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DEATH OF MR. E. V. FIRE AT UN LONG,
*SMITH
ROYAL NAVAL YARD CHARGEMAN
The death occurred at the Royal Naval Hospital on Wednesday afternoon of Mr. Edward Victor Smith, chargeman of attors in the Chief Engineer's department of the Royal Naval Dockyard.
THREE LARGE BUILDINGS DESTROYED
A serious' Bro broke out at Un Long, in the New Territories. anrly yesterday morning, when a block of three two-storey build Ings, occupied as shops and tenc monts, were burnt to the ground.
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Several fire engines left Kow- Deceased, who was a native of loon as soon as the alarm was Portsmouth, had been for 24 years received. through the Palico tele In the civil branch of the Naval phone Uncs. They found the Establishment. During the Warblock well alight on arrival, and he served in the Royal Engineers, It was not until late in the day rising to be Sergeant-Major before that all danger was passed A his discharge and return to civil relief party of firemen took charge employment,
of the operations after the first It was known he was badly had become exhausted. gassed during the war and this:
The damage amounted to well was said to have aggravated his over $10,000. Fortunately, there 5 condition when admitted with an were no casualties, Internal complaint into the hos- pital last month, Since then ho had been sinking gradually, Death occurred at the age of 49 years. He is survived by the widow and young child, both of whom are at Portsmouth.
The funeral took place yesterday at the Protestant Cemetery. a large attendance There was which included the Commodore Fank Elliott; the Chief Engineer, Engineer Captain Hugill; the As- sistant Engineer, Commander E. Drummond; and members of the staff of the Dockyard, foreign and Chinese.
MR. LAUDER RETIRING.
TO BE SUCCEEDED SOON BY
MR. A. W. HUGHES
The Hon. Mr. C.GS. Mackie, the Chairman of the Union Insurance Society of Canton Ltd., informs us that the Hon, Mr. Paul Lauder, General Manager of the the Society, notified the Board early last year of his intention to re- tire from the Society's service in February next.
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£134 (Ldn, Regd.) Reference to the very valuable
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Others present included Messrs. A. Harrison, J. Newhand, Austin, W. Brown, H. Blake, J. Peasley, J.B. Wilson, B. Turner, J. Burgers,
Mr. A.W. Hughes will succeed II. Jenkins, Falkner, E. Burden,-A, Strickland, E. Ilekoy, E. Self, H. | Mr. Lauder as General Manager, Anniss, T. Armstrong, R. Stevens, and the usual notification to this Hopking, F. Trowbridge, W.J. effect will be advertised in the Brown, Hitchins, A. Flint, 4V.1 Press in due course. Bailey, A. Humphreys,
Mr. Hughes has been the Wreaths were sent by Com-Manager for the company in San modore Ellolit, the Chief Engineer, Francisco. Assistant Engineer and staff of the Royal Naval Dockyard, Royal Engineers' Old Comrades Associn- tion, the Rt. Worshipful Master
CHESS IN KOWLOON:
DRAWING TO CLOSE
The Kowloon Chess Club Cham- plonships are drawing to a close and next week, according to the fixture list, will eco the conclusion of the competitions.
and Brethren of St. John's Lodgo; [ CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS NOW Naval Dockyard Recreation Club; Royal Naval Dockyard Police; the Supt. of the Electrical Engineer- ing Dept. and staff; Inspector of the Civil Engineering Dept.; Civil Service Technical Association; Fellow Chargemen of the Naval Dockyard; Woo Fat Shing L'o, Ltd. Royal Naval Dockyard Technical Officers Association: Aanocin- Agreement Employees tion; Armaments Shop Staff; Na- val Yard. Apprentices Association: Expensca Accounts Offico; Chinena Staff Gun Mounting Section; Ad- miralty Draughtsmen Association, and others,
Mr. M. A. de N. Mendes A respected member of the local Portuguese community and an old Government servant passed away yesterday afternoon in the person of Mr. Malachias Antonio De. Nocuera Mendes, aged 65, who died
Last night several further matches were played at the Central British School, the headquarters of the Club. The following are the latest results:
Senior. Yvanovich -- · H. W. Randaj! 1 Lieut. W. L Beaumont A. D. Sequeira Dr. H. D.
