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MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1929.

THE CHINA MAIL

HIGHEST AFRICA TRIBUTE TO FRIEND LONDON COMPANY

A HIBLE ON THE TOP OF. KILIMANJARO

MR. ROOME'S CLIMB

the Continent of Africa a dozen

has travelled, he has done 25,000 miles on foot-orón a "pushbike."

A MEMORIAL DURING

**LIFETIME

OPENING SEASON: TO-NIGHT. AT STAR

FRED COYNE-

Commencing brief season to night at 9.15 in the Star Theatre, Fred. Coyne and his popular Lon- dan Musical Comedy Company are

IN OTHER

CHRONICLES FROM JAPAN.

TO JAVA

Funeral services were held in all Russian churches in. Shanghai, out af respect to the late Grand Duke Nicolai Nicolaievitch...

tain.

His friends will be glad to know

SHADOWS BEFORE

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED

SVAIN THE "HAIL,"

To-day-Queen's Theatre - "The Smart Set."

p.m.

-Auction Fash

MR. W. R.-LYSAGHT

A Bible has recently been placed Nowport:-A letter from the

To-day-World Theatre; In a cave among the ice and snow Prime Ministor wishing success to

Loves of Pharaoh." of the summit of Kilimanjaro, the the Instituta was read by Sir

Today Star Theatre: "A Rei highest peak in Afrien, wirch, 200 William Berry at the luncheon held

The engagement has been angular Fellow, at 8.15 only. mibis South of the Equator, towers in connection with the opening of fulfiling a long expected event Inounced by the North Chins, StarToday Star Theatre: Fred to 19,720 feet. The feat was ac- the new Institute erected by the local theatresom. Keep Moving," of Miss Angels Solomon of Peking Coyne's Musical Comedy Company complished by Mr. W. J. Roamer Arm of John Lysaght Ltd. and the which is described as "non-stop to Mr Mike" Marromaras of Tien presents "Keep Moving," the don who has been for twelve years werkman employed at the Orbrévue" will be presented to-night

etop dancing revue, 9.15.p.m. Becretary for East and Central works,, Newport. At a cost of and to-morrow night, to be follow-

Today Theatre Royal; W. For Africa for the British and

£30,000 the Institute has been od by Buch excellent musical

Heughan, the world-famous actor eign Bib? Society. He has crossed erected, during his lifetime, as a comedies as Blue Birds," "On Examinations ander the 1.S.P. singer and superb mime, 9.15 pm. times, and of the 100,000 miles he/memorial to Mr. W. R. Lysaght. The Road," "Something Doing" and Technical Education Schemein Feb; 16-Variety: entertainment)]

Mr. Baldwin wrote that the "The Speed Limit." In addition to book-keeping as applied to estate by the KO.S.R: as farewell to re Institute was an outward and Fred Koyne, who is the leading light accounts, business letter writing Luard, Theatre Royal, 9 p.m. He appropriately took the part of vaible sign of that co-operation of the show, a number of talented office organisation and law relating

Jan. 24-At Sales Room, Duddell H. M. Stanley, in the Uganda jubilee between masters and men without artists also appear in special acts, to labour and health conditions will

which it was impossible to achieve and among them are, Sydney Burt, be held in Kuala Lumpur on Janet, household furniture, etc., 2:30 pageant last year.

This modern "George Borrow the best results in industry. Mr. Joan Carlin, Roy Shirley, Joyce 20.

Sporta has just come home to England, and W. R. Lysaght, continued the Mason, Paula Lorraine, and Wint-

--Jan..22 Billiard match between he has just told me (writes a cor- Premier, had been a friend to him fred Vyvyan. It is some time since

Palace respondent) the story of his as in the old days, and by their

Falkiner and Osmund at action in naming the institute has visited Hong Kong, and in view moriously Injured in the Shanghai Hotel, Kowloon, 8 p.m. cent of Kilimanjaro.

