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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1929.

FUNDS OF ST. JOHN'S THE OBJECTION TO

CATHEDRAL SPECIAL APPEAL TO

CONGREGATION

GOODWILL OFFERINGS

WOMEN JURORS

"DEFEATING THE OBJECT OF PARLIAMENT"

THE CHINA MAIL,

ANTI-KIDNAPPING

MEASURES

TEN RULES FOR SHANGHAI MERCHANTS

THIRD TALKIE

SHOWN

FILM

WHOLE JURY CHANGED

A special appeal to the genera-

The Recorder (Sir Ernest Wild. xity of the congregation will be K.C.), at the Old Balley Jast m2 by the St. John's Cathedral month, referred to the challenge buddy at a meeting of satholders of women jurers, and said that, by and subscribera to be held ou "an antiquated power," the objecttions with reference to the kid-full house" sign was noticeable carly.

Thursday next. The abolition of of Parliament in getting women to pew rents, approved hat year; assist in the administration of will also be brought for confirma-justice was being defeated. tion,

Counsel in a case where a man It is also understood that mem- was charged with a grave offence bers of the congregation are ask-against a girl had objected to three ed to join a Good Will Offering wonten serving on the jury. Scheme, and to ecatribute hy one Sir Ernest Wild, at ita cont of three methods: (a) By month clusion, said this question of the ly Banker's Order, (b) by weekly right of challenge should be envelope and (c) by: annual brought to the attention of Parlin- cheque,

ment. It was a curious annchron The Very Rev. A. Swann, in theism that arose from the time when enurse of a special appeal, states forfeiture of goods and life could

follow interalia:-

FOX'S FOLLIES OF 1929" AT THE QUEEN'S TO AVOID BEING KIDNAPPED DIFFERENCE FROM FILMS

Interesting measures have been Something which could never have devised by members of the Com- beon as fully enjoyed-for much of the mission for the Reorganisation of effect would have been lost on the Shanghai Commercial Organisa- silent Beruen was put on at the

Queen's Theatre yesterday.

The napping menace and wealthy The rearon was the third talkie film merchants have been advised to being exhibited in the Colony, adopt them if they wish to pro-

An impressive news real and skort tect themselves and save them-comic followed the overture by the ('selves from the unpleasant ex- Queen's orchestra, Then came the perience of being kidnapped. Afeature," Fox's Movietono Follies of

list of the proposed measures fol- 1929. lowa:-

im-

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ·

THEATRE

ROYAL

December 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, and 23, at 9.15 p.m. Matinee Wednesday December 18, at 4.30 p.m. 'THE GEISHA" Book These Dates.

.46

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE DEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.

The Steamshin.

Those who have not been Merchants should report

America were given the opportunity to mediately to the police when they vaudeville and musical comedy num- ace and hear-a big revue, with receive anonymous letters, letters bers thrown in. Everything was on a of extortion. or letters threaten- vast scale. Splendour was the keynote. ing to endanger their personal The singing was exceptionally good. safety if the terms therin are not

A romantic theme Was weayed a conviction for felony, obeyed;

around the follies, the hero tuying the With the abolition of new rents In such a charge a prisoner was

Private motor

cars should he show and the heroine being in the we shall gain much in the spirit of entitled to 2 peremptory chal-equipped with open hospitality, but we shall lose lenges for which he need give no

apecial number chorus and understudy to the "ramp" From LEITH, ANTWERP, LONDON something in income.

AND STRAITS. plates or special apparatus which leading Indy. On the stage the most This we can it afford to do at the present:

ground whatever. While this when touched, will convey signals beauty choruses were assembled to de- gorgeous levices in dresses, effects and Very time, as may be seen from the fol- challenge could be made in the

to the police on public thorough light the eye.

