WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1932.
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WATER RETURN.
The level and storage of water in the reservoirs on March 1, 1932, were, as under:-
THE CHINA MAIL.
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MUSIC DRAMA ·
PLAY OUT OF THE COMMON.
Dr. Johnson on the Stage.
City and Hill District
Tytam
1931 24'11"
1932 15' 8"B
Tytom Byewash... 28" 2" Tytam Intermediate 36' 3"
24'11"B 37 8"E
Tytam Tuk
82 18
Wong Nei Chung
24' 6"B
3 8" A G. K. CHESTERTON COMEDY. 21' 7
Pokfulum
21' "B. 1
27' 5"I
The Arts Theatre deserves real credit for having produced G. K. Chesterton's "The Doctor Johnson."'
Aberdeen Upper Aberdeen Lower...
10 4′′E
B. denotes "Below Over A. denotes "Above Overflow"; 1. denotes "Level with Overflow."]
Storage la millions, and decimals of gallons.
64, Queen's Rd. C.
1931
Tytam
205.31
1932 206.04)
Tytom Byewash ...
78
Tytam Intermediate
49.47
Tytam Tuk
754.58
Wong Nei Chung
Pokfulum
8.93. 22.60
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Central. Tel. 21255.
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SHOES.
Paly Black or Brown Shoes from $5.00. Black or Brown Boots from $8.00.
Children's Boots or
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Best styles, most complete stock
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21, Pottinger St.
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Aberdeen Upper Aberdeen Lower
Consumption
1931 201.34 Estimated population 456,620 Consumption por
head per day... 15.0
Mainland.
60.20
1932
21.5
TALKIE VOICES ARE BETTER.
Those Early Nasal Gymnastics.
[By Arthur Lloyd James, University Reader in Phonetica, London.]
FILMS.
THE GALLANT ADVENTURE. Gladys Cooper's New Part.
"KING, QUEEN, KNAVE."
own brilliant decisiveness of man- ner to the part of the princess, whom the authors have been con- tent to draw as a type of young woman usually encountered on the courts of the English suburban ten- nia clubs rather than in those of Southern Europe.
Edmond Breon,
118 the king. ♫ more credible Royalty
but he, too. has
# Bur-
SIX KILLED.
Family Wiped Out By Young Farmer.
Paris, February 11. Attracted by the neighing of a horse, neighbours entered a farm- house near Agen and found dead the six members of the Bleulafe family,
Ruritania is not what it was. In prising fund of colloquial English, representing four generations. Five the old days the gallant adventurer considering.
of the victima had been killed in Doris Lytton con- Has the voice of the talkie im- placed his beloved princess on her (tributes. Judgment of
their beds, a hatchet, a knife, and clearcut A
piece of proved? Yes, a thousand times throne, kissed the hem of her gar work, and Frank Harvey, Jack rifle all being used to mutilate the common run, and deny that it has. There are al-Harwood and R. Gore Browne ex- also a creditable piece of doubling had been stolen
Here is a play yes, despite the croakers who ment, and vanished into the night. Bligh, Gilbert Davia, and Frank bodies, Everything in the house
But in the new Ruritania, sa H. M. Cochrane are all good.
was in an orderly state; and nothing full of all sorts of fine qualities with ways Jeremiahs, and they are hibited it to us in "King, Queen, by that master of makeup, Antony Dieulafe, a young farmer, after Tearless and unmoved, Piarre conspicuous for mental Knave" at the Playhouse, the story Holles W. A. D. in The Daily being questioned by the polles
quite. nut of the
one
►
There is
throughout the night, confessed that he massacred his wife, grandmother, uncle, mother, daughter, and baby in turn. Afterwards, he assisted the police to reconstruct the crime, still showing no signs of remorse. He said: "I lost all control of my-
Synthetic rubber is now being
which the
commercial purely 40.10 theatres seldom supply us, yet lack- 727.68
characteristic only. They have oca quite differently.
Telegraph. 8.81 ing many of those other fine
The adventurer is still made of short memories. 25.66 qualities which the purely
the same fine ald altruistic stuff, but My first talkie, only a few his princess no longer has any par-je
"ON THE BLACK SEA." commercial theatres deem essential, years ago, was an experience. Iticular belief in her duty to her writes W. A. D. in the Daily Tele- went to study the affair scienti-people. Total
George Bancroft To Star In She does have a shot at! ....... 1,038.79 1,140.22
fically, because, like Trochu, the throne, but it is more to oblige Consumption of water in the Citygraph.
New Drema. and District in millions and de
had a plan. Its story is slight, and, even so, theory, based on years of in-lofty reason."
If not a plan, aher adventurer than for any more cimals of gallons during the month
not well told. It is us though vestigation and broadcasting,
George Bancroft will return to self. I hated my family." of February, 1932,
And when the adventure fails and the dramtic background of sea ad- Mr. Chesterton, recognising that his
The theory was, and is, that the adventurer is captured she glad-venture for his next 233.09 story was only intended as a pegun there is in every language a cer-ly abdicates as the price of his free-starring production, it was revealed manufactured.
