MOSQUITOES NEAR HOSPITAL
NUISANCE RESENTED BY THE STAFF.
CONTRACTOR FINED.
Complaints constantly made by Dr. Smalley and the staff of the Kowloon Hospital of the presence! of mosquitoes in the locality led to an investigation being made by the Sanitary Department, with the result that a cement water tank on the premises of a building con- tractor in Waterloo Road, just below the Hospital, was found to be the breeding place for the mosquitoes,
The contractor was accordingly summoned before Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning and fined $30.
Inspector A, K. Taylor informed his Worship that the nuisance had
caused Dr. Smalley to make com- plaints to the authorities. The presence of mosquitoes in large numbers compelled the doctor and the nursing sisters to retire as early as 8 o'clock to get away from the nuisance.
Another contractor, of Sham- shuipo, was fined $20 for allowing mosquitoes to breed in pools on a site in Yee Kuk Street.
It was stated that some effort had been made to abate the nuisance, but the place was not completely cleared of the larvae.
སྐྱུ་
SALE OF INDECENT POSTCARDS.
PROBLEM OF HOW TO SPOT IT.
Visitors to a number of British sea-side resorts this Easter were shocked at the blatant indecency and suggestiveness of a certain type of picture postcards display ed for sale.
Lack of attention to this matter in recent years by the responsible authorities has led the purveyors of this class of filth to use an amazing licence.
COUNTY CRICKET
MATCHES.
(Continued from Pago 2.) .
It proved to be a Pontypridd, very low scoring match, Glamor- gan making the best total in the first innings when they knocked up 189. Newman
niost was the troublesome bowler and he took five of the Glamorgan wickets for 36 runs.
in
Hampshire scored 105 In their first innings, Mercer bowling with deadly effect and taking half the wickets for only 40 runs.
Glamorgan went
again, declared at 71 for three and tried to force a win. Hampshire batted cautiously, however, but the match ended when they had made 66, five of their wickets having fallen. Mercer was again, well on the mark with the ball and took three wickets for 19.
Notts. Leicester. Nottinghamshire beat Leicester-
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1930.
EUROPEAN'S RASH
DRIVING.
THREE-MONTH SENTENCE AT KUALA LUMPUR.
NOTICE OF APPEAL.
Kuala Lumpur, May 20.
CINEMA NOTES.
"THE IDLE RICH" AT THE QUEEN'S.
Flat dwellers in the wilderness fof a great city, romance that's just as sweet among the clanging of trolley cars as amid the green fields of an idyllic garden, comedy that is as subtle as the spirit of i city, all these are woven into the A European named James Her-talking screen's latest cross scc- bert Hogg was sentenced to three tion of life, "The Idle Rich," months' rigorous imprisonment in taken from the famous stage play, the local police court yesterday as "White Collars," showing to-mor a sequel to a' motoring accident. row at the Queen's Theatre,
Hogg's car collided with two Essentially a comedy, still Metro- rickshas in the small hours of the Goldwyn-Mayer'a all talking film- morning, and one puller was badly ing of the great stage success injured.
OVERWHELMED BY SEA OF MUD.
VILLAGE WIPED OUT AND 47 KILLED.
A JAVA DISASTER.
Semerang, May 19.
A stream of mud from the side of the mountain Telemojo has wiped out the whole of the village Forty- of Likasan, in Mid-Java. seven of the inhabitants perished. and only five managed to escape from the terrible avalanche.
The road near the mountain vil is crammed with love interest,lage of Salatige was detroyed for Accused was charged with rash heart throbs and here and there distance of seven miles, and driving, failing to stop after an a tense bit of drama, which Wil many bridges collapsed, accident and failing to report an liam de Mille, the director, has accident at the nearest police sta-carefully woven into a one hun- tion. He was undefended, and dred per cent. structure of pure pleaded guilty to all charges.
entertainment.
