TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1928.
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THE DUKES SCOTS WIFE
. BLUE BONNET RULE
The Duke and Duchess of - York
AN OLD SOLDIER
AMERICAN VETERAN OF MANY WARS
THE CHINA MAIL,
I first entered the army the name, SHADOWS BEFORE. of King of the Fifth cavalry was famous."
And General Harbord promptly Issued an order directing that no change should ever be made In the status of General King without the personal order of the Chief of Staff of the Army
The debt Wisconsin owes to General King cannot be estimated.
COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED SO IN THE "MAIL:CROSY
To-day Queen's Theatre: Spring Fever
To-day World Theatre; "What Price Glory
Today Star Theatre; "Fast and Furious.”
Meetings,
"SPRING FEVER””
GEN. CHARLES A KING
Directed by Edward Sedgwick
Camp Douglas, Wisconsin. The who also directed "Brown of were presented with the Freedom most remarkable soldier in America Harvard," with the same popu- of Stirling, and for the first time la again at Camp Douglas, this year, lar star. William Haines, in the in the history of the Royal Borough writes Captain C. C. Manly for the leading role, "Spring Fever" & the burgess list contains a woman's "Free Press," and with his 85th He literally built the National -fa, Lammerts" Auctions". new comedy of golf and girls is name. Provost Barker said: "It birthday only two months away his Guard which became the 32nd divi- October. 3 At 4 King's Terrace, being screened at the Queen's is not because of lang pedigree, interest in the progress of the insion in the Great War. Though he Nathau-rd Kowloon, 1 valuable Theatre to-day and tomorrow. but perhaps more than anything stitution has helped to maintain will be 85 on October 12, here he furniture, 11 a.m. With some intimate details of thesise of her-ain dear gel that we are for more than half a contury the fa in camp again, vitally interested famous game and a number of sae prood of her."
Wisconsin National Guard re-in matters of training, of dis- To-day--Sanitary Board meeting, trick shots cleverly devised by the director, the story concerns With the Provost in the Albert mains undiminished,
cipline, of organisation; the stories 4.15 p.m. W This soldier is Brigadier-General | told about him in the company October 8-Meeting of Church and the amusing and spicy adven- Hall was Viscount Younger, the tures of a young man who be Lord Lieutenant of the country. Charles A. King, veteran of the streets are as numerous and inter- Congregation in the Lecture Hall, comes a golf celebrity after hav- The burgess tickets were in sliver Iron Brigade of the American Civil esting and the recruit to-day looks Kennedy-roud, 5-6/p.m. ing been forced, through a laugh-and oak caskets and the Duke and War, whose appointment as a cadet, at him with awo just as other able situation, to assume the iden-Duchess took the oath with up-at West Point, the Military youths, now grey-haired, looked at tity of a millionaire. A charm-raised right hand. After the Academy, was made personally him many years ago. ing romance runs throughout the ceremony, the Duke and Duchess and signed by President Lin- The memory of the General is picture and is in the capable were admitted members of the
The story of General astonishing the younger genora- King's hands of beautiful Joan Craw-Ancient Guildry, "
military career, and fion. He can tell the roll of the West he is equally famous as an Point class of 1866-call every name ford. George K Arthur, the The Duke, acknowledging the author, is the story of the military of those men who have been dead comical hero of "Rookies," has an compliments, said that it was parti-history of the United States for so long. He can i recounting equally important part to play as cularly gratifying to be a Freeman nearly seventy years. His memory some incident of the Indian cam a woeful rejected suitor. George of a town which for centuries had goes even further back. As a boy paigns, give every detall, the post- Fawcett, Edward Earle and many been closely connected with the he took walks with General Win- tion of a cross-road the name of a ❤thers complete an excellent sup fortunes of his family, for Stirling field Scott, of Mexican war fame, lleutenant, of a sergeant and relate porting cast.
had won a unique position in Scotwhen that warrior visited General a thousand and one things that land. They were also proud to be King's grandfather, then President make. conversation with him more enrolled as Freemen of the Mor- of Columbia University, New York illuminating than any written his "What Price Glory," the world-chant Gulid, but he admitted some City.
