FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1930.
THE CHINA MAIL.
SHETLAND CIRCUS.
AIR LINER CRASH.
NEW CROMWELL.
NEW
COLONY PROMISED BIG
ATTRACTION. -
PROBABLY STRUCK TREE NEAR WHY MR. BECKETT TOOK THE
CROYDON.
MACE.
time.
FIRST VISIT HERE.
London, Yesterday.
Mr. John Backett, who was re- Although the pilot and mechankecently suspended from the House hoth Belghus, were Incinerated in of Commons following his şeizure the crush of the night air mail of the Mace, explained his action from London to Brussels, the mails subsequently as follows: were saved.
SHADOWS BEFORE ADVERTISEMENTS.
COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN CHINA MAIL,
Entertainments. To-day Queen's Thastra "Caught Short."
To-day Central "The Doctor's Secret."
To-day World Love Trap."
Theatre
Theatre,
Theatre,
Theatre;
To-day, Star Three Passiong," Today Majestie "Something Always Happens"
Sports
A big attraction is promised for Hong Kong in the forthcoming
"For fourteen months we have visit of the Shetland Circus, which
The machine was a three-engined sat in the House of Commons'all appearing here for the first
This circus carries one of Fokker monoplane, and had just hours of the night wasting time the finest travelling menageries Intaken off. Visibility was very bad, listening to senile statesmen scor-j the business and is practically and this is believed to have caused ing futile debuting points off one
the pilot to strike a tree, bacely another. With a Labour Govern speaking a travelling Zoo.
hundred, two
yards from the ment in power it is impossible to boundary of Croydon aerodrome.--get. a working-class viewpoint ex- pressed in the House of Commons, Renter.
as the business of the flouse is set-8. tied by the three Front Benches, who are in close conspiracy to pro vent the sharp wind of reality piercing the comfortable states- manlike slumbers.
Mr. J. A. Macher, who is mak- ing arrangements for the staging of the circus on the Praya East site. promises 'several new and original treats in the form of trapeze artistes, and dare-devil riding. A special attraction will be a ballet of twelve dancers trained in the Imperial Russian Ballet in Moscow.
A further attraction promised is "looping the loop" on 2 bicycles which, it is claimed, has not been seen in the Colony before.
STATE SECESSION.
WEST AUSTRALIAN BOND INDISSOLUBLE.
Perth, July 23, Denling with 'talk of secession by WV.A., the Federal Attorney-General Another "stunt" of exceptional Mr. Bronnan), in a speach at the interest will be ballet dancing with Unity Theatre to-day, said it was 24-foot snakes. Inveterate aight-impossible for one State to with outers are requested to watch this draw from the Commonwealth. act with the greatest respect.
The right of Dominion Ministers The circus carries 60 European to approach the Crown referred to artistes, and will put on a matinee the Dominions as a whole, and not show every Wednesday, Saturday to sections of them. It did not and Sunday, apart from the 'usual apply to West Australia. Lord evening show at 9.15.
WONDERFUL ANIMALS.
Amongst the animals, which number ghout 120.
"I took the method of protest did quite spontaneously. When 1 Het to the table in front of the lace I was boiling with indigna tion.
"The Labour Government will be
See Special Sports Diary on page
Meeting.
September 28-Extraordinary general meeting of the Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold, Storage Co., Ltd., Ex- change Bldg. (1st floor), Des Voeux Road Central, 11 am.
Land Sales. September 15- At P.W.D. Offices, thres lots of Crown land, Spi
Home Mails.
faced with many such protests Today Inward from America while it continues to ape, its 30-and ports (President Jackson); called bettera. Lord Tom Noddy from Europe via Siberia; (Mantur). may cut a gracious figure in silk
To-morrow-Outward for Europe breeches, but the same cannot be vin Marseilles (Mantua) 10.80 a.m.. said of Jimmy Thomas.
I stood by Europe via Siberia (Zosma), 2.30 my friend in a protest against an
道 effete Parliamentary system, and so far as I am concerned that is the end of the matter."
