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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24TH, 1924
THE WORLD THEATRE.
Motion Picture Triumpha have been reached by such sagaidcent productions THE BIRTH OF A NATION," "OVER THE HILL," "HUMOR- ESQUE," THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE"
A still greater motion picture accomplishment has now been achieved by Chester Bennett's magnificent photodramatic melody of the souÏ».
"THE LULLABY"
IN WHICH
JANE NOVAK
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playing a masterful dual role of both mother and daughter rises to the greatest height of her. brilliant careerTM
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Here is a photodrams that will ring down the ages of time, a photsdrama that reaches up to the heavens above and into every human soul. Nothing her has ever been shown on the screens of the world, no picture that so deeply plumba the depths of all human emotions..
Perhaps once in an entire lifetime does an artiste rise suprems, far and away above any previous role she may have ever attempted to portray, Such is the supreme accomplishment of beautiful, soulful JANE NOVAK in "TEE LULLABY.”
Here is at once a production that is inspired, that hits straight tö the heart, that tells in anforgettable scenes the magniscent story of a mother's love for her child. As a brilliant gem of purest ray serens shines forth in its splendour, so does this great photodramatic melody of the sou! radiate its rare beauties of human emotions of love, of life, of häppiäess
It is big. It is fine. It is beautiful.
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COUNTERFEIT COINS.
TINSMITH CHARGED WITH POSSESSING IMPLEMENTS.
EVIDENCE BY PROF. MIDDLETON SMITH..
GOVERNOR'S POWERS
QUESTIONED.
APPEAL AGAINST MR. JUSTICE. DYER BALL'S DECISION,
In the Supreme Court yesterday, before the Chief Justice (Sir Henry) The case in which a tinsmith ramed Golian) and the Puiane Judge (Mr. Jus Ewan Chai Sang. of No. 9, Cochrane Street, is charged with the unlawful tice Gompertz), when an appeal against possession of a press and three other decision of Mr. Justice Dyer Ball was implements used for the counterfeiting commenced, the validity and effect of of the King's copper coins, was resumedan order made by the Governor ig before Mr. N. L. Smith at the Central Council was questioned.. Magistracy yesterday afternoon.
Evidence to the discovery of the implements was given by Sergt. Andrew, following which Professor C. A. Middle ton Smith, Professor in Engineering Hongkong University, was called to give
expert evidence.
Sir Henry Pollock, K.C., who appear-- x for the appellants, the Man Yes Firm, tenants of No. 66, 63 and 70, Queen's Road East, said that they had obtained an order from the Governor-in
Courcit exempting the premises from the Professor, Middleton Smith aid he provisions of Section 4 (1) (f) of the Ead had this apparatus. brought to his Rents Ordinance, but Mr. Justice Dyer. zotice by the Police, and he had experi- Ball held that it was made subsequent to mented with it; and had come to the the notice to quit being served, and it conclusion that it could be used for the was not retrospective. Therefore, it had purpose of making false one-cent copper no effect, and he gave judgment for coins, and he would explain how that plaintifs, Li Chan Shi. and Chus Chan
was done.
Shi, with edsta
Ee tock, a piece of ordinary copper, pretically the same as that found on
Coursel emphasised the fact that there the premises, and than placed a one-cent was not a word in Section 94, whích | piece on the copper, and put it in the limited the power of the Governor to press, with the result that he had been making orders in favour of the landlords) led to believe that the four dyes found only.
on the premises could have been made) Mr. Eldon Potter, E.C., representing in the same way. He then proceeded to the respondents, said that it had been 'make them exactly the same size, so as held that Section 4 did tot operate to fit into the holes of the moulding retrospectively and submitted that its implements seized. Ho then secured some effect was that of a repealing act in ordinary type metal, melted it and ran respect of, the premises to which it ap it into the mould, and then closed it up.plied.
He did this several times. The thickness. Mr. Potter quoted cases in support of of the discs produced was only a matter his submission, and their Lordships ad- of packing.
journed the case until January 5th.
