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MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1931.
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The lowest opon air temperature Una Merkel scores another hit"- yesterday WAS 60 degrees. The in "Daddy Long Lego” As Misa humidity was 68 at 10 am. and 78 Gaynor's delightfully erratic rooni- On the other hand, a car at 4 p.m.
mate, young John Arledge, a new undergeared for acceleration is
film find, turns in a highly promis unpleasant to drive and whatever Mrs. Mylo, residing at No. 96, ing portrayal of Warner Baxter's Alfred Santell's direction is may be felt by the driver no Nathan Road reports that between rival.
8 p.m. on December 19 and 10 a.m."smooth and effective throughout; in passenger really enjoys a jour-on the next day some person stole fact, there is little in the way of ney which is an incessant series clothing to the value of $20 from criticism that can be adduced. By of rushes and checks, Theher house.
all means, soo this really exceptional offering. ideal of driving is a pleasant
ip. Yau, (37), a boat mun employ-| gliding motion with no suddened by the Kowloon Godown Co., on changes of speed. British manu-a lighter, was yesterday admitted to facturers, therefore, are not far the Kwong Wah Hospital. Ila re- ceived injuries through a box fall- out in making care of which the ing on him while loading cargo. maximum speed, is tetween 50
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Personal Pars.
The degree of M. D. has been conferred on Dr. Bau Tzu-sung, of the Hong Kong University. and 60 m.p.h. with a fair mea- At 11.15 p.m. yesterday Detec-
In St. John's Cathedral yesterday sure of acceleration up to 40 tive Leung Chan was admitted to
the Kowloon Hospital suffering|Janet Lucy Vincent,
B.A. Was m.ph. Much more than that is from internal injuries caused by ordained to the Ministry of useless to the majority of driv-falling through the kitchen window Deaconess for work in the Chinese ers. There is, of course, the of No. 63, Temple Street, second Church, this occasion being unique argument that we want, more floor, during a gambling raid. His as she is the first woman to be so
condition is serious.
ordained. A large proportion of power to keep up speed on gradi-
the congregation were Chinese. ents.
But the proper answer to Four months' imprisonment was that is not more power to be imposed this morning on the Hak- wasted, but better gear-boxes, ka Chinese who was charged at the CORRESPONDENCE.
And these are coming.
From Other Pens.
A Touch of Pitch,
Central Magistracy on Saturday with the theft of a travelling
A HIKING CLUB. clock and a string of pearls, the property of Mrs. Booth, wife of
(To the Editor of "China Mail.") Mr. L. H. V. Booth, A.S.P., resid-
Sir,- am authorised by a num- ing at No. 11, Leighton Hill Road. ber of enthusiasts in the sports of Hiking and Hill climbing to`ask you Donald Meek, a favourite charac-to publish a public message to others He who touches pitch shall be ter actor of stage and screen, plays of the same mind. defled; and he who touches crime, the part of Charlie Ruggles's man- even in a punitive capacity, must servant in "The Girl Habit." The Hiking and Climbing Club in the "It is our wish to form a Central deposit a finger-print, like the
mother-in-law-to-be- pompous criminal himself. That is the de-enacted by Margaret Dumont, who Colony, the first objects of which would be to provide mape, equip- cision of the Warden of Sing Sing, WDB last seen as the bedevilled: New York's famous penitentiary, hostess for the "Animal Crackers" vices for the good of all who enjoy ment, protection and similar ser- writes a London paragraphiat. All and "Coconuts." civilian workmen and mechanics;
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employed about the jall have been A amall brown chow dog,
the pastime of walking in the open air."
who are interested and would wel.
the co-operation comme
of any
photographed and finger-printed, looked after by Mr. Hawkins, We are anxious to meet with all and in future none of them will be assistant head of the Sanitary allowed to go home after a day's Department, of 3, Observatory existing private clubs. But it is not all equally fast; work until he has "made his mark"
Villas. has
takón been there are plenty of awkward and satisfied the gatekeeper that he the Ma Tau Kok slaughter house, as a result of biting a European boy HANLON-At Canton, on Decem- places on it where a driver tra- is a bona-fide worker in the prison.
The occasion for this stern rule named Francia Thompson. aged two/Bugural general meeting at some ber 20, 1931, to Mr. and Mrs-velling fast would need the best is that a convict recently succeed-years, at the children's playground suitable place.
