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MONDAY, MAY 4, 1931.

SOLICITOR EJECTED ROUND THE CINEMAS

FROM AN INQUEST.

Trouble Over Question

Put to Witness.

PROTEST IGNORED.

GENIUS OF LAWRENCE TIBBETT.

"NEW MOON."

The genius of Mr. Lawrence Tibbeti and Mias Grace Moore as opera singers is unfolded on the After a seene with Dr. Culen, the screen of the Queen's Theatre where Wembley corone), Mr. Edgar His-they appear in the leading roles in cocky a uolleitor, was efected from | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's all talking court by three polleemen.

SHADOWS BEFORE

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN CHINA MAIL.

Social Functions.

To-day-Ten

Entertainments.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Dance at Hong pleture "New Moon." The theme Hong Hotel; Dinner Dances at The coroner objected when Mr. Jong is "Lover Come Back To Me" Peninsula Hong Kong Hotels. Hiscocks put a question to a witness and this is sung beautifully by about drunkenness, and the solicitor | both stars, refused to sit down.

"New Moon" is a picture whose To-day King's The inquest concerned the death story tells of the betrayal of a "Ronegades." of Richard Dugay, aged 33, of Lieutenant's lover for a Governor, Today Queen's Deacon Road, Willesden Groen, who land in the course of the narrative, "New Moon."

was killed on

when a

WICA

car

through

AL

To-day Central a Sunday night, it is revealed that the officer is sent

in

he in an whleh

is "See America Thirat." outpust where his life passenger,

crashed endangered by Khurg! troops.

To-day Murestle fence at the side of Lawrence Tibbett is cast as the "Fashions in Love," Forty Avenue, Wembley Park, dashing Lieutenant, Michael and overturned into a muddy ditch. Petroff, whilst the role of Princess

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Theatre;

Theatre.

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Home Mails.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

SALE OF STEAM VESSEL POLLY,

Sports.

Coroner's Rebuke.

Tanyn Strogoff is admirably enact- To-day Inward from Europe Evidence was being given by Mr.fed by Grace Moore. As the via Siberia (President Clerveland); Edward Charles Champinan, of Governor, Adolphe Menjou is not Outward for Europe via Siberia Neasden Lane, Willesden, who, with impressive, whilst Ges Shy, who ap- (Trier), 4.30 p.m. his wife, was a passenger in the ear.peared in the college film, "Good

Mr. Chapman had stated, in reply News," dit Hoen

Potkin, the to Mr. Hiscocks, who represented Lieutenant's batman. Roland the family, that he met the driver Young carries all before him in the! of the car, Benjamin Floyd, of role of Count Strogoff, which ejects; Woodhey's Rand, Neasden, on the much dry humour. Emily Fitzroy

evening

The Sunday

Greutenants the part of Central Sports Pavilion, Sudbury, Strogoff, with marked diginity. where Floyd had one drink.

14.

See Sports Diary on Page 9.

Miscellaneous. To-day-Whist Drive, St. John's Countess Cathedral Hall, S.45 p.m.

To-morrow-Benevolent (Society's The fa contains a most realistic Jumble Sale, City Hall, 2 pm. Mr. Hiscocks then went on to ask battle scene, made so by wonder- Tibbett what Mr. Chapman would say if itful photographic effects,

also sings "What is Your

Price. was stated that Floyd was drunk.

to

The Coroner: You cannot say Madam?" "The Farmer's Daughter" Grace and "Stout Hearted Meu." that unless you call witnesses

was the worse for Moore sings "One Kiss" and prove that he

The recording of drink. I cannot let you ask any "Wanting You."

ex- throughout is more questions. That was a most these Mongя improper one. Please sit down. ceptionally clear and pleasing.

"I Insist."

"You have no right whatever to say that." retorted Mr. Hiscocks.

"Sit down," ordered the corner.

insist," Mr. Iliscocka went on "You will be removed from the court if you do not sit down," warned the enroner.

Mr. Hiscocks: You have power to remove me.

I shall ask

you to give a proper ruling.

The Coroner: I have given

proper ruling.

Mr. Hiscocks: protect the family.

it

is

Miscellaneous.

Ta-morrow-Rotary Club Tiffin. To-morrow--English Association Lecture, St. John's Cathedral Hall, 6.30 p.m.

Thursday-Jumble Sale, Union Church, Kennedy Road,

Thursday--Opening of new wing Preceding the feature film, there of Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, 5.30 p.m.

screened n Hearst Metrotoneį

RAFT PROGRAMMES and

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TIENDERS are invited up to the FIFTH EXTRA RACE MEET-

T26th May, 1991, for the pur ING to be held on SATURDAY. chase of the above' named vessel 16th May, 1931, (weather permit- be obtained at the as she lies in the basin at H.31. ting) may Naval Depot, Kowlean.

Race Course, Hong Kong Club, and Causeway Bay Stables.

Full particulars of the vessel and conditions of sale, and per. mits to view, may be obtained on "application to the Naval Store Oficer, H.M. Dockyard, Hong Kong, and tender forms will be Issued on payment of a deposit of $200 returnable when decision on the tenders has been reached.

