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Hong Kong Weekly Press
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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 43th, 1928.
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VICTIMS OF MELANCHOLIA. "THE EAGLE OF THE SEA.”
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MOTHER POISONS HER OWN CHILD.
A PIRATE FILMI AT THE QUEEN'S.
THEN SEEKS TO END HER LIFE.
BETTER PROSPECTS IN STORE.
[BY OUR FILM CRITIC.]
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THE HONG KONG WEEKLY PRESS, PUBLISHED TO-DAY 18, IN ONE SENSE, THE DE- A HOLIDAY NUMBER LIGHTFUL WEATHER PREVAILING ENABLED THOUSANDS TO VISIT THE VARIOUS BATHING BEACHES, THERE WERE TWO DAYS OF RACING AND A NUMBER OF OTHER SPORTING FIX- TURES, DETAILS OF ALL OF WHICH ARE GIVEN.
The news from Canton during the week tends to show that the officials there are seriously carrying out the programme of reform outlined" some time since, and now that it seems fairly certain that Marshal Li Tsai-hsin is returning peace is assured.
HE. The Governor was able to announce at the meeting of the Legislative Council that the past financial year showed a surplus instead of the deficit anticipated, and that the revenue for the first quarter of the current year had substantially exceeded the estimates.
The prospects all round are very much brighter than they have been at any period during the past three years.
The WEEKLY lisa had to record many unfortunate happenings-in business and politics-during that unhappy time. Now a more optimistic note may be struck and the paper makes cheerful reading.
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A Finomment Picture
SUNDAY TO
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STAR THEATRE
W. R. BANYARD
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THE
BANVARD MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY
For One Night Only TO-NIGHT
curtailments
BEAUTIFUL PICTURES OF SAILING SHIPS.
Living a life of uneventful toil, day in and day out, with no dis- Speaking at the twenty-first ordi-tractions in the way of friendly in- "The Eagle of the Sasis | nary Annual meeting of Messrs.tereouras often causes melancholia | curious in that it has two heroes | Gands, Price & Co., Ltd., yester of the kind that plays havoc with and ons heroins and yet cannot be day Mr. S. C. Pank, the chairman the lives of many persons. Many called a **triangla pletars. of the Company, said that business sad stories of men and women, tak- The Eagle himself, played by: had been much handicapped bying their own life by most horrible Ricardo Cortez, is the last of the
outport orders
means are not at all uncommon both Mexican gulf pirates Jean Lafitto, owing to the disturbed state of in Japan and China, especially it but though he reminds you some nearly all parts of China during seems in the interior of Shantung times of Douglas Fairbanks add at the last year. He hoped so be able province.
others of Adolphe Ménjou, and îs to place a better report before
an agile dashing gallant, after the tacir shareholders next year as
tradition of gentlemanly pirate trade with China porta s daily
captains, he allows the central rôle getting brighter.
to be stolen from him by Andre Beranger as "John Jarvis."
·CHAIRMAN'S SPEECH.
There was an incident not far from Hokkaido of a thoughtless husband who chose to live at the foot of a hill, fifty miles away
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Supporting Me. S. C. Pank at the meeting yesterday were Mesara. from his hearest neighbour.
Boad, D. Rumjahn, Leung Yan brought his young wife there think-
"Jarvis" is the graceful ne'er Yo, Kenneth Chan, Pang Kwok Sing that he alone would be suff do well, generally drunken and and Chow Tung Sang.
cient company for her. Connubial ready for any foolhardy action, a The Chairman, Mr. Pane, said: bliss lasted for a few months, when gentleman and comrade of Latte. The new pront for the year under the monotony of her surroundings His first appearance at the ball review is $5,073.17 4gaines which an the stagnancy of her life drova · during which Lafitte and the bas to be placed the 'debit balance or $6,151,50 brought forward from the young wife to desperation one
heroina Louise (Florence Vidor) Front and Loss Account for the day. After her husband had left tall in love is telling and given a year 1928, leaving debit baisace her in the early morning, the hint that he is going to play a big
on Profit and Loss Account of
81,078.42 which your Directors pro- young woman suddenly became dis- pore to carry forward to 1028. tracted. She took a can of keto-part in the story. Time and again be gets, or mates, his opportunity 1 am pleased to state that alene oil and poured it all over her of being in the limelight and his though we have been again severe hut. She then closed her door and death on Napoleon's bed is the ly handicapped owing to general depression of business, etc., our set fire to the house. When the hus- most memorable incident of the turnover for the past year has band returned, he found his hut,
picture. greatly increased, and your. Dires belongings and wife reduced to tors have every confidence in stat ing that the future outlook is far more promising than in the past two years, and they trust now that business relations with outports are
will rosumed, our sales aga:0 multiply and be far above our ex- pectations.
E has been the earnest wish of Bur Directors for the past few years to place before you a report worthy of your best consideration, but although they have done their utmost and received the full co- operation and support of the staff, they regret to state they have not reached their expectations, owing to the adverse circumstances they nave had to contend with. How ever, with the brighter prospects in view, your Directors trust they will have for better resulte to place before you at your next annuni meeting.
nahcs.
a" young
Another distressing story came from Taininfu" "where mother was living a life similar to the victim in the previous casa Following a fit of depression, she killed her six months old child with a razor and then committed suicide herself by jumping into a well.
The Eagle of the Sea" is an attractive film and one which will I think be popular. The sea scenes are excellent, and much careful work must have been entailed in the reconstruction of the frigates Scaphine Filepe and Isabella; here is always something very pleasing about pictures of sailing strips in movement and these are particularly good. As no pirate A Sad Story From Talpo. A sad story from Taipo reached tala could be complete without cut- Police Headquarters yesterday. It asses, gunare, and wounds; there appeared that a young married is plenty of hand to hand" fighting to give realism, and even the play. woman living with her child and her husband at No. 127 Taipo New ng of the pirate song from Peter Market, New Territories, fell a viean could not detract from the tim to melancholia. Her husband convincing aspect of Lafitte's band
of ruffians.
