WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1928.
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JOURNALISTS AND THE
AMALGAMATIONS
BETTER CONDITIONS
"We may think what, we like
EARTHQUAKES
SIR VALENTINE CHIROL'S UNIQUE EXPERIENCES
THE CHINA MAIL,
DRAMATIC STORY
CLARA BOW
SHADOWS BEFORE
CHILDREN COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED
AT THE QUEEN'S
IN THE "MAIL"
to me. Then, I noticed for the Arst time the state I was in. My clothes were torn, and there was blood running down my face, though it turned out to be only a slight scalp wound. My hands
To-day Queen's Theatre; "Chit- TWO NIGHTMARES
also were badly scraped and
dren of Divorce bleeding-probably from my falls.
An arreating story, dramatic To-day-Star Theatre; "A Kiss In (By Sir Valentine Chirol)
The strange thing was that by the about these newspaper amalgama- Of all the fierce manifestations time I reached the camp it was in theme, en remarkably true to the Dark" 2.30 to 8:30 pm tions," said Mr. R. D. Blumenfelds of nature none is more terrifying nearly midnight, and yet I had life, is being screened at the To-day-World Theatre; "Barde-
Queen's Theatre for final per lys the Magnificent?! - PO president of the Institute of Jour-than a violent earthquake. My landed from my ship about aine formances to-day, featuring Clara To-day-Star Theatre. "The nalists, in his presidential address first and worst experience was in o'clock, and it ought not to have at the annual conference in Dublin, 1881, in the beautiful Island of taken me more than three-quarters Bow and Esther Ralston in the Wilbur Black Birds," in "A Minstrel "but it is generally correct to say Chios-or Selo, off the coast of of an hour, to get across the town, leading roles. The story tells of Revue," 9.30 p.m.
as I thought, two young orphan girls, the child-To-day "Double Ten" concert in that expansion of business has Asia Minor. I was not there when The fow minutes, usually followed, with the inevit the first great shock brought down during which I stood still, paralyz-ren of divorced parents, and how the Great Hall of the University, able increnao, rather than ade the greater part of the chief city ed with fear, between the second they grew up together. Then as 8.30 p.m. crease, in employment. So far as and many thriving villages all over and third shocks, must therefore matured woman, the theme cen- Oct. 11 to 13 Queen's Theatre;
around Kitty Flanders "London."AS LAN salaries are concerned, too, I think the island, burying some 6,000 have been in reality nearly, two ters there has been a slight improve people under the ruins and render-hours entirely blotted out of my (Clara Bow) who in search for. Oct 11 to 13-Star Theatre;
This I confirmed happiness which she foolishly be "Loves Greatest Mistake," ment, which grows in relation to the ing homeless nearly, half the total conscious. life." Importance of the positions that population of 60,000 souls. But I afterwards by the records faken leves is obtainable by money
arrived a couple of days later on a ton board, where every shock tug- rejects her true love and married October 15-At PW. D. Offices, åre occupied."
The question, he declared, agitated warship dispatched from Smyrnaged at the anchor-line and was a rich man. Complications set Crown lands at Mongkok Tsui, Kow-
in, unravelled only in dramatic toon, pamorrahala for the sufferers, carefully registered the minds of many Journalists, and with first aid
fashion, and revealing a whole
Lammerts" "Auction The Dentist be had read resolutious put for Earth tremors continued to occur
some story with a lesson in it. October 12. At Sales Room, Dud- ward by gatherings of journalists every day, but the city had been
Nowhere in the world does a
Gary Cooper a rising star, dell Street, valuable collection of register deploring the now movement 10-quickly evacuated, and the whole
Norman Trevor, Einar Hanson wards multiple ownership of news-hopulation was living outside it in seismological observatory papors on the ground that it had the open. The chief work was to so many shocks as at Tokyo, leads the male re, supported by stamps, 6 p the tendency to increase unemploy-provide for the wounded, to look where the recording needle scarce and others well known. The
to distribute ly ever remains stable for a whole public of the, advantage of having stores and clothing to those who day Japan lies, as her people piece is directed by Frank Lloyd, the Hong Kong & Canton Ice Manu
Land Sales
Meetings October 12-Annual meeting of
facturing Co., Ltd., 11.80 a.m
October 12-Annual general meeting of the Hong Kong Cricket Club, at the Pavilion, 5.80 p.m.
