THE CHINA MAIL FRIDAY, APRIL
BUS MANAGER FINED
Driver Tampers With Brakes
SMALL GIRL KNOCKED DOWN
A fine of $10. was imposed on Mr. W. St. Louie, the manager of the Kowloon Bus Company, who was summoned before Mr. E. L Wynne Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy" this morning allow. ing bus No 685 to be taken out of the garage with incficient brakes at 12.45 m. on March 22. Mr. Loute pleaded guilty, but stated that the brakes had been ad- justed on the night, before, when they were reported to be in a good condition, but before taking the bus out the next day the driver had meddled with the brakes himself..
The driver, Chang Pak-chau, was also charged with driving the bus with inefficient brakes in Shanghai Street, and admitted meddling with the brakes. He was fined $25,
Traffic Inspector Nicol stated that n sual girl was knocked down by the bus in Shanghal Street, but it was really her own fault as she ran She was right in front of the bus.
admitted to the Kowloon Magistracy the same day and was discharged on March 27.
KNIFE ATTACK ON WOMAN
A duet is rendered at a New York charity show by Mra Clarence Mackay, (he former Anna Case, opera star, and ex- Governor Al Smith. And it was not "The Sidewalks of New York.”
MODERN RELIGIOUS
DRAMA
SCHOOL AT BOLTON
OLDEST EGG IN THE WORLD
To-day's Short Story.
LAID BY EXTINCT REPTILE
AMAZING DISCOVERY IN
TEXAS
Interest has been aroused by
Two Schools
By Grosvenor
Reeves
Twas unlucky for George Car can question them about their pro- gon that his wife should fession and Income, and ask them the recent discovery of what is sprain her ankle two days after how many children they mean to probably the oldest fossil egg they had arrived at Sterndorf. have Anything goes in the play- known to date. The specimen. For that left him to ski alone, ground of Europe's bores,
in question has been unearthed and any man ski-ing badly by George looked round. Yes, she
in Central Texas, and is believed himself in Switzerland is fair had been at the next table the night
by.
to have emanated from an ex-game for female experts before. She was small, compact, tind reptile the Ophiacadon, George was a simple fellow he black-haired and tanned by the sun. whose remains were found near-liked to go to the top of a hill, sum- She looked a picture of health, effi- now is at an unexpected cheney and somewhat too masculine The egg, which is now under blind down it until an unexpected beauty,
"Is this your first year?" she going examination by experts, contour upset him or until he was assumed to be over 100,000,000 going so fast that it seemed wiser said. "Because, if so, you ought to year old, and, therefore of even to soften the inevitable crash by join a ski school. I show you greater antiquity than the din-sitting down on the back of his skle, where to do it and where to buy a
The morning after Mrs. Carson badge. You oughtn't to go any-Į osaur eggs discovered some years ago in the Gobi Desert had sprained her ankle, George was where by yourself and you ought to
The latter eggs will always be sitting down at the end of one of learn to go more slowly.” remembered as the first fossil his customary runs when a metallic "But I like going fast."
"Nonsense. You'll never be any replile eggs obtained, and their female voice behind him said:..... discovery set at rest for ever a You're the man whose wife's good if you go on like that. And world-wide controversy AS to sprained her ankle aren't you? you' hurt yourself."
You
He tried to sneak into his hotel quietly that evening, but the black- haired expert was at the desk, "
I've been talking to your wife," she said, "and we agree that you're not fit to go out by yourself, so you come along on the funicular to-
MAN'S MISERABLE morrow morning with Alice Mur-
whether dinosaurs emanated "Yes, I am, as a matter of fact." It is not easy to argue lying down, "I'm in the same hotel as you." George struggled to his feet and from eggs or were born alive. The latter assumption was not
George's heart sank. English shot downhill without meaning to: jungrounded, since the giraffe people may refuse to speak to each shouts of "Stem, you fool, stem,"
necked sea lizards known as Ple-other in clubs, restaurants and rail echoed in his ears. sionurs have long been esta-way carriages, but put them in the blished as viviparous, complete sare hotel for winter sports and skdetons having been found formality ends and true fun begins with foetal skelton in situ. You can ask complete strangers to
That the Gobi Desert eggs, dance, eat, or ski with you. which in size and shape resem- ble large potatoes, were actually those of the dinosaur was proved conclusively when the outer With a view to improving the crust of one was accidentally standard of production of the chipped away, revealing the modern religious play, a school cural-up form of an embryo din- of religious drama was held last Baur within. This immediately year at the Diocesan Retreat and jualfed the assumption that the Conference House, Watermillock, egg were laid by the reptiles, At the Central Police Court this Bolton, under the direction of Mr. whose remains abounded in the morning Lau Yue was sentenced E. Martin Browne, director of vichity. by Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen to six religious drama for the Chiches-
The Dinosaur months hard labour for causing ¡ter Diocese. bodily harm to Leung Hal, a wo- man aged 21.
