THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY,
· DECEMBER 28, 1935.
•KINGS
TO-DAY ONLY
At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15, & 9.30 p.m.
When he sang WOMEN FORGAVE HIM EVERYTHING!
Lawrence.
TIBBETT
METROPOLITAN
ብዛ
DARRYLF.ZANUCK VIRGINIA BRUCE
20th CENTURY FOX
TO- MORROW
PICTURY
ALICE BRADY
CESAR ROMERO
KATHARINE HEPBURN in “ALICE ADAMS"
FAINME
QUEENS
Season's
Grootings
TO-DAY ONLY At 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30.
RKO RADIO
That SOMETHING to put you right to enjoy the festivo sasson is:
'The Broadway Gondolier"
Warner's Musical Romance with
DICK POWELL JOAN BLONDELL LOUIZE FAZENDA
ADOLPHE MENJOU
MILLS BROS.TED FIO RITO'S BAND --
JAMES CAGNEY
4 SHOWS
OMLY
1.20-518
7.11-5.50
TO-MORROW
in
"PICTURE" SNATCHER"
-TAKE AND TRAM on HiPPY VALLEY DIUM
ORIENTAL
LAST 4 TIMES
TO-DAY.
A BIG SHOW
OF
SONGS. DANCES AND LAUGHTER.
YOU'LL HEAR YOUR
OWN HEART BEAT!
HAPPINESS AHEAD
POWELLA HUTCHINSON
PLEMINO ROAD
WANGHAI
TAL. HAYE
TO-MORROW
MONDAY TUESDAY, CHARLIE CHAN'S
MYSTERY.
GREATEST
Chan Can even
cope with the terrors of the
unknown
CHARLIE CHAN IN EGYPT
A FOX Ma
WARNE
OLAND
EPAT PATERSON STEPIN FETCHIT
PRICES: MATINEES, 20cta, 30cta., EVENINGS, 20cts, 30ets, 50cta, 70cta.
SHOWING MAJESTIC
TO-DAY
BY SPECIAL REQUEST
REN. E
DUNNE
FRED
ASTAIRE ROGERS
GINGER
Jerome Korn's dazzling musical stage hit.. screen- nd in splendor!
ROBERTA
with Randolph Scott, Helen Wasilay, Victor Varconi, Claire Dodd. e
At 2.30, 5.20, 1.20 & 9.20 p.m.
COMING
JANET GAYNOR WARNER BAXTER
IN
"ONE MORE
SPRING"
Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PEECY at 1 and 3, Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria,
CROWN RENT PAYMENT
"REMAINING PORTION"
PROBLEM
The Garette contains the draft of an Ordinance to make provision for the apportionment of Crown Renta
It is explained that lenses granted by the Crown, of land in this Colony, do not make any provision for ap portionment of Crown Rent In the event of subdivision and transfer of
portion of the lot by assignment by the original lessee, who in practice then becomes known as the owner of the Remaining Portion of the Lot
Broadcasting BRITISH REVENUE
Review
BRITAIN'S STEADY EXPANSION
RECORDING EVENTS
INCREASE
ENCOURAGING
POSITION REVEALED
London, Dec. 27. Exchequer returns show that the total ordinary revenue, excluding solf- balancing items, amounts to $421,676,- 470, compared with £404,064,177 t the corresponding dat
date of Inst year.
iture, exclu- Total ordinary
is £568,- nivening
2.085,085
London, Dec. 27.
683,701,
with A review of the year's broadcast at the corresponding date of 1934,
There is now only one week of the ing by B.D.C. describes the activity in the erection of new transmitting third quarter of the financial year to Onancial writers comment on The original owner of the Remain stations and the renovation and re-
tho | 20, and linn Ing Partion, or his legal representa- equipment of studios to secure
quarter of the
the year tive, remains liable to the Crown for maximum efficiency both in technical the encouraging revenue position, ax that the inflow of revenue is greatest. the whole Crown Rent due in respect results and in the distribution of the itle in the
Receipta for the week ended December of the Lot and in practice so long service over the whole country. As he retains the Remaining Portion These improvements include he fins to collect from the other sions of the Empire station at Daven-21 were swollen by an exceptionally .section owners of the Let the pro- try and the adaptation of part of large payment account of estate duty London and the total receipts under this hend financial
to date portions of Crown rent attributable Alexandra Palace in North
£63,410,000, compared of the
with £58,515.- their respective sections and pay for use as a television transmitting for the
pre- the whole to the Treasury.
