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Ol' Man River--Fax Trot

(from Show Boat) With Vocal Refrain, Make Believe-Fox Trot

(from Shose Bout) With Vocal-Refrain

PAUL WHITEMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRÉ No. 21218, 10-Inch

Ramona-Walte With Vocal Refrain Lonely Melody-Fox Trot

PAUL WHITEMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA, No. 21214, 10-inch

There Must Be a Silver Lining (That's Shining for Me)

WARING'S PENNSYLVANIANE Fox Trot. With Vocal Refrain My Stormy Weather Fal-Waltz With Vocal Refrain

JOHNNY JOHNSON AND HIS STATLER PENNSYLVANIANE

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Together-Waltz With Vocal Refrain

WARING'S PENNSYLVANIANS Dear, On a Night Like This-Fox Trot With Vocal Refrain

THE TROUBADOURS No. 21213, 10inch

Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man-Fax Trot (from Show Boat),

With Vocal Refrain

Why Do I Love Yon-Fox Trot (from Show Boat)

With Vocal Refrain NAT SHILKIET AND THE VICTOR ORCHESTRA

No. 21215, 10-inch

Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella (On a Rainy Day)

Fox Trot With Vocal Refrain

ROGER WOLFE KARN AND HIS ORCHESTRA The Man I Love-Fox Trot (from Strike Up the Bund)

THE TROUHIDOURS Na. 21233,-10-inch Smile-Fox Trot With Vocal Chorus Away Down South in Heaven Fox Trot With Vocal Refrain

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PAUL WHITEMAN and His Orchestra'

THE VIRGINIANS

After My Laughter Came Tears-Fox Trot

With Vocal Chorus

In the Sing Song Sycamore Tree-For Trot

With Vocal Refrain

No. 21219, 10inch

THE VIRGINIANS

I Just Roll Along (Havin' My Ups and Downs)

Fox Trot With Vocal Refrain

My Melancholy Baby-For Trut With Vocal Refrain

ALL STAR Orchestra No. 21212, 10-inch Everywhere You Go-Fox Trot WUk Vocal Refrain

FRANKIE MASTERS AND HIS ORCHESTRA Beautiful-Fox Trot JACK CRAWFORD, AND HIS ORCHESTRA, No. 21217, 10-ánch

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MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1928,

C.P. LINER DAMAGED IN

ATLANTIC.

DISASTER AVERTED.

London, Saturday.

TRAGEDIES.

SUICIDE OF TWO OLD CHINA HANDS.

DISTRESSING EVENTS.

the "Bremen," all the more hon-|| STRIKES ICEBERG ! our and glory is due to those par- ticipating. We are still a long way from the time when flying the Atlantic, either from the cast for the west, will be regarded as safe and practical, and it is prob- able that the aeroplane will never

The tragic death occurred on be the best machine for non-stop Montrose docked at Liverpool the Chinese Maritime Customs, The Canadian Pacific liner (the 8th inst. of Mr. G. Mottram of flights over such a wide and dan-with bows crashed in from just whose dead body was found sus gerous waste of water, though it above the waterline. The upper pended from the verandah door will probably answer the purpose part was crushed backwards twenty lintel of his quarters, 4, West when the big floating landing (feet, the superstructure was smagh-End-lane, about 9.80 o'clock. Life stages are placed at certained in and steel plates were buckled. was extinct when the body was There was a gaping hole, high up cut down by other inmates of the points of the ocean. Meanwhile, from the water, one anchor was house. At the inquest held on the as we are still largely in the ex-gone and the other was forced into premises, by Mr. I. T. Morris, perimental stages of such events the plates which had crumpled like H. M.,Coroner, evidence of iden-

tification was heard. all honour to the pioneers, such tin.

It was learned that the liner It seems, according to investi- as Lindbergh and others who have strack an iceberg on Monday when gations made, that deceased's boy flown from America to Europe three days out from St. Johns, brought him breakfast about 8.30 a.m. He exhibited displeasure and to the crew of the "Bremen:"New Brunswick. Two members of and ordered the boy to bring him also to Costes and Lebrix, who the crew were crushed to death

eggs. In a disgruntled manner, have proved the practicability of and two passengers were slightly he asked the boy where his money flying over vast spaces in remark- ably good time.

