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FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1930.

THE

YOUTHFUL ATHEISTS CHINESE LAWYERS ROUND THE CINEMAS

OF TO-DAY.

NEW GOWNS.

OUR DISREGARD FOR SPIRITUAL LEGAL PROFESSION SHOWS

LIFE.

WIDESPREAD UNBELIEF?

ONT

DISLIKE.

NOT FASHION.

CHINA MAIL.

"Big Time" at Queen's SHADOWS BEFORE

Theatre.

ETERNAL TRIANGLE.

Back stage love and the eternal triangle form the theme of "Big Time," the new talkie which started its run at the Queen's Theatre yes. terday.

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN CHINA MAIL

Dance

Social Function. To-morrow - Tea Peninsula Hotel, 5 p.m.

at

Entertainments- To-day Queen's Theatre, "Big Time."

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

IN HBM, CONSULAR COURT FOR AMOY

BANKRUPTCY JURISDICTION NO. 3 OF 1928

RE TAIT & COMPANY, AMOY.

M

NOTICE OF FINST & FINAL DIVIDEND.

Theatre,

A

A few weeks ago a flicker of

Shanghai, June 19. uneasiness troubled

wonted compiacency with regard to mat-

The dictates of fashion in the ters spiritual when it was an gowns worn in court by Chinese nounced that a certain professor, lawyers have rebelled against the The principal artistes in the east

FIRST AND FINAL DIVI- lecturing to a class of students of recent order of the Chinese Judi-are Lee Tracy, Mac Clarke, and To-day Star

DEND of Twenty and a University College, had asked his cial Yuan requiring lawyers Daphne Pollard, the boarding house

Half Per Centum has been de- Josephine Dunn, well supported by "Woman of Affairs." bearers two searching categorical

To-day World Theatre,clared in the matter of TAIT & questions, to each of which they practising in Chinese, tribunals to keeper, and Stepin Fetchit, the "Gigale." 5.15 and 9.20 p.m.; "Un-CO late of The Bund, Amoy, had returned a negative answer, discard their black, gowns In negro "man of all work," who pro-requited Love" (Chinese picture), Merchants, who were adjudicated writes Dr. A. J. Naien (formerly favour of black gowns with whitevided plenty of laughs.

2.30 and 7.15 pm.

bankrupt on 16th October, 1928, To-day Majestic Theatre: and the same may be received on "See You in Jail."

application at the Offices of To-day-Central Theatre, "Love Messrs. LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS, Chartered Account- ants, 3, Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong, on WEDNESDAY, the Twenty-fifth day of June, 1930, or on any subsequent week day be tween the hours of 9 a.m, and 12 noon.

headmaster, Merchant Taylors ribbons. School) in an article in a, Home 'contemporary.

To the first question, "Do you believe in God? the answer was described as à unanimous negative. To the second, "Do you feel any need for a belief in God?" the

negative reply was reported to be practically unanimous.

In

addition, lawyers must wear caps almost similar to the head-genr of soldiers of the national armies.

The order comes into effect on July 1, which a number of Ching notice and not affording their ese lawyers consider too short a

Parade."

The story is accompanied by some "peppy" music, whilst Mae. Clarke sang a pathetic and catchy song about "No one knows you better than I do." It went over

Land Sale, big! The step doneing by Lee June 23—At.P.W.D. Offices, two Tracy and Mae Clarke was also lots of Crown land at Mong Kok

goorl.

Tsui. p.m.

Home Maila.

usual Metratone News, and a musi- Also in the programme is the

To-day-Inward from Europe To what extent may the result tailors sufficient time to finish the cal film in which Mme. Kurenso via

Siberia (Ranpura); from of this experimental questionnaire new uniforms, according to Mr.

Sang the "Shadow Song" and Amerion and ports (President be taken as typical of the attitudeh Ting-kwei, a prominent mem the "Song of India." The repro- Cleveland). of the younger generation towards ber of the Chinese Bar Asuseinduction of the voice was perfect spiritual and religious matters? tion here.

and all one had to do was to

agree that the unanimous assertion

¿

Creditors applying for payment must produce any Bills of Ex- change, Promissory Notes or other Sports

securities held by them and must See Special Sports Diary on page aign a receipt in the prescribed

form. Lammerts" 'Auction.

JOHN FLEMING, C.A., June 25-At 4, Lochiel Terrace.

Trustee. Cameron Road, Kowloon, house-

Dated this 20th day of June, hold furniture, 11 a.m.

1930.

