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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1931.
HEARTS BROKEN ANT MENDED
HONG KON
VOLUNTEER
CORPS
HUMAN STORIES EROM
-HOLLYWOOD,
"LORDERS BY LIEUT
Hollywood's week-ond output of real life buman stories ia- Keludos
One broken romance; featuring Lupo Velez and Gary Cooper
The beginning of new romance, allulah Bankhend ond Gary Cooper are believed to bo the stars. (They have been seen dining together.
* «A › marriage, rumour, Miss
Gloria Swanson (who was former ly married to the Marquis de Jo Falaise de la Coudraye) and Mr F Michael Farner, a reputed millionaire of Dublin and Paris, are the principals
One marriage. Miss Mary Doran, a young star, and M. Joseph Sherraan, of Metro-Gold wyn-Mayer Studios, went through a quiet ceremony at San Diego, California
The Ziegfeld Follies provided a divorce Marion Dodge Humbert, a 21-year-old beauty of that famous company, obtained a divorce from her husband, because she preferred children and a home to orchids and night-chab gaiety,
·Too Many (Orchida. -ty
Parades
LESSON, SERMON.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST "SCIENTIST, HONG KONG?
Reality" was the subject of the Lesson-Bermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, Sup
Corps Band:H
The Band will attend Bank Praotember 27---- tice on Monday, September 28, and Friday, October 2, at 8.30 p.m. enthood gil
day.
All Baadsmen are requested to sive their present business and home addresses to the Band Master by not later than September 28, This is important.
Engineer Company:-.
Sunday October 11 Company Shoot, Peak Range, at 9 a.m.
D.L. practice runs At Welling ton Barracks on Thursdays. October
and 22.
Corps Bignals
The Golden Text was Every and every perfect gift is good gilt f from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is noįvariableness, neither shadow of turning (James 1,17).
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WHEN FILMLAND GOES TO WAR
(Continued from Page 1.)
Those Musical Subalterns.
August 4, 1014, becomes a little hary in the mind's eye. One can not, however picture our asba lion commanders haranguing their mossen on the glory of the coming conflict. Nor one may feel rea sonably sure, did any CO after the tumult and the shouting died,
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CONSUMPTION HAS BEEN CURED
A REMEDY TOR CONSUMPTION HAS BEEN FOUND.
of
Among the citations which com-look down the table to this Junior" prised the Lesson-Sermon was the subaltern with a fatherly,Now following from the Bible The David, what about a eig
God, even the
the Lord, hath
An exceptional aubsitory ho mighty apoken, and called, the earth from must have been, too, to be able to the rising of the sun unto the going sing Annie Laurie in such a cloa down thereof. Out of Zion, the tenor. But why, oh why did his perfection of beauty, God hath fellow subs take it so meekly? Ex shined(Paalm. 2011, 2).
cellent, too, was the dramate way in which the orderly officer burst ip, crying, "The Field Marshal wants to speak to Captain King
once. So like a Field Marshal
„DERK Y. TONKERMAN, DILOOTEARS, OF THE things are Inore ties. There were wilder mistakes- turies of failure, a remedy has been dis
"NEW.KIEDY FOR CONSUMPTION, Abourdi
Marvellous an' it may' soem 'arber can No. British unit could have possil-cored that has cured, the deadly Cak ly sailed for France, or ever Mart the disse. No one will Jongor doubt
„Mamption. ayan in the advanced stages gato, at dawn on August 8. Lord this Consumption can be cured after Kitchener, whom the film Field roading the proof of hundreds of cases Marshal appeared to represont, after bhange of allmate and all other cared by thin wonderful discovery some
romedies tried had failed, and the cases was in Egypt and not at the War had been pronounced Kopeless of our Office I cannot describe the scune This now remedy, has, also proved itself.
sans effective, undi spoedy in ouring › Catarrh, -- at Horse Guards on the fathle even
Dronchitis Asthma, and other serious Struck Of the Strangth, ing, but I do know that Toot throat and lung troubles. In order that all in needs of this wonderful produce of Guard sentriss did not staid side, stesse inay test. Its money for them Having left
the
Colony-No. by eido with the Household Cavava Company has boon formed to 1565 Pte. F. T. Caveney, No. 7lry boxmen, and that not even mean be obtained by writing the (end) gårs it to the world, and 6: Frøs: Trial Platoon, as from September 10, en such an occasion would cockney Darkplankerman Co. Ltd (Dept. 1931.
0.257) 118/120, Fleet St., London, B.C. 4, ladies and gentlemen, be allowed to malosing ed in. Britlik Postal Order, to Having completed three years dance round barrel-organs in the service
1182 Pte. A. y. courtyard. Barro, No. 12 Platoon as from September 19, 1931.
The Lesson-Sermon Parades at Corps Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday, September cluded, the following passage from 29, and Friday, October, for the Christian Science textbook Signalling Instruction.
Science
and Health, with Key to the Scriptures," (by Mary Baker Armoured Car Company-
Eddy. All the real is eternal, Motor Cycle Section: The Sec-perfection underlies reality. With tion will parade at Headquarters out perfection, nothing is wholly Monday, September 23, at 5.30 real. All things will continue to p.m., for Machine Gun Instruction, disappear, until perfection appears per Section Training programnic and reality is reached." (p. 353) Rifle Club-Farade at Miniature Range on Wednesday, September 30, at 6.30 p.m.
In Mra, Humbert's own words (according to the British United Press);"" During the six months wo were married my husband showers ed gifts on me. I had orchids for breakfast, orchids for luncheon, and orchids for dinner. Finally I got tired of it, and aince my husband wouldn't settle down, we settled Snancial matters out of court.!!
Commenting on the breaking of her romance, Miss Lupe Velez (ac- cording to Reuter) said: Mr. Gary Cooper and I are now "j just friendel
Miss Gloria Swanson (according to Router), answering questions. about herself and Mr. Farmer, said: Certainly I will marry again some time, that is, if it will make me happy."
SUIT FOR DIVORCE.
PETITION FILED BY MRS... LAURENCE TIBBETT,
Reno, Nevada, Sept. 14-Mrs Grace Tibbett to-day filed suit for' divorce from Mr. Lawrence Tibbott, Metropolitan Opera Star and of late an actor for the talkies“ in Hollywood.
Clothing:-All ranks requiring clothing, must requisition for same on Monday, September 28, this being the last opportunity before the annual camp, when all kits must be complete... yai
Machine Gun Company :--
1.--The Company will parade in close column of platoons in mufti at 6:30 p.m. sharp, as per Platoon Programme on Tuceday, September 20.
2.-Machine Gun Part II Com pany Headquarters and No. 1 Platoon will fire Machino Gun Part IL at Stonecutters, on Sunday, October 4. Launch leaves Queen's Pier at 9 am, and. Kowloon Police Pier at 10 am Rango Officer:" Lieut. H. Owen Hughes.
3-Company Ride Club: The Mr. Tibbett, a baritone, married Company Rifle Club will meet on Miss Grace Mackay Eraith of Chithe Peak Range at 9.30 am, on cago on May 18, 1929. They have two children--twins. The ground Sunday, October, for Individual' on which the divorce suit has been Spoon Shoot Range Offer: gd- brought has not been announced..
Lieut. V. C. Branson, M.C.` Scottish Company-
Then,
and he asked me I'd marry him... You know, Dons, it's funny, he never used to notice me, I was just a typist to him somehow, after we got the Gestetner, we used to get talking sometimes loves fiddling around with it, making stencils and things Then he took me to a tea-dance that's when
knew
I guess it's
partly because I don't look
tired like t
I used to
blonde does look so cheap.
when she's tagged.
old typewriter took all the life
out
of
me, but the Gestetner
is just child's play
D. GESTETNER (EASTERN), LTD.
New Bank Buildings, Des Voeux Road C.
Tel. 25358,
The Annual Meeting of the Com pany will be held in the Lecture. Room at Headquarters at 8.45 p.m.. on Thursday, October 1, 1931. - It is hoped that every member of the Company will make every endea- vour to be present at this meeting. Portuguese Compady :-
Musketry Classification: All those concerned are reminded that Sun day, September 27, is the last op. portunity to fire this practice, the Company is greatly handicapped by those who do not äre.
The
* Company: Commander's Parade will take place on Friday, October 2, at 5.30 p.m. at Head- quarters, this parade must be at tended by all. Dress: Mufti, rifle and bayonet and, belt.
The Officer-commanding the un- dermentioned units will issue their Orders separately to their com- manda
The Battery II-Machine Gun Troop. III-Armoured Car Company,
Car Section.
Obituary.
The Commandant deeply regrets to have to announce the death of Private HE Scriven, of the Re serve Company, on September is, 1931
All ranks of the Corps tender their deepest sympathy to the bereaved
Marksmen.
The following have qualified as cemen and are entitled to wear the badges one year
No. 1177 Sergt.
No. 10 Platoon.
No. 14489
a
Sequeira,
1448 Pie, M. Toda Cruz, No:
Platoon.
