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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY,
Annual Ball, Wednesday 30th November, 1927, at-9.30 p.m.
Mombers and guests arere minded that PRACTICE DANCES for St. Andrew's Ball will be held at the City Hall, on Tuesday, 15th instant, and Tuesday, 22nd instant, from 5.30 to 7 p.m.
It is requested by the Committee on that no children be brought these occasions and that Dancing shoes be worn by all Dancers.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11
SPEAKING FILM TRIUMPH.
SONG AND SPEECH PHOTOGRAPHED.
The Earl of Birkenhead was in London in mall week, but not in Regent-street, where, however, hei was acen und heard with astonish- ing realism at the New Gallery Kinema by means of the Movie tone, a wonderful speaking film.
It is stated by the Introducera that the Movietone is the culmina- tion of many years of research and experiment.
Sound and nétion are photo- graphed simultaneously on the Members who have not yet sent same piece of negative stock, the in their lists of guests are request-sound being recorded as a narrow ed to kindly do no as soon as pos-strip of light down the side of gible.
the film..
E. M. BRYDEN,
Joint Hon. Secretary. c/o Lowe, Bingham & Matthews. Hongkong 10th Nov. 1927.
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB,
When the positive film is pro- jected in a cinema, this light strip is retransformed into sound, and by means of amplifiers and loud speakers placed upon the stage is reproduced in its original volume.
Lord Birkenhead was making a Draft Programmes and Entry speech on Anglo-American rela- Forms for the Eighth Extra Racetions, and if he had walked out of Meeting to be held on Saturday, the picture on to the stage nobody in the theatre would have been 26th November," 1927, (weather
surprised. permitting) may be obtained at the Race Course, Hongkong Club and Causeway Bay Stables.
Entries will close at 12 o'clock' toon, on Tuesday, 15th November,
1927.
FANLING HUNT.
Lindbergh Heard..
Another film reproduced the scenes and sounds of Col. Lind- bergh's take-off for his flight across the Atlantic and the tumul- tuous welcome he received on re- Washington. The turning to speech of President Coolidge and Col. Lindbergh's reply were heard
Draft programmes and entry clearly and faultlessly,
These triumphs of the speaking forms for the, Autumu Meeting to film were repented in the perform. be held on Saturday, 3rd Decem-ance of Miss Gertrude Lawrence She her, 1927, (weather permitting) singing "I Don't Know."
evoked almost as much laughter may be obtained from Dr. Fand applause, from the audience Fierce Grove, The Pale Club, as if she had been present.
Almost as striking.a success ng Hongkong Club, and Causeway Miss Lawrence was Raquel Meller Bay Stables....
in two Spanish songs. A pianist on-Mischa Levitski-made his bow,
Entries will close at noon Saturday, 19th November, 1927,
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took his seat at the piano and played: De Groot and his trio were there; and Ninu Tarasova, a Russian soloist, sang, and in her case the volume of sound was re- gulated to show that it could be. adapted to fill theatre of any size.
There
also was
an unscon archustra that played with power and clarity..
Mr John Bennett, a farmer, of Adderbury, near Banbury, has dis- covered in an old box of parchments which he purchased for a shill-. ing at a sale a deed dated 1597 and signed by ancestors of George Washington. The deed is a trans- fer of land at Sulgrave and bears the signatures in plain handwrit- ing of Laurence and Robert Wash- When the Dean of Lincoln (Dr.ington. Underneath each is at- T. C. Fry) found visitors cating tached the seal of the Washington sandwiches on the altar steps he family. It thought that this
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made no secret of his displeasure. deed is the oldest in existence con- But the little incident has had anceting the Washingtons and Sul- happy sequel, for as a result of it, grave. That at Sulgrave Manor, FOR SALE. Fresh arrival Army a woman from Colorado had de-hitherto considered- the oldest, Blankets, greyish brown, black frayed the cost of a wrought iron is dated 1599. Laurence Wash- stripe $2.25 cach, dozen; singly grille, which has now been placedington was the first of the family
to own the manor. $2.50, Superior qualities accord-around the altar. ing to requirements. Reduction to charitable and missionary asso clations for quantities also to dealers and merchants for regular orders. Sub-agenta locally and in. outports required. Montgomery Ollerton & Co., 13, Icy House Street, ground floor, between the Carlton and the Portuguese Club; Tel. C.4630.
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ARMED MADMAN TERROR:
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the same time a large motor-car without lights dashed past in the direction of Goroy.
Mystery: Car.
MOTORISTS SHOT AT.
Mr. Le Curiot, of Ferndale, St. Saviour, reported to the police Jersey, Oct. 18. this morning that on Tuesday evening, when returning from his The island is in a state of con- father's house at Grouville on
at sternation
the mysterious his motor-cycle, with his wife shooting cases that have been re-riding on the pillion, he saw a ported this week, for it is believed motor car standing in the centre that an armed madman le at large. of the road. As they drew level Two motorists were shot at on an electric torch was flashed on Tuesday, the bullet smashing the them and two shots fired, a builet window of the car, and three more whizzing past him,
Another complaint was received cases have now been reported to
by the police to-day from a young. the police.
woman, who says that on Tuesday Last evening, au Mr. William evening she was stopped at St. Marsh, a horse driver, was going Clement and threatened with a re home, a shot rang out and the volver, but the individual mado, bullet whizzed past his head. At off on hearing footsteps: