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"DISHONOURED!”
1931,
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A Ha'porth of Tax Plesse !
Among the victims of the typhoon waa tho matahed at the Chatham Road playground, Kowloon. It was not beautiful but it did give some shade. The new playground under ore, than that at Chatham Road, but it does need some kind of shel- ter and, in these times when economy, especially in all matters concerning British child-welfare," is SO GOCOSESTY, a cheap and humblo matshed would be really welcomed and should not be beyond our re- sources. As it is many of the children for whom the playground was built do not use it, because there is no shade.
powers, the men and women of be an odd sight; somebody' aya the secret, services. We have often would be taken off the ball, and a read of the shooting of spics. In bad slice out of bounds might have this film we are shown exactly how vory serious results-it might knock it is done, and the process by which the winning jockey off his steed grave and distinguished: mendis just be he was pounding up the honour" and destroy those who out straight for the winning-post: 11 The Super-Gentleman,MT
A well-dressed man went up to of patriotism and desperation take it be argued that the golfers would up this appalling task of getting in- have to go when the jockeys arrived, a ticket machine at Victoria Station, formation from the enemy.. We see they would nevertheless have to put his money in and held out the whole process, and with excellent leave their toes and their greens his hand to receive the ticket. Signal Gun Hill is much better Art, MARLENE DIETRICH, one of the and their bunkers (there would have the machine delivered the ticket; most beautiful women aeting for to be a great many bunkers on such he murdered, quite naturally, the screen, has been chosen to "play a flat couter) behind them, and “Thanks," and walked off. the role of the victim. The great those would be an odd addition to military machine crushes out her the racing landscape. In any Westminster Abbey Statues, life and with a stiff upper lip sho event, les those who go golfing and
Having a few minutes to spare faces her judges, and after her those who go racing keep their yesterday, writes Londonor la judges the unhurried formalities of ruling passions well separated. It the Evening Standard. "I wan the firing squad. The feelings of would be an encouragement to dered into our great Minister of the audience are not spared in this cynies to plucs two forms of human the West. A service was proceed ing in the choir, and 'n soated my cruel piece of realism, but for once weakness in such close and uncdify sulf under the statues of the three we are not allowed a happy ending ing proximity,"
Canninga. I gazed around mo. I was appalled. We are used to the —and the Paramount Company no
interior of our Abbey. Seldom do doubt forfeits some of the returns
we realise how completely it has it might have, pocketed..
been ruined by the monuments erected to the defunct. Were I the Dean and Chapter I should remove these hideous cenotaphs to the cloisters. The Abbey is not, in any case, a particularly fine specimen of Gothic. It would do well enough, however, were it left to itself. To day it has the appearance of some third-rate junk shop, in which dusty sgures of Pomona and River Gods sprawi around the equally dusty effigies of departed statesmen."
Self Purification.
A local bacteriologist gives the following account of what is called in his profession self purifien- tion." You get a bit of matter full of bacteria (his citation was blunt) reproduce themselves at the rate of three generations an hour as long as there is food. When there is no more food, they turn cannibal and the last man in dies of star vation.
and put it in water. The bacteria
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It is argued that the Blin mag- nates know perfectly well that war would be bad for business and herein lies the whole motive for their attitudes That may or may not be the case, but at least give then credit for seeing the truth, acting upon it, and refusing to exploit an easy source of immedi- ate profit. Think what wonderful films could have been made about handsome heroes who come home Most worthy ploncer work in the slightly wounded, to be nursed and cause of the higher education of women was carried on by two petted in pretty gardens by adoring famous ladies, Miss Buss and Miss sweethearta I That was the old Bente. Their characters can per haps be gunged by a famous qua- tralition. As the Beottish song play attributed is one puts it
Tis Angus, my Angus,.
Miss Buss and Miss Beale.
of their earliest pupils
Miss. Buss and Miss Bonle Cupid's darts: never feel. How very different from us Are Mits Beale and Miss Buss.
The Pearl River Bridge,
Dirty "Bolshie" Butter
The Soviet-authoritics have, ad mitted with cynical candour the impurity and worse of the butter exported to England, thus giving another example of the cheerful way in which they let their friends down. After the pathetic attempts by, the Minister of Health to excuse the presence of every kind of her ror in the products of the beloved Soviet, it does seem a little up- grateful on the part of Moscow to torpedo his excuses so completely And abruptly. One might almost imagine that the Soviet set no store by the friendship of the Bri tish Minister of Health. much, doubt," writes an angry cor- respondent, to an English paper, if I could include one common. flea in any butter I sold to the
"I very
Come back from the War," The war films have rubbed in that often enough Angus does not come back; that he may, after passing.
