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A THRILLING STORY BY PETER R. KYNE
"FREEDOM OF THE PRESS"
One of the greatest stories of news- i
paper life ever shown on the screen will be scen to-day at the Queen's Theatre where "Freedom of the Press," Universal's excellant motion picture of the Press and the underworld, wil be shown..
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MADAM KELVEY'S PUPILS AT VICTORIA THEATRE
A PRESS TRIBUTE
"Madam Kelvey and her Talented Pupils" have quite become Singa- pore institutions, and large' au- diences are always the rule at the entertainments given from time to time
at the
Victoria Theatre. Saturday evening was no exception says the "Straits Times" ai August 19. The theatre crowded, and an excellent gramme of dances, ballets and songs was enjoyed.
THE EXODUS
INTERESTING DISCOVERY REGARDING THE DATE
A CERTAIN MOSES
Fresh light on the date of the
with, the last years of the reign in 1209 B.C
Dr. Aylward Manley Blackman, eldest son of the late Rev. James H. Blackman, Vicar of St. Paul's Norwich, was educated at Queen'è College, Oxford. He gained first- class final honours at the School of
Exodus, believed now to have taken place about. B.C. 1200, was thrown
M. by Dr. A. Blackman, the Egyptologist, in a lecture to the Society for Old Testament Studies at Oxford. Dr. Blackman said he was recently reading an Egyptian
and was judicial document known as the Papyras Salt, in which a certain pro-
Mosca was spoken of as having been instrumental in deposing the Vizier of Egypt.
The battle between the forces of the underworld
the truth-telling columns of a daily is the theme of the story. George Melford, the director, was himself a former editorial writes in New York, and he has treated the
with atory begins on HE NEW TERM
intelligence and skill. "Freedom of the Press" is MONDAY, 9th
adapted DRAUGHTSMAN WANTED-A first An Entrance Examination will be. Kyne.
September from an original screen story by Peter and detailing en held at Stanley, at 9 am. on the The
story concerns the dramatic tirely single storey buildings to became day. Prospectus and in-situation Fuced by a young man who constructed F rinfureud contrete. formation about transport to finds that so guardian of the girl he word or steel frame with corrugated Stanley may be obtained from the loves is the "a higher up" in the iron sheeting. Must be willing to work for considerable periods at poris / Warden or from Mr. Li Hoi Tunc municipal viec ring which his father, Cockle, who has realised the an cther than Hong Kong. Apply in the Barker & Co., Bank of China of the leading newspaper, is lighting. The Editor is murdered by first instance by letter addressed Building. The New Hostel pro- "Secretary, Port Office Box No. 22.viding more accommodation for Hong Kon
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All present duly admired the skill of the performers, from tiny tots to grown up young ladies, whe have solved the mystery of stand- ing on the very tips of their toes. in particular, the masculine por tion of the audience envied Capt. bition which so many cherish te become ballet dancers, Wearing diaphanous costume. he held fair partnera at seemingly impossibic angles and altogether must have had a very enjoyable evening in deed. With Mrs. Tatham he ap- peared in a Hungarian dance. Miss Barbara Peterson had his assis tance in a dance in which shu showed remarkable skill in acroba- Lic posturing, and Miss Marion Knowles, an artist of charm and talent, descended from above on a large moon to be received by Capt. Cockle as Moonlight.
There were a score of excellent | dance numbers, all well staged
and given in a way which refleet- led credit on the artistes and their instructress. We hesitate to at- tempt to give all the names, lest and one or two should inadvertently be omitted, but several items are deserving of special mention. These were the boxing exhibition by Betty Nichol and Alice Lind-
Polly Moran, Marion Davies William Haines, in "Show People" at the Queen's Theatre, August 5 to 7.
the ring
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and the boy is faced with say, who quite brought down the carrying on his father's policies regard-house; Miss Billio Barclay, whose less of his fiancee's pleadings.
songs greatly pleased; the number The development of this situation by Miss Olga Kelvey and Mia's makes ane of the strongest dramas Kathleen Willder, who appealed so irresistibly to certain fortunate individuala in the front of the stalls; Olga Keiver agair. and her "Jazz Babies"; and the elaborate Indian brought a lengthy programme to a ballet which
"CORSICAN LOVE"
There are some beautiful shots of Corsican scenery to be seen in the film
"Corsican Love," which will be shown to-day
at the Star and to-morray Theatre, Towering crags, forbidding mountains, rushing torrents form magnificent background for a story of these rough slanders with their ven- dettas, their love of freedom, their
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for revenge, and their centuries old - written lawa.
To this island comes
a cultured women, daughter of the owner of Cor sican steel mills, to investigate the problem of the water power. This brings her in conflict with Della Rocca, a bandit, for the desired water mill is the ancestral home of the bandit's father. Later, this strange pair, whose avery outlook and interest seem op- posed, fall in love. Then comes the problem for the bandit, tradition or progress, with love as the pawn.
The large cast includes Rolla Norman, Jacqueline Forzane, Gaston Jacquet, and Rence Herihel. The pic- ture was directed by Jean de Merly who also directed the famous production,
"Les Miserables"
While breaking in a young horse at a farm at Claines, Hubert Hum- phrey Hemus, of Wichenford
conclusion.
