1923-10-10 — Page 4

"JAZZ"

THE CHINA MAIL.

things considered then the F.M.S.hard to believe that there are still like our own Colony may be con. people not alive to the practical sidered to be in a very satisfactory evidence of the work carried on is]

Genova, to the hundrede doen- position. The proposed new Navishments and periodicals which are Base has drawn attention anew to being regularly issued by the

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A C3 Nation

SHADOWS BEFORE.

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10, 1923

$50 FREE.

LADY WINS THE PRIZE.

POPULAR CINEMA FILM CONTEST.

+

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS BOOM.

WINNERS.

PROGRAMMES WORTH FIVE-

DOLLARS!

The holders of the following theatre programmes ary requested to forward same to the China Mait office when coupons to the value. October 19. Star Theatre; The many competitors who of $5 will be issued which may be Charles Ray in "A Tailor-Made entered last week's voting contest changed for goods to the same Man."

for cinema pictures recently ex-value with any of the advertisers October 10.-World Theatre; hibited in Hongkong will be in the China Mail.. William Barnum in "A Tale of pleased to leam that the competi

tion has been won by one of the fair sex. The lady's name is

Two Cities."

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SOCIAL. October 13-Dance at Peak Club, 9.15 p.m.

October 19.-Hongkong Volun- teer Defence Corps' third and final promenade Concert of the season. November 2--Navy League Ball at City Hall, 9.30 p.m.

BAZAAR. October 11.-13.-Sale of work in aid of Building Fund at St. Paul's Girls' School, 74, Caine Road, from

which the budgets are drawn up: financial changes which have been 2 to 9 p.m. effected: the now monetary legisla tion which has been introduced—are :

fully explained and the figures inter-

1.

LAND SALE. -October 15.-At P. W. D. Offices, two lots of Crown Land, 3 p.m.

PUBLIC AUCTIONS. October 11-Lammert Bros...

at "Kingsclere" Kennedy Road, quantity of valuable household furnitures, etc, at 11 and 2.30 p.m.

MEETINGS,

Coming Events Advertised In The Mail.

ENTERTAINMENTS. lissipate the rather vague notions practically every problem with

which the Nations as confronted. "October 10.-Coronet Theatre; as to the value of Singapore,

Among these problems are questions Johnnie Walker in "Captain Fly- Legal Constitutional Reformers will of Mandates, Frontiers, Armin-by-night." Buster Keaton in "The take fresh exninge in reading thatments, and Constitutional Law: Pale Face." the system whereby the Council has Public Health; those niors! qués- hese enlarged by the inclusion of tions which possess political signi. cance, such as the Opium Trade and the Traffic in Women and Children: d, most important of all, the Reonomic and Financial riddles, on the tevessful solution, of which the reecvery of this distructed world dépends. To these last vilal Froblems, Public Finance, Currency Exchanges, pusition of the Central Banks and International Debts, The newly-issued Army Report shows that during 1921 nourly half special attention has been paid the recruits who offered themselves. Moreover, the documents dealing with thean ninot simple statistical for culistinent had to be rejected for compilations. The methods by physical reasons. Not only were! they physically unfit, but their educational attainments were dis thtly less than before the war." That sens distinetly discourage but must be considered part of the price we have had to pay for the preted in the light of the informa tion give. Again, economic and years of fighting, when boys were, nancial Policy, in contrast to left to grow up pretty much as they Results, will be found, first, in the liked. There is no venson to think) that the national physique is grownents represented, of the Inter- statements submitted by the govern ing poorer, for the Ministry national Financial Conference at October 15.-Extraordinary gen Health tells a tale of such vigenous Brussels: conl, in the volumics of cral meetings at Hongkong Hotel, organised and successful attack on Ltd dies as can hardly fail to beat emoranda by the various govern- Pedder Street, of the Flongkong ments describing the extent to Hotel Co., Ltd., and the Shanghai fruit in a more stalwart, generation, which they have been able (during Hotels, Ltd., at 11 a.m. and 11.80) Great Britain may still be too lntch of A. CA, nation, best conditions, the course of the two or three years, a., respectively.

