GOVERNMENT AND THE CITY HALL.
WHY CINEMA PROJECT WAS VETOED.
FUTURE OF THE SITE UNDER
CONSIDERATION.
Enquiries were made, at the Colonial Secretariat yesterday by the Hong Kong Daily Press as to the suggestion that the Government had banned a cinema enterprise which had for its object the showing of British Alms in Hong Kong. It had been stated that an offer was made to effect drastic altorations
at the Theatre Royal and to meet all anfety requirements of the Public Works Department and the Fire Brigade for the showing of films; that the Trustees of the City Hall accepted the scheme, but it was vetoed by the Government.
MURDER TRIAL.
WOMAN REPRIMANDED BY, THE JUDGE.
MEDICAL EVIDENCE TO BE CALLED TO-DAY.
A woman witness in the Yaumati murder case at the Criminal Sessions was reprimanded by the Chief Justice (Sir Joseph Kemp) nt the second day's hearing yeatorday. The witness was Tre Yung, who de- posed to seeing, the accused throw a rope over the head of deceased while she was seated in the bed space at the rear of the floor and also made other allegations against
the accused...
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1931.
ROWING. THE SUPREME SPORT.
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position and so got back harder. Slowness with the hands and with the govery of the body cusures tumbling forward which not only makes a hard beginning impossible, but also stops the boat running between the strokes, which is very important matter.
As the arms reach out for the next stroke the wrists comeup and keeping it close to the water, turning the blade square once more so that no time may be lost in gets ting in quickly,
DUB
When the fullest extent of offer.
The Varsity Boat Race, All rowing at the Varsity lands up to the Oxford and Cambridge race. When I and the job of choos ing the Cambridge crew there were over nine hundred men in the C.U.B.O to select from.
One begins in October to whittle these down to sixteen. College Boat Captains wend in the names of mon for trial, and each must have at least two days of observa-
tion. Towards the end of the Octo-
At the beginning of the Easter Term nine or ten of these mon
aro
invited to come up early, and the Varsity Boat starts practice. After a month or five weeks the crew is usually Axed, and "blues" are awarded as soon as may be, so us to set the men's minds at rest. The daily waiting for the messenger to bring you your invitation to row is a sore trial to the nerves.
HONG KONG STOCK MARKET.
CROUCHER & CO.'S DAILY REPORT
amount of cash and forward buying, Though there has been a fair
prices have not shown any tendency towards higher rates. At the same time good investment counters are being inquired for, and in; some ensos, sharos were unobtainable at the official rates,
bark
Banks and Unions were better at $2,010 and 9855, with sados, of the later at 8530 for July
small lots at 898:25.
Waterbosta were negotiated in.
8163.50 and buyers are offering $104. Wharves came to business at
for the coming settlement.
Hotels/ were neglected though small business was done in the old shares at 810.60 for September,
Lands improved to 801, with sales ut #0125 for July, al
Humphreys suffered further reces sion, the old shares and can now be obtained at 320, p
Realtya uro quiet at 810,
sales at Tis. 14.50 September,
Ewos advanced to Tis. 13.80, with
Trams are dull and might be ob tained at 821.10.
Further sales of Electrics were'
tivo, reach is arrived at the hands ber term you have this two Trial dick up, covering the blade in Lights settled, and they race over Addressing the witness his Lord. the water, and the spring the thres mile course at Ely. We ship said, "Let me warn you that from the strecher simultane.
with the blade's entering take them to Ely to get onto the you must answer the questions pro: the water, bagins the next stroke.." deeper and livelier water of the porly. This is a very serious All movements in a light ship" Ouse."" matter, the murder of a man, and must necessarily be faster than in prisoner is on trial for his life clinker-built boat, because the pace through the water is We are all trying to ascertain the greater, and balance and neatness truth of the matter, and it is a are essential. You have sight men troublesome business for all of us cockie-shell less than two feet wido exorting all their strength in a Meanwhile I will not have any dis- Their movements are complicated respect from you."
and very rapid. I was once in Cambridge crew in an internation row effectively for a short time at al rogatta in Paris, which could.
