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September 25, 1939.
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A Look Through The "Telegraph”
50 YEARS AGO
Sept. 6, 1889,
It would appone that Shanghal In still a long way la front of Hongkong
Chip-building The
lino-vide the
In
report of the trial trip of the steamer Pao Ching. Doubtless, the cause of this that our local Deck Company has never had a chance of constructing
H stoomer of over 1,000 tona.
25 YEARS AGO
Sept. 15, 1914.
A Petrograsi telegram reports that the Russians have occupied Jaroslav fortress,
Important rallway! A Dino2 centre In Austrian Gatteln. (Again: sccupied by Bursions net week-Ed.)
The cruisers Abuukir, Hugue and, Creasy hien been munk by submarines in the North Sea.
The Aboukir was torpedoed and thef logue and Cressy, while standing by 10 save the crew, were also torpedoed. A considerable number were saved by nother worship division, destroyera, trawlers and bouls, A message from Ymulden, near Amsterdam, states that a steamer bus nuriyed with 287 British| survivors of the torpadeed cruisers. There are ona dead and a few wounded,,
Eighty survivors of the torpedoed cruinera, have landed at Harwich. It is satimated that seven hundred are saved. Thirly ofcern rencued from the sea landed uninjured, dressed showie, ote.
in sacks,
Five German submarinas aktacked the cruisers. Other Britisk craters And torpedo-bonte rushed to their annis-. tance and it is reported that they de #troyed two submarines. Stemmer af bringing survivora
and
wounded ta Ymuiden.
A further report from Ymulden states) that feat the Aboukir and then the] Ilogue were torpedoed. This took plneni at six in the morning. It is reported, that the Cressy innk two of thị sub-| marines before the wha hersolt tor-
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Victor McLaglen and Douglas Dumbrille battle each other in a fist fight during the course of Hal Roach's "Captain Fury," now showing the King's Theatre.
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GRIPPS GALA PROVES THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING
HONGKONG'S 1939-10 season opened bolsterously at the Gripps on Saturday night.
The triple attraction of a new Swing Band, the Ormonde Sisters, and U.S. Thompson's twinkling feet brought along n crowd which taxed not only the capacity of the dance floor but also of the surroundings, and it was necessary to take over the entire first floor of the Hongkong Hotel for the occasion.
Although suffering from fever with
English
a temperature of 103, Joan, pretty brunette member of the Ormonde nisters' dancing duo, over- rede the disapproval of a Hongkong
OUR GUIDE
doctor called it to attend to her at TO THE
p.m., find mode two
appearances
with her sister to score li success which repaid her for her pluck. The sisters,
whose presentation
CINEMAS
modernistic and classtenl numbers "Captain Fury" (King's, to-day),- were so popular that the large crowds Brian Aherne as the convict who which gathered around the floor in its became the Robin Hood of Australia, enthusiasm hardly gave them space with Victor McLaglen co-starred os in which to work, were forced to flis light-fingered leutenant. cancel their final number, Joan finally of a struggle of settlers, led by Fury, collopsing under the strain.
against the oppression of a landown-
pp-
Storv
Gripps patrons were treated to er. Full of action and suspense. swing in the Benny Goodman man-Paul Lukas, John Carradine, George nee by Nick Korin's Swing Band, Zucco, Douglas Dumbrille, June Lang which also made its debut in the and Virginia Field have the chler Colony, Appreciation of the
Crowd roles, was manifest in the demands for day).The rivalry and ambition of "Dramatic School" (Queen's, to- cores which finally resulted in peals through the ricrophone for less two girls from widely differing strate enthusiasm, owing to
a Parisian dramatic interference of society with the scheduled cabaret per-academy throws into brilliant relief: formances,
the struggles, joys, heartaches, jeal- Another artist who brightened the cusles, feuds and final triumph that evening
coloured tup-mark their clae to stardom. Starring dancer, U.S. Thompson. His antics Alan Marshall and Lana Turner.
Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, with as he tapped his way up and down al block of wooden steps were very
WON
the
clever and were presented with good showmanshup. Thompson was very
his response of enmorous demands for encores.
of which consisted exclusively pedoed. The Cressey sank 意 eight "spiritual unity" is nothing more or men, six feet high, o'clock.
less than the annexation of the "That is wonderful Indeed", Queen Flemish provinces of Belgtum by Wilhelmina
sold smilingly. "But We notice that just before the great Germany!
our Waterline is seven feet deep European war broke out great preparn- tions were being randa in the United All this propaganda is well known Sintes for the political campaigns and to the Belgian authorities, but they not quite correct as the great miji- Witty as this reply may be, it is conventions which lie ahead. At the are unwilling to disturb thele rela- tary value of the Waterline lies in momont, of course, interest in Ameri- was politics is not au impelling an ions with Germany by having a the fact that the bottom of it is u would be if affairs
proceeding check put on it. However, pabile even and that for the greater part along normal lines in other parts of opinion forces them to art, as, for of it is too deep to enable the cross-
wore
which
innumerable
the world, but, all the name, there are instance, in the Winterslag incident.ing of un army, but not deep enough special features about thin contents when a Nazi journalist called Ehlert to permit the use of bouts; even ini soon to inka placo
raise the addressed a meeting of Flemish Na-the shallowest parts wading is made issues above the plane of mers domestic tonalists, and or internal happenings.
when asked by impossible by the policeman to produce his identity canals which traverse the 10 YEARS AGO
papers, refused, and impudently re- everywhere and which would be
felds Sept. 25, 1920, marked that "goon we shall be here";lcome deathtraps The 23-year-old Cunard nor Maure-questions in Parliament led takin established three mare remark expulsion. able records yesterday, when she com pleted her eastward crossing of the Atlantic in 4 days 17 hours 49 minutes. beating her own previous-best-time-far)· the Jourary by four hours.
5 YEARS AGO
Fourteen players who will definitely
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WITH
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UNIVERSITY
AQUATIC MEETING
Fixed For Saturday September 30
"Three Smart Girls Grow Up"
(Allambra, to-day-Deanna Dur- bin straightening out the love affairs of two older sisters and singing a few songs in a fresh and entertaining sequel to "Three Smart Girls." Nan) Grey, Helen Parrish, Charles Win- ninger,
Robert Cummings and William Lundigan have the support-i ing parts.
"Confessions of 1 Nazi Spy" (Oriental, to-day).--Edward G-Man Robinson exposes a German spy in the United States and brings about the conviction of four of lis mem" bers, Incidents closely follow the Spy ring exposure and trial last) year in New York. Francis Lederer, George Sanders, Paul Lukas, Henry, O'Neill and Lya Lys make a good job of the pleture.
"Return of the Cisco Kid" (Majes-
tic. to-day)-Western melodrama Mexican bandit first portrayed by
Warner Baxter in "In Old Arizona."
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(Rudolph Frimi.) Intro: "Itose Marly" "Indian Love Call" "Doaker Serenade" "Love Everlasting"
10900-Kunz Revivals No. 8. Intro:-
etc.,
"Sympathy"
"Giannina Bila"
"Annie Lauria” "Loch Lomond" "Comin' Thro' The Ryo" "Auld Lang Syne" "Villa" "Smoke Gets In Your Eyca" "Whoe Made Little Boy Blue?"
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The
Hongkong Telegraph
NINTH ANNUAL
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHIC
COMPETITION
June-September, 1939
$250
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PRIZES
$250
(Donated by "Hongkong Telograph”).
(Donated-by--ILFORD, Ltd., London)
SEND YOUR ENTRIES IN NOW CLOSING DATE & TIME:
29th SEPT. AT 5 P.M. THE ILFORD TROPHIES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE BEST. AND SECOND BEST ENTRIES IN THE COMPETITION, IRRESPECTIVE OF CLASS.
