TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1929.
SECOND “TALKIE” AT LIFE AMONG THE
QUEEN'S
FACKED HOUSES WARMLY APPRECIATIVE
FEATURES OF THE PICTURE
the
DI
rate
SABINES
SYSTEM OF HONOURABLE WIFE CAPTURE"
Whe.
THE NIGHTS OF MAN'
DIÁRY CLUE TO
TRAGEDY
BRITON'S FATE IN THE ARCTIC
THE CHINA MAIL;
SHADOWS BEFORE,
COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN "CHINA MAIL”
;
Social Functions To-day Tea Dances at Hong Kong Hotel and Peninsula Hotal, 4.30 p.m.
To-day-Dianer Dances at Hong Kong Hotel and Peninsula Hotel, 8.30 p.m.
To-day-Dinner Dance at Repulse
Alibi."
Entertainmenta Today - Quee:l'a Theatre;
To-day Star Theatre; "Revenge."
To-day- World Theatre; "Silver Slave." (Continuous performance from 1.15 to 11.15 p.m.).
To-day Majestic Theatre; "Laddle."
Meetings To-day-Sanitary Board Meeting 4.15 p.m.
November 18-Hong Kong Jockey Club Meeting. 5.15 p.m.
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SLOW STARVATION Packed houses all day yesterday Life among the Sabines must greeted the and talkie picture at have
Vancouver.-A document that been rot a little exciting.furnishes a clue to the fate of three Queen's Tastre, the scension When a man needed a wife he had Britons, John Hornby, and his com a hipag bd people, unto go out and bort her. There was panlons, has reached the Public Ad- Armistice drakt esa aking for the more adventure in matrimony then ministrator of Alberta. The disap-Bay Hotel, 8.30 p.m. convenience of the pubtle in attend- than now.
pearance of the men was report. ing. The entertainment was firet Th we thrilling days seem to have ed on August 15, last year. The throughout, and that theshed for soclety in mast places, document is a diary, kopt by Edgar, houses was in great humour may bejand we know nothing of them nowChristian, who, with Hornby and gathered from the fact that it ceps when we nee a lady riding Harold Adlard, perished of starva- even applauded the overture by the pillion to remind us of what suce tlon in a little enbin at the jane-} Queen's Orchestra.
Next came
ilon of the Thelon and Hanbury the Fox Movietone Possibly she too feels something rivers, north-west of Hutson Day, News, which was satisfying in-of the thrill of capture and escape Hornby, with the Arctic wander. wimuch as it was cosmopolitan in that her maternal ancestors felt of lust ever in his veins, spent much character, and the voices could be when all were as the Sabines, of his life alone in the Barren heurd most distinctly. This was
Japan is the only land now let Lands and other desolate places in particularly the case with Marshal where a woman can still have the the North, He was three years. Chiang Kai-shek and his wife, the romance of being captured and car there after returning from the War. latter being most pleasing in herried off to wed. The custom is said Then he revisited Britain, and în zia!uralness when she explained the to be a great improvement on the 1926 brought out with him two part that women are paying in the monotonous convention of being young Britons, whose blood had struggle of National in China bargained for and landed on to a life in remote places. Latterly in been stirred by Hornby's tales of The Marshal's entiation of Dr. stranger by a marriage agent. Sun Yat-sen's famous Three Come away to the south of Japan Canada, the expression "Hornby of Principies was translated by Dr.to the little
Hudson Bay" was becoming, almost group of islands of C. T. Wang.
which Amakusa is the chief and familiar as Lawrence of Ara-
bin."
Hornby died first, on April 16, His companions, too weak to bury him, sowed his body in a eavas shroud.
An Italian baritone gave a polish there you will find the primitive ed rendering of the prologue to custom of kidnapping bridas still "Pagliacci," and a charming young scarcely observed.
alon fec.
"Alibi"
and
Rights Of Man
1997.
For days and
Chris-
Home Mail tea and ports, Europe vin San To-morrow--Outward for Amer- Francisco and Europe via Siberin
"Korea Maru"), 8.30 am.
Lammerts Auctions To-morrow At Sales Room, Dud- dell Street, miscellaneous goods, 11
4.mt.
