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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY

FILMS IN THE FAR EAST, HOW THE CINEMA COULD HELP BRITISH PRESTIGE.

In connection with a sermon preached on Sunday, August 2nd, in St. John's Cathedral by the Rev. T. B. Powell, in the course of which the preacher made reference to 'undesirable cinematograph films which were sometimes shown in China and elsewhere in the Far East, the following article from the pen of Agraraine, the well-known writer, on film subjects, in the Referee will be at interest:-

We have been hearing a great deal lately of the weakening of British prestige in the Far East through our official failure to understand the world-wide in portance of the cinema. Both from the diary to which I referred last week, and from other information that has come to hand, it would appear that the state of affairs in this regard is more deplorable than could well be imagined.

So far as China is concerned, here is a little sidelight of my diarist friend's upon what is happening.

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AUGUST 17TH, 199

CIVIL SERVICE EXAM. WHAT CANDIDATES WERE ASKED

AT RECENT TEST.

The Civil Service correspondent of the Daily Telegraph writes:-

As I anticipatell the General Paper set to the 92,000 ex-Service candidates from the Civil Service proved the most difficult part of the examination for which they are witting. The examiners' testa, which included, questions on the grigin of the war, wireless telegraphy, and Imperial Preference, certainly fulfilled the promise that they would be of interest and im- portance at the present day."

It would be interesting to learn how Civil Servants nad others not sitting for the examination would have fared when faced with the following light interroga. tories

1. Give in brond outline the course of events which led up to the war of 1914- 1918

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2. Illustrate the effect of climate on the habits and industries of men.

What are the arguments which can advanced for and against the practice of vaccination!

4. Explain with the aid of diagrams the working either of a crystal wireless set or

a simple telephone circuit

What may be said for and against lig huainess combinations?

"There are," he writes, " twenty-two cinemas in Korea and sixteen in Man

They appeal only to Koreaus who like Amerif can serials, comedies, and fighting pic- tures. They pay only one yen fifty sen (three shillings) a real for a production, regardless of its quality, so that only Alms ready for the junk-henp are sent here for whatever extra their rental was bring."

Describe, in outline the work done by the State to promote either agricul ture or education,,

Why is Great Britain unwilling to hand over to Egypt the control of the Suez Canal and of the Sudan

8. What is meant by Imperial Prefer crice? Show, with examples, how it wond work.

Invited to submit answers to only three of the questions, candidates were informa

attention would be paid to the clearness and orderly arrangeuicnt of the answers.

"In Shanghai," by the way, there is an organised trade with Los Angeles and New York carried on by a circle of Spanish Jews, who send out duped copies.. The most notorious case was Chaplin's The Kid which was shown in Shanghaied that in the awarding of marks specia! before it was released in New York!"" It is quite evident that the American monopoly in those parts of the world has nothing to do with any desire to repre sent either American or white civilisation' generally in a light favourable to Oriental eyes. To get money, whether for worth- less and pernicious trash or for pirated goods, is the only aim.

further choice was placed before the candidates who in the English paper had to select for treatment one of the three following:

1. Discuss suitable ways of spending a fortnight's holiday in the month of Feb-

ruary.

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On the other hand, what is England 2. Discuss the value of airships and air. doing During these last few days Iplanes in times of peace.

Write a letter to a friend maintaining have had an opportunity of learning something of the difficulties from Mr. that the wide public interest in watching. Ralph Bridges, of Singapore, who hapas distinct from playing, cricket and foot- pens to be in England, and is interested ball is harmful to us as a nation. Write in the welfare of British films all over also his reply taking the opposite view. the Straits Settlements. Mr. Bridges Use fictitious names.

