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"PYGMALION.”
MACDONA PLAYERS' SUC- CESSFUL FIRST NIGHT.
A TREAT FOR HONG KONG.
MOBILITY OF THE FLYING HIGH PRICES AT THEATRES.
BOAT."
USE ON EMPIRE AIR ROUTES.
WHY THE CHINESE PREFER THE OINEMA:
The Chinese people are losing bong Kong Weekly Press
The mobility of the flying-boat and the fact that suitable bases interest in their own drams, which once was universally popular, and The Macdona Players opened their could be found practically any- Bernard Shaw season last night ejectives, were two main points ing to Dr. P. C. Chang, a Chinese where within range of likely ob are turning instead to the motion picture made" in the West, accord- the Theatre Royal with Pygma brought out by Wing Commander scholar educated in the United lion" which is perhaps his best R. B. Maycock, a member of the States who has a specialized in- known and most popular comedy.
terest in Chinese drams. ,,་
Two causes-the high prices charged by theatres and the re- writing of the old dramas. into a "literary style are cited by Dr. Chang as responsible for decline in interest in the Chinese play.
in the terms of a print general" and who will it any of types of flying-boats, was present good acting and the best classical
them were present last night be somewhat reassured.
**
It is for all that by no means the Directorate of Personal Services, best of Shaw's plays and amusing Air Ministry, in a lecture to the as it is it lacks something of the Royal United Services Institution. veracity and much of the subtlety Vice-Admiral Sir H. W. Richmond, of his more serious work. But it Commandant of the Imperial" De- is certainly a good piece with which fence College, was in the chair, to open a Shaw season for there and Sir Philip Sassoon, who has
"In the old days, anyone could still remain a few persons who con recently made an extended fight sider him 43 "caviare for the to the East in one of the latest 80 to a theatre by paying a few cents for a seat and enjoy fairly
The Lecturer, alluding to the at-
dramas," said Dr. Chang, **But tention now being given to the nowadays the first-rate actors get establishment of Imperial air enormous, salaries, and admission The company, which is one of the four under the direction of Charles routes, expressed the belief that prices must be boosted according
the flying-bont. would take a posily." Mardana is good, and it is not tion of primary importance in that Dr. Chang is sorry that the AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO hard to find a separate mead of
development It the flying-boat Eterary men, have invaded the popu GIVEN that A FURTHER EX-praise for each member.. As far as was to take a place" in aviation itlar theatre in China, and have TRAORDINARY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the COR- this first play is concerned perhaps, must be able to operate indepen- PORATION will be held on SATUR- however, Mr. Terence
dently of any fixed and elaborately DAY, the 23RD
DAY OF FEBRUARY,
FEBRUARY, CALries off the palm. "Professor equipped bases and be able to take 1929, at 19.45 in the AFTERNOON, at the Same Place, for the purpose of re- Higgins" has gi", course, maa full advantage of the natura Irish characteristics and it is pos aerodromes that every coast afford Land Office as the R.P. of ISLANDceiving A Report of the above men-
Meeting
and of considering.
ed. While that ideal had not yet and, if thought fit, confirming the sible that Mr. O'Brien may be a above Resolution in accordance bed countryman of Shaw's though that been completely achieved, the as- Article 96 of the Corporation's Deed by no means follows from the name ing-boat had already proved itself
under which this talented actor the most mobile unit in the Royal Chang's opinion. The people are
ot
IN TWO LOTS.
Lor No. 1.-The Property known as No. 13. PRINCE'S TERRACE is an Excellent Class Four-storied Semi-European Dwelling House situate in the Centre the City on the Mid-levels Fronting on a Private Road to the South of CAINE ROAD on & Fortion of a Piece Parval of Ground registered in the
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Feet or thereabouts with the Adicining Piece of Pared of registered in the Land Office as the RP. of INLAND LOT No. 151 haring an Ares of 1,223 Square Feet or thereabouts. The Annual Crown Bents payable on the above Pro parties are $14.00 and $94,48 respectively.
Lor No. 2-The Property known' na
which, for the purposes of ideati Hession, has been signed by the Chief Manager of the Corporation, in substitution for the existing Or dinances (except as in such print is mentioned) and Deed of Settlement of the Corporation.
of Settlement.