(Continued on next Golumn
Strength.
cover cost of carriage and packing, and, mentioning this paper, ¿The trial front- zali, ki so zjrwkement will then be sent by gettin mall,
carriage paid to pas
The French scenes were still fun nior. There was no mud on the retirement from Mons Scottish troops, however, loyal to the hen- ther, could not sing "Annie
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The following have been taken on Laurie' on the line of march unstruations, and benefit yourself before it
the Corps Strength:-.
No. 1722 Bdm, U. Slows, Corpe "Band, as from September 22,
1931.
less that classic, were re-written in march time. The depicting of, a company sergenat major playing A mouth-organ from the front o No. 1723 Pte. J. M. Sunley, No. 3 of an ambulance full of unwound Platoon, as from Septembered; officers, bordered on the sub 22, 1931,
limega, bera
Transfer.
:
goat
Yet the film, as a whole, 'got across. It moved to the safe
No. 883 Pte. E. W. Coulson, No. ground of India, and came the sex-appeal 7 Platoon, is transferred to the Reout strong in serve Company with effect from department Produced with the September 25, 1931
A sure instinct of Hollywood for
Lout. C Champkin is transferred from the Reserve Company with effect from Cotaber 3, 1939.
Anti-Aircraft Light Automatis
Company.
The following have been taken on the strength of the above Com pany with effect from September 25, 1991-
No. 1024 Pto. D. Cochrane." No. 1925 Pte. F. P. Kennedy... No. 1986 Pte. J. MacDonald. No. 1927 Pic. F 8. Elliott. No. 1928 Pte. W. Saunders... No. 1929 Pto. H. J. Gonby. No. 1930 Pte. A. C. Young. No. 1931 Pte. R. M. Jack. Training for the above Company will commence in the near future.
All the above are A.P.C.
Lesve
No. 374 C.Q.M.S. A. E. Kew, Armoured Car Company, Car See- tion, returned from leave from Sep tember 19, 1931,
No. 728 Corpl, A. W. W. Salter Engineer Co., granted one week's leave, from September 20 to. Oeto- ber 2, 1931, a m
8d.) W. H. G. GOATER,
Captain," Adjutant, H.K.VIDIO,
After Orders.
Anți-Aircraft Light Automatio Company The following have been taken on the Strength of the above Company with effect from Septem ber 9, 1981
* No. 1032 Pte. Hi S. Jones;
No. 1033. Plo J. F. Luni. Training for the above Company will commence in the near future,
Both the above are Hong Kong Electrio Comptiny.
dramatic value, it actually rang true and scored success,
It is punch and technique that our British military, films have, in the main, lacked The great battle pictures should havo becar epics, Mons, Ypres, and the Somme- they called for genius. Inspiration was in the subjects: Government co-operation, not lightly given,' was forthcoming. With mediocre direction and poor photography, they, climbed, the lower slopes, and balked at the heights:
• Journey's End.'!
Period films have, developed In the same way, Balaclava nearly came to real success. The work of our one expert on the subject ensured that every detail of uni- form was orrect. Regimental descendants of the men of the Light Brigadaf lept spirited and whole” hearted, endeavour to enter prise. Yet it never became more than "topical" film photography of soldiers galloping about the Long, Valley. The story used to bind the theme was melodrama as done
y a touring company """Journey's. End” comes natural. ly to the mind. Yet this I would describe as a war film rather than a "military one. It was wonderfully fine portrayal of some of these great men, whose proudest
was to be citizen soldi eracie One of our greatest Gener als refused to see play or film He maintained that the charactors were not true to type, la was wrungka yot right. In half a century of soldiering he had never met-ment like Stanhope mid the rest The only manipe #Journey's - End?!:: that might have been a regular
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LOOK IN THE GLASS
"What has summer done to your skin? Is it faded- greasy-wrinkled-sallow? Is there a tell-tale sag under your chin? Have the wrinkles been increasing while you were playing unawares on the beach?
AND LOOK FORWARD
To the winter season-balls. -receptions card" parties --dinners-at all and every
one you will want to look your most lovely.
THEN TAKE STEPS
TOWARDS BEAUTY
Consult the Elizabeth Arden Representative, Mrs. Ann bler, this week at Lane Crav
will cost but what you will learn will be beyond.
ELIZABETH ARDEN
was little Mason, the mess waitor. London: Paris, Berlin Rome. Made
We are a non-military nation:- Yot the Royal Tournament and our gent Tattoos over fail Evenza battalion, "on" Church" "Parade"will" draw half a town after the drum. Film-makers night study the pro LANE, CRAWFORD blema