November 14-At 19, Humphrey's hold furniture, 11a.m. Building, Kowloon, valuable house
Duddell Street, valuable household November 15-At Sales Room,
and office furniture, 2.30 p.m.
November 15-At Sales Room, Duddell Street, collection of Postage Stamps, 5.15 p.m.
Sport November 16-Extra Race' Meet. From aing, Happy Valley.
Miscellaneous November 14-Chamber Music Concert arranged by Mr. Ore, Cathedral Hall, 9.15 pm.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
REMINDER.
HONG KONG CRICKET CLUR MEMBERS
M
reminded
the OPEN AIR CONCERT arranged to take place at the Pavilion
THIS EVENING (Tuesday) if 9.15. Programme published elsewhere in daily papers.
MARINE ENGINEERS GUILD OF CHINA.
HONG KONG BRANCH.
Mond Regular Monthly
EMBERS are requested to at-
67, Des Voeux Road, Central Meeting at the GUILD OFFICE,
DAY, November 13, 1929, at SIX. (DAVID HOUSE) on WEDNES-
O'CLOCK J.,
BUSINESS: General. Important Correspondence.
W. J. STOKES,
Branch Secretary.
IN OTHER PLACES Chronicles From Japan
To Java
Mr. F. J. Chapman, detalled to the American Legation at Shang hai from Tientsin, has been made a third secretary of the Legation.
According to a Peking telegram to the Chinese press, the "Journal de Pekin," a French newspaper, which was recently banned by the Chinese authorities, has ngain been granted postal privileges.
November 14-University Lecture on "The Plays of John Galsworthy" Mr. N. Osmena, sou of the pre- by Prof. R. K. M. Simpson, 8.30 p.m. Isident of the Philippines Senate, November 15-Interport Dinner, has returned to Shanghai from a Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden, 8. visit to Nanking and will leave for Manila in a couple of days. Mr. Osmena is a well-known Filipino journalist.
ip.m.
THE SET OF THE FUTURE
lady gave a splendid exhibition of the clog dance and responded to an It is perhaps, not without signifle-nights the two survivors suffered encore as if, she had really heard) the applause of the huge audience!preached there three hundred years tian, who was only 19, watched Ad-
ance that the Christian faith was the tortures of starvation. This part of the programme is cer- tainly miles ahead of the films that go by the Jesuit fathers; but the lard sink, and finally his shrunken usually precede the "big picture" in converts and their teachers were hand wrote May 4, 1927, as the the silent films programmes
eventually massacred, and Amakusa date of his death.
A Book of Death was in itself well worth the admis-has continued on the even tenor of
its way ever since marrying and Christian had kept the diary post. being taken in marringe, unmolest-fed up ever since he set out with a ed by the progress of modern light heart from Britain to wander The big feature of the pro-Japan, writes the Yokohama cor-in the Arctic wilderness, gramme, "Alibi," produced by respondent of the "Ploneer," The book of life it became a book of Roland West, may be criticised or rest of Japan has now gone so far death. praised from varying angle, each that there are cases where men On June 1 he made his last entry. of which might have their sup-leven have to ask the lady's consent with summer flooding the North, porters. Although a story of crook as well as that of her parents or the trees of the forest in leaf, the life in America low glimpses were guardians; but Amakusa still en wild flowers by the river in bloom, actually shown of the notorious joys itu anicent freedom of the
the young Briton closed his journal under-world, of which we hear so rights of man.