It is stated that the giant steel Armentieres, have become a very bridge spanning the Pearl River at different sort of fellow, who finds Canton now under construction will his little sweetheart insipid as be finished early next year. De
snite political disturbances in the lemonade, and who cannot settle city the work on the bridge has JUDGING by the usual standards of down to the old life in Main gone forward and has made rapid the cinema industry the Paramount Street of Barchester. The world's progress. It is thought that, an publia without Royal Commis elaborate ceremony will be staged ston in Whitehall being, summoned statesmen and industrialists are when the bridge is formally opened to bring me to justice. But if I Company did a bold and unusual thing when they produced that very blundering, along with the old It is a very fine piece of engineer called myself Simplevich and had ane Alm Dishonoured," which has policies that lead to war, but one ing and in many ways superior to an office in Moscow. I believe that recently been exhibited in the of these days they may get a very the one over the Yellow River, The the Minister of Health would re- Canton bridge certainly has the ad ward with equanimity anything I Colony. The motion picture com- unexpected jolt from a populace vantage inasmuch as it will allow cared to send to England, even if it were mainly composed of rancid panies of Hollywood exist to make that has been fed upon "What all kinds of trafic to pass over it,
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Partly by a process of natural evolution, partly by the far sighted policy of attracting foreign actors and producers, and to some extent under the competition of other national films, the Hollywood pic tures have of late shown an im provement, and Dishonoured" is ono of the best productions.
THE RACING GOLFER.
GREAT BRITAIN'S TACOcourses are not playing-fields" for purposes of exemption from Mr. SNOWDE's land tax, but apparently there is
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Survival After Deathadd
A Bius's Record,
The Shadow Between."
8.5. President Hoover,
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We have received from the Dollar Steamship Company, a most attractive, booklet, giving much in-. teresting information about the new 8.8. President Hoover and some attractive ilustrations of lounges, state-rooms, swimming pool and the ship her self, etc. The introduction tells us that the s.a. President Hoover is the largest ship over built in America for either domestic or foreign travol. She is also the largest electric liner, flying any flag, cn. gaged in the commieree of the world. Her length is 633 feet over all, B1 feet in beam, displacemezt tonange of 31,000, a gross of 23,000- tona and a sen speed of 91 knóts. She will accommodate 350 ́ first- class guests and 150 special class, or intermediate pasarpgers. Six to public decks are given over rooms and socommodations. liner has over, been built with greater consideration for the com- forty convenience and well being of her passengess. The combined ex perience of the entire fleet of President liners has been drawn upon to make the s.s. President Hoover the finest achievement in world travel. Early in the Summer of 1031 the liner will enter the scr vices of the Dollar Steamship Lines. A sister ship, as yet un- named, is also being built and will he delivered shortly after the 1. President Hoover
From the files.
Looking Bank 25 Years.
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The Committee of the Seamen's Church and Mission have now published the report and financia? statement for the year 1904 and 1003. Owing to the Chaplain, the Rev. J. H. France, being unassisted for practically the whole of the period under notice he was unable. to prepare the report for 1001, yet the work of the mission has nos been neglected, and there are evi- dences that much good has been no complished even though all the importunities could not be em braced. The Instituto on the Hong Kong side has met a long felt want, and while the first eight months working, shows a debit balance, due to the heavy initial expenditure there is every reason to hope that better results will ensue. Kowloon Institute also has a record of stendy of work done. The re port acknowledges a number of gifts and thanks the many volun-
ary workers for their services. Hong Kong Daily Press, August 3, 1903.
Looking Back 50 Years.
Mr. Harold Abrahams, himself a famous Cambridge: athlete, and Mr. J. Bruce Kerr have emulated the The pasture improvement demon, German encyclopedists by compil stration programmo of the Nowing a monumental record of all Ox- Brunswick Department of Agricul- ford and Cambridge inter-university ture is meeting with a generous re- | contenty since 1927. Here the games sponse from the farmers of the pro-lover will find not only a statistical vince. A number of field days have account of the various compaigns, already been held in various parts, from the minor skirmishes of at all of which keen interest has chess and creling to the pitched been displayed in the use of battles of the Boat Raca and the chemical fertilizer The series of "Rugger match, but also a full suggestion that they might demonstrations being conducted this list of 8,800 Blues (Cambridge 4,485 qualify for relief under that head year is similar to the 1030 pro and Oxford 4,105) who have ro gramme. During the past season presented their University. The by turning themselves into golf the carrying power of numerous, knowledge that in the whole series courses. There is a large amount tracts of grazing land under obser of 1898 matches Cambridge is now of space in the centre of racevation more than doubled through leading by 145 will add to Cam- the proper application of chemical bridge conceit. Oxford will find courses which is not used as pars fertilizer and it was proven that the consolation in the reflection that of the race track; the idea, seems regular use of the fertilizer is both she is ahead in billiards and fene to be that the companies concerned practical and economical for the ing, which, after all, are the tradi- tional pastimes of mis-spent youth; should lay out that land as nine average farmer,
In this vast army of Blues the re holo, golf links
card for versatility" is held by 'n
The ordinary half-yearly meeting very modern young man. In Mr. This has been done successfully
It seems strange that the Church, Gandar Dower Cambridge has, an of the shareholders of the Hong in Happy Valley, but at Home the or at any rate an important see athlete (and a scholar to beat) who Kong: Hotel Company was held circumstances are very different and tion of it should be so anxious to has represented his university in in the hotel yesterday afternoon. an English paper commente severely continuity of individual life after Single-handed, he has inflicted a Belilios (Chairman), W. Reiners, destroy scientific evidence of the no fewer than six different games. There were present Mears, E. R on the proposal, anying in the death, when it is clear to every score of defeats on his Oxford op- Hon. P. Byrie H. Hopping
(Directors), A. E. Vancher, E course of an article on the subject: thinking person that this evidence. ponents.
