TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1930.
CHATER MEMORIAL
CLOCK.
Installed in 'Varsity Tower.
ARMENIAN GIFT.
The Clok which das recently been installed in the University Tower is the gift of the Anteri
can Church in Calcutta.
MUI TSAI LAW.
WIDOW FINED FOR NOT REGISTERING.
NOT ADOPTED DAUGHTER.
Yesterday afternoon Me. T. S., Whyte Smith heard evidence in a a Chinese widow case in which was charged with having in "her possession, or under her control In his will, Sir Paul Chater an unregistered mui tsai. Mr. J. made this church the residuary Barrow, of the Secretariat, fot legatees of his Estate. The Of Chinese Affairs, who proaccuted. that the defendant's cial Trustee of Bengal visited argued Hong Kong in 1927, and was the failure to register the girl was a guest of the Vice-Chancellor oreleur instance of abuse rather The University-an old friend of than ignorance of the law. The his in Cateutta. On his return to omission, he claimed,, wits for sin Calcutta, the Official Trustee sugister reasons, and therefore he ask- gested to the authorities of the led for the maximum penalty. Armenta Church that it would. The defendant's reply to the on their part charge was a denial that the girl be a graceful nei if they raised some money to be was a mui tsal. She insisted that spent in the University of Hone she was as adopted daughter.
Mr. Barrow said that from in- Kang in gommemoration of S: Paul Chater's services to the Uni-quiries he had made it seemed to versity and of his generosity to him that the defendunt had been his national church in his native engaged in the traffic of girls da
Singapore from Hong Kong. town.
Sir Paul Chater was the Chair the case of the present girl she man of the Committee which was was either presented or sold to appointed in 1908 to work out tir the defendant by her father, and "rice and he was $150 changed hands University scheme. and his death, the University"af money.".
with defendant 1. Treasurer as well as . The girl lived
for some time in. lunghom and. benefactor.
then was taken to Singapore, te defendant's daughter's hous? After a month, the defendant re turned to Hong Kong, leaving thi girl in Singapore. Whilst she
CHINESE POLITICS.
STATEMENT. BY WANG CHING-WEL
OPPOSITION TO NANKING.
Peking. Yesterday,
18
In
THE
ROUND THE ÇINEMAS
CHARM AND 'THRILLS IN PLAYHOUSE FILM.
AN UNTAMED 'REGION,
CHINA MAIL.
SHADOWS BEFORE
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
-HONG KONG, CRICKET CLUR REMINDER.
Y Kind Permission of Major Theatre, the Band of the Somerset Light lefantry will give a CONCERT an the Cricket Ground, on THURS- DAY, July 31, at 5.30 pm
Alfome to their friends." Members and Subscribers will
Theatre BJB. Taylor and Officers
COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN CHINA MAIL
To-day Queen'a "Romance of Rio Grande." To-day Star Fox Alm widely proclaimed drama, "Romance of Rio Grande." "Good and Naughty."
Today-World featuring Warner Baxter, Muryrnal Love."
and Antonio Moren To-day-Majestie Theatre Duncan opened a four days engagement The Life of Riley".
Queen's
To Uny Central Theatre "The Canary Murder Case," on Sunday, at the
Sports Theatre.
+
Theatro,
HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.
See Special Sports Diary on page.
Home Mails.
THE Attention of those Clubs fo-day-Inward from Europe via concerned is drawn to "the fact that entries for the Amateur Football League for the forthcom ing Season Close an AUGUST 1.
Entries for the Challenge Shield Competition CLOSE on. October
Miscellaneous.
Alfred Santell.director, Bas Captured all the charm and stir. B.. ring action contained in the novel by Katherine Fullerton Siberia (Athos II). Gerould, "Conquistador," from which the all-talking film version was adapted. Its conversion into a speaking. drama has given him obtain more opportunity to poignant realism and vivid char
acter exposure.
"Romance of Rio Grande," a Fox Movietone with muste, is' a story with a background of the feud and. hotbed of lawlessness, untamed region, of the cactus, the racial confict.."
A score of lively Spanish tunes and two special songs are intro- deced in the picture, "Ride On. Vaquero," and the theme song. "You'll Find the Answer in My Eyes," products of the gifted corn- posers, L. Wolfe. Gilbert and Abel: Baer.
was in Hong Kong the girl suffer THE CANARY MURDER CASE."
ell with her leg. The complaint became worse in Singapore, and after eight months there, she was brought back by the son and wife of a hoarding house keeper, and returned to defendant on arrival here. Subsequently the matter came to Mr. Barrow's notice and he sent for the girl, and after
July 31-Garrison School Prize
quarters, 10 a.m. Giving Day, Volunteers' Hond-
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July 31-Hong Kong Cricket Club Concert, 5.30 p.m.
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MANILA POLICE.
PLAN FOR SCOTLAND YARD VISIT.
CHIEF IN FAVOUR...
Manila, July 18." Commenting on the proposal of) Councillor Mateo Herrera of the) municipal gard to send two
1..