October 19.-Meeting of Credi junceroding the Conference to put point to the fact of an upwa ten the resolution of that Conference tors of the Hongkong Hide and dency in all directions-ivul in the into effect. Finally, in the Monthly Leather Co. Ltd., (in liquidation) at direction of that long-promised Bulletin of Statistics the data given the offices of Messrs. Percy Smith, haven country fit for heroes to

in detail in the annual publications, Seth and Fleming, 5 Queen's Road live in.

Tare summarised and kept up to date., Central, noou.

Tt in obvious that an wheliomation of Limchow-fu.

the present world economie condi-' Linchpwin which has capitated tion can only be accomplished if to a besieging force is one of the authoritative action be backed by

(the full fores of public opinion, and quietest Chinese Cities we ever remember having visited, judging it that public opinion itself founded on from one night residence; when full knowledge of the facts, the quietness of the place seemed These facts any one can learn by a About 30 miles regular reading of League Periculi very pronounced. or so froni Palchoi, conveyance from ca's and Doeninents. The number: one City to the other is generally and nature of the publications done by chair and coolies--both of necessary for any individual would ich decrepitude. The journey by naturally depend upon the extent to motor-bike, if the traveller happens which he intends to follow the work

Another chapter to the crime to have one, is not quite good for of the League and upon the purpose the hike, but excellent for the liver, for which he requires the informa annals of the Colony was written Below, therefore, are sng-last night when four armed robbers The number of Karpeans in and tion. around the place is small and some gested graduated groups of periodi-succeeded in getting away with anxiety will be felt for Miss Bakecals and documents varying in com loot valued at $85 from the second' well who built the Anglican Church pleteness, but in each case suitable floor of No. 29, Yee Chow Street, which is just outside the City and to some type of student. Whereas Sam Shui Po, the residence of a which has been hit by a shell, and one group will meet the demands of Chinese contractor and his family. also Miss Rogers, both of whom are the most exneting specialist, others!

SHIRTS

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"ATLAS SHIRTS," are made in all the LATEST MATERIALS and

in stocked

many SMART There are also and DISTINCTIVE DESIGNS: White Shirts for day, evening and sportswear.

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DRESS SHIRTS

with Stiff or Pleated Fronts are a

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is. the P.M.S. og had its problem in increased rents in which connection it intrudne a Rest Horogoro. WextsDay, CA. 15 Bestriction Ordinance as

12 War!

A COMPARISON.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Club

The attention of Secretaries is drawn to a notice in another part of this issue.

The prospectus of the Hong- kong Technical Institute is to hand subjects taught and staff giving particulars of the session, lecturers.

T

of

MRS. F. SOARES, 49, Haiphong Road, 2nd

Kowloon.

CORRECT LIST.

Coronet Theatre Programme No. 231 issued Saturday to Tuesday October 6 to 9.

World Theatre Programme No. floor-1003 issued Sunday to Tuesday

October 7 to 9.

According to the total number of votes registered, the following ten films were placed in this order:-

1. ROBIN HOOD 2. THE THREE

3.

MUSKETEERS ·

THE KID 4 THE MARK OF ZORRO 5. LITTLE LORD

FAUNTLEROY

6. FOOLISH WIVES

7. HUNTING BIG GAME" IN AFRICA

8. POLLYANNA 9. MOLLY O'

10. NANOOK OF THE

NORTH The following competitors senti in the coupons which, in order of merit, were next to the winner's choice:

-~

L. King,

12, Wellington Street. Cheung Shiu-kit,

Tung Wah Investment Co.,

Canton.

L. E. Hae,

Government Civil Hospital.

H. W. Ray,

The Coronet.

W. Zimmern,

The A. P. C., Hongkong.

M. T. Sin,

General Electric Co. Surjan Singh,

Queen's College.

K. Y. Wong,

74, Des Voeux Road Central. G. Chue,

17, Wong Nei Chong Road. Miss Ophelia Edmunds,

1, Tramway Path. Louis Chan,

Patrons of the three Cinema Theatres, the Coronet, Star and World are advised to retain their programmes and study the number to be found on the front page.

The prizes must be claimed within TWO DAYS from this announce mont, otherwise they will lapse. This, rule will be rigidly enforced in the interest of ciuetun patrons.

Employees of the three cinema are expressly debarred from claim. ing the prize.

CAPTAIN FLY-BY-NIGHT."

COLOURFUL DRAMA AT THE CORONET.

