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have been extraordinarily pro- BE YOURSELF. APE NO GREAT- vocative, and even from far-away NESS. BE WILLING TO PASS FOR!
WHAT YOU ARE, A GOOD FARTH- Shansi, the following roport ING IS BETTER THAN A BAD (written on February 261 by a SOVEREIGNS. Coley
The racing comedy, "The Sport of Kings," was the pleco selected correspondent of the N. C. Daily
One Chinose caso of rabies was by "The Quaints," presented by News shows how the student olc-
reported to the Modical Officer of mont is thoroughly out of hand:Health on Friday.
Mr. R.B. Salisbury, for the opening QUALITY & DURABILITY"Shansi is now facing a crisis
of their local season, at the Star Tho P.&O. 8. Karmala, from Theatre, Kowloon, makes her bout friends
Saturday anxious. She has stood alone Hongkong, arrived at Marseilles
on the 20th March, at 7 a.m. evening, and the play scored an in- peaceful and prosperous while the|
atant success. The visit of this The President Madison, from versatile company to the Colony neighbouring provinces snem to
"NO, NO, NANETTE...
with By arrangement have gone from bad to worse in Shanghai, lost a Chinesa pantry-
Frazee, the Company presented the their chaotic politics and social man, nained Tsang Chin, at sea. has been looked forward to with, much Interest, and there is every disorder. But all is not welli
The weather forecast up to noon indication that seats will be scarce famous London musical comedy. "No, No, Nanette," on Sunday within the borders. No class has to-morrow is:-N.E. winds, mode-at the Theatre Royal during the afternoon and evening, when the been more favoured by any Pro-rate; overcast and rainy at first, week unless they are booked early.
theatre was again well filled. As may be inferred from the Once again the actors were well- improving later. vincial Governor than have the
title, this play deals with betting Shansi students by H. E. Yen It is reported from Canton that on horse racing, and is remarkable received, and except for the fact Hsi-shan. But in recent months the employees in the cartridge for the sparking voin of humour ther overpowered the volces the and powder factorios, of the that runs through it. Snappy piece was a huge success. The. their shameless want of apprecia- Arsenal have gone on'striko.. scenes and clever acting make up well-known songs, which have been tion of the Governor's efforts has
a show that is well worth seeing all the rage at home were sang. boen undisguised. What they Institute are reminded that the
Members of the Helona May The role of Mr. Amos Purdie, J. with great effect, but undoubtedly demand or expect, it would be tooking for the Musicale closes lent type was ably taken by Mr. to be Happy," and "Tea for Two." a domestic tyrant of the most viru the best two number's were, "I want hard to tell but the students aro on Wednesday, 24th instant. Salisbury, and his wife Mrs. The part of Nanette was ably por Purdie (Dorothy, James), and son trayed by Ella Erskine, while those dissatisfied."
With military factions still Passengers who left for Manila and daughter, Joo and Katie, (Her- of Mr. and Mrs. Sraith were taken powers unto themselves, with by the President Madison Includ-bert. Sleigh, and Ella Erskine) with great success by Mr. Salis fighting still in actual progress, ed Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bagram, played their parts to life. Two bary and Miss Silva Lennox. punters, Algernon Gordon Rennie, as a lawyer, and with student bodies clamouring Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Ede and Miss enthusiastic E. M. Bain.
Sprigge, (Clive Woods), and Sir Dorothy James as his wife bring everywhere, with the national
Reginald Toothill, (Gordon Rennie) out the humorous side of the assets such as railways gotting His Excellency the Governor, provided plenty of humour. How comedy with effect. The play ever deeper into the miro of im-Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G., will they get Mr. Purdie into difficulties deals with three love affairs of Mr. inspect the St. John Ambulance by including him to gamble on Smith, who engages the lawyer to Mrs. E.. O. Murphy and family pecuniosity and with the national Brigade at the Murray Parado horses, the laughable, scenes that settle the matter, bat he only
and Miss M. Kirkwood
finances in parlous plight, China Ground on Wednesday at 5.15 result, how the punters get him out succeeds in getting them into a desire to express their sin
tangle. His Excellency will also of his difficulties, and how one of worse
Side cera thanks toll friends for is indeed floundering helplessly invest certain officers and men ther
splitting incidentally and The Cabinet has resigned after bers of the Brigade. sympathy expressed
wins Mr. scenes result, with "Nanette" as a floral tributes sent in their but a short career, and there will
Purdie's secretary for his wife, central figure, and the whole makes are all cleverly revealed as the one of the best shows that has ever recent bereavement.