"BENRINNES" lowing figures. The Honorary Tren-case of stealing a fowl, it could fares so that the police may at a very capable orchestra rendered the formed that all goods are being land-

In front of the stage,

Consignees of cargo are hereby in surer reports that he expects our not be made in a case of criminal once be informed when total expenditure in 1929 to be

such accompaniment. Behind the pptibel, incest, or other grave mis

stage ed at their risk into the hazardous proximately $44.200.

motor cars are under the control of were alots" of wings, scene-shifting and/or extra hazardous Codowns of To meet this Sir Paul Chater's Endowmen; yields demeanour without stating the Eidnappers.

Such apparatus by men in opera hats, and in the in- The Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf and $20,000, and fees for Government cause.

must be tested by the police as to terior of dressing rooms. Services $1.700.

The like of Godown Co., Ltd., whence and/or from Our regular in-

thoir efficiency and licences there- the versatile dancing has not been seen the wharves delivery may be obtained. for must be abtained from police.

the before.

No claims will be admitted after the The "talkies" Private moter curs should "Follies" presentation had scenes in

nre different. The Goods have left the Godowns, and all also be equipped with apparatus colour, which are also possible in the

Goods remaining undelivered after the which, when touches, will bring "movies," motor cars to a standstill;

but the music would not have been-and just imagine a revue Only trustworthy and reliable without music. bodyguards should be selected and employed, preferably with the as- sistance of the polce.

:

An Anachronism Come is therefore $21.700, leaving That was an anachronism that $2,500 to be provided by donations, ought to be attended to by proper offertories and pew rents. It is es. Limated that in 1920 these sources authorities, he said, especially will provide only $12,100, leaving a when use was made of it for the purpose of defeating the expresя opinion of Parliament.

debeft of over $10,000.

Although we have a Reserve Fund capable of meeting this deficit, it is obvious that immediate steps must be taken to remedy such a condition.

presence of

In that case jurors had been objected to because they were wo It is for this reason, and not only men, and it meant that consel by because in future we shall have no fexereising this antiquated power inene from pew rents, which is a comparatively small matter, that we was preventing women assisting at are introducing in January, 1980, a all. Moreover, in that case they new Anance scheme. The present would have derived the greatest work - of the Cathedral cannot be advantage from the maintained unless n new and large wamen on the jury, because they

of income is found. Nimirce

For regular Churchmen the ques-understood young children as well tion to be decided is whether their as, or better than, men, normal contributions to the offertory represents 'n n reasonable proportion of their income. Dous 11 dollar per week, er ten or fifty cents, really re- prosent the extent of your willing neax to help forward The Church's work? If not, how much can and

ught you to give?

PERFUMERY CODE

Fragrances to Suit the

Temperament

A Paris correspondent writes:" The difficulty of choosing a really good and individual scent from a vertumer's varied collection has Iteen solved since the Grand Couture decided to associate only a few of them with women and her clothes.

A

Objection to Panel Singularly enough in the next cuse, Mr. H. W. Wickham, counsel for the defence, objected to the whole of the jury.

1

Mr. Percival Clarke. prosecut- ing, submitted that Me. Wickham hed no right to challenge "the

|array."

It had been laid down, he said, that the only ground on which it could be alone was where the Sheriff had acted improperly in picking the jury panel.

The Recorder (to Mr. Wickham) Are you objecting to the Sheri?

reason

a

-No, I am objecting to the panel 1 am not asking you your ground I have no right to do that but I hope your

is not frivolous one?-No.

Counsel then proceeded to object one by one to the whole of the 12 jury as they came to be sworn. They were replaced by others from the back of the court.

New perfumes are assuming a yearly habit. The Grand Couture in general has given them a more exclusive quality through melange of floral extracts that do not define only one perfume in particular, but a delicious combina. tion of many. There is a subtic essence of chypre in Jean Patou's new one, "Le Sien," and of sandal wood Worth's new perfume, "Sans to Christ's Next Term

"JOURNEY'S END"

Playwright To "Go Up"

Rugby, Saturday.

10

CHAPLIN FILM

the

25th inst. will be subject to ront.

