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HANSIT TRUAN » Diánar BAUMER · ALAN HALI 'VINNIS GARNIS・ And » Kuat of Five Thousand Branded by RRCKIE MAYO « Screenplay by ROBERT E. SKIRWOOD
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Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
Social Items
March 20; 1939.
EQUINE SPORTS CLUB Japan
Successful Ending To
Winter Programme
The weekdy meeling of the Hong- kong. Group of the Peace Pledge Union
will be addressed next Wednesday by the Rev, W. G. B.
The Equine Sports Club, Shatin, Renm, his subject being "Pacifism brought its winter social programine and the Church". The meeting will to an end on Saturday night with is be held as usual in the Challenge third annua! dinner dance
and Bookshop nt 5.30 p.m., and is open cabaret in the Rose Room of the to the public.
Punincula Hotel. Over 200 dancers which was &athered in the room, Cecorated with the riding whip and horseshoe emblem of the Club, to see vaved programme of entertaining
Leopards Escape In Tokyo
51, John's Cathedral Women's Fellowship are holding a Bridge and Mahjong Drive on Thursday, March 23, commencing at 3.p.m. Admis-tems and take part in a highly suc-centre of the Metropolis yesterday
cessful evening. sion is $1, including tea. need not be made up beforehand,
Tables
Miss Phyllis W. Brown has been appointed Principal of Belillos Public School,
1
Mr. G. W. Sewell, of Messrs. Robertson, Wilson & Co., Ltd., has been transferred from the French Hospital, Causeway Bay, to the War
•Memorial Hospital at the Peak.
Tokyo. Mar. 10. Alarm and excitement gripped the when reports spread that herce The cabaret items were supplied animals were let loose in a elreus fire by the falcated local artistes Miss near Kodu, Tokyo's traffic centre. Gloria Yee, Miss Audrey Oakenfult Police and re-brigate squads as of Young Men's Tong, and were well as members Herbert and Mr. reusingly applauded. Miss You and Associations were calted out to pre-
Avon the Mr. Tong, who recently
vent disturbances, and when the fire Hongkong ballroom
championship was extinguished the animals were delighted with a sklifully executed all captured. classic wallz and Miss Oakenfull, With about 700 people attending, Who made only a few appearances the Shibada Circus was giving a per- since her arrival the Colony last formance in the contral ward of the your, added to her reputation with a Metropolis on Saturday afternoon, tap dance. a din tipping tap when fire suddenly broke out near
the animals' cages. clever acrobatic exhibition. and
the affected
During the cabaret items an im- Two leopards, a camel, eight mon- Two weddings took place before
vorni Programme was keys, and ten dogs were understood Mr. T. J. Gould, Deputy Registrar of promptu Marriages, at the Registry on Satur-rendered by several the members, to have escaped as the flames spread.
Messrs. T. Intercepting truffe in Mrs. Oxenham day. Mr. Wong Yam-ul, itter at Pilkington, T. J. Hensley and Wares, police and fire-fighting forces Kowloon Docks, married Miss Shi
and succeeded in driving the wild King-hing, teacher, of 15 Matauwei Hirst contributing to the gulety of Bung a cordon around the compound Road, Kowloos, the witnesses being the evening, Messrs. Shi Kn-hock and Hui Kwok- Mrs. J. S. Dinner and Mr. Haynes,
Lucky ticket prats were won by animals into their cages.-Domel. sum: and Dr. Choong Ka-khey, medical practitioner, married Miss and the jet waltz prze went to Mr. Siu Yim-ling, of 23 Bonham Road, Scott and partner. Hongkong
REFUGEE FUNDS Chinese Aviator Works For Cause in America
New Yorit, Mar. 18.
Following his experience of being
The committee responsible for the artangements were Messrs. J. C.
Gul (President), A. W. Back (Vice- President), J. Leitch, II. S. Yung, W. G. Routley. W. E. B. Howell, T. J. Hemsley und W. C. Knight (Secre tary).
CONVENT'S PLAY
lost in a fog for three hours before Final Presentation of "Alice Anally landing at Groton, Corn,
In Wonderland" where he re-fuelled and came on to New York, Lee Ya Ching is now pre-
This evening at 5.30 in the Theatre paring to go to Philadelphia and
Convent School, Washington on a tour, simultaneously of the French with Hilde Yen, niece of Mr. W. W. Causeway Bay, the members of the who is St. Paul Recreation Club will for the Chen, Chinese diplomat,
refugee fifth and last time present a drama appealing for tunda for
tised version of Lewis Carrol's
fonci children.-United Press.
CLIPPER DELAYED
The Bocing Clipper is not expected to arrive in Hongkong until March 24 at 12.30 p.m. The plane will leave at 8.30 a.m. the next day on the re- turn light.
The two days delay has been caused at Honolulu by unfavourable
weather.
BIG AIRMAIL DELAY The Imperial Airways planes Dorado and Della are expected at Kal Tak at 5 p.m. to-day with mall from all countries, which is two days behind schedule.