He came to the conclusion that coins could be made in this way, and that copper could be deposited over this whiteish metal by electrical means, ard the resultant coins would pass muster.
LET THE INSPECTOR SHOOT
ME!"
THE DOCK.
In the course of "cross-examination, CHINESE WOMAN'S DEFIANCE IN Mr. W. B. Hied, who appeared for de- fendant, asked: The copper plating apparatus seized is the same as you might expect to find in any tinsmith's shop It could only be used for electro plating with copper: You would not find it in every tinsmith's shop.
Did you finish any of these coins No. I had not the time, but when finish. ed no doubt the coins would look like
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IMPLEMENTS FOR MAKING MEDICINE CAKES.
A very truculent Chinese woman faced Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, charged with dia- orderly conduct.
Inspector Blackman stated that 'on Monday evening the detoppant and another woman entered Yanimati Police Station, when the defendant said that her companion owed ber 50 ceata Wit- ness finally told both women to go away. The defendant next created a disturb- ance outside the station, and was taken What would the difference in value, be into detention. In the morning she was of the copper in a false coin and that asked if she would go away and behave in a genuine cent piece--I have not herself properly, but she refused. She Been able to find out, but should say, speaking roughly, this metal would be less than half value.
was then charged.
On being fined $5, with seven days' bard labour in default, the woman stood Then if you make dyes, get metal and defiantly in the dock, and refused to go file off the edges in order to make coins to prison. She was warned by the Magis- which would pass in the market, it is trate that if she persisted in her be going to be as expensive as the real haviour, her pecalty would be doubled, article itself—I don't agree with you whereupon she consented to be led away. there. You can turn out a great number Shortly afterwards she began to make a of these, and certainly make a proât of clamorous uproar in her cell below the between $10 and $15 per day in this Court, and was brought back in order to business.
bear her fine with its alternative im- prisonment-duly doubled.
female, to imprisonment for life. Let the Inspector shoot me if I have done wrong."
"Sentence me," said this Amazoniah
Mr. Hind said that the story of the defence was that defendant was banded a small tin box, and asked to make press for the purpose of producing Chinese medicine cakes. The tin box (produced) was given him so that be Inspector Blackman coyly refrained could make the holes of the right size from accepting this invitation, which Even the best of the coins produced resulted however, in the Magistrate in- would not be taken by anyone unless creasing the fine to $25, or one month's blind or intoxicated.
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hard labour in default.
Mr. Middleton Smith said he would like to try it first, but would say they were made from the press.
Mr. Hind: But, Mr. Middleton Smith, you don't expect a tinsmith to make such a good job of it as you would!
Mr. Middleton Smith: He is probably a better workman that I am
Mr. Hind: If you are going to prove this man a forger it is relevant to show he was going to make a prest,
His Worship! It is an offence if he Anderson of the Hongkong Hotel to show were doing it for a hobby.
Mr. Middleton Smith: It is prob sblo that he was experimenting. If it were a failure he would not go on with it
Mr. Hind pointed out that the story was that the press, was never taken out of the packing case in which it had come from Canton, and that these impressiona were only made to be put before a Mr.
the standard of the tinsmith's work, He submitted that all the apparatus could bo used for legal purposes connected with a tinsmith's work.
Defendant, giving evidence, said that Mr. Hind said that it appeared that he had been in Hongkong for the past ore of defendant's assistant told him that 30 years, and bought the press last year, ho had been asked to make certain badges but it was never opened. He had been for the Hongkorg Hotel staff, and in away from the shop for a time, and know order to show what he could do he heated nothing at all about the moulds, except some pieces of eeppar aleg and hammered that they were ordered and went through the impression of a cent piece on to them. his brother's hands. With regard to the He did not known whether that was electro-plating apparatus, he used this possible, but probably Mr. Middleton in his work as a tinsmith, Smith would enlighten thou
His Worship adjourned the ease until Monday morning.
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