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The Vagabond King
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All. Talking Romantic Smash! Burning Love Under The
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1931.
THE WESTERN MARKET THE SILVER SCREEN. NERVE CONTROL.
MURDER CASE.
ACCIDENT PLEA BY DEFENCE.
The case in which Ng Kiu (10),
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
"OUR BLUSHING BRIDES?!
America's dancing daughter"
Joan Crawford took the first a foki in a fruit stall in Wing Lokdancing lossons of her life when she Streat, is charged with the murder made Our Blushing Brides," her of Cheung Man on the morning of new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring vehicles which is showing at the December 16, fast, was continued Queen's Theatre., before. Mr. E. H. Williams' at Central Magistracy yesterday, who, after taking part of the evidence for die defence, adjourned the hearing till to-morrow afternoon.
Detective Inspector Shannon ap. peated for the prosecution, whilst Mr. Geo, K. Hall-Brutton was for the defence.
The
FASCINATING LECTURE
AT CITY HALL..
with a real fear. It was a question of fight, or flight. Real fenr, how. every whs not destroying bunsanity in the same way as imaginary fear. The feeling of an intangible fear is the terror of humanity-the four of **PM A FIGHTER FIRST AND a danger that is always coming bus
LAST."
never arrives.
There was, if anything, a bigger
studied under Mme. Albertina Rasch audienes at the City Hall last night for her part in the spectacular ballet scenes, devoting six weeks when Dr. P. Fonnelly, LL.D., gave to the strenuous terpsichorean lecture on "Nerve Control-Why calesthéncia for the dance number.
you aro nervous and how to correct
Although Joan has been noted as pictures, she never had a day's training in steps.
a danger over sineo she came into
Harry Beaumont directed the now
The lecturer stated that payeba logy was the only thing which could cure cancer and consumption, and many other forms of sickness, At the conclusion of the lecture he was asked if psychology could cure a | broken leg. He replied that he was
The lecturer traced the various certain it could. The doctor treat- for the provocation Crawford film with Robert Montcauses of norvousness and warned,ing a broken leg can only set the having closed, Mr. Hall-Brutton in the leading maculine role, the audience of the danger of tell-bones together, but it was psycho-
and Anita Page and Dorolby Sebas. [
ROGUE
RYO. D LA ROCQUE
and
RITA LA ROY
CARE
said that perhaps the Court know that the plea of the defence would be that the incident was an accident which was occasioned by the deceas». ed himself.
Orios of "Save Lite,"
logy which affected the healing, tian sharing feminine honours. In-ing fairly tales to children and of cluded in supporting roles aro ay relating stories of imaginary tears a man was nervous, he lost a great Dr. Fennelly explained that whod mond Hackett, John Miljan, Hedda. Hopper, Gres Lee and Mary Doran. These children would grow up in deal of energy. He urged those fluenced by what had been told them present to be fighters first and last in their youth. All fears, practical-and to try and remember a slogan ly, began from childhood.
for everyday use in these words: Regarding fear, the lecturer said I'm a fighter, I'm a fighter, I'm that every man knew how do deal fighter.":
"NOT SO DUMB.""
Marion Davies' new Metro-Gold- In Pong then went into the witwyn-Majer starring vehicle, "Not ness-box. Ho said he was a foki of | So Dumb," which will open to the Sam Hing fruit' stall in Wing morrow at the Queen's Theatre, is Lok Street where defendant was an theme song, but with soventeen an all-talking picture without a
Assistant salesman. He had known piano numbers serabled up into one defendant for about five years and hilarious scene, as regards the deceased, witness said that he had known him for some three years.
The music is contributed by Donald Ogden Stewart, who plays
atmospherie" melodies at a piano, dramatic rending of a new scenario while Franklin Pangborn gives a
he has written for a "gigantic film opic,"
He remembered the morning of the nccident, He was asleep in the rockleft of the stall and was awak- save life,” and on ened by cries of
As a musical background for this going down, he saw the two.. men on the opposite side of the street. "Until," Chopin's "Prelude No. 4." humorous oration, Stewart plays" The deceased appeared to have been Rachmaninoff's "Prelude in hurt and the defendant was helping Minor,"
OF him. At the time, the latter was the Rain," "Yes Sir, That's My "Sailing," "Singin' in already under the arrest of a Chinese constable.
At this stage the case was ad- journed.
MR. WILLIAM R. BARR
PASSES AWAY.