and prepared to die. How scon much, but many sidelights were A certain Japanese was recently after that death came to his rellet afforded of the crooks themselves staying at an inn on the island of
will never be known. and of the much discussed "third Amakuse, quite oblivious of the pers came to the little hut by the Many months passed before trap- degree" methods of the Police local customs, if he had ever known river. They found the remains of There was enough shooting to them. Rising late he had just Hornby and Adlard sewed up beside satisfy the craving of those who finished breakfast and was sitting the door, and the body of Christian delight in this sort of thing, but in his room upstairs overlooking on the floor, where he had fallen phone equipment, will undoubtedly A combined radio and gramo in between there were pretty reels the back yard of the inn. showing beautiful ballet dancers attracted for a moment by n plump and-particularly good-a
On the cold stove was a slip of provide the essential of the future duet but comely maiden strenuously paper, telling them to look within receiver. By this means we can from an opera that was particular operating a washtub below. Sud-Resting on the ashes was Christian's have home entertainment at any ly appealing to lovers of good music, denly three men entered the yard, diary. The trappers sent word to time, and be independent of broad A solo by Mac Busch, surrounded seized the maid without ceremony the North-West Mounted Police. caat programmes that are not to our by a group of captivating damsels and proceeded to carry her off. Mr. W. H. B. Hoare, a Northern king. A number of examples
In accordance with an order all carrying hand mirrors, was very
The guest at first was too much explorer, who holds commissions were shown at Olympia this year, from the Shanghal District Kuc fetching. In the theatre the voices were usually very dis-overcome by the suddenness of the from the Government af Canada, and an outstanding receiver of this matang, the street unions of the thing to do or say anything; but passed that way nome time later, I type is exhibited on the Igranic French Concession have suspended) International Settlement and the he soon attempted to raise an and saw the bodies.
A The police stand. Not all of the main characters alarm.
upright No one paid the slight had inspected them, and awafted cabinet is surmounted by a gramo seemed to have the right voices for est attention to him or to the instructions from Ottawa. Some phone pick-up, the turntable being the "talkies"-some spoke as if through a megaphone or as if their and their prey had disappeared.ther Hornby's body would be sent to eliminating the old bugbear of Minister of War, whose arrest has
By this time the captors months' elapsed, considering whe- driven by episode.
an electric motor,
General Lu Chung-lin, former voices were muffled, This may be it was all the work, of a moment, Britain, but the task was too great, spring winding. The pick-up is been ordered for conspiring against and on the recommendation of the connected through a switch to the the National Government, is re- police, the trio were buried side by L.F. side of the wireless set, and ported by the Chinese papers to thence to the loud speaker in the have escaped from Tientsin in Another maid, quite unafraid, not be revealed except at the wish The radio receiver comprises on the Kuominchun.
The contents of the diary will lower part of the console cabinet, disguise and left for Sherisi to join Aims up to their present high came out to the yard to continue of Christian's relations. It will A.C. screened grid H.F, valve, detec | standard, and we should not, per the wasting which the captive had disclose to the world how three ad- tor, and pentode... baps, be over-critical in respect of abandoned. The guest from his venturous spirits died.. the "talkies." Except for this and window addressed some inquiries to for the theme of the picture "Alib"ber: but she only grinned:
the next candidate (which would
sibly she was have more appro- priately been called "No Alibi"), for wifewood; but he persisted, and
tinct.
scenes
He was from his bunk.
a defect inherent to the pioneer ending as suddenly and as mys- work connected with the "talkies," teriously as it began. In which perfection need not be expected in a day. Certainly it
took many years to bring the silent
Successful Marriage
Ride.
Pos
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WHITE" LEADER
the production was very successful demanded an explanation of what Chinese Refuse Help and Is sure to draw big houses had happened. She smiled. again, From Semenoff throughout the rest of this week. and said: "Oh, it was only Otter!
Yomego (honourable wife. cap
Mukden, Yesterday,
handsome
The Commissioners for the Re- cial Organisations have ordered the organisation of Shanghal Commer various pawn-shops of the Inter- national Settlement to register im- mediately with the Greater Shang- hal Bureau of Social Affairs.
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activities and are winding up their affairs, pending reorganisation.
were
Nearly 125 children from the stricken districts brought to Shanghal on board the G.M.S. "Esinming by the Red' Cross Society will be cured from Tientsin. They
An ingenious self-contained frame aerial, so ar famine ranged on two sides of the cabinet as to practically overcome the usual directional. propensitics. is a pro- mirent feature of this receiver of
adyarked design, MARJANA
COMEDIANS SUFFER:.
Listeners will have noticed that
tion and later will be distributed among familles prepared to adopt them.
