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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1929.
GREATER SHANGHAI'S AMBITIONS.
PLANNING A MODEL CITY IN KIANGWAN AREA,
A VAST SCHEME.
The Municipality of Greater Shanghai is proceeding with the pan for the development of a model settlement in the Kiangwan Woosung area which, it is hoped by many Chinese, will cos day displace, in importance, the International Settlement. An adver tisement appeared in the Forth-China Daily News announcing an architectural competition for the design for the civic ceatre of.. Greater Shanghai.
DR. V. K. TING'S IDEA.
The origin of this plan as with much else that has been done in Greater Shanghai was with Dr. V. K. Ting when he was mayor here, It stands to the 'credit of the Muni- cipality that, whereas it has been customary in China for successive administrations of various minis- tries and departments to dismiss all incumbents in office when a new master takes the rein discredit his policy, the Greater Shanghai Municipality have re tained many of the technical men whom Dr. Ting assembled for this purpose and they have continuously striven to bring to a consummation a clearly defined programme of municipal development in spite of local political difficulties.
and to
It was Dr. Ting's idea that the logical development of Shanghai would not be in the Western but in the Eastern district, that the river front would move from Yang tszepdo Point towards Woosung and that as wharves and godowns were built there, factories and re- sidences would follow. Further more, from the Chinese national standpoint, this district is particu larly advantageous because it is largely undeveloped at the present time and, therefore, there would be little prospect of conflict with foreign interests.
The district selected, then, is an ares of approximately four square niles bounded by the river from Yaartszepoo Point to Woosung, by the Yangtszepoo district of the International Settlement and the Shanghai-Woosuny Railway. This district includes the Kiangwan
This is connected with several
modern street unhampered by land lords who interfere with street widening plans Besides, it will start correctly; there will be no ancient history to prevent. modern buildings from replacing shackle huts.
There will be a residential zone, a garden city, with avenues shaded by lovely trees and houses separat. ed' from each other by pretty gar dena. No slums will mar this mo del settlement and no Chinese food and fruit shops will pollute the atmosphere with rotting vegetation. All will be sanitary and clean, like a little German suburb, carefully guarded by a Department of Pub lic Works and a Department of Health, whose eagle eye will mark down for slaughter every germ and mosquito that dares encroach upon
ità confines.
..
Finally, a civic centre will be marked off, perhaps adorned with a beautiful park, in which will be housed the Municipality and all its departments Here the Govern ment offices will also be erected those that require space in Shang hai, and numerous public institu- tions, so that clustered about park will be all the civil life of the community.
A. Man's Reach.
.. There can be little question but that those who are planning this Model Settlement: have studied
ENTER-THE TALKIES.
ILLUSION AND DISILLUSION | AT THE QUEEN'S.
PRESS REHEARSAL OF "THE "SINGING FOOL,"
[BY OUR FILM CRITIC]
more
Talking pictures, OF familiarly, "the talkies," have been a staple subject of conver- sation and argument from Londen to Tientain for the last year and more, and argument has waxed | most fiercely among those who knew nothing of the subject. Now Hong Kong is to have an opportunity of judging at first band of their merits or demerits. The Singing Fool,' made to the glory of Al Jolson, will be publicly shown at the Queen's on Wednesday and for the remainder of the week, while the Press were admitted to a rehearsal yesterday morning, and having seen and beard it is a little easier to ex- press an opinion than before.
Talkies are, of course, in their infancy, and the vitsphone not ret released from the swaddling clothes of the gramophone. It is impossible to predict with any certainty what will be like, or even if they have the talking pictures of the future. any future. They probably bear at present, about the same relation- ship to what. they will be as the bioscopo does to the modern silent
film. The talking picture of to-day holds nearly as much disillusion. ment as pleased surprise. Its novelty is at once pleasing and dis- pleasing, and it seems
neither flesh, fowl, nor good red herring." strain of trying to distinguish the Just as you get used to the words, as with an unfamiliar grama- phone record, a caption is Bashed onto the screen and the story is taken up for a period by silent. shadows. This is familiar, comfort able and cany, you lean back and proceed to enjoy the picture. Then someone in the row behind exclaims "Not much talkie' about this " and immediately you feel that you are being given short weight.
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Constable R200 Amar Dass "has been granted ten months' leave of absence from the Colony as from November 6, 1929.
PARADE
All ranks of the Indian Company are reminded of the parade to be The services of the following held at Police Headquarters under Police Reservists for duty in .con-P/Sprgt. R. J. Hont on Tuesday, nection with the Armistice Day November 5, at 5.30 p.m. sharp. celebrations on Monday, November
11, are accepted, and they will.re-
under:-- port
CHINESE COMPANY.
