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SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1929.
of sheer and wilful waste of water Valuation lists for the Colony's COMEDY COMPANY that is going on, the number of assessment for the year 1929- taps that are out of order, and 1980 will be open to inspection "THE ROOKERY HOOK” AT perhaps even the number of at the Treasury for 21 days com- meters that badly need adjust-meneing to-day.
ing! If this matter of waste con-
THE STAR
DELIGHTFUL FARCE.
Last evening a full house at
servation is to be tackled tho Our correspondent at Pakkai roughly in the interests of the reports that Baron A. Sadoine, whole community, let the Govern- who has been Commissioner of the Star Theatre was delighted ment have the courage of its own Chinese Maritime Customs at with another of the Aldwych Kongmoon, has proceeded on fur- farcea, "The Rookery Hook," pre-
sented by the new Banvard Eng-- lough,
lish Comedy Company." From Prof. W. Brown, MA, B.Sc, start to finish the play was full
convictions and instal. Waste Water Inspectors forthwith. Merely to preach about the virtue of saving water and merely to ask for the co-operation of the
public will avail little or nothing A.M.I.E.E., FR.S.E., will deliver of humour and there was not a if Hong Kong ever comes to the lecture on "Junior Technical dull moment. It depends for its in Room "K" of the plot upon the compromising situa- dreaded pass of being a parched School,"
University Mam Building, onion in which the recently married and water-less Island.
Monday, at 8.30 p.m.
Gerald Popkiss finds himself when staying at the Rookery Unless cause to the contrary is Nest, Chumpton-on-Sea. He has
Beyond a handful a f
Hong Kong Not Interested stamp coller shown, the names of the follow-arrived ahead of his wife, and is start coming will be struck off the local re- unpacking when Rhoda nearly of companies:-Leong enters and more or less claims his munity does not appear to have gister taken the slightest interest in the King Co., Ltd., James Der Ahospitality and pyjama trousers, Wing & Co., Ltd., Hang Shun Wo her own beng soaked through interesting paragraph wafted over the "wireless" by the British Co., Ltd., Kwok Tai Tobacco Co., owing to a walk through dewy
Ltd.
grass. She has been turned out of her home by her German step-
service from Rugby the other day to the effect that for the second Signor Carpi's Italian Grand father, Clive Popkiss, Gerald's time only in its history, the Bri-Opera Company will make the cousin also arrives and sees the tish Post Office is about to issue Star Theatre the venue of its girl, and promises to keep Gerald. commemorative postage stamps.stay in Hong Kong and not at The main difficulty is to keep The British Post Office, which the Theatre Royal as previously Gertrude Swire, a relation, from introduced the postage stamp, announced. Rocking is now at hearing about it and the remain- has since 1840, preserved a Moutrie's. Those who have al-der of the piece describes in a uniform attitude averse to the use ready booked at Anderson's may most hilarious fashion of stamps for commemorative or transfer their seats at either endeavours to do so. At the end, similar purposes. In connection, Moutrie's or the Star Theatre.. which unfortunately appeared a however, with the Postal Union
trifle abrupt; every thing is clear- Convention, which assembles in Staff officers of the Northed up in the manner in which one e few weeks in London, five kinds China Command, who were trans-would expect.
their
of stamps are to be on sale at allferred to Hong Kong on the South Rhoda Morley and Gerald Post Offices for three months in China Command becoming the Popkiss are the main characters place of those of ordinary design- China Command, arrived here and were admirably played by Their values are to be a lad., 1d., yesterday on the P. & O. 3.5 Miss Katheon Vaughan and Mr. 11⁄2d, 211⁄2d, and £1. It is in-Karmala" from
Shanghai. Bardy Russell. The former made teresting to note the revival of Those of the 14th Infantry a most pleasing runaway and was the $1 stamp. Issues of adhesive Brigade, however, remain in fascinating throughout. stamps of this value were abolish-Shanghai with the Brigade's staff The Comic Element ed fourteen years ago, and the headquarters.
Bardy Russell again provided What do the authori- revival is for this occasion only.
the comic element in his own The management of the Penin inimitable fashion, and scored an- Water
ties hope to save by-But Hong Kong has received
the interesting information as sula Hotel notifies that the usual other success which will make Wasters restricting the water calmly as it would read of a dog daily tea dance and dinner dance him a firm favourite with Hong
and cutting off the running amok in a Timbuctoo will not be held on Friday, as Kong audiences
Although the Post- the grille room and roof garden Mr. Heaton Grey as Clive supply as from May I between 6 village.