George, J. H. Cox, Dr. Gomes, G. ir just what is needed to give fresh One fancies that the preliminary life to all religion. It is no, mere
Reynell, H. Smith, D. McCulloch, In one matter the American film expense of that surprising step love of excitement or craving for
A. A Remedios, H. Kuhlmann, J. industry has stood firm to prin- would be a good deal more than something new that crowds nil the
Remedios, F. C. Dittmer and L Spiritualist places of worship and
Hauschild (secretary). - ciple and done admirable work. It the full tax is likely to cost for lecture halls to overtowing when
The Chairman said: Gentlemen, has, in picture after picture, made many a year; not oven for the ever their doors are opened; there
you have doubtless studied, our re- relentless attack upon war and satisfaction afforded, by wriggling people are searching for the truth
port and accounts for the past half- upon that idealisation of war which through the net of the Iron Chan not given them,, and cannot give played by Godfrey Tearle, is a City allow run to take them as seats.
and for something the Church has cipal male character in the story year. You will now consequently, has been one of the crimes of collar would most-racecourse com them, as long as the views held by t poetry, literature and music. The panics be prepared to embark on that section prevails-Cells, Latly Man, and in order to show him in The report has touched on all the his own environment, Walker has important points connected with screen drama has shown way to be such costly extensions Moreover, Cangrere, in the London, Morning succorded in timing bim despite the institution; there is, therefore, the surge of the London crowds at very little for me to add. However, a brutal and degrading acrifice of the two activities would not go well d
various interesting vantage points. I have to congratulate you on the youth by age. Again and again we together. We know that golf is a Dear Old Folks,
Good humoured members of the prosperous condition of your invest have had the subtle contrast of the royal and ancient game, and that The dear old folks at Home are public at firat surrounded the ment. Since the formation of this devasted area, the trenches and the racing is sometimes described as often distinctly parochial in their camera in a manner calculated to Company, this is the first wheread outlook, says the Shipping Review, invite police intervention eagerly we may with pride say that our shady, eataminet with the luxurious the sport of kings, but that bug which gives the following extract assisted Walker, and he secured shares stand at a premium in the chateau where the C.-in-C. and his gestion of regal associations is from the Engineer" It is prob-unique pictures of Tearle crossing stock list of Hong Kong. Never staff plan and, more or less, control about the only point that the two ably not realised that a great deal the courtyard, of the Stock in the history of the Colony hevo operations. There have also been pursuits have in common. It is of the ocean-carrying frode in the change, passing the Tower Bridge shares been even at par. From the Far East is in the hands of British and maneuvring a street crossing records in the office it appears that many pictures showing the distress true that nothing very much hap shipping companies. A large num at the Monument. The biggest the original allottees failed to take of the civil population, the sufferpens on any raccourse during the ber of vessels built on the Clyde, laugh London Town has heard for up 149 shares of the stock of the purposely with a view of getting ings of women and children, and many, many days when there is no and in other British shipyards, many a day occurred when, as the company Whether, this was done
work between Far Eastern ports. last shot" was being taken," the vast sacrifice demanded of all, racing there, but it hardly follows One British company alone must little Cockney, surveying Walker rid of their liability, owing to the except those who guide the fighting, that the golfer would be & welcome have nearly 100 steamers in the the camera, and his entourage, said then gloomy future of the venture and whose "policy has made the visitor. When be once starts he is trade. In Hong Kong and Bhange Ullo, governor, you makina or because the means of these gen- hai thefe are well-equipped dock pikchert Other exterior scenes tlemen were limited at the time. I struggle inevitable
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a greedy fellow; he likes to be there yards for repairing ships of any are to be filmed in the countryside cannot say, but the fact remains Dishonoured sorries the prelay in and day out. A raos meet sizes The new Empress of Japan, for The Shadow Between, and a that when we took charge of paganda one further. It takes using on the periphery of the com- was recently in Hong, Hong. These country house at Northwond the Hotel, we found them stand-
pany's land with a medal round establishments are most furnished rectory at Alderham and some ing as an asset in the secon into the realm of those gallant and
with British machine-tools, elec scenes in spinney will be visited Hong Kong Daily Press, August 3,
1881, BASAT subs higher in full swing on the centre wouldtrical gear, steel, etc, in turn, pathetic naws of
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