Octor 16-Annual meeting of
Matheson's board roout, 5.30 p.m.
October 22-Annual meeting of the Ladies (Golf) Section at Helena May Institute, 1 x.m.;
the part of multiple owners will live from the mass of ruins. One of four visits I grew fairly, fami- THRILLING ROMANCE] Fanling Hunt, Messrs. Jardine,
JOHN GILBERT IN A BIG PICTURE
Sports October, 11-Billiards match: Chinese European Y.M.C.A. v. Y.31.C.A., 9`p.tn.
October
13-Andaal Áthletic
loon Cricket ground, starting 2.30 sports of the H.K.V.D.C. on Kow- pm.
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ment, and also that it deprived the after the children,
I was there long before missed. its opinions given to it from in-had lost everything, to collect as day, over one of the cracks of the and is one wc advised not to be dependent individual sources. far as possible the corpses and earth.
"So far as megaphoned, opinion give them proper burial, and to the appalling earthquakes which from London headquarters la con- discover whether by chance there devastated Tokyo and Yokohama cerned, I feel that wine direction on was still someone to be extricated on Sept, 1, 1923, but in the course. convince them that provincial news- baby, for instance, was heard cry-liar with minor trepidations, and papers cannot and will not, being feebly on the fourth day under had several curious experiences. edited from a palace in Fleet-street, a quantity of debris. It was lying One of them, in Tokyo, gave me an
AT THE WORLD and that so much latitude must be under an inverted wooden cradle, opportunity of measuring, it seems allowed to the editor on the spot which had saved it from being to me quite definitely, the dura- On the seventh day Ition of a dream. I was in my fret
"Bardelys the Magnificent, that, if for no other reason than crushed.
I was which comes to the World Theatre that of good business, the senge of myself helped to rescue a negress sleep, and dreamt I was in the
at the same travelling in a railway train over from to-day to Saturday is a spec- individuality will not be aerificed." who had been pinned down by a midst of an earthquake.
fallen beam, which Emphaslaing the importance of a knowledge of the conditions: ex-time held up part of the celling of an interminable viaduct which ran tacular production adapted to the John Gilbert Sating in other countries as a means the kitchen in which she was work along and far above the sea coast. screen from the famous novel by of promoting good International ing when the house came down. Suddenly the viaduct rocked, and Rafael Sabatini relations, he said that he welcomed Though she could not move the saw the sea recede a great dis- the star of "The Big Farade," for this reason the invitation of lower part of her body her armstance and then gather itself to "Flesh and the Devil" and many the Carnegie Endowment for Inter- had remained free and within gether into a mighty wave which, other noteworthy productions, is reach of a cupboard containing in its tremendous sweep, climbed the hero of this big picture and national Peace, to lead a delegation:
bar of villages, as it were, at my great fighter and a greater lover. water. She was half-dazed but through the United States.
still quite conscious, and her white feet. I could hear the shrieks of Lavishly produced with fine set- The Accurate Reporter teeth grinned with delight in her the unfortunate people caught up tings representing seventeenth To-day Chinese Civil Service There appeared to be a growing coal black face when we got down in the surging whirlpool, and century France, the picture has à Club dinner.. tendency among public men who to her. It was no easy job to get could see them in the wreckage of huge supporting cast, including made statements to the Press, un-her free and, though we succeed-villages carried out to sea again Roy D'Arcy, who appears as the solicited more often than not, to ed in doing 80, the poor woman by the retreating wave. My train villainous Chatellarault, Eleanor swapt along on the swaying via Boardman, Karl Danie, and George issue deniala, or semi-denials, of died very soon afterwards, as her duct past falling cities and steep K. Arthur. Five thousand "ex- had made, Mr. lower Umb3 had been terribly mountain sides in which great tras," three hundred horses, and remarks they
Often in crushed and mortification had al- Blumenfield continued.
