LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES
The body of a man named Kwok was removed to the Public Mor- tuary yesterday. He was found in the backyard of No. 176 Queen's. Road East and is believed to have fallen from the roof during a Po- lice raid.
Wong Sai-man, a married wo- man, was admitted to the Kowloon Hospital yesterday suffering from the effects of opium poisoning.
Kau Tang, aged 34. a toki on a junk, was yesterday admitted to the Government Civil Hospital in a serious condition, suffering from injuries received while he working on board the junk in the Central Fairway.
was
Peter Povzanio, Russian, had an expulsion order made against him by Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Central Magistracy this morning, when he was charged with enter- ing the Colony without a valid passport. Detective-Sergeant Rus.. sell said that the defendant bad a Chinese passport and had COIE from Macau. If he had applied | for a visa it would have been re fused.
Ball firing will take place from Stonecutters Island on September 14. commencing at 6.15 p. Fir- ing will take place from the north- west shore of the Island in a north-westerly direction, and will terminate at approximately 9 p.m.
Unclaimed telegrams are lying at the Eastern
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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1936
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WHERE THE SPANISH REBELLION HAS FLARED. The black dots indicate where uprisings have taken place.
Amusements
Cinema Notes From
The Theatres
"THE RETURN OF SOPHIE LANG" QUEEN'S THEATRE
to
SEQUEL TO OLYMPIC GAMES FAILURE
(Continued from Page 4)
(4) On the first day of the athletic) Lack of this left our runners in- programme some of the team capable of fighting their way to who were competing lost their
way in the huge stadium and success in the straight, and as a nearly missed their event. No result some very pleasant re- official, it is alleged. had recon-marks were passed concerning the noitred so as to ensure that the inability of our athletes to show: British competitors got to their that grim determination which appropriate dressing-room with alone can
pending defeat-
as little expenditure of time and into glorious triumph. energy as possible.
Britain's Day Part
There was a time when Britain.
Prepare For 1940
Thirdly, the realisation by the
a nation inherently brought up on Amateur Athletic Association that athletics, could hold her own with the next Olympiad is to be held the world, no matter how carefree in 1940. her methods.
It is useless for this body to Athletics in nations. big and
think that six months is guffici- small. have progressed out of all
ent time in which to prepare for the modem Games. It is recognition. Every country real'
not; nor even are two years. ises the importance of physical fitness in this age of mechanical
A start should be made now by and scientific distinction. What searching high and low for pro- better means of obtaining such a mising field and track event per praiseworthy objective than the formers. Then these should be ac promotion of wholesale athletics? corded every opportunity of train-
With their native thoroughness ing under a first-class coach. Germany. Japan, America. Fin- Germany proved by her feats at land, Holland and other countries Berlin that efficiency at field events have encouraged athletics by means can be achieved by practice. Now of State-controlled training.
is the time to commence.
Jesse Owens's Case Jesse Owens, who
Measure Change Needed Such a thing is anathema
to
at Berlin.
I purchase it On his return
Hollywood he had it transcribed into screen form and submitted it to Mr. Zanuck, who immediately British ideas of sport and is not proved himself to be the fastest decided to put it on the produc-jessential to the ultimate return to runner the world has ever produc- tion schedule.
a first-rate athletic power of this ed. said that his success was due drastic al-chiefly to the fact that since the Ratoff confessed his interest in country. But certain
needed in our pre-age of 12 he had continually been: the production to Zanuck and be-terations are
racing against class athletes. cause of the fact that Ratof had sent slipshod methods.
"In America, we train all the first recognized it as excellent
First, a change from the pre- seat yardage system of measuryear round, and give every minute ing our tracks. Every other of our spare time to athletics,” European State. Japan, and concluded Owens. America, arrange their
Fourthly, if a team, is to be sent to Tokio in 1940 it should be accorded sufficient time, at least, ten days, in which to be- come acclimatised,
A fast-moving story of adven-screen material, Zanuck rewarded
him with the post of co-director.
"BARBARY COAST”—
ORIENTAL THEATRE
romance, un-
graph Co. Ltd. for Adamson c/otre. intrigue and P and O Office from Eastbourne: spoiled by emphasis on the melo Gillett c/o British Consulate from dramatic, is presented in this pic- Bombay: and Craig Passenger from Naihati.
ture with Gertrude Michael play- ng the title role.