E. M. Hanlon, a son.
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of brakes; there is also plenty of ed in walking out of the prison dis-jin Chatham Road. traffic of all sorts in many places, guised as a bricklayer. The China Mail. When one of these drivers says Aids To Freedom,
in excuse that he inconvenienced or endangered nobody, we simply do not believe it.
Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 21, 1931.
Motor Speeds.
Road hogs, like the poor, shall ever be with us. The number in this Colony cannot be judged by the number of prosecutions in the Police Courts.
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Lee Yuen, a ticket inspector on the Yaumati Ferry, has reported to This astonishing feat is not like the Police that at 3.80 a.m. to-day, ly to be repeated, but it has cc on opening the staircase door of curred to the Warden that friends his house at No. 82, Reclamation of the prisoners might penetrate street, he saw a man at the bottom. A driver travelling at over 70 the prison in the same disguise and On seeing him, the man ran away, m.p.h. does not know how many bring in Ales, pistols, and other out on going down later Lee Yuen men he has left cursing behind aids to freedom. This is a con- discovered a bottle of kerosene, a It is small parcel of shavings, and a box him. If he is even
aware of sideration of some weight.
apparently not very difficult to get of matches. their displeasure he probably re-tools into an American gaol.
flected that it was they who were] A convict escaped the other day Since she arrived in Hollywood a to blame; they were not quite on after sawing through an incredible few months ago, Madge Evans, their own side, or something of number of barred gates. Ille col- stage beauty, has been kept exceed
leagues (if one may use the word ingly busy by that kind. But that plea will in this sense) obligingly drowned Mayer. not serve. No one can drive up the noise of the sawing by sustain-,ance is with Clark Gable in "Sport or down that road without meet-ed choral singing.
105. Bd. ....
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Metro-Goldwyn- Her latest screen appear.
It is proposed, when all lettora have been received, to hold an in-
Communications should be ad- dressed to the undersigned c/o P.O. Box No. 202,
Yours, etc.,
S. MORRIS.
Secretary. Hong Kong, December 21.
Milan Berlin
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LONDON EXCHANGES
Rugby, Yesterday,
Parls
New York
Montreal
Brine's
Geneva Amsterdam
17 7/16
8 15/32
66%
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ing Blood," which will open on Wednesday at the Queen's Theatre. Her role is strongly dramatic, deal-
Stockholm Copenhagen
17 15/16
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181⁄4
Vienna
29 nominal
Prague
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Helsingfors
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Madrid
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Lisbon
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Athens
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Montevideo
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Bucharest
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nio
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Buenos Aires
41%
Bombay Shanghat
1/6 9/64
Hong Kong
Yokohama Silver Spot
| Nor can it be judged by the ire
quent zeal for speed in the centre of the city. It is usually when car drivers imagine that they are safe from the eyes of ing or overtaking many cars The Best Election Story. the traffic constables that the which were taking much of the So far the election has produced ing with the efforts of a girl to re- mania for record breaking asserts road, not to mention worse fow good storica. Doubtless the deem her past. The atmosphere of colourful itself. Even motor bus drivers offences. One has to expect that harvest will be gathered only after the race track forms a
the candidates return from their background to the romance between in Kowloon, on the penultimate sort of thing, and it may bo
Miss Evans and Gable. Jabours. or final run from the Ferry on harmless enough, though some- In the meantime here is the
Charlie Ruggles, the droll but Saturday nights or Sunday morn- times annoying, at forty miles an best from the London area.
A Conservative candidate 18 therubic-looking comedian of inge cannot resist the passion hour. When somebody is going speaking before a working-class au- "Young Man of Manhattan," "Her for racing against each other's through at twice that speed, the dience. He waves a pound note be- Wedding Night" and other success. faced," ful talkies, is to be seen soon again | buses.
time for readjustments on the fore their eyes. "We are At Home, we notice from the part of the typical slow, sleepy- he says, "with a tremendous crisis. at the King's Theatre in his firat The financial structure of the nation starring pleture "The Girl Habit" headed and slightly inaccurate is at stake. It is touch and go. In this picture, which was made at latest mail papers, some sensa-
York studio, tion has been caused by the ex-driver is too limited to leave a Already the pound is worth only Paramount's New
Ruggles is definitely launched by his ploit of Mr. Jack Scott in driv- reasonable margin of safety.