To-morrow-Messrs. Lane, Craw- Ltd., Exchange Building,

Speaking personally, I reluctantly In conversation yesterday with close his even to persuade him-8:

representative of The Shangself that he was actually listen- of complete disbelief does, tó a hai Times, Mr. Loh said that large extent, represent the conven- members have made a request tong to the singer on the stage. tional attitude of modern youth. the Association to pass a resolu I say "conventional" advisedly, be- lion to petition the Government cause I do not think it should be for an extension of time to Sep-

tember 1. taken too seriously.

"A SONG OF KENTUCKY.”

11.30 am.

Meetings.

June 23-Hong Kong Jockey

STAMP TALK,

Club extraordinary meeting, 5.30 Take Care in Cutting.

from Envelopes.

4

Hedda Hopper, well known ac- tress of the stage and, screen. de- ford. It was learned that the con- A challenging scepticism is a well-marked phase of development sensus of opinion among Chinese clares she is not obsessed by a especially among those who lawyers is that the new uniforms single superstition. Although born

aro in statu pupillari. It is rarely are to a certain extent, undignif- on a Friday, the 13th, Miss Hopper more than symptomatic of a certained, especially the caps, which they walks under ladders, and pays p.m.

June 23-Peak Club annual stage in growth, and is hard-think are a little identical with no attention to which shoe sho puts

on first, whilsting in a dressing meeting. 6 p.m.. ly ever really militant.

Chinese the headgear of the We all

disturb her, and know the story of the small boy judicial police. Consequently, the room does not who chalked "No popery" on the lawyers, and the older members of she has no fear of being the third Episcopal door, and then ran away,

the profession in particular, are person to light a cigarette from a It is one of the signs of the averse to wearing the caps and the Government tr manifold "disharmonies,' us Met- may move chnikoff called them, that trouble eliminate this part of their adolescence. Moreover, it strikes me that the students had a serious

uniforms.

Two Innovations.

solitary match.

Miss Hopper portrays

an im- newportant role in "A Song of Ken- Lucky" Fox Movietone all talking comedy drama in which Joe Wag- staff. brilliant young stage actor,

中

Prominent in the cast aside from Wagstaff, Miss Moran, and Misa Hopper, are such well known favourites as Dorothy Burgeas,; Douglas Gilmore, Herman Bing, and Edwards Davis.

cause for complaint against their The inception of the new Shang-and beautiful and talented Lois learned professor, who, when they hai Special District Court has Maran are co-featured. were gathered together at his brought to the Settlement tribunal mercy, put to them leading ques- two innovations in court apparel tions of such an intimate kind. viz: The uniforms which are If ever alle is justifiable it is being worn by some of the elec- when impertinent interlocutors trival and other staff of the court, ask questions they have no right including foreign members of the to ask about our private affairs. | Settlement judicial police, and the And all those who know anything scarlet-fringed robes of the pro- about young people know that any curatora, which lend to their intrusion into the religious sphere wearers an appearance of awe and makes them shy worse than any dignity. Although considerable panicky horse. Their prickly sen- speculation was at first raised as sitiveness in this domain to the popularity of the new transcends all adult understand-uniforms of the foreign members ing.

of the judiciri police and clerical' staff of the court, the wearera by this time seem to have grown uc- customed to them.

*THE LOVE PARADE.”

By popular request "The Love Parade" at the Central Theatre will be screened for four days more-from to-morrow to Tuesday, inclusive.

"A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS."

RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. ap. 355 metres:-

Whenever you ask people to save you stamps from letters be sure to impress upon them the importance of not trying to tear the stamp from the envelope, but cutting â equere from it well out from where the stamp is affixed.

Many a time we have had a stamp given us that has been carelessly torn from the envelope minus one of its corners

or

even

with Q piece out of 6-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme.

its side, and when the stamp 7 p.ni.- "Fantasia and Fugue on B.A.C.H."

has been a good one, we have felt (Liszt)...Guy Weitz (Westminster very disappointed, as of course Cathedral Organ). stamps that are at all damaged, 7.08 p.m

to the perforations, are "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere",

decreased in value..! Marion Talley. greatly

We 714 pm.

have seen

old an "One Little Dream of Love",

Queensland stamp of one of the Rence Chemet (Violin)-earliest issues that has had all the Gems from

7.20 pan-

"The Student Prince of perforations along one side cut off. Heidelberg" .....Victor Opera Co. The catalogue value of this stamp 7.28 p.

now is a couple of pounds, but the "My Angel" .Paul Whiteman. specimen is probably, almost worth-

7.35 p.m. "The Swallows"..Darwin Bowen, Jr. less, due to romeone's carelessness in

7.43 p.m.

cutting it from the latter it was "Negro Spiritual Melody",

originally gummed to.

Philately. "Autumn Sea";

7.50 p.m.

**

Kreisler.

!