It appears that the disaster was not caused by volcanic activity. Heavy rains during the last few days had resulted in the accumu lation of an enormous quantity of The prosecuting officer said that; There's no moral, nothing to
mud on the side of the mountain, shire by 180 runs at Leicester. previous to the accident Hogg at- teach, it's just built to make au- and this was suddenly loosened Notts, batted first and compiled tended a football match, a tea dancediences laugh a great deal, per- and poured down to the valley, a dinner haps be interested in the love of transforming the small mountain total of 153, Astill taking four for at the Selangor. Club, 46. Leicester gave a very poor given for the football teams and an very charming young couple and river into a veritable stream of batting display when they went in, dance at the Masonic Hall. He maybe, too, shed a tear or heave a death several miles wide, Voce informed the assistant manager of sigh at some little bit of poignant being dismissed for 86.
his company of the accident, and human interest. It's the story of took four wickets for 28. On the other hand Notts. improved in the latter reported it to the police. the average life of the cliff dwel-47. Five bodies have been re- batting ability in their second The police were already awarelers of modern cities, their joys, covered, and others are still buried turn at the wicket, making 216 and of Hogg's identity, a Malay driver romances, ideals and loves. It's under the mud or have been awept into the morass' in which the mud leaving Leicester to get 284 runs having seen the accident and for victory.
policeman having taken the number
stream finished its course. of the car.
This proved to be a task quite beyond the powers of the Leicester batsmen who were all dismissed for 103. Voce and S. Staples took the wickets, the former's average being four for 37 and the latter's -four for 37.
the story of all of us.
On the etage, the play ran for years to crowded houses, one of the most sensational hits of the Hogg told the magistrate that he decade. On the screen, with the had had several drinks that night, possibility of swifter action, more but was not incapable. He remem-diversity in settings, and with the bered striking a ricksha, but was so unnerved that he drove straight posibility of sound effects of city noises and such details to point on, hardly knowing what he was
out the dramatic meanings, it goes doing.
much further into the hearts of its audiences.
Gloucester v. Worcester.
The police stated that Hogg was Gloucestershire beat Worcester-involved in another accident six shire at Bristol by an innings and months before, when the car he was thirteen runs.
driving--without a licence-turned Worcester made 156 in the first innings, Sinfield taking six for 76.ver with three Europeans in it.. Gloucester replied with 280, Root being most successful with the bull. He returned an average of five for 95. Gloucester dismissest Worcester for 111 when they went in again, Gloucester having no oc- casion to bat further. In Worces- Sinfield re- ter's second innings, peated his earlier success and took
Sussex v. Somerset.
There is not the slightest pre-six for 72. tension of humour in these post. cards apart from that which is derived from a double meaning of words, the second meaning of which is bald indecency.
Several of the postcards have gone through the post and been delivered in the ordinary manner. The attention of the Postmaster- General is accordingly directed to the matter.
Romance and Gaiety. Romance in glittering, uniform, The magistrate, passing sentence, amid the gaiety and colour of said it was a case which required Vienna and the glaring: Klieg imprisonment without the option lights of Hollywood, forms the
basis of "Married In Hollywood," of a fine.
Hozy gave notice of appeal the speaking screen's first original against the sentence, and was operetta, now attracting capacity
crowds to the Queen's Theatre. granted bail of $1,000.
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With dozens of sparkling opera- tic numbers by Oscar Straus and Dave Stamper woven into the fabric of its charming love story,
wood," a Fox Movietone song ro- mance, is rated by screen critics The following quotations have been as the finest production of its type. Norma Terris of "Showboat" received from their correspondents Messrs. Hayden, Stone and Co., of fame and J. Harold Murray of New York, by Messrs. Swan, Culbert-Rio Rita" note, act and sing the son and Fritz, Sassoon House, Shang-leading rolce, and reveal voices of hai (cable, address: "Swanstock,"
calibre unrivalled in picture his- Shanghai), who are not responsible fall waiter Catlett, Tom Patri- for cable mutilations.
cola, Irene Palasty, John Garrick, Lelia Karnelly and Lennox Pawle are in the cast, and a large chorus,
The death roll is estimated at
Rescue parties are experiencing very great difficulties owing to the thickness of the layer of mud.