Quarrel Over Other Men Friends
ASSAILANT SENTENCED TO
SIX MONTHS' GAOL.
START:
To Industrial School For Playing Truant
doch and me.
George mumbled that it was very kind of her and turned away to the corner where his wife, looking very fragile and beautiful and pleased to be incapacitated, was sitting with A 28-year-old man who came her leg up on a sofa. - before Lord Hewart, the Lord "What the hell," he asked, “have Chief Justice, at the Sussex As-you let me in for? Who is she? sizes at Lewes was stated to And who in God's name is Alice Dinosaurs, like the parent of have been sent to an industrial Murdoch who's coming too?" Nativity plays, Passion plays, the lately discovered, egg from school at the age of eight for and morality plays came under Texts, were short-lived, large six years for playing truant from TO-MORROW'S STORY Inspector Elston, outlining the discussion, and particular atten-headed creatures some six feet in school.
"It is difficult to understand.To-morrow's story will be mere miniatures case, said that the defendant had tion was given to staging, acting length and
costume designing, when compared with some of the said Lord Hewart "How any The Man Who Was Not been a sugar cane hawker at Hol-'in mime. lywood Road for nine years. The and making, lighting and colour-repiles which later. dominated body of magistrates in any part Toomey," complainant had been living with ing schemes, and choice of plays earth and water says the "Ob- of the country could have dene
One of the main objects of the serier correspondent.
[such a thing.”
-ed:
*
He told the man that he had
AMERICAN MARINE
Warren by J. Russell him for some time. They had school was to revive interest in Despite this discovery in the quarrelled some time ago, at English religious plays, and to Goll Desert, it would perhaps be a most miserable start in life" "Darling, don't be angry when accused her of going about with try to ensure that they shall have rash to assume that all dinosaurs other men, and had since separat beauty and dignity. It was point were similarly produced. A con- ed out that mistakes even in siderable number of living rep-
tend to make On Sunday last she was passing dress
the best tiles still remain unknown in the play appear ludicrous, and when his stall in the company of an other man, when he attacked her that happens the lesson intended egg state, and of the many forms with which we are familiar there with a hawker's knife, striking to be taught in tableau and act-is much divergence of behaviour, her two or three times and cutting ing loses its point.
many laying eggs, a few hatch- ing from ova within the body, whilst other bring forth their young alive.
her very badly above the right eye. She was taken to hospital, where the wound was sittched;
she had only come out this morn ing.
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MUNICH FESTIVAL
VISITORS
But for the timely arrival of Large Numbers From the police, the assault might have
New York bad worse consequences and he therefore asked. His. Worship to take a serious view of the Case and inflet a severe penalty.
GREEK INFLUENCE
ON THE BIBLE
Fusion Of Elements In
New Testament
HELLENISM AND JUDAISM;
A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
The Bible and the Greeks. By
CORPS
Considerable Increase
Shown
I'm so ill. Her name's Ethel Dun" Hop and she and Miss Murdoch are be nice for you to aki with them, | both experts, and I thought it would
as they're so good and you're alone. Of course, if you don't want to but I do get so frightened when you're out" by yourself.” (method The lovely hazel eyes filled with tears and George agreed to go aki-
Latest advices. from the Maring with Ethel Dunlop and Alice As regards living reptiles, all ine Corps Institute indicate con- Murdoch, turtles, tortoises, and crocodiles, aiderable increase in the number After dinner "details" of the so far as is at present known, of students enrolled and a conse-expedition were discussed In-Stern- produce their young from eggs, quent increase in the number of dorf's principal cafe. They were to which are either laid in sand and lesson, papers submitted to the go up by the funicular to the top hatched by the heat of the sun, Washington Institute
of the nearest peak... They would then go down a long but easy Fun The Bavarian Associations in or deposited in rotting vegeta
of twelve miles and take another tion and incubated partly by fer festina lente. New York are planning in large mentation, Although since the Lizards Not Good Mothers train back to Sterndorf, This was iiumbers to visit the versary of he annual October introduction of the sunray lamp none of the many lizards which Ethol's voice was piercing, but it To the writer's knowledge, as much as George could gather. festival in Munich this year..
Preparations are being made ent reptiles can now be kept for lay eggs appear to have any an-could not quite compete with the for New York members to travel long periods in captivity, few lety for their welfare once they accordion, piccolo and yodellers of in a combined party to Germany make good parents in confine are laid, though in some cases the local band. So the conversation for the great event of the ment, hence the many gaps in there is a certain amount of split into two halves, with Ethel our knowledge of their embryo choice of a nest in preference to broken ankles and Georgé convers- cunning exhibited as to the screaming advice to his wife about logy.
a mere dumping ground. It is, ing with Alice Murdoch, who was Python's Mother Love
for example, possible that Whip massive square-jawed blonde,
tumn here.
