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THE

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FURTHER REDUCTION IN CIGARETTE PRICES

Special Bargain Sale

TUESDAY TO SATURDAY,

FEBRUARY 9th to 13th.

TO CLEAR ALL ODDMENTS.

BARGAINS

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The China Mail.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1932.

ed admission would be refused CORRESPONDENCE into a hall after a certain time,

to be in their seats before a hall was darkened.

"SHANGHAI EVENTS" AND

ABRAHAM LINCOLN..

[To the Editor of "China Mall.”]

SHADOWS BEFORE

Sir,-Your correspondence's let-COMING EVENTS ADVERTISED ter on "Shanghai Events" is very

IN CHINA MAIL.

at Bong

From the point of view of those who have taken the trou- ble to be on time, it is incon, siderate and not right on the interesting but not at all convinc

Social Functions. ing. I cannot help to remind the part of the management of a writer by quoting Lincoln's words:

To-day-Tea Dances cinema hall to cause such patrons "One can fool some people all the Kong Hotel and King's Restaurant; inconvenience and afford them time, all the people some of the Dinner Dances at Hong Kong Hotel time, but one cannot fool alf the and King's Restaurant; Special grounds for displeasure. It is not

Dinner Dance at Peninsula Hotel. people all the time."

Entertainments. a good business policy, and re-

Facts are facts and the more

Theatre: veals a lack of consideration of they are distorted, the worse it is To-day — King's

for the guilty 'party. Indeed, if "The Gang Buster.” patrons.

To-day. --- Queen's Theatre: actions and words do not coincide,) As cinema programmes are the more talking the worse. After "Dixiana." arranged at present, it would be all, people do not judge a nation by Today Central Theatre: hard, perhaps, on cinema houses its words but by its deeds and if "Rain or Shine,” and late-comers who, the latter, a nation allows itself to commit like the poor will always be with acts which even the pigmics in the Jungle of Africa would refrain ua, to operate such a rule. from doing, more talking would not Therefore, it is suggested, that only not justify her, but would between the first and second condemn her.

films on a programme the lights

Yours, etc..

FOOLPROOF.

be turned on for a short time to Hong Kong, February 11, 1982, enable late-comers to get to

their plates. Thereafter, there

To-day-Majestic

"Dirigible."

Theatre;

To-day- Star Theatro: "Lummox."

To-day-Harmston's Circus, op- posite Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon,

Home Mails. To-morrow--Inward from Ameri-

ca (Pres. Cleveland); Outward for Europe via Siberia (Tilawa), 10.30

1.1.

Lammerts Auction. To-morrow-At "Huntington,"

should be no further admissions HELP FOR DISTRESSED 14 Stubbs Road, household fural-

to the hall.

We wonder what co-operation may be expected from Hong Kong's cinema houses to protect| punctual patrons from the nui- sance of the late-comer.

News in Brief.

CHINESE IN SHANGHAI.

Over $30,000 Collected.

ture, 10 a.m.

Monday-At 30, Hankew Road, furniture, Kowloon, household 10.30 a.m.

Meetings.

Tuesday-Hong Kong Land In- vestment and Agency Co., Ltd., Messrs. Jardine Matheson's office, 12.15 p.

1

February 27Hong Kong để Shanghai Banking Corporation, 1

A special meeting of the Queen's Road, Central 11.30 a..

March 2-Hong Kong Realty &

held

Lowest open air temperature yes- Tung Wah Hospital was

a sum of over Trust Co., Ltd., Exchange Build- terday was 45. Humidity at 10 yesterday, when

$90,000 was collected following ing, noon. time and energy and intellect to um. was 62, and 58 at 4 p.m.

an appeal made by the Chair March 18-Hong Kong & Shang- the writing of essays and news. Mr. M. Manuk will speak on man, Mr. Chan Lim-pak, for the hat Hotels, Ltd., annual meeting Ex paper work. He soon succeeded "How to Cultivate the Real Life" organisation of relief for the die-change Building, 11 am, extra-

ordinary meeting, 11.80 a.m. Hong Kong, Thursday, Feb. 11, 1932. in this type of work and made at the usual weekly public lecture tressed Chinese in Shanghai,

There was a large attendance Feb. 29-Humphreys Estate and at the Hong Kong Lodge, The rapid progress in journalism in Theosophical Society, 17, Queen's of prominent Chinese leaders of Finance Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Hotel,

the Colony, and strong recom-11.30 am. South Africa. His good work Road Central, to-day at 6 p.m.

mendations that the hospital drew to him the attention of The many readers and admir- Fleet Street editors, and finally ers of this world-famous British the Daily Mail commissioned his writer of

tales services as a special correspon- mystery

His connection with this "thrillers" is how they are usual. dent.

Edgar Wallace.

.

ly referred to will regret that great British daily lasted for death has interrupted so inter- many years. esting and entertaining a stream

Personal Pars.

Flower Show.

make an appeal for aid to the March 8-Hong Kong Hortical- Shanghai, sufferers, to which the tural Show, Volunteer Headquar Governor has no objection, were ters, 8-7 p.m.

made by Sir Shou-son Chow and the Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall. Mr. T. H. King, Deputy Inspec- The making of the appeal tor General of Police, accompani-having been decided upon, it was ed by Mrs. King, returned to Hong then agreed that the Kwong Shiu Kong after long leave in England, Kung Sor be requested to under- Having established himself as on the steamer Carthage yester- take the distribution of the fund on behalf of the Tung Wah Hos- pital.

Contributions to the fund

During the absence

of Mr.

making the total over $80,000.

"FLYING TANKS.”

France's Terrifying Instruments of War.

Paris, January 25.

of fiction. In the, if it may be a journalist, Edgar Wallace be-day.

As such, "crime do- gan to cultivate the art of the described main" of the novelist's art, novelist and, being keenly inter-Cerveira de Albuquerque, the Con made at the meeting included

An order for four squadrons of Edgar Wallace, a worthy succes-ested in crime and criminals, sulate General for Portugal will $10,000 by Mr. Chan Lim-pak, a new type of bombing plane, sor of the great Conan Doyle, dealt in masterly manner with be in charge of Mr. C. A. da Roza. $5,000 from Mr. Leung Pat-yu, described as "flying tanks" has Mr. Albuquerque left the Colony and various other donations rang-been placed by the air ministry has been an outstanding figure their doings and psychology. He on home leave yesterday by the ing from $2.000 downwards, with the French aviation works,

Д prolific writer of ss. Gange. for a great many years; and, became

are the tales

The Directors of the Hospital according to Press reports. These though we shall refrain from stories, and many

Dr. Ivy Tong, the first Chinese will appeal to Chinese firms and new terrifying instruments of war, saying that the place left vacant told of Wallace's amazing rapid-

from Malaya to graduate Individuals immediately. M.B., B.S., from the University of) by his death cannot be filled, or ity as a writer.

For long years to come Edgar Hong Kong, who returned to Sin- that it will be difficult to fill ade- quately, we shall say that he has Wallace's name will live through gapore over a year ago, is now practising at St. Andrew's Missions set a standard, of a very high his books. He has left the world Hospital and at St. Mary's Dis- order, for his successor, whoever an amazing large library of fic-pensary, Hill Street. tion for one man.. he may be, to maintain.

Edgar Wallace was only 57 years of age at the time of his

Late-Comer Nuisance.

lady

Clarendon

en

CONSPIRACY CASE.

A Defendant Discharged Yesterday.

THIRTY YEARS ON.

whose exact measurements have not been revealed, will be able to [carry' over a ton of explosives.. They will be armoured and carry over twenty men in addition to ten

five beavy guns mounted on the machine gunners, to handle the wings and underneath the cockpit. Equipped with three powerful

To-day's Thought.

The greatest shock some people

Ten Years Ago.

[From the Chias Mall":"

To-day's dollar

worth

February 11, 1922,]

Among the passengers on the One of the six defendants charged motors the planes will be able to P. & O. liner Carthage yesterday was Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Kirby. with alleged conspiracy to defraud attain an altitude of over 12,000 who are on their way to Shang-several local Chinese firms of cer- feet and an average speed of 200 death in fact, in the prime of

"Punctuality, seemingly, is not bal, after a visit to England. Mr. tain goods was acquitted by Mr. miles. p. Their cruising radius life, according to standards at a virtue with Hong Kong's Kirby is General Secretary of the Schofield at the Central Police Court is 800 miles, Transocean Kuomin

box to give Home. He was, it is understood, cinemagoers." So says one irate China Coast Officers' Guild at yesterday afternoon. The man was

Shanghai. He was met by Capt. put into the witness as physically vigorous as he was cinemagoer, who assures us that T. T. Laurenson, D.S.C., Branch evidence.

Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith is con- ducting the case for the Crown, Mr. THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION. mentally vigorous; so that his he is not alone in making a pro- Secretary in Hong Kong.

sudden death comes as a surprise test, and that he is the mouth-

The forthcoming marriages are F. H. Loseby is appearing for the and shock.

piece of a large number of announced of Samuel Alexander first defendant, Mr. M. A, da Silva can have is a new idea. The story of his early life, as cinemagoers, whose enjoyment of Gray, of 1, Queen's Road Central, for the second and Mr. D. B. Evana The hearing was adjourned after much of it as we happen to know cinema performances is frequent and Ellen Christina MacKay Sim, for the fifth:

en route to the Colony on the ss. to-day, is a pathetic one, and was ly marred by inconsiderate late- Nanking; and of Donald Forbes, of further evidence had been taken.

"Bergolien," Stubbs Road, and a hard one. It, however, in con- comers." trast with the success he made In this respect, Hong Kong is Gweneth Charters Tait, of Gnarod,

Road, Melboarne, the not unique. Similar protests route on the sa. Taiping.

It is hard to realise that it is only of life finally, reveals

30 years ago that Marconi first 2/5.7/8. strength of character and the have been lodged in various

bridged the Atlantic with wireless Indeed, determination that were charac-centres before this.

signals (states Peter Simple in the

Recently an amalgamation teristics of this author of mys periodically, the matter is aired

Morning Fost) Thirty years is an took place between Messrs. in the Press and sundry writers

almost incredibly short period for a Lane, Crawford Co., and tery tales,

new industry to grow into one of Messrs. Wiseman, Ltd, the Edgar Wallace's first associa get it "off the chest,"

the most important in the world, effect of the arrangement being tion with that arena of the expression, goes.

and a commonplace of existence that the latter will disappear as For example, it is only 15 times a limited liability company and "written word," in which he wES The fault, after due considera-

as long as it sometimes takes to become absorbed by the former. to find a place of no mean import- tion, must be laid at the doors

settle the plans of a great building, The Hong Kong Dairy Farm, made ere he entered of cinema managers and pro- A young Belgian Count, Wilhelm or for a Commission to issue ita Tee and Cold Storage Co., Ltd. ance, was

ent his teens, when he started sell-prietors. If they, in a body, Van Boom Brock, who is reputed to report. It is only six times as long have come into the arran be a millionaire, has arrived in Italy as it has taken some, Governments now, but, we were inform 'ing newspapers on the streets, would present a united front, refram Brussels on his way to the Bel-to do nothing.

morning, this does not mean that Some year

later, after varied fuse to sell tickets after a cer- gian Congo And except for cross I have been trying without suc- they are amalgamating pleasant and unpleasant experi- tain time-sufficient to enable ing the Mediterranean, he hopes to ceas, to visualise, what the next 30 strict sense of the

duce. I believe myself neither the Dairy Far ences, he started, as is so often all who have purchased tickets accomplish the journey on foot, for years will

olve as many start Lane, Crawford

Ical and their identity as Limi the case, by attempting to charm to get to their seats, and refuse he is travelling without a penny In that

180 years compa the Muses with verse. It seems to admit late

engineer, 28,

ned to

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per packet

of 10

Phillips Goldflake

per tim of 50

12 cents 60 cents

Sealord (Navy Cut) 12

150

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the ling

upon the advice

nds, he desisted from, or

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