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A fireman, rescuing a woman, lost his hold near the bottom of the ladder, and landed heavily, with the woman on top of him. A doctor, hastily summoned, pronounced him sound, though badly bruised."
"You are
a brave gentleman," said the doctor.
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Brave, maybe, bus no gentle- man," replied the fireman, rubhing his injuries," or I'd have let the lady go first,"
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Assop Up To Dato.
A Bull Shoot.
Probably Senor Madaringa (Spain), (no n
the MONĖ exciting Disarmament Conference incsting" opiscide on record in connection ghve this randering of a fable, told with the Chillingham, hord of wild to him by an Englishman to ex cattle, for whose preservation an fplain why Russia was in favour of | äppeal has just been issued by Lord
gonbral disarmament:
Grey, occurred in 1833, when u Certain animals mut to discuss large house party at Lord Tanker.. disarmament.
yille's castle arranged to shoot one of the bull*.
The lion suggested' the abolition of wings, the englezasked for the
Mr. Johnny Gilmour, of Melton suppression of berns, while the bull | fame, and one or two others put ön demanded the suppression of claws, their red coats to infuriate the Then came the turn of the bear, animal, but before they were ready and he suggested the abolition of for the fray the bull started. In by all those things so that he might | charging a keeper, whom he tossed take them all into his loving eme over his head and then gorad. bride.
altruism and "practical affairs." The Powers have not intervened in the Far East to uphold this or that' pretty theory of some droarner'a brain. Pence in the For East is business recessity, which concerns øveryone. Japan and China wero drifting into a "senseless war that | Tale of the. Day, neither side wanted Incident pro- voked counter incident anil the two countries were, a few weeks ago, to all appearance, about to om bark on a long and devastating struggle. Neither was prepared to give way. Japan had entire con- dence in her fighting forces, and China was heartened by unexpset- cd success at Shanghai, and q sudden realisation of her potential strength. The Sino-Japanese crisis is by no monns settled. but the most obstinate enemy of the Longue of Nations must find it hard to netcunt for the three-weeks lunt Shanghai, except on the ground of foreign pressure from Geneva and Washington. If the nationa of the world had been acting individually both China und Japan would hava had inhite opportunity to ungle for allies, and to exploit ancient jealousies by playing with treaties and concessions. Fortunately, the Powers have fallen into only three grows, the League of Nations, the United States and Soviet Russia. The last named haa bnd no concern with Shanghai, though what part she will play in Man- don states that they left Algiers in churia must causelgruve concern. three six-wheeled coaches, lalon
crisis has been to get co-operation between Americh and the League, in five hours of starting "they were The story of the struggle towards 4,000 feet up in the Atlas Moun- this mighty union will make gains, and they spent the first night fascinating page of history! No one outside the inner circles, knows in the romantic oasis town of Bou-punitive action, pioneering and, ad- which Powers were holding back, how cohesion was obtained or what price was paid. but directly Sir JOHN SIMON was able to announce American co-operation with the League, the situation changed. No
Across the Sahara--
"There fow film actors who will hot envy Mr. Henry Kendall, the English autor, and Mr. Walter Summers, the film director, their recent trip across the Saharh from Algiers to Timbuctoo. :
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Thence their route. lay pant Djelf--quite the least attractive town in at North Africa to the lovely walled city of Chardais, which is well in the Sahara proper. -To Timbuctoo.
The aportamen came up just in It was disclosed later that the time and riddled the bull with Englishman who related the fable bullets, but it was to the valour of tq Senor Madariaga was Mr. Wina doerhound which dashed in and Aton Churchill,
fastened on the animal's hocks that the keeper owed his life... »
Landseer, one of the party, made sketch on the spot, and painted a What are the best sorts of educa-picture of Lord Oseulston and the ional films for children?
dead bull which hangs at Chilling-
Children and «tha Films.
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Erith Education Committee, alter
while boys care more interested in making experiments, conclude thatham Castle,
venture, giris like to know storios Sea Rescues at 6d. Each. of commodities or productions.. Three times as many girls as boys chose the production of ten as an essay subject after seeing the pie ture, but "Conquest," a film of pioneering in Canada, was far more Populag with boys than girls,
Action and human interest, are
Southend Pier authorities are 80 tired of drying the clothes of people who are rescued from the sen that they are going to charge shem áð, a
time.
This statement was made by the At Ghurdaia they were asked by hold children's addention, and pie
necessary in every film if it is to chairman of
the Southend Pier the Governor-General to pick up tares should not be too long-20
Committee, Alderman Thurlow
beer, coffee or renadine, after a medical officer who was argent-minutes is a good length. Com-Baker, at a meeting of ratepayers. reading his paper in his favourite ly needed at El Golea. Then came
munity singing, it is suggested,
tween films.
inn, club. or café, can do great Fort MacMahon (fumous for the might reheve tedium or tension be
things it in this imperfect world the war-lords of the Far East seem to pay more attention to cart an nouncements about the moving of warships. The two things enjoy Jerhaps the relative importance," na a heroine of fiction puts it, of having your hand. kissed, which makes you feel very good." and being Tgiven. A sapphire bracelet,"
which lasts for ever.