The vessel will be on view at

M. Naval Depot, Kowloon, from the 2nd May.

The Vessel is sold without restrictions as to future use.

Tenders will be received in the office of the Naval Store Officer,

noon on Monday, 25th May, 1931.

Newsreel, which depicts Gar Wood GERMAN AIR RACE.HM. Dockyard, Hong Kong, up to

making a trial run in Miss America IX. A sound comedy entitled "Angora Love" and starring Stan STRANDED AND STARVING IN Laurel and Oliver Hardy, is most arusing.

"RENEGADES."

A DESERT.

ace.

a narrow eя.

ANCIENT COLCHESTER.

Romanization Before The Conquest.

The famous Cerman air Ernat Udet, who was one of Rich- thofen's "flying circus" during the Those who have earnestly wish- War, and claims to have brought more than sixty. Allied ed that the talking screen would down I'am here

to 16 confine drama' to dialogue machines, has had Will you tell should see "Renegades," now play-cape from slow death in the heart

the dangerous, unpopulated A meeting of the Society of An- ing in the King's Theatre, for ac-of

tiquaries was held at Burlington tion is the predominate note in Sudd country in the Soudan.

He owes his life to Captain House, the President, Mr. C. R. this story, obviously inspired by the "Beau Geste" tradition. Campbell Black, the British air Peers, being in the chair. A joint Moorish parapets, the "Legion of man who acted as the Prince of account of the 1930 excavatione at In East Colchester was presented by Mr. Fallen Men,” Arabe.

temporary pilot and tough Wales' there in even more Africa last year.

Christopher Hawker, Mr. M. R. officers are

Colchester concentrated quantities than in While dying to England after Hull (Curator of the the illustrious predecessor, but at-completing a film of Tanganyika. Museum), and Mr. J. N. L. Myres. mosphere in no way hampers the during which he was charged by each of whom had superintended a rhinoceros. Udet was forced to part of the work, and the lectures really vigorous trend of events.

Warner Baxter in the leading land in the Sudd territory.

were illustrated by lantern slides role of an outcast is appealing in Captain Black, who was dying and by a large amount of material Apita of his stern severity, al- to Kenya from England. was in-brought up from Colchester for the mushrooms with a though his utterances tend to be formed at Khartoum that Ude occasion.

at was missing. He kept a sherp Detailed examination of the come a bit too melodramatic

He is at his best in a look-out along his route, and even-material recovered, auld Bir. "Yes, in

sometimes.

tually sighted a machine in the poisonous ones."-- Pages Guies, fight.

heart of a mass of dense scrub.

Captain Black landed and found Udet alive but on the verge starvation.

"Collecting

stick?"

Yverdon.

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meet

me what power you have to remove any attorney from the court?

woman

Miss Myrna Loy is a veritable "hell-ent" and how any ever came by such a peculiarly shaped face should be a source of eternal wonder, Were it not for

Hawkes, had been proceeding dur ing the past few months, and it had shown how broad a base there was of for evidence of pre-conquest Romanization of Britain by trade.

Entries CLOSE at 12 o'clock Noon on THURSDAY, 7th May, 1931.

Hong Kong, 4th May, 1931.

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He replenished the German's ex- It was correspondingly clear that all Goods remaining undeliverad after 1

"It is not my intention to say

her essential femininity and her hRusted supplies of food, water, that the study of all types of the 10th instant will be subject to anything further." remarked the deadly charm; her crooked mouth, and cigarettes, and, continuing his material in use during the Roman coroner, and, as Mr. Hiscocks still her Irregular eye-brows, her three-flight to Juba, wired to Khartoum,period proper in Britain (particu- \ before the 20th Instant, or they will,

cer and cornered face and her weird eyes thus enabling Udet to be rescued larly of pottery and brooches) Baid, "If he doesn't sit down he would serve as passport into any by R.A.F. machines.

frenk show. Her one big moment must be removed."

protested, turneri to

"You have no right," declared Mr. Hiscocks again.

two

their hande

Mr. Hiscocks resisted, and other officers, putting

in "Renegades" is brief and comes

must be begun in this pro-Roman era. just as the corresponding ob jects in Gaul must be studied first at the end of the show, In the Other important characters are in the years before and not after death scene she approaches dráma- played by Mitchel Lewis, Mat- Caesar's conquests. In the site tic art.

thew Betz, Stanley Fields, Dick examined the statistics of datable Noah Beery is his usual ugir Alexander, and Lloyd Whitlock. material-pottery, types, patters", un his shoulders, pushed him several and excellent self in the story. The story was written for the stamps, coins, and, brooches

screen by Vin Moore and Edward Luddy and directed by William J. Craft, who recently created "The Little Accident" for Universal, 1

pasca towards the door,

Mr. His

cocks demanded his papera. These were handed to him. He objected to the police officers putting their hands on him, and was then eject- ed,

The Coroner then said that he

A COURT SITTING.