The s.s. Bhutan is due here from
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races
over distances fixed in metres. Standardised Olympic distances? Miriam Hopkins, Edward G. Ro-!
jare 100, 200, 400, 800, 1,500, A successor to the film of two binson and Joel McCrea enact a
[5,000 and 10,000 metres, 110 and violent triangle metres hurdles, 400 metres hurdles, Singapore at 4 p. next Sunday. years ago which introduced Sophie Strange
tumultuous back- and 3,000 metres steeplechase. to screen audiences, "The Notori against the
A Big Difference A comparatively small amount ous Sophie Lang." the picture ground of life on the "Barbary of mail was brought to Hong Kong picks up the yarn of the lovely Const." that notorious Mecca of
Not one of our AAA. races ac lifter of jewels and hearts at a adventurers from every corner of¦ yesterday by the Imperial Airways
tually measures the same distance plane Dorado. There was no Eng-date several years after the close the globe.
Miss Hopkins is seen as Swan, One hundred yards is just over helat of the first story.
the Sophie Lang, believed dead, in a beautiful girl who is stranded in nine yards less than
yards longer The mail" from reality is in hiding. She has given this city of gold-mad, love-hungry metres. The
metres. Europe which was due this week up her light-fingered ways and men and becomes will now arrive here next Tues- has become the trusted companion Bella
liah mail, that having been ap owing to a mishap R.MA. Hors
to
queen of the Donna, a notorious cafe
one
the mile is than the
100
120 1,500
The Berlin air made our athletes languid for three or four days, and may well have accounted for the feeble displays given by our re- presentatives in the first few days of the Games
Hong Kong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 2.m. to-day,} was .22 inch. The total since January 1 has been 55.35 inches, No wonder our runners are day. There were aboard the of an elderly, wealthy collector of run by Louis Chamalis, (Edward
handicapped at the Olympic Garces against an average of 68.44 inches: Dorado, however, 56.852 kilos of gems, Elizabeth Patterson. Her G. Robinson).
That is alteration No. 1, Second. Men risk their fortunes for a little less vital, is the reed of more letters from Australia and Penang former companion in crime, Sir
smile 客 she presides and 450 kilo of freight There Guy Standing, has returned to his
over intensive competition for our best plane old ways after spending several Chamalis' crooked roulette wheel, The
At present.
as with but she has grown hard and cold lawn tennis years in prison.
stars, so with
were no passengers. arrived at 2.35 p.m.
LOCAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
9-Year Old Chinese Boy Killed
men.
More Hard Racing
our
our
Sophie and her wealthy friend as the diamonds with which he Olympic hopes, they refrain from sail for America, having in their has decked her. Hating all men, meeting each other in open com- possession the famous Krucger she suddenly meets a man from petition until the last possible diamond. Sir Guy sails on the another world. Jim Carmichael moment. same boat. He recognizes Sophie (Joel McCrea), a young miner who and insists that she aid him in the has made his strike. They fall in
More class racing would do theft of the rare stone. When she love and Swan sees her life at the
But power of good to such athletes as refuses he takes the diamond and Bella Donna for what it is.
Ward when Jim learns her identity he Powell, Roberts. Sweeney, manages to throw suspicion 01 In the Colony of Hong Kong, her.
thinks she has been toying with and Co. I suggest as many in- including the Island, Kowloon and Meanwhile, Miss Michael has him and experiences a bitter dis-ternational matches, such as those However, his faith next week in Oslo, Stockholm, and the New Territories, during the met Ray Milland, Foreign corres-illusionment. week ended at 8 am on Saturday pondent for a New York paper in her is revived and, after a Luxembourgh, should be fostered. last, there were altogether 41 The romance that begins is car-series of exciting and perilous ad- traffic accidents, as the result of ried through the rapid-fire events ventures, the lovers escape the which one person was killed and 18 which follow.
jealous wrath of Chamalis and persons were injured.
has face the future together. The person
At the close,
romsace
killed, a Chinese triumphed, the stone, is back with "O'MALLEY OF THE
boy, aged 9 years, died as the re-its rightful owner, Sir Guy is ar- sult of injuries received, when he rested and all ́s right with the was knocked down by a
motor-world. To reach that happy situa-
MOUNTED ALHAMBRA
THEATRE
American, Japanese, Finnish and German athletes were train. ed run themselves out at Berlin, Many of our team were still in need of some hard racing they had been denied in Britain.
which he does so well and with:
lorry whilst running across the tion, however, the principals have The flying fists, fighting heart such gusto. Employing all the been led through an exciting and spectacular horsemanship, of familiar tricks and gestures which
street.
a
rl
motor-lorry.
and a passenger
One private motor-car driver were injured when their vehicle skidded and
"SINS OF MAN" — KING'S THEATRE
One private motor-car
driver
collided with the hillside.
