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ENTERTAINMENT
"DE LUXE"
"Christening" Ceremony For Roof Garden
600 COUPLES EXPECTED
(BY "FIRST" NIGHTER ") "
Entertainment such as rarely is seen in the Colony, will be provided by the management of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd., when the sesson opens with a gala performance al the Roof Garden on Saturday night.
In addition to Miss Pat Sykes and Mr. JA-Andrew-ball--- room artistes of the highest calibre-there will be Bob and Borty Hellman at the' planos, and Art Carneiro, violinist of repute and accordéon wisard—accompanying the 'dance experts as they weave the graceful pattern of the dance.
This galaxy of talent will official- "Blue Danude" a converted dance ly "christen" the new Roof Gar-floor at the Paramount which den, which has been entirely rede-"| opened last year. They have been corated in a pleasing gold and red colour scheme." Patrons of this most popular, rendezvous of public entertainment, will thus be given "thrill upon thrill" as they sample. the latest decorative effects, and the newly conditioned floor:
Yesterday morning I was afford- ed an opportunity of seeing Pat Sykes and Andrew hard it work with the two Hellmans at the plonos, and Art Carneiro accom- panying. They' were studiously
going through their turns in their entirety, and good they were too.
Carneiro, the newly appointed leader of the "Gripps" dance band needs little introduction to the general public. I have already heard favourable comment on his leadership. Pat and Andrew, for their matter. are not entirely new -they
already have
appeared twice before a reputedly "hard" and discriminating Hong Kong pubile, with great success.
I can definitely state that never before has a "show" of the magni- tude as planned for Saturday, 'been placed before Hong Kong. The mere fact that it is officially stated that all available space has already been booked-shows emphatically that the Colony is not slow in ap- preciating this fact.
THE HELLMANS
But a little about the two Hell- mans who are making their local debut.
They are a Viennese couple who electrified Shanghai when they were the sole entertainers at the
urgently requested to return to Shanghai-so popular were they in |the “Broadway of the Far East."
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Their répertoire is extensive and good. It has been said that new- comers to Shanghat were challeng-
ed to ask them to play the latest
in
dance music. and that they were never "floored" by the re- questa!
What I heard "yesterday con- vinces me of thus fact-they know every tune,
But when combined with the ballroom wizardry of Pat Sykes and Andrew, Hong Kong will see something long to be re- membered!
Just to satisfy the curious. It has been officially stated that the Hellmans will play on two grand planos, une black and the other white. Carneiro will accom- pany on a violin or accordeon as the occasion demands.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, · 1936.
AUXILIARY
SERVICES ON
QUEEN MARY'
Installation Of Motors
STRIKING ASPECT
One of the most striking as- pects of the liner "Queen Mary" is the enormous installation of electrically driven auxillary plant and equipment which, far exceeds that of any other vessel Prim- artly this is due to the tensive use of electricity, not only for lighting and ordinary "hotel" service but also cooking, in addi- tion to ventilation, water circula- tion, and deck machinery.
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In this connection" Laurence. Scott and Electromotors Ltd., Nor- wich have supplied nearly 200 electric motors and motor-genera- tors, totalling 18,000 HP., for driv- ing auxiliaries, equal to the entire power plant of a comparatively large vessel. Included are 8 mo- tors of 225 H.F. each, 8 motors of 188 H.P. each, and 2 motors of 57 H.P. each for the forced draught fans for the main 'water boiler and auxiliary "Scotch" boll- er plants, that is a total of over 3400 HP. for steam generation. The main power plant of the ves- sel it will be remembered, con- slats of 2 "Yarrow" oil fired water tube boilers, operating at 400 lbs. pressure and 700°F, superheated steam temperature, 3 "Scotch" boilers of 250 lbs. pressure, and 4 „"Parsons” single reduction geared turbine sets, each of 50,000 HP. that is a total power plant of 200,000 HF., divided into four sec- tlons, each of which deals with one of the quadruple screws,
As regards the power, genera- The dance band of the "Gripps" tion also the installation of au- will provide the dance music be-xillary motors includes 8 verticle
tween turn3. "
I can only add in closing that if what I saw yesterday is any criterion of the entertainment to he provided on Saturday, then the Hotel will have to have extra re- inforcements to keep the crowds back"
spindle sets of 285 H.P. each for the main circulating pumps. à sets of 30-47 H.P. for the circulating pumps of the electrical generating plant, sets of 51 H. P. motors for the all transfer pumps, andTM 4 motors of 15 H.P. for turbine lift- ing gear.
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FORCED LUBRICATION
KOWLOON FIRE driving of forced lubrication and
Extinguished By Occupants
Through the timely Intervention of the occupants of the door above, the lives of people residing at 221, Reclamation Street, arst noor,
were saved yesterday when a fre broke out in the bed room, and destroyed all the furniture in the
room. "
The rescuers, on hearing,""Fire! Fire!" went down, and saved the situation with the aid of buckets of water.
