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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1930.

"CALL OF THE DEAD.”

A Passion Play of To-day.

NEW GERMAN. ENTERPRISE,

Berlin, March 27. An event of supreme artistic im portance to Germany has been timed to coincide, with the performance of the Oberammergau. Passion Play. The Ides of expressing the Passion of our own times, the terror and suffering of the Great War, in some dramatic form bound up with the art of to-day as closely us Oberam mergan is with the past, arose, appropriately enough, in the neutral Talhoff. mind of a Swiss, Albert He looked to Germany, and found in Munich the means of producing his objective impression of what the war meant and what the dead have to say to the living to-day.

AT THE ZOO. A Cheetah Quickly Makes Friends.

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ARRIVAL FROM · IRAQ. "

cheetah, I met Charles the writes a special correspondent of the Morning Post. He is waiting to make his London public at the Zoo. Charles is perfectly tame, and has just ar- rived in London from Iraq, where, for nearly two years, he has been

lebut before the

the constant friend and confidant of Dr. Corkill, sleeping at night curled up at the end of the doctor's bed.

Charles was only too pleased to be friendly, and, after licking my hand for some minutes to inspire mutual confidence, rolled over on his back after the manner of pup- pies and kittens the world over of rib and enjoyed tickling.

an orgy

It may be AM well for the too highly strung to avoid this extreme

A keeper then brought food, and peak of German artistic endeavour:

I lost my new found friend. Even others may regard it in the same light as many notable Germans-athen Charles, determined to do his milestone in stuge history. The best to please, gave a marvellous very simplest description of what demonstration of killing his bone Munich intends to show the world before tacking it from the gas- fle 1s in "Totenmal" ("The Call of the tranomic point of view, Dead") during the summer months destined for the North Dank, where this year is best clothed in the most he should prove a popular attrac- banat of words. There is

tion.

little

In cages near by, also waiting. their turn to be introduced to the visiting public, are some rare strip ed mice from West Africa, a duiker, an African elvet, and two crab-eating dogs 'irom Pera.

SHADOWS BEFORE

THE CHINA MAIL.

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCEL IN CHINA MAIL

Social Functions. To-day Tea and Dinner Dances at Hong Kong Hotel, 4.30 and 8.80 P. respectively.

May 30 H.K.V.D.C.

dinner,

Volunteer Headquarters, 8 p.m.

Entertainments

To-day Queen's "Locked Door."

To-day

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Star "Just Tony."

To-day World "Zander the Great."

Theatre,

To-day Majestic "West of Broadway."

To-day-Band Concert, Kowloon Football Club ground, 9.15 p.m.

8.

ROUND THE CINEMAS

"The Love Parade" to Be Screened,

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CENTRAL THEATRE.

The Central Theatre, which opens

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

CHINESE CUSTOMS

NOTIFICATION.

WITH Reference to previous tion notifying that the exportation abroad of GOLD BARS and the

Chinese Customs Notifica-

very soon now, will have for its first picture, and reproduced on Wester Electric sound equipment, Para-

importation from mount's all talking, singing, and SILVER, COINS are Prohibited.

abroad Bi

musical romance. **he Lova Parade," featuring Maurice Cheva-the Public are Hereby Notified ller and beautiful Jeanette Mae that, in accordance with instruc- tions received from the Inspector General of Customs, "Love Parade"

this ruling 1s ал Ernst

also applies to Silver Coins al- Lubitsch production, a Paramount

rendy shipped to China. Super-special picture,

Donald.

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In Shanghai, it was shown for 22 days and broke all box office re Theatre, cords; in New York, tickets were sold for $11 for the opening night. Theatro, "The Love Parade" is a tuneful extravagance of the Intimacies and Theatre; intrigues connected with the throne of very mythical kingdom, or rather queentom, with Jeanette MacDonald playing the queen and Maurice Chevalier starred as her military attache, who is recalled See Special Sports Diary on page from a foreign capital for having been involved in numerous scandal ous affairs with the lovely ladies of the diplomatic circle.

Sports

Home Mails. To-molrow-Inward from Europe via. Suez Manpura).