He said that if he had succeeded in getting out of the chamber with
Balfour's declaration illustrated the absurdity of a section of the Com- monwealth petitioning the King for dismemberment of the Fedemption. He would not like to see any action he would merely have left it in sa musical of Australia snubbed; he would not to take it home and put it in the the cloak-room. "I didn't intend elephant, the amallest pony in the like to see West Australia humi- | drawing-room," he said laughingly. world (only a fect ip height), State went cap in hand to the Kingly clear that I was not trying to get lated, but if the people of that "And I should like to make it equal- forming orang-outangs (which will interest everybody who has with a request that they should be studied the Darwinian theory), a permitted to withdraw from the tumber of camels, specially train Commonwealth, they would be told that the spokesmen for Australia were the Ministers of the Govern
by Miss Ordette, and zebras which Jump through hoops of
fire,
"Muster Rehart," a horse which walks a distanes af 50 feet his hind legs. will also be on view. He has heen educated an trained by Mr. Blacher, and apeared with matked success ali over the Far East.
Amongst the simians will be the "Golden Monkey,"
whatever that
ment of Australia, Government might be.
Had embraced was indissoluble when The union which West Australia it was entered into, and had become. by each stage of development, ten times more indissoluble. The bond might chafe. but it was not to be broken at will.
Mr. Brennan said some people ad- whose voented Australia repudiating her parents were black. The young-obligations. He could not subscribe star was caught. with his parents.to that, doctrine. Such
a 'course
in the hills of Ceylon, and taker would place a stigma on the nation.
The Shetland Cir-
to Hamburg:
eus has sole wotights to
Hi
this unique animal.
INGOLDSBY LEGENDS
CANTERBURY MEMORIAL TO THE AUTHOR.
â
It proposed to place memorial to Richard Barham, the Author of the "Ingoldsby Legends" and the wittiest of British poets" in Canterbury, which was his birthplica.
"We will have to retrace our, stepa, maybe through sweat and
a souvenir to sell to America or
anything of that sort.
"When I took it I had no preme-
ditated intention of taking it any where. I merely took it off as a protest. When I walked along the floor with it I was very glad to be relieved of it before I had gone
very far"
CONFETTI IN KILT.
SIR HARRY LAUDER HAS TO "UNDRESS.
Attending A
wedding at St.
tears, but we cannot repudiate our John's Catholic Church, Manches obligations," he added.
ter. recently, Sir Harry Lauder W3S so showered with confetti that he had to undress entirely nt the bride's home after the cere-
EMPIRE'S SACRIFICE.mony.
WAR MEMORIALS UNVEILED IN FRANCE.
Miscellaneous.
September 16-Opening of South
Dr. Kotewall, 3.30 p.m. China Motor ship works by Hon.
September 29-Hong Kong Spek Exchange Settlement Day."
RADION
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting "Station Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 955 |
metres:-
1
6 p.m.--Chinese Arogramme, 7 p.m.-European Programme of Columbia Records selected and supplied by the Anderson Music Co.
Merric England-Vocal Gems
{E. German),
-Quartet with Chorus (9899). Dinorah (Meyerbeer), Traviata (Verdi),
Paul Rubens Memories-Vocal Gems,
Gertrude Johnson, Soprano (9703). Ivan Caryll Memories, Yocal Goms,
Columbla Light Opera Co. (9896),
COMING SOON
IN FABULOUS SPLENDOR
Radio Pictures belogs 10 the screen the gr
of operacic
Flo Ziegfeld's
RIO RITA
with
DEBE DANIS15 JOHN BOLES and 2000 OTHERS
Directed
by
Lisher ROBD
Glorided glits... glorious 1003 ... glowing drama is
the mast specta
the presentatioà offered by screen
stage
AT THE
CENTRAL THEATRE.
DUKE WATCHES FIRE
FURNITURE REPOSITORY BLAZE NEAR ARUNDEL CASTLE.
Among those who watched a big fire at a furniture repository at Arundel. Sussex, recently, was the young Duke of Norfolk."
The fire occurred nearly op posite Arundel Castle, the duke's home, and to cope with it, the Arundel brigade had to be re- inforced from Littlehampton,
Firemen from 15 stations who fought an outbreak on the top celluloid toy denier's floor of a premises in Bridgewater Square, near the Barbican, were forced to fumes. wear gas masks owing to the
·
7.30 p.m.-"Cantonese for Every- It was only by chance that the one"-The first of a series of Lec-outbreak was noticed by a pass-
Violin Solo by Efrom Zimbalist (0850). Iolanthe-Vocal. Gems
(Gilbert & Sullivan),
Columbia Light Opéra Ca. (DX17).
usually deserted during the week- end.