Regionalism.

injured.

There were two icebergs, and the was. The boy replied that it was in a drawer and brought him $30 Captain instantly steered for the in notes. These deceased tore smaller one which the ship struck into bits. bows on and split,

Depression Over Divorce, If the ship had gone between the! The boy, not suspecting any- icebergs the sides would have been thing, although he thought There has been, as we expeated, ripped, and there would have been'deceased had acted in a strange manner, left the room to get the much comment upon the recent another "Titanic" disaster.

After the collision the Captain eggs. He returned and found the conversations between

Hong backed the ship and lifebonts were floor locked. There was no res- Kong and Canton in the foreign swung out and life belts donned: 'ponse to his knock. The boy then

informed Press in China, and one phase of there was no panie.

the landlord, Mr. it has taken the form of an at-

Following examination it was Colman, who also knocked on the tack upon what is called Region- and the ship arrived at Liverpool an adjoining room and on to the

decided to continue the voyage, door. Mr. Colman went through alism and the advocacy of what only a few hours late.

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verandah, and saw deceased hanging between the verandah

is called national unity. What is The Iceberg towered, nearly advocated in Hong Kong is, of hundred feet over course, a system of local auto-over a hundred tons of ice had to

the ship, and and the room. nomy for certain defined areas in be moved after the smash-Reuter,

Further Details.

London, Yesterday, The Captain was faced with the

Mr. Colman called another man, and together they cut down the body. They notified the police and called a physician, but life was extinct.

The late Mr. Mottram was an

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China and this is nothing more or less than regionalism. And it is advocated, we take it, because it illuminating in this respect has strikes us as the best thing that been the wonderfully rapid flight can happen in the circumstances. alternative of steaming between old China band, and had been of the Frenchmen, Coates and Regionalism, of course, is full of large icebergs with the possibility connected with the Maritime Cus

pitfalls, whatever its degree of of them ripping open the sides of toms for 26 years. Lebrix, who in little more than acceptance, as would be the pur- his vessel or of meeting smaller years of age and was born in Man- six days actually travelled from stance of a policy directed at na-bergs in an almost-on collision. He chester. It is understood that de- tional unity. The point is that chose the latter course, and those ceased returned from Home leave Overland China Mail. Tokyo to Paris-a very large por- the latter is so obviously unobtain- on board believe that the wreck of about month ago and that, be tion of the journey being by able at present or in the relatively the "Montrose" under conditions had brooded because his wife had

which the secured a divorce in England. long non-stop stages. It is, of near future. It is the thankless similar to those in

(in 1912)

Supposed Poisoning. course, a personal triumph for and difficult duty of our diplo- "Titanic" met her fale

mats and other Governmental ser-was thereby prevented. Great ex- Another inquest also was held those who engaged in the two vants, as well as the Press, to deal citement prevailed on board, but by Mr. I. T. Morris, H. M. Coron- flights - which unquestionably with conditions as they are and there was no panie. Two of the er, over the remains of Mr. W. J. point to an advance in the now Everybody would be gratified to pact and two passengers were in- Hospital about 7.50 a.m. on the not as we would like them to be. crew were killed owing to the im- Paul, who died in the General highly developed art of aviation; see a unified China, every foreign jured.-British Wireless Service,

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BIRTH.

but it is even a greater triumph observer, that is; but how much for those engaged in the construc-are the Chinese doing to attain that most desirable objective? tion of aeroplanes, as evidently Very little, as we know, and, in there has now evolved machinery the circumstances, a policy of capable of doing almost anything local autonomy is the next best thing. As we have proved here in the air. The advance made in in the South, regionalism, provid the science of aviation during the ed the administrators concerned past twenty years is astounding. are allowed to practise it, is at-

Prior to the Great War flying tended by at least some measure of settledness. It would not be

whole.

VALEDICTORY.

