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THIS

Charles Rogers

“Beddy'

Charlie Ruggles Peggy Shannon Richard Bennett and Frances Dee

RECKLESS AGE

Ponimount

·TO - MORROW

JAMES DUNN and SALLY EILERS

OVER THE HILL

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FOX PICTURE

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RICHARD

ARLEN

"The Santa Fe Trail'

China

Mail

EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION

HONG KONG, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1932.

SAMPAN'S A SOURCE OF AMAZEMENT

BAIRNSFATHER'S VIEWS ON HONG KONG

RETURN VISIT NEXT YEAR

WEATHER REPORT.

Fair Generally But Some Showers.

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The following weather re- port was received from the Royal Observatory, Kowloon, this morning:—

Pressure is highest in the Pacific to the East of the Bonins...

The depression is situated over South Mongolia and Tong-

kin.

"The life of the sampan population in Hong Kong would make interesting reading, and to me they have been a source of great amazement,” said Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, the famous cartoon- ist when interviewed by a "China Mail" reporter ly; some showers. shortly before his departure by the s.s. Suwa Maru this morning.

"However they manage to live, Recalling the memory, Captain herded up on those small craft, I, Bairnsfather related how group cannot imagine," he continued, of Tommies behind the lines hid in "and they must sleep like sardines a shell crater to shelter from 21 in a tin. They have provided me heavy bombardment. About a with much material for my book, dozen of them were up to their 'Bairnsfather in the Orient which necks in water, and they looked so

Local forecast:--South-east, winda; moderate; fair' general-

THE SINCERE CO., LTD.

To-day's Annual General Meeting

PROFIT OF $2,489,733.

I am publishing in October, and comical that the cartoon was drawn.. also many drawings."

This is Capt. Bairnsfather's first "Hong Kong is full of types, a trip to the Orient, and he found the strange mixture of ancient and visit to the Shanghai battle area modern, and I have found it delight-very interesting, for it brought back ful. The Chinese quarter is a fold memories,

"I felt the urge to pull out my pen paradise for the artist and car- toonist. For my Own part and start to sketch "Old Bill" lament the creepling of Westerniza- again" he smiled. tion into the Orient. The people Giving his opinion on the Lind. would be much happier if they could berghe outrage, Capt. Bairnsfather Hing, who was supported by Mr. Ma Ying-plu (Managing Director), live as they did before the advent said it was a frightful end to the and Messrs. Ma Wing-chan and of the foreigners," he said. affair, but that it was hardly fair Wong Chee (Directors). There

The annual general meeting of shareholders of the Sincere Co., Ltd., was held at noon to-day at the Company's Roof Garden, under the chairmanship of Mr. Choy

ers.

I shall be coming to Hong Kong to blame the matter on to gangsters. was a big attendance of sharehold next year about the same time, and "The operation of gangsters is ter am hoping to visit Canton and ribly exaggerated" he continued, The report of the Board of Macao, if they have no civil war or "but and I do not think they would Directors was presented in Chinese meningitis scare on," he concluded, have, gond to those lengths."

and duly passed.

Capt. Bairnsfather, the creator of Captain Bairnsfather, is a young The statement of accounts for the famous war time character "Old looking man of 45 years, and was the year ending February 29, 1992, Bill" is accompanied by Mrs. born in India spending the early which was also passed; was as Bairnafather.

part of his life in that country. At under:

585,244.26

"Old Bill" was a combination of the outbreak of the Great War he The Profit for the period, types that were found in France was serving with the Warwickshire after providing for De- during the war, and from them Militia, then joining the Royal War-Preciation, amounts to $2,489,733.48

The amount brought for originated the most popular of all wickshire Regiment...

ward from last account cartoon figures, at the masterly hand Drafted to France in 1914 he was "was of Capt. Bairnsfather.

on compalga until 1916, being later: "The Better 'ole," a cartoon which attached to the War Office for duty brought more fame to Bairnsfather abroard. than any of his other work, was a direct outcome of an incident dur- ing the warfare on the Somme.

VICTORIA GAP “MURDER.

Judge's Summing Up To-day.

The Assize Court was filled to- day with persons eager to ascer tain the result of the Victoria Gap murder trial.

up,

available for appropria

tion

.$3,074,977.72 | which the Directors appropriated as

Last night Capt. Bairnafather follows: gave a breezy chat over the air from Transferred to Building 2.B.W.

Reserve

$ 200,000.00, Transferred to Exchange

Reserve

MIDNIGHT ATTACK.

Inmates of Factory

House Overpowered.

·were

Transferred to Reserve for

100,000.00

End & Doubtful Debts 150,000.00 Dividend of 10 per cent. 1,000,000,00 Bonus of 3 per cent.

Bonus to Staff

300,000.00

207,046.60

$2,047,916.69

Carried forward to next

account

1,027,031.08

$3,074,977.72

Mesars. Ma Ying-piu and Wong An attack on the living quarters Chee were unanimously re-elected of the Shun Factory, at Wek Mei Shan, Fanling ensuing year; and Mesars. Percy Chung Knitting Directors of the Company for the

The Court opened at 9.80 a.m midnight this morning, is revealed elected Auditors.

district by four Toen shortly after Smith, Seth & Fleming were re- and Mr. Justice J. R. Wood im- mediately started his summing in a brief message circularised at

which is expected to last Police Headquarters to-day

It is stated that the men until after 11 o'clock as his Lord- ship is going fully into the evid-armed with a chopper and a bamboo ence against each of the three pole,, and after overpowering the in- [accused.

mates, which included the master of Ex-King Alfonso was struck The accused are Cheung Man, the premises, Ld Wun, the Intruders repeatedly in the face by a Spanish Cheung, Taze-san, and Cheung decamped with clothing, money and workoman when Alfonso landed from Sau-fu, who are charged with jewellery to the total value of $400. the P. and Oliner Strathaird-to- the murder of Tsang Tai-kal on It is reported that one man was day. The workman was arrested.]

Reuter February 18.

injured in the affray.

WORKMAN ASSAULTS ALFONSO.

London, Yesterday,

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