When the stream broke loose,
heavy, sinister rumblings were heard, terrifying the inhabitants.
A mother and two children had a miraculous escape. They hid in a chest, and were afterwards found by rescuers unharmed.
The authorities are providing foodstuffs and shelter.
BOY'S LETTER LIKE
A SCENARIO.
STORY OF ESCAPADES 'ON STOLEN CYCLE.
An astonishing letter, written
at
The boy was charged with steal- ing a motor-cycle from a Walth- amstow man and also 245. from a house there.
His letter, addressed to Walthamstow friend, whom he swore to secrecy, read:
1
and scores of unique pictorial and by a 15-year-old Walthamstow boy, audible novelties introduced into describing his adventures, was Sussex beat Somerset by eight | CABLED QUOTATIONS FROM the narrative, "Married In Holly-read at the Juvenile Court
Southend. wickets at Brighton. There was no very high scoring in the match, Somerset making only 105 in the first turn at the wickets. Tate was very successful with the ball and dismissed six batsmen for only 37 runs. Sussex replied with 223. The Somerset batsman found Lang- At the General Post Office an ridge difficult to play when they official said:
went in again and they made only There is no censor of postcards.146, Langridge taking six for 72. But any official who thinks that Sussex required only 31 runs to they are indecent-n postmaster win and they made these for the or a postman-can make a com- plaint, and we can follow the mat- ter up. But any action must come from the Home Office.
The Home Office view was: It is purely a matter for the local police, and, indirectly, for the local town council. We have no censor of postcards and take no action unless our notice is offi- cially called to the affair.
The Chief Constable of Brighton (Mr. Charles Griffin) said that action would be taken immediate- ly if any indecent pictures were displayed. He added:
loss of two wickets,
Middlesex v. Lancs. Middlesex drew with Lancashire at Lord's. Lancashire batted on Saturday and made 250 for five wickets before rain stopped play. Hallows scored with great freedom and made 117 before his wicket was taken. There was no play on Monday or to-day on account of rain, the match being drawn.
Kent v. Yorkshire.
Kent beat Yorkshire at Leeds by 54 runs. Hardinge made a fault
I know that some of these post-less century of 101 in Kent's first cards are very vulgar indeed, but innings, being the only batsman they are not actually indecent. to make a score. The team was When you get vulgarity and nudity all out for 205, Bowes taking five together then you get indecency. wickets for 57 runs. At the same time we are keeping a close watch
on this sort thing.
POST WOMEN IN REVOLT.
Yorkshire replied with 198, of Herbert Sutcliffe making 89. Peach took four for 38. When Kent went in again it was Woolley who made a stand and out of the side's total of 289 he contributed 119.
TROUBLE ABOUT THE
"GIRL GUIDE" HAT. The postwomen who bear the heat and burden of the day in rural areas are in revolt.
Neither wages nor hours are the cause of this discontent. The plain, blunt truth is:
They don't like being made to wear their hats in the same style as girl guides.
They made representations and, as in duty bound, the mainly mere- ly male officials of the Union of Post Office Workers bearded the authorities and demanded free- dom for postwomen in the matter of hats.
Soft as the cooing of the turtle dove was the answer designe: to turn away the postwomen's wrath. "The new type of hat has been obtained in eight trade sizes," it declared. "With
опе exception these have met all requirements.
"Before the hats are issued they are fitted with a G.P.O. cypher on the underside of the left brim, and in order to display the cypher It is necessary to loop up the brim.
"The result appears to be-the.
