1935-01-10 — Page 9

***THE CHINA 'MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1935

NEW SITE FOR WEST POINT GASOMETERS Today's Short Story.

(Continued From Page 1)

The

Companles are subject to stamp, requirements of other cities. feca, certain foreign Companies principle, recognised in the existing (c) No further action has been enjoy immunity from such taxa-Ordinance. No, 1 of 1903, of sympa-| taken in the meantime pending the lon?

thetic treatment for lots purchased receipt of a reply to this enquiry. If the Honourable Member prior to that Ordinance, is retained. 11-) Has the Government means immunity from stamp duty Sections Nos. 81 to 86 of the Bill under consideration, and, if not. on contract notes, there is no an-deal with this subject. will the Government consider, theomaly as such attract duty whe "In Sections 87 and 88 important

Mess Of

Pottage

HOGARRY OLOVES

By Diana' Seward Cordner

PLANNERS" BLANKETS NADĖKONSEPTY

FAMES sat in the big armchair plece of furniture. He had come

question of making Hong Kong ather the company is registered fo- revisions are proposed in the matter JAM by the fire, his magazine on to rely on her as he relied on his

America?!

port of call in connection with the cally or abroad. Transfer fees on of heights of buildings. The prin- reported air service between Can-shares of companies registered cipal feature of these sections is the his lap, his slippered feet resting morning paper, his watch, and ton and the United States of abroad are naturally not charged general reduction in height of the on the brass curb. On the little dictionary.

She had carefully weighed auch on transactions in Hong Kong, wall plate level and the compensating table at his side were two dic (a) The Government has no in- It is assumed that in the Hon-increase in the maximum height of tionaries, an encyclopaedia, and word, and now she knew her letter some glycerine and honey. His by heart. She recited it mentally formation regarding this proposal¦ourable Member's questions the ox- the roof lind. These revisions per-

in the omnibus,, trying to put her- but the matter will not be over-presalen "debit note" is used Inmit of improved lighting to streets/Cough was still troublesome.

self in James' place. **

looked should it appear that the ils local sense, the term "debit and open spaces without causing re- reported service is likely to mater-note" being used locally for cash duction in the subical contents of ialise.

|imnsactions whilst the term "con- buildings. As in the case of open

.

"I'm going now, James." "Alfreda spoke quietly and won- dered how James could fall to read

(b) What steps, if any, have been lact note" is used for other than space, sympathetic consideration is the finality, in those words..

taken with a view to linking Hong cash transactions. Legally the given to buildings on lots leased Kong with the great air routes of the two terms have the same mean- prior to 1985, the world; and, if the matter is ing, under consideration, when are such connections expected to be effected?

(b) Negotiations are proceeding,

Construction Bill

Fire Danger "The preservation of life from danger of Are is considered in the framing of Sections 43, 44 and 45,

He looked up from his crossword puzzle, and for a brief moment his eyes rested on his wife's white face, with its trembling lips and, un- naturally bright eyes. As usual, he saw her without seeing.

"Going, my dear? Have a time."

"Good-bye, James."

good

but the Government is not yet in! The Hon. Mr. R. H. Henderson, which call for the provision of fire a position to make a statement. Director of Public Works, in mov-resisting staircases, lift shafts and

III-Arising out of the remarks made by two unofficial members at tiluled "An Ordinance to amend

ing the first reading of a Bill in-fire-escapes,

But James had already returned "A revision has been made in the to his puzzle. His face wore the a meeting of this Council on Sep and consolidate the law relating sections dealing with verandahs and look of abstraction that Alfreda had tember 27, 1934, that the advantage to the Construction of Buildings," balconies, Nos. 60 and 61.

grown. to hate. With her hand on of Hong Kong as a winter resort)

said:

*å limiting angle has been intro- the handle of the door she gave a

have not been sufficiently advertis- "The present Public Health and duced which will restrict the num-long look at the familiar room, and

ed, will the Government state:--

Buildings Ordinance

was

*

(b) Whether the Government will and air and sanitation upon the be the elimination of verandahs on Once outside she walked quickly,

(a) Whether and, if so, what consimest 32 years ago and at

enacted ber of verandah storeys permissible then, with a little sigh, she turned sideration has been given by the time provided for, substantial im- tions of balconies.

that and which will control the projec-land went out, shutting the door on

Government to this matter since

James and her past. provement in the matter of light "Generally speaking the effect will that meeting was hold?