OBITUARY
Death of Former Colony Resident in England
The many friends he made while in Hongkong will regret to learn of the death of Mr. L. J. Blackburn, at the age of 57. News has been re- ceived in the Colony that Mr. Black- burn passed away last Saturday, in England. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. A. R. Selby, and Miss V. Blackburn of Jardine Mathe- son and Co., Ltd., and a son who is a member of the R.A.F. in England.
Mr. Blackburn arrived in Hong- kong in 1005, and joined the Hong- long and China Gas Company, being made manager in 1923, and holding this post until 1030 when he went into partnership with Mr. E. W. of ful story "Alice in Wonderland". Blackmore, forming the firm
The success which the play has so Messrs. Blockmore and Blackburn, for had, has been well merited, as the Ltd, a local engineering and con- He retired acting is rather that of seasoned tractors establishment. artistes than of school children. The from active business in 1936. Alice this evening will be Miss Dawn Blackburn was also an enthusiastic Digby, who noted the part at the Mason.
distribution at which His Members of the Kowloon Cricket prize Excellency the Governor presided. Club will remember
QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA
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BOBBY BREEN
Fisherman's
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At The QUEEN'S "PACIFIC LINER"
TU-MUKKUW
with
LED CARRILLO HENRY ARMETTA. LEE PATRICK
'SLICKER, The Seal · HGTVER
At The ALHAMBRA "YOUNG FUGITIVES"
Vic, McLaglon - Chester Morris Robert Wilcox Dorothea Kont
ISTARE
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SOTHERN MEREDITH
Burquat
*TAR, CLAY
ROLAND
THERE GOES THE GROOM
ARE AADE TENER UNIVISTE EKO-KADIO PICTURE O Directed by JOSEPH SANTLEY Produced by ALBERT LEWIS. Screen Play by 5 K Lauren. Dazorky Yail, Harold Kute!!.
TO-MORROW:
Mr.
the late Mr.
after his
1
"4 MEN AND A PRAYER"
ORIENTALE
A SHOW THAT NEEDS NO PRIZE GIVING CONTEST ! ·
Occasionally there comes to the screen a film that everyone should see, such a film is “IF I WERE KING" is an arlisi triumph, not only for Colman but for the entire motion picture industry.
The performance is well worth reeing. Blackburn as a keen sportsman. HeTWO MORE DAYS! TO-DAY & TO-MORROW not merely for the acting but for the joined the Club shortly scenery, which has been specially arrival and was a member of the prepared for the occasion. Before general committee in 1911, occupying "Alice in Wonderland" comes a very this position continuously for 12 well-neted litle play entitled "The years. Owing to his invaluable ser- Stepsisters."
vice to the Club, he was made a life During the intervals various member in 1925. He played cricket musical and vocal Items will be for the Club from 1908 to 1924: and tennis enthusiast and However, on account of the flying given, including solos by Miss Elvie was also a boat being delayed in the Mediter-Yuen with V. Rev. Fr. Riganti at the figured prominently in certain pec- ranean, it is possible Hongkong mail plano. The proceeds of the per- tions of the Club's annual champion- may not arrive until Tuesday after formances will be devoted to the ship events.
Catholic Truth Soclety,
110071.
OFF ON SCHEDULE
The Pan American Airways Clip-
per and the Air France plan LATE NEWS
Kai Tak on schedule on Saturday morning with passengers and mail.
AIR SERVICES
Arrivals and Departures Of Planes
Outward
British
For London, Australia, Countries and Europe: Imperial Air- ways 7 a.m. March 21 Imperial Air- ways 7 m. March 24.
For U.S.A., via Manila, Guam, Honolulu, Boeing Clipper 8.30 am. March 25.
For Chungking, Slah, etc: Eurasia and C.N.AC. service indefinite.
For France, vin Hanoi: Air France 0.30 am. March 25.
F
Inward
From London, Australla and 'Bri-
tish countries: Imperial Airways & p.tn. March 20.
From Chungking, Yunnanfu, Kwel- In: C.N.A.C., Eurasia Service in- definite.
From U.S.A., via Honolulu, Guam, Manila: Boeing Clipper 12.30 p.m. March 24,
From France, via Hanoi: Air France, 12.30 March 23.
FOOTWEAR
of CHARM
and
SIMPLICITY
LOCAL JUDGES Qualifications to Be. Made Uniform
The draft of a short Bill to amend the Supreme Court and Full Court Ordinances-is-gazelted.-
to
11 is explained that the establish- ment of a Colonial Legal Service, the members of which are liable transfer from one Colony to another, makes it important that the pro- visions of the law relating to the should be qualifications of Judges uniform throughout the Empire.
Colonial
To promote such uniformity the Secretary of State, by a circular despatch dated July 29, 1938, has requested that an early opportunity be taken to arrange for a provision that in the local statute law requiring no person shall be appointed to be a Judge of the Supreme Court unless: (1) he is qualified to practise no on advocate in a Court in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland or some other part of His Majesty's dominions having unlimited jurisdiction elther in civil or criminal matters, and
(i) he has been qualified for not less than five years to practise us an advocate or sollellor in such a Court. The B is intended to make the necessary changes.
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