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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1928.

700 TOURISTS.

Arrive On World Cruises

To-morrow.

"BELGENLAND" DELAYED.

Coincident Arrival With "Empress Of Australia.”

PEAK GARAGE.

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HEART OF ASIA,

SVEN HEDIN'S TOUR OF EXPLORATION.

NOW IN SINKIANG.

THE CHINA MAIL.

CINEMA NOTES,

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS IN "THE GAUCHO," -

AMBASSADOR'S TRIBUTE.

Local Stockholm, Yesterday. A telegrama has been received

deration the open space reserved for manoeuvring purposes. Rooms are also being provided for a limit- ed number of chauffeurs, Your Directors feel that this garage will be a great boon to owners of cars at the Peak, and particularly to here from Sven Hedin, who in the those who drive their own machines, The Red Star liner 8.8. "Belgen-1 is not intended to compete with spring of last year set out with a land,"

which was due in Hong the established garages in the great scientific expedition to ex- Kung to-day in the course of her Colony and no provision has been plore little known deserts in the round-the-world cruise, will not made for repair, shops, but facili arrive here until to-morrow at 6 ties will be arranged for obtaining heart of Asia. ...m. Owing to foggy wenther ordinary supplies.

the "Belgealand" was day behind schedule in leaving :Shanghai.

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B

Court Case Issue.

however,

A New Director.

YUGO-SLAV LOAN.

£50,000,000 TO BE ISSUED.

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Shadows Before

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED

IN THE "MAIL.”

Banvard Musical, Comedy Com- pany presents "Katja, The Danber," Theatre Royal, City Hall, 9.16 p.m.

· To-day—Queen's Theatre; "The Gaucho.",

To-day-Star⠀⠀| Theatre; Man Upstairs.".

To-day Musicale at Helena

+

The

May Institute, 5.80 p.m.

To-day -- World Theatre; "Blarney."

February 11-Concert and dance, Ellot Hall, H.K. University, 8.p.m. February 12-18-Star Theatre;

"Barbara Frietchie." "Mantrap."

· February 12-13-World Theatre;"

tre; "Two Arabian Knights."

February 12-14-Queen's Then-

February 14-15 Star Theatre; "Ho Who Gets Slapped."

February 14-15-World Theatre; "Fascinating Youth".

February 15-18 Queen'o Thea- tra; "The Magle Flame."

February 16-18-Star Theatre;

Gods." February 16-18—World Theatro;' "Yolanda."

February 25 Craigengower Cricket Club's annual Bachelors' Dance.

Sports,

spoon

cinema-goers will interested to read the following the Ambassador for Spain imme- tribute paid to "The Gaucho" by diately after seeing the picture.

"I know El Gaucho, the spirit of the character, its meaning and may I add that besides the picture being most charming, it la, moat He states that he arrived safe delightful in its faithfulness, and ty in the Hami, Sinkiang, Easternmost convincing in its intelligent the position in regard to the rights the eastern border of the province Please accept may congratulations." Last year I referred briefly to Turkestan, from Patahchow, on handling. Bealdes its being artistic and, picturesque, It is very human. The schedule will be alhered to

of appointment of a successor so far as the departure from Hong which the late Sir Paul Chater held of Shansi. His ultimate objective "The Gaucho" is a capital story Kong is concerned, the tourists in respect of his position of "Peria Urumtsi, 350 miles from Hami, of adventure and romance in South leaving here at 6 p.m. on Tues-manent and Managing Director" of

three The expedition is composed of America

generations ago; day, giving five clear days for pri- this Company. I mentioned that vate "excursions," rides round the we had been advised that the ap- Swedish, German and Chinese ex-with Douglas Fairbankens a bandit island, the New Territories and pointments he made were not legal, perts in geography, meteorology strength against a dictator to win the Peak, and trips to Can- The position was later tested in ton and Mueno.

court, and judgment given in and archaeology and is eqlupped both love and treasure.

