THE CHIN
IAL THURSDAY,
1925
For Autumn, Marsha Hunt, the sgreen actress,' selects a charm- ing, youthful dinner dress of black velvet The outstanding
feature of the dress is an em- broidered white lawn guimpe, with paffed sleeves and softly sbirred neckline.
MISCELLANY
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tive oranges.
are
It is curious how violently op- posed opinions about this fruit. Eishop Ferguson-Davie, late of Singapore, once described its desh as resembling nougat which had been drawn through a sewage pipe, while a Fenang paper. years ago. reproduced a document dat ing from the early XVIIth cen- tury. in which a classification of fruits of that time put the durian
SEQUEL TO POLICE - RAID
Government. Clerks
Arrested
LG.P. ISSUES STATEMENT
Ou Friday last. a party of police officers surprised a secret! meeting of a large number of) Chinese in premises at the junc tion of Gloucester and O'Brien Roads, and arrested about $5 per sons on suspicion. The police were very reticent at the time, and facts were difficult to obtain.
It is now ascertained that Com-i manist literature was discovered on the premises and Communist elements were present; and that Government servants,"
mostly
clerks, were among the $5 people apprehended and are also among the 30 or so who are still detained for questioning by the Police.
IG.P. Interviewed
When interviewed on the mat- ter. the Hon. Mr. T. H. King. 1.G.P., was restrained in his com-i ment.
He said: "Investigation is still going on with regard to the persons still under arrest who are being detained by order of the Government. No Court proceed- ings have yet been initiated, but! enquiries are being made with a
Here is a view of part of Italy's impressive air force (estimated at 3,700 planes) during a recent review in Rome. Every plane in Italy is reported to have been mobilised for use on the side of the Spanish rebels if France espouses the cause of the Republicans Meawhile, officials declare that a compromise Franco- Italian agreement on non-intervention is ready for acceptance by the two Powers
ARMY OFFICERS FUNERAL
Full Military Honours Accorded
MAJOR F. G. LE GROS
The funeral of Major F. G. Lei
view to deciding whether certain Gros Officer Commanding the persons should be deported. Those 12th Heavy Battery, Royal Artil- Jarrested are persons drawn from lers. Lyeemun, whose death oc-
the Government - Civil| all walks of life, and include acarred at few employed by the Government Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. clerks. Certain documents took place at the Colonial Ceme- were found on the premises. and tery yesterday, full military bon- these are under consideration.tours being accorded.
Some of those arrested have been The cortege, which was convey- released and other are being leted is a motor hearse, was draped out on bail as investigation pro- with a Union Jack, on top of which ceeds."
were the dead officer's helmet, confirm sword and medals.
affair is viewed.
not
THREE SONATA RECITALS
Plea To Public For
unit
ABORIGINES PREFER WILD WEST FILMS
Australian Showmen Compare Notes On Conditions
Darwin-Two men who oWII the two most pausual picture theatres in Australia, one in Darwin, the other in Broome, West Australia, met here re- cently and compared notes. Both theatres are attended by many aborigines and Asiatics, se hith have similar problems
Tom
The aborigines prefer Western pictares featuring George O'Brien, Back Jones and Mix. One such picture would at- tract 200 blacks in Darwin and 70 in Broome. Other
picteres
make Little appeal to the aborigines.
Lieut-Col
GRUBELS EDEN THEATRE
Short Season Opened In Kowloon
ENTERTAINMENT FOR ALL!
Something out of the ordinary is to be seen by paying a visit to Grubel's Eden Theatre, which has opened for a short, season in Kowloon. The Theatre (or text)
is situated next to the Blue Taxi garage, a few doors from the Alhambra Theatre.
Two performALCES are given daily, at 7 pm and 9.30 p.m. Special arrangements have been made for children. by two mati- nees to be given at 5 pin on Saturday and Sunday next
FUNERAL OF MR management; but owing to the
G. B. OTT
Service At Union
Church
ar
It will be remembered that this troupe of artistes were engaged to perform at the Queen's Theatre when it was under the old
theatre's having changed hands and closing down for a week the Lengagement had to be cancelled.