Matthews A.J. Biriuko L. Sequeira M. Cunietti
B. Soltau
1 B. W. Paul Junior.
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U. Santos
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at the St. Paul's Hospital from Paris. kidney trouble.
Gnevn -Deceased_was_for_over_30 years. Berlin.. with the Government Post Office | Helsingfors.. and retired on December 31, 1932,
Oslo
on pension. He had been in. ill- Athens.
health of late, suffering from kid-Buenos Aires.. ney trouble, which culminated in en
his death at 6.50 p.m. yesterday,
Shanghai.
New York.
Deceased leaves a wife and two Amsterdam. young children to mourn his de-Viens
Vienna..
mlse, and to them much sympathy Prague. will be extended.
Madrid.
The funeral will pass the Monu-Bucharest
ment to-day at 5 p.m.
Late Mr. A. W. Millar
Hongkong. Brussein.. Stockholm
Lisbon
The funeral of the late Mr. A. Copenhagen W. Millar took pince at the Pro- testant Cemetery yesterday, the Very Rev. Dean A Swann conduct Ri ing the service.
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A large number of relatives and friends were present including the Rev. G. T. Waldegrave, Messrs. H. Gitting, A. E. Contes, A. Gillard, A. Griggs, J. A. Tarrant, F. C. Mow Fung, W. Kailey, H. Howard, A. H. Walker, U. M. Omar, R.M. Omar, A. Rahmin, H. A. Allen, A. S. Sepher, S. M. Sopher, R. Nazarin,
DAY BY DAY NEWS IN RRIFF A. R. Abbas, J. S. Ackber, A. Bolt, CS. Rosselet, R. Randall, W. N.
Orie case of meningitis was report- Thomas Tom, A. S. MacKichan, SERVE NO PRAISE, DECAUSE IT IS OUR to the local health authorities on Miss R. Mow Fung and many Chi-DUTY.St. Augustine.
Thursday. nese. ladies.
Wreaths were sent by "His lov Ing wife Lucy," "His loving son and daughter-in-law, George and
IN DOING WHAT WE OUGHT WE DE- |
CINEMA SCREENINGS
NOTES SUPPLIED NY
THE THEATRES
JANUARY 13, 1934.
RADIO BROADCAST
DANCE MUSIC FROM THE
HONGKONG HOTEL
From Z. B. W. on a wavelength of 385 metrest
1-2.15 pm. European programme. 1 p.m. Local Time and Weather Report.
1.3 p.m. Recorded music. 1.15 p.m. A relay of the Hongkong Hotel Orchestra, from Hongkong Hotel Grill Room.
Dramatic story of present-day tur bulent colitions in the U.S. wheat country interwoven with two ro- WEEK-END BROADCAST minces, "Golden Harvest," Para- mount's latest Charles R. Rogers pro duction, scheduled as the next change at the Queen's Theatre, Leading roles. are taken by Richard. Arlon, Chester Morris, Genevieve Tobin, "Rosco Ates and Julio Haydon. It is the first of ten pictures which Mr. Rogers is to produce, for Paran.ount this year. The story tells of the struggle of the “American” ́ ́ farmer to combat, the ruinous influence of the trading pit. It is pictured through the eyes of two brothers, both born on the form. The elder becomes à wheat speculator with his eye on a fortune, wlis drivch down the price of wheat, unthinking of its effect upon the farmer. When his formor neighbours are ruined financially, facing the loss of their farms, his brother becomes their leader, organize the transportation a widespread farm- strike, of
grain to
the eltles or "the
planting of a now crop. The picture reaches its climax when the brothers finally combine in a a desperate effort to save the farmers using the strike as a threat to bolster prices. The human equation causes their financial failure but results in their eventual happiness.
"Samarang"
It is the opinion af biological exports that the motion pletures taken of Uger shark and a giant octopus In mortal combat on the floor of the Indian Ocean during the film of "Samorang", which opens on Wednes day at the King's Theatre as a United Artists release, are the most unusual
of camera account nature's monstera in battle now on record.. Never be- fore have two such enormous denizons ana of the deep been
seen in combat by the human eye, and, in speaking of the battle after seeing it on the screen, Dr. Hazel Branch, biologist at Wichit
vers, gave some very interesting
on the various fighting qualities and skill of the shark and octopus. Dr. Branch declared that bo- cause of the relative sizes of the two deepsea monsters they were about evenly matched, and that the outcome of the fight depended more on the strategy used than on the fighting ability of either of the contestants.
"I'm No Angel"
"Strong sex-appeal" is the para- mount consideration in a man's love for a woman, according to Mae West, leading S.A. exponent of the country, whose new Paramount picture, "I'm No Angel," commences its run to-day
at the Queen's Theatre radi
sex appeal, she says it is tho tion of an attractive personality and not
beauty of face and necessarily
Miss West furnishes a most
2.16 p.m. Close Down. 4-7 p.at. Chinese recorded pro- gramme.
7-11.30 p.m. European programme. "Recorded music. 7-9 p.m. Orchestral-Moon Song, Orchestral Music in the Air--The
Song is You.
Albert Sandior and His Orchestra. Orchestral-If You Say "Yes"
Chorio. Orchestral--There's a Cabin in the
Pincs.
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans. Vocal Duet-Need Indigo. Vocal Duet Cover the Waterfront. Layton and Johnstone. Plano Solo Sleepytime Down South. Piano Solo-Life in Just a Bowl of
Cherries.
Carroll Gibbons and His Boy Friends, Vocal-A Million Dreams,
Vocal-Just an Echo in the Valley.
The Ponce Sistern.
Chick Endor and Charlie Farrell. Orchestral Trouble in Paradiso. Orchestral-Let the World Go
Drifting By.
Howard Jacobs and His Orchestra. Song The Dubarry If I Am Song-Helen-The Shepherd's Song.
Dreaming.
Orchestral-I've Got to Sing a
Heddle Nash (Tenor).
Torch Song
Orchestral The Shadow Waltz.
Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees.
Vocal Quartet--Young and Healthy. Vocal Quartet Take Me Away from
the River.
The Four Musketeers. Orchestral-You Are Too Beautiful.
Fred Rich and His Orchestra. Orchestral-Chowing Gum.
Art Kassel and Hin Kassels-in- the-Air.
Vocal Duet-We Just Couldn't Say
Goodbye. Vocal Duet-All of a sudden,
*
Chick Endor and Charlie Farrell, Orchestral--Cavalcado Twentieth
Century Blues, Orchestral-Cavalcade-Lever of my
Dreams.
Jack Payne and His B. B. C. Dance Orchestra, Fiano Solo-Can't We Talk It Over.