All claims against the steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 9th December, 1929, or they will not be recognised.

"All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns where they will be, examined on the 23rd inst. at 10 am, by Messrs, Goddard & Douglas.

ed.

No Fire Insurance has been effect-

Bilis of Lading will be countersign-

GIBR, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD., Agents. Hong Kong, 18th November, 1929.

Good Watch Dogs Wanted

In "The Gold Rush," called Charlie companied by dogs, which must be Kowloon, to-day and to-morrow

Chaplin's greatest comedy and which Wealthy persone should be ac-will be shown at the Majestic Theatre, trained not to eat foodstuffs liable world's famous comedian is seen as a ed by,

contain poison from persons pathetic tenderfoot struggling along intent

with hundreds of others who are in on kidnapping their masters. In the event of dogs,

search of gold in Kiandyke.

Poetic being poisoned by unknown per-comedy are cleverly blended. There is pathos and whimsical sons, such should serve a suf- one scene in which Charlie, a be- ficient warning to merchants to be draggled bit of humanity, finds a nym- on their guard against personapathiser and aweetheart-a girl in a plotting to kidnap them;

dance hall. She dances with the little Servants and employees should be tramp who beams aver her shoulder ordered always to be on the look-into the eyes of his rival, a wealthy out for suspicious-looking char- miner.

The scones aboard a big steamship ccters in the neighbourhood of their are full of human intercat. The juxury homes or offices and report auch to and comfort of the cabin are contrast- their masters;

Merchants should exercise,care in employing servants and see that only trustworthy persons are em- employed so that they may not be utilized by kidnappers;

Merchants should not leave their homes and offices at fixed times so as to foil the kidnappers. The routes followed should be changed often for the same reason:

d with the misery, want and sickness in the steerage.

“AMERICAN MOTHER"

OF CHINESE

NEW YORK LADY LEARNS LANGUAGE AND CUSTOMS

CULTURAL CENTRE

PUBLIC AUCTION

THE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction

ON

WEDNESDAY, November 20, 1929, commencing at 11 o'clock a.m. at their Sales Room, Duddell Street.

16 Cases Arena Oats

5 Cases Electric Light Battery

Cells

Iron Press

10 Cases "House" Bar Soaps

and

A Quantity of

MISCELLANEOUS GOODS AND FURNITURE. Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS..

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, Nov. 18, 1929.

Merchants should keep secret the times they leave their homes and offices and the routes they intend to follow, so that kidnap- pars may not know when and In Greenwich Village, New York, where to expect them;

there is a woman who has never. Morchants should not transact been to China and never expects to: business in huge sums for others go, yet who is so interested in unless they are familiar with the Chinese culture and customs that social standing of wach persons be she has learned the language of SHADOWS BEFORE. cause it has been found that kid- her legion of Chinese friends. Her ransom money house is a meeting-place for Chi-

nappers obtain

servants to Christ's rellable

to

Adieu." This new perfume might

through indirect channels instead nese students and others interest- COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED be, typified as having a dual per-

of negotiating directly with the ed in China and when she is not

IN "CHINA MAIL" sonality, as syringa permeates de-

familles Mr. R. C. Sherriff who la 31 years

concerned; And mer- there she can be found at the licately through the melange. Re-old and the author of "Journey's End,"

chants should always

employ Bamboo Forest, a centre for the search in perfumes is becoming is next term going up classic, and Worth develops the College, Cambridge s

accom- exchange of American, and Chinese An under-pany their children to and from ideas and Ideals. basis of resin to the essence of pre-graduate. Since the war he has been school.

"Mother Wil. liamson" she is called by the many clous woods-like syringa, rose, and engaged us an insurance surveyor but other fine tropical trees, thuya and has decided to go to the University assion, probably teaching-British Wire- befriended, and the name has be- Chinese students whom she has bubinca. The new bottle conforma ja preliminary to taking up a profex-leas Service.

in tone to the forest by being in green, and a wooden case, charac teristically selected from one of the ingredient woods, is made to fit over it on to a silver metal base.