THE STORY INTRIGUING ture)". She went on to intimate The offer of Ataman Semenoff, that the men had been on the who is at present in Mukden, to
Lieut-Commander Hugh Gart- The story of "Alibi" is too in watch for several days, and only organise a "White" Russian force a vaudeville performance generally side-Tippinge has been appointed triguing to reveal to those who just then had got the chance of to co-operate with the Manchurian has the assistance of an audience, to the river gunboat "Cricket" of have the treat in store for them. pouncing on their game.
armies has been flatly refused by artists, especially when broadcast serving since August 1923, as frat The B.B.C. found that variety the Yangtze Flotilla, He has been It is about gangsters and their Upon further Inquiry at the in the military authorities. Chang girla, police and their never-ceas- the guest learned that it was the Hsueh-liang has even refused tong are affected to a much greater. Lieutenant of
the destroyer ing warfare against organised custom of Amakusa when a youth grant him an interview-Router. degree than- are the igiti "Valhalla" and of the flotilla leader crookdom in the big city under-fell in love with a girl at first |
timate actors. Consequently, alds "Mackay," and in command of the world, pleasure-made night club sight, not to waste time and takeContrasts in Engllah 'and Scots to atmosphere had to bear destroyer Watchman." habitues, and. wine-cracking, chances by engaging the usual golaw were dealt with at the Bourne- ranged, such as the provision of an sharp-shooting racketeera along between to Introduce him to, the mouth - Conference of the Law orchestra of the popular dance Mr. E. Somerset, who was Iri the great White Way The pic lady's relatives, but just to confide Society by Mr. Robert G. Pollock, type, studio spot-lighting, and the China with the Coldstream Guards ture amicks of realness and sinto his friends the burden of his of Derby, who mentioned that in the inclusion of visible, as well during the recent trouble, met his cerity: The crooks act and talk heart, giving them the lady's name case of divorce in Scotland the as audible audience in the studio.death in an accident to a Moth Wke real crooks, the "caps" behave and address, if he knew them, but decree took effect at once and that Tos many listeners, the hillarious aeroplane in which he was a par Tike the "caps" you meet in every usually only a description of the marriage was prohibited between laughter of the Bandeen audience sangor. When his battalion lett day life. The handsomest actor damsel was sufficient, **
the offending parties.
at times is annoying But when China, Mr. Bomerset stayed on and compose
In "Alibi" is a crook and he The", young men of the
all is said and done, it undoubtedly undertook more or less sigle doesn't reform and marry the girl munity awaited auch episodes with Mr. George Lansbury who has helps the variety artist to give a handed a most dangerous experi just before. "The End. He com-zeat, as a break in the dull monotony been touring Greater London in better show that if he had to work tien inland, according to the "South mits the unpardonable faux pas, of life in quiet places. One of the furtherance of his plans to brighten in a allent and unresponsive studio. China Morning Post
In Police circles of using off fraternity is set to observe the open spaces, regrets the Lack of
cers for targets, and what they lady's habits for a few days until] money for the schemes.
do not do to him la nobody's bust ness."
These
the best time and mode of capture will cost £2,500, towards which sum
can be determined. Then all of he has £1,000. The problem is to
Acting Honours
a sudden tho men swoop down upon get the other 21,600- Acting honours are well divid her and phe la borse off in triumph ed. Many of the players are for.to the house of her admirer.
Moral Persuasion;
finding wives. Fewer divorcea mer stage favourites new to the
have marred its history. In con~| acreen;, but who acquit themselves Placing her duly before hind ventional betrothal there la no fun gloriously in their picture. The they receive his thanks, and then at all it has no thriilk requires director has had the rare courage proceed to plead with the captive no courage on either side and the to go to the speaking stage for her heart to the man of their union not often either congenial? soms of the finest personalities choice. In most cases the girl or mutualrom A and voices in "Alibi." Chester seems only too glad to do so. But Bute/tths" Amakisa way, is de- Morris, Eleanor Grifth, Harry if the persists in affirming that shelightfully natural. Stubbs, Regis. Toomey, Purnell Bis already bespoken gloom over knows when he sees the Pratt all new-comers to the clouds the company, and with pro his heart, or at least of his screen-give remarkable perform-fuse apoiogies ahe is, hurried back that he is going to have her ances. Pat O'Malley and Mae to the place where she was caught;matter what happens. Busch, both old favourites with and there released,
LEVEROR
the film public, are excellent The curfont thing about this
Two of the features of Alibin aurvival of the Sabine custom is like are the night club and- batre that it appears to work well and hono
hich muatcal
one there objects extune ple claim that:
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