gut example of "strong sex Plano Solo-Now That You're Gone,
appeal in her new picture in which, attired in tights as Tira, the Circus Queen she dominates men and lions, falls in love with a society clubman and unleashes a streak of typical Westian wise-cracks that will rever- berate in every corner of the country, Mae thinks that the girls of to-day have just as much sex-appeal as the women of twenty years ago-provided they remain feminine and stay clear of trouusers, and other mannish in- novations. Bliss West's newest picture was written by herself and has been directed by Wesley Ruggles. Her Teading man is Cary Grant,
"To-day We Live"
The great anticipated co-starring vehicle for Joan Crawford and Gary Cooper, "To-day Wo Live" will bo showing at the Oriental Theatre on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday as one of the major productions to come from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. In "To-day We Live" we have. story about the dramatic experiences of an English society, girl who offers her services in England during the world War in an anibulance unit, and falls in love with an American flyer. Franchot Tone, Roscoe Karns, Louise Closser Hale, Rolle Lloyd and Hilda Vaughn. In "To-day We Live". Mies Crawford finds herself the centre of an emotional conflict between three meh, two of whom lose their lives in her behalf. The powerful story shifts from the aristocratic country estate of the heroine to dynamic epladen
Ica in the battie zones of the war, with what in said to be one of the most terrific climaxes ever devised for the screen occurring when one of the star's lovers Reta a "leath-order to blow up a skip from which there will bo no return. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is said to have placed all the facilities at its disposal to Director Hawks in the filming of this picture, which is reported to be one of the outstanding talkie produc-
The Government la inviting tenders There will be the usual dinner for the widening of Waterloo Rond dance at the Cafe de Luxe, 4th floor, starting from Disinfecting Stadloatlong of the year. China Building, to-night, For
re-Rallway Bridge, together with
contingent works.
Ella," "His loving, grandchildreservations, telephone 30616. Bessie and Lucy Arthur, Polly and Marjoric, Mr. and Mrs. G. T.
all
Tenders are being invited for pro- As a mark of respect to the Inte Bird, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Allen,viding labour to operate the waggons Mr. W. J. Gresson, who was killed Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Bell and family.
for the supply of filling to Sung Wong while hunting with the Worcester- Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Coates, Mr. and Tat refuse dump, maintaining tracks shire Hounds, the Hongkong Club dow Mrs. W. Griggs, Mr. and Mrs. H. and other contingent works.
their flag at half mast yesterday. J. Howard, Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kow, Mr. and Mrs. U. Sze-wing, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wong, and Mr. and Mrs. Wong Pak-eing.
Misa Chan Sul Hing. Mrs. J. Marsh, Misa Ruby Mow Fung, Mr. Randall and family, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Rossolet and family, Miss L. M. de Souza, Mrs. 1 . Thomas Tam and family, Miss Alalsee Tyrrell, Mrs. J. Wells.
It is notified for general informas His Excellency the Governor has op- tion that His Honour the Chief pointed Mr. Thomas Megarry to be Juatico has ordered that the next District Omeer Criminal Sessions shall be hold on District of the New Territorios, dur- Monday, the 22nd inst. at 10 o'clock ing the absence on leave of Mr. E. 11. in the forenoon.
Menara 8. Gidley, F. June, G. 3. Andd, A. S. MacKichan, R. M. Omar, John E. Potter, B. Veliki and G. G. Wood,
Messrs. Ellis and Edgar, Messrs. Leigh and Orange, Yik Kee, The Officers and Companions of St. Andrew's "Royal Arch (Chapter), The Texas Co. (CHIna), Ltd., Im2 portal Chemical Industries (China) Ltd., St. Mary's Church, Yau Koe Co. and the Commitico and Mom- bors of Taikoo Club,
Williams.
"Berkeley Square"
Carroll Gibbons and His Boy Friends.. Song-Speak to me of Love. Song-Vialons in the Smoke. Vocal-Whistling in the Dark,
Lucienna Boyer (Soprano). Vocal-Cuban Tango.
The Viennese Seven Singing Sisters. Vocal Quartet Shuffle Off to Buffalo, Vocal Quartet You're Getting to he
Habit With Me.
A
The Four Musketeers. Selection the Gold Diggers of 1933. The B. B. C. Dance Orchestra. 9.11.30 p.m.
A relay of the Hongkong Hotel Dance Orchestra from the Hongkong Hotel Grill Room.
10.30 p.m. Rugby, Mid-day Press
News,
11.30 p.m. Close Down.
All relays from the Hangkong Hotel are by courtesy of the Manage- ment and during the intervals record- ed muale will be broadcast from the Stadlo.
SUNDAY'S PROGRAMME.
