WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1933.
Art and Drama: Danie
Hong Kong's Empire LONDON'S OPEN-AIR
Products Fair
Matshed Pavilion Nears Completion
THEATRE
THE CHINA MAIL.
State Co-Operation In Regent's Park.
COLONY'S CO-OPERATION NEEDED beautiful grounds of the Inner
Appeal For Support.
ROYAL AMATEUR ART SOCIETY.
The Queen's Visit. -
NEW SINGER WILL STARTLE WORLD.
Fame When On Verge
It bas
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Malone
The Queen paid a visit recent Of Starvation." ly to the exhibition of the Royal A NEW DEPARTURE · Amateur Art Society at 19, Bel-
Advance test records of a new singer who is, it is believed, destin-| grave Square, before the private ed to startle the world. London, in its old age still. the
His name is Danny most progressive of capitals, will view, She was received by Lady possess this summer, for the first Erres-Monsell, who lent the (nationality obvious), and he is time in its history, a regular Open house, and by Lady Sligo, the only twenty-two. Air Garden Theatre. In the Hon. Lady Mallett, Major-Gener-casts from the B.B.C. and is to He has done two or three broad- Circle, Regent's Park, formerly al Sir Arthur Scott, and the Hon. make his first four recordings for known as the Gardens of the Bo-Sydney Marsham, on behalf of
the His Master's Voice people. Kowloon residents and visitors Assisting in the sale of the pro-yal Botanic Society, there is the society.
Malone has a brogue that you have been shown within the past duce will be a group of over 80 now
(could cut with a knife, and a voice in courge of construction have been for consistent and daily occupa-
Her Majesty spent two hours which inevitably calls for compari couple of days the first visible evid-ladies, whose services ence of the activities of the Com- secured through Mrs. Kinnaird tion this next season, as spa- in the exhibition and selected son with John McCormack. mittee responsible for organising Watson. Mrs. Watson is deputising cious and decorative an
an astonishing natural the British Empire Fair which will for Mrs. Borritt in the latter's air stage as can be found any among them a German silver mo- proves to be able to render more open-many objects for purchase, purity and richness, and if he be officially opened by His Excel- 'absence from the Colony. Miss where in the world. lency the Governor, Sir William J. A. S. Alves and Misa Ciasy
The enterprise of the Board of del of a sixteenth-century sail- difficult numbers as well as he sings Peel, K.C.M.G., K.B.E., on Wednes- Noronha have also been responsible Works contemplates the produc-ing-ship made by Mr. S. Scarbor vagant tu prophesy à McCormack Irish ballads, it may not be extra- day, May 24, at 12 o'clock (noon), for getting together a large number tion under my control and direc-ough and Mr. W. Smith, two un-future for him,
Thanks to the assistance obtained of young Portuguese lady helpers tion of a series of Shakespear-| from officials of the Public Works from Kowloon.
can, classical, and other notable employed mechanics; other ob Department the clearing of the
· Malone walked a few weeks ago plays suitable for presentation injects which her Majesty chose into the office of Basil Dean-the area of Crown land on Nathan and
the open. The programme will included water-colours, artificial song-writer, not the producer. He Salisbury Roads to the cast of the "Empire food for Empire Day" include such pieces as "Twelfth
down and out, and Peninsula Hotel was effected in was the slogan for the Hong Kong Night," "As You Like It," "The flowers, a glass necklace, lamp-wire completa do of wor record quick time. No sooner were Fair last year. Lady Peel stressed Tempest," "Midsummer Night's shades and hand-painted wood- the stones and building debris rean appeal on behalf of the New Dream," "Comus," "Robin Hood," work, two miniature needlework Dean asked him.
"What have you been doing?" moved and the site levelled that Territories farmers at the "Prunella," and other appro-pictures of Sandringham, a tiny "Well," said Malone, "I've done matshed contractors fook possession augural meeting at Government priate pieces, ancient and modern. of the ground and started the work House on the 19th March. 1932, Popular entertainment will be table, and the miniature writ-some work in shipyards. of erection forthwith. The pavilion which gave rise to the Empire Fair the keynote of this Pastoral Fes-ing-desk made by Admiral Sir yards. But could he sing?