the rate of forty seven strokes. per minute. In the final of the eights, Zealand, we were still rowing at racing against Australia and New forty to the minute after we had been at it for three full minutes. spinshing, after the first two strokes days, the crew which has already Even at forty seven there was no and the boat was running dead been going daily to Ely for prac level. The slightest error of move Ition, leaves Cambridge for some disastrous, and the movements place on the upper reaches of the ment cr balance at this pace, in | must be almost entirely instinctive, Thames, Bourne End, or Marlow This represents many days of or Henley Nowadays each crew painstaking practice,
goes to Henley every other year and "Bumping Races."
practices from Leander Club After a fortnight or so 'up-river, they move to Putney for the final stage of practice, which usually comprises the last two and a half works.
but after the first minute they settlo The crews have been in full train-down into the long raking stroke. which is to carry them over their four and a quarter mile journey.
The Assistant Colonial Secretary (Mr. N. L. Smith) informed our representative that the City Hall Trustees had given their approval to a plan by a private company to recondition the Theatre Royal to Witcess: I ask your Lordship's make it, suitable for cinema per pardon. I am an iguorant woman, formances and bad forwarded the I have never been in Court before plan to the Government. As far as and I do not know how to act here." ho (Mr. Smith) could recollect there Mr. Jenkin, who is defending the had boon no mention of showing accused, Wong Cheung, alias Wong British films. Mr. Smith was unSik Cheung, in cross-examination able, at the moment, to verify this of the women witnesses and the from the P.W.D. files, as the hour small boy, pointed out discrepancies was considerably after closing in the evidence given in the Kow time," and the document in ques-loon Police Court, the lust Sessions tion was locked up for the night trial, and in the present re-trial, One of the City Hall Trustees, how submitting that he would put those ever, agreed with Mr. Smith's view, facts before the jury in due course. and said he did not remember any promiss about showing British films.
When the Court adjourned, the Crown case had closed except for It is in light ships" that the the medical evidence, At the first division of College beats row But in any case," said the earlier trial Dr. Uttley gave his in the May Races These aro
Bumping Races. Assistant Colonial Secretary, "it evidence first, but in the present
Fifteen or sixteen beats start at was impossible to modernise one proceedings his evidence has been | once. At Cambridge each boat is section of the City Hall, and to reserved until the last to enable separated at the start from the boat ahead and that astért by one and leave the rest of it as it is at pre-Counsel for the defence to submit sent. The whole question of the for his opinion the depositions of future of the City Hall site is under the witnesses in regard to the throw consideration, and we could noting of a rope over the deceased's give a long lease for the Theatre head. The doctor will be called "The City Hall is leased to the when the trial is resumed this morn- Trustees at a nominal rent of a ling. dollar a year for use as a City Hall and as'a theatre, but it is doubtful how far the Trustees could be allow ed to run a cinema in competition with companies paying the usual taxes, etc. We could not, for ex- ample, let the Trustees run a hotel at the City Hall, and a cinema in volves rather similar difficulties of principle."
CHINESE YOUTH ELECTROCUTED.
INQUEST AT CENTRAL MAGISTRACY.
Mr. E. H. Williams sat as Coroner at Central Magistracy yesterday when' an' inquest was held regarding the death of Chem Sam, o Chinese youth aged, 17, who met his death at 17, Jones Street, on the evening of June 8, as a result of being electrocuted. The follow ing gentlemen comprised the jury: Micaars. H. F. Fincher (foreman),
H. Dobernocker and H. T. Bow.
OPIUM SEIZURES.
·LARGE HAULS ON LOQAL
STEAMERS.
A fine of $5,000 or, in default, one year's hard labour "was the sentence passed by Mr. Schofield yesterday on a freman of the s... Tonkin who was arrested following a seizure of opium valued at $10,000. Originally three persons were ar-
Before full term is ended, but as soon as the men have been in re-made at 880.50. sidence the requisite mumber of
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a half lengths, that is about thirtying for five or six weeks before the yards. It is the object of every race. This has monat living to
row to catch the gao ahead, and gether, two outings per day, a fair- "bump" which entitles it to startly strict diet, no smoking at all, by touching it to rogiater a above the other boat next dayi and oight and a half hours sleep The aturt of a Bumping Race at night, while spells of rowing at is a nerve-racking affair; 120 oETS- mon and their 15 coxes, upon whom depends a very great deal in these races, are keyed up to a great sinte of excitement, Weeks of practice have led to this, and the honour of their College is at stake.