qualms of nervousness over certain famous picture, returns for a sea of the rules. It
The General, now on the retired was laid downlist, but still active as professor of son of five days commencing to that no Guild Brother should come military science and tactics at St.. day at the World Theatre.. "What Price Glory" is a wonderful pic-to the kirk with blue or black John's Miliary Academy and as an tore. The central characters in bonnet, nor wear the same within Inspector-General of the Wisconsin
or without the towns. That
WHAT PRICE GLORY"
the story are a captain and a ser might be hard for a Guild sister, geant of marines and a beautiful French peasant girl, superbly but the Duchess and he would played respectively by Victor promise to keep the McLaglen, Edmund Lowe and ordinance)
refrain
other:
which bada them Dolores Del Rio. The picture. be-
from drinking at the gins in North China and the preaching on the Sabbath after- Philippines and then moves to noon.
Another Duke of York re-
France during the war. The ceived the same privilege 247 yenra battle scenes have been filmed on ago. His subsequent career was' a magnificent scale, and the pic-not altogther a happy one, but then ture is altogether one of the he had no Scottish wife to help greatest that the cinema industry him. (Laughter and cheers.) has produced. "What Price Opening of Infimary" Glory" will be screened until The Duke and Duchess spent two Saturday, and cinema goers hours in Stirling Castle, and dur should note that, owing to the ing luncheon as the guests of the unusual length of the film, special Earl of Mar and Kellie, pipers starting times have been arrang marched round the banqueting ed. The picture will begin hall. promptly each day at 2.30, 5 sharp, 7.15 and 9.30.
Later, tens of thousands of
people welcomed the Royal visitors when they attended the opening of the new infirmary. The buildings occupy a magnificent site on the south of Stirling, and the acene during the ceremony was beautiful. Kilted strikingly Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders drawn up alongside ex- were Service men, while there
of nurses, Girl parallel lines Guides, Boy Scouts, and members of the Boys' Brigade.
wore
Replying to an address of wel
"FAST AND FURIOUS” The ever popular star Reginald Denny arrives to-day at the Star Theatre in a quick moving, hilari ous story of the motor race track, "Fast and Furious," Denny is seen as a speed-shy young man who is forced to enter into a motor racing event in order to win the hand of a beautiful girl Bomance, laughs and thrills galore will be found in this bright pic- come by the president of the in
who presented him ture which has a charming hero- firmary,
gold key, the Duke ine in pretty Barbara Worth. with "a
directors Written by Denny himself, the congratulated the story is a continuous series of providing such R magnificent Laughable incidents from start to institution free of debt. In finish. Claude Gillingwater, Lee, the children's ward the Duchess Moran and others of note com- dedicated a Princess Elizabeth cot, plete an excellent supporting cast, endowed by the Elizabeths and "Fast and Furious" will be shown again to-morrow.
C. S. PARENT CHURCH
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Sir Henry Japp has been ap-
pointed Press Committee of "The
on
coln.
·Princess Ingrid, only daughter of "Orown' Printe, Gustavan Adolphus,. of Swedon, who will wed. Priuce. Berthold Frederic, of Baden. Photo graph shows the Princess: In the costume in which sho' made: her: court debut this year. Her mother was the Isto Margaret of Connaught
Marys, of the Stirling area. Beneath the brass plate.com- memorating the event hung a large framed portrait of the baby Princess, decorated with white National Goard, was in 1881, at the heather. The Duchess accepted age of 17, a mounted orderly in the as a souvenir of her visit a sult regiment of the Iron Brigade com- Christian Science Parent Church ably Inscribed silver quaich and manded by his father, Rufus King, for the Eastern Hemisphere," spoon for Princess Elizabeth, as The next year President Lincoln Mr. John F. Fellowes, who has
appointed him to West Point and served with distinction as Press
he was commissioned a second Committee for several years, has
Neutenant in 1866. 19 been made a member of the Board of Directors in London,
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He commanded a gatling gun platoon at New Orleans following the war and was instructor, in tac- ties at West Point. He was with the Fifth Cavalry in 1871, when Gen- feral Custer was massacred, and he was, in the expedition with Buffalo Bill as scout, which dispersed the Indians and finally ended the In dian Wars.