Victims before the examiners might tell me that there within the Empire

comment on the itself where pocal, well-inspired and have felt inclined to characteristically British films should ob English of the paragraph in the recom- viously predominate, the nineteen cinema-mendation of the Southborough Com- theatres are, at least half of them "under mittee, which led to the holding of the American influence," Mr. Bridges him-examination. This was: self and a colleague have started a com-

It is agreed that such further number

pany with a view to having the Empire of those ex-Service men now employed as properly represented before its own and temporary elerks in Government depart ieners in Malayn-both for the few thou-nients, other than those employed on a sand whites and for the Chinese and casual hasis, who fail or do not sit at the Malays But the difficulty of getting examinations, as with the number who British films is enormous. "Even when they quality at the Southborough examination have been got the censorship is so strict is equivalent to three-fifths of the estimated that sometimes the most innocent of them total number of such temporary clerks which shall be taken as 21,500, aball be have to be completely distorted.

Here, for example, is the official list of selected for permanent, non-pensionable definite embargoes which the cresor is employment in Government departments bound to exercise. How to raake n film on the seales now presurihed for tent interesting without anything that couldporary graded clerks, as adjusted from come under either of these sixteen "heads might well be set as a prize puzzle :-

1.-Binding and gagging. 2-Murders of, any description. 3-All scenes where women do not cun-

duct themselves in a proper man

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4.All masked scenes.

-Scenes showing Europeans in the power of natives or persecuted in Any shape or form. 4.-Gruesome expressions.

time to time, and subject also to the con ditions of service applicable generally to such clerks provided that the number to he so selected for permanent employment shall not be less than 8,000; and that men now employed on a casual basis with previous temporary non-casual service shall be regarded is eligible to be selected for permanent employment within the prescribed limits herein defined."

It may be assumed that none of the candidates chose this as model for "elearness." It says much for the effi ciency of the Civil Service Commission 7.-1l-treatment and persecution of that all the arrangements for conducting

women..

S.-All hold ups." 9.--Immorality.

the proceedings worked smoothly and Butisfactorily, with Sir Stanley Leathes as chief organiser. The general arrange. ments were carried out by the Chicl Superintendent, Mr. Steven, who was assisted by Mr. G. K. Pagley, who retired at the end of March, but came back to help. One director and three assistant directors of examination have been re newsponsible for the preparation of the

10. All scenes that are likely to mean

lose of prestige. 11.-House-breaking or any, scene that shows entry in any but the correct maliner.

12.-Safe-breaking. 13.Any scenes liable to ggest ideas for the purpäse of crime. 14.-Strikes, 15.-Scenes likely to provoke racial feel-

ing or religious animosity. 16.Scenes likely to bring the laws or, the administration of justice into contempt or ridicule. :)."

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WHITEHALL STAFF BIGGER. There were employed in Government departments on June txt, 209,120 persons: of both sexes, a net increase of 433 on the month

Decreases of 907 were recorded by the Pensions Ministry and 97 by the Labour Ministry.

The result of all this is that anything

At the Post Office, 720 more persons the way of speculation becomes hazardous in the extreme. Meanwhile, were employed, due, it was stated, "to America Roods the place with the cus- growth of work and leave provision," tomary jazz-cabaret and midnight-swim while increases of 43 in the Inland ming-bath stuff.. Thus, from the doings Revenue, and 34 at the Admiralty, were of New York rake-eaters and Hollywood due in the one case to growth of work, vulgarians, the pupulation at our future and in the other to the employment of naval base is encouraged to take ita additional draughtsmen at headquarters and a temporary overlap following the share in the white man's burden!

"With it all," said Mr. Bridges, substitution of permanent for temporary

clerks. do not give up hope. We have been on the track of quite a number of good English pictures recently-and you cannot tell how refreshing it is to see a British flag on the screen, just for ones in a way! Zeebrugge hits, of course, gone There is, as a matter of fact, hardly a out Coming Through the Rye, Living town in the Empire more suited for the stone, Owd Bob, The Love Story of making of films, or surrounded with more Aliette Branton, and Wonderful Lon-picturesque and varied scenery. Its his dou, we have negotiated for...

ory is as glorious as it is romantic It Just by way of showing how little is going, as everybody knows, to be even our authorities seem to care about these more a vital centro from the Imperial things," added Mr. Bridges, "I do not point, of view than it has been. Yet, know of a single film that gives the world apart from seeing the name in the papers angthing like a right impression of Sing the people of the Empire at large have pore itegil its peoples, and its history hardly been taught that there is such a

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