Philately, the scientific name for Associated Glee Clubs. stamp-collecting, is derived from two Greek words, "Philos," meaning "Sweetheart of Mine" ...Marvin.

"fond of," and "Atella," meaning Grawford. "Immunity from tax,"

In so far as this frequently as serted unbellef does represent the general attitude of modern youth;

A selected cast, comprising Greta

■ It is, I think, an expression of the Mention may be made of a Garbo, John Gilbert, Lewis Stone, feeling that all landmarks have Chinese member of the clerical John Mack Brown, Douglas Fair- been swept away, and that, youth staff of the old Provisional Court banks, jun., Hobart Bosworth, and of the present day is sailing over and the present court who in Dorothy Sebastian, is featured in uncharted sean; uncharted because former days appeared in faultless "A Woman of Affairs" which will the old channel-marka by which foreign attire. The change in the be shown at the Star Theatre to-day earlier navigators steered their status of the court saw him a pic-and to-morrow. course have in this century, turesque figure in & Chinese The film, directed by Clarence especially in this last decade, been uniform which made a striking Brown, is a great success, and the ruthlessly scrapped.

contrast to his former apparel.

The settings are brilliant and the acting of all the players admirable. Gems from "The Chocolate Soldier",

sconery pretty throughout,

I see in the unanimous assertion Many of his foreign friends of disbelief a plea for guidance interested in learning his rank none the less pathetic because in the Chinese judicial police were perverted in expression. It is referred to the three stars on his their homage to the Unknown God epaulette. Some ventured the in whom they ignorantly worship. formation that he was an inspec

Given the first answer you can tor, while others explained that not expect anything but a nega- there was no foreign equivalent to tive to the second question, "Do his Chinese grading. you feel any need for a belief in God?" Yet i notice that here the negative is described as "practical ly unanimous.”

And we don't want to do anything about anything, but just to drift along, and get as much luxury and

Cowardice and compromise, amusement as we can. laziness and self-indulgence on

our

KILLED BY MOROS.

Mohammedan Who Runs Amok Shot.

HOMICIDE CASE.

7.58 p.m.-

8.05 p.m. "A Dream"

B.11 p.m.-1] "Drinking Song" (Lacrezia Borgia),

8.18 p.m.

At the present time there havo been about 44,000 stamps issued Onegin throughout the world.

The first place in the world to Victor Light Opera Co.prepay a letter by means of a stamp 8.20 p.m.

was New South Wales, which in "Southern Melodies", Waltz,

1889 issued letters embossed with Hawalian Orchestra.

the seal of the colony at one and three-pence a dozen.

.8.34 p.m. "Sometime"

8.40 p.m.- "Moment Musical",

.Galli Curci.

The first country to issue adhesive postage stamps was Great Britain, Canals (Violincello) which in 1840 issued them in ua-

8.40 p.m "Nights of Gladness".

Rudy Seigers Orchestra.

8.52 p.m. "Serenity" (Vieuxtemps)

perforated sheets.

In 1854 the perforating machine was introduced and since then near- Chemetly all issues have been issued in per-

forated sheets.

9 p.m.-Weather Report and News Bulletin.

9.05 p.m.-Studio Concert, 9.05 p.m. Pianoforte Solo, Selerted,

Miss A. Baptista. 9.14 p.m.- in

"Scent of the Lilies" (Cable),

Mr. H. Annis (Tenor). 3.22 p.m.-

Various types of perforations have been used, such as roulettes, serrates and a few others, but the [round plain holes are now in uso

nearly everywhere.

Egyptian Stamps. Among the several thousands of "Malaguena" (Violin Solo),

stamps in a reader's collection the Kreisler (Victor Record)set of three Egyptian stamps issued March of the Musketeers" (Frim),

9.30 p.m.

in connection with the Internation- The Queen's Orchestra. Bl Geographical Congress In 0.33. p.m.

1926 takes pride of place. The "One Fine Day" (didbum Buttefay), values are 5, 10, 15 milo, the Miss Randle (Soprano) colours being brown, rose-carmine, 0.45 p.m. The Blue Danube"," Waltz. น

and ultramarine respectively. (Strauss)

The Orchestra. These stamps depict Thoth writing '0.55 p.m.

the name of King Fuad and make a. "Nirvana" (Adams),

Know of Two Bright Eyer" a picturesque addition to any col

Mr. C. D. Wright.lection.