The Seventh Annual Inter-Hostel to his would try to cross the line even on University Union Swimming continuing the adventures of the TWO SILVER TROPHIES, VALUED $250
who Aquatic Sports of the Hongkong! will take place on Saturday, Septem- There are millions of these canals ber 30, commencing at p... in throughout Holland. Many of them the European Y.M.C.A. pool. Hents TOW exnolly all this activity is, tant part they would play in case
have been deepened for the impor- Will be held on Wednesday at 2 pun. he returns to Arizona to rob a a mystery.
Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor rapscallion and return the latter's One of an emergency. In the regions K. H. Digby, has kindly agreed to be li-gotten gains to his victims. Lynn through so-called which are not to be flooded they will the patron, and Mrs. S. W. Tso has C. Henry Gordon have the chief Bari, Cesar Romere, Henry Hull and. Sept. 26, 103-4. "Pochls vouchers," has been stopped.cause great difficulties to the enemy's consented to present the prizes.
The "Pochls vouchers" were so artillery, the more so as the soll in Hongkong interpart cricket team were named after their originator, a cors-all lower parts of the country is ex-as usual, a diving, an invitation re Spectacular war melodrama against
The events this year will include, supporting roles.
"Gunga Dla" (Cathay, to-day).- announced this morning.
tnereial attache
tremely soft and watery. This is loy and a post students handicap, background of India and The fourteen players chosen are: Legation in Brussels, who had them clearly shown by the results of an while an innovation, in the shape of rebellion of the 90's. Victor me
n Thug T. E. Pearce, H. W. Haines, G. S, Dunk. issued under the pretext of nidiest male only a few months ago.
experiment the General Staff has a Indy undergraduates' Iry, C. Garthwaite, I. Owen Hughes, needy Germans resident in Belgium.
free style Laglen, Cary Grant and Douglas | A. A. Mackay . Melnnes, A. In point of fact, they were used toTHE war Ministry placed an order were, Instituted in 1933, four years scenes and barrack room humours.
relay. Is being introduced. Madar, A. It. Minu. F . . Mitchell. subsidise propagandist activities, and for a number of medium-weight after the founding of the Swimming Som Jaffee is
The Inter-Hostel Aquatic Sports geants, are the chler Ogures in battle. Fairbanks, Jr., as three army ser- T. A. Pearce, F. D. Persia, . . . when this was discovered, the bank tanks, of types which might be used Club, From 1933 to 1936 Ricci Hall carrier of the ballad who encrifices ticketts and J. P. Williams.
responsible for handling them, re-n an attack on Holland, with arm was repeatedly victorious, but in the himself to save the regimen!,
the humble water fused to do so any more,
ment factories abroad. The tanks st It is true that at the moment, the arrived and were driven to the pusgained the supremacy. All members few years Morrison Hall hosi support which all 15p
Lure activity
fund of which most Dutch vinces in Belgium is very small.provinces-especially in the West- act friends of the University are Nevertheless, this should be rather muinly consist. There the tanks li cordially invited to attend. attributed to the comparatively small neditely begun behave oddly. They made some strange movements,
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Prizes will be allotted as follows: SECTION ONE:
For Story-Telling Pictures,
Ist. $30. 2nd. $15. 3rd. $10.
SECTION TWO:
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Seascapes, Architectural, Street Scenes, etc.
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SECTION THREE: Portraits, Informal Close-ups, Human Studies.
1st. $30. 2nd $15, 3rd. $10 SECTION FOUR:
Still Life and Table-Top Studies. Iat. 830. 2nd. $16. 3rd. $10. SECTION FIVE: Snapshots taken by children under fourteen years. 1st. $15, 2nd. $10. Sra. $3.