Pretty not be many men found,anxious Amongst the passengers who play progresses. Miss Silvia Len been seen in Hongkong. for the task of administering a
left by the F. & O. liner Khive nox filled the role of secretary with dances, catchy tunes and effective on Saturday were Lieut.-Col. and chaos in which their executive Mrs. R. M. Crosse, Mrs. W. H. considerable skill; and Mr. George settings make the play a triumph power is generally so ineffectual. Bell, Mrs. T. F. Claxton, Mrs. J. Curzon, as the butler, was particu There was never a time when H. Kynoch and. Miss E. Carly good. Other members of the Kynoch, Mr. and Mrs. J. Last, who took their various parle MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1926,
China stood more in need than Adams, Lieut.-Commdr. R. Fadmirably, were a now of a strong man imbued only Bosanquet, Mr. Eric Rice, Mr.Tweeny, (Doff Dec), Jane (Kath
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"No, No, Nanette," will be given at the Theatre Royal until Thurs- day, when "The Sport of Kings" will be repeated. This will be followed by "The Ghost Train" on Friday, and "The Unfair Sex" on Saturday. At 4.16 p.m. a special matined of "No, No, Nanetto" will be given on Saturday,
The Very Idea!
What is wrong with elderly men, Two Scotties arriving in Dublin
A "Na, na, mister, ye've
the European "members of the war, and received the War Work to know two or three things. One hoose, but it's nac Police Force in times of Party's gold medal.
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The marriage arranged be tween Lieut.-Comdr. Gorald Jack-(Tom Jones). Daily reports from the North
The Fire Brigade.
son, R.N., and Beryl, second continue to be depressing. The
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. G. As will have been seen from Montagu Harston, of Hongkong, mismanagement of China's
extracts on the subject from the will take place on Thursday, April national affairs goes from, bad fo annual report of the Hongkong 8th, St. Jude's Church, South worse, and it is difficult to see General Chamber of Commerce, Kensington. Dr. and Mrs. Harston the question of Fire Brigado re- have booked to return to Hong- from what purely Chineso
form has again been raised kong by the P.&O... Macedonia
Various quarter improvement can come. locally.
issues
are leaving Marseilles on October Last week's Taku incident came touched upon in this connection, 15th. near to bringing foreign interven-but the chief points are the pro-
The 25th anniversary celebra tion for keeping the Tienstin vision of better facilities for fire-
fighting on the Peak, the person- tion of the marriage of Mr. and river open to international traffic, nel of the Brigade and the dis. Mrs. G. R. Holloway will take anyway? They go along to the went to the Shelbourne Hotel and and, incidentally, the action of tribution of duties. On the first place at Union Church, Kennedy fullness of their years, measurably, inquired the cost of a night's lodg- of those points, we are still far Road, to-day. Mr. Holloway, who successful, mensurably happy and ing. Informed that rooms on the the authorities in face, of the from convinced that the best pos- has served for many years with with a keen enjoyment of all the first floor were two guineas, second stern threat of the Protocol sible provision has been made, the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, delightful things of life. And floor one guinea, third floor ten Powers showed what could be whilst regarding the Brigade's come to the Colony in 1899, and then, all at once, they devolop shillings, and five shillings for the the need for more Mrs. Holloway arrived about two "bag" for telling other people, top floor, and asked if rooms could done if there were only the will, personnol
later. Mrs. Holloway particularly younger people, what be booked for them, the spokes- Europeans is most apparent. It When faced with the alternativo is true that a scheme is under worked with Lady May's Work they ought to do. By the time of taking remedial action or way for making use of some of Party at the City Hall during the man is seventy years old he ought man of the party exclaimed: having to watch foreign Powers
of them is that his habits, provid- taking their own action, Poking emergency, but, helpful as this
ing they are the ordinary habits, was not so helpless, after all. would be, it is somewhat of a!
of mankind, have not in any way. Mr. William Heughan is having affected his life, his liberty or his to the conditions Now has come the student in-roversion
obtaining in former days, which a wonderfully successful season in
Dally Province (Vancouver) s that nobody cares a hang about his the other fellow, the Cabinet Office fired on studen: ideal, since no. man can
the Scottish Chaliapin" and as advices, or pays any attention to it.
A 30-year-old woman, who, pay- serve two mastors. demonstrators, causing nearly efficiently
tho most thrilling interpretative The church conference was ing as a man married a young girl The prime need is certainly 200 caspaltias. There had pre- for more European firemen men exponent of the uri ballad, as
caught by the police while at a tea viously been friction between the who can speak Chinese and expressed in folk-song, that Van-over and the hostesses were return. of 17 years old in 'Yokohama, was "Who did you have, Mrs. house in Nishitobe-cho, Yokohama, students and this particular body thus be able to give instructions couyor has heard in two decades," ing from seeing the visitors off,
with several geisha girls.. of guards, but no-one anticipated to the native personnel and we Other big journals aro equally
cannot help thinking that, what. complimentary, the Duly Colonist Brown?" asked Mrs. Green;
"Oh, a very nice minister. Who that matters would get to such a over the cost, it would pay in the referring to him as "an extra-
who. ordinary genius,”
did you have?"
