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Mr. Whyte-Smith at the Kowloon
Magistracy this morning imposed à fine of $12 on Miss V. Shea, 27,
Kai Tack Road, the defendant ad-
mitting that her two female dogs had gone abroad without muzzles. A fine of $5 was moted out to Mr. Tipple of the Kai Tack Bass, Kowloon City, and Mr. J. MacKenzie, 6, Essex Crescent Road, Kowloon Tong, for similar offences.
SILVER WEDDING
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1930.
ROUND THE CINEMAS PRESIDENTYS VISIT TO
Book Sensation Makes Film Drama
1
CONVENTIONS FORGOTTEN.
CANTON
THE REVOLUTIONARY TASK STILL UNCOMPLETED
WARNINIG TO OFFICIALS
"The Bridge of San Luis Rey," Thornton Wilder's. Pulitzer prize winning novel, which created a
Nanking. Yesterday: literary sensation, now triumpha Speaking at the Weekly Memorial again, for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's | Service on February 3, President Almisation with dialogue and talk- Chiang expressed his disappointment Ing soquences of the story, now that the Chinese lunar year was still
Mr. & Mrs. C. Makeham's showing at the Queen's Theatro, kept by many of the Government ente
Celebration
has literally made screen history.
Ferhaps never before has a ployees, and he hoped that the obser novel been so faithfully translat-vance of the next Chinese New Year There WA5
a happy gathering ed to the screen, not only in plot would not be repented. "As the Ro last night at the Wesleyan Soldiers' but in the very spirit. And never velationary task is still uncompleted, and Sallors' Home on the oceaalon before has such drama been Alm-every one should understand the algal- of a presentation made to Mr. and
Bicance of the Revolution. High officers ed, for all pre-ordained conveb- Mrs. C. Makeham in celebration oftions and traditions of fim plays not consider themselves merely play- of various yuans and ministries must ing the part of "officials," and thố staffs of various departments must perform their duties with the spirit of n Party member," declared the Pre- sident.
their silver wedding anniversary. were
Mr. and Mrs. Makeham have done splendid work for the Wesleyan Church and for the Home, and in Appreciation of their good work, they were presented with a black wood cabinet and a silver water jug
Mr. W. H. Edmonds, presiding a the place of the Rev. J. Knight Anstey, who was indisposed, paid a high tributo. to the work of this | indefatigable .couple whose friends rejoiced with them in the celebra- tion of their silver wedding anniver-
вагу.
Other tributes were pald, and Mr. Makeham suitably replied.
RADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
The following programme will be Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. og 355 broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong
metres:---
sion. The old axiom must be re- & Victor Records, supplied by 6-7 p.m.-Programme of H.M.V. versed and the Colony save up for Courtesy of Messrs. Moutrie.
"Flying Dutchman-Overturo
(Wagner),
New York Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of William Mengelborg.
the non-rainy days and even the non-rainy months ahead of
us.
Whilst on the subject of water
forgotten in together the tremendous story
weaving
The thrill of the wreck of the huge bridge, the majestic cathe- dral scenes, and the fiery por trayal of Camile, the dancer, are highlights in the story,
The cast is a remarkable one. Lily Damita, Europe's dancing sensation, plays the strange danc- er, and Ernest Torrence is seen in the role of "Uncle Pio," and Don Alvarado and Rinaldo enact the twin brothers, Duncan
"Esteban" and "Manuel."
To Emily Fitzroy and Mikhail Vavitch go the honours for char-
Defence of Nanking The President announced that he would sail on the cruiser Yunggul for Canton next Monday for inspection for a period of three weeks. After the President's departure, the defence of Nanking and Shanghai will be under takon by General Liu Shih, and that of the Tientsin-Pukow Line by Gen- erals Chan Tiao-yuan and Wang Chla yu, while the chairmanship of the State Council will be temporarily held by Mr. Tan Yon-kai, President of the Execu- tive Yuan.
President Chiung has decided to for Shanghai, where he will take the leave Nanking on Friday, February 7, eruiser Yungsui on February 9, call-
acter portrayals as the "Marquesa" and the "Viceroy." Tully Mar- shall and Mitchell Lewis, Jane Winton, Paul Ella, Gordon Thorpe and many other well known playing at Foochow on February 11, Amoy ers are in the cast.
"THE ROUGH RIDERS"
⚫ Theodore Roosevelt was particular about who went to war with him. He organised the only "exclusive regiment" in history when he as- sembled the Rough Riders for the fight with Spain.
on February 12, and Swatow on February 13, and arriving at Canton morning of February 15. Canton on the night of February 14 or the Nowa Agency.
RINDERPEST?
Cattle Succumb to Disease
It is reported that about 30 head of bullocks have succumbed within the past week at North Point to a malady the symptoms of which are said to give rise to the theory of rinderpest.
Information has been given to the veterinary authorities' in order that a precise diagnosis of the disease may be made and sures concerted to prevent the fur ther spread of the discase.
men-
Thousands applied for enlistment, and thousands were refused. Family connections, excellent reputations, wealth and breeding did not mean a thing. What Roosevelt wanted was the finest aggregation of mounted fighting men he could get, and he chose his men for stoutness of heart, sharpness of eye and mind, and the ability to sit a bad horse,
So, the exclusive regiment includ- ed in its ranks men who had been it is encouraging to find that wil-"Gypsy Caprice"
in jail, gamblers, rough mining mon, ful wasters of water at the street
"Shepherd's Madrigaller),
broncho-busters, two-gun men from Fritz Kreisler (Violin Solo). fountains are still dealt with by "If I Had a Talking Picture of You" the west and lone scouts who had
-Fox Trot,
terrorised the border. But there being summoned and ined in "Sunny Side Up"-Fox Trot
were also fearless fighting men in cases where convictions are secur-
Johnny Hamp's Kentucky the East, who could ride graciously
Suranaders.
in a carriage or sit a vicious pony. There were college athletes who had learned to take punishment on the football field and others who were gentlemen and soldiers..
All these types are
in Paramount's picturisation of "The Rough Riders" written for the screep by Hiermann Hagedorn, blo- High Rents:-Dur Governor pro- Beniamino Gigli.raphor for Theodore Roosevelt, hably has no adequate conception of "Under the Moon" (Lyn, Wheeler & The picture is now showing at the done by the mere mention of the "Our Avenue" (Weston & Lee),
and directed by Victor Fleming. the amount of good he has probably Sayder) Gracie Fields. Majestic Theatre, Kowloon. It has possibility of the institution of a "Organ Paraphrase on Love's Old' Sweet Song" (Molloy, arr. Meale),
five well-known stars, Mary, Astor, Fair Rents Tribunal. The landlords (a) "Morning Pow".
Charles Emmett Mack, Charles Far-will not want that, and we prophesy (b) "The Old Oak Tree",
rell, Noah Beery and George Ban-considerably more reasonableness on (Power).
........Arthur Meale. croft with Frank Hopper 19 7-9 p.m.-Experimental Trans-Roosevelt.
their part as a result of the mission.
Governor's veiled threat. We con- gratulate His Excellency on the prompt reply. It was better than leaving it over in the routine way,
Light Opera Company. "The Sorcerer"Selection
(Sullivan), "Trial by Jury"-Selection,
ed: Until we can afford to be in- "Song of the Sea"-Vocal Gem, dependent of a regular rainfall the people must be taught the] necessity of thrift, or, rather, the necessity not to indulge in wilful} waste which may recoil on their own heads one day. There is a type of person in the Orient as well as elsewhere who simply de- Hong Kong, Thursday, Feb: 8, 1930.light in flouting the authorities
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WATER PROSPECTS
in matters of this kind and for this type the best penalty is that which touches their pockets. Selfishness is ingrained in them, and they take no thought of the plight of the "other fellow." To water wasters no sentiment or sympathy ought to be shown, and it is therefore to be trusted that prosecutions will continue to be initiated against them.
News in Brief
It is learned that there is every prospect of the work of laying the pipe line across the harbour being completed about the end of the current month, when supplies will begin to be conveyed from Kowloon for the requirements of the Island. The quantity will naturally depend on Kowloon's
A meeting of the Hong Kong own requirements, but even a
Football Association will be held in minimum of, say, two million the Association Offices at 5.80 p.m. gallons daily cannot but go a good on Tuesday, February 11. way to solve the Island's water supply problem. Even as it is, ita.s. Patrick Henry, was sent to the W. J. Claivarne, a seaman of the is estimated that there is suf-Kowloon Hospital by the ship's ficient water in the reservoirs of agents yesterday suffering from a the Colony at present' to last five fractured leg."
The Band of H.M. Cold. stream Guards. "Tosca-Recondita Armonia"
(Strange Harmony), "Manon Lescaut-Donna non vidi mal"
(Maldon So Fair)
9 p.mChinese Programme. 10.30 pm-Close Down.
Been
This picture is recommended to all lovers of stirring historical drama.
Ten Years Ago
(From the "China Mall," February 6, 1920.1
To-day's dollar is worth 5/- 84.
MEN, WOMEN, AND AFFAIRS
A Distinguished Diplomat: A Slamp' In Hunting: Snacks At The Parliamentary Bar: Princess Charming Of
Holland Secretary To The Dace
A Diplomatic Figure
music supplied by performers in SIR. George Clerk, who was re-native costumes, it was in the ...ceived in audience by the best sense a night in Bohemia. King at Backingham Palace, is: not only British Ambassador at Constantinople, but leaks the part.
Echoes of Stock: Slump
hunting counties, by the way, are bearing their share of the. depression which has followed re- cent stock market fluctuations.
Americans who, in the past, havs
A Dutch Heiress PRINCESS Juliana, the heiress to the throne of Holland, is, it is. rumapred, engaged to be married to her cousin, Prince Wilhelm of Erbach Schoenberg.
Very little is hoard of this fia- portant Princess, who has quiet, stidious tastes and is reported to be shy in the extrome. But when she was a tiny calld she was almost as much he photographed as our own Princess Elizabeth.
In appearanco abe resembles her mother, and, still more closely, her Albany. She is fond of painting is great-aunt, the late Duchess of water-colours, and the form of exer else she most favours is riding a bicycle..
the Government has consented to wearing a monocle, he is a great Tall, beautifully groomed, and
perform the official opening boon to Continental caricaturists,.crowded round Melton Mowbray have ceremony of the new buildings and who, knowing so
well how to mostly been compelled to remain in additional hostel College at Stanley Peninsula on have only to add a moustache to hunting has also had its effect on of St. Stephen'e draw Sir Auston Chamberlain, America this winter, and the retire. ment of the Prince of Wales from Tuesday, March 25, at 8-p.m. add also a distinguished diplomat the number of visitors to Leicester
to their collection.
shire. On charges of hawking without Hoence and wilfully obstructing George was at the British Lega economy are finding that it is "In-
Shortly after
People who are anxious to reduce a Chinese police detective, & Chi- tion at Prague, and saw the birth, creasingly difficult to obtain a good has to be confined to private grounds,
their atables on the grounds of nese woman was
But her Boyal Highness's cycling Magistracy this morning fined 35, as it were, of the present Czecho pries for their hunters, and alto- and her suggestion not lente grounds the alteruptive of fourteen days Masaryk, and the good work he Snacks for Parliamentary Counsel or 7 days in default, and $10, with
Slovakian nation. He was on ex-
gether a certain air of gloom can, aho should do her shopping in this celient terms with President
be detected in their conversations. fashion met with very decided parental hard labour respectively.
opposition. did there marked him out for
months, and already: the rainfall H. E. the Officer Administering for the year to date-young as it is-is above the average. Under these circumstances it is not sur prising to learn that the authori- ties do not intend to add to the restrictions as regarda supply already in force on the Island. In future years, when a sufficient number of reservoirs have been built, the Colony ought to be in dependant of the vagaries of rain fall and need not fear a drought Bo prolonged as that of last year
Much as many people may
at the Kowloon
- Taking into consideration the early promotion. like
the cells since 10 o'clock yesterday fact that the woman had been in
the
War Sir
MR Compton, the Socialist chair
.of
man of the Kitchen Committee The Duce's Decision
the House of Commons, is a man COUNT Roglerfil Villanova, who of idea The latest plan he has in has been promoted from the
Race
to see restrictions totally abolish- ed now, and a twenty-four hours' morning, Mr. Whyte Smith at the tive Britons were invited
In those days maly representa mind is the establishment of a Counsellorship of the Italian Embassy. service provided, the latest official Kowloon Magistracy this morning. Prague as guests of Czecho
to quick-luncheon bar for the convent in London to the Consgl-Generalship figures of supply and consumping a quantity of old rubber shoes Clerk used to give a series of in the business of considering privata don during the Five-Power Con
cautioned the defendant for dump Slovakia.
of counsel,Parliamentary at Sir George and Lady Throng the Committee Corridor when Instead, agents, witnesses, and others who proceed
Ottawa, w after all, not
to Canada tion demonstrate that this is not on a vacant piece of ground at teresting dinner parties at their
Immediately. he` will remain in feasible. Thus, during Chinese Dundas Street.
is in progress, house, on the hill overlooking the New Year Week è full service was
tpise the dealia Helers MrWilliam Anderson, local river, a house, that had a fine
on.
has decided giver, with the result that the secretary of the Trinity College of Wooded garden that was almost a
step owing to Count Rogieri's mption rose on the Island Music, Londo
exceptional knowledge" of Am Informe the China park million gallons to
and British pollicksmerican Mail that
His macbentory as the Embassy will be Bignog-Manwell, a young Italian
tian, who
wh
Preient arrangements are admit tedly unsatisfactory, and when come fees adjourn for luncheon busy. members of the Parliamentary Berg frequently find it necessary to den these din tant themselves, with a few sand has received a cable At one of
Mr. Mallinson ner parties were Lord Dunwich eaton while they veruse isileaving London In LADY, Hong Kong to
whom Frague Inspired lol papers. to write new poeme,, Sir Henry There is ample accommnedation for until the Dude Have op
Wood, Mr. HG Wells, and Mr. such bar Akakhaptop. father grand, of the Italian Foreigné.
, staircase leading to the committes for several years na hla.
vate bucretaryJust
OF PW. Nevinson. With native corridor
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