000 for the same
lous
Anancial
year. Among other revenue fteria, Income
£76,018,000, or
to
After transfer of the Remaining Portion, it has been the custom of the Crown to look to the owner thereof
station.
exten-1
The year has seen steady expansion in the Empire service, constant ex- perimenting having enabled improve-
year
Kre
over
for the tinte being for payment of ❘ments in transmission so that the em- { tax has unda more than for the
The whole Crown Rent due in respect of the Lot, leaving him to collect their proportions from the other section
owners.
MORE SUB-DIVISIONS While the number of sub-divisions of Lots remained small this custom! caused little inconvenience, but in re
years the number of sub-divisions cent has increased very rapidly and many
older of the
larger Lots and have been divided into fifty or more separate sections or subsections.
of the Remaining The owners Portions now find it increasingly dim- cult to collect proportions of Crown many of them, after having Rent and paid the whole of the Crown Rent to Treasury for some time, have the ultimately made defaul
owner
pire broadcasts have been better and four million more consistently received. The Em-same period of last year, and customs pire news bulletins have been in- and excise £227,355,000, or an increase
Notable broad of nearly nine million pounds com creased in number. easts to the Empire include thepared with last year.-British Wire. Jubilee celebrations and Lord Jellicoo's | Tenn. funeral.
The review draws attention to the increase in the use of apecially recorded material in programmes, nown notably in illustrating the bulletins Records are made by and special mobile recording units machinery allows part of speeches to be cut and edited for Inter repro- duction,
VOICE OF THE PAST
A Library of records of historien!1 interest is thus being built up, and the collection now includes voices of rrent personages in every sphere of publie life.
+
POOR. PEOPLE ENTERTAINED
S. P. C. CHRISTMAS PARTY
The annual Christmas party to the Centre of the Society for children and mothers who attend the Kowloon
Boxing Day at the Majestic the Protection of children was hold Theatre, which was lent by the Miss Taam, owners. This year, the Indy inspec
Mrs. Perry and were joined by Mrs. Booker and Miss Timsworth.
Additions are being made of records from the pre-brandensting era. Thus records of Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Winston Churchill, made before the tors, the
war, have been secured, and efforts are being made to revive records of Gladstone, Salisbury and made onl the cylinders. It is pointed out that the value of these records to atudents óf history will steadily increase with the passage of time, British Wireless.
Many section owners who have al wnys paid to the owner of the Re- main Portion their proportions of Crown Rent, have found that, without their knowledge, the Remaining Portion has made default. only Hatta. In case of default the factory remedy which the Crown at has, is to exercise its right present
the whole Lot and of re-entry on the this has been the practice in recent years. Re-entry involves forfeiture of every portion of the Lot re- entered, and the extinction
which A serious mortgages thereon, matter, particularly for trustees who have invested trust funds on the inre
Default security of house property,
of
in payment of Crown Rent by Re- maining Portion owners is becoming
frequent more and more
and the serious effect of the increasing num- her of re-entries calls for a remedy, ORDINANCE AIM
The object of this Ordinance is to dix- euable the Land Officer, in his
an cretion, on the application of owner of a portion of a, Lot and on payment of the prescribed fees to Hetermine the Crown Rent which shall be payable direct to the Treasury in respect of such portion.
Section provides the principles to
early peber mothers
SPURIOUS COIN OFFENCES
LOCAL LAW BEING
AMENDED ·
|
was
The consisted of some 220 babies In aims and 220 older children. Each family As well as R basket filled with good given a large bowl of meal and rice, things. A large part of the presents given by local firms. Father Christmas distributed two packets of sweets to each family, while some thirty families who were prevented coming to the theatre received from com similar
WAB
Fitt
Several members of the Executive Committee of the S.P.C. were pre- including Mr. G. P. de Martin, ment, Chairman, and the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo, last year's Chairman, as well as many other friends.
