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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1928.

POLICE RESERVE

C. S. P. ISSUES NEW ORDERS

WINTER UNIFORM

sharp

"THE KING OF KINGS"

THE BROWNIES

THE SUPERB DRAMATIC .

PRODUCTION

ANNUAL COMPETITION

Still Saturday,

HELD

(Garrison School).

THE CHINA MAIL,

SHADOWS BEFORE

A

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE “MAIL”

Club,"

IN OTHER PLACES

CHRONICLES FROM JAPAN

TO JAVA

To-day-Queen's. Theatre; "The Two hundred cavalry horses selected from the best stables in King of Kings."

To-day-Star. Theatre;,"Mystery Kansu, which is China's centre for horse-breeding, were entrained. re. To-day-World Theatre; "On Zecently from the headquarters of Boulevard."

the second group army at Kaifeng Nov. 30-St. Andrew's Ball in for Shanghai as a gift from Geu- jernl Feng Yu-hsiang to General the City Hall, 9.30 p.m.

of the Dec. 14, 15, 17, 18 21, 22-Theatre Hsiung Shih-hui, Commander

Royal; The Hong Kong Philhar- the Shanghai and Woosung Gen-

Society presents "Tom darmerie.

TO-DAY AT THE QUEEN'S

AT GOVT. HOUSE The following Orders have been Approaching the Bible reverently On Friday, November 23, the issued by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C. with the lofty purpose of recording Annual Brownie Competition was Wolfe, CM.G.. Captain Superinten-the last year on earth of Jesus of held in the grounds of Govern dent of Police.

Nazareth and His Ministry, Cecilment House, Slx Packs competed Classes for Police Reservists will B. De Mille, the eminent producer, for a "Totem" which may be held be held as usual on Tuesday, Nov.bas achieved the supreme success by the winners for one year, 27. and Dec. 4 at 6 p.m.

of his career in his superb dramatic The Competition was compris- On the same dates at 6.30 p.m. production "The King of Kings" ed of various parts of sharp, instruction will be given in which will be shown at special times Brownie training, and after some the handling and aiming of revol in the Queen's Theatre from today Kowloon Pack (Diocesan Girls' Jones." 9 pm.

very interesting contests the 2nd įmonic

Chinese Co.

Nothing has been overlooked in School) were declared the win-

Dec. 19-Theatre Royal; The Those who remembered the week Inspection. Parade: All ranks of

depicting the humble Nazarene durers, closely followed by the 4th Hong Kong Philharmonic Society that proceded the initiation of the Chinese Company will parade at Central Tallce Station on Thursdaying the last year of His Ministry Hong Kong (St. Paul's Girls' Society presents "Tom Jones, 4.30 Restriction must have been struck with the preparations made · for hundiing Lammerts Auctions

rubber during the first Nov. 29 for the monthly inspection The Bible, naturally has furnished School), and the 2nd Hong Kong p

Mrs. Doyle in charge of the of Arms. Equipment ete, by the the background, but, in parts, the

Nov. 28-A'Sales Room, Duddell-week of release, writes a Malacon Fall in at great painters have also been on winning Pack, assisted by Miss P. st., miscellaneous goods, 11 a.m.

Neither correspondent. Company Commander.

nt the 5.30 pm.

Dross-Bluesulted. This is especially noticeable Anderson, is to be heartily con

Dec. 1-At No. 6, Victoria Gar-railway station nor on the river Uniform, Cap with White Cover: the scene of the Last Supper--the gratulated on such an excellent dens, Kawloon, household furni- was there any congestion, though Kille, Belt, Sine-arms, Trancheon. Sgures being grouped and simulu- result, as this very keen Puck has ture, 10.30 am.

heavy rains caused delay und loen) Whistle, Armlet, Badge. "Pocket ting the postures and expressions had less than a year's training.

sailings were, in some instances, Policeman and Nate-Book to be as captured by Da Vinci. Iba So also is Miss Mackie, assisted carried. Those not in possession been said that De Mille has created by Miss Corsh, whose Pack,

held up for an hour or two. of Uniform will attend in Muftis best effects through his ability drawn from St. Paul's Girls' No member may be absent from this to make the players feel and believe School, only came into existence parade without leave from the Com-their parts. He has paid particular on February 21 of this year. It pany Commander,

The Equipment attention to their manner of ex-is the first Chinese Pack to be Officers will make it a point of being pressing emotions with their hands formed in the Colony, and it is an. and arms. A critic writes: "Dejexcellent start for them to have present.

