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THE ARCHITECTURE OF HONGKONG.

A CRITICISM,

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER `AND, 1981.

THE POLICEMAN'S PICNIC."

FOLLOWED BY A SORT OF FOOT- BALL MATCH.

MAGISTRATE AND SOLICITOR KEEP THE BALL MOVING.

HONGKONG ART CLUB

[CONTRIBUTED..]

RIGHTS OF THE PEDESTRIAN. HAS HE A CLAIM ABOVE OTHER USERS 1

The October meeting of the Art Club Most people would agree that Houg

took place, on Monday afternoon, at the Inspector Cashman raised an interest-

•kong is a place possessed of great na-

Helena May Institute and was the bessing point as to the rights of pedestrians tural charm, and that beauty has been

small picture exhibition which has been o the highway when summoning a held this year. "The added to brunity by the aforestation

Policeman's Pic-nic about exhibited were of professional excellence. Caiu ond before Mr. Lindseli, "yester- Many of the pictures Chinese chauffeur for reckless driving in efforts of the British, Unfortunately,

which we wrote the other day, was fol lowed, appropriately enough, by a foot-bitsky's pictures as the best in the open

The members voted one of Mr. Tram-da what we have given with the one hand ball match. At least so it seemed to the subject section. I don't know which wife and children, on the left of the road The Inspector was walking, with his we have taken away with the other, for writer, and he wished that the football rticular one it was and it doesn't mat when the driver overtook him, cutting it #eldom has one seen such an appalling specialist had been there to do it justice. ter, as they were all good, but the bert, so fine as to pass within a foot.

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style of architecture as that found in this Colony. It may be useful and con- venient the houses may be well-built (some of them certainly are not) and their Interiors comfortable, but. when all is considered, it must be said that the result is ugly and commonplace. This effect is increased tenfold by the wholesale use of stucco, which after the first raia or two becomes blotched with jutcher of black and green as though attacked by some Couldiseas. The buildings of Hongkong '■uggest, n poverty of spirit and outlook that one would hardly expect to find in Borich and flourishing 21 community. It may be that people are so rich and flourishing that they have no time to think of so useless a thing ns Beauty

The first match of the tournament was The character of a people can largely be not finished for lack of time he ad from, the buildings it erkits. Those attack, though it brought up all its re- in Hongkong having any air of distinctes had had very little effect upon the

defence. tion, any dignity of proportion. aay

On the next pension (Saturday last beauty of design or any sign of imagina. the attacking side changed its tactics and tion can almost be counted on one's Gred this shot: "The police have no fingers. The new Bank of China, and rant, because a saman is as much a power of search without a search war perhaps the new wine of the Hongkong castle as the Englishman's home, seeing and Shanghai Bank are suggestion of that a family lives on board: A com- better things, but he building, par during the week end, and the match was mittes of referees had to consider this cellence, froin an artistic point of view, resumed on Monday. The visitors were is the Headquarters of the French Mission.ate in the field, or this account would.

have been published a day sooner. near St. John's. Cathedral.' 14 possesses a dignity and restraint which mark it off at open from the other structures of the Colony. The Law Courts, parts of the University, and one of the Hoteis have many good paints, but they fall short of being really excellent. The former suffers from bring the low, It should Mr. Hall tried again for a goal" from have been placed on a rrepidama.g Of

corner shot, May stop and private houses the less said the better-this case the boat was stationary."

search," he quoted triumphantly. "In there are, perhaps, six which were worth You think a vessel on the mud or on building.

the beach is in a special class inquired goal with ease. the Magistrate, fisting the ball out of

The Magistrate was, in goal and played a defensive game. Tha visitara, who were represented by Mr. A E. Hall. solicitor, with two people in the dock fand, although the home team at times backs pressed strongly throughout

gave them a severe mauting, they were again, as the football writers say. As not to be denied and came again and there was no time limit, the game went on until the visitors declared that they had had enough.

The curious question before the Cones was this: Could the Magistrate be persuaded that a anmpan man and woman Carey of the Water Police was not really band-file believed that Police Sergeant searching for pistols but was trying to rob them of a parcel containing a few trinkets! The sampan people said they to obstruct the police officer in the really believed that and to felt entitled exception of--what they believed was not his duty.