As he works up to his peroration sponsors Into a career of stardom If this is, as we believe it is, ing from Glasgow to London in
a gruff voice, accompanied by alwhich will carry him to the fore- the case even with first-class rattle of silver, rings out from the front of screen personalitics. 7 hours 42 minutes, which ap- parently constitutes. a record for cars, it is very much more the back of the hall: the journey. Such performances case with people who are tempt- are quite rightly condemned by ed to imitate their record per motoring formances, and who neither are responsible authorities, such as the Royal crack drivers nor have cars fast Scottish Automobile, Club and enough to put up a high aver- Pagd without the hardest driving Royal Automobile Club, which, of course, took nothing to do with Mr. Scott's feat or its timing. They will also be con- demned not only by the non motoring public, but by the gen eral body of motorists, who are neither anxious to have record- breakers hurtling past them at 70 or 80 miles per hour nor to see the anti-motorists provided with a new excuse for talking about road-hogs, ':
the
the
"I'll give you 16s, 3d. for it.”
News in Brief.
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Silver Forward .... 20 9/16
-British Wirelose Service.
Losses amounting to £15,000,000
The jungle regions of Africa are are anticipated on this year's potato one spot civilisation has so far left crop in France as a result of the untouched-judging from Paul L. ravages of the Colorado beetle.. Hoofler's account of the difficulties. ho encountered on a recent trip The new British import duties through the French Congo district. will be applied to articles sent from Hoofler, who represented the Hong Kong by the Christmas parcel Colorado-African Expedition, saya all the way. On this last point mall unless they are Empire pro- that only on few occasions were he it may be worth while to say duce. again that really fast travelling
ment to settle accounts.
on
"Africa
To-day's Thought.
Ten Years 4
[From the "China Mail" of
December. 21, 1921,3
We become so interested in the and his men able to find ferries complexities of life that we fail to strong enough to carry their heavy recognize its simplicities. Creditors of Mésara. Hing Koe, trucks across the streams. Inter- on the road without great dan- the Chinese plece goods firm met esting motion pictures of Hoefler's
a experience are shown in ger depends more on acceleration on Saturday and decided and brakes than on the highest moratorium, to permit the manage- Speaks" now running at the Central
Theatre. There are maximum speed. stretches on the Great North Seven months". hard labour was A real cinematic gem is "Daddy Road, we are told, where a 100 imposed on Lau Cheung at the Long Legs," Fox romance, based on m.ph. car can develop ita maxi- Central Magistracy this morning the famous Jean Webster play with A daring robbery was committed for returning from banishment. Janet Gaynor and Warner Baxter in a jeweller's shop at No. 178, mum, but generally fast running This constitutes the fifth occasion co-starred, which is now showing at Queen's Road East at about 10 has to be accomplished by on which he has attempted to re- the King's Theatre. "Judy Abbott o'clock last night. Three men A little earlier Sir Malcolm series of kangaroo-like jumps be-enter the Colony, having returned in her progress from gingham and entered the shop during the absence Campbell had done the same tween checks for turns, cross.in 1926, 1927, 1929, and 1980. journey in ander ten hours with roads, or traffle obstructions.
To-day's dollar is worth 2/1%.
pigtails to chiffon and permanents of the master and his fokis, who is an absolutely Ideal part for the were having tea a few doors away. The members of the University wiseful charm of Janet Gaynor. After binding and gagging two no idea of record-breaking. A car that can jump like that Christian Association gave an en- Had Jean Webster written the play elderly ladies left in charge they. Somebody else had established a will beat one which has a higher lovable Christmas concert. in the capecially for her, it could not have stole 85, taels of gold and three
Great Hall of the University last, been better suited to Miss Gaynor's bangles worth $1,830, E record et two minutes under maximum if the latter is slower night, and were well received by a talents. Warrner. Baxter likewise Alarm was given by the neigh- eight hours, The Great North of acceleration, and the average large audience numbering about is a perfect choice for the suave, bours, but the men escaped before Road, it is true, is exceptionally motorist really wants a quick, 400. The concert consisted of cynical but lonely bachelor who is the Police arrived. Although a obstruct the robbers, wha fast, and a good driver with a lively car that will respond in Christmas carole and community greatly surprised to find himself large crowd gathered no one dared
singing, conducted by Mr., F. falling in love with his ward, and to really fast car can get over it at stantly to a touch of the acceler Mason, A.E.CO., L.T.CL, who was his handling of the part in a per- brandished their revolvers as they
sonal" triumph... an extraordinary average, speed. ator rather than one which has misisted by Prof. La T. Rido.
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