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ITALIAN SAILORS BURN "STREET ANGEL."'
(Our Own Correspondent.)
Shanghai, Jan, 11. The Capitol Theatre has lodged a vigorous protest with the Italian Consulate and claim substantial damages.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1929.
FRENCH RECEPTION.
ADMIRAL ENTERTAINED BY
THE CONSUL
A large number of prominent realdants, representative of the different communities of the Colony yesterday afternoon met Rear Admiral Stotz, and his officers at a reception and social held at the residence of the French Consul, at which M. and Mme Dufaure de ta Prade prealded,
SOMERSETS. HERE.
FOUR BATTALIONS NOW IN HONGKONG.
The 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry arrived in Hong- kong yesterday to relieve the 1st. Battalion Queen's Royal Regiment. With the arrival of the Somersets there are again four battalions of troops in the Colony, namely the King's Own Scottish Borderers, the Beds, and Horts, the Queen's and the Somersets,
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The Band of the Jules Michelet, Rear-Admiral Stotz'e flagship, played suitable selections and The Queen's are due to leave] +ALIPORE provided the music for dancing. Hongkong on March 2 by the MOREA
Amongst those invited were transport Dorastshire for Malta. *Calls Cuen Blános. "Cargo only: His Excellency Major General C.G. In the meantime the Beds, and Luard, Mra. Luard and bliss Herts. will also have left Hong Luard, Hon. Mr. W. T. Southern kong, this regiment being due to and Mrs. Southkorn, Lt. Col. L. J.aail on the transport Somersetshire Comyn and Mrs. Comyn, Como on February 27 for Bombay, doro R.A.S. Hill and Secretary, The Lat. Battalion of the Somor- BIRDHANA Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tungeet Light Infantry has come from SANTHIA Hon. Sir Shouson Chow and Lady Chow, Hon. Sir Joseph Kemp, Egypt, the men being accompanied TILAWA Hon. Mr. H. T. Crenay and Mrs. by their families. They arrived Creasy, Hon. Mr. E.D.C., Wolfe about two o'clock yesterday after- and Mrs. Wolfe, Hon. Mr. A. C. noon, the City of Marseilles going Hynes and Mrs. Hynes, Hon. Dr. alongalde Kowloon wharf to facill R. H. Kotowall and Mrs. Kotowall, tato disembarkation. The trans- Mr. W. W. Hornell, Major, D.'W. port was tied up by 2.30, dfb- Beamish, R.A.M.C., Senhora de ombarkation commencing almost: Caveira Albuquerque e Castro Immediately. First to leave the and Senhorina de Coveira Al- transport were units for the Royal
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THE A.D.C.'S FORTHCOMING
PRODUCTION.
This witly comedy was acclaim- ed by all the critles on its first pro-
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In Shamshufpe Camp. Equipment was transferred to the camp at Shamshulpo by motor trucks, the Somersets marching to their new headquarters headed by the band of the Queen's Royal Re giment. The battalion has been brought up to strength by a draft direct from England, the main hody joining the battalion at Suez on December 18. The men were in good spirits when they arrived TILAWA yesterday and repórted an excel. lent trip from Egypt.
The City of Marseilles will pro- bably leave Hongkong to-day for Shanghai where she will embark the 2nd Battalion Scots Guard who are to proceed to England.
Lieut. Col. C. H. Lättle, D.S.0,, is in command of the lat, Battalion Somerset Light Infantry, the other officers being:
and J. B. Taylor.
Majors R. H. E. Bennett, M.C.,
Captains O. G. B. Philby, G. W. P. Ludlow, F. M. Turner, R. A. A.' Chichester, M.C., E. H. C. Frith, 1.B.E., B. J. Corballs, M.C., J. D. Gage-Brown, R. C. Strachey, M.C., and R. H. Bakewell
Lieutenants J. W. Harper, S. J. Brico, G. E. Mockler, J. H. N. George, C. L. Firbank, T. V. Beer, J. t. 1. Platt, L. II. Bradshaw, A. 0. Swayne, P. Lewis, R. N. Thick- nesse and L. N. Evans...
