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lent sport, full of-life and charno" tér. Such fun as this is a tribute" both to himself and to the author.
Walter Willia
A TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS. The audience owes a great lebt to
CONGRATULATIONS TO PHIL- HARMONIC SOCIETY,
MAGNIFICENT ELIZABETHAN
DRESSES.
Last night saw the first presenta tion by the Hong Kong Philbar- monic Society of Merrie Eng-
He does not, however, stand alone, | Silas Simkins serves as an admir- able foil for his wit, and plays up to him as only a good and unselfish astor can. He is also more than capable of good tooling on his own account or in company with that priceless quartet, the Butcher, the Baker, the Tinker and the Tailor. Is it luck or knowledge that has cailed forth these four straight from some Elizabethan picture
Honour Where Honour Is Dus,"" Space forbids the mention of the
COURTS.
ALLEGED THEFT OF GAS.
ARMS, DRUGS AND A ** QUACK.”
[BY "NOTE-BOOK."}
There was less than usual of life's seamy side for Note-Baok," to record yesterday when, the usual
land," x comic opere by Basil Hood'other name-parts, except en bier Journey round the Police Courts was but allows us to pay a tribute to made. The princinal cases no for much fine, and aselish acting. hening concerned a Portuguese There is always a temptation for
heller parts to thrust forwed clerk, of the Hong Kong Gas Co.. too much into the public eye, thus who is held on charges of straling spoiling the balance of the produe gas and making false entries in his tion. If this traptation was felt books, and other aculent Chines last night, it was admirably re- strained.
and Edward Ģermin. The enthus iastic reception which this work received from the audience pays a far higher tribute to the talented company than it is possible to convey in print, but let it be said that the production was a trium- phant success,
No critique would be complete without reference to the Royal Pages The coolness and self-posses. men with which they played their parts must have been the envy of many a mare, experienced actor.
The Dances.
The dances, were received with great enthusiasm and all praise is que to Miss Daisy O'Keefe, who ar- ranged them, and to the dancers
The themselves.
precision and, grace, of their movements was won- derful.
Production And Setting.
The work of the author and com- poser has already been dealt with in the "Daily Press and may be dismissed shortly. The songs of Edward German are widely known aad widely popular, and it is a tribute to the quality of this opera that so many of the most famous are to be found here; to mention bat two, the "Yeomen of England" and England, fair England." A student of the Elizabethan period
The scenes and settings were not could point dut countless errors in only attractive but true to life, Capt. Hood's work, yet the fact re while the lighting effects were also managed inconspicuously but most mains that "Merrie England" is tastefully. The dresses were magni- one of the most purely and refresh-ficent and the grouping at times ingly English things which bas ever beautiful. As a spectacle there was been written.
nothing more to be desired; All those who were responsible for all the arduous, and often unrecognis One knows all too well the faultsed, work behind the scenes are to be of amateur opera Singers, afraid heartily congratulated. of missing the beat, are perpetually glancing at the conductor. Prin cipals strain to reach notes-a-little Last of all we come to that very beyond their compass, and are unimportant and hardworking band able stand still while the of zealots, the Orchestra. Edward chórus move like automata or German has
them much given like a rabble, and they are always charming music to play and they Just behind the beat These are played it delightfully. They also some of the most common amateur accompanied the singers most sym. faults, but one looked in vain for pathetically, never overwhelming them last night. Everyone, prin- them and never doserting them, and cipals and chorus alike, played as they followed the baton implicitly. though they had years of experience Mr. W. H. FitzEarle should be behind them. There were, of course, pleased with his very large share errors, but, they were vecial ones, in the triumph of yesterday even and in a performance of such a ing. high level of general excellence it would be invidious to name them.
to
Where Were They?
The Chorus.
The chorus sang with a crispness and incisiveness that was refresh- ing. In a play of this sort, à great deal depends upon these long suffering and hard-worked ladies and gentlemen, and the recognition they gain is all too little. By their ia telligent and sympathetic acting the chorus added materially to
the evening.
The Orchestra.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆÆ. The Earl of Esser: H. Glover. Sir Walter Raleigh: C. D. Lake. Walter Wilkins (a player in Shake
apeare's Company): A. S. Be- della
Silez Simkine (another player): Long Tom, A. E. Stone: Big Ben,
Oscar Eager.
R. Dormer; (Royal Foresters). The Queen's Fool: G. L. Simmons.
Hutcher, Perey Hale; Baker, D. M. Richards; 4 Tinker, J. R. Hinton: Tailor. I Best; (Four Men of Windsor). A Lord; M. D. G. Hoare. & Sollier: M. D. Scott,
The Ladies. Among the principals, especia! praise is due to Mrs. M. Minnis, who played the part of Bennir Throckmorton with rare charm and First Royal Page: Addison Har- skill. Her singing is unquestion- greave. able, and the purity of tone on her Second Royal Page: Herbert Mosn. top notes a thing which many will | Fine Fender: A. T. Bates, envy, but few attain. This was aQuten Elizabeth: Mrs. G. Watt. very finished and pleasing perfor- | Miss Bennie Throckmorton : Mrë. M.
Minney.
maner,
The dignity of Queen Elizabeth. * Jill-all-Alone": Mrs. C. P. (Mrs. G. Watt) was regal and her Marcel. condescension the condescension of a Better still, her "singing of England, fair England" was magnificent, while her first entrance was most impressive,
queen.
Turning from the aristocracy to the common people first mention in due to "Jill-All-Alone, The part offers more difficulties than any
The May Queen Mrs. J. Hurst., Marjory: Mrs. Hanlon. Kate: Mrs. R. A. Starling. Lady-in-Waiting Mrs. H. M. A
Day
Folly Girl: Mrs. W. B. Cornaby, Ohorus of Townsfolk, Solders; Etc: Mrs. G. L. Buchanan. Mrs. W. other, and has a far wider emo- B. Cornaby, Mrs. S. F. Chubb. Mrs, tional scope.
It is difficult to D. M. Goodall Mr A. E. Green- portray the emotions of one who is way, Mrs A. W. Hayward, Mrs. to be burned or drowned in a sack; T. J. Magill, Mrs. G. McLeod, Mrs. it is also difficult to sing naturally A. H. Mille. Mrs. P. W. Pank- to a cat before a house full of huret, Mrs. W. K. Reynolds. Mrs. people. Mrs. C. P. Marcel achieved all this and much more.
. M. Richards, Miss S. E. Baker,
merchants alleged to bave dealt in arms and drugs.
There was also a Chinese "quack" who went about boasting that he had mastered the European method of curing trachoma and other dis- eases of the eyes. His bluff was called by a Chinese detective which resulted in the "eye anccialist's" ap- pearance before Mr. R. E. Lindsell,
PORTUGUESE AND HIS GAS
METER.
Alvaro Antonio Remedios, former- ly a clerk in the Hong Kong Gas Company, was charged before. Mr. R, E. Lindsell at the Central Magis tracy with the theft of gae and also making false entries in his books.
Mr. Leo d'Almada appeared for the defence, and Mr. R. A. Wadesen prosecuted on behalf of the Gas Company.
It was alleged that the defendant. who had been in the employ of the Company since 1815, had abused the trust which his employers had placed in him. Most of the Com- pany's account books were under his control and he had access to other books as well. The defendant and-another clerk, named-Xavier. also in the employ of the same Com pany, were solely responsible for checking the consumption, accounts to customers.
Accused was also a consumer, hav ing applied for a five light meter on the monthly rental system in 1919. At that tire he had five burners and a cooker. Part of accused's work was to check up meter read- ings with Xavier, and then to make the necessary entries on which the monthly bills were made out to con-
sumers.
At the end of November this year, defendant's meter and a fitter was the Company decided to change the nt to his house at No. 31 Praya
East, with a new meter. The fitter found that accused had a ten light meter instead of the original five. light meter which he had applied for. The fitter further found that the meter was not in working order and the amount of gas consumed wn not being registered.