"
We all hoped, after the War. that faith in armaments had been broken, and that any nation would Doner lose an arbitration than win We have not progressed Z war. that far, but the Far Eastern érisia has shown that amamenta ean be used, in conjunction with the League of Nationa, keep the punce, even when the clash is be tween Powers of major importance.
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DROPS DEAD.
The death of David Joseph defence of the Far Eastern policy took place at Happy Valley last of Great Britain and of the Leagad irvaning. was very well attended and was necorded fall Naval hon- of Nations. To use a colloquialism...
Fellow members the they "wiped the floor with the R.A.O.B. held a special service at fugnacious pacifists, Mr. LLOYD the grave side. CEORGE was discreetly absent, and Bruning, a Erst class joiner on the aircraft carrier, H.M.5. Hermes, "it is impossible not to teel sorry focurred under tragic circumstances Bocordance with Government for Mr. CRONG LANDRY, the on board the vessel on Tuesday 1 Orinda TONG
evening. Deceased who was BANKS will be CLOSED for the amiable sentimentalist from Poplar, native of Gillingham, Kent, was TRANSACTION of PUBLIC BUSI-upon whom has been thrust the working on one of the aeroplaner NESS on FRIDAY, SATURDAY and duty of Leader of His Majesty's when he suddenly dropped dead. "MONDAY, 25TH, T B 2901 MARCH, 1932. (ÉASTER HOLIDAYH),
Hong Kong, 22nd March, 1932, [20)
NOTICE.
Opposition: China is a new Re public, Japan an age-old Imperial- ism. Mr. Lassacry would wedin to regard them rather as he would Mayfair and the East and of London, his sympathies being bes stowed recordingly. However, he [ISS" VIOLET_CAPELL will added to the gajety of nations by resume her Dancing Claasenaking, almost in the same breath, as from the 4th APRIL. For particulars kindly apply No. 9, Torra what the Government thought about Building, Kowloon, or Phone 57117. Disarmament, and how did they [20 3 propone setting about the ejection of the, Japanese from Manchuria? Mr. LANSBURY is one of those de lightful souls, who would start off
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HONG KONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS will be held na TUESDAY, the 29th March, 1932, at 5 p.m. in the Offices of the Cham bar of Commerce, Chartered Bank Building. to nominate a Member of the Chamber for appointment to the Legislative Council during the absence from the Colony of the Hoa, Mr. O. Gordon Mackie.
a thoroughly aggressive policy by a wholesale scrapping of Rests and armies. People of his kind are quite useful in laying out London Lido's, complete with beer gardens, but they are apt to mislead foreign opinion as to British outlook when they initiate debates upon Far Eastern affairs,
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Bishop on Lax Morals.
He said that last year more than 200 people fell into the water and the work of the laundry department was disorganised.
It was boped by the charge of 6d. to deter people from "bathing from the pier with their clothes
on."
The Bishop of London, preaching Only one stop could be made at at St. Dunstan's-in-the-West, Fleet Bidon 5, a
desert petrol station, street, referred to the increasing where, beneath the sand, are hidden mumber of young people who try tanke of water and petrol.
to persuade each other that purity Only
of life before marriage and purity drivers ase given the keys; and the of conduct after marriage is pre-An Unlucky Film Producer. spot is marked merely by a small post, an empty tin, and two wine
Victorian and old-fashioned, "" bottles (empty).
The latest news:
that the ex- pedition reached Timbuctoo with no worse mishap than a broken axle.
Cracks in the 'Marble Arch.
Has the constant vibration set up by heavy trafo at the Marble Arch disturbed some of the foundations of the arch?
"If only you knew the misery," Soviet flm directors "have, been America, he said, of some of those people singularly unlucky in who despise moral principles! The Those of them who have been lured unhappy homes: the purposely
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oal perfection of the studios.
Peace on Earth.
Small auxface cracks in the stone-
According to figures published by work suggest that modern truffic
An Americay who delights in statie may have hasi at least on undesirties, man would not seem to be able affect, but officials at the Office of Works assured a reporter that the Marble Arch is not in need of any extensivo repair.
peaceful animal,
Out of the 3,121 years of which the historical facts are known, 3,153 years were, disturbed by war or wars in some part of the world. conflict, and even these make no Only 268 years were free from allowance for the bickerings and domestiu wars of hill tribes.
During the period 9,000 peace areaties were concluded, most of them
"eternity." clauses. The average period of their effeo tiveness was just over two years.
"Our workpeople are to paint the ironwork and mend some win- dows," said an official, quite sure, however that there is nothing seriously wrong. The cracks must be superficial fissures in the stonework.
with The gates of the arch are open ed only, for the King and Queen Field Marshals and the Guards.
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American
Their entire art, which dep nded upon the skilful handling of crowds and scenes from real life, upon collective rather than individual drama, was helpless to supply Hollywood'#' desire for strong plots, love interest, and subjective rather than objective treatment.
MARKET.
YESTERDAY'S OFFICIAL
QUOTATIONS.
