into 800,000 shares E TWENTY-EIGHTH AN-lar points, possibly many points. me cracked about other particu- "of $10 each, to $6,000,000 NUAL GENERAL MEETING But I nevertheless think that five "(Hong Kong Currency) of the above Club will be held in critica of such papers represent "divided into 600,000 shares the Clubhouse on FRIDAY, 80th among them a fair level of gen- "of $10 each and that such March, 1928, at 6 p.m. prompt, "additional shares shall rank
eral intelligence about the thea- "in all respecta pari passu
tre, and that the chances of_all "with the original capital of
five of us being cracked together "the Company."
about the same point are remote. A History.
May. Apply-Hastings, Dennys instructions to sell by Public be held at the same place on
Bowley, No. 8, Des Voeux Road.) Central.
WANTED.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY. A Chinese shroff, must have slight knowledge in English. A security of $300 required. State salary wanted. Apply Box No. 640, c/o “China Mall.”
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE-One 35 h.p. twin cylinder Gas Engine, with gas pro- ducer, complete. One 25 kw. three wire 460/230 V., D.C., gen- erator, with switchboard.complete. One 19 h.p. Gas engine, with gas producer, complete. One 10 kw. 220 V., D.C., generator, with sivitchboard complète. For fur- ther particulars, address: Stout Memorial Hospital, Wuchow, Kwangsi, South China.
FOR SALE-One brass "Huna Ming" pan of the Chinese Has Dynasty with automatic springs. Price $1,000.00 Apply Box No. 487, c/o "China Mail.”
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TESTOVER - STEVENAGE, Within an hour from London, In healthy neighbourhood. SCHOOL for GIRLS and SMALL BOYS. · A few Boarders received in the House of the Principal. Individual care and attention: For Particulars *pply to:
MISS RUTH CULLEY
(Camb, Higher Local). (Camb. Teachers' Diploma). MISS GERTRUDE TURNER
(National Frodel Higher Certificate),
PHOTO-SUPPLIES
Koduks and Cameras, Films, Plates and Papers, etc. Developing, Printing and Enlarging, ZIESS and BUSCH FIELD GLASSES
Price Moderate.
A Trial Order is Solicited.
A. SEK & CO
Tel. No. C. 3459. 26A, Des Vœux Road C.. Hong Kong.
Auction
ON
FRIDAY, the 30th March, 1928, commencing at 2.30 p.m.
at their Sales Room, Duddell Street, A Large Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE.
Comprising:-
Silver Cabinets, Desks, Book Cupboards, Filing Stands, Hat Stand with Mirror, Clothes Hang- era, Chesterfield Armchairs, Car- pets, Rugs, Pictures, Ornaments, etc., etc.
Teak Dining Tables, Dining Chaire, Sideboards with Mirrors, Dinner Waggon, Teak Ice Chest, Dinner Crockery, Glass Ware, Cut- lery, etc., etc..
A CHAPMAN,
Hon. Sec. Hong Kong, 23rd March, 1928.
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that a fur- ither Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., instructive. From the point of MONDAY, the Second day of
LIMITED.
view of the public, the facts are April, 1928, at 12.10 o'clock in
these: The play, being under the the afternoon or so soon there- THE ORDINARY GENERAL Censor's ban, was produced; after as the above Meeting shall' MEETING of the above Com recently by a private society. have terminated for the purpose pany will be held at the Halfway through the week the of considering and, if thought fit, Company's Offices, P. & 0. Build-censor very sensibly withdrew his passing the following Resolutions, ing, on MONDAY, the 2nd of ban, and the play may now go namely:-
forward uninterrupted: Long live) April, 1923, at 11 am.
1. "That the Directors be, and The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Censor!