Manila, June, 9. Three persons, two of whom one Fill- their elders' part have robbed the idea of God as an

It is so much easier to smile at were 'Japanese and

pino, were killed and one outworn these children of their faith. We abstraction than to find excuses Japanese seriously wounded when adults have not dared to stand up for ourselves in refusing to admit Moro Alisan ran amok as uncompromising believers, and Him into our lives. Young people of June 7, according to a telegram Ola, Tugbok, Davac in the morning they suffer.

are brought up in an atmosphere Not for the first time in history of week-end parties, Sunday golf, received this morning from Captain Cambaliza, provincial commander of does it come about that "the bridge, theatres, and cinemas. fathers have eaten sour grapes and

Davao. Mero. Alison was killed We tacitly cold-shoulder God, the children's teeth have been set and children throw their afterwards by a police sergeant for on edge." We have cheated the childish and immature disbollef·as

refusing to surrender. out of their simple and unques a challenge into the arena of life.

Another report received by the tioning belief, and they are suffer. They have grown up with the idea constabulary this morning from ing in consequence. Is it not sheer that God, if acknowledged, is a Camiling, stated that Manuel Bali cynicism to expect them to task-master. It is strange how can, who is alleged to be suffering dingnose their own complaint and hard it is to kill the belief in the from slight insanity, stabbed his say, "What is really the matter necessity for propitiatory sacri wife, Esperanza Paciou, in the with us is that you have robbed us fices.

morning of June 1. Manuel Balicao of belief in God"?

Is said to have become despondent It is a terrible thing to see a over hia failure to get a homestead The stages of the sorry jourry once religious nation joining in a in Isabela and attempted to club we have made are easy to describe helter-skelter fight from God as his son and his brother. Prevent From simple piety, flourishing in from M'Shimba. M'Shimba, who ed from doing so Balicao stole a b. the religiona freedom which our lays low the jungle with his fiery bolo and hocked his wife almost to fathers struggled to achieve for breath if he is stinted of his due

death. their posterity, we passed to conmeed of offerings. ventional observance, from con

Complaint for frustrated -homf- So it all comes to this. We must cide was filed against him by the ventional observance we went on needs acknowledge a very wide chief of police at Camiling Tarlac to amused 'disdain, and so to spread indifference to God among Philippines Herald. vociferous unbelief and complete the youth of to-day, a negative disregard of all the spiritual side rather than a positive unbelief.

all the of life

But this is not a disease in itself.

Just to Drift Along.

BRAVE E CONSTABLE

i

.. (Clutsom) 10.04 p.m

"Indian Love Song".The Orchestra.

10.10 p.m.

"A Perfect English Rose"

(German),

of the ancient Egyptians, repre- "Thoth" was the god of wisdom

sented with the body of a man and' the head of an ible.

A Stamp Worth Having. The first stamp issued in An tarctica was issued by Shackleton The Orchestra in 1908. At the present time they are not very valuable, but in years to come will be worth a fortune. The following report was sent 3n by the explorer. nt that time I opened a branch of the Post Office" on the infund plateau, in latitudo 88.5" south, longitude 168 cast, on January 7, 1908. I considered this to be in the middle of Edward VII, Land. I propose to forward you photo- graphs of its position,"

The Orchestra:

"Two Eyes of Grey", McGeoch, 10.18 pm My Hurbert Annie. Rose Marie", Selection,

"Buy My Strawberries"

19.28 pm

"Down Vauxal] Way" (Oliver),

Miss Handle, 10.30 p.

3 “Salut D'Amour" (E]gar),

It is rather a symptom and result

10.48 m This asseverated unbelief is a of the general indifference to mat A Chinese, named Ip Fat (24), “Mountain. Lovers" (Squire)

“Siciliana" (Masengni), testimony to the strength of man's ters spiritual that has characteris described as an unemployed motor ***** prima need for worship. To exed the older generation.

driver, living at 25, Lee Garden

10.52 p.m. cuse himself for neglect of this, It need not be taken too serious Street, was alleged to have attempt "Virginia Reel" he loudly asserts that the existence ly slice medical, science admits ́ed suicidé yesterday afternoon by 11 pim Close Do of God, has not been satisfactorily that it lt worse than useless; to jumping into the harbour from the demonstrated to His feeble little | doctor symptoms. What we need Canton wharf intellect, the fact being that he fs is that an angel should come lone was rescued by Indian coneÐAST constitutionally ** Incapable of once again, and trouble, the stage table Bi19 who bravely jumped in

One of the most spectacular fires grasping anything more complfest- nant wataracts fully clothed and wearing "bis London has seen for

the equation 24

1 rejcice to think that signs are heavy "ammunition" boots. during a considerable part Ineransing in number to show that He succeeded in keeping Ip afloat night on the south bank of the #13th Coming will not be long de Funtil they wers both assisted by Tames

Godava

Mr. C. D. Wright

The Orchestra.

Another from ley regions is the stamp of Greenland, with the words #Pakke Forto" on the top and a. raced Polar bear in the middle. Tha

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