LEAVING FOR NANKING.
GROUP OF CANTON NOTABLES.
A WEST RIVER MISHAP.
THE KWANGTUNG ARMY AND NAVY,
(FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]
CANTON, March 3rd,
Marshal Li Tani Hsin will prob
ably leave Canton on Tuesday for Nanking to attend the Third Dele- gate Kuomintang Conference. Mr. Li Tsing was in Hong Kong, during
the week-end to book the necessary
passages for the Marshal and his
BRITISH 'PLANES IN CANTON.
FOUR AVRO AVIAN MACHINES.
PERFECTION OF WORKMAN. SHIP,
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, MARCH 4th, 1929.
THE "PRINCE ** LINE.
NEW FAST SERVICE.
FIVE ADDITIONAL STEAMERS,
Commencing on April 1st, this
the well known steamship sear Mr. R. Vaughan Fowler informs company, the Prince Line, will us that four of the ten Avro Avian start a new service of fast passen- machines, ordered by the Cantoner freight steamers around the world. This has been made possible Government from Messrs. A. V.
by the addition of five new vessels Roe & Co., Ltd., of Manchester, similar in design to the popular have arrived safely "and were ship-"Prince" type vessels now in com ped, two days ago to Canton by mission. the as. Taishan.
The Canton Aviation Bureau are delighted with the machines, which
are notable, not only for strong and solid workmanship, but perfection of finish in every 'detail.
The machines have been unpack ed and the work of assembling them is heing pushed on with by rics under expert supervision,
English Airl
Two of these, the Cingalese Prince and the Siamese Prince, will be motor-propelled vessels; and the other three, the British Prince, the Imperial Prince, and the Royal Prince, will be fast turbine ves
sels. The latter three vessels are nearing completion, and will be put on the service when ready. Under this schedule the vessels are timed
"FAUST" AT THE QUEEN'S
INTERESTING GERMAN
PRODUCTION.""".
THE FUTURE OF HOLLY- WOOD?
SAMOAN DANCERS AT THE STAR,
in
(BY OUR FILM CRITIC.]
"Faust" an extraordinarily teresting German production, now shewing at the Queen's until Wednesday, and no one who takes
is
MISS CAPELL'S PUPILS.
DANCING DISPLAY AT STAR.
Miss Violet Capell and her pupils gave their second dancing display on Saturday evening at the Star Theatre, Kowloon. Once, again there was a large 'and enthusiastic audience, and the young performers did full credit to themselves and to their teacher,
As is invariably, the case with amateur performances the numbers which drew particular applause were not entirely the same as those the first performance, although in which proved most successful, st each item there was perhapa a Fright." greater ease and absence of "stage
The charming little dance given by Jackie and Jill Hargreaves Brown," Love's Dream after the
interest in cinematography apart from paying a weekly or bi-all weekly visit to the cinema to see a picture-should
d miss it
་
"Faust" raises at once in your mind the question of the future of Hollywood, where the fashionable
was particularly well done, and shewed an understanding of the motive of their dance unusual in auch young children
colleagues, who will include Dr. Canton's exceedingly elever mecha to complete the voyage from New thing at the moment is to produce a duet last year which very much.
Chao Hain. Chu, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government, Mr. Tang Ka Yin Chief Secretary to Marshal Li. Admiral Chen Chak, Mr. Koo Ying
Fun. General Chen Ming Shu. Chairman of the Kwangtung Pro-
3
vincial Government, and few
others. Mme. Li will also accom- pany her husband.
During Marshal Li and General Chen's absence from Canton, Mr. Hau Chung Ching, Commissioner of Civil Affairs, will be the chairman'
for the time of the Provincial Council. General Tang Shih Tang. Garrison Commander and Police Commisioner of Canton, will be in charge of military matters.
QUALITY 'BEFORE QUAN-
TITY.
When the tyres were unpacked it; was found that they were fully
charged.