Signalling Squad: Class for in-Mille has not neglected the scope gained second place in the Annual struction in signalling under Mr. of this tremendous drama in paint- Competition during their first R. C. Wilson will be held at the ing the passing emotions of the year of training. Company's Headquarters on Thurs-characters. The introduction of day, Nov. 29 at 6.45 p.ni, and Mon-The Christ is excellently timed so that the audience is receptive to His day Dec. 3 at 6 p.m.

Indian Co.

entrance. Through beautiful tech nicolour scenes, the import of His humunity is felt long before His actual presence is discerned."

as the matter of dress, etc. But

Headquarters on Tuesday, Dec. 4 has been told in a beautiful and for drill under Sergeant Condon. verent manner and that it is u film It will be Fall in at 5.30 p.m. sharp Dress which all should see. Blue Uniform belt and cap without No member may be absent from this parade without leave from the Company Commander.

cover.

Flying Squad. '

The weekly instructional patrol]

shown at three performances daily commencing promptly at 2.30, 6 and 9.15 p.m.

of the Kowloon Section will take" ON ZE BOULEVARD

place on Tuesday, Nov. 27.

Fall in

at the Talm-Ten-Tsui Fire Brigade)

Station at 5.30 p.m. sharp. Dress- Winter Uniform.

The next instructional patrol of

SHOWING TO-DAY AT THE WORLD

Miss Luurd. who is in charge of the 2nd Hong Kong Pack (Gar- rison School) gaining third place in the Competition, also deserves

- Sports Clio de Recreio, 5 p.m. H.KV.M.CA. Hockey,

To-day

Nov. 28-H.KY.M.C.A: Basket

1st XI.

Preparations are in progress for Ball, "B" v. "C" 6.15 p.m.

the construction of a large central Nov. 29 H.KY.M.CA. Hockey, military prison at Nanking which: 2nd XI. w K.O.S.B., & p.m.

will be spacious enough to hold Nov. 30 H.K.Y.M.C.A. Basket from 6,000 to 7,000 prisoners. Mr. Ball, "A" v. "D", 0.15 p.m.

Hu Yi-min, who has been appoint- Dec. 1-Hong Kong Jockey Club's ed to take charge of the construc- eighth extra race meeting, Happy tion by Commander-in-Chief Chiang Kal-shek, supervising the work. It is expected that the structure, the sity, beyond the West Gate, will which is to be located outside of

Valley; 2 p.m.

Meeting

To-day-Monthly meeting

of

the Hong Kong Football Assen., 6.30

MiscellaneouA,

be completed in the spring of next

year.

dinner

Mme. Nov. 28-Hong Kong Fire Brig-

Dec. 3-Popular lecture on "Wire-manager.

The message, datod November 18, states that her debut

lesa" by Major Miles, R.E., #t in New York was a sensation and Helena May institute, 5.30 p.m.

Dec. 9-Drawing of a Pontiac Six that for the first five performances all tickets were sold in advance. 6-seater sedan motor car at the Mme. Argentine, it was stated, will Society of St. Vincent de Paul's sail from San Francisco on 'the

President Linclon on January. 4..

fete.

Dec. 11-Formal opening of the Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon, by HE. the

Hon. Mr. W. T. Southern, It is reported that the jewelled C.M.G. at 4.30 p.m. and reception memorial altar cross which was at the Hotel from 4.30 to 6 pm. stolen from All Saints Church, December 14-Hong Kong Auto-Tientsin. has been recovered, in remarkable circum- mobile Association's annual dinner somewhat

stance. It appears that it wa| dance, at Peninsula Hotel, 8 p.m.