Sec. Lieutenants C. S. Howard,
duction in April, 1927, as the best J. H. Alms, and D. A. F. Cave.
play that Erederick Lonsdale had
yel written. It was described by
A Fine. Record.
the Westminster Gazette as "that The Somerset Regiment is the rare thing a fare which is at the old 13th Foot. In addition to the same time intensely funny and up- 1st and 2nd. Battalions there is a compromisingly intelligent." The 3rd Battalion (Militia) and twó Daily Mail man called it the wit-territorial battalions. tiest piece of writing that he had The Regiment has a fine record istened to in the Theatre for many dating back over 200 years, its a long day.
battle honours including "Gibral- The story gues that after the tur, 1704-5," "Dettingen," "Mar- great personal successes scored by tinique, 1809," "Ava," "Ghuzné, Ellis Jeffreys and Ronald Squire in 1838," "Afghanistan, 1839." "The Last of Mrs, Cheyney," Lone- "Cabool, 1842," "Sevastopol," dale promised to write a play ape- "South Africa 1899-1902," and cially for them and that "On Ap"Afghanistan."
the
proval" in the result. These two In the Great War the Somersets acknowledged leaders of their pro had sixteen battalions in the field, fession were supported in London and their honours include by Valerie Taylor and Edmond Marne, Aiano, Ypres, Somme, Al- Kreon, so that the cast was one of bert, Arras, Cambrai, Hindenburg exceptional brilliance,
The production is under the Line, Palestine and the Tigris. direction of Mrs. F. G. Hunt, her- [A Reuter message of Jan. self an ex-professional actress of stated: This evening three Italian considerable fame. sailors entered; the Capitol
The cast will consist of Mrs. 7 a.m. Theatre, where the film "Street Edgar Davidson who played with Angel" was showing (which film great success the part of "Mrs. Mussolini recently banned from Ebley" in "The Last of Mrs. Choy- Italy) and bought tickets, but wentney," Mrs. R. E. Greensmith who to the projection room. Two of had a great personal triumph in them produced automatics and one "The Sport of Kings," Mr. B. L.. n knife. They then seized the Seton-Winton, an actor of great first reel, which had just been ran experience, who has played many off and rushed from the Theatre parts in Shanghai and Kobe, and to the street, where fifty comrades Mr. M. M. Mans, whose perfor- were awaiting them, and burne manco as "Charles" in Mrs. Chey- the film amid shouting and excitney" will be remembered by local ment. The sailors then went to playgoers, the Carlton Theatre, where the
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same picture was showing, but the on the 16th inst, police had been warned and pro- vented further trouble.]
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CHANNEL COLLISION.
GERMAN AND SWEDISH VESSELS IN. MISHAP.
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The number of Chinese vaccina- Shanghai, Jan. 11. Judge King found in favour of ted free of charge by the members the defendants in the libel pro- of the St. John Ambulance Bri- ceeding against the Shanghat Times,gade, from Dec. 3 up to and n- in which Joseph Tuck, a Chinese cluding Friday, January 11, is:
26851 lawyer, claimed Tls. 10,000 alleg Chinese Y.M.C.A. Division 26031 3466 ed to be damages arising from the King's College Division publication of a report of the Railway Division Shanghai Provisional Court pro- cendinge, in which Franklin Tuck Kowloon Division was convicted of cheque fraude. Mongkok Division
Shaukiwan Division' The Times reporter erroneously Un Long
(substituted the names":
Indian Division.
Blon
while the Walmer lifeboat. was 'alag launched.
The Diono was badly holed amid- ships, and an hour later was grounded in Saint Margaret's Bay, the tuge meanwhile standing by. Efforts to repair the damage, and refloat the ship are being made,
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the half-year ending December 6240 31, 1928, will bo-Dividend, £3 ahara; Bonus, £2 por share; por 301 Write off Bank Premises, $750,- 247,861 000; and carry forward to next
year about $3,400,000,
Mr. Nottingham, the proprietor St. Joseph's College Divi- of the Shanghai Times, denied
500 Victorin Nursing Division. malice. He said he had known
InterjectedY.W.C.A. Nursing Division Tuck. The Judge
Grand Total
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