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in conclusion, Gentlemen, I have left her in apparently quite much pleasure in proposing the happy frame of; and, but when adoption of the report and state- ment of accounts as placed before he returned in the evening he found that his six months old child was poisoned and that the mother had also swallowed some of the poison and was at death's door.
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Other Business.
in seconding the adoption of the reports and statement of accounts, Mr. Pank Kwok Su said: I have much pleasure in seconding the proposal of your" Chairman, and am sure i am only voicing the eentiments of the, shareholders.pre- sent when i say that great credit lysol.
The mother and child were found in bed and beside them wore an empty opium tin and a bottle of The theory is that the
It is not the best picture that Florence Vidor either Cortez or have given e, although the latter. looked very lovely in her period dresses, but it is a good exciting story and well worth seeing,
A LUCKLESS MAN?
is due to your Directors on the past mother had tried to poison the GIVES FELONIOUS HELP TO year's working. Although they had child with some of the opium, add
Deep severely handicapped owing finding that the end did not come
to business being practically at a
standstill not
FRIENDS.
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the outporte, the quick enough, she administered HOW A FAT" WOMAN" WAS balance sheet shows a decidedly some of the lysol to the infant. She! improvement on the previous year. The speaker went on to say that
then lay down beside her baby and swallowed some of the opium and lysol herself.
with more settled conditions trade would no doubt improve and that be shared the confidence of the The child died soon afterwards Directors that next year's balance and the mother, was in a sheet would show more satisfactory results.
vory
critical state when she was removed to the Kwong Wah Hospital.
The husband is unable to account
A Chinese, who described him- self as a poultry dealer, was charg- ed before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy yesterday with committing an armed robbery, with others not in custody, at Wah Ying Fong on the morning of March
According to his story, he said
Mr. Leung Yan Po, in accordance with the articles of association re- tired by rotation but being eligible offered himself for reelection on for his wife's inhuman act." Herd. the Directoratë, This was moved said that he had had no quarrel by Mr. Bond and seconded by Mr. with her and that she appeared to D. Rumjan and earried.
On the proposal of Mr. Kenneth be quite happy on the fatal morn- Chan and seconded by Mr. C. ing when he left her for his work Boad, Messra, Lowe, Bingham & Matthews were re-elected to be the auditors of the Company at the yearly remuneration of $750.
A FREE ENTERTAINMENT,
ARMY MULES IN A TEMPER
that he had been a poultry dealer and had had business transactions with certain firms here. He had not been to Hong Kong for several years but lately be returned on BANVARD MUSICAL
business and met an old enny named Lai Wai Tong. They visit COMEDY CO.
ed each other and had tea together. on several occasions. One day TO-NIGHT'S REVUE AT THE while at the tea house, Laf intro- duced him to another man who STAR.
claimed that he had some docu- ments, which were worth money, de- party including items from the latest pozited with a certain
that he had been London and New York musical and Considerable excitement WAX
the succesees,
zevue ***Horn there to get them back but caused about 11.30 yesterday morn d'Oeuvres," which scored a big hit failed. The newcomer asked Lai to ing by a couple of mules. An army in Shanghai, will be presented by assist him, and Lai in turn asked mule cart, loaded with packing cases in charge of a Sikh and an the Banvard Musical Comedy Com English soldier, was coming down peny in the Star Theatre at 8.15 Queen's Road Central from the to-night, when the company give a Last when just opposite the Char farewell performance before leaving tered Bank the mules started kick for Java, Malaya and India,
FRIDAY, APRIL 13thing and pulling in opposite direc-
At 9.15 p.. In
up
An Entirely New Revue "HORS D'OEUVRES Several English ladies who were Banvard Beauties, who will wear The fat woman did not know what
Including items from the latest London and New York musical hite,
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defendant to come along with them. Defendant said that he refused at first but the joint persuasions of the other two men were too much. for him, so he yielded. A meeting was arranged and accordingly on The revues from which items have that morning, the other two men tions. The usual crowd of Chinese keen selected for Hors d'Oeuvres"
turned
with an envelope pur- immediately appeared and cheered comprise Oh Kay"Hit The porting to be a letter, and a parcel. the battle between the mules and Deck," "Stop Flirting," Lady They went up to the house in their drivers, some of the packing Be Good" and other productions. 'question and were met on the cases were thrown off and for a Hors d'Oeuvres includes ori-threshold of the door by a lat few minutes pandemonium raged in ginal sketches specially written for woman. Lai said that he had come what is generally a very quiet spot. it, also dances arranged for the for papers belonging to his friend. passing fled for eafely up Battery costumes brought from the Folies they wanted, so she walked back To into her cubicle, whereupon one of Path from whence they watched Bergere und Moulin Rouge. the melée....
night being the last opportunity the men produced a scissors blado But the entertainment ded all local theatro-goers have of seeing and stabbed the woman in the back. too quickly for the Curse on the Bouvard Musical Comedy Com- They then ren down into the street. lookers and a few moments later pany during the present tour, there The other two men escaped, but the a pair of chastened-looking mules is sure to be a packed house, and luckless poultry dealer fell into the were being driven on, with their those who have not yet reserved hands of a sanitary foreman and load once more adjusted, down seats should do so at pace. Book was arrested. Queen's load, and the crowd had ing is at Moutries and the Star Mr. Lindsell committed the man melted away se mysteriously as it Theatre. Prices of admission are for trini at the next criminal
24, $3, $2 and $1
sessions. appeared."
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