York to Hong Kong, rid the Panama Canal and Los Angeles, in screen version" of some widely 47 days.
read story. A screen version which,
ferior product to the story itself, more often than not, is a far in
to Hong Kong, the M.S. Malayas On a recent trip from New York Prince completed the voyage in 42 schedule can easily be maintained.
tween two young dancers, stood out Another number, also a duet be. on Saturday, the Coster Dance" George Jawitt. Master Jowitt had given by Cathleen Whelan and.
endeared him to his audience, and while he has gained in confidence and in control of his limbs he has
is, as her acrobatic dance shewed, not lost that baby earnestness which is so pleasing. Little Miss Whelan
Br accomplished performer, and
The first whiff of real "English days; which shows that the aniling relying as it does upon the outline made a very attractive little Coster
air in China, Colonel Chau," said Mr. Vaughan Fowler to the tinguished Canton aviator who
All vessels have excellent accom dismodation for a limited number of was particulars regarding fares, etc., frst class passengers, and full
with him at the time.
"Don't let it out," said Colonel Chau."It is sure to be fog 1"
The machines will, it is under stood, be used at first for instruc tional purposes, and, later, may be put on mail and passenger services..
GOVERNMENT APPOINT-
MENTS.
According to the current number of the Government Gazette, His Excellency the Governor has made the following appointments:--
Sergt. Major Alec Hutton-Potts, to be Second Lieutenant in, the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence
2nd, 1920.
In conversation with local press-Corps, with effect from February men Mr. Ma Ping Hung, a staff officer of the 8th Military Route Headquarters and a right hand man
of Marshal Li Taai Hein, mid
that the Marshal and other high authorities of the Liang Kwang Provinces have decided to reduce the military expenditure of Kang- tung by at least 50 per cent. of the present figure. This will be done, he added, as soon as the superfluous troops are disbanded. He further pointed out that this would mean a saving of about $800,000 a month for the Provincial Treasury.
The Canton Navy is contemplat- ing an overhaul of its personnel.
All the sailors will be re-examined for physical and mental fitness for service. All old and infirm hands, and all men with bad records will be discharged and got replaced. Admiral Chen. Chak aims at main. taining a small but efficient Navy,
WEST RIVER STEAMER SINKS.
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of sampane. The ship and her cargo
spon
Mr. Willian James Carrie to be Head of the Sanitary Department and Registrar of Births and Deaths, with effect from the 2nd March,
1920.
Mr. Henry Robert Butters to act as Chief Assistant to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs,, with effect from March 2nd, 1929.
are obtainable from
the local
agents,, the Furness (Far East),
Limited
The following is the new time schedule of vessels from New York:
From New York to": Yokohama Kobe
33. days.
36
**
Shanghai
41
Hong Kong Manila
47
71
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To Boston. €3 days.
31
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HISTORY OF THE PRINCE LINE.
The Prince Line was started, with
of the love interest, dressed in the familiar trappings of the studio. sion of a story which could stand Has Hollywood ever given a ver
beside the original? Yet what an amazing opportunity the screen has, Those conventional mechanics which must be accepted in a presenta tion on the stage need not bamper
the cinema producer. He can make use of a thousand tricks of camera, put a living, moving, picture" of any natural scene in the world, in the air or under the sca as a back ground for bis acters, and can call on all the moods of nature to gain atmosphere and help him in the telling of his story...
wood's long reign will be over.
maid.
Miss Barbara Walker's graceful
an casy dance as it depends on applauded at the Star. It is not "Balloon Dance " Wa also much
the extra confidence gained by slow and graceful movement, and having passed successfully through he public appearance, gave Miss
Walker the assurance that she needed.
Of the performance in general we can do more than to repest, that it is an annual treat for which Hong Kong feels very grateful to Miss. Violet Capell and her pupils.
THE SAMOAN DANCERS.
UNIQUE AND CHARMING ENTERTAINMENT...
The Samoan Dancers are appear- ring at the Star Theatre, Kowloon, at 8.20 p.m. aach night this week. in an entertainment which is #3
charming as it is unusual
One wonders what will be the
Germany at least is not blind to these, advantages, and it would Mr. Edward Irvine Wynne-Jones a view to taking part in the New seem probable that cinema patrons We have a good deal to put up to set as Deputy Clerk of Coun-York-Far East trade, in 1904. In
with, one way and another, from cils, with effect from the 38th 1903 the Line was allotted may have their eyes opened too travelling troupes who all come to February, 1929.