torn open. The
many exciting scenes of sword.and the enthusiasm of the moment, or ready set in. The earth tremors climax came when the noonday aun battle are included in this produc for the sake of making a telling gradually decreased in violence, point. a man was misled into com- and on the eleventh day there had itself began to rock in the heavens tion which is described as John
and suddenly went out, leaving us Gilbert's finest film. mitting an indiscretion, which he been none for upwards of forty in total darkness, whilst we found after it had appeared In cald eight hours, print either subjected him to un- expected criticism or caused him to be publicly repudiated.
October 19-Whist Drive (Euro-
October 31-Tenth bi-annual race for ships' lifeboats (Royal
pean Y.M.C.A.), 9 p.m.
of British journalists on a tour/some provisions and a large jar of the shore and overwhelmed a num appears as Bardelys himself, a KLC., Trevcash Trophy), 4 p.m.
cut issuc
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either fair or correct.
Was Say
He did not bellove there was the slightest ground for fears that the development of the broadcasting wireless system, with its news carrying possibilities, would lead to the wireless word superseding print- ed word; to a great revolution in journalism involving the displace ment of thousands of people engaged in the newspaper industry...
The Falling House
fissures were
still
aped on to the deafening: crash of
a world in rutus. I woke with a
ture
Miscellaneous,
October 15-Mr. D. Trafford's lec- on Wireless" at St. Peter's
October 25 Firat Debate of the Church Young Men's Club, 8.15 p.k. Season (Europian Y.M.C.A.) 9 p.m.
An inquest opened last month at Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, on a skeleton found in a circular pit and believed to date from the Roman occupation of Britain.
Imperial Airways. Ltd., recently converted one of their air liners into an aerial ambulance to fly a woman Invalid from Paris to Lon- don for an opération..
Princess Mary, during her five hours tour of Sheffield, traversed 80 miles of thoroughfares and
resort of 306 acres.
NOTICE.
The house was shaking. “THE BLACK BIRDS The short! I had been sleeping all the time start.
slight shock toon board ship, and on that even- But it was only a
went ashore again after which, according to the report of
KOWLOON SEASON OPENS that jing I
TO-NIGHT the remarks dinner in order to send off a tele-the seismological station, lasted al- gram. The telegraph oflice was in together barely more than three- him." It was his experience as an editor that the camp on the further side of the quarters of a minute. Yet the
ruined city.
But I had by that nightmare it had provoked stem EIGHTEEN NEGRO ARTISTS care, and accuracy of the average time grown so familiar with the ed to me to have lasted for hours.