Lahmerts Auctions. To-morrow-At Sale Room, Dud- dell Street, household furniture.

To-morrow-At Sales Roort, Dud-

J. M. H. OSBORNE, Commissioner' of Chinese Customs, Kowloon & District. York Building, Hong Kong, 20th May, 1930,

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

of the Sale by Public Auction DARTICULARS & CONDITIONS

to be held on MONDAY, the 26th day

at of May, 1930, "Love Parade" has 10 original aongs, wonderful settings and lavish p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by costuming,

Order of His Excellency the Gov- ernor, of ore Lot of Crown Land at Mong Kok Tsui, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal dell Street, valuable postage stamps.stead of cattle portray a new type at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the of Western picture in Priscilla Surveyor of His Majesty the King. Meetings.

Dean's new Metropolitan feature, for one further term of 75 years. To-morrow-Legislative Council "West of Broadway," which has its

dell Street, motor cycle, 8 p.m.

May 23-At Sales Boom, Dud-

"WEST OF BROADWAY."

Cowboys that chose golf balls in

point in telling a person he is going to see a "synthetic choral and choreographic rhythmic Vision." But when he realises he is going to see the identical light effects of the moon flickering on tombstones which have caused so many ghosts to walk in country churchyards, to hear the hollow sighs and chants of an invisi- lite and ghoulish chorus, and watch masked dancers--and what mask words, however, and his manner Meeting (Finance Committee), 2.30 first local showing at the Majestic

was an eloquent commentary upon p.m.

HWILY, advance, and disperse in dreadful groups with that supreme mistress of the German intellectual school of interpretative dancing, Mary Wigman, at their head, he will

understand what Tulhoff, Professor Linnebach, lighting expert of the

Bavarian State Theatre, und the 'Symbolic-synthetic expressionists of Munich have to offer. Unknown Warriors must return in masks, Buys Talhof, or the individual would not be everybody's own be loved Warrior. and time and space and vision and bearing must be submerged in an abstract of feciing if an agony is to be of universal understanding.

MAY DAY RIOTS.

Trouble Reported in Indo-China.

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Saigon, May 2. May Day passed quietly through- out Indo-China with the exception of two demonstrations, in one of which French official shot one of the lemonstrators.

In the province of Thaibinh, about 300 persons coming from the villages | in the area around Hung Yen and Thaibinh collected about the ferry. They succeeded In crossing the river by bullying ferrymen, but then they ran into the barrier of the native! guard.

The demonstrators were vainly asked to disperse. A shot was fired from the ranks of the demonstrators, and the native guard fired in the

air.

The duiker had not recovered from the indignity of his travelling box, and refused to make any state- ment. Actions speak louder than

the land of his adoption. The To-morrow-Mid-Levels Residents' striped mice were too tired to be Association, Messrs Shewan Tomes interviewed, but the crab-eating Beard room, . George's Building, dogs, like Charles, seemed to think 6.30 p.m.

I had at least some good points May 30-Union Insurance Society and might well be worth cultivat-of Canton, Ltd., 11 a.m.; China Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., 11.16 a.m.; Insurance Co., were British Traders'

and Ltd., 11.20 a.m. respectively.

iny.

When they arrived they sadly afflicted with rickets, could hardly move. A course of cod liver oil has completely cured them, and they were, only too an- xious to exhibit their powers of

They mobility.

nice little

are

chaps, and will go out into the gardens as soon as the weather be- comes a little warmer.

In the lion house are three of the finest jaguars ever seen in this country. They are all males, and were obtained from the Barcelona' Exhibition. Two live together in amity. The third, having develop ed "homicidal tendencies early in

life, has a desirable residence" to himself.

POOR AL CAPONE.

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Misery on £40,000 A Year.

LOOKING FOR A HOME!

Poor Al Capone, the "Emperor" of Chicago's underworld, ia a sad and weary man in spite of the fact that he has proved erime can be made to pay by obtaining an income estimated by the Revenue authori ties at £40,000 a year.

Ever since he

WAS re-

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TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. on 356

metres:--

6-7 p.mChinese Programme. 7.10.30 p.m.-Programme of Vic-

tor Records.