The boats are pushed out from the bank half a minute before the time for starting. Each cox is holding, the end of a chain from the boat's station. He has to keep a stake on the bank which marks pretty cool so as to get his bont straight without having to let go of his chain: A cross wind often makes this a very difficult business, He calls to Bow or Two to "uch hop" as necessary, then "Forward
rested, but of these two were suba. Get ready
Now some reliable supporter.
top pressure have been increasingly frequent and longer.
The Great Day.
At last comer the day of the race." It is difficult to account for the remarkable intorest shown in this race, but the fact remains that London turns out in, force to see it. Old blues and other rowing men in numbers for the past fortnight, have been coming to the riverside and crowds have watched the prac tico daily with the greatest interest. | And the crows have been constantly besieged by flappers for their auto graphs. But the crowds in practice are as nothing to the mses of people at the river on the Race Day,
It would take too long to describe
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and were sold at 819.80 and 810.00 with September sales at $20.10.
Cements. shewed further casiness
the afternoon suddenly advanced to Ropes opened at 821.75 and during
893 for the settlement with sales forward on this basis. ?
Dairy Farms are offering at $30 with buyers slightly under.
Watsons are wanted, at $18. July 7; 5 p.m.
Few things are more beautiful to first class rowing. The bodies are watch than this long easy stride of swinging through a tremendous are, the cars are moving with perfect symmetry the blades enter the water and leave it exactly together, and the beautiful case and grace. of all the men's movements make it hard to realise that tramendous power is being applied.turke
For six months each University has been preparing for this, Everything possible has been done to secure the victory, and now it is all put to the test. Physical fit discipline, careful training, the ness of a very high order,strict utmost attention to every detail of style in each individual, and the most, painstaking welding of the individuals into a crow now com bins to decide who is going to win one of the most coveted honours in
the world. "You de
And nothing but honour is st sequently released Chief Proven with a stopwatch synchronised the whole race, and to do so would take for the crows You get your with the starting gun, begins to mesa describing a particular rece ther you win of loss; and in either our to hang up on your wall, who- count. "A" quarter of a minute to and emphasising a win for one or gol... Ten! Nine! Eight! Se-other University, and since I should event you receive a medal from von and so on until she goes off certainly be biassed in this, I will your own University. But to take with a rear-perhaps a second or confine myself to the start
your 'Varsity's colours first post thé two too soon, catching the crow
poas at Mortlake is the only thing. napping, or a bit late, keeping
that really matters! them in awful suspense. But at last it goes, and they are off.
tive Officer Bullen told the Court that he thought the defendant was merely a bircling of the real smuggler.
Another large seizure of opium amounting to 3,500 tacle was made by revenue officers on the ss. Kwei- chow.
A Howling Mass, In yet another case, a Chinese woman was charged before Mr. Immediately, nearly half a mile Schofield with possession of over 100 of water is alive with flying crews. taels of opium. Sho was Aned The tow-path is a howling mass of 93,000 or ten months hard labour bicycles and running mon. The in default. Her arrest followed bevy of sisters and other men's cheang Street, on Monday. The the grows were very conscious as raid by revenue officers on B, Kee sisters at Ditten corner, of which woman was seen to throw a parcel they paddled down, is utterly for out of the rear window of the house, gotten nothing matters but found to contain opium. which, on' being recovered, was catch the boat ahead.. htt
A Great Sport
The start of the Boat Race is a great-right for the spectators, but (it is also a supreme moment for the crews. As each crow leaves its
In conclusion I. must ask you to landing stage, a roar goes up from the crowd which forms a great am realise that I have attempted to phitheatre open on one side. On deal only with a very low points the Putney side the road and the in connection with the sport of houses are black with people to the rowing. I have said nothing about roofs and the chimneys. The Ful- the tricky business of sculling in ham side is the same without the racing, boats only eleven inches in below the start is packed, with all style necessary for good rowing in houses and Putney Bridge, just beam or of the modifications of
traffic stopped.