The proceedings opened with a The Gazette contains the draft of in Ordinance to amend the coinage speech by the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo. followed by a nursery song by child- Offences Ordinance, 1805,
Section 3 of the Ordinance adds a ren who have been supplied with milk new paragraph to section 13 of Or- hy the Society. There was then a 1865 making the film show by courtesy of the Majestie dinance No. 7 of deliberato Importation into the Colony Theatre management, and during the King's current copper-interval which followed refreshments Wah Boys' of Chung Students School Intor presented a Chinese play, after which Mrs. Loseby presented bution of presents by Mrs. Loseby, Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. Booker and Miss Himsworth,
of
be observed in determination. Detox-South seven years im- were nerved.
mination will, in so far as is reason-
The King's copper coin is defined in 2 of the principal Ordinance
able, be secording to area. Some old sectinding any copper coin and any prizes, this being followed by distri
the addition of such sum, if any, as
mky a necessary to make the deter mined rent an even number of dollars. This will facilitate Treasury collection and book-keeping, without loss to the
ns
Crown Rents were fixed in sterling and these will be converted into local currency, at the rate at which all coin of bronze or mixed metal, and
including any coln whether starling Crown Rents were converted the King's current coin is defined as made of
The Society wishes to thank the or mixed in 1802, Provision is also made for
mud, silver, copper, mint in Hits Management of the Majestic Theatre Majesty's dominions or any such coin for loan of the theatre, Messrs. Ou proclamation lawfully current, by virtue of any Lok Yuen and Chung Fat & Co., for or otherwise, in any confectionery, Headmaster and stu of His Majesty's dominions dents of the Chung Wah Boys' School Lo for donations-Hon. Mr. M. K. Mr.
da Martin, Mrs. Lonely, Mrs. The new paragraph added finance Tergillus, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Lam, tion. 13 of the principal Ordinance Mr. B. E. Maskhan, Mr. F. H. Kwok, Church Sunday School, Andra's follows mutatis mutandis the wording of section 0 which made the deliberate Central Trading Co., Mr. & Mrs. L
Dr. Portion.
of connierfelted King's
Mr. Wong
Mr. Section 7 states the result of deter- Importation
the eprrent gold or silver coin punish- Konk Wong i-po mination on the application of
on, Mr. Peter Simple. Mrs. Portion.able with imprisonment for life. Remaining owner of
the German community, Mr. E. The absence hitherto of any pro-in Special provision is necessary in this
Wynne-Jones, Sir Henry Pollock, Mr. Sanderson, Mr.
Kong, Mrs. Tam Mr. E. W. section 7 of the Coinage Hamilton, Mr. E.
Crown, and the loss to the payer will whether within this Colony or other for stage display and the following
he negligible. Section 6 makes, pro vision for proof of area. Section states result of determination, on the application of a section owner other than the owner of a Remaining
case as at present the Crown looks vision relating to the King's topper
dine to section of
to the owner of the Remaining Portion coin corresponding to see
St.
C. Maclenty.
for payment of the whole Crown the principal Ordinance (which was un-rung, bir, Borth and the
Rent due in respect of the Lot, and based on he cannot be released from this burden Offences Act, 1861) was probably due Wolf Cubs of K. & Kowloon unless determination is alas made in to the fact that the Importation of Thanks are also expressed to Mrs.
of the respect of each other section Lat. Compulsory intermination is spurious cents or perce was unlikely; Loseby, Mrs. Matthews, Miss Hims- Now, however, since ten cent and worths. Mrs. Booker and the staff of accordingly imposed in this case on
five cent pieces made of cupro-nickel the Majestic Theatre, for assistance the owners of the other sections of
have been authorised by Proclamant the party. the Lot. The fees are in this na in
tion No. 4 in the Hongkong Govern- other cases payable by the applicant ment Gazette Extraordinary of the
for determination, namely the owner 0th November, 1935, It has been found of the Remaining Portion, but relief
that the now coins are being counter MONGOLIAN AFFAIRS
is provided to enable him to recover felted and imported and it is nees- from the owner of each section the sary to deal with that situation. fees applicable to such section.