"Red Hot Chicago"--Fox Trot,

Wasn't it Beautiful While it Lost

ed?"-Fox Trot,

"Thank Your Father"-Fox Trot, "Good for You-Bad for Me"--Fox Trot (De Sylva.Brown-Henderson), "Lucky Little Devil"-Fox Trot (Mort Dixon-Harry Woods), "Everybody Tap"-Fox Trot

(Jack Yellen-Milton Ager),

Bernie Cummins and His New Yorker Hotel Orchestra. "The One I Love Just Cannot be

Bothered With Me"-Fox Trot (Gus Kahn-Seymour Simons),

Philip Spitalny and His Orchestra. "Blue, Turning Grey Over You"-Fox Trot (Andy Razaf-Thomas Waller),

Nat Shilkret & the Victor Orchestra.

"Lazy Louisiana Moon"-Waltz

(Walter Donaldson),

Hilo Hawailan Orchestra "Alone with my Dreama"-Fox Trot

(Gus Kahn-Harry Archer),

Nat Shilkret & the Victor Orchestra.

The spokesmen of the demonstra- tors having threatened the Resident, lensed from Philadelphia Pri who had come to the scene of the son, where he served a short "Tango Delle Rose" disorder, the French official had to gentence for carrying # 'gun defend himself, and wounded the the heartless poilce have been aggressor with a revolver shot. worrying AL. He sits in The demonstrators then retired his palatial headquarters, com- and dispersed.

of posed

Д four suites in In the North Annam region of Chicago hotel, virtually a prisoner. Vinh, 1,000 persons coming from for the police say that if he appears villages where revolutionary pro- on the street he will be arrested as paganda has been rife and which

a vagabond.

has been recognised as hostiles, Also he fears that his beautiful

Theatre, Kowloon, to-night. Miss Dean, as Freddie Hayden, a woman golf instructor in musculine cloth- Golf Club, newly ing, invades a created by the wild riders of the range.

She receives a cold reception, is thrown out, comes back again, and fully wins her way to the heart of à one-time woman-hater. Arnold Gray, plays the male lead opposite Mias Dean with Walter Long, Majel Coleman, and William Austin in the Aupporting cast. The direction by Robert Thornby was excellent, and In every respect "West of Broad- way" is worth going miles to see.

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to be held on MONDAY, the 26th day of May, 1930, at

3 pm, at the Offices of the General Movement Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Gov- "Wiring" Music Halls. jernor, of one Lot of Crown Land

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term has acquired seven large suburban years, with the option of renewal music halls for conversion, at a at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the cost of $250,000, for the produc- Surveyor of His Majesty the King, tion of talkies.

for one further term of 75 years. This is part of the general| PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. movement for wiring music halls to enable to production of out- as a substitute atanding talkies for a part or the whole of the programme.

The request of the Musicians' Union to the trade union move- ment to boycott cinemas where talkies have displaced orchestras met with vigorous opposition at a meeting of the Scottish Trades Union Congress.

Mr. J. T. Brownlle, on behalf (Schreier-Bottera),

of the engineers, declared that no- "Love me Always"Waltz

.(A. Rizzi) ...Victoria Orchestra. thing would retard the develop- On the con- "The Woman' in the Shoe"--Fox Trot ment of talkies.

(Arthur Freed-Naelo Herb Brown), trary, the question of the impor

Nat Shilkrét & the Victor tation of American apparatus de- Only Love is Real Fox Trot

manded the serious attention of (Arthur Freed-Nacie Herb Brown), trade unionista "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy"-

Fox Trot..

Orchestra

"Across the Breakfast Table Looking

at You"-Fox Trot (Irving Berlin),

marched to Benthuy. It is said mansion at Palm Beach, Florida,Madame Butterly-Fantasie-Part 1 that their probable objective was the with its classical facade and its rich & 2" (Puccini}, industrial establishments, particu- treasures-Gobelin tapestries, old Victor Symphony Orchestra larly the match factory, which em- furniture and fine paintings may be "I Feel You Near Me (Joseph

McCarthy James F. Hanley), plays a large number of workmen. a lost Eden to him. The Governor

