1931-06-16 — Page 7

TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1931.

NEWSPAPERS - IN

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STRIKES.

Trade Union Bid for Dictation.

LESSONS OF 1926.

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WAR GRAVES IN MESOPOTAMIA.

-Sir Fabian Ware's

Visit.

BEAUTIFUL VASES. -

THE CHINA MAIL.

ROUND THE CINEMAS

LOVE AFFAIR OF A ROYAL HEIRESS.

"PRINCESS & PLUMBER."

Proving that comedy-romance is highly popular as screen fare, the King's Theatre is playing to capa- city audiences with The Princess and the Plumber," the current feature with. Charles Farrell

-Trade Unionists would appear to "As we walked through the and Maureen O'Sullivan in be envisaging the next General atreets of Küt suddenly our oyes the title roles. The filna Strike and to be thinking out were caught by two stone pillars depicts the surprising love plans.

and as we approached them a little affair of a lonely royal heiress' and This is apparent from a remark-palm grove disclosed itself." un American engineer, and was able article in the current Labour, As he uttered those words Sir directed by Alexander Korda. Magazine, the "official monthly Fabian Ware, vice-chairman of the. The opening scenes cleverly journal of the Labour movement," Imperial War Graves Commission, establish the locale and the lead- which is produced under the joint although is his office in London, aping, players, who meet without auspices of the Trades Union Con- poured once again with his mind's knowing each other's real identity.. gress and the Labour Party. dye to he viewing the

beautiful Their mutual and horrified recog The article is on "Newspaper onses in the desert where rest the nition later, brings about plenty of Lards and Party Loaders," and British dead of the war in Irak.hilarity as well as starting the seems to reveal that in the next "Few," he added, "realise that train of obstacles to the romance General Strike a different plan will our casualties in Irak were in These include a highly sophistich be adopted with regard to newsumber second only to those in led villain, an American million papers from that of shutting them France and Belgium. Our dead who unsuspectingly hastane down, which was tried, in 1926. alone in Irak numbered 60,000," love affair; a case of mistake According to this new plan, the Bir Fabian went to India at the identity, a hurried marriage unti newspapers will be allowed to come invitation of the Indian Govern- false pretences and a kidnap oul on condition that they "publishment to represent the War Graves aeroplane, with everything comit the Unions case whenever occa Commission at the unveiling of out rightly in the sion calls for it, side by side with the new Delki War Memorial Arch, not before the audience has any attack the newspaper may "the superb gateway of the new, thoroughly entertained with choose to make apon them." : sent of government.

The writer of the article is Mr. Returning he felt called upon to Herbert Tracey. There is on the inspect the war cemeteries in Irakiare title-page of the magazine a state and to bring home to the relatives ment to the effect that the Trades those who fell there some

Union Congress: and the Labour

message..

and

e

swift situations.

Both Farrell and Miss O'Sullivan,

work in the romantic leads as the

to be commended for the princess and the plumber, while B. Warner and Louise Clogser

SHADOWS BEFORE

COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN CHINA MAIL.

Entertainments.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

CHINESE CUSTOMS

NOTIFICATION.

To the CHINESE MARITIME

TIKE OFFICES and STATIONS

CUSTOMS, for Kowloon and Dis- The Princess and the Plumber.

To-day King's Theatre;trict will be CLOSED to Publie Business on the 20th June, 1931, Today : Queon's Theatre; being a Customs Holiday. "The Lottery Bride."

day Centrál." Theatre; "Balaclava."

40-day Majestic Theatre;

To-day World

Theatre; "Hall's Angels.".

o-day star Theatre he Last of the Duanes."

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Friday-Outward for Europa via Marseilles (Ranpura), 10.30 a.m.

Saturday-Outward for Europe via Siberia (Empress of Canada), 10 a.m.

