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MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1929.

For dumping rubbish in Battery THREE WEDDINGS Street yesterday morning a Chinese

was fined $3 by the Kowloon Magis-| trate this morning.

CEREMONY AT HOME

Hozeland

Mr. E. W. Hamilton, acting First Lieutenant E. R. Gibson and Miss Police Mogistrate, resumed duty at the Central Magistracy, this morning, after being indisposed since Tuesday' last.

ROUND THE CINEMAS

"POWDER MY BACK"; A STAGE ROMANCE

TYPHOON SCENES

"Fowder My Back," starring Irene

St. George's, Hanover-square, | London, was decorated with blue Rich, will be shown at the Queen's and pink azaleas and hydrangeas Theatre for final screenings to-day For riding his cycle without a light-on July 20 for the marriage of at usual times and prices.

ed lamp at 8.05, last night a Chinese Lieutenant Edward Russell Gibson, Irene Rich is depicted as an actress lad was fined $1 by the Kowloon Magis R.N., eldest son of the late Hon. who, through repetition of the same trate, this morning. Another was cau- Edward Graves Mayne Gibson, publicity "atunt," loses favour with tioned,

ivith Miss Reta Hazeland, elder the public. However, one day à daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Mmotor "eccident" in arranged at the Hazeland, of Hong Kong. The door of the hero's house (Carroll officiating clergy were the Rev. Nye), and she is carried into it by Copley Moyle and Prebendary him. To be always at her side, the Thicknesse, and Licut. Sehuncke hero impersonates a doctor, and was best man.

many comical situations develop, terminated in a sparkling manner.

An unconfirmed report is current that four or five men were killed at Ap lichau Island, apposite Aberdeen, when a house collapsed during Thursday's typhoon.

The bride was given away by Three Chinee wsere each fined $5 by the Kowloon Magistrate for carrying her brother, and she was a dainty chickens by their wings. A fourth was figure in her picture gown of ivory fined $5 for carrying a duck in a simil-satin, with its full skirt cut to lar fashion.

In addition the latest M. G. M. News and an Our Gang Comedy ("Wiggle Your Ears") is screened. fall into two open panels in the Typhoon scenes, taken during the front, showing a satin under- height of the storm and when it had

bow. Her satin train

I

Mr. W. J. Van Der Starr, of the skirt embroidered with a large at ated, are a special attraction. Asiatic Petroleum Co., returned to the satin Colony by the s.a. "President Pierce" was edged with net and fell from from a pleasure trip to Japan, accom-her shoulders, and an orange-blog- panied by his wife.

The Police yesterday removed to the Public mortuary the body of a Chinese girl named Chan Chuen-tai (11), who was drowned in Aberdeen when her sampan dapsized in the typhoon.

illness

"DETECTIVES”

Side-Splitting Film at the World

som wreath secured her long veil af old lace and Ivory tulle.

She carried a sheaf of Harissi attended by four lilies, and was

The famous comedy team, Geo. grown-up bridesmaids, the Miases K. Arthur & Karl Banc, are seen to Erica, Molly, and Marion Gibson, advantage together in "Detectives,” and Miss Patricia Bewlay. With their latest "hit" which is being wreaths of blue flowers they wore screened at the World Theatre for A Chinese was fined $& or, in de- picture frocks of patterned chiffon, the last time to-day. fault, seven days' jail by the Kowloon cut with full oneven skirts finish- Arthur-a romantic bell boy of an Magistrate this morning for the thefted with bows at the back of the hotel, Dane-n house detective, and of 10 catties of coal, worth 40 cents, waist, and three-cornered scarf Marceline Day-the pretty heroine from the Ma Tak Coal Shel, No. 422, collars to the shaped bodices.form the principal characters of a Reclamation Street.