WELL-KNOWN CIVIL ENGINEER,

8th inst. Only evidence identification was taken.

of

It seems that deceased, who formerly was an employee of the B.A.T., had not been employed for nearly two years. Mr. da Costa, landlord of the house at 14 Kwen- ming Li, an alleyway off Dixwell- Iran, reported to Harbin-road police station that deceased ap- parently had taken poison. Det.- Mr. Lawrence Gibb, who left the Servt. Cummings investigated Colony on retirement on Thursday, and had deceased, who was uncon--

MR. LAWRENCE GIBB.

was still in its incipient stages. logical or right to reject the part has supervised many engineering scious, removed to hospital. From We had neither the machines nor because we cannot get the and construction works during his their investigations, the police long residence here and has also have come to the conclusion that been a

keen botanist and horti-he had drunk creosol. culturist. He was a popular mem-

the men to lead us gradually, as

we have since been led, into the

Bennett-On March 7, at Ealing, Aerial Age. It was to the War

to the wife of Ambrose Bennett, Malacca, a son.

MARRIAGE.

· DEATHS.

PEAK WATER SUPPLY.

ber of the community and will be much missed.

Mr. Gibb came to the Colony

a

-SUN BLINDS' ABLAZĖ,

BIT THE POSTMAN.

Ethat we owe the first big impetus] CORRESPONDENCE.

in the science of aeronautics and

in 1830 in the service of the Public At 1.30 p.m. yesterday a small the art of flying. "Necessity,"

Works Department, transferring a fire occurred on the fourth floor of of Canton Building, very properly often referred to as

To the Editor of the "China Mail few years later to the firm of Den- the Bank

nison, Ram and Gibb. He super-Four sun blinds outside the build- BURRELL-DULCKEN. On March the "Mother of invention" was

10, at Cricklewood, Joseph the chief mode of propulsion that will have any effect upon the Powers Kowloon

Sir, I do not suppose my words vised the construction of the big jing were damaged by the blaze Reservoir, Shatin, which was extinguished by a hand Alexander Burrell, to Eileen led us swiftly from the more or that Be, but, Str, I must really considerable portion of the catch-pump despatched from the Central Stella, younger daughter of the less infantile stage of aviation in protest against the way some of water works on the north side of Fire Station. late Mr. A. C. Dulcken and

which we found ourselves just the residents on' the Peak are being Beacon Hill, leading to the Kowloon Mrs. Dulcken.

treated as regards water supply. reservoir and, among other im- immediately previous to the War,

If we do not pay our rates and portant works, the construction of ven though for years previously taxes promptly we soon know about Inbilee-road (now known as

A dog belonging to Mr. A. K. Colonel Cody, the Orville it, yet the favoured children of, Victoria-road), which was the first DANDY-On March 9, at Bh, Brothers, the Hon. Mr. Rolls, and fortune who have charge of our motor road in the Colony, and the Raven of No. 2 Bungalow, Tsat-

Lucy Caroline Dandy, widow later, M. Bleriot and others more think it necessary to fulfil their Peak.

public services do not appear to construction of many houses on the tai-mul, was yesterday removed to Kennedy-town for observation of William Dandy, Hong Kong or less as well-known, had been part of the contract. Again I ask: Mr. Gibb was a great walker and after it had bitten a postinan who FAIRGRIEVE,- On March 11,

struggling with the problem pre-why cannot we have an adequate climber and in the course of his had to go to the Government Civil of Andrew, son

walks was

a keen observer of Hospital for treatment. Andrews Fairgrieve, Esq., of sented by the "heavier-than-air supply of water?"

botany. He was the publisher of

HOIFUNG COMMUNISTS. Edinburgh and London, en-flying machine." During the War

a book on Hong Kong ferns.

Mr. Gibb was entertained by old! friends to tiffin at the. Hong Kong Не Club prior to his departure. is proceeding to England by way of Australia and Canada and intends to settle down in Sussex.

the late

gineer, Chinese Maritime Cus

Yours, etc.,

MOUNTAIN VIEW.