J. W. STEPHENSON, Commissioner of. Chinese Customs, Kowloon & District. York Building, Hong Kong, 15th June, 1991.

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Party do not accept responsibility "At the cemetery at Kut." he con- Hale are fine in their parts. How for the views expressed in signed tinued, "there was one of the most ever, the comic acting honours go articles, but Mr. Tracey is the impressive things I have ever seen. to Joseph Cawthorn as the village offelal publicity officer of the As in France and Flanders, there jack of all offices. His hat trick Trades Union Congrass and one of were the Cross of Sacrifice, the alone is worth the price of admiser for favouritism with Greta the headquarters staff. He probably Stone of Remembrance, and the ion. The other members of the knows more at the inner mind, of liend-stones. The latter were becast keep their work on the same the General Comell than any other neath the palms. I have been at high level. person not a member of it except, many stately ceremonies when perhaps, Mr. Citrine;, Mr. Tracsy's homage was paid to our dead, but duty is to get publicity for tho Trades Union Congress policy.

Repression.

The following extract from the article shows in which way Trade Union opinion is moving.

have never been more moved than. by the tribute paid by the Araba

LOTTERY BRIDE."

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On Shanghai-

On demand

Wire Garbo. At the present time there On demand Is a Garbo-Dietrich "war". critics the world over.

"Morocco," though holdings strong romantic theme, is rather spoiled by an absurd finale.

"INSPIRATION,"

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of the town. They gathered in prosario of stage and screen, rows, and remained in an attitude wants something he gets it even if of the respect all the time we were he has to borrow it from himself.. among the graves.

Carrying Greta Garbo up a flight

T79 "Irresponsibility in the exercise! "I do not think I was ever quite Bride,"

In perfecting the cast of "Lottery of stairs would thrill almost any Dollar his ambitious dramatic young man, but when the exotic

*****... 72% dis. of any power leads sooner or later so proud of the work we have done operette for United Artists,

On Yokohama to repression; but there are stages I felt that in the care of our dead showing at the Queen's Theatre, thirty pounds of costume weight Sovereigus now star is burdened with an extra On demand short of repression which can be we were representing permanently Hammerstein taken in dealing with the abuse of to these people something of what MacDonald, leading lady, from labour.

borrowed Jeanette the task becomes strictly one of buying rate) power by the newspapers. Some is best in British ideals.

Silver' (per pz.) Paramount, and John thing less drastic than complete Tragic March Recalled.

Garrick, At least Robert Montgomery Bar Silver in Hong leading man, from Fox. Then to thought so after spending an en- suppression will conceivably he "At the beautiful cemetery in

Kong adopted if the Trade Unions are Bagdad there is the one exception Robert Chisholm, baritone, from Garbo up a spiral stairway for Copper Cents show his impartiality he borrowed tire day carrying the delectable Copper Cash ever again involved in such to the equality which reigns national stoppage as that of 1926 every other British war cemetery. the cast of "Sweet Adeline," his scenes in "Inspiration," her new Rate of Native In- The Unions have the power in their There is a central monument and Joseph Macaulay from another will open to-morrow at the Queen's Chinese Sub. Coln

own New York stage production, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer talkië, which

-81⁄2 p.n- hands to enforce upon newspapers | shrine-over the grave of General

242% dis the abligation

the Sir Stanley Maude. to publish

Hong Kong Sub. Coin Par borrow Jos E. Brown, Zasu Pitts, Because of the velvet folds in her lavish Parisian ensemble, Miss Garbo's costume was lined with lead weights to maintain Ite alluring lines when she walks, thirty pounds thus being added to her lifting weight.

1026.

3.

in

at

stage feature.

He didn't have to | Theatre.

Max Davidson, Carrroll Nye or Harry Gribbon. They were avail- able for the stellar cast,"

"MOROCCO."

"NO LIMIT."