The authorities had taken precau of Florida has told all the 67 sheriffs "A Pair of Blue Eyes".. tions, and in approaching Benthuy in his State to arrest Al and run they ran up against the first line of him to the State border should he defence consisting of a score of attempt to take up his residence. native guards. The detachment re- Harassed Ganglender. treated, and took up

Capone secured from the courts a new post. The situation becoming critical; temporary writ restraining the warning was given to the demon sheriffs from molesting him, but strators but they continued to ad- this at best only postpones the evil vance. The detachment fired, after day. The much-harrassed gang- a volley in the air. Many of the leader even contemplated seeking demonstrators were arrested,

Banctuary under the Union Jack, but Calm ruled throughout Cochin inquiries as to whether he would be China, Cambodia and Lats-Indo- an noceptable resident in the Bri- Pacific Radio."

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of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on MONDAY, the The action of the play takes 28th

day of May, 1930, at place in Sir Henry Parker's study 3 p.m., at the Offices of the in a large house in a fashionable Public Works Department, by West End Square in the year 1917. Order of His Excellency the Gov- "Classical Symphony, in D Major”.

ernor, of one Lot of Crown Land (Prokofief, Op. 25),

at Argyle Street, in the Colony, of Hong Kong, for a term of 75

the with

of option years, renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one farther term of 75 years.

(Wm. Kenuell},· ·

1st movement Allegro, Tenor with Orchestra

2nd movement-Larghette, "Eleanor" (Jessie L Deppan),

Erd moveinent-Gavotte "Out of the Dusk to You"

4th movement - Finale Molto (Dorothy Lee,

vivacej Victor Salon Orchestra

Symphony Orchestra. "Fairy Tale (Nicholas, Mediner, Op. The Love for when Orange

84, No. 2), Suggestion Diabolique" (Prokofleff, Scherzo & March" (Prokofieft);

Boston Symphony Orchestra. Op. 4, No. Moselvitch, Piano

Benno

The Rose of Traice" (C. Mordaunt

Spencer Charles W. Glover), "Gems from Whoopte" (Gus Kahn "Ireland Mother Ireland (P

Walter Donaldsor),

O'Reilly-Raymond Loughborough);

John McCormack, Tenor "Gems from The New Moon!

with › Orchestra. · (Mandel-Hammerstein-Romberg),

Tanga" (Mischa Elman), Victor Light Opera Company.Album Leaf-Romance" "Mianekahe-Waltz

(Wagner-Wilhelmi), "Drowsy Waters Waltz

Mischa Eiman Violin Solo (Wallana)

Ames with Plano, The young mau was seeking a Meanwhile, seated beneath ple- position at an aerodrome, but did tures of his two heroes, George Rita (Joseph McCarthy-Harry "La Gioconda-Cielo E Har

Tierney),

(Ponchielli) not adem very sure of his own Washington and "Bir BB" Thomp "Only a Rose" (Brian Hooker Rudolf "L'Elisir D'Amore Una

Frimi) ....Richard Crooks, Tenor qualifications! He wanted to be a son, Capone seeks to win public

Lagrima" (Donizetti), .with Orchestra. pilot

a favour by signing cheques for

charity with a gold pen dipped in a Spanish Caprice Part 1 & 2

(Rimay-Korsakow, Op. 84), gold encrusted inkwell. The Income

Francisco Symphony Tax Bureau is also prying into the liquor traffic. At 81 A1 is the "Orpheus Ballet Dance

Spirits" (Ginek-Felix Motti),

"But," said the chief, "If you've never had anything to do with avla tion, what on earth is the use of you asking to be made a pilot?

San

Furtiva

Beniamino Gigli, Tenor with Orchestra, When the King Went Forth to War"

(Koenemann),

kin-Rimsky- The Prophet Korsakow, Op. 4

Chaliapin, Bass

Well: repised the young man, "I acknowledged lord of gangland, petos kenade (Brahma), Feodor Chapt just want showing how to go up. but no grave crime has been traces Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Once up, I'm all right. I've been ed to him.

a carpenter, so I'm used to plantage

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was a member of your

shis handicap

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Jower, the

4910 pm The Marriage.. will not take Place" A Play in One Act by Alfred Sutronika k

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