EXTORTION ATTEMPT.
Police Trap Alleged Writer Of Threatening Letter.
His kilt and Glengarry were tures on the study of Cantonese ing pedestrian, for the square is given a vigorous shaking.
by the Rev. H. K. Wells. Hundreds of laughing women Zapateado (Sarasati), and girls mobbed the famous Liebesleid, (Kreisler), comedian. whose chief concern London, August 4 was that he should not take the Four memorials to 40,000 off-bride's share of attention. cers and men of the British Em- "This is her great day," he pire, whose bodies have never said, "I had mine years ago." Though Canterbury
been found, were unveiled to-day, Sir Harry's visit was made at place of his birth (in 1788), het Loos by General Sir Nevil the cult of a lifelong friend, Mr. had very large associations with Macready, at Vis-en-Artois by W. Cochrane, a Manchester busi- London; he was educated in St. General Sir Walter Braithwaite. neas man, who invited him to at- Paul's School, and became at Louverat by Lieut.-General Sir tend the wedding of his youngest. minor canon of the Cathedral. Louis Vaughan (representing Vis daughter, Miss Helen Cochrane. From 1812 to 1845 he held, in count Byng), and at Pozieres, by to Mr. Harold Prior, of Leeds. addition to his Cathedral appoint-General Sir Horaco Smith- ments, the rectory of St. Augus- Dorrien.
waa
the
$1
tine's with St. Faith's Walling Mr. Rudyard Kipling, the name of whose ton appears on the memorial, was present at Loos..
Street.
The Mayor of Canterbury is or ganising the memorial fund,
HAPPY DAYS!
WHITE HOUSE GLASSES PACKED AWAY.
The wine glasses which graced the table of the White House in the good old days have now been packed away out of sight-by order of President Hnover.
These glasses, some of them Afty years old, have not been used since the introduction of. Prohibi
storehouse.
There they can no longer recall happy memories of now Illegal Joys to the Chief Executive and hix staff in thirsty weather.
The Minister of War, Mr. Tom Shaw, specially attended the cere- mony at Vis-en-Artois.
Relatives of fallen ex-Service men were, presont, at, all the cere munles, in which French represen| tatives participated.
RIFLING KING'S TOMB,
Rumours Of Buried State Jewels.
.TYPISTS' REVOLT.
WHITEHALL GIRLS OBJECT TO
OFFICE CONDITIONS.
A deputation of women clerks in Government departments recently complained to Mr. Lansbury and Mr. Pethick-Lawrence, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, at the Office of Works that:
Parted (Testi), Wait (D'Hardelot),
Hubert. Eisdell, Bunor (9948). Faust-Waltz (Gounad), Faust-Prelude (Council),
Milan Symphony Orchestra The Barber of Seville-Overture
·(9876).
(Rossini),
"B.B... Wireless Symphony Orchestra (v166). Espana, Waltz (Waldfel), L'Estudiantine, Waltz
Jacques Jacob's Ensemble
(9685). Mississippi Bubble, Nigger Town,
Vibrente Banjo Solo by Ernest Jones (5583).. Lilac Time-Vocal Gems,
Columbia Light Opera Co. (9580), Waldteufel Memories--Fantasia
(Finck),
Horman Finck & Orchestra (3833).
I hear a Thrush at Eve (Cadman),
William Martin, Tenor (1561).
Many of their typewriters had A Dream (Bertlett). sanile decay, and the noise resulting from the practice of having from 20 The Leek Selcation-Welah Aira, to 80 in one room was maddening.
The lighting arrangements. in many offices were bad.
They wanted clean windows to let in the light and electric lighting for each worker.
Mr. Lansbury promised to con. sider the complaints.
ROUGH SEA BATHING.