The fire was extinguished before the arrival of Brigade appliances.
NOVEL FEATURE FOR GLOUCESTER HOTEL
Hawaiian Troubadours To Entertain
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(DY "FIRST NIGHTER ")
Many surprises are in store for the clientele of Gloucester Hotel on Saturday night,
In the first instance, the whole of the top floor of the popular rendezvous has been" entirely renovated during the summer months.
Another fact is that the Glouces- ter Hotel has "the first" all white orchestra In the Colony since the days when "Whitey" Smith first touched these shores,
During the summer months, un- der the able guidance of Mr. Chessix the roof garden of the Gloucester has undergone amazing. changes. When I visited there yesterday I was taken by surprise.
The Gloucester Hotel now boasts a dance flour second to none, and there is ample-dancing space avail- able.
Gone are formidable walls and in their places are vacant spaces supported by pillars fitted well into the corners.
The all-white band, known popularly, as "Gelman's Cossacks”. were at practice and on Saturday, will captivate the large throng of merry-makers with their renditions of the latest dance music,
BULA-HULA GIRLS
Mr. Chessix stated to a repre- sentative of the "Daily Press" that. bookings for the first night were completely taken.
The other motors are for the
ballast pumps, fire and wash deck pumps, cooler circulating pumps, blige fre, and other services, fresh water pumps, steering gear. re- frigerators, air compressor, anchor and warping gear, warping caps tans and warping winches, over 2,000 HP. being-required for the Efstans and winches.
TRIAD SOCIETY CASE
IN KOWLOON
Five Men Charged With
....
Being Members
CEREMONIAL RITES
DESCRIBED
COURT CLEARED WHILE
EVIDENCE IS HEARD
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Pre with leg Chi 35, Pras This thi Hoar Saen 34. Yeung Chung-pak, 67, and Chang Chi, 26, appeseed before. Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday afternoon on a charge of being members of an unlawful society. called the Trind" Society,
The first defendant was charg-, Liquid in it. "which were all faid ed with managing, and being a OL the table. member of an unlawful society, and for allowing his premises to be allowed for the purpose.
Obeisances were made to the "God of Kwan Tai,” which began the ipitation GREGORY. His
Fung Chit was charged with | second finger on the left hand keeping an opium divan, and be was pricked, and the blood was pleaded guilty.
allowed to drip into the
спр. Wong San-san was also pitarged | They, then took him into the Hi- with being a member and for | chen, and proceeded to perform
unlawful society, į the ritual of baption. He was managing an while the other two defendants | struck. and upon being asked, only charged with being "Have you been dead?" witness
was ampposed" "to reply," "Yes, Have been dead!"
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rembers.
Mr. F. I. Zimmern appeared on behalf of Yeung Chung-pak.
said
They then asked him to give a "Lai Bee" (lucky gift) and he gave $1.
Det.-Insp. A. H Elston, that on September 14 the police raided 427B. Reclamation Street, Grasping a cup of tea and the first floor, and found that an un- manner of holding a proferred lawful society. Kwan Yi Triad | cigarette were shown - him. being part of the secret signs of the Society, was in existence.
Fung Shui-kin. translator of ❘ fraternal organisation. However. the SC.A., deposed that the dorn- ¦ he had never had occasion to use ments he had read corresponded ¦ those signs, nor had he ever re- with W. Stanton's book, which turned to that address
Mr. Zimmern. How old are you? was an authority on Triad Socie- ties.
--Nineteen,
The
cleared Magistrate
the Court after the evidence of this; vitness,
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WITNESS THREATENED
Li Ptu deposed that on Febru- ary 1 he was selling oranges on Argyle Street. when three men purchased two cattles. After a short interval they returned and confronted him, with the accusa-
tion that they had not been given the correct weight of oranges.
They went to 4275, Reclamation Street, where witness was threa- tened with a beating if he did not pay them some money,
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When did you see Yeung for the first time at 42/B, Reclama- tion Street?---After I had been there fifteen minutes I saw him go past
Were you taken to a cubicle ad- joining a verandah?--Yes.
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the Kitchen behind abe verandah?—Yes.......
Could you have seen Yeung in the verandah?--Yes, there were also seven or eight people there.
Who were they?-Yeung was among them.
Does that include the three men who brought you there?---->Yes....
How many of them do you re- cognise in Court2-Two of them: Leung and Yeung
He replied that he had not the money.