They carried sheaves of pink simple story. It centres on the re- gladioli.

capture of a notorious thief, whose Yesterday an elderly Chineac -at- As the bride and bridegroom latest enterprise is the stealing of

thief tempted suicide by cutting his own left for the reception, held at the valuable pearls. This

is throat. He was removed Erom his Langham Hotel; brother-cfficets of known to have made his residence home, No. 17, Pilkem-street, Yaumat. the bridegroom formed a Guard of at the same hotel where 'Dane is to the Kowloon Hospital, in a very seri-Honour. Among the guests were: house detective and Arthur a bell ous condition. The man had been un- Lady Bolton, the Hon. Mrs. Edward boy. How Arthur double-crosses the trouble. As a matter of fact employed for some time on account of Gibson, the Hon. Constance Gibson, Dane in an attempt to recover the

Mrs. Hazeland, Mr. David Gibson, the British are acting with

Mr. and Mrs. William Gibson, Mrs. pearls and is rewarded with $10,000, Miss Collis, Mr. while Dane is placed in jail, is told remarkable expedition and

At the Kowloon Police, Court. M: Collis and effect, which will very soon on Saturday before Mr. T. S. Whyte and Mrs. H. C. Collis, Mr. and Mrs. with humour.

Schwartze.

An interesting film-the "Rock of Smith a Chinese was fined $20 with

Mr. G. Travers, Mrs. Holyoake and be accelerated. The fana-

the alternative of three weeks jail Miss Holyoake, Miss Derby, Colonel Ages-together with an "Our Gang tical Arabs will soon find that with hard labour for the theft of and Mrs. Helliwell and Miss Rosemary Comedy" and an "Ann Pennington

Hirtzel, Sub-Lieutenan: Mrs. Overland China Mail.they have attempted much more a crank shaft which he had sold Heliwe Mie de A. Moreton, Miss Dancing" such are screened in

than they can successfully accom-to a marine hawker in Reclamation itzel,

Robsen Conway.

Leiutenant Hampton, Mrs. Owen plish and that they have, in rely-

Hughes and Miss Hughes, Mrs. LIFE GUARD COMEDY AT THE Hanisch and Miss Hanisch, Mrs.

QUEEN'S ing upon the "Reds" of Moscow,

bound over in Carothers and Miss Carothers, Miss E. "backed the wrong horse." They bonds of 350 to keep the peace for six Gregg, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gregg, Davis, and Mrs. have small hope of practical help months by the Kowloon Police Magis- Flight-Lieutenant

and Graham Cooper, from the Soviet, who are adepta trate. One man had been found in the Mrs. M. L. Jacks, Mr. H. G. Gregg, other's cubicle in No. 19, Yu Chau in keeping out of danger's way. Street, the former threw a chopper at It is, of course, too soon to fi and injured him, necessitating his

Murray, Miss Norton, Mr. G. Stevens, removal to the Kowloon Hospital.

Lieutenant Evans, Mr. Roger Sing the venture any sort of prediction as

and Miss Agnes Sing, Mrs. Howard Queen's Theatre to-morrow and the present regards

For the theft of five gunny bags, Lieutenant Trensham, Mrs. Davidson participate in a

Hazell, Lieutenant and Mrs. Beard, Wednesday, Many beautiful girla contest that way ble, but there

indi-worth 75 cents, from a house under and Miss Davidson. are

Dr. Anderson, Mrs. Mackie, Mrs filmed in the new Technicolour pro- cations

British, construction at Mongkok Road, a that the

Chinese was fined five collars with Brown and Miss Brown, Mrs. W. cese. with their rapidity of movement, the option of seven days hard Peak, Mr. and Mrs. Nott, Mrs. Ewing,

The picture is a realistic de- the excellence of their equipment labour by the Kowloon Magistrate, and Mrs. A. D. A Sterns, Mrs. thrown into the maelstrom

Mr. B. de Silpy, Mrs. Rosser, Mr.scription of a college hero who is of the Saturday, Accused stated Binney

Miss Lloyd, Mr. T. G. Pilley that he wanted the bags to sleep Captain and Mrs. Nation, the business world with nothing to offer Misses de Biere, Major Dowley, Com-but an armful of trophies won in mander and Mrs. Crosse, Miss Hill, athletic contents. Lieutenant and Mrs. Ronald Brown, He soon realises that his record Mrs. Bewlay, Mrs. Henry Birkett, of winning the hundred yards dash

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PALESTINE OUTBURST

trou-

Street for the same sum as the fine

Two Chinese were

and their determination that on neither Arab

nor Russian will on! long molest any country over

Mrs.

Cooper.

Miss

addition.