For Young And Old This company of talented tistes caters for young and old. The Great Alexandre (Prince of Mu- sionists) keeps the audience spellbound with his illusions, card tricks, Sawing Through The funeral of Mr. George Ben-Woman and numerous sleight of jamin Ott, whose death was rehand tricks. He invites members ported in our issues of yesterday, of the audience to go on to the was held at the Hong Kong Union stage to see several of the tricks! performed, and also shows them Church, Kennedy Road, in the evening, when the Rev, K. Macken how they are done, so that they He Dow officiated.
may be produced at home to The bereaved widow was the chief mourner.
mystify the members of the family. After the service, the remains were removed to the Japanese Crema-
REMAINS CREMATED AT SOOKUNPOO
torium, at Sookunpoo, where they NULLAH TRAGEDY
R
SEQUEL Coroner's Enquiry Concluded
China
Black as
tual continnes to lead the Autumn fashion parade. This tune frock, of black moro- cain, is an adranco choice of Sonja Henie, champion skater turned movie star. The belt is of patent leather, as is the bag.
WEEKLY TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS
CAR RUNS INTO TREE
ONLY ONE FATALITY
A
were cremated...
Mr. King would
Among the large gathering of An escort of doral tributes sent were those from friends who were present were Mr. that the literature referred to was 200, under the command of Lieut."His Wife," His Excellency Major-H. L. Schultz (General Manager of Communist propaganda
D. H. N. Baker-Carr, was provid-General A. W. Bartholomew and the Standard-Vacuum Co.), Mr. W. The practice is that a person is ed by the 12th, 20th and 24th Mrs. Bartholomew. Col, and Mrs. Marshall We put the crew to work loading charged with an offence, if de-Heavy Batteries, RA, and the 5th Burrowes, Lieut-Col. and Mrs Manager), Mr. and Mrs. R. Sang-
(Assistant General! our supplies and sent a houseboy to tained in custody, within 24 hours, Anti-Aircraft Brigade, RA, while M. Carrington-Sykes, Lieut-Col Eer, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Tyson, Mr. scour the island for pineapples, na-
coconuts, and every and the fact that a special Gor-the Royal Ulster Rifles supplied. Mockler-Ferryman, Majer J. and Mrs. P. J. Draper, Mr. and other kind of fruit the place afforded rnment order was made in this the band, which played appro-Gaisford,
"Ho So-hing was found drown- with the exception of the abominable case for continued custody, shows priate music during the
Major and Mrs. FC-Mrs. L. C. Dennis, Mr. and Mrs. ed in Hong Kong barbour, off the durian which tastes and smells like the seriousness with
Proces Gill, Major and Mrs. Hogg, Major J. B. Emmert, Mr. T. B. Williams,
In the Colony of Hong Kong which the sign. Limburger cheese
Navigation Company's including the Island, Kowloon and M. A. Murphy, Major and Mrs. F-Miss Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. A. wharf on August 19, 1936. Death the New Territories during the Those Present
LL. F. Roupell, Capt. and Mrs. Following the service by the
W. W. Cowan Capt. and Mrs. JW. Gibson, Messrs. A. J. J. Mar-was due to misadventure," said week ended at 8 am on Satur Rev. H. C. Davies, Senior Chaplain Hooper, Capt. and Mrs. wtin, A. M Kirby, A. Eddy, B. G. E. Himsworth, sitting as Co-day, the 19th inst, there were al-
the 12th Heavy Battery, E-A., fired] Mr. and Mrs. E. Cock, Dr. and Mrs. A. Shaw, C. C. Stark. J. E. Mac. yesterday afternoon, at the cooled and, 12 persons were injured. to the Forces, a firing party from Rycroft, Lieut. and Mrs. F. Feck Butler, J. R. Sindlinger, J. L. Isieyroner, at the Kowloon Magistracy together 42 traffic accidents as the result of which one person Was Donald, E. C. Durrschmidt,
clusion of the enquiry into the a volley over the grave, while L Newton;
The person kofled, Ideath of seven Chinese youths who trumpeters from the same
Administrative Staff Headquar-Young, R. C. Coudray, J. Mayhew,
Chinese
veille. sounded the "Last Post" and "Reters, British Troops in China; and many others.
were washed down the Babington (female, aged 25 years, died as the Path nallah after the typhoon on he was knocked down by a motor result of injuries received when M. Carrington-Sykes Lieut. Col. M. Carrington-Sykes, and Officers, 8th. Heavy Brigade, the Nanking Legislative Yuan), the evening of August 18. A was the chief mourner, and RA; CPA Officers, Headquar-Mr. Foo Ping-kwan and Mr. Foo Dr. G. E. Henry, Medical Officer bus whilst running across the The first of the three Sonata those present included His Excalters, RA.; Lieut.-Col. Wilson and Ping-yee, and a large number or/in charge of the Kowloon. Mot-were pedestrians who were either road. Of the persons injured, six Officers, and lency Major-General A. W. Bar HKS.RA; Senior NCOs, 12th
Hong Кедя Ede, lady relatives.