Section 13 enables the Governor to appoint different dates for the ap
plication of the Ordinance to different ONE-LEGGED
lots areas or districts.
Some such
provision is necessary to prevent the Land Offee being disorganised by too many simultaneous applications.
NEW YEAR OBSERVANCES
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH PLANS
MAN'S
BRAVERY
RECOGNISED BY HERO FUND
London, Dec. 27.
NANKING OFFICIALS DENY INDEPENDENCE TALK
border.
вать кoитеев нау
on the
Nanking, Dec. 27. The Mongolian Government's poll tical agents in Nanking have, off- cially denied rumours of an indepen- dence movement in Inner Mongolia. The rumours originated with the re port that Prince Tek disarmed the troops of the Western Banner,
that the Tho A case of remarkable courage, inner Mongolian authorities have despite physical inespacity, has been asked Nanking for the supply of sed by the trustees of the arms and ammunition in view of the Hero Fund in an award to tension created through the recent Alfred Brennan, of Thurso, a one- clashes with fanchukuoana legged man, who last September rescued a woman bather to whom
but who was London, Dec. 27. ilfebelt had been thrown, The annual celebrations of New drifting out to eea.
St. Paul's Brennan went through the surf, on Year Associated with Churchyard will this year taken his crutches, which he then discarded more organized form as the result of and awam out and towed the helpless a movement initiated by the Dean of bather back to shore-British Wire
Lour. Dr. W. R. Matthews. St. Paul's,
Proceding the watcbright services in the Cathedral, which will be con- ducted by the Dean and broadcast through loud speakers in the church- yard, the crowds assembled there will tako part in community singing and will be addressed shortly by Canon- H.R.L. Sheppard-British Wireless.
APPEAL TO GODDESS
HAWAIIANS ATTEMIT TO DIVERT LAVA FLOW
"
Japan Buspleious
Shanghat, Dec. 27. The Japanese Foreign Office la auspicious of the visit of the Outer golian officials to Moscow, according Mongolian Premier and other Mon- to Tokyo newspapers.
The fear is that the Soviets and Mongols might combine against the Chinese and Japanese fight against Communism in the Inner Mongolia
Aron
A Foreign Office spokesman said the Moscow. Izvestia and other Sovicts-Union News,
Hilo, Dec. 27. Natives played ukeleles and chant- ed hymns to the Goldean. Peln, ank- dinnor dance will be held at ing her to halt the Maunalon flow of Repulse Bay Hotel to-night and a ton lava while twelve army, seroplanes dance on Sunday. A special extra propared from above. Nincan to drop bus service has been arranged for the 80 tons of bombs, in an effort to Cochrane, convenience of the patrons attending divort the flow from Wailuku liver.
United, ProsE. the dinner dance.
The forthcoming wedding is an nounced of Mr Lawrence Howorth, of 177 Fulton Street, of 218b Nathan Road, and Miss Lond
to the Colony per a Stuttgart. Anniesland, Glasgow, who is en route
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A GREAT NEW STAR{\
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BLENDA FARBELL ROBT, ARMSTRONG' EDW. EVERETT HORTON
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in
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ADDED:
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& "Sensoned Greetings."{
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TON BY TON ·
TO MAKE IT ! ! !
MUNI
The screen's man of might caught in the
web of a.wo- man'sweakness!
BLACK FURY
TO-MORROW YOUR FAVOURITE STARS !
KAREN MORLEY.
WILLIAM DARGAN
TOGETHER... FOR THE FIRST TIME !
WILLIAM
POWELL and
GINGER ROGERS
"STAR OF MIDNIGHT"
· KING'S'
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ING
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at
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at
31st December, 1935..
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