"they are hereby, authorised to the Company will be CLOSED "capitalise the sum of $1,500,- from the 29th of March to 2nd of "000 profits of the Company April, both days inclusive. "standing to the credit of the DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO., "Company's Reserve Fund and
General Managers. "to allot to the members hold-
Hong Kong, March 21, 1028. "ing shares of the Company as: "on the 1st day of July 1928, "in respect of the net amount "capitalised fully paid shares
Teak and Iron Bedsteads with Mattresses, Teak Wardrobes with and without Mirror,' Dressing Tables, Chest of Drawers, Marble and Tiled Top Washstands, Side; Tables, Shaving Stands, Chamber 2. Stands, etc., etc.
Also
A Quantity of Blackwood Furniture
An'd
One Royal Typewriter. One Typewriter. Seven Enamelled Baths. Two Victor Gramophones. One Gramophone.
Two White Frost Refrigeratora. One "Douglas" 4 H. P. Motor Cycle.
One "Kodak" Camera.. Catalogues will be issued. One View from Thursday, the 29th March, 1928.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 29th March, 1928.
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THE OLD ORIGINAL
CHEFOO STAMPS
UNUSED GENUINE SPECIMENS
$2.00 per set of 6 stamps.
Cash must be sent with order to Boz. No. 610
do “Chua Ma
HOTELS, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Hong Kong).
I submit there are further facts which should not be forgotten, and which.run as follows: The play had been read by the Censor three times in eighteen months before was produced, and each time he had said he could do no- thing about it. It had had, it can be understood, his full considera- tion.
It was produced, with the same "delicate acting" which the Cen- sor now says he admires, and he, being present on the Sunday, stil)} gave no hint of his willingness to TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN do anything about it. His per-
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rany
Critics Unanimous,
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and actresses, to show me that I was mistaken." There have been positions more dignified.
"af the Company of equivalent THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI "nominal value In the propor- "tion of one share for every two "shares of the Company then "held by such persons respec- "tively and that such shares so "allotted shall rank for divi-i "dends as from the lat day of Y MEETING of SHAREHOLD-did not come until Thursday, and "July 1928."
ERS of the Hong Kong and Shang- in the meantime something had "That if, on such distribution hai Hotels, Limited, will be held happened. "as aforesaid, any person would at the Registered Office of the Com- "be entitled to a fraction of a voeux Road Central, Hong Kong), (Exchange Building, Des "share, the Directora shall, inį
Secondly, is this to be taken as on THURSDAY, the 12th day of "lieu of issuing fractional cer April, 1928, at 12 o'clock Noon, for had, with a decision and a unani-play be staged and produced, and a' precedent? Must, in future, a the purpose of receiving a State-mity that is rare in journalism, actors and actresses put in. a "share to be allotted to a per-ment of Accounts and the Report stated that the barring of such month's work on it, and critics "son or persons to be named by of the Board of Directors for the a play was an insult to the public write about it, before the Censor year ended on the 31st December, of London, and that if the Cen- will cere to see harm where none "Directors think fit, be sold and 1927, confirming the appointment or could not see his way to with-exists? Are the actors and the of a Director and re-electing a drawing his ban, it was high manager, with their time and time, and more than high time, their money, and the public, that the Censor's office were abol which may miss a masterpiece, all ished.
"tificates, cause the whole
"the Directors and such share "may, at such time as the
"the proceeds distributed "amongst the persons entitled "to the fractions making up the "share."
Dated the 26th day of March 1928.
By Order of the Board, |GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.
Agents,
THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.
Director and the Auditors.
By Order of the Board.
C. G. COPLEY,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 20th March, 1928,
HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
RAFT PROGRAMMES
ENTRY FORMS
and
In the meantime, the critics
.
to be dependent on one man's whim?
For curiosity, a couple of days after I had written my own criti-
"Incredible Conditions," cism I looked down the criticisms that had appeared in the four taken seriously when he adds, as Thirdly, is the Censor to be papers I mentioned above. I found in one of them "not a ves-ditions as regards the touring of is reported, these incredible con- tige of harm-an exquisitely deli-the play: "The same treatment cate, sincere and beautiful treat- (as in London) shall be given to ment of the theme The any provincial touring produc DRAF
banning has an irony that would tion, and the play may go on the for the be delicious if it were not pathe-road only if it is well cast and THIRD EXTRA RACE MEET- tic." In another "beautiful and with sincere artists"? TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ING to be held on SATURDAY, true-having sentiment which
SEVENTEENTH 7th April and on MONDAY, 9th does the word honour, and a masterpiece.