master is on Home leave the have been reserved for the Cham Popkiss, a bachelor and heart- p.m. and 6 am.? If they think Colony is not to be represented, as ber of Commerce banquet in hon-free, gave one of his best perform that that will result in less con- are the Philippines and China, at our of H.R.H, the Duke of Glou-jances, and his deliberate speech sumption of water they are great the Postal Convention, Hong caster. The Hong Kong Hotel was appreciated especially as it a direct contrast to the ly mistaken! Do they not know Kong has nothing to bring for roof garden dinner dance and the was
ward and does not care a brass dance at the Peak Hotel on the rather quieter loves of his cousin, that every domestic servant infarthing whether one or a hun-same day will be held as usual. Gerald The pair, to use a film nearly every household will see to dred Postal Conventions are held
expression, made a splendid one or a hundred
Colleen Moore sustained seri-Comedy Team: it before six o'clock of an evening or whether
commemorative postage stamps ous injuries during the filming of The Daily Help, Mrs. Leverett, that every bath, Shanghai jar, are issued at Home.
her new First National picture, played by Miss Annie Chippen- basin, bucket, and every other re-
"The Desert Flower" now being dale, was perhaps the most realis- It seems about shown at the Majestic Theatre, tic character in the play and that ceptacle will be filled to overflow-
A Poor time that the Kowloon. While posing for the was due to superb acting. Those ing before the supply is cut off?
Local Stamp Postal Depart camera on a speeding hand car, who saw her walk up the stairs Do they not know that not a frac
ment
here the handle of the machine struck to find out just who was in the tion of that water will be used either issued a commemorative her, injuring her spine and neck. bedroom will never forget it. She before the morning? Do they not stamp of some kind or issued a Work on the production was aus- was a bedder, gyp, and London know that the greater part of it new design for all postage stamps.pended for six weeks but the landlandy, rolled into one,
The present stamp cannot be call-little atar has completely re- will be wiffully thrown out in the ed beautiful or chaste in any way covered.
the water it is amongst the most common- morning as soon as
place-looking stamps that one An armed robbery alleged to Gertrude and Mr. C. V. Wallace comes back from the main again? gets in the course of a day's mails. have been committed on Apri 12 as her husband, Harold, had a Do they not know that even per-True, it has the merit, not gen-was reported to the Police yester-part in which he was excellent, fectly clean and good water is thus erally known, of being the design day by a Chinese woman, 80 years The droll speech and slow mo- ruthlessly emptied out and the of a local manut least the of age, who said that she resided ment of the apparently half de- original Hong Kong stamp was in an unnumbered house on the ranged Harold being portrayed in Hong Kong, Saturday, April 20, 1929. same operation performed night but it is becoming terribly mono-southern side of Tung Lung fine style.
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STILL WATERS
Some good folk are
the threat of still more drastic rationing both in Hong Kong and Kowloon!
Water Inspectors
#
CORRESPONDENCE
"Cattish" Miss Valentine Clemow was a most
"cattish" successful
all contributed in their usual ex- Icellent style to complete a cast which is without doubt one of the best we have ever had in Hong Kong.
after night and morning after tonous-as monotonous as the Island, near Waglan. Four men, Poppy Dickey was definitely a morning? Where, then, is the halfpenny British stamp. Why she said, entered her premises atbird" and in playing the part conservation of the water supply ? not have a view of the Peak by about 9.30 p.m. on April 2. Her Miss Josephine Kilfoyle again
night or of our always full re daughter, 61 years old, a son (55), proved her versatility. It did not exist under previous servoirs Or of our opulent and a friend were present at the Mr. H, J. Corner, Miss Elana conditions of restriction It does Brokers' Ally, or something of time. They were bound and gag-Aherne, and Mr. Reginald bored stiff with not exist at the present moment the kind--something to cheer the red and, after ransacking the Tippett as Putz, Clara Popkiss, Water
And it shall not exist in spite of recipient of a lawyer's letter in-house, the robbers left with booty and Admiral Juddy, respectively,
stead of to depress. A Popularity to the total value of $55. Optimists, the slightest men-
Contest for the photo of the most tion of a scarcity
popular taipan might result in They have read so of water.
enough money coming in to pay for the printing of the whole Imuch or at least read the head
issue for the next ten years. And
THE CITY HALL FOUNTAIN lines in the newspapers that
The suggestion of
apart from that, when the Poslal they do not want to hear or read
appointing Waste Department awakens to the fact
[To the Editor of the “China Mail.”)