SCENES IN TECHNICOLOUR

"None But The Brave," Fox Films production with Charles

Captain and Mrs. Smelt, Miss Morton and Sally Phipps, will be

feature attraction at the

which they hold a mandate, will Mr. W. T. Alexander, Far Eastern soon bring the fanatical dis-Manager of the Colgate Palsolive-Peet Mrs. Millett, Mrs. Russell.

Mrs, Shaw and Miss Shaw, Colonel is no earthly use to him as a mea! turbers to their senses. Then it G.; Mr. W. II. Daub, Far Eastern and Mrs. Hayes Bell, Colonel and ticket, and he takes a job as an

representative of the Quaker Oats Co.;

nexse,

Mrs. Bird and Miss Bird, and

will be for the Arabs to settle the Mr. L. Moller, of Moller & Co., Shang- Mrs. Alexander Gregg, Mrs. Stick insurance broker.

with hai; and Mr. F. W. Sutterle, President Mrs. J. Wedlake. matter as best they can

of the China Realty Co., Shanghai, ar- Moscow's "Reds," upon whom rived in the Colony to-day by the s.s. they have again stupidly placed "President Pierce." reliance..

Lui Lun wa charged at the Kow- loon Magistracy. this morning before' Mr. 1. 8. Whyte-Smith with the theft of three pairs of female trousers from

CEREMONY IN ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL

LAUTANG

Filled with bitterness, he ·én- counters nothing but defeat and at last becomes a life guard at a fashionable beach.. However, a tiny mite of eight and a simple- minded giant inject sufficient en- thusiasm into the youth to make

In the Roman Catholic Cathedral him realise his mistake and to

During, the week end one case of diphtheria and. one of enteric fever were notified. Both were Chinese. a Chinese married woman living at yesterday morning, Miss Mary buckle down in earnest and play

No. 382 Reclamation Street. A ae-Sui-ian Tang, daughter of Mr. and the game. The Star Ferry Ca's "Night cused had served six weeks' hard la- Mrs. Joseph Tang Kwai-fong, was The love Interest is supplied by Star" has been in the Kowloon bour in May for stealing, the Magis-married to Mr. Jerome Edward Lau, dainty Sally Phipps. Others in the Docks for general repairs..

trate passed sentence of three months' son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Lau cast are Farrell Macdonald, Sharon jail.

The as. "President Pierce," which arrived in Hong Kong this morning, made the trip from Shanghai in the fast time of 42 hours.

FRACAS IN CITY

100 MEN ARMED WITH IRON

BARS AND POLES:

Lynn, and Tyler Brooke.

WONDERFUL PLAY FOR THE MAJESTIC

see a very entertaining picture-in The Misses Bertha D. Vas and point of acting, theme and produc Agnes Xavier were the bridesmaids. tion, in UFA's "The Isle of Miss Vas was dressed in orange Dreams" which will be screened at georgette, whilst Miss Xavier wore the Majestic Theatre for two days a white frock,

beginning to-morrow.

The duties of best man were dis

It embodies all the essentials of charged by Mr. Ernest Zimmern:

a good cinema picture. There is After the ceremony, a reception the correct proportion of exefte- was held at Lane, Crawford's Res taurant, where the usual toasts ment, blended with the requisito This last, were honoured by a large gathering quantity of sex-appeal.

while never

transgressing the of relatives and friends the hap-bounds of good taste, is conveyed

The present racial outburst in Palestine seems to be of a more serious character than the many that have preceded it. It is prob ably political as well as racial and religious, and time will very likely show that behind the action of

Tse-chun. the Arabs is the "Red" hand of

The officiating clergyman was the Soviet. It has been well

A Chinese was од Saturday the Rev. Fr. L. Banchio, whilst Mr. "ISLE OF DREAMS” known to the British authorities,

at the Kowloon Magistracy gen-R. D. Baptista was at the organ, tenced to three months' hard labour both in Palestine and elsewhere,

The bride, who was given away by Mr. T.. S. Whyte-Smith for the by her father, wore a pretty gown that the Soviet have long been