"I had long wanted to ascend after. Mim they were paying of the excellence of the company and paper hunt and had to be taken to Jan. 24-Elis Kadoorie Indian a good man who had the entertainment to be given, there the Country Hospital, is progressing School's annual sports, Indian Re- Kilimanjaro," he said, "and at the tribute to

crossing the done a great work for the trade should be record houses at the Star satisfactorily. We are informed creation Club ground, 2 p.m. end of July, when

As a Theatre during the season. Booking that he is in no danger, says plains at its foot, and finding we and for British industry had a few days to spare, my son, whole.

is at Moutries and the Star. The Shanghai paper. Mr. J. W. S. Stauffacher, an Amori- SA William Barry was accom-prices of admission are $3, $2 and ... can member of the Africa Inland panied by Viscountess Rhondila $1. Mission, and I decided we would Sir Gomer Berry, and nearly all the make an attempt to get to the sum-members of the board of John mit. We had no equipment for Lysaght Ltd., together with repre- mountaineering, but started offsentatives of the trade from all from the Laipzig Lutheran Mission parts of the country, and a number Station at Merangu with 15 native of the workmen. Before formally porters.

We soon passed from a declaring the institute open, Sin thickly populated district, up William pald A tribute to his through tropical forest, with trees brother, the late Lord Buckland, 'dripping with old man's beard, and referred to the great friend- from which we suddenly emerged ship that had existed between hlm on to vast ranges of hills covered and Mr. W. R. Lysaght.

everlasting with

flowers and beather.

the cavea

"Quality Worka"

man of

a London musical comedy company that Mr. A Hughes, who was

To Travel

Princess Pietro, the former Miss Violet Wegner, of Rugby, England, who is to travel shortly.

LESSON - SERMON

Jan. 27-Macao International Race Club meeting,

98. Jan. 27-Cross-country scramble,

A case in which Mrs. B. Schade meet at Race Course, 19.30 am Issuing her husband for mainten-Feb; 3-Gymkhana of 2nd Battn ence will come before the Borispah King's Own Scottish Borderers, át Court in Bangkok for hearing. It Kwantl.

Is, says the "Slam Observer," of Feb. 9-18-Paperchase, etc., at some interest from the legal point Canton by invitation of Members of view, for it is, we believe,. the of Canton Ride. first case of the kind which has come before, the purview of the Courte

Meetings

Jan. 22-Annual meeting of Boy

since the abolition of extraterri-Scouts Association (H.K. branch)

St. John's Cathedral Heli, 5 p.m. toriality.

Jan. 24-H.K.V.D.C. Sergeanta”-

of

Mr. William P. Hunt, agent of the Mess Meeting, & p.m.

Jan. 29-Annual meeting United States Shipping Board Mer Officer Moss (H.K.V.C.C.), 6.45 chant Fleet Corporation, has resign- p.m.

ed to join Messrs. L. Everett Ine. Jan 29Annual meeting of Mr. Victor M. Smith, Assistant Hong Kong Automobile Assca.. Director for the Orient, with head-Messrs. Jardine's board room, 5.30 | quarters at Manila will telleve Mr. p.m.

Hunt, Mr. Smith expects to remain Jan. 31 Twenty-fourth annual In Shanghaf until relieved by per-meeting of Shareholders of Union manent appointmont by the Ship-Waterboat Co., Ltd., in the offices ping Board in Washington, DC. of Messra; Dodwell & Co, Ltd., 11

4.11.

Feb. 1Annual general meeting of the Hong Kong Benevolent So clety, St. John's Cathedral Hall,

Four armed men, between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. last Sunday; entered the house situated at 1819 North Shanse Road, Shanghai, and after thorough- 5.30 p.m. ly, ransacking the premises, left Feb. 2 Extraordinary meeting with silks, furs and jewellery to the of Shareholders of the Hong Kong value of $3,238. During the course & Shanghai Banking Corporation, of another daylight burglary at 824 City Hall, noon. A Park Road, four others took $265. February Forty-first ordinary Two other minor armed robberies general meeting of shareholders of completed the day's list of crime. the Hong Kong Land Investment & Agency Co., Ltd. at the Offices of Mesars. Jardins, Matheson & Co. Ltd., 1280 p.m. ^ relate