tuary, whose evidence of the post walking or ruming across the road Others Present etc.. in Class S. implying that Maurice- Barton takes place at theitholomew, accompanied by LieutHeavy Battery, R.A.; All Banks,
mortem on the deceased completed the testimony, declared that the and were struck by vehicles. Among friends present were Sir body was too decomposed to deter one motor bus nothing to touch the Helena May. Institute to-morrow (P. J. Howorth, A.D.C., Col E(20th Heavy Battery, RA; All Shou-son Chow, the Hon. Mrmine the cause of death. He could! durian in the writer's opinion. evening.
One motor lorry passenger and begins at Blake, Col. A.. Burrowes, Lieut Ranks, 24th Heavy Battery, RAH Kotewall, the Hon. Mr. S. W not find any ante-mortem signs of
Passenger were The writer, by the way, was a sex 19.30, and patrons are asked to do Col W. T. 0. Crewdson, LieutHQRA Sergeants' Mess; Ser-Tso, the Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau, Mr-violence. What signs, there were
injured while alighting from a captain cum trader cum pirate, and their best to be in their seats by Col. R. F. Johnson, Major G. M.
geants Mess, Gun Club Hill; On-Li Yan-tsun, Mr. Li Po-kwai, Mr.on the body were consistent with divers were injured as the result moving motor lorry and moving that time in order that the con-Churcher, Major J. S. Drennancers Mess, written record of an early voyagenuity of the first item, the Major F. W., Martin, Major M. F.Mess, Lyemun; N.C.Os.
Lyamun; Sergeants Ip Lan-chien. Mr. Tang Shin-kin,
motor bas respectively. Two motor Jaziora. Fung Heung-chuen, Mr. Au to Malacca preserved in a museum (Handel Sonata, should not be M. Parkes, Capt. W. W. Cowan Mess, Lyeman; Junior N.C.Tai-yuen, Mr. Lai Chai-hay. and]
drowning.
of collisions between vehicles; two somewhere in England.
broken. The programme consists Capt. J. Hooper Capt. W. F. By Club, Stonecutters;
passengers of a private motor car paragraph was originally printed of three sonatas one the No. 6. croft, Lt-Col. R. C. B. Anderson Mess. Stonecutters All Banks, Sergeants' Unaccompanied Sonata for Violin and Lieut. L. B. Holmes (repre Army Educational Corps: Off cellency the Governor, Sir Andrew
many others,
CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S GIFT were injured when the vehicle ran by the Morning Post.
Wreaths were sent by His Ex-
foff the road into a tree, and one by Bach-and songs by Edgar senting the Volunteers), many cer Commanding and Warner, accompanied by Lindsay fother officers,
The Borough Market authori.motor lorry ran into the harbour Officers, Just Like History
A. Lafford, all chosen
Caldecott, the Hon. Mr. R. A. C. ties, who organise the basket when it was left unattended in the from the Royal Artillery, Mr. E. Cock. Mr. and Officers, R.AO.C.; Offers and Six Shou-son Chow, the Hon. 24r. porters, have received from Char-board, but no persons were injur the RA.M.C.; Lieut-Col J. F. Kg North, the Hon. Mr. W. 1. Carrie, carrying competition for market seafront with no passengers on and Other Ranks, Detachment. Royal
in Class 1, nothing at all in Class
2. and the strawberry, nectarine, Recitals
there was
the opinion was expressed in
2
The
Punctuality
by. Prue Lewis
The recital
The durian is well relished in works of Handel Bach and Beeth Malaya, Java, Sumatra, Borneo oven.
and the neighbouring lands. It The Box Plan is open at the has been recorded by Mr. Theodore Helena May.
Hubback, the well-known natural-
con-
It i
ist and big-game hunter, that the elephant in its wild state in the Malaysian jungles avidly sames the fruit in season. drags the spiked container to the ground with its trunk and splits it open to get at the flesh inside by Stamping on it.
