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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1931.

THE

CHINA

MAIL.

ARMAMENT FIRMS' POST-WAR WORK ROUND THE CINEMAS the Charge of the Light Brigade for

How Vickers-Armstrong Have Fared.

NEW MARKETS CAPTURED.

Turn-Over From War to Peace Needs.

Successful efforts made by British armament firms since. the termination of the World War, to convert their machinery to the uses of peace, were outlined by Mr. W. G. A. Turner, A.M.J.C.E. at the weekly tin of the Hong Kong Rotarians yesterday.

Mr. Turner, who is connected with the firm of Vickers Armstrong. Ltd., is agent for the construction and installation of the Green Island Cement Company's new plant. In the course of his address he remarked that this contract was one of the largest ever secured in the Far East by a British firm.

"FRESH FIELDS OF ENDEAVOUR.”

...

'world's tuarkets that were for

scope.

GRETA GARBO IN A NEW TALKIE.

"INSPIRATION."

For the fourth time, Lewis Stone heads Greta Garbo's sup porting cast in "Inspiration." her new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring vehicle now playing at the Queen's Theatre.

Stone first played with Garbo in "A Woman of Affairs," following this with "Wild Orchids" and the recent "Romance." In the new Garbo picture. directed by Clarence Brown, Stone again por trays the role of a staunch friend to whom she comes in a moment

of sorrow.

Robert

its entertainment. The feature is, of course, the high light of the ple- ture, but a pleasing romance leads up to the Charge. We also see a reconstruction of the famous "Thin Red Line" incident in which Colin Campbell's 93rd Highlanders with- stood a massed attack by Russian Cavalry und boat them off. "Balaclava" bristles with good peints; is a British picture of ster- ling

merit, and outstanding qualities, which we recommend film geers 'not to mias.

"NO LIMIT."

A brand-new controversy is raging in Hollywood.

The film capital is divided into those who shriek "Never" and those who whisper "Perhaps to Montgomery has the the question-should film stars'ap romantic lead in the glamorous prove the latest Parisian vogue picture and the cast includes Mar for transparent evening gowns Jorie Rambeau, Judith Vosselli, that permit an unhampered view Beryl Mercer, John Miljan and, of feminine limbs?. Joan Marsh.

PRINCESS AND PLUMBER."

Farrell's noisy arrival in the little one-horse town of Daritzia.

Clara Bow, who takes sides with the affirmatives, displays the transparent mode in her latest picture. "No Limit," which comes to the King's Theatre to-morrow.

"Every one has seen our legs on the bench, Summer after Sum- mer. Why should we suddenly be. come so conscious of them a few

Turner, was the manufacture of nechinery for making Portland Cement. The works of Vickers- Armstrong at Barrow were The mutual misunderstanding eminently suitable for production when Farrell meeta Miss of machinery of this type, which O'Sullivan, he thinking she is a was particularly heavy, in fact peasant girl and she believing he hours later when we don an even-

Their subsequent astonishment head. were 326 feet long and 26 feet when he finds she is a princess in diameter had been supplied to and she learns he is a plumber. British firms. Mills for grind- The big hunting party, when ing had also been manufactured

Miss O'Sullivan, deciding to meet for firms both abroad,

the heaviest of all. In this con- nection four rotary kilns that

Local Installation,

is a duke.

ing gown?" asks the famous red

**TABU."

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COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN CHINA MAIL.

Entertainments. To-day King's Theatre; "The Princess and the Plumber."

To-day Queen's 'Theatre; Inspiration."

To-day Central "Balaclava."

Theatre;

To-day Majestic "The Mighty."

Theatre;

To-day World "Hell's Angels."

To-day Star. "What à Man.” ·

Theatre;

Theatre

Home Mails. To-morrow-Inward from Europe

via Suez (Rawalpindi); Outward for Europe via Siberia (Taishan), 2.80 p.m.

Friday-Inward frem Europe via Siberia (Ranpura)..

Saturday-Outward for Europe via Siberia (Empress of Canada), 10 a.m.; for Europe via Marseilles (Kanpura), 10.30 am.

The speaker's own firm was, taken as an example to point the case. Many people, no doubt wondered what had happened to the arinament firms since the war; said Mr. Turner, who went to point out that it had been necessary to seek new avenues Vickers-Arm- of production. strong had tackled the problem, and although for years the man in the street had associated the name of Vickers with arms only,

Of all the improvements Hong during recent years the firm had

at Home and Farrell at the lodge and have an Kong has certainly done well in the turned out some of the finest

explanation, chooses the wrong showing of the newest talking pic equipment in the world for all

Mr. Turner 'went on to deal companion by mistake, with Roachtures. It certainly sounds exag- types of vessels, including the ⚫ muchinery.

briefly with the machinery to be arriving in time to prevent Privalgeration in saying that this Colony New Markets.

installed under the contract with from forcing his attentions on the is able to screen a picture in June, which is known to have been re- During the last twelve years the Green Island Cement Com- princess.

