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DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS.
TO-DAY.
(March 22.)
Lammerts Sale of Household Furnituro, Gascoigne Road, Kow-
·léon, 10.30: a.m.
Annual Tospection of Volunteers hy 0.0.C.
Whist Drive at St. Patrick's Club. Annual Prize-giving & Subsorib- ara Day of the Ladies' Section of the R.,K. Golf Club, 11.39 a.m.
Lecture on First Aid and Home Nursing by Dr. Porrin Ruttonjen at King's Collego, 4.4 p.m..
FAR TOO MUCH "MURDER"
IN LONDON
JOCASTA", MAKES A SUGGESTION!
INDISCREETTM“ HELEN" AND OTHER PLAYS.
19TH LETTER TO HELENA OF HOND Kong From Jocasta. ]
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MY DEAR HELENA,-Do you like suicide after all!)' Anyhow oven. If
Rotary Club Tifa, Lane, Craw- ford's Restaurant, 1 p.m. Speaker: murders? I delest them! Mr. Champkin' on Anti-Air-the late Mr. Edgar Wallace made
craft Guns."
Lawn Tennis:
OPEN SINGLES.
Since the play was dull the audience was not, for every celebrity and " first-" nighter" in Londen seemed to bo there to give Sin Gerald 'n rousing reception., I got quite dizzy with
this crime popular it has become more than a best-seller,-it has be
M. W. Lo v. J. Leonard (stand Frome an obsession! The newspapers court).
WC. Hang Ng Ban Choung."
A. C. Sullivan Ho Ka Lau,
HANDICAP SINGLES "A
A. C. I. Bowker (owe 3/8).
M. Henderson (owe 5/8)..
W. M. Barton (scr.) v. C. Stark (vec. 1/0).
HANDICAP SINGLES "B.**
J. T. B. Evans (scr.) v. J. Wilson (owe 4/6).
.
are full of headlines about murder (whather at Notting Hill, New York
identifying one noted person after
of Honolulu härdly matters--there other. There were many ger
R.is always one somewhere 1). The goous gowns to be seen but, niest of
plays one sees and books one opens them were covered by equally gor Care full of this appalling topic and
M.
H. F. Foley (scr.) . D. & Green (reo. 2/0;
G. Puncheon (ser.) . OG. An-
Corson (ser.).
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MIXED DOUELES,
W. M. Barton and Miss, Hallifax (owe 270) v. R. Hancock and Miss Hancock (owe 18/3).
Queen's Theatre: "Beau Hunks." Central Theatre: "Around the
World in 80 Minutes."
Feel."
King's Theatre: "Young As You Star Theatre: "Ser Bat," World Theatre: "Soul and Flesh" (Chinese Alm).
geous evening coat." For it was--a
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home-life test If I stay in to listen to the wireless u sepulchral voice will probably announce that those with west nerves had better! switch off because a gruesome mur
we had snow and a blizzard, wad London theatres are never sufficient- ly heated..
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GLADYS COOPER AND MAR- der story is about to be broadcasted, i GARET BANNERMAN. - and if I go out to a frivolous party | it's ten to one that a card will be
Margaret Bannerman looked regal
thrust into my reluctant hand while in a coast of black velvet with a lights go down and the news goes very high ermine collar and was round" now we are going to play not the only one to adopt this bei, Murder" At one party in January coming fashion." I sat near Gladys
I was strangled no less than three Cooper and had an excellent view times in one evening, but made no of the famous "sunshine streak."
Thi Dapest King's Restaurant complaint since. I proferred it to Many people are adopting his and Hong Kong Hotel, Dinner the worry and anciety of killing queer fashion of a lock of burnished Dapers at Peninsula Hotel, Hongome our else and escaping detec-gold, or platinum-bleached hair, Kong Hotel and King's Restaurant,
drawn holdly across the head; but
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What is the reason for this sudden the newest craze is the feather-blown craze for crime? And if crime,-bob. Have you scon it? I find it A Lent Mission at Catholic Cathe why Murder I can think of other altogether captivating and think it dral, 6 p.m.; Subject :,, ' * The Crown:
erifaes much more amusing! For
is an ideal form of hairdressing for ing Glory,"
had Meetings: Annual Meeting of the instanes, suppose my handsome the typhoon-season. H 1 Hong Kong Electric Co., Ltd., 11host and hostess gave the announce- n.m. China Entertainment and
should sink it in an ostrich farm! Land Investment Co., noon, Lawnment "choose "your partners chre- Bowls Association, Jardine's Board-fully for the next game becauso we
For ages that bright Httle French
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are going to play A
But notress Mistinguet has been striving perhaps it wouldn't do It might to popularize these pompous plymes and at last she has succeeded ́ (I lead to terrible, complications so don't believe the rumour that she
maf said."
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OPEN, DOUBLES.
T. Honda and T. Akiyama ». Ho Ka Lau and Yew Mon Kit (stand entit).
Lug Wai Tong and Luk Ding Cheung . A. V. Remedios and L A. Ribeiro,
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SIR GERALD DU„MAURIER,
To change the subject, there was it may, the musical comedy stage
a most distinguished audience to is being snowed under by an
H. A Barros and F. J. Remedioswelcome Sig Gerald du Maurier avalanche of feathers. Huge feather
A. J. da Silva and E. de Sousa.
HANDICAP SINGLES "A"
D. J. Valentine (owe 1/0) v. E.
3. D. Nash (ree: 2/0).
C. E. Holmes (owa 13) .. B. E. Green (owe 18) or C. F. Hyde (cwe 1/0).
A. B. Raworth (sor.) v. L. Forster (owo 15/1) or G. W. Sewail (owe
·15/9)
back to the stage again after his fans are wicked with great effect long absages, on the opening night but tho. Gaiety Chorus haa- gopo of The Green Pack." As a play jone better,~In a song with Sonnie it was hopelessly long and dull in Hale they appear in satin dresser spite of the fact that it contres of every hue with cloaks. 'to match round yet another murder (but the made entirely of ostrich feathers -- dead is done "off" ono nover aces I call them cloaks out of politeness: the corpse, and it turns out to be (Continued on Pape 12)
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