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VOLUNTEER CORPS

ORDERS FOR THE COMING WEEK.

MACHINE GUN CONTÉST.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Portuguese Company." No parades until January 2.

Parades at Headquarters. No parades will be held at Head, quarters from Wednesday, Decem- ber 24 to Friday, January 2

Rides & Bayonets.

All Rifles and Bayonets will be G.returned to Store before 24th Inst.

Orders by Lieut-Colonel L. Bird. D.S.0., O.B.E., commanding Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, are as under:-

.. PARADES.

Corps Band,

Board of Survey. A Board of Survey composed as under will assemble at Corps Headquarters on a date and at an hour to be chosen by The President There will be no Band practice for the purpose of checking stores under terma of General Order 371 (A)

until further orders,

Battery.

There will be no parades until January 3 unless specially order ed.

Engineer Company.

Mon, December 22, Miniature Range shoot at 5.30 p.m.

Corps Signala. There will be no further parades until Thursday, January 8.

Machine Gun Troop. There will be no further parades until Thursday, January 8,

Armoured Car Company. Car Section.-Parades on Mon- day, December 22 as ordered by O.C.

Motor Cycle Section. There will be a parade at Headquarters at 5.15 p.m. on Monday, December 22 for Machine Gun Instruction.

Machine Gun Company. There will bo no parades until after Christmas holidays.

Scottish Company. No parades until further orders.

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Member - Captain Thornhill. Machine Gun Course Part II. The following obtained over 200 Gun points In Part II Machine Course at Stonecutters on Novem ber 16 and December 16:-

L/Cpl. A. N. Braude, 225 points.

Pte. D. C. Brodie, 201 points. Pte. E. A. Walter, 206 points. Machine Gun Competition. The following are the results of the Machine

Gun Competition which was decided at Fanling during the Annual Camp:-

1st Motor Cycle Section-266 points.

2nd Machine Gun Company, D. Section-255 points.

3rd Machine Gun Company, A. Section-253 points.

4th Machine Gun Company, G. Section-231. points.

6th Armoured Car Company, Car Section-220 points.

ROUND THE CINEMAS "ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN

FRONT."

on.

OWEN DAVIS JUN.

in New York,

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"CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD.”.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1930.

The picture is all-talking, and it In the more Intimate scenes, might be added, all-Chevaller--but where Rouget sing the beautiful" the work of his supporting cast is love songs especially written by none the less adequate and pleasing. Charles Wakefield Cadman-and Rex Sylvia Beecher, a beautiful young Roehmeld to Marie, who later be actress recruited from the stage, is came the "Torch" to lead the re- the purveyor of the love interest volutionists on, great care was. with M. Chevalier.

taken to reproduce" Boles's thagal- Owen is "on his own" from now

fleant volca in absolūtu perfection, Owon is Owen Davis, jun..

particularly in the scene where he who has one of the featured roles

composes, and at the sama tims in "All Quiet on the Western

sings, the Marsellaise itsejf. ›

Perhaps the most difficult Front," Universal's pleturisation of Erich Maria Remorque's sonsa-

By far the most elaborate prosequence of the entire pletura" was tional book, which is showing induction yet attempted in all sound, that in which Miss La Plante, as the Queen's Theatre.

Davia is the of one of Universal's dramatic musical spee. The Torch," is rescued from her tacle "Captain of the Guard," com- dungeon by the mob who storms the America's most successful playing to the Central Theatre and arsenal, batters down the doors,

Before he was wrights.

twenty

starring Laura La Plante and John and with lighted torches in their es. his father wrote two plays

their bring her out on pecially for him in which he starred Boles, was made in spite of a mul hands

titude of difculties which un-

shoulders. Before that his

Every soldier in both armies at father sent him to Yale where he avoidably entered into such an am-

all times had to wear, besides the bitious undertaking further com in the dramatic spent two years

uniform plicated by the necessity of repro-

the period or the classes of Professor Baker.

Now Owen declares he is "on his ducing on the talking screen the costume of the French peasantry, & own" because he does not wish to aming drama of the French Rewig and other special make-up. A corps of make-up experts was When Director John S. Robert-necessary, therefore, to make-up all "As soon as I am introduced to on, who has filmed many picture the thousands of players every successes, was given the pictures morning before shooting began. any one they say "Oh, yes, you are quely romantic, intensely dramatic each make-up being a work of art Owen's boy

"I'm too proud of the fact Houston Branch story of the birth in itself to stimulate the blood-and. Davis.

of the "Marseillaise" hymn, to wounds of the fighting. that I bear my father's name to change it, but I want to succeed by create for the screen, be faced a myself. I've set a goal for my-monumental task. For it was the I assignment to encompass at the self and that is to top my dad. may never be able to do it, but it's same time in sound and picture a

love great

story and the most something to shoot at.”

In "All Qulet

On The Western spectacular period of French his- Front," Davis has the role of tory.