In 1892, because of old wounds, he retired and proceeded to write many novels, among them"Cadet Days," "The Colonel's - Daughter," "Marion's Faith," and "The Gen- eral's Double The books bad a wide sale throughout the United States.
In the Spanish War he was made a brigadier-general, but in the In- Mr. Charles Edward Wylam,
Her will, dated Nov 18, 1926, terim of novel writing he was for Bournemouth, formerly of West was the subject of the action, four years adjutant-general of Wis ward Hot who died in May, left Ranson v. Pilkington, Sudall, and consin, and he served with the estate of the value of £286,847, others, in which Mr. Justice Hill Division of General Thomas Ander with not personalty £277,894 in July last pronounced for its force son. He was recommended for After bequests he left the ultimate and validity, ma a
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DASHING ALONG
CHINESE FINED FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING
AT LAICHIKOK PASS.
October 12-Annual meeting of the Hong Kong & Canton Ics Manu- factoring Co., Ltd., 11.30 a.my-
October 22-Annual meeting of the Ladies (Golf) Section at Helena May Institute, 1 a.m..
** Sports To-day-Hockey: Club y. K.O.S.B. U.S.R.C. ground, 5.15 p.m. * *7)* October 6-American tournament, Ladies Recreation Club Peak-road, at 2.30 p.m.
Occher 6 & 8-Sixth Extra Race meeting of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Happy Valley, 2.30 p.m.
Miscellaneous.
October 2-Ladies whist drive at at Union Church, Kowloon,
October 4,-6, 6-Grand Tattoo, Sookumpoo, 8.30 p.m. nightly.
PASSENGER LIST.
DEPARTURES.
Mr. A. Greenway, of the Kowloon Godown. Co, was complainant before! Ber 88. "Siberia Maru for“ San Mr. W. Schofield, at the Kowloon Francisco via Keelung, Shanghai and Magistracy, yesterday afternoon, Japan:-Mr. and Mrs. D. Yamane, In a case in which Mr. Wong Kam-Miss N. Yamano, Master Y. pul was summoned for dangerously Yamane, Father Vicente, Mr. K. driving his motor car at the Laf- Ashikari, Mr. Thomas Charles" chilcok Pass cutting just beyond Hards, Mrs. K. M. Elear, Mr. Jose Lalchikok Prison.
,,, | da Süva, Mrs. Lidia do Silva, Mr. and Evidence showed that after pass Mrs. K. Yamantsky, Mr. C. J. Kell- ing Captala Thomas' car, Wong got ner, Mr. D. Miyazaki, Miss Louis abreast of Mr. Greenway's car, Frochard, Mr. M. Yamanaka, Mra. which was leading. Wong would M. L. Greer, Dr. ond Mrs. A. E. Gar have passed but for the appearance land, Rev, and Mrs. N. F. Silsbee, of another car travelling in the Mr. E. E. Garland, Mr. Les Fooy, opposite direction. This forced Mrs. C. D: Warfield, Miss S. him to drop back behind Mr. Green-Richert.
way's car, cutting in front of Captain Thomas' car to do so. The latter had to pull up hard to avoid a. collision,
Sir Herbert Walker, general
After the car had passed, Wong maunger of the Southern Rallway, got ahead of Mr. Greenway's car is making steady progress towards whilst rounding a bund on the road. recovery from his recent Illness."
The Magistrate 'imposed a fine of $25, and remarked, that the Lai- chikok culting spot was the last place in the Colony for one car to pass another, ste
A
Lelcestershire and South Derby- shire miners have, repaid £4,545 of
The ·Elba・・ Tinplate Works, Swana, haye secured an order for 250,000 boxes of tiaplates from the Aafatic Petroleum Company."
Eight new cases of small-pox were
cases in six days, and 21 since July
£28,000 relief on loan granted by noticed in Northampton making. 14. the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Guardians during the coal dispute.
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