Unions case whenever occasion "The terrible tragedy of the calls for it, side by side with any march of the British prisoners attack the newspaper may choose after the surrender of Kut is re- to make upon them. It might have called by one plot of gravės been better to adopt this method in Bagdad. Cemetery. When the funeral cars paesed through Syrio "The Union could then have the French troops everywhere turn- dictated to the newspapers

eached out to give military honours to Africa, the land of beauty and. Clarence Brown directed the film day the statement of their case those who fought so bravely and intrigue, forms the picturesque from an original story, with Mont- which they wished to make public, suffered so much.

background of Paramount's pre- gomery playing opposite as the and could have required the news- "At Cairo I spoke to Mr. Kipling, sentation," "Morocco," starring romantic lead. Included in the papers to print this statement in and he has undertaken to provide Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich, cast are Lewis Stone, Marjorie the exact form in which it was a special inscription for a monu-now on, view at the Majestic Rambeau, Judith Vossell, and issued in the most prominent part ment for the plot where lie the vic Theatre. It is a story dealing Beryl Mercer. of the paper, without interfering tims of this tragedy.

with the French Foreign Legion. with the newspaper's own editorial "When King Feisal received me Cooper's role is that of a legion- columns. They could have left the he said with feeling that he owed alre, and Miss Dietrich, who is newspapers free to say what they the present prosperity of his king-halled as the second Garbo, is seen When Ciara Bow comes to the liked, if the Unions themselves dom to the dead men in our as a cabaret singer in Morocco, King's Theatre next; in. "No Limit," werg safeguarded to the extent of cemeteries and he has himself ar-Cooper is in love with her, but she she will be seen and heard in her. having their ense presented to the ranged for water to be supplied to is very discriminate. Cooper, in firat talkie, many of whose scenes same body of readers without the Bagdad Cemetery that flowers defending his lover, murders a-were taken in New York City. mutilation or distortion OF sup may be grown there."

Through the influence of A complete production unit from. pression of the statements, they Six Fabian mentioned that there Adolphe Monjou, a court-martial the Paramount Hollywood studios wished to make public.

are 2,589 graves at Basra, 4,507 at is waived, but instead Cooper journeyed across the country with Amira,, 417 at Kut, and 6,749 at is transported to another town. her to "shoot" the action in which Bagdad. Captain Peck' spent four Marlene Dietrich speaks slowly she takes part in Fifth Avenue, at years in locating graves on the and clearly. Her acting is superb, an up-town elevated station, at an battlefields. The 41.000 dead who whilst her singing voice is rather Automat restaurant and other ing trades practically 100 per cent. have no known graves, are com deep in tone. She possesses allux-places familiar to New Yorkers and organised, newspaper proprietors memorated on a monument: ating beauty and is a close contend to visitors to the metropolis. will find their ability to use the Basra.

"It is conceivable with the de velopment of a Trade Union spirli amongst newspaper men as strong as that which has made the print

newspapers they own as organs of When in India Sir Fabian Ware propaganda for their constantly went to the North-West Frontier, changing policies, desires, personal where he found the war graves wishes, and personal likes and dis- carefully tended. On his way likes, considerably curtailed." honie from Irak he visited Damascus, where the cemetery is a The policy thus outlined is, of very beautiful one. Everything hos course, dictation. It was precisely been done to make the cemetery on because the Trade Unions tried the Mount of Olives worthy of its dictation in one newspaper office site. At Beersheba difficulties

No Interference.”

in 1926 that the General Strike was created by drought and locusts precipitated. It would be well that have had to be faced.

the Unions should remember that

one of the terms of settlement with the newspaper. Unions after the General Strike was that they must! never again attempt to interfero with editorial policy.

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Neither Trade Unions Hor Labour Party have much to com plain about in the way of publicity for their case when they are in- volved in conflict. Most news. papers try to understand and put the case for the men as fairly as det. possible. They may feel it neces-

Mrs. E. Christie, Mr. R. Cohen-

Mr. James E. Dean.

sary to argue against it, but supMr. F. J C. Euyang.

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