Paramount 382,250 which to hang a portrait of Doctor tain incisiveness of sound that dom, kisses him heartily, and prat- recently when Paramount annouse- Johnson, and a great deal of bril- you must hear in order to under-tles with the easy optimism of the led the purchase of the European Includes 1.56 million gallons from liant conversation, had decided to stand what is being said. Tele-inexperienced of her plans for darn- play, "On the Black Sea.!
waste as little time on it as possible. phones, gramophones, and othering his socks. February,, 1031-From February 1 It tells us of an idealistic Ameri-machines
As a vivacious coquette who at a constant street fountain supply can acting as a spy in London, and minimum, otherwise they are forward piece of story-telling, with domineering sea-man, Miriam Hop- must provide this This is a good, sound, straight-tempts to conquer the spirit of a was operated in all Rider Main Dis of his faithful little wife who, fol-useless, and I set about to deter-no nonsense about it and no very kine will appear opposite the star in and "Rich Man's Folly." tricts excepting 3 daya (15th-17th) in- clusive when a Full Supply was given lowing her husband's aberrations, mine, if possible, of what this special distinction about it either, this
goes from Puritanism to profligacy minimum consists.
adventurous action story Completion of star-director-writer account of Chinese New Year February,
1932 Fram February 1 -and back again. But Mr.
It makes an excellent evening's aboard a tramp liner in seldom- combination comes with the assign- to 29 a a constant street fountain
sup Chesterton is content merely to tell sounds, rhythm, and intonation calls for very little comment.
a mixture of context, entertainment, and beyond that travelled waters.
ment of Oliver H. P. Garrett to ply was operated In all Rider Main
Direction of "On the Black Sea" prepare the screen play from the Districts excepting 3 days (4th-6th) s of these changes in her. He when the speaker is visible, the inclusive when a Full Supply was gives us no chance of seeing for our-eye enters in, and picks up odd
Leon Quartermaine is the adven-will be in the hands of John Crom- Philipp Zeska-Erest Spitz drama. account of Chinese New selves either that she is a Puritan bits of information, like gesture, them.
the best of well, director of Bancroft's two re- Garrett has been scenarist on a turer, as gallant as in Act I. or that she is a profligate or shape of the mouth.
Gladys Cooper brings her cent film successes, "Scandel Sheet" number of Bancroft vehicles. In Act III. In fact, he writes as
novelist, not as u dramatist..
to 28
given Year.
on
Kowloon.
1331 Kowloon Main ... 14' 0"B Kowloon Byewash Shek Lai Pui
Reservoir
Good Writing.
It is
And there is a critical speed for speech, beyond which speech be- comes nonsense; this speed is high- The important thing is, however, Jer when the speaker is visible than that he writes uncommonly well. when he is invisible-a fact that However modestly and wittily he broadcasting comedians would do have disclaimed credit for well to remember, which they sel- the laughter of the
audience, dom de. .1032
'dividing the praise between 219.00 ,38.33 actors and Boswell, the fact
rusins that there were many
1932
1448' 50' 4"B
Shing Mun Recep-
5' 7" 11′ 1′′B
tion
11′ 8′′B L. Storage in millions and decimals of gallons.
1931
Kowloon Main
Kowloon Byewash
Shek La! Pui
Reservoir
Shing Mun Recop-
Lion
222.00 9.40
9.1.60
6.22 332.72
33,15
.may
the
So I went to test my theory, but re-nothing happened. I hardly under- im-stood one single word that WEB fine spoken.
What emerged from the
the loud speaker was miles below the
intelligibility line.
75.32 pressive passages and much
argument in which, though mouth was the mouth of Johnson, Total
366.78 the words were manifestly the Consumption of water in Rowloon words of Chesterton. In millions and decimals of gallons
Shrieking female voices, pitched well beyond the limits of the record- Still, his tribute to the actors was, ing apparatus, did nasal gymnaa- during the month of February, 1932.
1031 1932 large measure, deserved. Francis ties that had no acoustic similarity Consumption
11.47 L. Sullivan, as Johnson, added one to any known brand of English Estimated population 179,140 296,500 more excellent performance to his speech.
Consumption
117.5-1
per
23.4
16.3
score; and Leon Quartermaine, as
head per day
And in parentheses, let it here be The reports of the Government Bas. Jack Wilkes, was admirable when said, and on grounds that can be Leriologist and Analyst show that the once he had conquered an initial supported by the historical deve- quality of the water is satisfactory. attack of nerves. Miriam Adams lopment of certain languages, that Total rainfall recorded by Royal made, I think, all that could be over-prevalent nasalisation is a Observatory from January 1
made of Mary Swift; for the reason powerful contributor to unintelligi- February 28, 1931, 87; from January explained above, it is a poor acting bility on the talking film. 1 to February 20, 1932, 2535.
