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Latest Appointments On China Station

TAMAR'S COMMANDER

Commander C. D. Arbuthnot. H.M.S. and all particulars are shewn in the whose appointment to schedules erhibited at the Post Tamar, depot-ship at Hong Kong, Offices. All letters etc.. must be mark has become operative, was pro- ed "By Air Hail and be handed in moted at the New Year while on special duty with the Mediter- Comman- open ranean base defences. The Money Order Office” iz from 10 am to 4 pm except onder Arbuthnot entered Osborne as Saturdays when it closes at 12 noon

a cadet in May, 1918, and went to. and on Sundays and holidays when

sea from Dartmouth

1916, It is entirely closed.

INWARD MAILS.

Apr.

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1936

FAMOUS FILM PRODUCER Hong Kong Rotary Club

MARRIES AGAIN :

D. W. Griffith, Aged 52, Takes Bride Of 26

D. W. Griffith, the film director, has been married at Louisville to

blonde a 26-year-old Evelyn Marjorie Baldwin.

Mr. Griffith. who

named

was born

in Kentucky 66 years ago, ob tained a divorce a few weeks ago- from his wife Linda after 25 years of separation.

mother, con- Miss Baldwin's firming the marriage, stated that Mr. Griffith was an old friend of the family.

serving during the last two years CAPTAIN BLOOD"

of hostilities as midshipman of H.M.S. Revenge, flagship of Ad-| miral Madden in the Grand Fleet. Later be served in destroyers, and 25 in 1928-30 was in the cruiseri

Colombo on the America and West Indies Station. He was senior lieutenant-commander

thel of

RM.A. Sarpedon

Dorado

FROM EUROPE

("Imperial

FROM USA.

Apr.

Pres. Wilson

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Emp. of Japan

Pres. Cleveland

FROM SHANGHAI

Apr.

Terukuni Maru

Assma Maru

Bangalore

Pres. Wilson

Eup. of Japan

Pres. Cleveland

Achilles

FROM MANILA

Apr.

Tjisajak

FROM STRAITS & INDIA

Lisbon Maru

Behar

Katori Mara

Santhia

Apr.

FROM JAPAN

Apr.

La Plata Maru

Terukuni Maru

Kamo Maru Asama MTU Pres. Wilson Emp. of Japaz Mayebashi Maru Pres. Cleveland

Tokushima Maru Nellore

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-Apr-

24 cruiser Dunedin in New Zealand 27 in 1932-35.

HMS. Capetown

Acting Triumph For New Star

Address By Canadian Visitor

PAST PRESIDENT OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

THE UNIVERSITY

UNION

Successful Year's Work Reviewed

At their weekly Rotary tiffin The annual general meeting held at the Hong Kong Hotel Roof of the University Union was Garden - yesterday aftemoon. Ro held on Monday, when a very tarian Dr.

Crawford C. McCal-successful year's working was lough, of Fort William, Canada,reported by the Hon. Secretary. and, a Past President of Rotary Mr.

Wai-wah Yeung International, addressed a large elected President for the gathering of members of the prin-suing session and the following: ciples of Rotary and the growth members were also appointed of the movement throughout the to offices: Mr. Lee Ching-in world. Professor L. Forster, Pre- (Hon. Secretary). Messrs. Yong

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION

FINAL.

POLO

ORE EDEN

Was

en-

xident, was in the chair. Pung-fook. Leong Kam-leng,

Guests present included Mr. Willy Heng, Tan Yong-nee (in-j Laszlo Schwartz, of Budapest, the dependent members). noted Hungarian artist and humorist: Lieut-Col H. B. L Dowbiggin. Messrs. J. F. Groee, THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT G. A. Harriman and H. Talbot (Hong Kong). W. H. Tindal King IN GRAND PICTURE

(Swatow), D. C. Falfreeman Rafael Sabatini's story, "Cap- (Shanghai) and Capt. J. H. Lock, tain Blood," which is to be shown of the Imperial 'Airways plane H.M.S. Capetown, Captain D. A. as a film at the Queen's Theatre, Dorado

The President read a letter from been splendidly 23 Budgen, has been taken in hand tomorrow, has

of Gambia, 34for rest at Hong Kong after her brought to the screen by Michael the Hon. Sir Thomas Southorn, tendering his resignation 34 an 24 long winter at Hankow, where she Curtiz and is packed full of thrills Governor-designate

member of the Rotary 24 served as guardship during the and excitement.

of the young Irish honorary time that the Yangtze was not navigable so far up for cruisers, surgeon, falsely accused of rebel-Club of Hong Kong, and express lion against James II, sent to the ing best wishes for its continued) West Indies as a slave, bought by prosperity.