Great mobs of extras, forming "Peter," one of Remarque's seven the opposing armies of the Royal school-boy soldiers. Davis appear-

shine in the reflected fame of his father.

Owen," Bays young

volution.

ed in New York in "Carry On" and its guards and the Revolutionary troops and numbering as many as 6th Scottish Company, No. 6 "To-night At Twelve," which was 10,000 players at one time, had not Platoon-215 points.

produced by Universal as a talking only to be photographed against the 7th Machine Gun Troop-204| picture. His first stage appear background of vivid drama, but

points.

ance was in "The Barker." In pic- 8th Scottish Company, No. 7tures his most important role prior Platoon-181 points.

to "All Quiet" was the juvenile in "They Had To See Paris."

9th Machine Gun Company, C. Section-168 points. H.P.S. 500.

Good average all round scoring was made, and there is a difference of less than 100 points between the scores of the winning team and the last.

Tactical Exercise.

A Tactical Exercise Including Field Firing will be held at Fanling on Sunday, January 25.

The following Units will take

part:-

Corps Signals,

Machine Gun Troop, Armoured Car Company, Machine Gun Company, Scottish Company, and Portuguese Company. Attendance will count AB parades or one day in Camp.

Full details will be issued later.

Transfer.

two

< DANCING DIRECTORS.

Danco directors are playing more and more prominent role in the now era of audible pictures which are winning such high favour with acreen fans

their battles, the crackle of their muskets, the booming of their cannon, their mighty sweep to vic- tory singing, the great song which, had just been born to them—all had to be perfectly recorded in sound.

As many

sixteen cameras,

were

each with its sound outfit, used at one time to record the terrific struggle In front of the garrison, taking in the entire battle from every angle In the one shot. Forty assistants bawled orders to

Not only are the experts ist the various regiments and detach terpalchore called upon to originatements, all of whom were governed: and stage elaborate ensemble mem from the radio control platform bers, designed to compete with the where Director Robertson con- best Broadway has to offer, but trolled his armies by microphone they also are responsible for stag and elgnal flags.

ing song numbers in which' indivi- duals appear..

A battlefield of many acres had Danny Dare, one of the more suc-which went signal lights controlled been prepared, to every corner of cessful Broadway dance directors who has been lured to Hollywood by the radio panel operated by Robertson's fingers. A elgnal to gets the credit for staging the highly ludicrous comedy song num his army brought it marching No. 1409 Pte. M. M. Gutierrez, ber "Nothing's Gonna Hold Us forth, and a signal to that caused No. 9 Platoon, Is transferred to Down" as sung and danced by Inezit to fall back in retreat. Another Corps Band as from 11.12.30... Courtney and George "Red" Cor- [signal · brought the revolutionary No. 1247 Pte. W. N. Matchim, coran in 'all' talking Movietone reinforcements aurging forward, to No. 6 Platoon, is transferred to romance, coming on Sunday to the carry everything before them as Reserve Company as from 19.1230. Queen's Theatre.

they sang the immortal song which, unknowing its destiny, had been written by Rouget, played by John Boles, captain of the King's guards.

No. 944 Sigm. A. E. Coates, i Lois Moran and Walter Byron Corps Signals, is transferred to have the featured roles In this Beserve Company as from 19.12.80. talkię, directed by Chandler

Strength.

Sprogue. The following has been taken on Corps Strength:---

Pte. K. C. Hamilton, Car Com- pany, Motor Cycle Section.

(Sgd.) W. H. G. GOATER,

Captain, Adjutant, H.K.V.D.C.

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After Christmas Eve Carnival and

After New Year's Eve Carnival 2.15 x.m. und 2.30 am,

New Year's Eve Carnivale

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EVENING CELEBRATIONS FANCY OR EVENING DRESS.

“INNOCENTS OF PARIS.”

When Maurice Chevalier, soldier of France, and lon of the contine -Lerital stage, came marching into the silver sheet in the Central Theatre last night he gave his audience a great big thrill, and kept them enthralled every moment that his spirited voice and body were befors them. For with Chevalier it is not alone the animation of vocal tone which "geta", people, young and small but It Is ako'' that temperamental language of the hands, the face, the feet: With Chevalier It is the man's artistry that calls for a more elaborate; de- finition. It is genlus born of inspiration..

He

In his current, movie, "Innocents of Paris," in the Central. Theatre, Chevalier plays the part of a happy- go-lucky push-cart singer of the Flea Market district' of "Paris. gets a chance to go on the stage with his songa and pantomime, and the plot. affords him every oppor tunity to present the gorgeous values of his full repertoire of songs lyrics and ballads - which have established him in actual. Hfe as the reigning king of entertain- ment in Europe.

A NEW KIND OF FUR

Wife: "When I get up this morn- silag my tongue was conted

with faz." Hubby: That's all through talking so much about a new fur, cont

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Besides Miss La Plante and favourites as Boles, kuch screen Sam de Grasse, Lionel Belmore, James Marcus, Stuart Holmes, Evelyn

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