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AN

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1929.

ENGLISH CIRCUS

IN MANCHURIA

A MUKDEN "FIRST NIGHT"

A remand of 21 hours was grant- THERE was never a mord suc: ty gone its rounds without serious

ed at to Kowloon Magistracy to-day in a case in which a Chinese foki of a fishing Junk was charged with having in his possession and control six bottles of Chinese medicine wine, on which duty had not been paid.

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cessful "first night" at any delay or inconvenience. West End theatre. Stalls and pit! The Chinese are inordinately fond rocked with laughter at every quip of this entertainment. They re- ard gesture of the comedians; the, turn night after night to watch the dramatic incidents were violently same clowning and the same skilful applauded; while as for the leading feats of horsemanship; they wait lady in her tights and spangles, excitedly for the wooden barrier to her every effort was rewarded with be withdrawn from the main enter- 3 volley of hand-clapping like ance and push in to the ticket booth. like schoolboys on holiday. Little children, holding fearfully to their mothers' hands, are taken to sec the wiki and voracious beasts of the jungle and to feed the elephants with buns. just us at Rogent's Park.

A Chinese woman named Lf Ah-machine-gun fire. yee (35), living at 129 Main Street, The theatre was a tent, the Shaukiwan West, was alleged to audience were wholly Chinese, and have attempted suicide yesterday the "arst night" production was an morning by swallowing an overdose English one. Ilarmston's Circus of opium. She was taken to the had come back to Mukden. Government Civil Hospital in a serious condition.

Revolutions flow and abb around Harmaton's Circus and leave it untouched. The audience is often composed of the soldiers military faction, who are succeeded સ little later by their victorious

of one

Imagine an old-fashioned Eng- lish circus as one of the most popular entertainments in Man- As the summons hid not been chria! A circus complete with served against H. Michel, Peninsula clowns (really funny ones) speaking, Hotel, for reckless driving, and as when off duty, the language of Man- Sub-Inspector J. R. McWalter is illchester and the Strand; English | Opponents, but the money comes in in hospital, with typhoid, the case trapeze performers (girls, and against the former was adjourned sine die by Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magistracy to-day.

It

an old-

more

just the same. It is a welcome respite from civil war to sit in the bright little tent and laugh loudly at the absurd antics of a buffoon in wide white trousers and a painted face. In fact, I am inclined to be- lieve that Harmston is an excellent antidote to Chinese politics.

pretty too); a ringmaster who is constant; buited by the clowns; Intelligently trained horses, a band and a small but adequate collection A son has been born to Mr. and of the wild and voracious beasts 31r9. William Seiffert (of Messrs.of the jungle. T. E. Griffith, Ltd.), Shameen.

Harmston's Circus is will be remembered that Mrs. established institution in the Far

His show is no less popular with Seiffert is the daughter of Mr. East. The original Harmaton. Europeans. It can play for weeks Douglas Jenkins, Consul-General for who came out of England when a

in large communities like Shanghai the United States of America in

young man--and that was

without a painful shrinkage of the Canton.

than half a century ago-founded box-office receipts. Diplomatá can it in a modest way. His son, the ba seen smiling carefully from Lieut. J. Courtis, R.A.S.C., who present proprietor and manager, has cushioned chaim when the arrived in Hong Kong from Shang-been with it since he was six years visita Peking. On the occasion of hai on Monday, is the woll-known old. Year after yoar the circus the last visit the tents were pitched heavyweight boxer. He fought follows its familiar route through the glacis of the Legation quar- tact, and furbenrance-the ability the Aldershot Boxing Tournament and Manchuria in summer, the Minister,

Lieut. Capper, R.A., in the finals of a good part of Asia; the China ports ter by permission of the

on condition that the and the willingness to see "the in August, 1926, and he had been Pallippines, Java, Malaya, and members of the Legation Guard other side"-have won out. The Amateur Heavyweight Champion India the rest of the year.

were admitted free. credit for that must undoubtedly just previously.

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It never goes into winter quarters because it avoids winter. Mukden is the northern frontier of one season. Now that the nights are nipped by frost, the circus is turn- ing southward again. will be wearing topeen by the time Manchuria is buttoning itself into fura.

The clowns

It is a circus of modest dimensions," and for that reason all the more The friendly and entertaining. pitch it holds there is a vacant lot at one side of a modern boulevard

circus

French

Touring with Harmeton isyany thing but lazy fo

The trapeze artists are constantly thinking out variations of their display on the rings and crossbars.

The mysterious East is all around them, but they might as well bo in Wigan.-P.G.

TEN YEARS AGO

[From the "China Mail," November 22, 1919.J

To-day's dollar is worth 5/1 1/4d.

As Others See Us:-Police methods

even more BO.

be given to Sir Cecil Clementi. It is understood that the Hon. And just because he has done so Mr. C. Mel, Messer, who recently much in this admirable direction returned to the Colony will resume it seems a pity that the Imperial his post as Colonial Treasurer in

a few days. Mr. N. L. Smith, act Government should decide to ing Postmaser General, will go to transfer his activities to a realm the Secretariat for Chinese Affaira, where Chinese problems are by and Mr. M. J. Breen, who has been acting Colonial Treasurer, will re- no manner of means 80 acute.

sume his position as Posmaster There is precedent for extending General. the term of a Governor-the Straits Settlements themselves. The following appointments were in the Japanese settlement. There for instance and the peculiar made by the Secretary of State is a main tent, complete with com- conditions prevailing in South/during AugustHong Kong.-Mr.fortable seats to suit all pockets, at Hong Kong are peculiar and the

J. J. Ferguson, M.A., Assistant ring brightly lit and gay with Magisterial mentality China could well have warranted Master. Education Department: Iags, and a smaller tent containing Recently the Police arrested a Chinese such an extension being accord-Mr. L. R. Holmes, B.A.. Assistant the wild and voracious beasts of the lady on a charge of being in unlawful ed to Sir Cecil. We can, however, Master (General Subjects), Mr. J. jungle. These include three small-possession of firewood. It appears that

M. Wilson, B.Sc., Assistant Master scale elephants, but bow to the inevitable, con-(Science), Mias W. E. Lister, lion, and

A man went to her house selling fire- a bored tiger, a few less spectacular wood and eho bought some. Subsa- tenting ourselves with pointing Nursing Sister; Mr. A. R. S. Major, animals which are meant merely to quently a warrant was issued and sho with pride to the great part that Folice Probationer.

be looked at. The great feature is was arrested. The Police stated that it was the Forestry Department which he has played in soeking and in

contributed by the trained horses, brought the action as there was in- achieving international concord

At the Kowloon Magistracy this of which Mr. Harmston and his wife | formation that there was a lot of Hong Kong, Friday, Nov. 22, 1929. in these parts. As we have in were dealt with by Mr. W. Schofield.

forenoon the following traffic cases are justly proud.

stolen wood in the house. Although Though an English circus, 20 the name on the warrant proved to be dicated already, he has, in spite The Chinese drivers of two lorries nationalities are represented on the incorrect the Magistrate decided to of the questionable soll, sown the were each flaed $50 far having in- pay roll. The performers have been hear the case and subsequently made right seed and not he but this efficient brakes for their vehicles. drawn from various European coun- the starting assertion that it was for Falling to provide his lorry with a tries, and the transport labour wood was not stolen. Such a remark to prove that the Colony shall continue to reap the mechanical device signifying direc- performed by Javanese coolies.

might be possible in a Chinese Court. harvest.

Ex-It is an almost incredible fact that, The Indy, who was the wife of a direc tton, a Chinese was fined $5.

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." AS YE SOW

"

accused's counsel

Until the time draws nearer for the departure of His Excel- lency Sir Cecil Clementi it might

In the realm of purely local ceeding 15 m.p.h., at Waterloo Road despite the unrest in China and the tor of the Wing On Co., was released---- be more seemly to abstain from politics Sir Cecil Clementi has led to a lorry driver being fined consequent disturbance of com- not with an apology but with a can-

{$15.

munications, Harmston's has placid- tion. writing anything about him with proven himself an administrator any approach to beatification. whose record of good works far Still, as news must be faithfully outweighs those occasions 011 recorded in the Press, so is it the which the critics were given op- duty of the Press to comment on

portunities to make themselves auch news and to reflect as near heard. As no man can fool all ly as possible true public opinion

the people all the time, so no man thereon.

can please all the people all the time. But it must be stated with

Cecil has genuinely endeavoured

MEN, WOMEN, AND AFFAIRS

Lady Clifford's Writings: "Stant" Aviation: A Savile Row Club: Bound For Broadmoor:

Commander-in-Chief's House

illness at

Singapore

in-

an

notobook in hand. Where were you going, sir?" he asked one of the two young men. "To Broadmoor Lunatic Asylum," one over

of them answered. "Come, come," said the policeman, "this is no laughing matter. Where were you going?" "To Broadmoor Lunatic Asylum," was the reply., So he

He committed one of the onpar. donable sins that any amateur air man can commlt by "stunting" in a very dangerous manner BF air station.

Not content with flying low, over the station, this young owner-airman few feet of swooped down within the ground, rose to a few hundred feet, banked, and again nose-dived so perilously near the hangars as to causo considerablo unsasiness among the officers in attendance ON the aerodrome.