The Policeman On The

Ventilator.

"SEE AMERICA THIRST."

A complete departure from the usual type of feature length comedies, "See America Thirst," now the attraction at the Central

years..

"PAID."

an

1

A doctor giving evidence in the on gang life in America. The

"OK.", responded MacArthur, King's Bench Division remarked story deals with an exciting ad-"put your stenographer on that it was bad for the health to get venture in the lives of two wire and I'll dictate it." into a stuffy atmosphere such as "knights of the road" who take that of some courts.

Delay Avolded.

showed an over-whelming prepon- derance of pre-Conquest objects. Very few were inter than 50 AD. and the finds later than this were concentrated in a single rubbish

pit in one area, or else in the tinuous upper layer upon another

be presented to the undersigned on or not be recognised.

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 0th instant at 10 am.. by, our sur....) veyors, Blessrs. Goddard & Douglas,

No Fhe Insurance has been affect- ed.

Bill of Lading will be countersigne ed by

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instructions to sell by Publie THE Undersigned, have received

ON

FRIDAY, May 8, 1931, commencing at 2.30 p.m..

Mirror

at their Sales Roem. 4. Duddell Street,

would not allow a soliciter to aug Theatre, is one of the most extra- Chalk up the long-distance part of the land which had been | Auction gest that a man was drunk without ordinary and highly entertaining dialogue writing championship toploughed and levelled towards the calling any evidence to support it.

He added that it was only fairm that has ever been offered to Charles MacArthur. After finish-end of the first century A.D.

Among however, these later that the family of the dead mon the theatre-going pubile in several ing the script for "Paid," Joan

Crawford's new starring vehicle finds there would be exhibited should have an opportunity of bei Picture Slim Summerville and which will open shortly at the one very notable specimen-a ing represented and, for this pur-Harry Langdon, two of the screen's Queen's Theatre, MacArthur hop-moulded glass howl of a type un-

A Large Quantity of, pose, adjourned the inquest.

most mirth-provocative actors, ped off for New York to complete known in Italy. Fragments of mistaken for two notorious gun- work on a play.

FINE BLACKWOOD WARE. this were found in 'August, and it men hired by a rum-running gang After the writer departed, how had now been fitted together and Comprising to "bump off a rival leader and ever. Director Sam Wood discover-shown to deplet, four pairs of fight Stools, Chairs Inlaid with Tallee

Finely Carved Tables, Opium you have the essence of the plated he had overlooked entire ing gladiators, in moulded relief, of this hilarious satire.

sequence which was to be filmed with their names above In a form Stone, Teapoys, Stools, Chests Seldom have audiences been at once. Reaching MacArthur at exactly comparable to the moulded Jasa Tables, Flower Stands, etc.

* and .of offered funnier situations than 1 am. by long-distance telephone, glass "chariot-race bowl.

One Very Fine Carved Black these created in this timely satire Wood disclosed his plight.

similar workmanship in the British Museum, which likewise came from wood Wardrobe with Bevelled the Colchester.......... Bowls of each of

also these types had been found. In

A Quantity of France, Belgium and the Rhine-

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD loave from a side-door. Cullman At 2.80 a.m. MacArthur went land, and belonged to the latter

GARASH FURNITURE, Mr. Justice Horridge: But judges and are swept up by a storm of sleepily back to bed and the part of the first century or the be

Comprising are long-lived. ...

circumstance which involves them atenographer began transcribing ginning of the second century AD.

Chesterfield Couch and Arm-] Mr. Du Parcq. KC, mentioned in a whirlwind succession of un-hor notes, having the sequence The Inscription read: Calamus: that upredecessor of Mr. Justice expected events. They become un- dialogue ready for work at 9 a.m. Hories for Holes) Petraites: chairs, Bookcases, Glass Cabinets Horridge used to have all the win-avoidably sillated with a gang of Thus perhaps an entire week's de- Prude (n)s; Proculus Cpcumbus: Dining Table Dining Chairs, Sidd dows shut,

rum racketeers, and the

Spiculus: most lay on production was avoided.

Colombas. Evidently boards, Teak Wardrobe with B Mr. Justice Horridge: He took hilarious incidents that might be The picture is a talkie version these were arene favourites of the velled Mirror, Dressing Tables overy precaution for excluding air, imagined follow in rapid succes of the famous Bayard Veliler day, since the Inscriptions on the Chest of Drawers, Teak Bedsteads, even stopping the ventilator by ask-slon.

underworld drama "Within the other known bowls of this kind Ornaments. Pictures, Vares, Crock Glass Ward, Ico Ches inga policeman to sit on it. Langdon and Summerville make Law," adapted for the screen by consisted largely of the same

Gramophone and Records, Zereen! (Laughter),

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Blue and White Fish Bowl; Cut equalled on the screen. Perfectly Robert Armstrong and Maria The general occupation of the Blanket Linen Mosquito cast for their roles, Harry and Prevost head the supporting cast. bite, he said, must be given a Nets, Rugs, Bicycle, Glass Cop

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RENEGADES

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