two sailings a year, which were and when that happens. Holly: the Colony plastered with extra- Dr. Wilfred Vincent Miller Koch taken by the Norman Prince and
vagant praise.. Sometimes their to be a member of the Sanitary Tuder Prince. Their interest in the
entertainments years, with effect from March 1st, small scale for over ten years, and
are disappointing. Board for further term of three trade continued more or less on this Marneau who directed "Faust" sometimes we say tolerantly "weli, 1999.
what can you expect from a smail" until they acquired from Shewan,
will be remembered in Hong Kong company touring the Far East" Temes & Co., the American Asiatic for his production of "Sunset," and our seniors in the Colony re- Steamship Co. which line had a share in the Far East. trade and which, although the story did not one was glad enough to get any mind us that in their young days enabled the Prince Line to main- please everybody, was a film of unkind of show. Only too rarely do tain a much more frequent service.
After the war, the Prince Line deniably high artistic order.. Inguine hopes exceeded zs in the per- we had, however, our most san- left the American Oriental Liae considering "Faust" he has cerformance of the Samoan Dancers. with which it had been connected from the start, and operated the tainly, read Goethe, Christopher Future of this little troupe. Will service in their own name, on sp Marlowe and Gounod, and, not they go to Europe and take London proximately a monthly basis. Owing content with following one of the he spoilt before they get there? and Paris by storm, or will they motor vessels, the first of which three, or even of making a
the popularity of their fast
com. How much of that delightful apon. arrived in Hong Kong in May 1993, posite picture of scenes from ail, he has seized on what was essen- The Prince Line was founded tial in all three and has presented Kaott of Newcastle-on-Tyne, who it with the co-operation of all the very many years ago by Sir James disposed of his interests after the forces he could command by the war to Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., and they now hold a controlling power of the camera. His percep tion of Faust" is essentially that of the Middle Ages with Mephisto in the role of a sinister clown whose quips partly disguise the terrifying evil of the modern conception of the part. The comic relief is an essen tial of the narrative, not a question of laughs introduced to bring the picture up to box office require
Mr. Thomas Henry King to act as Captain Superintendent of Folice and Chief Officer, Fire Brigade, daring the absence on leave, of the Hon. Mr. Edward Dudley Corsaden Wolfe, C.M.G., or until further notice, with effect from the 2nd Mareb, 1999.
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Mr. Edwin Ralphs to Director of Education, during the absence on leave of Mr. Alan Eustace Wood. or until further notice, with effect from the sud March, 1929.
A KNOCK-ABOUT INTER-
LUDE.
| scattered and fled.
con-
to
a fortnightly service is now to be inaugurated.
interest,
Mr. Leonard Yates, who in addi- tion to being Chairman of Furness (Far East), Limited, is the special representative of the Prince Line in the Orient, has been associated with the Prince Line since they first faded to the Far East 23 years ago.
CHINESE Y.M.C.A.
ANNUAL FINANCIAL AND MEMBERSHIP CAM- PAIGN.
ments
taneity and genuine pleasure in
their performance will remain when the giving of it becomes a daily task instead of what it so obviously novelty?" now it, an amusing and exciting
To the audience too, it is 'amus graceful girls, with their wonderful ing, exciting and novel Those tiny
duid movements and shy smiles, and the golden coloured youths with musical voices are jmmensurably removed from the wriggling young ladies of the Western chorus and the dreary gaiety of the Negro. minstrels.