hitherto existing Ordinance. the upper storeys of high-buildings afraid, lest some invisible cord of appoint a Committee for the pur- pose of suggesting means of giving "Since that date, and more par-hereafter erected, but balconies of memory or sentiment should lasso greater publicity to such advant-ticularly in recent years, in order to greater projection than hitherto will and drag her back to the mockery

conform more nearly to accepted be permissible. ages?

and dreary monotony of her life as "The tendency will be to dispense the wife of James. 3. Since the meeting of this modern standards, it has been found Council to which the Honourable necessary to make numerous amend- with verandah piers from all new The omnibus she boarded at the

refers the Government ments in relation to both sanitation buildings erected on streets. less end of the road had its usual morn

than 75 feet wide. On these streets, ing freight of women. shoppers. has had the advantage of learning and constructional matters. the views of the Economic Com- "The existing Ordinance, as the balconies in the lower storeys will They stared at Alfreds as women title indicates, deals both with be permissible with a projection ex-will, noting her shoes, her hat, and mission on this subject as

Public Health and the construction tending to the line of the kerb. pressed in an interim report,

lastly her face. She felt guilty and is proposed shortly to appoint a of buildings. It has now been con- "Although there are many other was conscious of blushing. Committee to investigate the pos-sidered desirable that these services minor alterations, the remainder of What would they think, these] sibility of increasing the Tourist should be dealt with under a num-the Bill substantially follows the dutiful wives and daughters, if they Traffic of Hong Kong,

Member

· Loss Of Stamp Duty To Colony

The Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga asked the following questions:-

ber of separate Ordinances. Complete Revision

"In the Bill under consideration opportunity is taken to revise, throughout, the, building laws of the Colony.

"The proposals in draft form were submitted to a Body of Architects |

existing Ordinance.

"With these remarks, Your cellency, I beg to move the first ing of this Bill.

ESTABLISHED, 1888.

TAK CHEONG.

"TAILORS & OUTFITTERS,

UMBRELLAS TRE SORTA “COLLARS

„TOILETA

TRAVELLING

50-52, Queen's Road Central, HONG KONG.

DIAMONDS

BOUGHT AND SOLD LOANS GRANTED · Valuations free of charge.

*This letter is to say good-bye. I have gone, not for a day, but always. I want you to forget: mo und to put me out of your life. That won't be very difficult, Javies, becarise'l have never real- ly been part of it-only part of Your background. We ought M. BERAHA

You

never to have married. wanted a housekeeper and I-but

it dosen't matter now what I wanted. I know that you could

GOLD ARTICLES

BROKEN OR USELESS fringe, brooches, bracelets, watches, dental-plates, medals, trinkets, cuff- ...links, cigarette cases, purses, etc.)

BOUGHT AT HIGHEST PRICES. Diamond and Gold Merchant. Asia Life Bullding-14, Queen's Road Central.

never have given it to me. It is COLONY DANCING IS nothing you have done, James, OF HIGH STANDARD

only the thousand and one little things that you have left undone.

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be "Nearly 'uman," by F. W. Brooke.

that had been hers 'before she sold approach. her birthright for a mess of pot- tage?

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Third Heat Reveals

Good Talent

CHAMPIONSHIP FINALISTS

BEARD PULLED

$15 Fine Sequel To Assault On P.C.

"I just laid my hand on his beard" said Cheng King, an unemployed hawker who was charged with as- saulting Police Constable No. 8703, The third heat of the Local Danc-by pulling his beard, and hawking ing Championship was held in the cigarettes without a licence, when he This will come as a shock to Roof Garden of the Hong Kong appeared before Mr. E. 1. Wynne- you, but you will get over it. Hotel yesterday. Although there Jones at the Central Magistracy You will get a housekeeper who was a record-breaking attendance this morning. will give you all that for these only six couples entered the con- Sub-Inspector Dredge stated that last years you have ever wanted tests. The two competition dances yesterday the constable saw defen- from me. I am not going to any were a Foxtrot and a Waltz. One dant making the cigarettes and sell- other man. I have never loved couple was selected by the judges, ing them to passers-by. When anyone but the

man I once Ursula and Andrew, and the other arrested he refused to go to the thought you were. It is not your by popular vote.

police station, and attempted to re- The results were:- fault that you are not that man,

lease himself from the grip of the James, Please do not, from a Judges' decision-Mr. J. Coulter constable. ̈ ́ mistaken sense of what is fitting, and Miss D. Hunt, Popular Vote On the way to the station he

the try to find me. I have always Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Ling.