Tracing the, history of the firm of John Lysaght Ltd., Sir William "The House of God" "At 11,500 feet we began to auf- said that it had been in existence fer from mountain sickness, and for forty-seven years. Although it rested two days to acclimatise our commenced In a small way, it had selves. At Pieter's Hut, 15,000 feet now attained considerable dimen- up, built by the Germans, all issions. In fact, although it started barren and rocky wilderness, and with two or three mills, there were few climbers, have got beyond this now fifty, constituting the largest point, All except four of our works of the kind under one roof porters, though belonging to a in the whole world. The firm was mountain tribe, succumbed to the started at Wolverhampton, but in alckness, and we had to go forward 1898 the works were removed to with the minimum of supplies. Newport-a decision which Sir Four miles more took us to the William attributed largely to Mr. plateau which

stretches for five W. R. Lysaght-where 3,500 men miles between the peaks, and we were now employed, with a wages finally reached

of bill of nearly half a million per Nyambù Na Mungu, the house of annum. God," as the natives call them.

"There then remained the 4.500

The success of the Orb works feet-over the height of Ben Nevis

to the ridge across the crater was due to the genius of one man of Kibo. After a terrible night of Mr. W. R. Lysaght, a cold, and a geanty meal of beans vision, Imagination, and enter-

M. J. Avenol, Deputy Secretary and a little ten at dawn, wa began prine, with certain business creeds Tho ascent is fairly of his own with regard to quality.

General of the League of Nations, our last lap.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST,

- Feb. 28 Further extraordinary gradual, but the rarefied air over (Laughter.) Personally, Sir Wil

SCIENTIST, HONG KONG passed through Singapore on his the loose volcanic ash and scorialiam thought, it had been a great

way to China. It will be recalled meeting of shareholders of Hong call their works the in which we were sometimes knee mistake to

every"Orb" works. They should have "Life" was the subject of the that some time ago the Nanking Kong & Shanghai Banking Cor deep, made rest

Miscellaneous » been called "Quality

Works." Lesson-Sermon in all Churchos of Government invited the League to poration, City Hall, 12.45 p.m.

Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, Jan-send a special inlesion to China, M. To-day-First Church of Christ, Sir William

Avenol called at Government House Scientist, free lecture on "Christian (Renewed laughter.) paid tribute to the work of Mr. uary 20

The Golden Text was, "God so Singapore, and visited the League, Science, Old Chamber of Com Lysaght on the wages board of the loved the world, that he gave his Epidemiological Bureau in Robinson-merce Room, City Hall, 5.46 p.m. steel trade, and described him as only begotten Son, that whosoever road, where he was conducted over

Jan. 24-Reception at Club Luki: ¦ I was partly saved by my suna generous, kindly, and wise em- believed in him should not perish, the office by the director, Mr-tano in honour of Mr. J. P. Braga heimet. My four Africans helped player, who sought to ensure rebut huve eyelasting life" (John Gautier, says a Singapore paper to 5.30 p.m. me on, and hauled by them by a gular employment for his men at 3:16)."

Jan. 24 H.K.V.D.C. M. I. Re- rope and proceeding mostly on all a fair standard wage, and as the

Among the citations which.com-

union dinner, Hong Kong Hotel, 8 fours, I reached the mighty ice wall, result of whose diplomacy there prised the Lesson-Sermon was the Sentence of two years' rigorous p.m.

had never been a strike of any following from the Bible: "There imprisonment was passed by the Jan. 29 HK.V.D.C. Battery Din- Here we gazed with awe and description in connection with is therefore now no condemnation Singapore District Judge, Mr. ner. wonder on a great ity wall rising their works. (Cheers.) "More files to them which are in Christ Jesus, H. G. Clarke, on a Chinese who 160 to 200 feet, and said to be are caught by treacle than vinegar" who walk not after the flesh, but was convicted of attempting to ex- half a mile wide and five miles long, was a fact which Mr. Lysaght had after the Spirit. For the law of tort $2 from a taxi driver. The the highest point attainable by man long ago recognised. Sir William the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus case for the prosecution was that in Afrien. The crater is two miles also paid a tribute to Mrs. W. R. hath made me free from the law when the taxi driver refused to pay wide and three across, AD en- chanted realm of ice and snow, Lysaght and Mr. D. C. Lysaght, of sin and death. For to be carn the $2 the accused took away the attributing any success their guest ally minded le death; but to be had achieved to the advice, coun- spiritually minded is, life and former's wristlet watch. The ac- cused was first sentenced to 18 sel, and assistance of the former, peace" (Rom; 8:1,2,0). A and the way in which she had con- The Lesson-Sermon also includ- months' rigorous imprisonment. He trolled him on many occasions. ed the following passages from the protested loudly and kicked the Schence textbook, domplainant as he was being led (Laughter.) Reference was also Christian

1

necessary

few feet.