POLICE POWERS OF BEARCH, "

in my opinion, was a deep blue cam! nesting in protected noaks and pine with snow-covered banks, one or two huts

scene of ice and snow.. trees in the distance cult peerful

The Magistrate: you

Did the car touch

The Inspector: If it had, i wall hard- be here to tell the tale

The Inspector added that there was no The premier place for the set subject-pavement just there and the pedestrian Kirkpatrick for a series of very clever side channel. a street scene was accorded to Miss could hardly be expected to walk in the and amusing cartoons one of a China- The defendant was satisfied with claim- man with his umbrella about to lighting that he "allowed a foot" in 'passing, from a tram-car; another of a luxurious but the Inspector. thought it was less than Asiatic or is it a European -tying full that, length in a chair on his way to the Peak." The foot-passenger has the first right Amongas pictures by well-known per- to the road where there is as puvenient," colour by Lady Stubbs. sonages was an interesting little water-was the inspector's dictum.

No more right than ricksbas, chairs all of them in oils. They comprised-foot-passengers had the prior right, and

There were only a few large pictures or motor cars," said the Alagistrate.

The Inspector demurred; he thought very fine seascape by Mr Wild, cliffs nad a charming woodland seene by Mrs. Courts, over-looking the sea, by Dr. Carvalho. that it had been so held in the home Tako,

The Magistrate said that if the Inspec Miss Huxley, a visitor to the Club. ter could find any authority for his view exhibited an oil painting of volcanic he would be glad to see it. scenery in Java; the cloud effects about

Our representative afterwarda saw Mr. the mountain top and the trees in the M. K. Lu, whom he remembered to have middle distance were very fine. A water comitted the relariable net of putting colour by this artist depicted High West and the blue rocks of the island beyond; the atmosphere of this picture was de lightful.

a word for the pedestrian at an automobilists meeting, last February. Mr. Lo kindly lent him Halsbury and put him on the track of various musty Other pictures of note were a series of works of reference in the Supreme Court pes br Miss Bowen and Mr. Cole-The following paragraphs from Halse

Library. a roadside scene of a caravan, giving a Erikins. jun; two beautiful pictures, with establish the pedestrian's right to be glimpse of the old country, by Mrbury, "Laws of England, Vol. XXI, p.: the atmosphere of the East, by Mrs. on the roadway, but do not go só far as Macpherson (oue., the interior of the to suggest a prior right- Chung Chau temple; and the other. a paper-toy and lantern shop with the vendor sitting by); two little water.

702-Persons on foot, even if inarm, have a right to be upon a highway and are entitled to the exercise of reason-

ing vehicles upon it; but they are not exempt from a duty to take care of thetaselves. The amount of care reason- aby to be required of them depends on the usual and actual state of the traffic, and on the question whether the foct-passenger is at a recognisel cross- ing or not,

In the opening exchanges" it was nude clear this policeman may search colours of Amoy by Miss Sorby; a temble are on the part of ferrous dry- without warrant if he has reasonable sus.ple interior by Mra Elias; a small non- picion (Table U of the Shipping Ordi-scape by Mrs. Marshall Wood; a sketch of mance and Section 28 of Ordinan 1 of the Harbour lights by Mrs. Bowes-Smith, 1945 not to mention the Merchant Ship fod a lovely vase of pansies by the same ping Acts).

artist; some very interesting street scenes by Mr. J. Goulartt d'Aquino; and # black-and-white by Mrs. Humphreys.

Adilitional to the foregoing were two oil paintings by Mrs. Byrd and a nur

When it came to an investigation of ber of charcoal and crayon drawings by legal tomes, Cotterill v. Starkey (1830) Jr. Cole, all executed at the recently in-C and P. 691, looked helpful. It seem The Church has ever been the patron

stituted life class and illustrating theed that, on the 18th of August, 1838, supreme use of this study in character the defendant drove a cart and borse of the arts, but what has it done in Hong- The section contemplates a vessel and expression of the human face and along the Queen's highway and against kong1 - St. Johu's is a travesty of Gothic under way, only," said Mr. Hall, or if gure. architecture and

why does it say top and search " savours of church- "I will make a note of your subatis. wardens. the only redeeming featuression, said the Magistrate. (Position:

Dead ball). being the arcides and the generous sanctu

Mr. Hall attacked with the sampan- ary space, though the latter is ruined by dwelling

joser. Suppose," he said, you were in your houseboat for a week

every five minutes.”

a mean little allar. The best point of

window tracery, but the effect is lessened

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observations: A man has looked forward to their next production,

the plaintiff, Sarah Familiar fellows, those old lawyers. They also ruled that it was up to" Cotterill to sue for "foss THE WORLD THEATRE.

of her services or society." "The case re- "LA LA LUCILLE”: A COMEDY HIT.ferred the student to Boss v. Litton (1832)

3 C. and P... 407 After the tremendous success of Eddie Cashman's case; no pavement; plaintiff That was on all fours with Inspector the Cathedral Hall is the Perpendicular end, and were bothered by the police Lyons and Lee Moran in their first Dai-walking in the road in Islington; the only | versal comedy feature Everything but difference a taxed cart instead of u Cerainly that, would be very persis. the Truth." every theatre-goer cagerly tared motor car. by the use of plaster instead of grauite tent, commented the Magistrate, by way "La La Lucille," which was shown at the for the dripstones

of keeping the ball moving.