The durian, from all accounts, is very much an acquired taste; but the present writer has not met a single exception to the rule that those who eat it are most enthus- fastic about its qualities. They go into extravagant raptures about its delicate flavour and Bre all agreed that it is the finest fruit in ' existence. It is also supposed to be "good for master's body;" like a famous ill-food, it builds bonny -babies. There is R terse and pointed Malay proverb which en- dorses this aspect of the durian's virtues.
Unfortunately, for the rest of us, it has one characteristic in common with history and onions, as the character in "The Rotters" re- marked: "It repeats itself on yer.” And the smell! The present writer has never got near enough to a durian' to eat one "Special legislation was enacted some years ago in the FMS to prevent-pas- sengers on the Government-owned railways from carrying the fruit în the passenger coaches. "For all 1 know the prohibition is still in force; it certainly should be.
PEYOR
mostly from
H. S. Eonse, Dr. L Newton. athers.
Floral Tributes Among the large number
Charlour Mackźthing, the playwright, is here shown with "kis wife, Helen Hiyes, the actress, as they returned to New York „Farepe-last monthiesMacArthur was --among-those-attanglag.
party aboard the ship after which Elcaner Holer Jarrett wis ousted from the US. Olympic swimming team.
Ted
Army Pay Corps; All Members L. Kotewall, the Hon Mr. S. Wlie Chaplin a cheque for £20 to Corps 1st. Battery, H.R.V.D.C: T80Mr. Peter Sin. Mr. Kan Tong-provide a new suit, overcoat and of the 42 accidents, 24 were of Officers of East Lancashire Regt; po, Mr. Li Pokwai, and some Nan- gold watch for the winner of the collisions between vehicles; 10 All Banks, East Lancashire Eegt; king officials, the colleagues of Mr. Championship Contest to be held were collisions between vehicles Lieut-Col C. Brewer and Of Foo Ping-sheung.
cers, 8th. Punjab Regt; Officers, BAS.C; Officers, Royal Engine exes: Lieat-Col. D. M. Barchard and Officers, Royal Welch Fusiliers; Lieut-Col. R. M. Rodwell and Off- cers, Royal Ulster Riffes; Members of the Corporals, Mess, EUR; Officers, Royal Signals; Mamak and ¡Company-
LARGE ATTENDANCE
-
AT FUNERAL
Mr. Foo Yick-Pang Laid To Rest
· MANY RELATIVES PRESENT
There was a large attendance at the funeral service of the late Mr. Foo Yick-pang, which was held yes- terday afternoon at the Yat Pit: Ting in Kennedy Town. The late Mr. Foo Yick-pang, also known (25 Mr. Foo Si, died at his residence, 625, Bonham Road, on September 17. after a long illness, at the ad- vanced age of 77.
The chief mourners at the funer- al yesterday included the two sons, Mr. Foo Kam-shing and Mr. Foo Kem-yuan, daughter, and a "ZOM- ber of grandchildren, and nephews, those latter being Mr. Foo Ping sheang, LL.D. (Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee
on September 9,
Red, white and “hine, electively employed, form the "colour
• scheme of thin, amart sensemble worn by Jumo: Travis, isthe “film Levourite. -The skirred tuše frock is, of sary, chiffon, accented with ¿white at the neckline, with a row of peer! buttons down the front.
The cancer crown hat fɗ Sine; Kelt with a white gibbon band. gloves and 'bag ses red zonde.
and pedestrians, and eight acci- dents were due to other causes.
LOCAL DANCING TITLE
HOTEL ARRANGES
CONTEST
Mr. A. G. Piovanelli, manager of the Hong Kong Hotel, announced yesterday that an official ballroom dancing championship of the Co- [lony will be conducted at the Hong Kong Hotel during October. Sole judges in the finals will be Miss Pat Sykes, former world's champion ballroom dancer, and Įher partner, Mr. 7. A---Andrew, who is a fellow of the Society of Teachers of Dancing
Elimination heats will be dan- ced at every ten dance daring the week, starting on Monday, Octo-. ber 5 and ending on Saturday, Oc- tober 10. On Sunday, October 11, the semi-finals and finals will be contested.
Two couples will qualify in every heat one by popular, vote and one judged by Miss Sykes and Mr. Andrew. But in the semi- finals and finals, the only judges will be Miss Sykes and Mr A
drew...
The event will be recognised as
the official championship of Hong Kong, and handsome prizes are. offered.