Yorkshire failed to equal their opponent's total by 54 runs, making 242 in the second innings. This was characterised by a bright bat- tig display by Leyland, who was beaten at 105. Peach took six Yorkshire wickets for 111.
Surrey v. Australians, After starting their game with Surrey at the Oval on Saturday, the Australians could make no further progress on account of rain. A week-end downpour made a re- sumption yesterday impossible and later rain caused the match to be abandoned.-Reuter.
"To-day's Matches,
The following first class fixtures are beginning to-day:
Lord's. Middlesex v. Hamp- shire.
Oval-Surrey v. Gloucester. Ilkeston-Derbyshire v. Kent. Nottingham. Nottinghamshire v. Glamorgan.
ter.
Dewsbury.-Yorkshire v. Essex. Nelson-Lancashire. v. Leices
Worcester-Worcester v. North-
ants.
Cumbridge Cambridge v. Sus- Oxford. Oxford v., Australians.
Bex.
best obtainable as regarde apereased at the sides, and provin
pearance, safety, and comfort.”
So that's that,
But the postwomen are not the only disgruntled post office work- "ers in matters sartorial,
The postmen have asked that their trousers shall no longer be
cial telephone operators are angry because of an embargo on sleeve- less frocks.
They appear to have got about as much satisfaction as the post
women.
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of trained singers, a symphony "I have marked out four good
any time.
72 orchestra under the direction of cribs to crack if you feel game at
Arthur Kay, and a large dancer colourful back- 3 group forma a 27 ground for the delightful operatic 36 sequences. Marcel Silver directed. 10 "The Patriot" at the Majestic.
239 105
40
"I daresay you know what hap Pened before I left. What with cards, Crown and Anchor, fags, chocolates and loans, I ran in a debt of about 4. As I had no hopes of paying, I decided to wait for my wages, bone a motor-cycle, and make a get-away.
Czar Paul I. of Russia, who so reigned during the latter part of ung the Eighteenth Century, gained
42 international fame by being "I am
now living peacefully
85 murdered. This fact was recent with a good-class family. I have
32 ly brought to light with the pre-had several spots of trouble with sentation in Berlin of Alfred the police, and on Saturday & Neumann's play. "The Patriot." copper asked me for my driving It was written around the
license.
last
few days of the Emperor's life,
52 and in doing so, Neumann prt
"My answer was a quick open
86 sented to the world some know- from the twist grip, and I was
38 ledge of the interesting and colour.half a mile down Southend High- 3ful incidents that led up to the street with my right foot cover-
assassination.
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"We've decided to train him for the radio instead of the atage."
ing the rear number plate before the copper could recover from his astonishment.
A Police Chase.
"He gave chase. I thundered up London-road and on to the new arterial road at 58 miles an hour ... They began to gain, and you can imagine my horror when I found I could not shut off and slow down, So I rode straight atan R.A.G..
It was stated that the boy was found by a young man hungry and cold in shelter, was given lodging for a week, and then absconded.
At Easter he again called, and, left alone one night, took the rent and the contents of a cashbox
He was remanded to a home for
a week.
"The Patriot” was purchased for the screen by Paramount not only for its interesting possibili- ties, but principally because the. leading characten offered. Emil Jannings, the acknowledged great- est dramatic actor on the screen to-day, opportunity to reach the peak of his dramatic ability. Suffice it to say, Jannings has made Paul 1. real, and almost terrible, so realistically does he interpret the role.
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This film version of Russian history was directed by Ernst Lubitsch for Paramount. He as sembled a remarkable cast around the great Jannings. It includes
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Florence Vidor as Countess Os-are Vera Veronina and Harry every indication of being received
tormann; Lewis Stone 0.5 the Cording,
Count Pahlen, and Nell Hamilton, The picture opened as Crown Prince Alexander. Two the Majestic Theatre, other well known character artists for an extended run.
by local film fans with such
to-day at hearty approval that its being Kowloon, held over or being returned at an It gives early date will not be a surprise,