Strength: Constable R254 0.S

word of praise as although this P Ismail has been taken on the

Pack is one of the oldest in the

To-day-Old Bedfordian Colony, the Brownies seldom stay strength of the Indian Corapany as from November 17. Constables R203 Adverse criticism have generally for more than a year or so before in Hong Kong Club, 8 p.m..

Argentine, well-known Abdul Aziz and R231 W. M. Mehal concerned themselves with the tech-they move on with their parents are permited to resign upon conical side of the production such to another part of the Empire, ade annual drill display in the Com-dancer, who is coming to Sharig- pleting one full year's service with,

and this makes the training of pany of the Central Police Station, hai during January, recently scored a success in a number of appear- effert from Nov. 20.

this Pack a very difficult proposi-3 p.m. Parade: All runks of the Indian "pon one, point all critles have tion. At the end of the Competi-

Dec. 1-Rose day in aid of funds arices in New York, according to message received by Mr. graed and it is that the great

of the Sariety of St. Vincent de A. Strok: concert and operatic invited all the Brownies, number. Paul for the Colony's poor. ing about 120, to fea as well as a large number of interested specta tos consisting of many parents of the Brownies, and members of the Local Girl Guide Association.

TOM JONES ”

THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY PRODUCTION Rehearsals are now well in hand for "Tom Jones." the forthcom- the Hong Kong Section will take A bright and snappy Frenching production of the Hong Kong place on Thursday, Nov. 29 and all farce, "On Ze Boulevard" is the Philharmonic Society which will members are requested to attend. chief attraction at the World Then- open at the Theatre Royal on Fri Fall in at Central at 5.15 m. tre to-day and to-morrow. It fea-day, December 14, at 9 am. The Dress-Winter Uniform.

tures Lew Cody as a philandering opera will also be given on the Shapshooters

French waiter and Renee Adorce as nights of December 15, 17, 18, 21 Revolver practice will be carried the girl in a very deluge of woes. and 22, while there will be a out on Kennedy-road Range on Sun-It all begins when Cody bays him- matinee on Wednesday, Decem- day, Dec. 9 at 10 am. Members self a wardrobe and decides to beber 19, at 4.30 p.m.

"Tom Jones" is a delightful and will assemble at the Range at that come a gay boulevardier. Ills CA- time, with belts and holsters with capades with the fair sex are amus-popular work and forms one of revolver. Uniform optional. ingly told in the course of the story the best and brightest examples during which an exciting sword of genuine English comic opera. duel takes place. Finally, the girl It is replete with a number of who really loves him saves him characters of typical English from an embarrassing situation and country life and fashionable Lon- puts an end to his dangerous firta- don society of that day. It pos

Dorothy sesses a good story sparkling tions by marrying him. Sebastian is another featured play with wit and acintillating with good humour, a wealth of tuneful airs and many a rollicking chorus. The opera was written by Alex. M. Thompson and Robert Court- neidge, the music being by Ed- ward German and the lyrics by Charles H. Taylor.

Winter Uniform

.

Members of the Chinese Company and members of other units are warned to get their Winter Uniform ready: those who are not in pos session of same, will apply to their reespertive Equipment Officer.

(Sgd.) D. L. King, D.S.P. (R), Adjutant.. Hong Kong, Nov. 27.

PIRATES

AN ATTEMPT ON A MOTOR-

BOAT

er.

..

An announcement with regard to booking for the local produc tion of the opera will be made in a few days.

becomes fast and furious with not

STAR THEATRE

SPLENDID STORY IN "THE

· MYSTERY CLUB”

To-day's attraction at the Star An attempted armed robbery was Theatre is an excellent comedy reported to the police yesterday. drama, "The Mystery Club" In According to Leung Ting, coxswain which Matt Moore and Edith of the motor boat No. 614, about Roberts are the leading players. a little suspense in the efforts to 10.30 am, on Nov. 25, whilst they The story has an unusual turn of divert suspicion from falling upon were off Yam O in British waters plot and concerns the adventures on their way to Macdo, they met of individual numbers of 'a million" two fishing bonts. When about 80 aires' club who wager that each can feet from each other, the fishing commit a crime without being de- boats fired three shots at them. tected by the police. When a real Realising that they were facing crime is committed. each member pirates, the motor boat turned back suspects the other and the fun and made for Hong Kong arriving here at about midnight. The motor boat had on board 900 kerosene.