Jagain attempted to escape and as- All six dancers in the heat dia-saulted the constable by pulling his hated patchwork...." could know. she was leaving her; Ex-husband, not for another man (they

played remarkable talent keeping beard. On arrival at the station The omnibus stopped at the time accurately. No intricate steps there were tears in the constable's read-might have understood that), but!

leaving him solely to regain that terminus and Alfredu climbed down were attempted, the dancers con-eyes. precious freedom and independence and made her way up the station centrating more on style and rhy- Defendant was fined $15 in de- thm. Both the Foxtrot and Waltz fault three weeks' in gaol on the CHEAP CREDIT TRIUMPHS

James would not understand that were danced equally well.

charge of assault, and $4 or five By special request Ursula and days imprisonment on the second last sentence, but it didn't really (Continued From Page 1) 1-Are sale and purchase con- for commerts. The criticisms of A world recovery is impossible For that is how Alfreda had come matter. He would not understand Andrew demonstrated the Ballroom charge. tracts and/or debit notes for shares this Body were carefully considered without a

European recovery, to regard her marriage. It had anything but the bare fact that she Waltz and the Tango

In an interview later Mr. Andrew A carpet claimed to be the of all Companies operating outside and amendments were made, the which, in turn, is dependant upon seemed such a wonderful thing to had left him. James, who was al- the Colony, but dealt in in this individual members signifying their the successful progress of Euro-be the wife of James, the sharer of ways working out puzzles, would sala he thought that the standard market, treated alike for purposes general approval of the final draft.

his life, the mother of his children, not even try to discover why she of dancing in the Colony was very

high indeed. of stamp duty?. If the reply to

"Particular regard is paid to the The task of allaying German and she had thought nothing too had left him, this question be in the negative,

requirements of open space in the suspicion regarding the

recent precious to be sacrificed for the Alfreda secured a porter and col- what is the differentiation and on what grounds is the differentiation light of modern hygienie practice, Franeo-Italian amity has been realisation of that dream, and so lected her luggage from the cloak-

Jahe had married him."

room. She found a compartment and it will be appreciated that, given to Great Britain. justified?

Ilints are in circulation in Eng-

For a little while her dream had with one other women. She wished 1-The answer is in the affirma.although sacrifices are required,

these are not greater than are deem-land that as a result of the Ameri- lasted, and then she had one day now that she had thought to buy ed. essential to place the city on a can tin investigation an agreement awakened and seen that all she had a magazine, but the paper boy was a position to state approximately lasts comparable with the minimum may be effected whereby America secured was a place in James' house, at the far end of the platform and

The following in the Dance Pro- will be supplied with tin in return (not a place' in his life. There had there was no time to spare.

When the train started she relax-gramme for St. George's Ball, which for accommodation regarding the been no children to demand her love war debt.

and care, but only a monotonous ed. The first stop was Bellminster, will be held at the Peninsula Hotel round of household duties áher destination. Now definitely she at 9.30 p.m. to-morrow:

had broken the cord that had at- 9.10 Fox Trot-Love Thy Neighbour..

9.20 Fox Trot-With my eyes wide tached her to her life as the wife of

open I'm dreaming, She thought of the letter she had James. With the swift movement

9.30. Interval for Reception of H.E. left for James, and wondered with-of the train and the rapidly reced-

The Governor. Jan Klepura, star of "Tell Me out regret or emotion what he ing landscape, realisation came to 9.45 Lancers. To-night," has signed a term con- would do when he had read it. It Alfrede, and with it the first tiny tract with Paramount and his first had taken her a long while to write, whisperings of regret-not for the picture has been tentatively titled for she did not want to hurt him James she had left, but for that

Two On A Tower." This picture more than was necessary.

other James who had lived and died will co-star Mary Ellis, noted She supposed he would be a little in the romantic heart of a girl of

background and missed a familiar

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tive.

2. Is the Colonial Treasurer in

the value in Hong Kong currency

of the business carried on, since

January 1, 1984 to June 30, 1934, ARE YOU A TAP

by brokers on exchanges outside the Colony whose contracts nudfor! debit notes are exempt from stamp] duty?

