1930-10-14 — Page 7

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1930.

THE CHINA MAIL.

HOW TO RAISE

JOVITA FUENTES.

NORTHERN WAR.

MONEY.

Views of Chinese Chamber.

RECITAL AT THE THEATRE ROYAL.

THIRTY THOUSAND NATIONALS KILLED.

"

INTERESTING SUGGESTIONS.

were:-

1. The imposition of a electricity and gas.

2. The introduction of a poly in pawnshops.

tax

PLEASING SOPRAÑO.

There was a very fair attendance at the Theatre Royal fast night for

EVAS

as

60,000 WOUNDED.

Nanking, Yesterday: Speaking in the National Gov-

At an extraordinary meeting the one reciul given by Missarnaient oflee this morning, Mar- summoned by the Chinese Cham-Zovita Fuentes. 11:42 the Governor shal Chiang Kai-shek stated that 400,000 Kuuminchun and 200,000 ber of Commerce yesterday pro-and Ludy Peel were present, tests were received against the were most of the genuine music Shansi troops participated in the recent revolt, of whom approxim Government's proposal to increase flavers of the Colony.

Miss Fuentes is ournestately 150,000 had suffered casual- assessment ratest

Mr. T., S. Chau, Chairman of stager, and her soprano voice shows ties; while the Nationalists lost It 30,000 killed and 60,000 wounded. the Hong Kong aud Kowloon Pro-evidence of careful training..

This heavy sacrifice has been perty Owneta" Association, it was is said that she excels as an opera

for the preservation of stated, had written to the Chin-singer in the part of "Madame made ese members of the Legislative Rutterfly" and this we can well perce and muity,"

He said that hereafter, absolute to the suggesting alternative believe. With her expressive face L'ouncil. soures of bevette which might and dainty figure she shouki ruake Freedoin will be granted seriously be considered. Taeyan ideal "Butterfly." She gave two Press, provided expressions of Arias from this opera, and they opinion were not contrary to the were quite the best numbers of the "Saamin principles.".

Even the defeated side would be evening. "Un Vel di Vedremo" is mono-always pleasing and always popu-allowed to submit proposals, pro- lar as a soprano solo, but the vided they were constructive, but The putting it to "ende» ni "Addio" from the last act is deserv- any group wishing to use military

Miss foree would be drastically monopolies such as bas reutesing of special mention.

Pientes sang it beautifully and pressed. and ferry services.

with intense dramatic feeling. A representative of the board was, indeed. her finest effort and ing houses objected to the in- was deservedly applauded. For in rates on the grands such an aria it is difficult to find that it would menu a general in-a suitable encore, but the singer's crease in tents. No suggested a choice of Mozart's lovely little song, was just exactly tax on luxarie and amusements Violette," in the alternative.

right!

The prima donna was obviously Another enker suggested u tax on race belting, quotinx Japan) at her best in dramatic music, and as an example to follow.

we cannot help regretting that she Her first A representative of the pawn- shop interests mentioned that by gave us so little of this! suggesting a pawnshop monopoly two sungs by Pergolesi, though the Property Owners Association carefully and artistically inter- preted, demand a warmer and more an intention to

quid quality of voice; and, above possibly favour decrease the number of pawn. shops, all of which would then heal things. faultless intonation! These qualities are also essential He big yndicate.

Crease

Amusement Tax?

- under One

It

mentioned that at present theras in the "lieder" by Tchaikovski and were about 180 pawnshops, and Liszt! When she sang the grace- with the introduction of the muaoul "Segiudilla Murciana" by de on her own poly system there was a possibi-Falla, Miss Fuentes was on her own lity of decreasing the number to Miss Fuentes was

ground again and quite at her best, by Alvarez sixty.

He contended that the scheme while "a Granada" was not sound, considering that

70 pawnshops would have to lose down their business, incurring a big loss and throwing all their employees out of work.

Dearer Opium.

suited her voice particularly well.

Peking. Yesterday,

INDIA'S STRUGGLE

NOT OVER.

Congress Is Greater

Even Than Gandhi.”