W. E. HOLLANDS,
Hon. Secretary. Hong Kong. July 29, 1030.
AGENT WANTED.
AGENT WANTED by an old Estab, Firhed Scotch Hausc for their Whiskies. Liberal terms to those who can ingyenge batinees without large advertising schemes. State ex perience, give bank or other refer- ince. Letters will be treated in the strictest confidence. Apply Box 824, Robertson & Seoti, Edinburgh, Scot land.
Filipino pensionados to Scotland "CECIL" CELLARS. TO
BE CLEARED.
Yard, England's internationally famous detective agency, Chief The perfect figure and superb Columbus E Piatt of the City which brought Police Department snid *this dancing grace,
on the stage morning that as far as he is con- 100,000 Bottles of Wine & Louise Brooks fame
Spirits up for Sale. and the opportunity for a screen cerped he has no objections to career, were responsible, in a the plan.
"Anything that is done for the large measure, for her selection
to play the role of "The Canary" benefit of the Police Department
Wine-tasteraand buyers wil} view, declared that it was neces- taking a statement from her he in Paramount's "The Canary Mur-is all right to me," the chief re- have five busy days at the Hotal
Wang Ching-wel, in an inter-
Chief Platt, however, Cecil, atated the Evening News five days at the Central believes that should a pensionado in mail week. More than 600 "lota"
be chosen, he must be a univer-
sary to establish a Government in decided to prosecute the defender Case," which will open to-day marked Peking,but they must first decidedant.
for
of
the Party policy and principles con- An inmate of the defendant's Theatre..
S. S. Van Dine, mysterious au-sity graduate, otherwise he would aggregating about 20,000 bottles,
Roughly, 100,000-bottles nected with the Government. The house, who was called for the de- people's conference, which would tence, said that the girl wasther of this boat selling detective not be able to amass complicated will be disposed of every day. be summoned, would consist of mut tsai, but she agreed with des story, describes Margaret Odell, technical information in a short wines, brandies and, whiskies will
"the most time. bodies such as the Chambers of fendant that the girl had been "The Canary," as
which there is a large quantity of: Commerce, student organizations, treated the same as defendant's beautiful, the most tantalising Two ranking officials of the 3 out of the cellars, besides and the most expensive plaything Police Department are of the champagne lying in bond at- Lon- daughter. and labour unions,
the don Docks, Waterico, Folkestone, Ilis opposition to Nanking was Mr. Barrow suggested that it basking in the glow of Broad- opinion, however, that
Herrera proposal is entirely use Newhaven and Dover, and more largely, based on different-views re- was clear that the girl had been way's midnight sun."-
In The Canary Murder Case," less. Right in the City Police than 18,000 cigars to be disposed garding the tutelage period.. The treated as a mul tsai, although year 1928 was a good time to end she was given to defendant by her Miss Brooks la the featured figure there are good investigators that
compare favourably with Here are a few items which the military period, it was laid ather as an adopted daughter, in a gorgeous stage presentation can -down-by-Sun Yat-sen-that-the-pen-end-after-his-Worship. had con which includes a chorus of 70 any that Scotland Yard can pro give an idea of the vast stock of
but they
ple be given many
And personal rights so as to help penalty. them towards self-government, and
towards democracy.
..
of.
Burgundy 21,000 bottles,
Champagne 13,000
Port
8,000
Whisky
1,800
Brandy
1,140
Sherry
850
Liqueurs
*590
Gin
315 63
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mands upon acting skill, the role by inck of mechanical equipment, hotel, though, the supplies are His Worship, however, decided also required that its portrayer these ranking officials declared smaller than they would have the Party should help the people that he was not entitled to take display a figure which easily put is contended that if the City been but for the Impending sale
into consideration what had hap in the shadows those of 70 of the Police Department could be sup- of the Cecil:
It whs mest beautiful girls the casting plied with highly efficient and The purpose of the Revolution pened in Singapore.
the Paramount specialised mechanical apparatus was to obtain democracy, but .in-simply a question of registration department of
the girl. stidios in Hollywood could as- such as those Scotland Yard uses stead, they were getting a diclator- ond not treatment of
in crime detection, Manila would ship: so now he felt must oppose He imposed a fine of $100 or two pemble.
Miss Brooks toured with the have fewer unsolved crimes. Chiang in the interest of de-months' hard labour in default.
Ruth St. Denis dancers, played in Philippines Herald. mocracy.
"Scandals of George White's 1924, danced in London, and re- turned to New York-to appear in "Louis the The Sovlet Press reports that the Florenz Ziegfeld's Ogpu has rounded up large num-Fourteenth" and in his "Follies." bers, of small traders in Moscow on Then she signed' a charges of speculating in food-enntract. stuffs, and has summarily banished
It was desirable to restare diplo- matic relations with Russia, as Bri- 'tain had done, provided these rela- tions were on a footing of absolute equality and mutual interest..
After, the military situation has been settled, there must be a na tional movement to suppress the "Red" bandits in the southReu-
ter.
FRENCH STRIKE. PROTEST AGAINST A NEW LAW.