SWEDISH DISEUSE AND SINGER
Naima Wifstrand
an increasing number of differ-
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SHOWING TO-DAY
Dally at 2.30, 5.30, 7:30 & 9.30 PM.
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IS SHE WOMAN OR WAX?
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY 13TH & 14TH APR
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HONG KONG
OF
CELEBRATION
SILVER JUBILEE
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
May 6 Morning
10 am-Official Service in St. John's Cathedral.
11 am-Public meeting in the Headquarters of the Hong Kong Volunteers Defence Corps, attended by Hla Excellency the Governor, the Members of the Executive and Legislative Councils, Judges, Local Justices of the Peace, Heads of Depart ments and the Jubilee Committee, and their Indies, at which a loyal address and a telegram of congratulation to His Majesty the King will be read and approved
Noon Royal Salute by the Navy and the Garrison...... May 6Afternoon F-SEASONS
4 p.m.-Garden Party at Government Blouse: 2 Noon to 6 pm Chinese procession in the town,
May 6---Evening
48 pm."Lighting" up "time" The illuminations of the Colony will be switched on instantaneously.
Military Bands will play in Hong Kong and Kowloons 9.80 p.m-Searchlight and rocket display by the Navy. Night-flying display by the Air Force. make Fireworks and “artificial fountain" displays in the harbour.
Tuesday, May 7. kada 9.45 to 11 am-Review at Happy Valley Special space reserved for school-children:
Chinese
Noon to 6 pm Chinese procession. 8pm-General, illumination Military Banda. lantern procession, which will pass Government House at 9.16
p.m.
9.80 p.m-Repetition of the searchlight and Night Flying: displays. ALTE CON
Wednesday, May 8.
procession. A MALA
4 to 6 pm Jamborally at Happy Valley including a March Past, displays of Bridge Building, Ambulance and other Scout and Guide activities Country Dancing and exhibitions of handicraft work. His Excell ency the Governor and Lady Peel will be present.
Sunday, May 12: Morning Services in all churches and places of wor
It has been ascertained at the snade Park's phenomenal success Alice told George that she worked Zoc, however, that the python, In rearing brush turkeys is a flower-shop. Then she took largest of the world's makes, largely due to the birds being creme-de-menthe and shouted at Great Performance of displays a very real anxiety for spared the attentioris of a lizard him that she was pretty cynical Noon to 6 pm Chines
Ita pggs. In this grant reptile which, In the wild, frequently in- the ogge, up to 100 in number, vades the bird's home for Its about men because they were all are protected by the mother, who own nesting purposes.. - alike. Then she had another C. H. Dodd. (Hodden and Stough- The accomplished Swedish colls herself round them and sub- The cock brush turkey raises creme-de-menthe and screamed that ton, 10/6). The theme of Pro-singer and diseuse, Naima Wifs-jects the ova to a form of in-a mound of debris some: 48 feet she got pretty lonely sometimes fessor Dodd's new book is the trand, gave further proof of cubstion. During this nursing round by six feet high, with an The plocolo paused for breath half Hellenistic-Jewish background of het capacity for characterisation, period, which sometimes extends average weight of five tons. Deep way through, this confession, early Christianity, and his aim is at once forceful and subtle, in a to ever four months, the temper within this structure the hen that the whole cafe got the big news to illustrate the character of the programme consisting mainly of ature of the female rises several bird places the eggs, which are of Alice's solitude, Not that Alice religious and intellectual environ-'unfamiliar things at the Arts degrees above the normal, an in hatched by fermentation. In the minded." She called for bear and ment from which early Christianity Theatre Club, London, recently, crease of heat which is of The Australian bush, however, the la told George how charming his wife drew Its language and forms of Few Indeed are the singers spe- same nature as that of an incu- bour of the parent bird, is fre- was. thought, and to show that the fusion cialising in this particular genre bating bird.quently frustrated by large That's why I married her." of Hebrel and Greek elements who can hold the balance e so It is impossible to say whether monitor lizard, which annexes Ah, but can she look after you which is recognized in the New i evenly between the claims of the majority of anakes lay eggs the mound for its own purposes. properly? I'm aure you need a lot Testament and other early speech, song and gesture that or produce their young alive, for This manoeuvre spells disaster of cing after, and she's so frail IS literature, had aiready taken place they can be said to be mutually occasionally both methods of re- to the turkey's brood for the to a considerable extent outelde supporting.
production are to be observed in reptile lays its own eggn nidą by In several of her songs Mme. the same species. As an exam- side with the birds, and the heat. Christianity,
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up of
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