The woman, Murao Suzuki by pitch that recourse to firearms long run to have a much larger
"I had two locust preachers." name, was born in Nishi Sakura- tonished his audience."
confessed Mrs. Green,
danimura, Gamo-gun, Shiga prez would be necessary. The marits proportion than at present on the permanent staff. There is need,
"You mean two local preachers. fecture, and was adopted by Д of the case wo do not yet too, for a devolution of duties in What may be regarded as the; know, but the affair has natural-the higher ranks of the Brigade, Chinese version of boxing as it is Locusts are those things that come rikisha man in Yokohama when she
in swarms and eat up everything." tho authority with
ivas seven years old. She mixed of the understood by members of the
"That's right," said her friend. with undesirables, and, at the age ly caused much perturbation,
Superintendent more firmly Chin Woo Association was re- had two of them." and has precipitated the re-established. For more years than vealed in two performances at
of 10 cut off her hair and dressed' signation of the. Cabinet as the we care to remember, these Fire the Taiping Theatre over the
William Attyeuck of Sonora, as a man since. She was, how- been week-end, before large audiences, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, ever, loved by a man and garo Premier is being blamed for fail- Brigade quaetions bave
brought up, but little has boon whose enthusiasm grew in pro is so anxious to find his missing birth to a girl when she was 20 Ing to maintain order without done to remedy the causos of portion to the zest put into their wife that he has sent Police Chief years old. Later she was deserted
The shooting. The students of Poking periodical complaints. So far as work by the exponents.
concerned, the musical side of the show was Burekes 25 cents in Canadian by the man, and recently she mar have been particularly guilty of equipment is
Colony is admittedly far better sustained by a Chinese band, money to cover the "expenses of ried a young girl of disorders of late in fact students situated than it over has been, but whose playing of native search." He is even willing to cho, Yokohama, disguised, as a man, throughout the whole country there are other mutters of music, we were informed, was pay more if necessary, his letter While living with the girl, the wo man secured national bonds to the have been indulging in lawless equal importance, which need extraordinarily good.
She has a "baby face" and is value of Y.1,000 owned by the fa- investigating. The Chamber of demonstrations and interiorance Commerce suggestion for a Com-
twenty-two, wrote Attycuck by way ther, of the girl, and visited the Sportsmen are being well cater of description, but added he was tenhouse with the money: on a scale that calls for drustic mission of Enquiry is an excellented for this week, for besides "The not over-optimistic.. "I do not port of Kings, being produced expect you to do a whole lot for action though we do not say one, and we are convinced that if
one were appointed its report By The Quaints," the Queen's me," he admitted. that the Peking shootings of would throw much light on the bTheatre is at prosent showing Thursday last were justified. At whole subject. We appeal to the "Sporting Life," a film which is "The Irish settlement," says a Swatow, at Canton, at Hankow, Government to fall in with this based on the Drury Lane play of politician, "Is Just what it claims at Nanking and at many other proposal, for a thorough enquiry that name by Seymour Hicks to be." Evidently there is no
would have the result of disposing and Cecil Raleigh. A Derby Ulsterior motive behind it! centres thoro have bean serious onca and for all of the necessity finish, a prize fight and a motor
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Heading in a New Orleans pa per:-"Former Pastors Preach
cases of disorder since last June or otherwise of a reform of the chase are among the features in Everi 12,000 motor vehicles Opening Sermons, and Make Pil- Colony's fire-fighting services. this picture, which is full of ex-imported into Russia will not make grimage to Cross Creek Cemetery,
citement and is well produced. the Soviet tractable. Some good acting is seen by
for which young and misguided
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Where Five of Them Lie Buried." students have been responsible, and it ie not altogether fair to
A Chinose quarryinan is report- Paulette Duval, Marian Nixon
Ton hits to 7990 misses in the A Belfast doctor regards tea as blame (without enquiry) theso in ud to have boon accidentally and Bert Lytell, and sportsmen army anti-aircraft gun tests shows, a dangerous stimulant. It is a whose hands lie the power and killed by a full of rook at the will find a special pleasure in how anfe it is to be shot at these fact that more raputations have
Government quarry at Taat Taze this Maurice Tourneur produe-
days if you happen to be in an been undermined over tea than at tion.
agroplane.
all the other meals put together,
the task of governing the various Mui.