Johnston M'Culley, who wroŤA the story of "Captain Fly-by-Night" Johnnie Walker's starring featura now at the Coronet, scored an even higger success with it than with "the Mark of Zorro," the story he wrote for Douglas Fairbanks.

"Captain My-by-Night" in writ ton round the adventures of a young aristocrat in Southern Californis, omewhat similar to the Fairbanks hit, but the author has contrived to | make the action even more rapid, and the incidents more spectacular, Johnnie Walker, the newest sonsation in the cinerua world, is jomitantly adapted to this kind of romantic drama. And in the course of the play he is given plenty of opportunities for the scenes fairly hum with sword fights, hard riding,

ret plotters, and all the other elements that go to make up the traditional Spanish drama. the of tim prettiest scenes in the picture is a very faithful reproduction of an old-time Spanish "fiesta"-whilst for excitement and realism it would Messrs. Shewan Tomes and Co. be hard to beat the battle between revolutionaries and the Government troops, with the terrified native population fleeing in complete panic from the combatant aven.

The romantic interest is all that cinema in Hongkong and theme can require. There'nre dashing growing popularity of the China caballeros, bewitching senoritas, and musked plotters - Mail's entertaining contest was mysterious forthcoming in the large number plenty-and, of course. Johnvie At the Hongkong Volunteer of votes polled. There were en-Walker is everything that a polish- Headquarters yesterday afternoon, trants from practically all classes od, martial young man should be in 35,000 square feet of Crown land of the community here as well as the lending role.

hy the Marine Magistrate (Com- mander C.W. Beckwith RN.) this morning, for having been unlaw- Tjikarong," fully aboard the s.s. Evidence was given, that he was detected stealing money from the second officer's cabin.

A Chinese was sentenced to well known in Hongkong. Probeater for the ore modest require- Jably both ladies are safe at Pakhoi ments of the ran whose interest is two montlis' jail with hard labour where there is a beneficent work at presont (and, we hope, only at being done among lepers by the present) nire general than parti- Mission Hospital- work which to enbar. those who have seen lopers in all conditions of their kathsome disease excites a profound sympathy. News! of what has happened since the City was taken will be awaited with interest.

1. The simplest and most read

able-in fact, a popular ac- epht of all activities in the Monthly Summary, a subscrip- tion to which is 5s. per anim.

the

PULL OF THE CINEMA.

Evidence of the attraction of the

2. A fuller, partially documented.

order should include Monthly Summary, the Re- at Pokfulum were sold by auction in Canton and Macao. port to the Assembly on the by Mr. Parker Rees, Superinten- dent of Crown Lands. Bidding Work of the Council": and started from the upset price of the Resolutions and Recom- $11,500 and was moderately brisk. mendations adopted by the The land was sold to Mr. Chan Assembly."

Iu-yee for $27,200.

3. A still more documented record

(Here Fittle is Brst.)

What

1

At a meeting of the Sanitary Board yesterday, Mr. G. R. Sayer, the Chairman, read a letter from the Government relating to an application for the installation of a

COMPETITORS' TASTES.

Roumatic drama of this kind lalways has a strong appeal, and "Captain, Fly-by-Night is indubit- ably a first class attraction..

It will be shown ad the Coronet until Saturday,

As will be seen from the result Douglas of the poll there is a

taste

of

Care in writing and typewriting.

wonld be appreciated. Harold Lloyd. Curious features Alterations or erasions of any of the vote were that those who kind should be entirely avoided. favoured Foolish Wives usually in-

cluded Atlantide.

PLEASE NOTE!

Nobody forecasted the whole list correctly although some bad the ten chosen by all the entrants, but not in the right order throughout. More than half-if not even higher

Nome-de-plumes are unnecessary as competitors can send in as many coupons as they wish. The chance of the prize being divided is extremely remote and no pur pose would be served by using any but the proper name,

THE RUNNING.

water closet on the Peak stating that the situation as regards the water supply had now so far im- proved as to admit of the applica- tion being granted. There was no other business of public interest.

After the first batch of votes had to the Chairman, were the Hon. Mr. put it in the first place. The Kid's been registered there Was The members present, in addition of those who picked Robin Hood, H. T. Creasy (Director of Public final position was a pitfall to many doubt that Robin Hood would win Works), Mr. S. W. Tso, Mr. Wong and another unlooked for stumbl- although Doug's other picture, The Kwong-tin, Dr. W. W. Pearse (Medical Officer of Health) and Mr. J. A. Fraser (Secretary).