Under the direction of Mr May I conclude with another
"The Wilbur fully-qualified reporter of the pre-various tracks which had gradual-
Black sent time made it extremely unlikely ly been worn through the ruins earthquake story of Japan of a Wilbur
Wallet Birds will commence a short that charges of misreporting or that instead of skirting round much lighter character? deliberate misrepresentation were them, I thought it was safe to on a walking tour in the hills be-season at the Star: Theatre to opened Ecclesall Woods, a pleasure | make a short cut across them in rond Nikko I was seized with a night at 9.15 p.m. according to a the brilliant moonlight. I had got violent attack of toothache, and special announcement in this about half-way when suddenly the told my Japanese Innkeeper that I issue. A new and novel form earth began to quake ngain. It should have to curtail my stay of entertainment is promised was 'not a very severe shock, but and hurry back to Tokyo to see a with the appearance of the
artists allJT
FANLING HUNT. it was enough to make me hasten dentist. He assured me that in a troupe which is made up of my pace. --I had not, however, small town only a few hours off eighteen negro
QUBSCRIBERS ARE NOTIFIED gone another 200 yards before an- there was an excellent, young well known on the American other and far more violent one Japanese dentist who had studied music hall stage. During its stay occur and a brought devient 220 In America, and that if a messen in Hong Kong, the company will that the ANNUAL MEETING
once to fetch present a varied programme of will be held on TUESDAY, Octo of crumbling walls and ralded a ger were sent at "On the contrary," he added. "I blinding cloud of dust, and to my him, he would be with me at cock-vaudeville, revue, eccentric dance bar 16th at 5:30 p.m. in the Board believe that the broadcasting of horror,, the track was completely crow, long before I could even ing and musical items including Room, Messrs. Jardine, Matheson news will simply serye to increase literated. I was frankdy ter- reach the nearest railway station, the old plantation melodies&Co, Ltd. All those interested A night of famous the world over for their hunting, steeplechasing, or the demand for newspapers. You rified. If another shock came and I agreed, and after may broadcast on event as much as I was struck down nobody would agony, almost before it was light, sweetness of tone and harmony, point to points are invited to at you can, but there will always re- know where to look for me. My heard the welcome bell of the Many humorous Items, without main that indefinable human desire thoughts reverted to the wretched ricsha which had brought up the which a first class variety show to see it in print, to see it amplified, negreas whom we had found pin- dentist in double quick time. He would be incomplete, are also in- explained, Illustrated. People like ned down under her Kitchen heams spoke very good English with a cluded. Seats may be booked in to hear what is going on in the and still living after a week of strong American accent, but he advance for the Drtas Dircle and world, but they want to believe it, borrible suffering. I seemed to be had the exquialte manners of old Orchestra Stalls at Moutrie's and its quaint terms of the Star at the popular prices of too, and no amount of ethereal as-paralyzed, and just stood still, Japan and
polite language. He made me a 53; $2 and $1.*** severation will prevent them the though only, as it seemed to me, next day from looking into a news for a few minutes, wondering deep bow, rubbing his hands over paper to see it set out in legible whether it would be better to re his knees and drawing in a deep type." He thought they might con- trace my steps, if I could, back breath as the rules of Japanese fidently look upon broadcasting as to the shore, or to plunge straight courtesy required, and asked per a most effective means of adding ahead. Just in that part of the mission to see the honourable" circulation to the daily, Pre83. town there still stood the massive tooth which was hurting me. He shell of a fine old Genoese house agroad with me that he had bet the inside had ter pull it out at once. It was a The making of newspapers be- of which only comes every year more exacting" collapsed. I can remember a big upper molar, and the job tax-
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he concluded. "It requires more cat sitting on a high window-silled all the skill of his singularly monton new luxury wards" on and more skill and knowledge. The mowing piteously, while in another small and beautifully shaped
the shower baths with which the ed. The pain was almost Intoler institution 15 equipped. The ramifications of newspaper pro-d shutter kept on flapping to the hands. Twice he pulled but fall account, an official saguested, of duction Into every field of activity wind, which exercised upon mega
make it essential that the men and curious fascination as if my own ablu, but as he gaves a third pull wards cost $25,000 to bond.
the whole room trembled for a mo
murder, the official declared, women who make the papers should "life" were beating to its rhythinment This time ha WAS COST One man said, tá liko slow be in the possession of the highest Then the earth rocked again ful, and having displayed to me and we had some duculty in
under my feet The roofless qualities. Newspapers are to-day better in every respect than they house that faced me herved, and the trophy, he again made me a persuading Him to complete his were, and it is up to us to maintain the wall with the mowing cat and profound bow, rubbed his hands
breath, and said, “I reckon the bad a and increase the standard of eff the flapping shutter fell prone to over his knees, drew in a long elency in every direction."
-"Manchester Guardian Mr. H. A. Gwynne, editor of the was just out of reach, but honourable earthquake día help. "Morning Post," was elected pre-many big stones flew near me.
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