It is a mystery to those who saw

And more than one officer's note.

the manoeuvres why it was done

First and foremost, it may in all sincerity he said that the the utmost sincerity that Sir Lady Clifford Colony is reaping, and shall reap for many years, the good seed to work with the singleness of LADY Clford, whose serious that Sir Cecil Clementi has sown purpose involved in the Colony's volved the resignation of her during the short period of four best interests. Those whose pri-husband, Sir Hugh Clifford, from years in the direction of remov-vilege it has been to come into the office of Governor of the Settlements, is better ing the bitterness inevitable upon personal contact with His Excel-Stats

many people as Mrs. the strike and boycott initiated lency must, without evasion and Henry de la Pasture, the novelist by Borodin and Co. in 1925 and without equivocation, admit that and dramatist.

Her play, "Peter's Mother," of creating in its place an atmos-/ throughout the four depressing based on one of her, books, was a phere of friendliness with the years of his term as Governor a success at Wyndham's and Chinese-here and in Canton-he has ever sought to give to was afterwards revived at the book registered the number of the that cannot but react most fav the Colony the best that was Haymarket. It enjoyed a ourably upon the trend of trade. within his power. He succeeded mand performance at Sandring Much is often Imputed to exalted to an undesirable heritage for ham. In 1906.

Lady Clifford has not been so personages that is found on close which neither he nor his imme-active with her pen since her examination to be mythical. No diate predecessor could be held second marriage in 1910 to Sir really great man is without his accountable, and he has steadily: Hugh Clifford. They were

home a year ago, and the news decryers. The necessity of wrought to let the past bury its of Lady Clifford's Hiness has caus- handling such a difficult task as dead and to revive those pristine ed as much regret and sympathy faced Sir Cecil glories of which the Colony here as in Malaya. that which Clementi on his arrival here as throughout its 88 years has ever Not an Airman Governor might have dismayed been proud. More than that, we many a man leas acquainted with need not say at the moment!

Chinese mentality, less tolerant

of Chinese aspirations, less skill- ed in the use of the Chinese lan- guage. Happily

Bismarckian

NEWS IN BRIEF

com- machine.

Masters Club

at

seems but a short time ago that Masters' Club opened in Savile row, and one still remembers the mild excitement when it was announced that election would be by invitation only, thus avoiding the invidious backball altogether.

But there was more heartburning at first than any, blackballs could have caused, and there were all sorts of stories flying about, including one (that a cortain duchess was much ag ALL efforts on the part of the grlored because she had not boon in- Pritice of Wales and his young.vited to join. In actual fact she wan er brother: Prince George to induce riot aggrieved. She had never even Lady Alexandra the Duke of Gloucester to take up heard of the club.

Metcalfe and Lady Louis Mountbatten fying, as they have done, have fall wore the moving spirit of the club

at the time of Its opening,

ed so far.

And now Masters Club is no mores it has been taken over by a small syndicate. In future It will be known as Nash's..

The Duke of Gloucester has de The following. marriages are

finitely refused to give up the saddle this season for the edekpit, methods have always been alien Powell, A.M.I.C.E. FR.G.8. Bur-Trealan House, Just outside Melton forthcoming:-Mr. Sidney John and has made arrangements to take to Sir Cecil, and, in the net re- lington Hotel, Shanghai, to Miss Mowbray, again this year and to

hant with the Quorn sult, relations between the Gov- Phyllis Warden Brown, M.B.E,

No, Laughing Matter ernment here and the Chiness and B.A, Peninsula Hotel Kowloon

HERE is another case of truth be- Mr. Eloi Edouard Bougon, No. 1, Bad Flying Form

ing stranger than fetten, Two A Kong, to Miss member of a light aeroplane, young men were driving in the coun- hnemson, Priyalab near London is likely to retry when they collided with another

olve an official dumper to his firing motor-car at Weybridge

and Canton

took them off to the police. station, and it was not until a tele phone call to the governor was made that he realised that the young man was speaking the truth.

Sir Phillip Chetwode's House AYOW that Sir Philip Chetwode is

India, his beautiful house in St.

to be Commander-in-Chief In

John's Wood will see even less of him. Since acquiring it he has been abroad a great deel.

The house, In Grové-end-road, ir on the site of a studio occupied by the French artist Tissot; and it has. appropriate everoundings, far, next door WEEN .the studio of Phillp Calderon. Laurence Alma-Tadamo bullt the house, which has an exten- sive lounge, a Byzantine ballroom, s brass, staircase, and heavy curtains Instead of doors.

It is, in fact, about the last house one would imagine an eminent gen eral as being likely to take. Tho ex-Kalser visited it the last time he was in London.

A Hassars Officer SIR Philip, who is rod-haired, ener

gotic, epigrammatic, and an old 19th Hussars officer, made his name chiefly in the campaign in the Holy Land, for In 1916 he led the Desort Mounted Corps, famous for its dash to: Aleppo, and then commanded thes Army Corps that took part in,

in the capture of Jerúsalem..

For these activities there was an- central precedent. The general tracés his descent from some Chefwode of Chetwoda who went to Byrls with Richard Coeur de Llon, by whom ha

Desde Kenthusiasm falak gwadays-to" comt. * The inevitable policeman "appeared, | was knighted.