The President announced that a lovely English girl, niece of the man who has arrested him; of his the speaker originally arranged jescape and period as a pirate; his for the day was Rotarian Laszlo Schwartz, the famous Hungarian of Port Royal from

Menestheus (via Marseilles)

Closes: Reg. 9.45 àm

Ord. 10.30 am.

Terukuni Maru. (KL.M. Ser-

vice)

Closes: Reg. Noon Ord. 12.30 p.. R.MA. Dorado ("Imperial

Airway" direct)

to

According to the normal routine. the Capetown should return 27 Devonport by July for recommis-

sioning.

Voyage of the Dauntless

The story

: recovery

The following was the pro-the French, his pardon by King humorist, at a time when it was 24 gramme of the cruiser Dauntless.william II and appointment as not known that Dr. Crawford

$5 Captain Sir Lionel Sturdee. which Governor of the island where heMcCullough was in the Colony. 28 left Portsmouth for China with

reliefs:-Malta, April 7-11; Port once served as a slave and of To meet the circumstances Ro course, his marriage to the girl tarian Laszlo Schwartz had kindly to defer his talk to Said and Suez, April 14: Aden. who had bought him, are too well consented April 19-20; Colombo, April 2 to known to seed recounting in de-another occasion 24 May 3-from this port the Ran-tail

24 pura with Chinese art treasuresį Errol Flynn the handsome H.K. CELEBRATION

Holly-

24 will be escorted; Singapore. May young Irishman, one of

7-8: Hong Kong, May 12 Wusung.woods latest "discoveries," makes May 17-18: Nanking, May 19-21:a splendid and romantic figure as 27and Hankow. May 23-June 3.

Captain Blood, and Olivia de Havi Land is lovely and appealing as Lt. Cdr. H. P. de C. Steel to Arabella Bishop, niece of the man Cumberland (on commg. for trials whom Blood has most cause, to und service).

Lt. T. C. Russell to Cumberland

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Appointments

hate.

Thrills And Excitement

OF ANZAC DAY

Wreath-Laying At Cenotaph

Anzac Day will be observed in Hong Kong with a wreath-laying ceremony and a one-minute silence

(on commg. for trial and service). There are: some magnificent at the Cenotaph. at 11 am

Saturday.

оп

In addition to that of the Aus

Lt. (E) R. M. Palmer to Cum-scenes of sea-fights—an attack on berland (April 17).

Port Royal by a Spanish pirate, Sub-Lts. J. H. Gordon to Adven- and the fight between Blood's ship tralian and New Zealand Associa tion wreaths will be laid by repre- exhibition of sentatives of the Royal Navy, the sword-play in the fight between Army, the Royal Air Force, the Blood and his quondam partner Hong Kong Volunteers and the Captain Levasseur. How some of Australian Imperial Forces.

ture, P. F. J. Trollope to Devon-and two French frigates and shire, D. W. Malim and P. E-truly wonderful

24 Kitson to Cumberland.

Closes: Reg. 5 p.m. Ord. 8.15 a.m. Pres. Grant (via Siberia and

Victoria)

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ST. DUNSTAN'S

Closes: Reg. 4.15 p.m. Ord. 5 p.m. Katori Maru (via Siberia)

25 War-Blinded Officer's

FOB SHANGHAI

Apt.

Talk To H.K.

General Lee

Pres. Grant

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Apr.

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Emp. of Japan Pres. Wilson Kamo Maru

Apr.

IMPROMPTU BROADCAST

out

these scenes were produced with- serious casualties, if not fatalities, is hard to imagine.

The acting is superb through- out, not only from the principals, but from every member of the long cast and the 'crowd' who add

The Last Post and the Reveille will be sounded by buglers of the Royal Uister Rifles.

Why You Should Weigh Your Baby Regularly

to the reality of this splendid pic- Baby should be weighed regularly

the early An impromptu talk was ture. Almost every part, big or and carefully throughout given yesterday, during the small, is in the hands of a fea-months of life; a steady increase in we eight is a good indication that he course of the ZBW tiffin-bour ture player, amongst whom is making satisfactory progress. 24 broadcast, by a war-blinded offi- find such names as Lionel Atwill, whereas the reverse definitely shows Capt. Walter J. Voss. Gdy Kibbee, Forrester Harvey, that he is not. Usually the cause of 24 R.FA, on the work of St. Basil Rathbone, Henry Stephen-loss-of weight, or failure to gain Dunstan's, the famous London son, Ross Alexander and others weight, is malnutrition, à condition institution for the blind.

Where all are so good, it is difarising from improper food or weak digestion In many instances where

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