*** Flight; pairs or fours. I have not
The first witness called was Dr.
the roar la kept up until the subject of fused swivel curlocks, AY. Greaves who said he perform
are at their Stake-boats. or ed a post-mortem examination on
When a crew is gaining, and get Umpire's launch is between there, or to discuss the various experi ting within striking distance, the and behind it other big and littlements in the shape of racing boats. the body of the deceased on June
fact is signalled by a fusillade of launobes, all crowded to their full These are the more technical points 19. After giving his observations
which would only be interesting to bolls and rattles and revolver capacity. on the condition of the body, Dr.
shots Tho stroko is picked up, Hilence then fails, while the crews actual rowing men tho cox becomes a yelling maniau pads their sweaters and scarves But before: 1-close I should like Greaves Baid that', in his opinion
(although if he loses his head he down to their coxes, who chuck to emphasise the human aspect of death was due to asphyxia.sv
will never be forgives), and every them into a boat alongside. Then this sport. There is no other athie- Mr, A. E. Clarke, senior inspector COXSWAIN FINED AT MARINE man is absolutely all out, the crews are got straight with atia pursuit which makes greater
of the Electrical Departament, fat P.W.D., then went into the witness-
ngainst the inter shell of the holder
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AVERTED.
COURT.
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Advise to Local Chinese,
The cox may miss bis hump deft touch from Bow or Two, and demands upon its votaries, and no through striking 100 Boon or the great-moment has arrived-other sport so completely subordi
nates the individual to the “side."" through bad steering on a corner, Wong Fook, coxswain of the and the other crow, may get away.
GoThey're only as they contribute to the good of box. He said that he went to the steam launch Man Sang, was yes I have known one, crew hunt an
Individuals only count in so far scene on June 19 and found a short torday charged with failing to ob other all over the course sometimes standing in the bows of his launching is, to my mind, one of the finest Now, the umpire on be seen the crew. The result is that row length of wire attached to a light. servo the rule of the whilst under only a foot or two away, sometimes and in the deadly silage he says, preparations a young man can have It appeared that the deceased was Jay the Northern Anchorage on overlapping. Or a crew may have I shall my Are you ready once for the difficult business of living
July 1
the double desperate business of If I receive no reply, I shall then when he forced one of the springs denos. that he was proceeding in fore it itself is caught from behind. sixteen blades are squared trying to fix a bulb in the socket Sergeant Wagland stated in ovi trying to catch the boat ahead be say Go! Are you ready and working in harmony with his
fellowmen.(Loud applause.) westerly direction in a police launch But when good rowing and steering, against the tide. when the Man Sang, tried to cross coupled with courage and deter-they are off. and made it alive. Thie, said. wit his bows from the port side. Acmination, lins resulted in a bag. The boats leap away from their Swann, on behalf of the Rotary In expressing thanks to Rotarian ness, would have been sufficient to cording to the rule of the road the know of no greater satisfaction. staks boats, and the roar goes up Club, Mr. A. Shields said, in give him
Man Sang should have given way As you pull into the bank to let again from the crowd. But the part-I hope what he has said to to the police launch, but she failed the other bosts go by, your lungs crews are hearing nothing,, all, their day will bring home to the young Mr. Clarke then said that he to do so, and a collision was only feel like bursting, your legs are attention is upon the matter in thon of this Colony what a wonder examined the voltage between the averted by the police launch going like limp; rags, and your ears are hand. The first stroke is a comful sport rowing is I am glad to lamp holder and the ground and Wong Foak, in a somewhat rambear but, like Galileo you are lightning drive at the water with Tacht Club just how, but I think ground and full astern, roaring with the thumping of your paretively long one, the second a say it is gome very strong at the
bling statement, said that at no time for none of these things! And, it the legs, the third a little longer, that other sections of the com After further evidence was taken, were the two vessels in sufficiently your bump" should have taken you the fourth longer still, and on the imunity might well take it up. the fury returned t verdiób of close proximity to run any risk of to the Head of the River, your havo Rfth day, are right out to Now, think the Chinese, who have made
Teollision death from asphyxia, consequent conviction was rogletored, and previous exploits may well pale into Itairly eight strokes to a minute, tennis and other sports, should also PERANAN gained a triumph, before, which all they arrowing, thinly seven of such wonderful strides in football, on an electric shock."
a fine of 825 and imposed.
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