with hundreds of camels. They Thie entertaining film will be As the "Empress of Australia" favour of this Company. is also due in Hong Kong on Fri-

decision, The

has encountered "enormous difcu-screened at the Queen's Theatre day in the course of her worki been appealed against and the tics," and were delayed 50 days.until Saturday. Attention is to be

be heard ut an Reuter.

drawn to the special times for per cruise, there will be somewhat of appeal will

early date. As the matter an "inundation" of visitors has not yet been finally Bet

[Note: Urumtsi, which is also formances, namely 2.30, 5.00, 7.15 The picture begins seven hundred in all, the numbers led out auditors have desired us spelt Urumchi, is in about Lat. 48 and 9.30. being equally divided between the lo show as a contingent liability the N., Long. 87% E. Sinkiang is promptly after the overture. two tourist ships.

amount involved up to the end of one of the five divisions of the The "Belgenland," which is the 1927. You will see a note regard-Chinese Republic, China Proper

"THE MAN UPSTAIRS."

February 12-Monthly largest steamer to navigate the ing this at the bottom of the bal-being another. It adjoins the

Written by the author of "Seven Rifle Club, Peak Range, 9.30 a.m.

shoot of No. 2 Platoon (H.K.V.D.C.) globe, has called at Hong Kong in ance alieet but I may add that no north-west of China Proper, be- previous years on the occasion of provision has been made in the ing on the way towards Central Keys to Baldpate" and "The Chin-

February 18, 14, 15, 18— Hong] round-the-world cruises. This is accounts.

Asia. The expedition has already ese Parrot," the new picture at the Kong. Jockey Club Race Meeting, her fourth voyage round the

Happy Valley, When Prince's Building was ac-Crossed hundreds of miles and will Star Theatre to-day, "The Man

February world, New York having been left quired, your Directors invited Mr. have to pass over vast expanses Upstairs," offers plenty of thrills

Match: 17- Golf December 14. Three new. E. Joseph, who was

at Bogey Competition Managing, of desert and several mountain, and boughs, keeping the audience in Ladies

until the surprising Fanling. ports will be visited on this voy-Director of the Prince's Building ranges including the famous Tien susponse

February 25-Firat Extra Race age which will take 134 days in Company, to join our Board. and Shan, which means "Mountains climax. "The Agony Column" in a all.

Bangkok, Athena and For-his name will come before you to of Heaven."]

daily newspaper brings together Meeting, Happy Valley. mosa are to be visited and, by ar- day for election. Mr. Joseph has

two young people in search of

Lammerls' Auctions, rangement with the Japanese had very considerable experience

romance and adventure. To gratify February 10-At Sales Room, Government the steamer is being in property matters and his pre-

the young lady's thirst for excite-Duddell Street, a large and valu- allowed to call at the sacred city sence on the Board is of great value

ment, the hero creater a mysterious able collection of Curios, 230 p.m. of Miyajima.

to the Company.

murder for which he is sent to: February 10--At Sales Room, prison! Later it develops that the Duddeli Street, a valuable Collec- girl had decided to play a joke on tion of Postage stamps, 5.15 p.m. him, and having teated his courage

Hughes & Hough's Auction. and wits, promises to marry him March 1-At Auction Room, Ice ing players are Monte Blue and property situate in Peak District, .Belgrade, Yesterday.

Dorothy Devore, and the support- In connection with the agreement Ing cast is an excellent one, Includ Shareholder's Tribute.

concluded at Belgrade for the new ing Reinie Conklin, John Roche, to rule the world from her wide port and accounts, Mr. W. H. Bell works loan, it is understood that

Seconding the adoption of the re- Yugo-Slav stabilisation and public and Helen Dunbar. decks. But she was never com-caid he did so with very great the Anglo-American banking. pleted until after the war, when pleasure. He considered, in view groups concerned have agreed to Great Britain aequired her among of the very difficult times they had issue the loan up to £50,000,000, the

February 18-Ninth Ordinary "Blarney," which comes to the Meeting of shareholders of the other subsidies from Germany had during the last few years, the first instalment to be $12,000,000 World Theatre to-day as the feature Bank of East Asia, Ltd., 10, Des and sold her to the Canadian accounts were remarkably aound to be issued before April 1.

attraction until Saturday is a Voeux Road Central, 3.80 p.m. Pacific. The "Empress of Aus-and reflected the highest credit on The groups Include Rothschilds, stirring romance, of the bare

Lammert's Auctions. tralia" is internationally known the management.