10.30-11.30a.m. A relay of the Union Church Morning Service..
Preacher The Rev. E. C. Powell.
Order of Service. Voluntary.
Hymn "Awake my Soul."
Invocation and Lord's Prayer. Hymn Lord Thou Art my God
and King."
Scripture Reading. Hymn "Love Divine."
Prayer. Offertory.
Offertory Prayer, Hymn "Forever With the Lord." Sermon. Hymn-"How Sweet the Namo of
Jesus Sounds."-
National Anthem,
Benodletion. 11.30 a.m. Chinoso recorded music. 12-12,48 p.m. A relny of the Ser- vico from the Hop Yat Church.
12.45-2.30 p.m. Leslie Howard, one of the most per-
European pro- sonable and most popular of all Eng-Bramme of recorded musle liah actors on the American screen, 1 pm. Local Time and Weather - believes sincerely that no player
Report. should make more than three pictures year. Familiarity walks on life, he affirms, "and the repeated sight of a actor's face tends to diminish his value Howard is easily
in the Northern and pop of all the players:
in Hollywood. He rejects tempting
Tenders are being invited for the The following donations have been erection of three barrack sheds, received by the Treasurer of the kitchen, baths, etc. on a site at Bon Hongkong Benevolent Socioty In ham Road and Eastern Street, also memory of the late Mr. A. L. Alves: alterations to an existing shed and Mr. T. D. Wilson $6; Dollar Steam- the erection of a kitchen at the Upper ship Co. $10. Levels Police Station.
the niost
he refused point blank because he con-
offers with a careless, abandon that aslunds the film folk. Itecantly he was offered a tremendous sum to play opposite a great feminine star and sidered the role unsuitable not to him- nef, but to the star ho had been naked to support. He explained his attitude at smo length between scenes of Fox The members of St. Andrew's "Berkeley Square", the Jesse His Excellency
the Governor has Society will celebrate the anniversary L. Lanky production now playing at Indly, granted his patronage to, and, of the birth of Robert Burns at a the King's Theatre. "In a kongo I with Lady Peel, will attend Madame dinner which will be held in the Roof was protecting myself. After all, Lottio Gordon's Australian concert at Garden, Hongkong Hotel on Thurs acting is my business, I must select the Helena May
Institute on Saturday, day, January 25. The feature of the my roles and my partners in this 27th inst., from G p.m.
7 p.m. The evening will be the teast of "The acting business as carefully usa proceeds will be in aid of the Blind Immortal Memory of Robert Harns" manufacturer selects the raw stock Home, Pokfulam, and the Australian which will be proposed by Sir William that goes into his product. In both Music Link Scholarships and Young W. Hornell, Vice-Chancellor of the cases it is the fair thing to do, not Musical Artistes' Assistance Fund. University. On this occasion quests, caly to ourselves but the public which "Tho concert will be broadenst by ZDW.¡ other than Scotsmen, may be invited. pays for the finished goods":
to
2.30 p.m. Close Down. 4.30-7 p.m. Chinese recorded pro- gramma
7.10 p.m. European programmo, 7-9 p.m. Recorded munte. Orchestral-Symphonic Rhapsody an "I Heard You Singing" and "Bird Songs at Eventide" (Erle Coates). Orchestral-Symphonic Rhapsody on
"Pitch my Lonely Caravan"
(Coates and Horey).
Erio Coates and Symphony Orch. Octet-Operation (arr. Squire).
H. Squire Calosto Octet. Vocal Duct-Pagliacct-My Fate is
in Thy Handa (Leoncavalls), Vocal Duet--Paglinech Why Have
You Taught Mef (Leoncavallo).
Rosetta Pampanini and Gino Orchestral-Reminiscences of Grieg
(arr. Urbach),
Vannelli
Marek Weber and His Orchestra. Orran Solo Introduction and Finala (From "Sonata on 04th Psalm") (Reubko).
O. D. Cunninghan (Continued on Page 5.)
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