Comedy has achieved its ORDINARY ANNUAL GENERAL April, 1928 (weather permit freshness like a spring wind. A Censor adding to his responsibili- The vision of the MEETING of Shareholders of the ting) may be obtained at the Race work so delicate and clear that it ties and deciding, in an interview, Company will be held at the Head Course, Hong Kong Club, and is hard to believe that it has been which of England's leading ladies Office, No. 6, Des Voeux Road, Causeway Bay Stables. Contral, Hong Kong, on WEDNES-
refused the Censor's licence.” Entries will CLOSE at 4 p.m.
is a "sincere artist" and pronoune- |DAY, the 4th April, 1928, at 2,30
THURSDAY, оп
20th
Another heads. its column ing a judgment in the mat- March, "End the Censor," and continues, ter, pm. for the purpose of receiving 1928.
Where is the the Report of the Directors to-
"by the banning of this play the pencil, Low? gether with a Statement of Ae-
Censor has proved that his office counts for the year ending $1st ¡December, 1927.
IN that
the
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 20th March, 1928, to the 4th i April, 1928 (both days inclusive),
Hong Kong, March 24, 1928,
MACAO RACE CLUB.
RAFT PROGRAMMES
during which period na transfer DENTRY
of shares can be registered.
By Order of the Board,
LOOK POONG-SHAN,
Chief Manager,
is an insult to the public"; speake There is too much of this joy of the "retitence, the delicacy and riding, as it is called."-Mr. Bing- sensitiveness that lift the play ley, the West London Police Court into the realms of great art," and magistrate.
concludes with a further appeal,
if not for the removal of the ban, then for the removal of the Cen- Bor.
and FORMS of the SEVENTH EXTRA RACE MEET- ING to be held on SUNDAY, 15th "grotesque injustice of perseout The fourth speaks of the April, 1928 (WEATHER PERMIT ing such a play," and of the in- TING) can be obtained upon ap tolerable position of our theatres Hong Kong, 19th March, 1928. plication to The International Race under a censorship from which
and Recreation Club of Macae, there is no appeal. Ltd., Hong Kong Jockey, Club,! Causeway Bay Stables, and Roxor Advertising Col 3rd Floor, Ex- change Building, Hong Kong.
Entries will close on TUESDAY, 3rd April, 1928, at 1 p.m.
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Sincerity of the Play."
I may say in passing that the popular conception of the critica "foregathering in the foyer" to launch these opinions concertedly is a myth. For one thing, the foyer is too crowded. For an- other, many critics. stay in their 'seats. Again, certainly more than one or two critics make it a definite rule never to discuss a play before they have written about it. How independent criti-
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the flatly contradictory notices that on certain occasions have been known to appear.
I return to my argument about" the Censor, Four days after he had seen the play, and two days after the storm had broken, the Censor, moved by the sincerity
MR. LI HON FUN begs to stato that he has been a teacher of Chinces to European Officers and Ladies Free and Two Non-members of the play and the delicate way Merchants in Hong Kong, for more at $5.00 Each. than twenty years, that he has had
the theme had been treated," to considerable experience in training Pierce Grove, Alexandra Buildings Dean says were spoken to him, Tickets obtainable from Dr. F. quote the words which Mr. Basil studenter for examinations, in Chinese, and holds first-class certificates.
SPECIAL TRAINS leave Kow-quietly removed his ban. Persons wishing to study the loon 2.00 p.m. Return from Fan- Chinese language are requested to ing 6.00 p.m. Return Faro Jat communicate with him at Nor, 104, Class $1.50, 2nd Class 90 cents. Pedya. East, first floor,
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