A great deal of hard work musi have gone to the training of the performers and the presentation of a programme which offers many good things.
Conrad Nagel in "The Mysterious
(Worca), was killed by the animal | Lady," at the Star Theatre, Aug. 56-7. falling on him,
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Eighty-four and Eight
SNAKE'S MEAL
ARMY BLANKET CAUSES INDIGESTION
A boa constrictor at the Zoologi- cal Gardens swallowed an Army blanket when making a meal of pigeons, and all the efforts of the keepers to recover the blanket have so far failed.
The officials frst attempted to insert a tube with a metal book inside the anake. It took ten men to do this, but all their work was: in vain.
They then poured half a gallon: of oil into the make but this alac had no effect. Meanwhile the creature is suffering evident pain..
"This Moses." said Dr. Blackman, was evidently person who in- terested himself in the affairs of the working classes, and the casual way in which his home is in- troduced without any title or hint as to his sccia! position, suggests that he was a well-known cham- pion of the oppressed. Con it be that the Mrses of the Bible, who is depicted in the Book of Exodus as championing the cause of the work people and as inter- vening in their disputes? If so. Moses's sojum in the land of Midian may have
syncbranised
Oriental Languages, 1906, and be came Oxford 'Varsity Nubian research scholar; 1910, and Lay- cock student of Egyptology at He Worcester College, 1912-18. has been President of the Royal Asiatic Society since March, 1915, Councillor of the Royal Asiatic Society since June, 1922. He has engaged in excavation research work in Egypt and Lower Nubia. He did intelligence work during the European War.
BRIGAND CAPTURED
Quetta, August 2. The Persian troops in the neighbour. hood of Meshed scored a table success by capturing the nctorious brigard Zulfe, after prolonged operations in which over 700 troops were employed,
He was wounded and brought into Moshed where he was pabliely hanged on July 10,
He is said to have killed 30 'people recently, including three subordinate officials.
Countryman Beat Columbus
JOCHANIC
ISLANDS
3Africa
The Portuguesa Contal A, de Oliveira Aguas, below ngnt, advances an Interesting argument that Corte-Real actually discovered America 19 years baforo Columbus landed here, though Achille G. Vervena, loft, student of maritime history, refuses to be convinced of this. Above is an ancient map showing a portion of the globe, as charted in 1432 by Martin Behaim, and shows the erroneous designation of the New World as "India."
VOYAGE MADE 19 YEARS
BEFORE
She's, The trade route records were hidden or destroyed. Ronce Corte-Reals achievement has re- mained unknown til recently.
But there is a well-documente report of a joint Danish-Portuguese expedition to Newfoundland In 1874. Published by a Danish aavant. So Ius Largon, it tails of the invasion or the “Land of the Stackfish," a term applied to Newfoundland and Cape Breton by Europeans of the sixteenth and seventeenth turies.
HRISTOPHER COLUM-¦ BUS of Genea is and probably always will be thought of, popularly, as the first white man to span the At-
The expedition cumsisted of Nor- lantic and plant his pennons on wegian searen and subjects of western soil.
But Amerigo King Christian of Denmark, but was Vespucci of Florence is said to subsidized by the King of Portugal. have reached the mainland a
Corte-Real accompanied the others se the King's representative. week before John Cabot, and it is after Amerigo the conti- nent is named.
The nationality of the real dis- coverer has long puzzled historians. It particularly irked Mr. A. de CH- veire Aguas, the Portuguese Con-
Air. Aguas Acclares that breve! which names Carte-Real viceroy of The Island of Terceyra In the Asorts group i still preserved in the Castle of Ang "fur services rendered in the exploration of the Land of the Stockhsh The docu- gut in Providence, R. L. and a disment Is dated 1413. tinguished scholar of maritime hie- This is taker LO Indicate that tory, who had a hunch that the Corte-Real had already made honor betonged to a Countryman.
to the north Atlantic coast Recently be returned to his potil, of America when be joined the Dan. from lang turlough spent h an ish-Norwegian Spedition and that exhaustive study of the question he went in the sapacity of plot- ent now declares he has treatisen navigator. proving that Corre-Real landed in
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Professor Delbarra asserts that 1473. 19 years before Columbus he has deciphered the name of ended his epochal voyage to the Corte-Real's son on the Dighton New World.
rock, opposlte Auronet, Mass. It iz in the seventeenth century camo his better that the younger explorer" the Spanish Invasion of Portugal. spent his hat daya in southern Now. As a protective measure, Mr. Aguas England among the Indians,
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Wm. Church, 34 years of age, finds a friend in David Wright, & years old, on their trip on Cana- dian Pacific steamer Melita from Montreal to Glasgow.・・ Mr. Church. Uves at Essex, Ont, and was. On a visit to his son in England. David Wright travelled alone from Al- dents to Scotland and was tagged by the Canadian Pachle Rallway, in whose care le was placed, to hla destination. It was hard to say which of the two boys enjoyed the voyage the more.
The World's Heavyweight Championship.-Roosters "mar" and "mermie" in the Dempsny-Tunney" fight at the Queen's Theatre.
Poor Jack, the referee, is the target. He receives all the knocks and sogs.