Denman, C.J. made these perspicacious But The gable crosses they visited me once, I could not reason World Theatre last night. suggest a mortuary chapel, and seem unably object, and (taking the ball into the Jackson, author of such stage successes way for foot-passengers as well as car- a right "to "La La Lucille is the work of Fred walk in the road if he plenaes. It is a necessary on such a building. The in-nemy's country). I should be liable under as & Full House" and "The Naughty riages. But he had better not, especially terior is spoilt by the bind arches at way. A junk or sampan is a house which Wife," and was the hit of Broadway last The eminent judge also used the words

the Ordinance either at anchor or under either end and the imitation niches. is capable of moving. That is why stop adapted for the use of Eddie Lyons and borrowed by Halsbury at the beginning

at night. season as a musical comedy. It was What are they for They are too thin and search" is added. and anemic to be useful or ornamental.

Vessels Are houses which do not stop Lee Moran by Philip Harn, and the roles of para. 702, quoted above. but no doubt the hali will full many in one place "" remarked the Magistrate, of Johnny Smith who marries the jug- Closing time arrived at the Supreme useful purposes in spite of these critic knocking off a neat definition in the ging girl, and Britton Hughes, who elopes Court before this amateur legal investiga- isins. The other Anglican churches are course of further exchanges almost too with a young girl from the South, "suition concluded. Each case one looks up a disgrace to a great organisation..

fast for the eye for the pen) to fallow. the stars to perfection. Even on the stag.refers back to another; the process is St. Paul's is grotesque, while it is path. POLICE IN A DELICATE SITUATION." etic to think that St. Andrew's was erected Mr. Hal! "returned again." and the BO recently. The Roman churches are Magistrate countered with: no better. The interior of the Cathedral place the police in a very delicate situa "It would has a certain dignity and generosity of tion if, by merely stopping, sumpan proportion, and the columns, with the people exempted themselves from search exception of the four at the crossing. I could not possibly hold that," he said, are quite pleasing, but on the whole there at the end of a considered judgment on is little to choose between the two Cathe the point. drals; the roofs of both are very poor. Not to be denied, Mr. Hall "

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La La Lucille was a riot of laughter, interminable and we were obliged to give funniest incidents happened behind the in spite of the fact that many of the up for the nonce.

players. In the photodrama every amus scenes and were merely mentioned by the ing situation is actually shown, and the VIEWS OF THE LATE GOVERNOR

THE PHILIPPINES. result is an hour and a half of constant merriment.

his

instruinent.

GENERAL.

annual report of Governor-General Har- One of the salient paragraphs fur the rison to the Secretary of War at Wash ington reads as follows:-

The approaching change of admin

The story concerns a vaudeville juggler whose marriage to young Smith causes A beautiful building should not cost again with the submission that the will stipulates that he must divorce his

aunt to disinherit him. came

When her more than an ugly one but muzy people police officer had not disclosed reason bride in order to inherit two million confuse Beauty with Extravagance. It is able suspicion-no doubt he will try dollars, the young couple scheme to nistration is not believed by the Filipinos just because of the extravagant use of and be more suspicious next time, in order form the letter, but not the spirit of the to pertend a modification in their pre detail, moulding and broken line that 80 many of our buildings are ugly to oblige.. and-vulgar. It would be difficult to say for this line of attack.

A score of very amusing sent system of political liberties, and But the Magistrate had a defence ready characters aid in the complications, play should they prove to be correct in this what the prevailing style of architecture called him on the second day," he said. wall, Rope Core, Gladys Walton, Dorothy am certain, enjoy the same spirit of When you re-ed by auch excellent artists as Anne Corn-belief, the next administration will. I in Hongkong is, but it seems be a debaned 1 elicited his grounds of suspicion," Wollert, Fred. Gamble, Charles McHugh, co-operation and confidence as now, exists. Semi-Classical Revival one, if there is (That's the worst of recalling witnesses; Arthur Thalasso, Frank Earle, Burton auch n style. We are not. of course, it may do more harm than good.) to be bound by the past, but if our

Halbert and others.