EX-CONVICT'S OUTBURST.

Allahabad, Yesterday. - "The first phase of the great The second struggle has ended. stage is now begiming." declared Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who was released from gaol to-day of six alter serving a sentence months' imprisonment for abet- ting the manufacture of contra- band salt.

Nehru declared that Congress would fight to the bitter end and achieve the independence of India.

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"Sunny Side Up." He concluded significantly: To-day-

To-day-World "Congress is greater even than"Paramount on Parade." Gandhi."

Theatr

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Theatre;

Seo Special Sports Diary on page

As a sequel to the Police scal-The Fighting Ape."

To-asy ing up the offices of the Gujerat Provincial Congress Committee, "Quality Street".

To-day Majestic

Sports which has been declared an un- Supawful association, the "Director" "Broadway Babies."

of the Committee has appealed to his supporters to establish new The Municipal and Provincial fires. As a result a number of "Gujerat headquarters of the Kuomintang. houses in different streets have which the Shansi xuthorities clos-put up boards incribed

Provincial Congress Committee."- Reuter. ad in the Spring, have been re- opened by order of the Bureau of Public Safety, under instructions from Chang Hsueh-liang;

but it

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Home Minils. To-day-Outward for Europe via Vancouver B.C., 5 p.m., and Europe vin Siberia. 6 p.m., (Empress of Asia).

To-morrow-Outward for Europo

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Lammerts Auction,

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is anderstood that their activities BROADWAY BABIES.' | vin Siberia (Terukunl Maru), 10.30 will be strictly supervised and they will not be allowed to dis to cause dis- play posters likely

The activities of labour agita- urbances. tors will also be carefully control- led-Reuter.

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PROFOUND REGRET.

CHINA AND FATE OF TWO LADIES.

BELATED STEPS.

Nasking. Yesterday." Intervieweil regarding the mur

ALICE WHITE AT THE MAJESTIC.

THE APOSTLE OF "IT."

October 17-At Sales Room. large quantity of valuable household furniture, 2.30 p.m."

Miscellaneous,

Ta-day-Whist Drive for M.C.L. at Police Recreation Club, 8.30 p.m. October 20-Bridge and Mah Jong Drive in aid of HK.W.G. & M.C.L. funds, Peak Club, 3.30 pm. October-21-Lee Theatre; "The Royal Navy Ashare "and Afloat," 9

National First Alice White.

whose, latest talk- Vitaphone star.

singing picture, ing, dancing, "Broadway Babies," is now shown p.ni. at the Majestic Theatre, Kowloon, is energy and effervescence per- She has been termed the sonified.

Apostle of it, the Tired Business Three songs by Nevel and Molina followed, and since Miss Fuentes der of the Misses Nettleton and Man's joy, and Exhibit A in the is a young singer, whose life lies Harrison, Dr. C. T. Wang express-Exposition of Jazz.

all ahead of her, she will not minded the most profound regret and In "Broadway Babies" a story of steps the Great White Way and life be- our saying that when forming aung-promised that immediate

it is a mistake to place would be taken by the Nationalhind the scenes. Miss White has Other suggestions were to raise groups the price of Government opium too many minor keys in juxtaposi Covernment for the outlaws com- plenty of scope to display her talents. from $3 to $5 a tack. and the col- tion. An occasional change to theplete suppression. "lection, of a certain percentage of major is a relief to the audience- all and it serves as a contrast and throws the purchase price on sales made by the Government. the serious songs into high relief.

The singer ended the group with It was also urged that the Tosti's "Good-Bye" sung with much Colony's military expenditure be

feeling. For an encore she gave a On reduced. drastically

delightful interpretation of Rossi's grounds of disproportionate.expen- familiar "Tarentella." diture.

GRAVES SCENES.

the

WILD PRANKS WITH HUMAN BONES.

Boys brandishing human bones and skulls, and chasing girls, Bereaming with laughter and mock terror: this extraordinary scene took place in a cemetery adjoining i an old church at Hull.

It is stated that such scenes are the in frequent Occurrences churchyard, and the matter has been brought to the notice of the police.