The St. Andrew's Ladies' Club have theft of 18 panes of glass and five of silver lace, with a coronet of plotting and planning an outbreak

arranged a bathing picnic (weather electric fittings from a vacant flat orange blossom, and carried a Kowloon's cinema patrons will in Palestine, with the Arabs as permitting) for Thursday. The launch at 20 Hamilton Street, The accus- bouquet of white lotus, their "catspaw." Evidently, the will leave the Police Pier, Kowloon, at ed's previous conviction showed 5 pm, calling at Queen's Pier at 6.16, that he had served one month's jail iconoclasts of Moscow seem to The return journey will begin about in November, 1926. believe that the time is ripe for 8 p.m.. action and have therefore incited

The members of the Victoria Dioce the fanatical Arabs to strike. san and Missionary Association will Unluckily for them they have, in meet in the St. Andrew's Church Hall to-morrow evening. The speaker will their impetuosity, struck at the be Miss Beatty, of the Pakhoi Hospital, representatives of other nations while other representatives of the

Diocese at present here will attend.. besides the British and have thus involved themselves in a conflict A motor bus while proceeding along much more serious than they Jordan-road, near the junction of A fight between fishmongers and Nathan-road, sank deeply into the road could possibly have imagined at 6.30 o'clock this morning, and bad street coolies occurred in Victoria would arise. They also little to be extricated with the help of a street, near the Central Market, yester lorry. Though the driver endeavotired imagined that the British would to get his vehicle clear he only suc

Nearly 100 men took part in the act so rapidly as they have done ceeded in extricating the front wheel Tracas, in which iron bars, knives, and

bamboo poles were freely used." pla The passengers had to be transferred The fray occurred just before noon from Egypt and Malta, utilising to another motor bus. That part of and attracted a large crowd of passers: place at St. John's Cathedral, of The acting is particularly good

On Saturday. the wedding took European artistic expression. with celerity and effect their air the road, where the mishap occurred by Police whistles were blown, and Captain G. H. Hodgson, master of nor is humour lacking, there be craft, as well as their land trans-bad not starred surface and the can Police Headquarters were communicat the ais. Mansang and Miss M. A. ing almost a surfeit of hearty stant flow of water from the hydranted with by telephone by a constable Baldwin. The Isle of Dreams" should port together with units of their may have saturated the cand.

laughs bred of the story,

Navy.

The bridegroom is a native of bis best, single-handed, to quell the London, whilst the bride comes not be omitted from the itinerary Six Chinese priests, dressed fighters. So ready and so well-equipped bright orange gowns with charach Bergency Squad arrived and from Australia, being a daughter of of the local cinema fan, are the British that the mention ter designs worked in embroidery, the fighters quickly made themselves the late Mr. W. Baldwin of Milla- of an American warship being have for two days past walked scarce. Then it was found that two wood, Adelaide. rushed to the scene, at the request through the streets in Mongkok, men had been wounded in the melee, of Americans in Palestine who firing a packet of crackers at every and that over ten others had alight in-

place they stopped. A man with furies.

A young woman was grumbling nuin, will you tick im off, or shall have been molested, is regarded some food, followed by another who The two injured men, who were lying that she had been deprived of a bit 1?

on the ground, were immediately taken of sight-seeing by the fact that a as a step unnecessary in the played a flute, headed the priests to the Government Civil Hospital in friend had got married secretly. At the circus there was a girl meantime The American consul in the procession. They were the ambulance The others preferred

neral at Jerusalem has notified praying for the dead, and the cracker not to go to hospital The Police sac Said her brother "Well, I suppose who rode bereath the horse, on the firing was intended to chase awayceeded in arresting three men who man can do as he likes. His horse's neck, and almost on hia tall.” Vashington that the British are the "devils" from the Kwong Wah were alleged to have been fugleaders wedding's his own funeral, any "That's nothing I did all that the

in the fraces. very well equipped to cope with Hospital.

TWO SERIOUSLY INJURED

to

・・・ who was early on the stene and tried

affair of a nobleman who fails to

py couple,

Later Mr. and Mrs. Lau left for in the form of a clandestine love- Macao, where the honeymoon is

The picture is of greater inter- being spent. The bride's going appreciate his very attractive wife. away dress was of gold Ince.

est in that it is an example of the adaptation of a typical Holly wood plot to the standards of

how

HODGSON-BALDWIN

MistressThe master complain

ed very strongly about the bacon this morning, Mary" Cook. Well,

first time I rode a horse !!