Baring Brothers, Henry Schroeder

February 21-General Meeting for her sumptuous furnishings Thoir Chairman, continued Mr. and Company, Hambros of Lon- knuckle days of prize fighting. The and spaciousness of her state-soon and going to London to take National Bank and the Kunn Lost Don Byrne, is considered the classic R.E. Theatre, Wellington Barracks. Bell, was leaving the Colony very don, Blair and Company, the Chage story Itself, which was written by of the Royal Artillery Association, rooms. Her accommodations are charge there of the interests of combustion of New York-Reuter. of the prize ring. Ralph Graves, February 25-Ordinary yearly .club-like, which means luxurious Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. In all

meeting of shareholders in the one of the newest and most inter- Hong Kong & Shanghai Corpora- living. She is 615 feet long, 75 probability this would be the last

esting of male graduates from tion, at City Hall, noon, feet wide and has a gross tonnage occasion on which he would take

comedies, plays the 'role of of 21,855 tons. Passenger ac- the chair at the annual meeting of

Carrabine, while Renee Adoree, -commodation is distributed over the Company. As head of Jardine

noted for her recent work in "The seven decks, but owing to the Matheson's and as Chairman of limited, exclusive membership, their Company, Mr. Bernard had a

Big Parade," plays the heroine, Peggy Nolan. "Blarney" is 8 only six are being used for the very great sny in the direction of the affairs of the Land Investment

dramatic tale with a backing of Prominent Passengers.

Company and in view of the very

sporting life in the 80's and scored difficult times through which they

Washington, Yesterday. a sensation en Its first appearanchers of St. David's Society, Lane, Those of the British nobility had passed, he thought they should Costes and Lebrix have arrived as aboard are the Earl and Countess congratulate Mr. Bernard on the and were received by the Secre- which it was published in pook Crawford's Restaurant, 8 p.m.

a magazine story, following of Pembroke and Montgomery, great success with which he had taries for War and the Navy, Am-form the Earl of Rosslyn, Lady directed the affairs of the Company baseador Claudel, the acting Secre- Williams-Taylor of Montreal and (Applause). On behalf of the tary of State, and many dying off- Sir Elly Kadoorie of Shanghai. shareholders

wished Mr. Other nobility include Prince Bernard a pleasant voyage and holi Rodolfe de Drago and Prince ay; they were confident that when Jerome Rospigliosi of Italy, Baron efforts would be attended by the Mr. Bernard resumed work, his and Baroness d'Foucaucourt of same success as they had been in Paris and Count Carl Stromfelt of Hong Kong. (Applause). Sweden.

Mr. Bernard, in reply, thanked, Passengers on the "Belgenland" Mr. Bell for his kind remarks and include:-

the shareholders for the kind man- ner of their reception. The credit for the management of this Com- any rested with the Board who studied every matter with great care and any credit was due to the Board as a whole..

I do not think there are any First World Cruise.

other matters that call for comment Though this is her first world and now beg to propose the adop cruise, the "Empress of Austration of the Report and Accounts as lin" is well known on the Pacific, presented. When this has been having plied the regular Canadian seconded I shall be pleased to ANGLO-AMERICAN SUPPORT. to atone for her prank. The lead-House Street, valuable leasehold Pacific trade run between Van-answer to the best of my ability any questions which shareholders: couver and Hong Kong until 1926. may wish to ask. Built at Stettin in 1919 as the "Tirpitz," the ex-Kaiser planned

-cruise.

he

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart W. Cramer of Cramerton, N. C. Mr. Cramer ia a graduate of Annapolis and room mate there of Secretary of the Navy Wilbur. As a mechani- ∙cal engineer he equipped most of the cotton mills in the South. For

Other Business, Other business included the con- a year he was president of the firmation of the appointment of Mr. Cotton Manufacturers' Associa- J. E. Joseph as member of the tion. Founder of the town of Board, re-election of Mr. A. H. Cramerton, N. C... Cramer has Compton and Sir Robert Ho Tung many friends in Shanghai.

as directors and re-election of

AT WASHINGTON.