plim,
News has come to hand that the Drunkenness is not a common
Kwok Tai, plying between that. China's "young bloods
Their dances strange as they are sight in China. It is not suggested
and incomprehensible as is their Canton and Wuchow, has foundered | spicuously lag behind those of other
meaning, are yet extraordinarily Another interesting factor is the fascinating because they appear to off Kai Lung Chow, on the West that they have a greater sense "of nations in this respect, but only
setting. Everyone who knows the be the genuine expression of a cinema knows the typical recon-people-and not stage turns. The River. The vessel, which was on "decently and in order." However, a young fellow, in European clothes her way back from Kwangsi struck broke out on Saturday quite in the
struction of a mediseval town that throaty, singing, strange words in they will find on the screen, and, strange cadences, grips you like a a rock with such force that a large manner of Boat Race Night" in
because it is the preconceived violin solo played by a master' image, which a long series of illus Even when they turn from the true hole was tora under the bows and London and started to paint ancient
trations have planted in Canton red. He dashed into the
their to the imitation and play and sing A meeting was held at the Chinese minds, the audience sccept it as the Honolula Baby" or some the boat at once started to settle. street, shouting what the passers by Y.M.C.A., Bridges Street, on Satur-true. to life" and "typical" auch Western travesty, or dance a The passengers and, crew were alike afterwards described as "unintellig- day night, to inaugurate the twen- But when you follow Marguerite Black Bottom, they do so with
ible jargon.” A crowd, mainly panic stricken, but fortunately they coolies, soon collected to look bership Campaigut The President home you pass those quaint, unex perhaps unconsciously, in their tieth Annual Financial and Mem from the cathedral to her humble a grace of their own, going, back, were not in a position to do any the merry roisterer, shoating that Chau, presided over the gathering real old town, and you are immedi which was its inspiration. The see and enjoy themselves." But of the Chinese Y.MO.A., Mr. E Lpected corners which you find in a translation, half way to the original harm and were taken off, by a swarm he hated their faces, bore down on of nearly 150 members and support ately struck by their, truth, not by music is perhaps the greatest re-
them with much fury that the crowd ere-and was supported by fifteen their mere "artistic credibility." velation. The monotonous
Captains who have agreed to be sank to the bottoga of the
Heartened by this success he responsible for teams of workers. acted and will prove as interesting which is to-day a constant scoom-
The story is well told and woll plim,"
of the Ukelele, plim Biver, where they have remained. dashed at a fruit stall and proceed- These Captains are Messrs. Jan to those to whom. "Faust" is a paniment to life in messes and No reason has been given for the ed to break it up. Plates and bowls Can Sang, Wong Tong, 5. P. Hau vague name as to others who are places where young men are gather were smashed, the humble furniture W. K Lee, S. F. Tam, T. Kai familiar with the opera and with ed together, is but the vaguest and mishap, and the low state of the was broken, 'the oranges and Leung, Parkin Wong, O. Y. Lyen, Mariowe and Goethe, Emil Jan- most impertinent shadow river, whose bed is pleatifully tangerines were trampled under K. W. Wong, K. F. Ngan, P. Knings plays Mephisto and I can Samoan steel guitar. You must
foot. The proprietor fought pluckily Kwok, Li Woon Teoi, Sze To remember no part in which he has hear it to understand. strewn with rocks, sufficiently ac-but he went down amid the debris Chung, Ho Pak Ping, and Dr. C been so good. Camilla Horn is a counts for a mishap of this nature. of his stall and his mushy merchan- W. Ho
The Star was very full last night, dise.
very lovely Marguerite, and acta and the audience enthusiastic. Mr. Jan Con Sang and Mr. Wong with such exquisite art in the There was to item which did not The River is particular dangerous A policeman arrived. He had the Tong addressed the meeting, ex- in the region of Kai Lang Chow, pluck, but pot the beef of the pressing their confidence that, with sure to make a big name for her none which were encored, except earlier, sequences that she is almost get a full measure of applause and and it was here that the se. Tian Metropolitan.. force in London. He hard work, the Campaign would do self on the screen. The part of those items which were not really too joined the general wreckage. as well as ever. Mr. Ko Six Wai."Faust" is played by Gosta a part of the Samoan prograrome, Bub the military were close at outlined the plans and explained Ekman and there is little to criticise such as a Red Indian dance and a hand, and a strong detachment of that 835,000, would provide for the and much to admire in his work toe dauce, steamer grounded not long ago the garrison surrounded the dis current budget of the Association Yvette Guilbert, once se famous The Samoan Dancers have Fortunately the ship was proceed turber, overpowered him, and hated and the completion of the new figure on the musical comedy stage, brought us a new entertainment, ing slowly at the time and was able him to the police station, still shout building on Waterloo Road, How gives a very living and amusing and the audience last night shewed.
ing unintelligible jargon" at his loon. It was reported that many character study of Martha. captors and at the stall holder, who old supporters were doubling their
that they find it. Incidentally followed, at a cafe distance, in contributions this year, so that this
"Faust" is a film to see, and to their performance is prefaced by order to lodge his claim for damages larger eum required might be to forward the cause of German we have had on the screen for a sce again, and will do a great deal one of the most amusing comedies to person and property.
secured.
pictures...
very long time.
Chow, another Wachow-Canton
by going full speed astern, to get Herself off the mud.
(Continued on acxt Column).
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