cases of

Arriving in Shanghai with his characteristic aversion from publi- 'alty, Eugene O'Neill, famed play- wright and considered by crities at the dominating force in the con- .temporaneous American theatre, has been recuperating in a local hotel from a severe indisposition contract ed recently at Singapore by under-

· ឆប់ពន់ estimating the force of the rays while bathing, says the "N.-C. Daily News" of. Nov, 22.

Mr. O'Neill Is on a world tour which has already included Eng- land, Germany, France, Czecho

· Slovakia and the Far East and plans. at the conclusion of his stay in Shanghai to go on to Japan and eventually to New York to attend the opening of his newest play "Dynamo" which will be presented early in the new year by the Theatre Guild.

Mr. F. W. Goodenough has."been appointed chairman of the Ad- visory Committee established by the President of the Board of Education ta spreider, education for salesmanship.

The funeral of Mr Alfred Sal mon, chairman of Megara, J, Lyons. and Co., took place recently, a Jewish cemetery, Willesden,

the club.. The action is kept at "high speed until the very last when. the mystery is cleared in a most unexpected manner. Mildred Har- ris, Charles Lave and Warner Oland figure prominently in the strong supporting cast.

stolen by a Russian woman who- Mr. L Hart, the, proprietor, his sold it for $7 in the Japanese Con wife and two boys escaped in their cossion. Afterwards she repented night clothes, in a fire which on of her sacrilegious act and went Д recent Saturday destroyed to the Gordon Hall police station Queen's Court Hotel, Margate.

where she confessed to Assistant Inspector Soohorukoff. The BM. Police, acting on the information received, communicated with the

Here for Campaign Japanese Folies who recovered the

Mr. Alanson B. Houghton. the U.S. graphed in London prior to his de- Ambassador to Great Britain. photo-

parture on the az.. "Mauretania."

Baron's Blank Verse-and QuarrelTM

Mon Droste (lef

mián Egyptian únic- beauty whom he

stolen article. It is understood the authorities at All Saints have Intention of prosecuting, but Mr. Scott is trying to find employ. ment for the penitent woman.

no

According to reports current in Chinese circles the Chinese Municipality of Greater Shanghai has decided to collect a general tax in Chinese territory. All foreign- jers in the territory, it is stated, must pay this tax. A local Chi- ese newspaper reports that through the explanation and advice of the Senior Consul, à large number of foreigners living in Chapei and How- Nantan, have paid the tax. ever, It is asserted,' there are many foreign factories in Pootung, but they have so far failed to pay this tax. The Chinese Municip ality is reported to have sent a letter to the Bureau of Foreign Affairs requesting the Commis- Bioner to notify the various Consuls to instruct their nationals in Pootung to pay the tax.

The "Ceylon Observer" Kandy correspondent wires that persistent rumours are current in the H Capital that the Director of Agriculture, Mr.. F. A. Stockdale, j has been offered, an appointment as a Deputy "Agricultural Adviser to the Secretary of Stute for the Colonies. This, it is declared, is a result of Mr. Ormsby Gore's recent visit to "Ceylon. It is of course, well-known that the Under- Secretary was much impressed by Mr. Stockdale and with the work he has done in this Colony. It is further humoured that"' Mr. Stock- dale is likely to accept the appoint ment and that if he does, he will be leaving Ceylon before the end of the year. Mr. Stockdale Interviewed by the Kandy representative, declin ed to deny or confirm, the report as "no commanitation had been re- |ceived by him.”

· INITIALS CRAZE

A policeman at Leeds, Quater Sessions, who said that prisoner on one occasion was discharged ||[] under TOA was rebuked by the Recorder Mr. E, A., Mitchell- Innes, who naked him what he meant:

Probation of Offenders Act"

Act said the constable.

"Well, please say so did the recorder People now, are using all sorts of bitiale, and I'üm süre I do not know what they mean”

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