Wean, was sorry, he had no ship- will assume the form of twin in the Colony. The appeal this tival, in which pageantry, poetry, Reginald Tyrwhitt, which won a Yes, Malone could sing a little. structures; their combined super year is made with even greater humour and music will go hand first prize in the handicrafts sec-
The upshot of it was that Dean ficial area is 28,000 sq. ft. Origin force by the Organising Committee in hand.
tion.
took him along to Langhám-place "at ally, the pavilion was designed as a The size of the Fair has grown There will be from nine to In the gift section she reserved once and fixed him up to broadcast. single building-since altered to two to four times that of 1932 and its twelve
performances weekly for purchase an engraving of On leaving the B.B.C. building -to meet the requirements of the cost is relatively greater. For the afternoon and evening. Sundays George III, an English box show-Malone nearly fainted in the street. Fire Brigade Authorities by the erection of the Pavilion alone the excepted. The weather is the ing the Pavilion at Brighton, and The cause? provision of a clear space of twenty Committee will have to meet a bill only uncertain factor in the pro-ja Tonbridge ware basket. Prin- Hunger. feet between the two matsheds. for $1,500 almost the entire
[ject, our British climate proving cess Helena Victoria and Prin- The ürat test records .came They are of rectangular shape; each amount of the grant-in-aid from as a rule unkindly to most al-cess Marie Louise also visited the through from the H.M.V. works last 160 feet long by 80 feet wide. The Government.
fresco affairs of this kind except exhibition, recompanied by Misa week. Malone sat and listened to highest point from the floor to the
Through the generosity of Cullen-in the driest and hottest of sum-Ducane, and selected objects for them in Dean's office. apex of the roof is 30 feet: there der's Cable and Construction Co..
The unfriendly elements purchase. is a clear open space of a minimum Ltd. (Mr. J. E. Barnes, local Man-
will, however, be guarded against height of 10 feet with a canopy ager) the cables for the electric by a spacious and gracious mar- projecting from the cave of the roof wiring of the Pavilion are loaned
quee adjoining the open-air audi- having a span of 10 feet. This free. Messrs. Wm. C. Jack & Co..
Itorium. canopy is designed as a protection Ltd., are giving their gratuitous, technical services; but labour has tol be paid for which adds to the cost! of the Fair. The Committee rely;
from rain.
Fire Safeguards.
that the Committee has been in
has the Payliion
Buy Local Produce.
mers.
Reserve Stage.
PLIGHT OF ARTISTS
IN POLAND.
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He just said: "I can't belaye it all It'a loike a drame."
Too bad that, all dreams don't have such happy endings.
SARAH BERNHARDT'S ANNIVERSARY
Paris.
A reserve stage is in process of formation. This is set at right.
8d. A Performance. Regarding fire precautions there on the proceeds of the sale of the angles to the main one, the fron- assuring statement is vouchsafed Colony's produce as the principal feet in length. In the event of tage of which is nearly a hundred
The tenth anniversary of the Of all the professions that of death of Sarah Bernhardt, the anurce to partly recoup the cost of communication with the Inspector carrying out the Fair scheme.
rain the audience can quickly be the artist has been most hard Great French actress, was com- General of Police whose conditions
transferred to the shelter of the hit in Poland. Theatre after memorated recently by à cere- permitting the erection of the
covered-in portion, the perform- theatre is being closed down, mony at which her descendanta Pavilion are being carried out. The Patrons of the New Territories ance continuing with the briefest and hundreds of artists are being were present. Her great géabá- plan for
been section will be rendering not only of breaks.
thrown into the streets without daughter, Mile, Jacqueline Sarah- submitted to the Fire Brigade A-ja patriotic service by making their] It is proposed to retain the re-jany means whatsoever.