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Au Lau Hang, who walked with ant's hooks" and it was found that the gait of a sin an, was brought the Company had been victimised
then.
since 1994 and possibly even before before Mr. R. E. Lindsell. The charge against him was that "he posed as a "eye specialist" while baving no qualifications.
It was also alleged that whenever méter-renders called at defendant's premises they had always found the house shut up. At the office, when the meter-readers spoke about this, defendant was alleged to have told with the figures. Defendant would hem that he would supply them
know when the meter-readers would call
Mr. L. J. Blackburn, manager of the Company, gave corroborative evidence and the case was then ad journed until Friday text at 2.16 m. Bail was reduced from $500 to R250.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
Au has an impressive personality and little blame attached to the Chi- nese who have been taken in by him. tising, issuing pamphlets to tell all Furthermore, he did a lot of adver
and sundry that he was neither a liar. nor a cheat and that he had mastered the European method of curing diseases of the eyes. He also boasted that he was the sole possessor of a secret formula for the treating of trachoma, etc.
A Chinese detective was sent out by Sub-Inspector Andrew to test the claims of Au. The agent of the law complained to Au that He had eye trouble, though actually nothing
HEROIN TABLOIDS.
Acting on information received, Revenue Officer A. Grimmitt, and Chinese searchers raided a porce lain shop at Jervois Street, and 3. pills containing heroin were found.
The alleged owner was charged before Mr. R. E. Lindsell and when
it was stated that Mr. A. E. Hall would be appearing for the defend- ant the case was remanded until Monday next. Bail in the sum of 8250 was granted.
MEDICINE VENDORS AND BLANKETS.
The two Chinese medicine vendors. charged with stealing two white blankets were yesterday convicted" and fined 860 each by Mr. W. Scho field at the Kowloon Magistracy. In default of payment of the fine, the defendant would each have to do six weeks' hard labour,
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Miss M. I. E. Bird, Miss R. Cole, Two coolies were rarrving a hug
INDIAN TAILOR AND HIS The May Queen, that spoiled and Miss E. Coppin, Miss E. B. box along Connaught Rond West was wrong Au examined the eyes MASTER'S CLOTH. malignant little rustic beauty, was Dunbar Miss F. E. Dunn, Misson Thursday afternoon. When they with a critical and a professional played to the life by Mrs. J. Hurzt. M. M. Hansen, Miss B. Hirst, Mise enme face to face with Chief Pre-air, and then told the detective that The Indian tailor employed by an Whether she were coy-or arch, hew R. Judah, Miss D. McClay, Miss ventive Officer Clarke, they sudden trachoma was rapidly attacking his Indian Tailoring establishment at swert she could be until she show. N. Middleton, Miss D. Puncheon, ly turned pale and to a man like eyes and that it would take three Kowloon, who is charged with steal- ed her claws. Her singing was J. W. Baldwin, M. R. Bell, C. Ben- Officer Clarke that change of facial months to cure. For that he asked ing 83 pieces of cloth from his em delightful.
nett, W. Brown, E. G. Canniford, expression was enough. He halted for $35.
ployer, was again before the Kow- H. J. Fountain, D., M. Goodall, G. The Lords.
"the coolies and asked them to open W. R. Griggs. E. Hanlon, L.A.
He was arrested for being & loon Magistrate yesterday. Another the box They complied and in ith quack" and in the Court he ad: Indian was also charged with aiding Lambert, F. H. G. Lewis, T. J. 40. Smith and Wesson revolvers and mitted that he had no qualification, and abetting. Magill, G. H. F. McClay, O, B. 1,809 rounds of ammunition were but he declared that he had a good
Evidence showed that the defend- Raven, B. W Sampson, E. C. found. Thomas, R. D. Thomas, J. E. Win-
knowledge of eye-disease. He said ant (tailor) had approached a Chi- The two men were charged before that he was with the late Dr. Jordan nese, with the view to selling him field.