INDIAN COMPANY.
RECRUITS PARADE,
STRENGTH.
Cinema goers will have to be educated to talking pictures before they can enjoy them to the fall. This new technique will have to be approached in a new spirit accord- municipal planning and have coming to a convention which must be pared various efforts in Europe and learn and become familiar. If you America and that they will seek go to a stage play, or revue, you accept the fact that you may not by every possible means to estab-hear all the words, that if you sit lish at least in this gateway to in the front stalls you will see China a city which will be a pride grotesque make-up, if among the
All tetruits of the Indian Com-" gods, dwarfed figures moving like
pany will attend Police Headquar- Race Club and the Chinese Jockey to the entire country. Nor is it marionettes in a square of bright
ters for sqund drill under P/Sergt. at all impossible that they may light. At a silent film you accept
Two sergeants and ten constables. J. Hunt on Tuesday, November Club and is already connected by
12. at 5.30 p.m. sharp. Dress several good roads built by pre-eventually succeed. for it once the the bodiless shadows, the lack of will report at Central at 6.30 am.
colour, the silence, and above all to draw revolvers. Dress: White Mufti. protection to life and property perhaps the ludicrously inadequate uniform, helmet, belt and truncheon vious and the present administra-
which the International Settle-dialogie.
But the talkie makes to be worn.
Flying Squad. tions. The principal highway at the present time is the Shanghai.ment affords those who live in it still other demands. You must ac is removed, there would be many with a thick American twang and cent inadequate dialogue, spoken Woosung Military Road built by
Two sergeants and ten constables Constable B324 P. A. Netland has General Lu Yung Hsiang when he advantages in living further down reproduced with a gramophone blur, will report at Central at 8.30 am. been taken on the strength of the to draw revolvers. Dress: White Flying Squad, da from November 1, the river where the atmosphere is which holds up the action. You was Defence Commissioner here.
Section. unpolluted by 20 years of habita- must be prepared to keep both eyes uniform, helmet, belt and truncheon 1929, and posted to the Hong Kong
and ears alert and to accept the to be worn. tion and activity, The financial convertion, not only that all but questions involved in this develop the principal characters are voice- ment can be solved by the move less, but that these rent ones cannot stand the strain-of talking ment of buildings into the area for more than a few moments at a when the time comes, that there is time. In fact you must be ready to no advantage in living out of il shift your scale of allowances-or conventions-from the It is understood that a ban has accepted been placed upon the sale or trans- theatre to the cinema and back fer of property in this region for again half a dozen times in the the present in the hope of prevent space of half an hour. But all this Extensive Zoning Scheme. ing profiteering during the interim can be learnt and will doubtless unfatiguing common- Already there are vast plans for period between the planning of the become an zoning the entire region: One sec-velopment.
Model Settlement and its actual de place to the smallest child. In the The advertisement early days of cinemas adults found tion will be devoted to wharves, with regard to the civil centre the silent films ns bewildering and godowns, factories, etc. It will be would seem to indicate that the tiring as they now find the talkies,
and it was very seun! to hear Greater Shanghai Municipality re- an industrial district. Close to it gards the present as a suitable time child acting as interpreter to its will be a commercial and Enancial to commence operations and that, parents. district, through which will run a at any rate, the municipality's wide artery, in principle like Nan. buildings will be erected there shortly as a beginning of greater king Read but actually vastly things to
come-Y.-C. Daily superior to it, for it will be a
News.
roads which tie up the entire stem, Naturally as a city grows there, streets and avenues will be laid out so that the entire region becomes a beautiful and modern suburb of Shanghai-or., as those who plan it expect, it will be Shanghai and all else is suburb.
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FLYING SQUAD.
The weekly instructional patrol Twelve members of the Flying of the Kowloon Section will take Squad will parade with their place on Tuesday, November 5. Fall machines at Central at 10 am to in at the Tsimtsattui Fire Brigade draw revolvers. Dress: Khaki uni Station at 5.30 p.m. sharp. Dress:
Khaki uniform. form.
RITALPSHOOTERS' COMPANY.
The weekly instructional patrol Eight members of this Company place on Thursday, November 7, of the Hong Kong Section will take will proceed direct to the stations Fall in at the Central Police Station allotted to them at the hour ar at 5.15 p.m. sharp Dress: Khaki ranged. Dress: Khaki uniform, uniform. binele belt with pouch and holster with revolver.