COLLISION WITH POLICE.
Lille, Yesterday.
A general strike of textile work- érs has now been declared in con- sequence of the objection to the new national insurance law. The strikers express readiness to accept the application of the new law, but demand an increase in wages, based on the present cost of living with which to pay the contributions.
A message from Rouen atates that a protest strike against en- forcement of the same Act is being held there. Police are patrolling the town, and have arrested several! strikers with whom they came into. collision outside the city hall Reuter.
ITALY'S DISASTERS. ORPHANS SENT TO INSTITUTIONS.
Avellino, Yesterday,
All the injured peraons have How been sent to hospital from the temporarydref-aid stations. The orphans are being sent to in stitutions and families all over Italy. Only residents and relief workers are permitted to enter the stricken area Reuter,
Rome, Yesterday.
The King has returned from the stricken area-Beutar,
POSTAL STRIKE ENDS.
Peking Yesteren?
The postal strike came.
yesterday, the "ktrikëra
arend
notice from Shanghal, that the
demanda for increased pay would be granted Reute
THE SOVIET WAY!
Riga, Yesterday.
Paramount
POLICE RESERVÉ.
ORDERS FOR THE CURRENT' WEEK.
Orders by the Hon, Mr. E. D. C. William Powell, James Hall Wolfe, CMG, Inspector-General them without trial to North Siberia. Jean Arthur and Miss Brooks are of Police, state:
Others are confined in local con- the featured players in "The
Canary Murder Case.", centration camps-Reuler.
THERE'S PLENTY
OF WATER NOW
SO
GET
THAT
GEYSER
FIXED,
WE WILL INSTAL ANY GEYSER
ON SALE OR LOAN FOR
FIVE DOLLARS (Extra for service
where necessary),
THE GAS COY.
CENTRAL SHOWROOM, ICE HOUSE STREET SHOWROOM 246, NATHAN ROAD.
Rum Rum does not appear to have been a very popular drink. The stock of light wines is by far the heaviest, for in addition to the Burgundies, there are about 5,100 bottles of ret Bordeaux, 7800 General
bottles of white wine-Sauterne, Revolver Practice. The regolar Barsac, 'Graves, stiil Moselles, and weekly revolver practice (volun-Rack-and a substantial quantity tary) will take place at the Bowen of Australian, South African, Cali- Road Revolver Range Tomorrowfornian, Spanish, and Italian from 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p. wines.
to carry arms.
ft will be open to all ranks of It will take a whole day to sell the Police. Special Constables, the champagne and there are Chinese Company, Police Reserve, about 600 magnums to be offered and to all persons holding permits in small lots of from three to twelve hottles; and at least two Police, Training School.
days will be spent in disposing The weekly classes for Police of the light "wines. Reservists at the Police. Training Brandies and whiskies, are be School, Kowloon, will be held to- ing sold by the dozen, and ports day at 5:30 pm All-members in one-dozen and two-dozen fots. of the Chinese Company and af. Among the odd. lots are small tife Flying Squad who "have not quantities of Absinthe, Vodka, yet passed art of Training Milk Punch, and Apple Brandy. Course should attend
Chinese Company. Rovolver Practice. Members of the Chinese Company, who have! passed Parts 1 and 2 of Training) Course, will attend at the Bowen: Read Revolver Range to-morrow at 6 pm. aharp for revolver practice under Musketry. Instruc-
14 tor E. Carpenter,
LOCKED IN SAFE.
`CRACKSMEN TO THE RESCUE.
Warsaw, June 17. Flying Squad.
Urgent 'telegrams have been sent The weekly instructional patrol to Warsaw and Prague for profes of the Kowloon Section will take sional cracksmen to rush to Lada to place to-day. Fall in at the release three banke officials who`azo Telm-tsa-tsu Fire Brigade Sta imprisoned inside a safe following tion at 5.30 p.m. sharp Dress a burglary yesterday The alarm Khaki anlform and cap with was raised late last night. The khaki cover. We locks of the sate had evidently been The weekly Instructional: patrol tampered with, for the doors wero of the Hong Hong. Beation will closed and could not be opened. take place on Friday Fall In at Only a faint hope 18 entertained the Central Police Station at 5.15 that those entombed will be alive, met sharpa Dress Kinki uni as the safe is not ventilated. It is. form and cap with khaki cover. believed that a gang of half a dozen Skarpshooters Company burglars entered the bank on Rifa Fractice Rifle Practice Sunday and locked up the watch will be carried out on the Tai Hang mun, his ralley, and another official, Range to-morrow, at 5.80 p.m. all three of whom are missing.. Members will bring their rises.
Warsaw, Later. Uniform optional AmmunitionThe three bark oficiala have been avaliabl on the range released from the safe. It is a
Rifles Rifles returned for inssumed that the burglars were ad- pastion can now be obtained from mitted Into the bank by a dismissed the Police Armourer, b
Watchman who was due to leave the (8ga) D. L KING. service to-day. He has disappeared
~~~DS.P. (R.) with the burglars.
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