2. The answer is in the nega- tive.

3. if the volume of the business referred to in Question 2 is aacer tainable, will the Honourable Mem ber inform the Council what would have been the estimated amount of

DANCER?

Here Is Your Chance

To Learn The Art

WORLD'S GREATEST MASTER GIVES FREE LESSONS

pean peace.

JAN KIEPURA SIGNS WITH PARAMOUNT

mess of pottage,

*

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&

ST. GEORGE'S BALL Dance Programme Announced

10.05 Waltz The Shadow Waltz. 10.20 Fox Trot-Let's Fall in Love. 10.85 Fox Trot-Cocktails for Two. 10.50 For Trot-All I do is dream of

you.

11.05 Waltz Speak to Me of Love. 11.20 Fox Trot-She didn't say "Yes",

.......... had a busy day.

largest one in a single-piece in

the world, has just been finished

in London. It measures 23 feet 6 inches by 14 feet 6 inches, and it is valued at £2,000.

The carpet was woven by English girls on Irish linen with Scotch. wool, and it took two hundred- weights of wool to complete it.

11.60 Waltz-Am I wasting my Time

on You?

12.05 Fox Trot-It's Only a Paper

Moon."

12,20 Fox Trot Carioca (Rumba), 12.85 Fox Trot-Why do I dream 12.60 Waltz-The Blue Danube Waltz,

those Dreams?

1.05 Fox Trot-The Night was made

for Love 1.20 Fox Trot-Love in Bloom. 1,85 Fox Trot--Holi my Hand

(Rumba), 1.50 Waltz-Don't Say Goodnight, 2.05 Fox Trot-Everything I have is

Yours.

2.15 Fox Trot-1 String along

with you.

"God Save The King."

to 1.20 am,

stamp fees derivable therefrom if Have you an ambition to shine as opertta star, and will be directed by hurt. One became used to one's twenty-two, yet who, somehow, had 11.35 Fox Trot-Little Man You've Suppor will be served from 11.50 p.m.

EL

the transactions had been liable tap dancer? If so, now is your

arise.

to payment of stamp fees on the chance to learn from the world's scale chargeable to shares of Hong greatest exponent of the art, Harold LeRoy, dancing star of "Harold Kong Companies?

3-In view of the answer to Teen," which is due at the Alham- question 2, this question does not bra Theatre on Sunday.

The China Mail has arranged 4. Is it the opinion of Govern-with Warner Bros., the producers ment that the operations by brokers of this hilarious comedy, to let their in Hong Kong on exchanges out-tar teach you his technique, for one side the Colony do divert dealings routine which means the steps of in shares of local Companies; and particular dance in six illustrat- if they do, does not the revenuejet lessons, easily understood, and of the Colony suffer by reason of quickly learned.. Two lessons will] the diversion from local to foreign appear daily until the series Is exchanges through a diminution in completed.

stamp duty collections In respect LeRoy, a dancing wizard, was of share contracts and/or debit star of the Ziegfeld Follies, "Strike notes?

Me Pink," "The Gang's All Here" 4.-Government is not in l other Broadway musical shows position to say to what extent, if before starring in the picture any, operations by brokers in Hong "Harold Teen."

Kong on exchanges outside the The Harold Teen Hop," the Colony divert dealings. In shares me Mr. LeRoy has given the of local companies Share deal group of dance steps he will teach, ings and investments are govern-is taken from the dance he uses in ed by the demand or requirements the films. Each step is described of each particular buyer or inves in detail, illustrated by poses of the for. A man with money to invest famous, dancer, showing the position may choose as he pleases and buy of the feet, bands and body for each local or other investments as his of the movements.

fancy dictates. The revenue of Despite his youth he is only the Colony, however, does not auf- and his success LeRoy

fer as all contract notes issued by art very seriously, "To

brokens in Hong Kong must be routine requires as stamped.

5-For the benefit of the i

and as much thought as,

an artist's cantar

ue of the Colony, has the attention a novel;

of Government been directe

the necess

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Fingarin

Sol study and siri

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local Joint Stock Sunday

Louis Milestone.

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son, which is also a tap step.

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The second step is proceded by a #break;!!n, series of transitions). stepe which enable the dancer to glide" gracefully from one step, ins to the next. It is quite simple and le done by bringing the right foot forward in a tap, then the left foot forward in a.similar tap, and Blagang

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with the left foot – instead of the cleright, then hop to the left foot with rights. The complete step, consiste the right foot:

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