How To Use

Luelen Lelong will tell you in the Arst place he expected to produce| only one perfume that would ex press in scent his idea of the modern woman of fashion, but just as there are types for whom it is necessary to change colour, and even lines, occasionally in the ac lux adaptation of clothes, he be came aware that his perfume "B" would not suit everyone, so he dove- loped two others, "A" and "C" "A" for a temperament more assertive than the average, and "C" for the Ingenue, type..

These he now regarde as having a purely emotional quality in com- mon with other fashionable per- fumes, since he felt the art of self expression was in thu ensemble, hats, shoes, hosiery, and furs, &c., and included "N"-which is not à perfume of type, but one anyone can use. It is cool and fragranti and, so far, remains supreme.

It is one thing to choose a good perfume and another thing to use. it correctly. The correct way is to do this economically, as it is the only means by which a woman can achieve that air of elusive elegance a perfums should impart. The beat mode of application is through an efficient spray, so that the fine vapour Bettles evenly over the sur- faco against which it is blown.

Mathematics Professor (after) there anyi' ques-

come so popular that most of her friends have forgotten" that her full name is Mra. Amy Orswell Williamson.

Social Functions To-day-Tea Dances at Hong Kong Hotel and Peninsula Hotel, 4.30 p.m.

Kong Hotel and

To-day-Dinner Daness at Hong Peninsula Hotel, 8.30 p.m.

To-day-Dinner Dance at Repulse Bay Hotel, 8.30 p.m.

Entertainments To-day Queen's Theatre; "Follies of 1929."

Mrs. Williamson first became in- terested in Chinese culture during her college days and later as a To-day Star social worker in Greenwich Vill-"The Kid's Clever."

age.

Theatre;

Theatre;

It was then that she began To-day - World the career that has made her the "Give and Take.” (Continuous per- "American mother" of manyformance from 1.15 to 11.15 p.m.). young Chinese in New York. Ten To-day- Majestic Theatre; years ago she discovered that her "Gold Rush." friend, Dr. Liu Tien-tav, Chinese Instructor at Columbia University, To-day Inward from Europe was interested in establishing a via Negapatam" ("Kutsang"); from social and cultural centra where America and ports. ("President his studenta could meet one an- McKinley").

Home Malls

other and their American col- To-day-Outward for America leagues. She decided to help bm and ports and Europe via San) and together they established the Francisco ("Pres. Taft"), 5 p.m.; Bamboo Forest. In winter. it is for Europe via Siberia, 6, p.m.

s home-like place with a large To-morrow-Inward from Amer open fireplace and in summer it is fen and porta ("Shinyo. Maru"); transformed into 2 summer Outward for Europe via Marseilles. garden,

("Porthos"), 2.80 p.m.

Dr. Liu, as the most genuint Lammerts Auction gesture of devotion a Chinese can Nov, 20-At Sales Room, Duddell make, adopted Mra. Williamson as Street, miscellaneous goods, 11 a.m: his American mother: Many Chi-

• Meeting's

nese girls and boys have also To-day Hong Kong Jockey adopted her, and she has come to Club Meeting, 5.15 p.m.

be known only as "Mother Wil-November 21-Hong Kong Horti- Hamson Aided by her many cultural Society Meeting at Messrs. Chinese friends, he has learned Jardine, Matheson's Board Room, the Chinese language and Chinese 6.15 p.m.

cooking, and has acquired many November 21-St. John's Cathe Chinese customs, allther Chinese dral Extraordinary Meeting, 6,30 education having taken place in p.m. Greenwich, Village,

"Aurtle, Inquired Annabel of her unmarried "elderly'

"aid you ever have pro

dear respor

Munt.

man asked me ove

telephone: to marr

Miscellaneous

To-morrow Hong Kong St. An rew's Society, Ree Practice, Hotel, 5.80 pal

and

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