DAILY CROSS- WORD PUZZLE.
(This cross-word puzzle has been made by an aspert but our readers are warned to look out for scensional phonetic spellings, ruch as harbor, ploro, and allho.)
17 18 #9
Q
13
16
17
18
22
23
126
27
43
44
15
18
150
HORIZONTAL
1-Pagan
& Tract of land
surrounded by water (pl.) 12-Close by
13-Indites 14-Pronoun 18-Greek god of war 18-Greatest quantity 19-Towards
20-A chart
22-A pastry (ph) 24-A textile fabric 25-Brother of Jacob
(Blb.)
27-Drink to health of
28-Parcctate
29-Raolines
81-Prefix. Before
A2-Disgrace
83-Hoard
6!
165
HORIZONTAL (Cont.) {84-A regulated course
of enting |65–A. poisonous snake
66-Making tace 68-To steep, a flax 15-A liquid meatura
(abbr.) 60-Nocturnal nying
mammali (81-English school,,
63+Mall (abbr.) {#4-Ta out off the
skin of
86-Masculino name 67-Claims
VERTICAL (Cont.) 17-Slant
16-One who hoarde 19-Abound 121-Go by 123-8wles river
24-Paruse
20-8pokon 28-One who attends
shoop [30-Inflamed places on
'the skin [82-Flat-bodied fish
34-Moved rapidly
86-Consumed
19-Scratched
58-Appliad remedies to 40-A journey
VERTICAL
1-Carpenter's tool
({pl} 2-Indefinite articis
35-Boraped with ́a raks| 8-Chinesa pjant
37-Epoch
88-To strike gently
40-Fortified alty, In
N. Iinly 43-Refined bre
45-Removes the core of 47-Man's nama nga 41–Rub out
4-A rodant
-Bulld
7-Pleasure 8-A smaller number
-An Insect
10-Province of Canada
· (abbr.) |11-Visited stores for
the purchase of
81-A sudden Invasion goods. 13-A" trap en verre 116-Comfort
41-Tiriges
42-Qirl's name
43-Den
[44-Deoldad
46-A kiln for drying
hope
48-A rodant 160-Appear
52-Satisfied 65-Penetrate 56-A mountain lake 87-Departed
60-8heep ary B2-Noah (Sw.)
4-Postmaster."(abbr.),
68-A thoroughfare;
3. (The solution of the above cross-word pussle will appear in to-morrow's feaua along with a new cross-word puzzle.)
part. Wilfrid Walter was not Now things are better: apparatus, comfortable with John Swift's both recording and reproducing,, idealistic vapourings, but did his has improved, and voices are evid- best.
ently more carefully vetted before they are allowed to perform. Scattered Items: Lloyd Hughes,
What comes over now, whether now in "The Miracle Man," cele-British or American, is well above brates his fifteenth year in pictures the intelligibility line, though to this month... Edmund Lowe, about British ears, of course, the Ameri- to co-star with Claudette Colbert in can voice still has elements of un- Sensation," grows a vegetable call-familiarity, just as the British voice ed a "topepo," a cross between a must have to American ears. tomato and a pepper, on his ranch But we are becoming more toler- in the Santa Cruz mountains ...
ant. Personally, I cannot but re- Forty years ago. Judge Charles gret that we hear so much more of Cooper, father of Gary Cooper, was uneducated American speech than the Halena, Mont., correspondent we do of the educated variety, be- for the New York Clipper. George cause people in this country whose Bancroft is growing a set of red only knowledge of American society whiskers for early sequences in his is what they derive from sensational jnext film, "On the Black Sea."
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
ZEUS
UNG B
ROOGO STERN
talkies do really believe that all [Americans talk the same, like crooks and gangsters. Which is, of course, absurd.
But let us not suppose that we are without guile. There is plenty ¡of bad English-bad at both ends of the social scale-to be heard on this side of the Atlantic. Nobody can throw stones.
POP Marriage, 1932
ARE YOU HAPPY,
NOW THAT YOU'RE
.
England and Americs have the future of the English language to settle between them, for richer or poorer, for better or for worse.
The talking film is a powerful educator, Inguistic and sociologi- cal: linguistically it is improving, but it has not yet earned fall marks.
MARRIED
Model.
YES! RATHER, ONLY CAN'T
BEAR MY
HUSBAND,
Embassy
YORK TOPI
JA CIGARETTES SHOMAL
ATOLA LONUȚIN
The sex of an unborn child enn now be ascertained three months before birth by the X-ray,
My name is Embassy"
I am a cork - tipped Virginia cigarette And I am unique
I am mild and mellow-refreshing and cool I appeal to the most sophisticated taste And I soothe and caress the most delicate throat I bring to you a new delight in smoking My name is "Embassy"
Always look for my name
By J. MILLAR WATT.
AH WELL!
ONE CAN'T EXPECT
- EVERYTHING!