THE FRENCH FLYERS ARRIVE.

cera-Reutor.

RUSSIAN PRIEST.

SENTENCED TO DEATH BY SOVIET.

DOESN'T MIND!

"BLARNEY."

"TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS."

3 p.m.

Meetings.

February 16-Thirtieth annual meeting of the "Star" Ferry Co., Ltd., at the offices of Messrs. Jar- dine, Mathecan, & Co., Ltd., 12.80 p.m.

Miscellaneous.

February 17-Annual dinner. of St. Peter'a Young Men's Club at Lane, Crawford's Restaurant.

February 23-Annual Show of flowers and vegetables at Volunteer Headquarters.

March 1-Annual dinner of mem-

'QUEEN HIGH.”

THE BANVARDS AT

THEATRE ROYAL

At the Theatre Royal last night' the Banvard Musical Comedy Com- pany, presented a rollicking comedy which with a swing from beginning to end, to a good if not full-sized "house.""

Con-

According to a special advertise- ment in this issue, another comedy somewhat on the lines of "Behind the Front" and "We're in The Navy Now" will be screened at the Queen's Theatre from Sunday to Wednesday. This is "Two Arablan Knights," a comedy of two soldiers who escape from prison camp, and Riga, Yesterday.

after many adventures, ultimately The Soviet court at Parm has arrive in Arabia. Then follows a

the Russian series of comic adventures our of two partners in a garter-manu

The plot, is there be any, is that sentenced to death priest Konukhov, who was charged rounding the private's courtship facturing business who are with having served the Tsarist with 'an Emir's daughter. The tinually disagreeing as to who is secret police-Reuter.

leading players aro William Boyd, the "number one" of the concern. popular screen star, Louis Wolheim, Love interest is provided by the the original "Captain Flagg" of the niece of one and the nephew of the stage play, "What Price Glory?" other. On consulting the family and Mary Astor, leading lady for lawyer, this worthy auggests that Douglas Fairbanks in "Don Q," and the partners play a game of poker to decide who is the number one" Barrymore

-the loser to serve the other as a butler for a year. This is agreed: upon, and "the hands are dealt, | hence the cums “Queen' High@***** When the butler takes up his duty, the fun becomes fast and furious, the "master" becoming jealous of the "butler's" attentions: "to his wife. However, there is a

aplendid: reconciliation. Captain Adrian Zeeder and

As the partners, Mr. Frank At wife. Captain Zeeder is retired

kinson and Mr John Hagan, azo and was one of the best known

with taking part in the rob- from all parts of the country Indi- excellent and the alece and nephew sea captains of seven seas." He

The text of the Franco-Americanbery, whilst in the case of cate a great decline in Christmas are well played by Miss Winifred was commander of the Mongolia, arbitration treaty has been issued the fourth, man acting Inspector drinking this year. Less. alcohol Dalle and Mr. William Senior. Manchuria and the Siberia and provides that any dispute when J. Murphy asked for leave to re- has been consumed than at any Miss Kathleen D'Arcy is a capital Sig. Juan Marin Balmas, ordinary diplomatic proceedings duce the charge against him to previous Christmas since prohibi-wife of the married, partner. Mr. "Barcelona, Spain. Large paper have failed, shall be referred to niding and abetting in the robbery, that this is due primarily to a grow- Claire Leslie as a servant-girl, and tion became law. It is believed Lew Marks as the lawyer, Ming the permanent international com- and being an accessory after the ing fear of poisoned bootleg whisky. Mr. Victor Hagan se an employee Mr. Clarence H. Coope, pre-mission created by the Bryan ar fact. The third man had a fur Only seven deaths are reported in all perform well.

bitration treaty of 1914.

ther charge against him of having New York and a similar number in

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Than- Mesars. Percy Smith, Seth and houser and daughter Marie. Fleming and Messrs. Linstead & Thanhouser is a large firm mag- Davis as auditors at a remunera- net in New York and one of the tian of $750 each.

pioneers in the motion picture in-

.dustry.