NOT CONVICTED any more about it. They them
Water Inspectors that the little books of stamps are
Sir, I do not know for bow suf- selves, of course, have a
JUDGE AGREES WITH has been ventilat really a convenience both to the
house and the office it might get long the powers-that-be intend to
VERDICT OF JURY. ficiency of water for their domes-ed before in this column. It is in more revenue by printing on keep the fountain working on the tíc needs, and that is all they idle to think of appealing for the the backs advertisements of a occasion of the royal visit but I
that they' His, Honour the Puisme Judge care. They have never in their co-operation of certain of the cheerful nature such as "Every think it scandalous
Picture Tells a Story," "Since should put it into operation at all (Mr. Justice Jacks) told a jury at lives known what an acute water community. They only laugh at Licking Your Stamp I've Licked at a time when everyone is being the April Criminal Sessions yes- even greater terday that the real evidence for famine is. They have never been the idea-and see that they do No Other," "Buy Your Shares urged to undergo obliged to use soda water to not undergo the slightest self- From Ally Sloper, the Best hardships in the matter of water the Crown was given by one man cleanse their teeth of a morning denial. They never think of in- Broker in Town," "Why Pant for economy. Much water has al- and that evidence was full of aus- specting their water taps to sea Water When We Make the Best ready been expended in putting picious circumstances. He would so as to conserve water for drink-that the washers are in order. Pants in the City," and so forth. the disused fountain in order and not like to see anybody convicted ing and for making tea or coffee. They never follow up their ser- If only Hong Kong could be re- Goodness knows how many gal-on such evidence, he added.
After a short retirement the They are usually as careless Yants to ensure that all taps are presented at the forthcoming tons will be wasted next week.
turned off immediately after Postal Convention our delegate I am quite sure that the royal jury brought in verdicts of "not about letting taps run as are the using water why should they, could return chock-ful of real visitor would not care whether guilty" on charges of robbery by average house servants "it must they ask, trouble to go into the brainy ideas such as these. there was a fountain outside the two or more at No. 61, First City Hall or not; he may not street, on the night of March 14- rain sooner or later" as it has al servants' quarters or their own kitchens? Waste Water Inspec- ways done since they came to the
tors have been a success. else- Every tyranny that ever exist-notice it unless it is pointed out 15, and of counselling, procuring
also to have seen the long queues known to commit the robbery. Colony so why worry? These where in times of more acute ed has been a tyranny of law and to him and then, if he happens and commanding two men same folk have never had to stand water scarcity than perhaps Hong arose because of the error in waiting at the street taps, his This was the case in which the in a queue with a couple of Kong will ever know. It may be thinking that whatever is law is impression is more likely to be master of a rice shop was bound said that landlords and tenants right because the law so declares. one of argagement at such colossal and gagged and later found to be buckets waiting their turn to here would object to such Inspec. The prohibition law is just auch
for the Crown and prisoner had
have the same backets filled and tors entering their premises. Let a tyranny and it is just as much waste than of admiration for a dead. Both the principal witness a host of crowding, maddening, them! They must be taught the the right and duty of citizens to pretty spectacle.
struggling people, all frantic to be served first, and come back for more. They have never known a drought where the people have had to cart water miles and miles to their homestead; they have never seen their sheep die by the hundred because of the lack of water. They have been pampered and coseted in this Colony and found everything exceedingly nice and good always more than a drop of water when wanted; why should other people's water trou- bles worry them? "Damn the water question!"
communal spirit. The Govern advocate its repeal as it was the ment takes power to do quite a tight of the prohibitionists to host of things that people do not urge its enactment. U.S. Senator like but the Government takes James A. Reed of Missouri. good care that it has its own way in
MISSING PLANE
I have heard indignation ex-been in the victim's employment. pressed on all sides regarding this bad example to water consumers and it is not too late even now for the Government to back up their exhortations with deeds and
this piece of extravagance.
Yours etc.
in the end and that the grum H.M. the King has not been ad- blers and growlers must submit vised to exercise his power of dis-stop in the long run. If it is only a allowance with respect to Ordin question of money that the Gov-ance No. 18 of 1928 (an Ordin- ernment is concerned with in not ance to protect the registered pro- adopting the idea of Waste Water prietor of any design registered Inspectors, let it enlist the always in the United Kingdom). willing services of the members of
HOPES DISAPPEARING OF FINDING AVIATORS
RAF. TO THE RESCUE
Sydney, Yesterday. Hopes of discovering the air- men, Anderson and Bitchoock, are rapidly fading.
ONE-BATH-A-WEEK. Hong Kong, April 19. [Note: Definite information as to the source of the fountain's Two Northern Chinese were supply was not forthcoming this St. John Ambulance Brigade, the Boy Scouts, or even of the Volun- fined $5 each by Major C. Willson, morning bat, to the best of our Eight aeroplanes, hitherto, have teer Corps: apportion them cer- OBE, at the Central Magis information, it is presumed that fruitlessly scoured the immense tain specified districts wherein tracy yesterday for fighting in the water will come from the and practically uninhabited area. they can make surprise visits the street. One of the combat-mains, there being, so far as is Five Air Force planes are joining [wearing specified badge of ants had his jacket ripped openknown, no nullah in the vicinity the searchers and establishing ins authoritation) and it will be sur and the other had a bruise in the to keep the fountain in working, land bases at Wavehill and Flora
-Editor. "China Mail." prised to find the number of cases stomach. All quits!
Valley-Reuter,