Flushed with the success of his girl. first directorial efforts on “Sins of
of
Kent
Of the persons injured, 14 were series of adventures, with police George O'Brien, Hollywood's ace have made him famous in fast- pedestrians who were either walk-and press baulked at every turn in adventure star, are enlisted on the moving light comedy, Tracy rompe ing or running across the road and heir search for Sophie, and with side of the gallant red-coated police through with a spontaneous esse which definitely stamps his na- were struck by vehicles.
the diamond passing from hand to of Canada in this pictare. One lorry passenger was injured hand until it lands back in Miss
Playing the title role in this tural acting. through falling from moving Patterson's collection.
tingling adventure story, adapted The story centres around the from the original by William S. amazing experiences
two Hart, O'Brien is a Monntie seat on fighters when they accidentally la man-hunt who returns with his crash Park Avenue society. Leej Iman but loses his heart to a pretty Tracy is seen as the manager and promoter of Roscoe Karns, a dull- O'Brien's, adventures include a witted, second rate leather-pusher. was injured when the vehicle ran Man," with Jean Hersholt in the daring gaol-break, in which be Broke and disgusted they are of the road down the hillside. starring role, Gregory Ratof, who frees a member of the bandit gang arguing their troubles oat in the
Of the 41 accidents, 18: were collaborated with Otto Brower or he hopes to catch.
street when along comes collisions between Tehicles; 18] the production, has almost decided⠀⠀⠀ On the basis of this feat O'Brien Taylor, pleasantly tipsy. He in- were collisions between vehicles to forego acting for a directing wins the friendship of the gang sists on taking them into his man- and pedestrians; and five accidents career.
leader," played by Stanley Fieidssion, when he feeds them and then were due to other causes.
Patoff is one of Hollywood's With daring and resourcefulness aska Tracy to put him in condition Fost sought-after character he works himself into the cop-so he can handle his unscrupulous YM.C.A. NOTES factors. Hia Russian dialect is fami- fidence of the bandits until every-brother-in-law, Gordeon Westcott,
liar to every moviegoer and he can thing is prepared for their cap-who is trying to swindle his wife,] 'Farewell Message From play comedy and drama with equal ture
Gail Patrick, out of the fortune] facility. Ratuff, however, has had Then O'Brien is trapped. But left to their small son, Billy Lee. Mr. Selk
ja long-standing ambition to be 'be-Irene Ware, who has fallen in love Events more fast and furiously The September issue of thehind the camera instead of in' with him, carries the message that when Tracy and Karus take pos monthly notes of the European front of it, and Producer Darryl! enables the Mounties to catch the session of the household as but- Y.M.C.A. contains a special mess F. Zanuck acceded to his request bandits red-handed in a hold-up, lers, and there are many amusing age of farewell from Mr. E. F. that he be allowed to participate and a smashing dramatic climax sitiations. Selk, who has recently retired from in the directing of "Sins of Man," paves the way for a romantic the portion of Assistant Secretary in which production he has more close.
Mr. Selk expresses his "sincere than an ordinary interest.
regret at having to leave. Hong It all began a few years ago on Kong and the many fine friends a train journey between Chicage
.
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REICHS ART & QUOTATIONS
Berlin, To-day. The Reichs-
Įmark was quoted yesterday with- with whom I have been associated and New York Batoff had taken An engaging story, swift-paced out guarantee at:-New York) in the YMCA." He affeals for along several books to pass away action and hilarious performances 40.22, Paris, 610.5; Amsterdam, the same support for his successor the time and one was a novel by on the part of all concerned form 59.2175; and London, 12.5125. as was accorded to himselfast
The notes also contain a full re-
cord of the activities of the "Y daring the month of August.
Joseph Roth,
the basis for romantic comedy in Paria quoted the Pound sterling] Batoff was immensely impressed which the inimitable Les Tracy fe at 7645 to 76,48, and the U.8. dol. by the work and upon reaching given the typically fast-talking, lar at 15.188 to 15.19-Trans- New York opened negotiations to high pressure, wiss-cracking rotel Ocean Service.
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