Leting then left the cubicle and consu'ted with the others on the verandah. After five minutes he returned, and. suggested that be (Li Fiu) should all when you were brought there?
joln their society by paying an entrance fee of $5 He told them
that he had only $231. and Leang
Laurence Scott" motors are of course well-known both on land and sea, and with regard to power generation a recent example in land practice is the installation of over 50 motors for driving the asked for $110. auxiliaries in the new Tir John electricity station, Swansea (South Wales) which is burning anthra- cite duff (smalls). All the motors of this make on the "Queen Mary" are fully insulated with mica to ensure reliability under the sovere
“KEFT THERE”
Was any force used on you at
I was kept there, and I regard
that as force.
Was Leung a complete strange: to you? I knew him by sight. CÉREMONIAL RITES
What, sort of a reputation had Witness 531 Yeang come | be?—He was known as a "tery from the kitchen with joss sticks; good fighter.
The hearing was adjourned. and paper. a cup with vermillion |
conditions of sea air with extreme KWANGTUNG
changes of temperatures The
larger motors are also spil hort-SYNOD CHURCH
zontally at the centre line so that
the top half of the casing can be MEETING
lifted off.
Conditions In
The Villages
Inspection covers of ample size are itted in all cases to give easy access to the commutator and brush gear. Also all the totally enclosed. ventilated motors have either cast iron or steel machine faced covers. In addition the
The annual meeting of the Sixth covers have large unsplinterable District of the Kwangtung Synod glass "peepholes" so that the be of the Church of Christ in China haviour of the commútator and
was held at the Kowloon Union brush gear can be observed at any
Church yesterday afternoon. time whilst running, and every
the meeting were: Present at motor, that may be exposed to
Rev. H. E. Well, Rev. J. R. filegs. water or oil is suitably protected.
Rev. F. Short, Rev. J. D. MacLean and many others. *
RIFLE ASSOCIATION
̈ ̈A service was held at which Mr Tse Tsaap Bing (Secretary) read the report and Rev. HL R. Wells translated it into English. This On enquiries made, the "Dally was followed by a short address Press" learns that certain of the given by the Rev. Cheung Chuk The Kallis Hawaiian Trouba statements contained in an even-Lang. dours, with Queenie and her beating contemporary yesterday re- tiful hula-huin girls will be featur-garding an imminent crisis in the ed as the main attraction, and,
WOMEN'S WORK
affairs of the Hong Kong Rifle. The Rev. Mr. Ling said: for the first time in Hong Kong. Association; are very much ex- the famous Mexican dance team, aggerated At the moment there Nina and Jose, will demonstrate has been no resignation received their native steps.
from any member other than that Nina and Jose are, appearing in of Mr. C. Grimes himself." the Colony for the first time, and it is their intention to go on а world tour as soon as their season here is concluded.
Gloucester Hotel intends to hold weekly dances on Wednesdays and Saturdays when the "Cossacks " will provide the music,
It has been arranged that an agent will provide the latest talent from Shanghai to perform bere before any other rendezvous in the Colony.
MUSLIM ORPHANAGE
is necessary to enable them to learn to read. They are not hindered from attending, though they have to walk over rough mountala-paths or to cross HUIS.
Some of then are, mothers and they come with their children, and some come from a distance, bringing food, fuel and bedding for the night, which they spent at the school Even in ́ times "of typhoon, rain, thunder or light- ning the school attendances have not been reduced, which shows that they realize the inconvenience of being unable to read. This is like the bind man Bartimeus who sat an the road gide and cried "Jesus, son of David have pity on
me
They are eager to obtain knoy- ledke of the gospel, out as a rule- in China, "Men" are the rulers in the family, so they will have to wait for some time before they can enter the church and becomié christians. The seed has already been sows in their heart-fields. but it is necessary to water and tand it, so that it may sprout and kuw. "It is hoped that all chureli members"will pray for them, and when the crop ripens, harvest time will come.
SPECIAL NOTICE
The conditions in the villages and towns are very different, as everyone knows The women in the villages mostly begin their work at day-break and end it st On Saturday the 17th October, sunset. It is very hard to find 1938 at 2.30 pm., a welcome meet- an opportunity to meet theming to inangnate the work of the the 4th. during the day-time, and so my Evangelistic Band "of work for them can only be in the į District of the Kwangtung Synod evening, after their meals, when of the Church of Christ in China they have a Hitle letsore. I there in the New Territories, will be Bis. Eminence Moulana Moham-fore took the opportunity to be- | held at the Tsuen Wan Church. rec Abdul Aleem Siddiqui will per- gin the women's education miove This Band of "workers" - čõjislate form the ceremony of laying the ment at that time. The village of six members, - melúding” one foundation stone of the Hong Kong women are mostly illiterate, as | pastor, who are to be lent for the Muslim Orphanage at the Mosque they had no education when they purpose of doing special travelling-
were young. In order to help evangélistic work in the New Tek- premises. No, 30 Shelley Street, on Friday, October 2, at 5.30 p.m.. them to understand the gospel, it i ritories for three months.
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