Mr. Lindsell and Insnector Grant applied for a remand of twenty-the doctor. Police evidence showed Chinese introduced to defendant for eight years and often assisted some cloth. A few days after, the four hours on the ground that the that Dr. Jordan dismissed him for another Chinese who is a tailor. A two defendants said that they were practising on his own. carrying the box for somebody else.
The Magistrate imposed a fine of $100 or in default six weeks' hard labour:
Sir Walter Raleigh plays a large part in this opera, and a part of some difficulty, but Mr. C. D. Lake was master of it to the final curtain. He has a pleasing voice, and it bore the joot inconsiderable strain of the evening's labour without once Faltering.
The Earl of Burz wo envy; not! for his rank, but for his song, "the Yeoman of England." We also envy Mr. Glover's powers of. sing ing that song, and his courtly Elizabethan deportment, Mr. Glover is as natural na if he had lived at the same time as Marlowe and Ben Jonson, though he certainly would bever have known them. "
Twa Proper Men,
Long Tom and Big Ben make good their boast: they are in- mense. They are also good actors and singers. The way they handle; their quarter-staves looks most in- pressive, but dangerous; we sym- pathise with Master Wilkins.
And Several Excellent Fools. Pre-eminent in this category comes Walter Wilkine (Engineer Lieut. Comm. A. S. Bedelia). Here is auch
COURTIERS: Mrs. E. 0. Alabas ter, Mrs. O. H. Farrar, G. G. S. Thompon, R Payton-Reid.
BERALDS-F. J. C. Halahan, R.
D. Watkins.
HALMALDIERS --G. Collom, F. Pils, E. J. Bannister, J. Hooper.
PIKRMENG, Stobart, J. Gale, J. Brenton, C. Loder.
BARGEMENBL O'Donnell; G. P. S. Davies.
STATE TRUMPETZES:H. Andrews, H. Latimer.
DANCERS:-Daisy ORIENTAL O'Keefe, Betty, Clemo, Nellis Field, Maude George, Thelma May. Bells Buiter, Lorna Tollan, Pestonji, Doris Puncheon, Millicent
Stage Director: C. P. Marcel. Assistant Stage Directors: G. L Simmons, Oscar Enger, and F. P. Lenfester
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A book was also found inside the box which bore the name of a shop in Winchaiz
The remand was granted,
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Millard, B.A.
Hon. Accompanist: Mrs. C. Scenery designed by R. S. W. Paterson and painted by Shan Sin Fong.
deal was closed and some of the cloth was sold to the Chinese tailor for $230.
The case. was then adjourned until Friday next
UNLUCKY 13,"
A Chinese was brought before the Kowloon Magistrate on a charge of stealing $13, and whether it was a coincidence or not, the chief wit
CHRISTIE AND BLUHM,
James Christie and C. Bluhm who are held on charges arising out of the police trap laid with the assist ance of Mr. Leslie E. Haynes, in connection with an alleged deal in neas against the defendant way' & morphin, were brought before Mr
bay of 13, who told the Court that R. E. Lindsell for formal remand.
he actually saw the defendant put- Mr. J. A Gordon Leask, for the ting his hand into the pocket of defence, applied for permission for a coat which was hanging on a peg. the defendants to go to Kowloon The witness further stated that he to get some warmer clothing. The also saw the defendant take some, Court granted the application, the thing out of the pocket which he put Hing | defendants to go over in police into his girdle.
custody,
The cisc was adjourned until The hearing of the case is set for Monday next. Mr. E. S. C. Brooks Monday and Tuesday next.
appeared for the defence:
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Sthe lighting by P. H. Colomb.
Dances arranged by Miss Daisy O'Krežu.
Wigs by Campbell Moore, Costumes by Ah Men & Cheona and Ah Hung
Photographs by Ming
Property Master: F. Roberta."- Wardrobe Mistress: Mr H. Har rison.. (Continued at foot of next column.) | Studio.
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