起

DO

mesosure, and which is now dis-Pacifist Novels. continued. The decision has caused j We are all more or less familiar a certain amount of hership but with what we may term the pre the step was inevitable and the pagulist novel-the novel, which, Budget time in the P.M.8. has Government has been driven to the in the guise of a more or less inter- esting story, seeks to point out the synchronised with that of long- conclusion that the only logical and neal of pressing reforms in certain

would include the Monthly The Manila Times says: Each Fairbanks boom. At any rate the kong and it is interesting to note eetmondpally sound solution of the directions, or preveles sone needed

Summary: Minutes of the individual in the Philippines smok-ajority of lady entrants pinned

It would be point out the remote possibility of what flis, Excellency Sir Laurence Housing Question is to encourage Rocial doctrine, or exposes alleged

Session of the Council foon-ed 220 cigarettes and four cigars, their faith to him.

difficult to

define the such a coupon winning as the So evils. Charles Dickens in his own

tained in the Official Journal, drank one-half liter of distilled

the sterner Guillemard bag bud to say in intro-building by private investors.

sex, order in which the placed items time adopted the method, whilst in

Annual subscription, £2 10s.): spirits, and consumed 27 kilos of thing the estimates for the coming long as Rent Restriction was nun- our own day, and writing From-

of thems a good many

were appear is just as important as and Records of the Plenary raw tobacco during the first six chivalrous enough to give pride of guessing what items will be in the year to the members of the Legisbeing there was a strong induce- mentory, the name of Eden Phill

France is now said to

Meetings of the Assembly. months of this year, according to five Council duly assembled. The ment to investors not to put their pots occur.

4. A combination giving records internal revenue figures. These place to films in which actresses correct solution.

Chinese competitors were stars. of all final actions of the calculations are made on the basis invariably had a warm spot for the and the use of ink in preference to revenue for the year is expected to money into this form of property, De experiencing a deluge of Pacifist novels, which after un initial

League and discussions lead of 10,000,000 population for the comedians, Charlie Chaplin, and pencil exceed the expenditure by about one, Cur own Rents Ordinance is not attempt either to suppress, of

ing up to it would include the Philippines. and a half million dollars, us conn-War measure, and its introduction hoyeaft them, are finding much

Monthly Summary, Official A two-volume novel pared with Hongkong's deficit over was made with due apology of its favoury

· Journal (1923, £2 10%) Re- revenue of almost double that sun. possible limited life in view of the dedicated by the andbor to his friend

cords of the Assembly," in hatred of war" has been the In addition it is anticipated that at fact that it was against all principles of founding a "League of

We hope the suggestion will be Another novel considered by our readers, the end of this year the assets of the of economic procedure and likely toj Duiversal Pence." Colony will exceed its abilities by interfere with the laws of supply is dedicateid te thuse who call the Colony freds is a branch of the

Jague of Nations Union. almost $60 million, of which some and demand, and probably divert themselves Christiane and is a story of much poignancy, The! $49 million will be liquid, although capital to other sources of profit qut-third is in diary form and has its it is pointed out, that the Govern- side the Colony. This hitter view ownerticular appeal. The authors To-day's Poem, ment is committed to considerable. was strongly supported, but events all ærved in the war, and their extraordinary expenditure, and to have not borne out the prediction, denunciations of war and the war He that is down neods fear no fall,

temper have a background of per- He that in low, no pride; loans of large atuounts in the near; dne, probably to the uses of the sonal experience which cannot be He that is humbis ever shall

the fact impugued whatever connection and boom, and also to

may be Hovo God to be his guide. future, especially in with Water Supplies in all Settle which we think will hardly be dis-thought of their arguments or their menta, in which case it is advised puted that in the main the genus interpretation of events. They are winning approval in war-soaked that to obtain a thorough grasp of investor has either been ousted by Franco, and helping to shed a new the real strength of the position it or taken on the role of speculator, tight on the institution and spirit of is well to treat the amount of cash a fret which should not be over-war. involved in that extraordinary booked when the time

seriously to consider the continuance expenditure as represented by an

The League of Nations.