Mandalay, Aug. 14. Believing certala wild rumours tion ten years ago and, when the that King Alaungmladaya Gyl of usual summer Inventory of White Shwebo, a king of Burma, who died House equipment was taken re-
at Amarapura, was burled with all cently, it was decided that they the State jewele, including a gold should be sent, to a Government chafn vet with diamonds, Faw Nyun, Po Kyoke and Po San, of Mayan man quarter, Mandalay, made an attempt to exhume the body. As it was not an easy task to destroy the tomb without being noticed by beach officials should have power The question whether police and the people of the locality, these men to prevent bathers from risking NEWSTEAD ABBEY OFFER.
went about their business at, mid- their lives in stormy seas was rale- night, Information reaching the ed at an inquest at Brighton on Sir Jullen Cohn, who some polica of the attempt at the Driver Robert Worthington, of 3. months ago bought the monastic 18th night Sub-Inspector Ba Ba, of Battery, RA Freston Barracks. portions of Newstead Abbey on the Detective Department, with a the edge of Sherwood Forest, has number of his nasistants, made, a minde a tentative suggestion: that raid and caught the thieves in the Nottingham City Council should act. Paw Nyun was alleged to accept it.WASAN NA MADJE have been caught red-handed. The Newstead Abbey was the another two were caught later. All cestral home of the Byron family the three accused are at present be When Bir Jalien acquired the ing sent up under section 457, I.P.C. property it was understood that Mganga the National Trust for the FreConstantinople, September 3.The servation of Axelent Buildings Argentine Consul-General has been would assume responsibility for found dead with a revolver bullas In when it, but the trust does not see its bis temple. Reasons for his suicide "Only wny
sms are at present unknown, but f The uro Fis to be consider understood that he had been suffer
the next meeting of the fig badly from neurasthenia
ARIPA
The Regimental Band of HM. Grenadier Guards (9279).
Time and Press Newa,
9 p.m.-Weather Report, Local
9.05 p.m.--European Studio Con- cert.
1. Chinese Glee Club String Quar
tette.
a. "Honolulu March.".
b. "Hewalian Love."
2. Mis. O. G. Womack-Soprano.
"Dream Lover" from "The Love
Parade,"
S. Mr. Li Chor-chi--Tenor,
a. "La Mulson Grise" from For-
tonia" by Messager.
b. “Pensée d'Autonize", Massenet, 4. Mrs. D. J. Valentine-Contralto. a. "The Hedgerow Carnival".
Easthope Martin.
2
b. Fairy Lights", Herman Lohr. 5. Dick Barty and a Piana...
6. Chinese Glee Club String Quar
tette.
Evidence was given that Worthington and his compacions ignored several warnings not to on- ter the water.
PAS 17.
Mr. W. D. Peskett, the coroner, said it was very dangerous for, Gren a strong swimmer to bathe in rough as William Barber, a corpora tion boatman, suggested that boat mon should have power
prevent people from entering rater
do 20. was dangerous?
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Mr. D. J. Valent Little Chihe NetMontagut Phi
Down
falto. Mandarin,
Mr. Chor chi
Chanson de Cherubin”
Valus from "Leo Cioabe de Cornoville" by Planedetto, MN
D. Mm. O, C. Womack-Soprano, hadets as "Suailight and Lovelight"-East-
hope Martin,
from 10 Dick Darty and Plano
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---Klang, August 23.
A Cantonse named Lee Tian-loi was charged here to-day with at- tempting to extort $2,000 by threats from Leong Yan-tuck, & well. kwon Chinese towkay.
The O.C.P.D. asked for a remand Pending Instructions from the D.L.A. This was granted and Lec Tian-loi was refused bail.
It was stated that the towkay re- ceived a letter demanding that an envelope containing $2,000 be placed at a spot in Meru Road in- dicated in the letter, within three days,
The towkay told the police, who set a trap for the writer of the let- ter. The same day the towkay's aon placed a letter at the spot named and the man who picked it up was immediately arrested.
CHARGE OF SHOOTING.
Offers Of Marriage For Titled Woman.
London, August, 1. Lady E. Owen, the former Lon- don actress who is now in a Paris gaol on a charge of shooting in doctor's wife, is receiving offers of marriage by every post, m
The latest, saya Reuter, le trom
a workman living at Marseilles.
He hastens to assure her that he is in a very good position, as he carne six shillings a day.
N
Lady Owen; a Frenchwoman by birth she was born at Havre of French parents has written to the British Embassy to ask for the re- cognition of her British nationality as the result of her marriage to the late Sir Theodore Charles "Owe
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