The market displayed "greater firmness at yesterday morning's M. Eisenstein solved his own session, resulting in some of the artistic problem by escaping to the Mexico, where Russian open-airly. more revalutionary atmosphere of rates being marked up, substantial- ~ methods of production can be em ployed. Hollywood has its own however, The subtle revenger, Soviet director and his two assist ants have been stopped on the Mexican frontier and refused read- mission to the United States,
*Local Notes and Events
The Hong Kong dollar was yea- terday quoted at is. 34d on de. mend.
Three cases of small-pox were re- ported on Tuesday.
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From the files.
Looking Back 25 Years.
Whilst proceeding to town frem Shaakivan on Tuesday morning, u motor lorry suddenly awarved ab ruptly to the right and turned over on its side, throwing the driver and seven passengers (coolica) to tho ground. Four of these (including a j The Trevessa Trophy, the bi woman) sustained injuries and had annuti race for ships' lifeboats, will, to be taken to hospital. be sailed this afternoon at 4 p.m. The report for 1931 for presenta-
honour of Rev. H. V. tion to the shareholders of the gap bene dhortly leaving fastened to four months' hard labour Union Waterboat Co., Ltd., at the
At Home," to which on March 12 last, on a charge of general Colony, an twenty-seventh meeting, to be held at the company's all friends are invited, will be held the embezzlement of $1,431.13 from ly offices on Wednesday, March 20, at in the Cathedral Hall at 1:45 p.m. the Wong Young Import and Ex- 3 p.m., states:-The net profit for on Thursday, April 7.
crdinary
the year amounted to $19,293.75 Members of St. Andrew's Club
To which has to be added a
the balance brought forward from Fost account
Leaving available for
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The Consulting Committer
recommend:-
To pay a dividend of 50 cents per share, on 29,913 shares
4.111.66
93,409.40
19,400.30
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8 4,001.99 Consulting Committer.--Since last
will present Wyrzle Flummery" a two net comedy by A. A. Milne, and two short sketes by Ronald Jeans, in St. Andrew's Church Hall, Kowloon, on Wednesday, April 6,
at 9.15. p.m..
Chan Kwok Sze who was son-
Japan has purchased. 50,000 tons of steel cars in the United States. for the Manoburia Railway. The cars are to be shipped immediate-
His Excellency the Governor, Bir port firm during August and Jan- uary, made another appearance be. Matthew. Nathan, will leave long fore Mr. Wynne-Jones in the Cen- Kong on April 20 on leave to Eny- "tral Police Court yesterday, when is land. We regret to learn that he is
was explained that on March 18, Mr. not returning. Horace Lo made an application for
This Captain G. T. Brierly 0.8.0., revision of the sentence. was granted but yesterday the R.G.A., has been appointed to No.. Magistrate received a letter from 87 Co. at Hong Kong, from No. 1 Lo stating that he had no further at Shoeburyness.-Hong Kong Daily
,
Looking Back 50 Years.
The final concert of the season instructions. The application was Press, March 24, 1907. will be given at the Helena May accordingly dismissed and the son Institute on Thursday, March 31, tence confirmed. at 5.30 pm.. when the artistes will heMra. E Snowden-Jones, Mr.
Derenovsky, Mr. A. M. Bowes Smith and Mr. F. Mason, A.R.C.O.,
L.T.CL
A good deal of mystery and much uncertainty surround the relations now existing between China, Koren and Japan. It appears to be the impression among foreigners in North China that, the Chinese Government desire to keep up a feeling of hostility against Japan
Sir JOHN SIMON had no difficulty Notice in writing of the Names of in showing the stendy but persistent
Chinese Government towards Korea Candidates and their Proposers and drag that the Longat has had upon Seconders to be lodged with the The trouble makers have been play the aggresivo elements in the East.
for the past half-century has heen uniformly one of non-interference Becretary of the Chamber of Com
ed, as a skilful angler plays a
The annual tribute has been exact merco at least 48 hours before the salmon. The line holding China and meeting, Mr. A. van Gelder has A, Chineno was fined $600 or foured and the customary deference to time appointed for holding the Japan to Geneva has never been resigner, and. Mr. Willem Henri months hard labour in default by the Son of Heaven as his merrain Meeting..
allowed to snap. Often it has had Labert has been invited to join the Mr. W. Schofield at Central Magis- I looked for and paid by the King to be loosened, but slowly and Committee.
tracy venterday when he was of Koren, but beyond these signs relentlessly this tug has been main- Auditors. The accounts under recharged with the possession of a vassalne nothing has been con- Account in the event of coming to. tained,
View have been audited by Messra. quanility of contraband, opium. Teeded by the peninsular king an open rapture with the Micado's
instead and Davis, Chartered was stated that the drip was secret Hong Kang Daily Press, March 24,
1889. el in the heel of a wooden clog, Accountants,
By Order,
·M. F. KEY, ... Becretary, Hong Kong, 21st Mar, 1982. (1994
It is always a mistake to think that there is any clash between
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in Koren, which they can turn to
Government, The policy of the (Continued on previous column.j.
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