Locally, in Manila especially, there architects cannot evolve a style that said the tireless Mr. Hall, why did plicas of different portions of one of vereal of the policy of Filipinization, or "All right, granted he had suspicion," Some very elaborate settings. some re- resident Americans in favour of a re.. have been recently many expressions from is worthy of the past they should

least be bound by the canons of the the not take a subordinate as a confirma- Broidway's most famous hotels, provide † self-government; even, expressions of a

old masters of their art. What will be tory witness?" the effect of our bad tradition on the

"WAS IT OBSTRUCTION ? "

a rich background for the feast of fun.

I should think it very likely." re-

desire for a return to a military govern- ment here, but it is not. believed that such sentiments represent real American prin- ciples or purposes.

This is rather &

plied the Magistrate; it would be just lingering survival of the old-fashioned the thing they would do.' The match was over.

"THE FINAL EXCHANGES,

If you have decided to convict." he tween the "races,

Chinese, it is difficult to say.. They. This ball, somehow, did not get near instead of developing their own styles, the goal and Mr. Hall sent in another are copying ours, and what the disastrous shot. result will be, or how long it will last, "Was there really obstruction? Je is a problem one does not care to face.. asked.

theory that investments in a Surely it is time that those who are

far

distant Weth was there? The sergeant had

colony can only liemeured. sponsible for having buildings erected said that two sampan, women struggled

by the military are. Physical force can should insist on getting a design which, with him for possession of the hard and Magistrate, blandis, "do you know any. As a matter of fact, most of the local Well, Inspector Spear," inquired the not, and should never attempt, to crush besides being useful, in also beautiful. Of heavy" parcel; then a fisherman grabbed thing about the defendants?"

the nationalism we have encouraged here. course the architect has been largely res him from behind and heaved him into ponsible for the present state of things another, sampan. Of course, it might dants first police court picnic, as they years Filipinized their own office staffs, It appeared that this was the defen- American business houses have in recent perhaps he admires the style which have been a friendly wrestling bout; they would call it...

here; if so, there is little more had said they thought the policeman was Mr. Hall, still undaunted, exercized his treatment, and have prospered by a in some cases with notable generosity-of to be said. Anybody with a knowledge out for a pic-nic." of certain mechanical laws can design a house or office, but he is not necessarily son taking away their box without giving said, I ask you to take into considera-

"Why should they not detain any peright to have one laat kick at the ball policy of harmony and co-operation be an architect. A true architect is an a reason naked Mr. Hall. artist as well. Not only does he design I first have to believe that," objected right, and give them the option of a

tion that they thought they were doing. WARWICK COMEDY COMPANY. a convenient building, but also one that the Magistrate. My difficulty is I can it is a pleasure to see, and one which will not believe, for a moment, that they elevate the mind. A true architect will believed the sergeant was trying to take one inside the other, so to speak.

This was to send in two balls at once, extended to the Warwick Comedy Com

A cardial welconte has always been Tead and educate public opinion. He has their jewellery away avocation, and he must insist on giving

Magistrate extracted thought they were that Hongkong will be no exception to The pany in the Far East and we feel sure only good designs. A certain prominent a felonious intent, but these poor people reiterated that that was where he differed Wednesday, the 9th inst. with a new Mr. Hall: I don't say the sergeant had doing right" and rejected it. He the role when the Company-open-on English architect was asked, some time believed he was taking away their pro- from Mr. Hall. ago, to design a country house for aperty,

It was rarely that be selection of the best modern plays. The rich man who did not wish local stone to

bad & case in which the defendants im- opening performance will be Homernet The Magistrate: They did not impress pressed him so unfavourably. be used.

The architect pointed out how me at all as people who were guileless. incongruous a foreign stone would be in The man was

Mr. Hall ventured, finally, to give his market Theatre, The Circle";" in this Maugham's latest comedy from the Hay- the locality, and said that if he were flippant in fact and did not strike me brought the contest to an end by sending be portrayed by Miss Gertrude E very cheerful quite clients a testimonial, but the Magistrate piece the principal-female character will responsible for the house the local stone as & person auffering under sense of them both to prison for two months would be used. He lost thecom wrong from the loss of his property,

fine."

In giving his decision, Mr. G. N. Orme Godart, who was very popular when with

mission, but saved his good name. Hong: The defence did not strike me as true, said he believed the-zergeant's evidence the. The flans for the season will be kong has to create a good building they have raised the cry of Snatching seriona offence of obstructing him and opened af Messrs, Moutrie's on Thursday

are signs that a better type of

Mr Hall had another shot, Would that the defendants did commit the very pay. season

is coming in, but it will be a long time if they knew the parcel contained con- bofore we are finally rid of the valgar traband?" he asked. type prevailing at present.

(Continued at foot of next column.)

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