A

TRUSTING SHOPMAN.

more actual advance was made Hong Kong, April 14. toms, Shanghai.

from day to day than had been JACKSON-On Feb. 29, at

Lucerne, Aileen Maud, wife of made for years previous to the R. D. Jackson.

year 1914 when the War began. THORNE -On March 6, at Vic- toria, B.C.. Yuell, third aon of the late Joseph and Isabel Thorne, of Shanghai, aged sz. EITTER-On April 9, at the Vis toria Nursing Home, Shanghai, Kathleen E. Eitter aged 33 years. O'SULLIVAN-On April 9, at the

Victoria Nursing Home, Shang hai, Dudley L. O'Sullivan, M.M., of the Shanghai Fire Brigade, aged 33 years.

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THE AERIAL AGE..

Thus it was that in 1918 when]

A shop-keeper of No. 99, Wel- the War ended there had at least lington-street has reported to the

AT THE CHEER 'O. been achieved one splendid and police that on April 8 he entrust-

At the Cheer'O, Queen's Building, enduring good thing, namely, the ed a travelling trader with some stationery and pens worth 300 to solidly-laid foundation of Aero-deliver to a firm in Macas. On the Hong Kong, the following events nautics. Since then the progress 14th he received word from Macao will take place-to-morrow, Apri made has been astounding and that the goods had not yet been 17, a special concert commencing delivered. He suspects that the at 7.45 pm, in which the Misses what has been actually achieved trader had absconded with the Aileen and Doris Woods, Miss N. is best visualised in the two great goods.

¡Field and others will render items; on Wednesday April 18, a whist triumpha to which we have re-

drive commencing at 7.00 p.m., on ferred

Thursday, April 19, a dance com- mencing at 7.30 p.m., on Friday,

Chiefly notable since the vogue

MOTOR CAR ALIGHT.

musical

According to reports Commun- ism is by no means dead in Kwang- tang Province, particularly in the Hoffung area, where strong Com- munist bands are said to be active in the hills, when they have their strongholds.

DO YOU KNOW?

To-day's List of Little Posers.

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Hong Kong, Monday, April 16, 1928. of flying the Atlantic set in has Motor car No. 138 owned by Mr. April 20, a dance at Quarry Bay

From day to day in the "China been the fact that while flying C. Choa of No. 47, Robinson-road commencing 7.30 p.m; on Saturday.

suddenly caught fire while it was' April 23, a social commencing at Mafl" appear half a dozen questions

for which, from west to east has and even being driven on the Island-road to 7.30 p.m; on Sunday, April 22, of a general nature, to the

entertainment com acknowledgment is due will have its dangers these, as has the cast of the junction of Stubbs a The successful fight from the been tragically proved on several and Republic Bay-roads. The Fire mencing at 7.30 pm; on Monday, "Daily Sketch,"" Answers will be 1. Which two countries, com- eastern to, the western hemi- occasions since Nungesser and Brigade was notified and an engine April 28, a Cheer'O dance to be found on page 9 of this issue.

was despatched, but on arrival held at the Helana May Institute

p.m: The stitute the most populous areas in sphere across the mighty Atlantic Colli disappeared into the unfound that the blaze had already commencing at 8.80

accommodation is limited, so early the world? -just performed for the fir+ known bear no comparison with been extinguished.

application for tickets is advisable. 2. Which of the U.S.A. In known

as the Hoosier State? time in history by the German the tremendous dangers and dif-

LATE MR. A. W. HILL.. 3. What the Inner House ? "Junkers"" aeroplane "Bremen ficulties experienced in flying from

4. Which was the earliest

CEMETERY COOK HOUSE.

marks another very definite cast to west. Why it should be so A fire broke out, on Saturday. In The widow of Mr. A. W. Hussar regiment in the British stage in the history of aviation is doubtless entirely geographical the cook house of the Tal Hau Wan Hill, whose death was reported in Army? and indicates most emphatically and climatic; but, the essential cemetery opposite Mount Davies, the Sunday Herald" yesterday, 5. When was the first English that we have indeed entered upon fact is that when the journey is Four fire engines proceeded to the was formerly Miss Howell, a sister hymn book published?

fsceno, and the blaze was, 'extin- and "not"a dsughter of a former 6. What physician's

daughter

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