Bernhardt, recited and M. Henry thorities on whose advice the re-purchases of farm produce at the gular services of a reliable wea- Those who are lucky enough to Bordeaux, of the Academie Fran- commendation for greater safety Fair on May 24 and 25 but they can ther prophet with the object of find work are lucky enough to caise, recalled her long and bril- has been adopted in an alteration of be assured of an absolutely reliable settling on the morning of each find work are earning a twentieth llant career.-Reuter. the lay-out. At least six fire foam supply of fresh eggs, potatoes and day which of the theatres, closed part of what they used to get|| extinguishers will be installed; vegetables equal to the best of the or open, it may be advisable to even a year ago, In Vilno, Lu- Messrs. A. W. V. Turner (Hong imported agricultural produce. New prepare. As for the players, alblin, Lodz, there are many who Kong), Ltd., have undertaken their Territories formers obtuin in ad-large company of first-class ac-Jact for one zloty. (about 8d.) a installation and maintenance for vance retail prices for their supplies tors and actresses will be recruit-performance. In Lodz, a 'city the period of the Fair at a nominal in bulk and are relieved of all cost ed to form the basis of a perma-(of 600.000 inhabitants, once the of transportation charges. They nent open-air repertory company.frichest manufacturing centre in The western pavilion will house are thus the principal beneficiaries The season, it is suggested, will Poland, artists play for less than the New Territories produce section of the Fair. Collection of their last (with luck) for at least six- that. Should they refuse dozens of the Fair, the Poultry section supplies is made on their behalf by teen weeks, and the contract with will be happy to take their place with a portion for pigeons and a fleet of lorries kindly leat by the Board of Works covers a pos-on the stage. canaries, part of the Industries Hong Kong firms operated under sible period of three years. The destitution among Polish section and a reservation for motor- the direction of Mr. H. Green,
Use Of Amplifiers. artists is so great that. a group cars, trucks and motor-cycles. superintendent of the Botanical & The open-air auditorium in Re- of theatre-lovers has formed a The eastern pavilion will be re- Forestry Department, assisted by gent's Park will seat, if neces- society to help them. They give served for the remaining section of his right-hand man, Mr. S. Hsary, 4,000 people. Last year them a dinner and try to find the industrial exbibita, more motor- Strange.
"Twelfth Night" drew, in four them a bed.
cost.
cars, building materials, including those manufactured by the Hong Kong Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd., and the Concrete Pro-i ducts, Ltd., and probably also a re-i freshment kiosk conducted by the
WINDFALL FOR SPINSTERS
Milan.
performances, some 6,000' visi-] An idea of forming travelling tors. The prices of the seats will theatres from among the unem- range from 1s to 12s. 6d. Re-ployed who might go about the freshments will be available both villages and perform for bread morning and evening, and at has so far not materialised, night-time electricity will be us-|
SUNDAY AT
Dairy Farm Ice & Cold Storage Co., Signor Bozzalla-Borramino, aled for flood-lighting the scenes Ltd. Attached to the New Terri bachelor who has died at Castag- and beautifying the grounds. tories section will be a depot for nea, has left instructions in his The amplifiers fitted to the the assembling and sorting out of will that his house and grounds trees surrounding the ground will the farm produce from the mainland shall be placed at the disposal of be scientifically adjusted from the THE CENTRAL districts and an office for the exclu- all the elderly spinsters in the microphones to secure. evenness sive use of the New Territories district.
and purity of sound, and those Sub-Committee, with Mr. E: H. He instructed that all the spin-sented in the seats farthest away Williams, District Officer North, asisters were to receive such hospi- from the stage will hear as dis- the chairman, and Mr. B. C. K tality as they required for as long tinctly as those next to the stage Hawkins, District Officer South, as they wished to remain guests itself. acting as Vice-Chairman..
at his house-Reuter.
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LIST OF ASSYRIAN KINGS,
Tablet Discovered In Iraq.
Mosul
Dr. H. Frankfort, the head of the expedition of the Oriental In- stitute of the University of Chl cago in Iraq, has discovered in the temple of Nabu at Khorsabad
a tablet recording the names of | Assyrian Kings, starting in the
third millennium. B. C... I tains the names of earlier rule than those hitherto, know gives a complete success
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