RULES
The following Rules will govern the
1-The Competition is confined ex- clusively to amateur photo- graphers
2-No employee or member of any drm in the photographic tande is permitted to compete. -The prizes will be awarded to the competitors sending in what are adjudged to be the best photo- graphs in each Bection. Each entry must be form which wompanied by
be published during the period of the Com petition, and which must pasted on back of entry, The right to publish any or kil of the entries is reserved to the Hongkong Telegraph.
scale of Nazi efforts, than to success-like donkeys that refuse to go for-tual agreement and without the
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Sept. 24 (Reuter)—Alr ward or like young horses trying to officers having to bother. It must be recognised that the throw off their riders, "covered" a They knew I was different from Popham is relinquishing his appoint- Chief Marshal Sir Itobert Brooke Flammands, the mujority of the distance of five or six feet in this the unul training, which for many ment as Governor and Commander- population of Belgium, always have way, and then sank into the soil to of them is just a God-sent occasion in-Chier of Kenya, to take up duly been, and remain to-day rather of stay there like monuments of stub-for jokes and complaints; they knew with the Royal Air Force. pro-German than pro-French sym- borniness.
it was serious this time and they be- pathles.
Only one of them succeeded in haved accordingly. This love for Mr. G. 8. Szlumper, c.B.E., General
Competition: going on for a dozen or more yards. harmless obstruction as long as the Manager of the Southern Railway, discussed the matter gave his opinion shallow and only a few feet wide, to net, help, and obey as soon as transportation and movements at A Flemish gendarme with whom then there was a small canal, very situation allows it, and this readiness has been appointed Director-General that unless some effort were made to The tank was supposed to take a matters become serious, are typical the War Office. check Nazi penetration in the Flemish small obstacle like that with the of the Dutch soldier, provinces, the effect of a sudden In-grealest ease. In practice, however, Since the invasion tensißeation of propagando,
of Poland, which put its nose into the water, lifted Halland has increased her frontler might follow a quarrel with the its backpart into the air, and troops. Night and day, the posts all Work dons in Belglan Government, might be dis- moved no more. I had to be dis-around the country, at the sea ports days or one day nstrous for the integrity of the Bel-mantled to be taken away at all in the West as well as in the forests If required.
gian nation.
From that day Dutch staff officers do in the East, nre fully manned. not fear very much un Invasion of Every spot of the North Sen coast Satisfaction
So far the rift between the Flam-Holland by means of armoured cars is continuously watched to rule out munds and the Wolloons has been and tanks
even the theoretical possibility of rather passive in character, but the
naval aftack, just as much as the essentials for a deep rift are there, THE Dutch soldier is an extra-whole length of the frontiers with and I only needs the sort of stimulus ordinary type. With the British Germany and Belgium are watched. that the separatists of Czecho-he has n common trait of character No machine-gun is left unguarded Stovnkin, such as Henlein, Hlinka, that is not often found in continental for a minute. Cases of ammunition Tixo, Voloshin, and others received, annies: he likes personal responsi-re opened and placed near the to carve the Belgian nation Intobility Inuch mare than blindguns, Dozens of spotlights' nightly.
opposing national camps-a (oberfence.
search the air above and around the condition ideal for the restoration of
nerodromes of Amsterdamn and Rot- He accepts discipline because heterdam, from twilight to dawn. order" by the very same people who has to, not for sheer love of discl- What has been said about the ormy, begin the trouble.
The Independence of Belgium is a soldier. If he is allowed to think as well. The country may be at
pline. Ilke, for example, the German appiles to the navy, and the air force pre-requisite of British and French for himself, the Dutch soldier does tacked, but the surprins will be on security.
his work twice as well as when he the part of the aggressort Nazi penetration in the "Redeemed hes to art on command. provinces" and among the people of
Holland is prepared to defend her Flanders is therefore of primary in-respect it, with the magnificent re-attack may come. The Dutch nation Dutch officers know that and they neutrality, from whatever side an terest not only Belgian Democrats, sult that during the international ten- is confident, however, that this pro- but to Franco and Great Britain.
sion of April laat, when the Dutch unredness will have the deterrent
guaranteed,
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