A number of Hull boys, between the ages of nine and seventeen, have torn up skeletons from tombs in the ald Sculcoates Church, thrown them about the grounds; and scattered them in the adjacent streets.

The cemetery adjoins St. Mary's Church in Air Street, and residents In the neighbourhood are indig- pant and disgusted. One passer- by said he saw boys and girls with bones hi their hands romping over, the graves in wild pursuit of one another.

£100 Repairs BHÍ, Young children could not have! removed the heavy stone casings on the graves. The tomb-stones are old, and in a dilapidated con- dition, although the church has spent approximately, £100 during recent years in repairing wanton damage.

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The Rav, Gordon Biddle, vicar of St. Mary's, said that he had known for some time that boys had been causing auroyance by skylazking.) in the churchyard. He had used every means to put an end to it.

"The real dificulty has been that balf the graveyard was in one half in police division and another," the vicar said."

"When policemen came round they chased boys through the cemetery into the other police "division, and there has hitherto been no policeman to Intercept them. Now the whole graveyard fa in one division:

"One or two boys have been caught and taken before the Juvenile Court for causing wilful damage, but they have been treat, od maat leniently

The graveyard has not been used for many years, and the cor paration is responsible for its maintenance

The accompaniment to this song was brilliantly played by Mr. Karl Bemberger, who proved himself throughout a most uselfish and sympathetic accompanist,

---ACWO.

STOP PRESS

Tokyo, To-day. The Japanese Vice-Consul Mr. Toru in Shanghai, Shimizu, who had been stay-

with

Kamakurs, ing

Mr. suffering from nervous pro- strution, committed suicide by throwing himself on the rail- way--Reuter.

AT

THE

"The Chinese people are even more indignant over this outrage than our British friends and the whole nation is at one with me in extending our heartfelt sympathy

to the victims' families."

She plays one of the three dancers the others being Sally Elfers and Marion Bryon-who try to take the Their Big Town at their feet. experiences make up a story that has will appeal to much interest and

every one.

LEAP TO DEATH.

FATAL END OF THIEF WHO WAS SCARED.

INMATES RAISE ALARM.

1

A robbery expedition undertaken by two Chinese desperadoes in Wan- chai on October 11 ended fatally for one of them. He was killed through jumping off the second

that the Mervyn LeRoy, a graduate of the He sincerely regretted incident has taken, place in the vaudeville stage, directed "Broad-floor verandah as the result of tak region controlled by the rebel Luway Babies," which is adapted from ing fright when the inmates raised,

story, "Broadway the alarm. Hsing-pang, who had previously the famous

The sequel to the affair occurred the Musketeers," by Jay Gelzer. kidnapped six member of

Charles Delaney playa opposite in Mr. R. E. Lindsell's Court this Fukien Provincial Government

the star and the cast includes Bodil morning when the other robber, Li when the Central Government. was

Chau, who was arrested following busily engaged in suppressing the Rosing and Louis Natheaux.

"Broadway Babies" la 100 per the robbery, by Det.-Sergt. M. That northern rebellion.

wan charged. with cent, entertainment and should be Murphy

Wong Wing (his welcomed by local cinema patroushe,

partner in crime), did who like their screen stories full of dend

at about 4.30 p.m. on October ginger and "pep."

[Other cinema notices appear 11, feloniously break and enter a 'dwelling at 17, Percival Street, en page 10.]

second Hour, and steal a quantity of clothing and other property."

Now that the latter aim had been accomplished Government troops would be immediately re-

Com- leased for suppressing the munist bandits and finally ex- terminating the "Red" menace.- Reuter.

It was stated at Croydon Revision Court that at the last general elec- tion the names of five children of one family, all under 14, were on the register.

QUEEN'S

The salary of the clerk of the Justices At Becontree (Essex) Stratford has been raised from £1,800 to £2,180 a year, rising to £2,225, on condition that he employs additional clerical assistance.

The accused, who admitted the charge, said that Wong Wing ask- ed him to go with him.

The Magistrate passed sentence of three months' hard labour.

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