Dated this lat day of January, 1929.
By Order of the Directors,
A. C. HYNES,
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Ordinance can be seen during the
appears in the programme.
O'Brien
Irish
com-
rewritten the old popular classical thrillers which the man on the street used to follow with reliab ordinary man to understand half of "Nowadays it is difficult for the what the actora
are saying, the language they use is so classical," said Dr. Chang.
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But a revival is coming, is Dr.
impatient with these literary dramas," he fads, and want the
or no Mr. O'Brien is very much the Air Force. Flying-boats had been
old beloved pieces back. And they want more of the same written in Henry Higgins, whom we all imagine proved to ride out more
fortably at anchor than other sur- the arget of everyday life. And in as we read Pygmalion. He is su
1. everywhere else, Dr. completely earnest in his self esteem face craft of larger dimensions, China
Chang points out, the people even- Usual Banking Hours (SUNDAYS, and his philosophy, and with it and although Iying boats at pre-tually get what they want in the
Mr. Bent could not take off the open theatre as in life. PUBLIC end HANE HOLIDAYS ex- all so lovable a character: Above on a Fortion
cepted) in Hong Kong at the Head Office of the CORPORATION or at the O'Brien's delivery is excellent, whe-sea in a gale where the wares were SON, STORES ther he shouts, mutter or speaks over 10ft. high, they could operate from sheltered water, in any gale. So-
tones he is always in" reasonable · and
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of a
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in the Land Office at the
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Teining Portion of AND LOT!
No.
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Also
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perfectly audible and gives full there was a very more Now in the
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stretches of coast, where for more than 100 miles or so there were not sheltered pieces of water, and as a result of a study of the maps of After Professor Higgins comes the the world he was satisded that a incomparable! Eliza "that is cer-suitable harbour for flying-boats tainly the order in which Higgins could be found everywhere in the would have "placed them Eliza, world within striking distance of as played by Joan Hopegood, is, a legitimate objective, and one perhaps, a little less sympathetic aahich could be occupied without
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Nos 24, 26, 28 and 30, KWONG WA STREET, and Nos. 37, 38, 41 and 43, WATERLOO BOLD erected on a Fisce or Parcel of Ground at Ho Mur T registered in Land Office as KoriOGN LOT No. 1492:
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Independent Of Base, Already dying-boats had reached the stage where they could operate independently of any organized base, and the most ambitious of tea party given by Mrs. Higgnis these cruises was that carried out when she introduces the new by the Far East Flight equipped small talk" with such disastrous with four boats of the Southamp
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effect. It is in the last scenes in ton type. The flight left England Directory and Chronicle
in, October; 1927, flew to Australia," returned to Singapore, then flew to Hong Kong and was now back at
the complete metamorphosis that Miss Hopegood's Eliza, is somewhat disappointing. She is at times over loud and does not quite succeed Singapore. When not flying, the
in holding the sympathy of the boats, all-metal aircraft, had been
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Of the rest of the cast one must deal less fully, since they are of less prominence, although possibly in
Alluding to the war use of dying- other plays they come more into boats, the lecturer instanced their the limelight. Mr. Stanley Drewett submarines, and convoying ship- value in reconnaisance, hunting made a very good Colonel Pickering ping, and suggested that they always audible and interesting, and might be operated from inland LARGE EDITION (WITH
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son, whose part as the same personing only British territory en between the storms of Eliza and for refuelling Higgins is by no means an easy one. Air Vice-Marshal Sir Vyell The Macdona Players are bringing Airways, said that the recent de- Vyvyan, a director of Imperial
your reach-Pimples, Catarrh, Asthma, us a very great treat in their re-velopment of the flying-boat had of Bronchitis, Cough, Constipation, Diapertory of Bernard Shaw plays and been so rapid that serious atten bete, Draper.. Rheumatism, and many in their treatment of them. To- tion was now being paid to its for other Diseases. No Drugs, Paraly night Man and Superman " is possible uses, and when Imperial being given and after the enthus Airways extended the, India route Liastic reception of the first night to Australia the majority of the there is no doubt the theatro will stages would be flown by Blying-
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