Hon.

ALLEGED PIRATES. SENT FOR TRIAL.

The four Chinese charged with zalazak podrant | being concerned in the recent raid Mrs. Yeater. Sedalia, Mo. Mr. FRANCE & AMERICA, on a cargo junk near Futaumun

Charles E. Yeater and

Yeater was one time governor of the Philippines.

"manufacturer,

sident of the Banks of Hawaii.

TEXT OF ARBITRATION

TREATY.

Paris, Yesterday,

were this morning committed to the Criminal Sessions by Mr. R. E. Lindsell...

The first, three men were charged

John Brummel."

in

"Beau

ALCOHOL DEATHS.

NEARLY 100 VICTIMS IN U.S.

"A HOLIDAYS.) ang

New York, Dec. 28. Reports received in Washington

Arbitration procedure will not returned from banishment after Chicago due to liquor. The total Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Simonton, apply to questions falling under the being sent away for ten years, death-roll throughout the country We regret to record the death of Wilmington, Del. Traffic mana-national jurisdiction of either ger of the Dupont Powder Co., party secondly, questions affecting After all the accused had been estimated at fewer than 100. Mr. William Divens, of Jardine, and state senator from Delaware. the interests of a third power; duly cautioned, they were asked if Mr. Doran, the prohibition com-

Mr. and Mrs. Warren F. thirdly, matters.depending McTrath and their daughters, affecting the maintenance of the

on or they had any statement to make,missioner, announces that the Gov-Mathieson & Co., who passed away First accused ropiled: I have ernment has rescinded the order to from pneumors at Wuhu, of the Mildred, Margaret, Charlotte, and Monroe Doctrine or the observance not much to say except that I don't trial alcohol in order to prevent Ita

put a certain substance in Indus- age of 49, Albertina, from Los Angeles, France's engagements in con- mind if I am sent to prison. use as a beverage, because the sub- Dr. George Sollett, U. S. District California.

formity with the Lengue: Coven- The Magistrate remarked that stance is a poison. Another sub Attorney,Shanghai, proposes to Mr. Ben Marshall, Chicago, ant-Reuter.

the mecused would mind if he were stance which is unpalatable but leave for America, to con- with son. He is one of the most

shots

suke harmless, will be substituted, duet the prosecution of Mr noted architects in America and

Second, and third accused had There were fifty deaths from Leonard Husar, formerly U. 8. built the Drake Hotel.

nothing to say, the drinking poisoned alcohol or District Attorney there, who waR CON- Fourth sccused said that he was undertaker cocktails reported viated last year on a charge of brl- Mrs. Lenya Castro, a Portu not a robber buttwell-known year in the elties of New York, CHL bery involving Tis-84,000 tand]

|during the Christmas holidays last guese girl, residing in 312 Nathan Asherman in Shaukiwan isboat Road, was bitten on the leg by a dog was cited whilst he was asleep as vestigation was pro owned by Fr. Famedios of the Putoho and both he and his father in the millsgation same address. The dog was sent were forced to work for the rob used by the Governm to Matao-Kok for examination. berz.

Mr. and Mrs. F. McFadden, Washington, D. C. Journalist...

Hal Roach, moving picture pro- ducer will join the ship at Hong Kong

J. A. Cabell of Virginia, cousin of James Branch Cabell.

GIRL BITTEN BY DOG.

cago and Detroit. And oficial in sentenced to a term in the Federal concern: prison at McNeil's Ieland, Mr. Husar's appeal ic set for March 20 make

the Appellate Court of San Fran-

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