When Miss O'Sullivan' and leased only in May the same year. Vickers had obtained a place in pany in Hong Kong. A feature Farrell come to an understanding Well, this will be a fact if the

was the great care taken to pre merly considered outside their vent emanation of dust round only to realise the insuperable ob- Central Theatre is really showing

stacle of getting the Prince's con- "TABU” within this month

Lammerts Auctions. They had successfully the works. To this end patent

Rent

announced.

To-morrow "Metropole

Hotel turned. to commercial shipbuild-fillers had been installed, also Prival's unique revenge for his

Ever on the alert for "aomething furniture, 22, Ice House Strret, ing and engineering, and had improved processes in the kiln discomfiture on hia return to different" in the screen entertain- 10.30 a.m. been most successful during an house so as to effectually remove paris.

ment with which to tempt the inded admittedly difficult period.

all dust borne by the kiln gases.

June 23-24-Messra, Sennet Roach's predicament when he re-appetites of the public fed up with Freres' Surplus stocks, York Build- Prior to and during the Great

the synthetic marvels of the studio,ing, 10.30. 3.m. War nothing but. armament

Paramount has required the dis- work had been undertaken, com-

tribution rights to a Rawless little mercial work being left severely

motion picture `gem in "Tabu," alone. There was thus, a very

which was released in May this serious reaction when hostilities

year. Central Theatre is on the consed, and it was evident some

watch and has succeeded in securing other class of work would have;

the right to show it in Hong Kong.ed down the street under an egg- to be taken on to augment the

This picture will arrive here this tomato barrage, very meagre orders for arma-

week.

Of course the boys and girls It may sound a little flowery to concerned did not really miss describe it as "a golden romance of school for during periods between uncivilised leve in a South Sea scenes they were taught by a re- istand paradise," but that's a fitting gular Los Angeles teacher,

Made by ployed' for the purpose. But they description, nevertheless.

directors whose names have been schoolroom that day and they were associated in the past with a mem-permitted to toss eggs and toma- ber of artistic box office success, toes to their heart's content. "Tabu" has all the freshness and charm and human interest which only reality can give. Watch the Central Theatre announcement for its opening date.

ments.

Vickers, at Barrow, found their plant suitable to adaptation to commercia! shipbuilding. With this end in mind, expert

The purchasers, in short, could ceives the prince's astonishing al rely upon getting a completely ternatives of marrying Miss dust-proof plant, with a guar-O'Sullivan at once, or being shot anteed output of 100,000 tons of and he is already married! cement per noun. The two Warner's unexpected arrival at rotary kilns installed would the castle to superintend the com- weigh 382 tons euch when work-manded marriage.

ing, and ench would revolve once. Farrell's bewilderment when in about 50 seconds, only 60 Warner, mistaking him for Roach .p. being used to do the works. repeats his demand for an imme- The kilns were cach 254 feet dinte ceremony-and the boy long and 11ft. Gin. in diameter.

Reizes on this heaven sent oppor tunity!

Giant Rock-Crusher.

a firm in Derbyshire, which would

The departure of the two young take stones roughly six feet by people in Roach's plane.

Sports.

Sea Sports Diary on Page 9.

Miscellaneous. Friday-Lecture by Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, University, 8.30 p.m.

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Mr. Turner, dealing with other. The complications involved in advice was employed, and a busi- post-war developments of his keeping Warner from learning of noss gradually built up...Much firm, instanced a rock-crusher of{his mistake until the marriage is Messrs. Myrnau and Flaherty, two didn't have to attend classes in a research has been made, and the "jaw" type, as supplied to over. many important experiments conducted, as a further result.

Mr. Turner went on to men- tion some of the ships built for various shipping lines by Vickers-Armstrong, the great majority at Barrow-in-Furness. These included two ships for the

Australian Commonwealth Line liners for the Orient Line (such as the Orontes), three others for the Cunard Line, and a vessel for the Union Steamship Company:

Ships for the C.P.R.

four feet, and turn out six-inch

pieces at the rate of five tons per minute. It weighed 140 tons.

"BALACLAVA.