Mr. Delisle Barns, author of ear-marked portion of the surplus., or otherwise of the Rents Ordinance, Like dur own Public Works

** International Politics," etc.,, The figures of income and expendi ture for 1924 approximate to those Department, that of the F.M.S. is speaking at Oxford recently, com of Hongkong being $27,350,545, apparently the largest spending pared public indifference to the department, a sum of $7.859,000 | League of Nations to that of the and $28,381,030, respectively.

fallen from the top of the house to Untike Hongkong there has been, being provided in the Annual man who, tok that his wife had and is, no land boom in the F.M.S., Estimates for Public Works: It is her death in the street below, re- and this but strengthens and gives interesting to observe the tone of marked, "Cook, only one egg this which permeates the morning, please." Some persons, added weight to the surious words optinian

it is truo, regard the League as a 1778. remarks made in touching sleeping Endymion on whom the given utterance to by our own

the Powers may periodically imprint Governor in poferring to the such important subjects as

Trude of the Colony, which show diplomatic kis, but even these| “Culpny`rland-boom--Bir-Laurence

signs of unprovement, and the ques-more-enlightened thinkers ignore Guillemand reports that no sales of

tion of unemployment, whieh in the League idea as a vital force in Crown Land took place during the view of better trade conditions, is International Politics. Probably the apathy of the first class and the year, and that the land markets considered not so pressing as it was illusions of the second are in the Juzna donramed. In spite of a year or eighteen months ago. All main due to ignorance. Yet it is

coines

I

am contoot with what I have, Little be it ur much: And, Lord, contentment still I

crave,

Because Thou savest such.

Fullness to such a burden is That go on pilgrimage: Here little, and hereafter blisk,

Is best from age to nge.

-JOHN BUNYAN.

WEATHER CALENDAR.

OCTOBER 10. There was this day, the most terrible star of wind and rain-that I ever remember. It made such an awful iru- „pression on us all, as to pro- duce, for some time, kind of diamal quietness in the house. The day was passed without much conversation. Boswell. Island of Col..

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs. H. E. Scriven and Mr. V.1 Farley returned to the Colony by the St Albans."

Ing block was the place it occupied Three Musketeers, refused to be in relation to the Fairbanks shaken off but it never really pictures. Quite a large number threatened danger. The Kid and had the first four films in the first The Mark of Zorro had a close race four places but mostly in an in- throughout, both having the lead. correct order. Where other com-on several occasions, but The Kid. petitors lost out was in placing was more favoured by the last Robin Hood, The Three batch of coupons and thus took Musketeers and The Mark of third place a fair distance behind. Zorro too far down and attaching second. There was a big gap be- too much importance to Nanook of tween fourth and fifth but only the Mr. and Mrs. O'Dell, Mr. F. A. the North and Hunting Big Game smallest of margins separated. in Africa. Another criterion of Little Lord Fauntleroy, Foolish. Tobias, Mr. G. Gibson, Mr. Joc cinema tastes, which may only be a Wives and Hunting Big Game in

Dr. Gubbay and

and Mrs.

coincidence is that competitors Africa, three films of entirely McCandliss were passengers on who includedLittleLordFauntleroy different character. As they were the outgoing "President Tait."

and Twin Beds, put them fairly written next to one another on the high,

adjudicators' chart, excitement was A few individual votes were kept up till the end as there was rendered vold through being put never more than twenty votes be twice in the same coupon. The tween the three. Much further coupon itself was not disqualified back was Pollyanna, slightly ahead but the repetition of a film which of Molly O which in turn barely had been included in the same beat the Esquimaux film by a nar coupon --was neglected, both for row verdict. Outside of the winning hall and comparison with the ten, close up and placed at small

***** Tegula stutervals were TNT}{ There were two or three lists Atlantide and The Pilgrim, Next written out in alphabetical order, to these were Carnival, While New The rules and explanation will York Sleeps and The Iron Trail.

PASSENGERS.

DEPARTURES.

---Per-Er& Aasafura" on Oc

Mr and Ms E, a fel-nders, Mr. Beale, Miss F. Bond, Mr F. I. Decker, us H. 0. 1. Milm, Mr F. L. Dubstaff, WrH. C. Thomann, & fas M. N. T. Carter

and Mr J. 8. Scott.

correct solution.