WORLD LECTURE TOUR
THEATRE
ROYAL
A SERIES OF FASCINATING LECTURES.
V ON
PRACTICAL PSYCHOLOGY By DR. P. FENNELLY, LL.D.
(Past President British Association of Practical Psychology), THIRD & FOURTH LECTURES To-day, Wednesday, January 14th p.m.-"SPECIAL LECTURE FOR WOMEN ONLY" 9,15 p.m." SPECIAL LECTURE FOR MEN ONLY "-
Baby," "Morning Muod by [6.15
Weasel," "East Side, West Side," Greig, "America" Pop, Goes the
"Boola, Boola," "Chicago," "Vision of the Salome," #Stars and Stripes Forever," "Aloha," "Dixie" and Wagner's Wedding March."
"I tried to work in Marianno ' tribute to Miss Davies, but I' couldn't find Room," apologized! Stewart when the scene was finish.
na
We regret to have to record the death of Mr. William Robert Barred. which occurred at the Government King Vidor directed the screen Civil Hospital on Monday evening adaptation of the Broadway stage from tuberculosis. He was only 28 hit, Dulcy," Elliot Nugent plays. years old and a son of Mr. John opposite the star and the support- Barr, who was for many years withing cast includes Raymond Hackett, the Hong Kong & China Gas Co., William Holden, Julia Faye, Sally Ltd.
Starr and George Davis.
Mr. Barr received his education at the Diocesan Boys' School, and || later joined the piece-goods-Urpart- inent of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., which position ho' ro linquished on his departure home. He returned to Hong Kong and was connected for some years with Messrs. Hughes & Hough, aUG- tioneers, and Inter left for Shang- bai where he joined the Linotype & Machinery Co.
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CITY PARKING PROBLEM. EUROPEAN LADY BUMMONED.
Mrs. W. G. E. Cooper of "Der- rington," Bowen Road, was um- moned before Mr. R. E. Lindell yesterday with having caused an obstruction by parking her car in. Chater Road..
Sergeant Williamson said that the car was parked some distance out of the curve outside Messrs. Wat- son's. The rear wheels were about two and a half yards out of the 'parking area.
Mra Cooper stated that she put her car in as far as she could, There was a car in front of her car and one at the rear.
His Worship remarked that he had soon about half a dozen cars parked on the south of Chater Road every time he passed that way. He queried. whether that was an offence or not to park there.
Trafile-Inspector Alexander re- plied in the affirmative.
His Worship Imposed a fine of $5.
RECENT DEATH OF
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The speaker then went to dwell upon the problem of legalized gam- bling and opium smoking, two re- cognized evils which have been 6apping the economie life of › the people of Kwangtung. That both gambling and opium amoking should be permanently banned no one can deny. But this cannot be dono without seriously affecting the income of the Government. The opium tax amounts to $9,000,000 B year, and the gambling 812,000,000... Unless this huge deficit can be made up by other forms of taxation, the Government is not likely to abolish these two great social evils, but it is hoped that their prohibition may be brought about in the shortest time possible. Kwangtung's Advances to Wanking. (Wah Taz Yat Pao.)
CANTON, Jan. 13. The Provincial Financial Com missioner Mr. Fan Ki Wu, do-. elares that during the financial year 1929-1930 the Nanking Financial Ministry borrowed from the Kwang- tung. Treasury the Bum of 830,743,864.80 for military expenses, and suggests that as Kwangtung is now in financial difficulty the Pro- vincial Government should press the Nanking-Financial Ministry for the early repayment of the sum men- tioned.
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Our
Blushing Brides
Joan Crawford
Daeniky Debentium
Aulia
America's Dancing Daughter is here now
In a picture of today that gets at the truth; about modern love and marriage in a now and startling way, Fashions and romance for thö women! Drama and thrilla for tho men!
Robert. Montgomery Anita Page Dorothy Sebastian Raymond Inekett
A
Harry
Beaumont
Production:
TO-MORROW
You Must Meet Dulcy she's
riot!
Fong Pien. Benevolent Hospital and other cbaritable organizations are giving free of charge large quantities of rice congees. Trucke KING
used to carry food to the hungry on the streets and in their hones carry a big banner bearing the words of their mission. skirta of the city this morning. In Frost was registered in the out- the city proper, where the popula tion is more congested, the tempera- ture was about 38 degrees Fahren hoit.
A report from Lay Fou Moun- tain, a famous summer resort, sinbes that a snowstorm is raging there.
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CLOSING QUOTATIONS,
January 13, 1931.
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