The undying memory of the Another interesting branch of industry, and a considerable one,

glorious page in the history of the was the manufacture of acroplane British Army is attrred by "Bala-

This venture

élava," a Gainsborough engine cylinders.

picture

plants.

every assistance,

"REDUCING."

CATHOLIC CLASH.

REPUBLICAN HOSTILITY IN SPAIN.

Madrid, Yesterday.

had proved very successful, a showing at the Central Theatre. large market having been ob The Charge of the Light Brigade, If you were a little boy or girl,

A train from Pamplona bound tained. The same remarks ap- one of those tragic errors which how would you like to get paid for Saragossa conveying a thou plied to the firm's manufactures make military history live long, is $7.50 a day to stay out of school sand Roman Catholics who had of mining and oil well equipment, reconstructed with a wealth of de- and do nothing but throw eggs been participating in a meeting at Amongst other manufactures tail and actuality only possible in and tomatoes at a running man? Pamplona, where speeches were Of interest locally, perhaps

This is exactly what happened made attacking the Government's was a new type of pump, espe- country with auch traditions as were the two new vessels now

Moreover, such a picture to a group of Afty Los Angeles alleged anti-clerical policy, ran being built for the Canadian cially suitable for conditions ours.

been successfully children during the making of the gauntlet of angry Republican Pacific Company, the Strathaird where there was only a low head could not have

Co-"Reducing" the new Marie Dress-crowds at every railway station and Strathnavar, These vessels of water. It had proved particu- produced without the active

larly successful in irrigation operation of the War Office. The ler-Polly Moran co-starring,comedy through which it passed. were of turbo-electric propulsion,

authorities afforded the which will be the attraction at the Stones. were thrown and the and would accommodate 1,200 work, in Egypt and elsewhere, military

Besides · all this,

and Queen's Theatre, starting on Sun, windows broken, and fierce shouts Vickers Producers passengers. Besides this Vickers

of "Live the Republic?" from the for equipment for modern power placed at his disposal in the Long of errors about a beauty parlour, answered cries of "Live Christ the Armstrong had a large market Maurice Elvey, who directed the day.

picture, was -able with the troops. There is a scene in this comedy crowds on the railway platforms

Valley at Aldershot to re-enact the in which Polly Moran's chauffeur King" and other Catholic alognos. Wonderful New Alloy.

stirring Charge of October, 1854. gets "in wrong" with a group of Finally the Catholics left the Finally, Mr. Turner mentioned “Balaclava" doesn't entirely rely tenement youngsters. He is fore train at Castejon to escape the hos- research by which a new non-upon the masterly reconstruction of ed out of his limousine and chas tility of the Republicans. Reuter. ferrous alloy had been discover. ed. It was named P.M.G., and was suitable for valves, etc., where bronze and other materia) had formerly been used. An Admiralty test of a valve made of this alloy had shown a pres sure of 4.700 lb. per square inch before the valve burst.

There had been no leakage before.

Mr. Turner also referred to giant steel and iron castings turh- ed out by Vickers-Armstrong.

were engaged upon a "luxury liner" named the Monarch of Bermuda for the Furness-Withy Line which would run from the West Indies to America. This ship was designed especially for "luxury" traffic, as instanced by the fact that although it was of 20,000 tons burthen, accom- modation was provided for 800 passengers only. The vessel was to be fitted up in sumptuous and most up-to-date fashion.

Another vessel, small but in- teresting, built by Vickers- Armstrong, was the s.8. Kedah, for the Straits Steamship Com- pany, that had so impressed a passenger that he had ordered another ship precisely similar!

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"St. John", Flag Day. Prior to the address, the Hon. chair in the temporary absence W. E. L. Shenton, who took the from, the Colony of Sir Willian

Wednesday,

June 24. The

Marine Developments. In the field of marine engineer ing Vickers-Armstrong had con- centrated upon the manufacture of improved types of reciprocat to the Flag Day to be held in aid Hornell, the President, referred | ing engines, marine turbines, of St. John Ambulance on and boilers. Oll engines were also made, and several ships Rotary Club had been asked to equipped with them. In addition take charge of twelve collecting a new type of toothed gear had stations in the centre of the City! been evolved for reduction be The duties were from 8 a.m. to tween the turbine-driven shaft 11 am., and fifty lady collectora and propeller shaft on ships were urgently required Rotar Many commercial vessels, besities fans were therefore asked to the British Admiralty, were now interview their lady friends, and using this gear, which offected sent their names' and ad- definite economies in the all dresses to Rotarian F H important factor of weight.

Crapnell, at the Hong Kong and

Engineering chsentials on land Kowloon Wharf and Godown had not been lost sight of Company, by the first post on

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