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Chinese Company. FQUAD DRILL
All recruits of the Chinese Com- pany will attend at Central Police Station on Thursday, November 7, at 5.30 p.m. sharp for squad drill under P/Sergt. R..J. Hont, Dress: Multi.
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RIFLES AND BAYONETS.
Sharpshooters' Company.
LEAVE,
Constable R430 J. C. L. Wong has been granted three months leavs of absence from the Colony as from October 28, 19929.
ARMS - LICENCES.
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ther for private or police arms) are requested to obtain: same at once, as arms will, in future, be held on licence only.
REVOLVER PRACTICE.
The programme which will be
The next regular revolver practice will take place at the Kennedy given on Wednesday starts with a
Road Bange on Sunday, November Fox Movietone News Beel which is
All rifles and bayonets issued to 24, at 10. a. Belts und bolsters to perhaps the best part of the enter members of, the Chinese Company be worn. tainment. News Reels are always are to be returned to the Police interesting unless entirely cancers- Armoury for inspection and over- ed with the doings of the successful haul on Thursday, November 7, be- Those members who are not yet eesting him onie pony.
men of America-but they gain tween the hours of 6.15 p.m. and in possession of arms licences (whe...... At times he has been in gnol, or enormously by the introduction of p.m. The Company's Equipment jeopardy, but always there has been incidental noises. The ancanny feel- some official to find Mr. Marshalling of hearing the familar koot of Officer will attend to check the aum:
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curiously enough seems to doable THE WORLD.
"Oh yes, I wangled myself its interest in forcing your niten- nboard the British gunboat Tern. tion. An enjoyable part of the on the Yangtaze during the late whole entertainment, too, is the
"He show-orchestra which is very well repro Two years ago an Americaned a sear on this hand: That was
scrap with the Chinese,'
duced. Etudent named John Marshall walk-
a Chinese dan don buded.
"The Singing Fool."" ed out of the University of Chicago, He was twenty-one years old, and possessed of a gigantic grin, one dinner jacket, one pair of plus fours and an ambition to see the world.
In a Japanese Gaol.
"
58. W. KENT, A.S.P., Adjutant. Hong Kong, November 4, 1929,
CROP DAMAGE. IN MANCHURIA.
the Queen's for it is an experience. which if not entirely pleasing is interesting and novel, and, if talkies have come to stay the sooner you get over the plunge the better. If they stay they will improve, but, The Singing Fool," which fol- however, great the improvement The Japanese put me in gaol, lows, was made obviously in order they will still be bewildering to to give Al Jolson's popular songs the novice. The Singing Fool" but I wangled my way out, and they handed me free travel (with the screen. Considered as a film with Al Jolson as its here and the it is not particularly good, although popular Sonny Bdy" as its re- mens) for 200 miles."
Mukden. The seven districts in To-day there are Eastern satraps, There is a box dicial at the Mos Jolson himself acts well and his frain is quite a good picture, though Senyanghsien (diatrics) in Muiden Russian commissars, Chinese disco Opera who is down, ten coulles voice records considerably better its 100 per cent, American flavour province drained by the Liao River trict commissioners, railway chiefs Mr. Marshall had not the price of than those of the other players. It may not appeal to dil of us. It have an area of over 400,000 new throughout Europe, and the com admittance, so grinned at his in
is the old "Pagliacci' or Jack gives out a good idea of what the ef arable land. Crops planted in mander of a British gunbont who Rusin ? I got a seat in the Point theme, with plenty of "oh talkies" may do, one of these the spring suffered from too much are wondering just how Mr. Mar- front row," said Mr. Marshall, stuff" and not a little
B.A."
days, and England, we must remem rain, but there was still hope of. When are you going back, And Twico Mr. Jolson touches real ber, is going all out for them. harvesting early. In the summer, what are you going to do acted tragedy hit one scene the death When we hear the films with Eng however, continuous rain: for three "World's Wandler,"
of his child-is, quite unnecessarily lish voices and English sentiment, weeks set in and the "Liao, River A Press representative. Mr. Marshall is the World's "I am going to write a book and drawn out and harrowing.
that will probably banish most of overflowed its banks causing heavy Greatest Wangler. He is a hobo de then start on a trip to South
the doubts and make us extremely damage to villages, towns and Juxe, He has travelled all round America," said Mr, Marshall," and the world in first-class carriages, as to getting back to the States
In consequence this year's: crops luxury berths, special conveyances oh, Ill wangle that."
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