"Unfortunately about 500 yards from the top overbalanced, broke

my stick, and struck my head on a

sharp plece of rock. Though dazed

19,500 feet above sea-level.

though nearly on the Equator.

The Seventh Englishman,

band.

"It was too late in the day to attempt the last 200 feet, and bere we decided to leave the Bible we had brought with us in the steel made to the fight of Nr. W. B. "Science and Health with Key to away, whereupon His Honour alter- tool box we had from our car. We Lysaght for the eight hours day, the Scriptures," by Mary Baker ed the term to two years, then, dedicated them under the highest and to his valuable services to the Life is no more confined to the In concluding a lengthy article

Eddy: "God is divine Life, and│· rock, and we felt it was fitting that Ministry of Munitions during the forms which reflect it than sub-for the December lasus of the "India my African Christian boy, Erika, War. "To me," concluded Sir stance is in its shadow. who for twelve years has shared William, "Mr. Lysaght is an out-were la mortal man or material Retrospect, Mr. B. G. Holt, of the If life Rubber World" on Restriction in my journeys, should place them in

standing personality and most things, it would be subject to their rubber division of the American

In

In His creations” (p. 831);

4 sheltered cave, as he led us in lovable man, and one with whom I limitations and would end in death. Department of Commerce, writes: the Bible 1 had written some words am proud to be associated." Life is Mind, the creator reflected As matters have developed since the Lord's Prayer in Swahili.

(Cheers.) like this, This Book has been my guide and inspiration for Alty years, and I hope it will be an equal inspiration to Africa and to all who scale those heights."

"CHEAP KISSES

£60

FILM STAR SUED

A WEEK FOR PLAYING IN

"YOUNG. WOODLEY”

April, it appears that the end of

| réstriction could not have come at a | better time for the benent of the rubber industry: in general, not

1925. Removal of restriction in even excepting the beginning of

1925 would bave prevented the great extensions to plant- Miss Marjorie Hume, a film art- ed areas that have silve ist, was sued at West London been made. Would stock of County Court by Mr. William D. rubber have been greatly reduc Flob

theatrical agent, of Shaftes-ed this year, much more than would bury-avenue, W., for £30 for have been the case with continued breach of contrac£

restriction. While the prospect of

Irish Minister

Mr. W. R. Lysaght, : C.B.E., 'In reply, said he had been in the business for fifty years, during which time he had never received a strike threat, and had been "The simple net of taking a photograph at this height made me chairman of the company for near- dizzy, and we had immediately to ly thirty years. He paid a high make plans for our return, so as tribute to the late Lord Buckland, from whom he had never received to get back by daylight."

Mr. Roome is only the seventh anything but kindness. Englishman, to reach the crater. His son, William, who was born in! Belfast, Is the second Irishman, and Mr. Stauffacher the first American

Mr. Rochford, for Mr. Fish, the next few months is that stocks Professor • Timothy A. Smiddy, to accomplish the feat. 20

said that in January Miss Hume will be augmented by heavy arnivala Minister of the Irish Free State to On the way back through the for-

entered into a contract with Mr from the East, there is an underred to London, where he is the new Washington, who has been transfer. est, the only untoward incident of

Fish to find her film engagements ourrent of confidence among rubber High Commissioner, representing the the trip occurred, for the porters-

He claimed that last March he producers that the outlook is much Free State were stampeded by a herd of wild "Jazzmania" in its most virulent secured her an engagement at more hopeful than appeared possible elephants, in which most of their form is the theme of "Cheap 240 a week with British Film Craft has April, and even ardent restric luggage was lost,

Kisses" the C. Gardner Sullivan Products, Ltd. The missionaries and native production now showing at the students at Mérangu new feel that Majestic Theatre, Kowloon. It is Mr. Fi they have sacred treasure to a story of wild youths "ung" guard on Kibo," said Mr. Roome by young people from sixteen to They hope that it will eventually eighty and is played by an able star be placed on the topmost rocky cast. John Ines directed.

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