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FAILURE.

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AMOUNT OF LIABILITIES $330,000.

THE ATTEMPT ON MUSSO- LINI'S LIFE.

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SIR-In the Hong Kong Daily Press of to-day, under the title Aa attempt, on Mussolini's life" the culprit Zanibani is called "General." Zaniboni has never

14th, 1927.

CINEMA NEWS.

"ARE PARENTS PEOPLE 1'' AT THE QUEEN'S.

SOME ACTING WORTH SEEING.

[BY OUR FILM CRITIC.)

The Paramount Company have in "Are scored a big success Parents People?" showing to-day at the Queen's. Not only is it a

been even a professional officer; he refreshingly amusing play, but they is a civilian, who-during the Great have avoided all the pitfalls into War-obtained captain's or which cinema production so often falls. This is the sort of film which

major's rank. I don't remember

exactly Yours faithfully,

S. CARRARA, Italian Consul General. Consolato Generat d'italia,

Hong Kong, April 13h,1927,

In a Bankruptcy Court sitting at the Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C. (instruct. ed by Mr. M."H. Turner) appeared on behalf of the Trustee in Bank- ruptcy of the Yue Hong Back (Wong Wai Chung), and applied for the estate of Ng Min San, alias Ng Cheong Sin Tong, who died on November 4th, 1923, to be adminis tered in bankruptcy. The applien R tion which was heard ex parte, was) for an order for the administration of the estate mentioned under the terms stated above, it being held that the deceased man was the pre- prietor or partner before his death." or alternatively that he was justly indebted to the bank, which has! been adjudicated bankrupt and] insolvent, to a greater extent than TO AWAIT H.E. THE GOVER the deceased's estate.

The application was heard before

THE "HANOI” PIRACY' SUSPECT.

APPLICATION FOR EXTRADITION.

NOR'S ORDER.

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The story of an "incompatible" husband and wife; their daughter who refuses to chose between them; and their final reuniong, was an opportunity for all the wish-wash or which the Sims is capable. In- stead, it is treated in a spirit of comedy. These quarrelsome parenta are not tragic, they are ricidulous and yet lovable, like small children in their pompous little rages. There a remarkable likeness between a its father baby storming for its bottle, and when dianer is ve minutes late, as every mother knows! This is comedy as Shake- spear understood the word; comelly with pathos, and what is more it is a play with a moral lesson which is much needed to-day,

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the neting Chief Justice (fr. On the instruction of the French Justice J. R. Wood) and Mr. Petter authorities. C.D.I urphy made produced papers and balance sheets an application before Mr. R. E. found on the premises which he con- Lindsell, at the Central Mugis-Real Acting And Not Conventional tended proved that Ng., Min San tracy yesterday afternoon for the was either a partner or the pro-extradition of the Chinese who is prietor of the bank.

alleged to have participated in the piracy of the s.s. Hann on Nevem ber last.

Mr. Potter said that notice of By Appointment withdrawal of opposition, had been

filed. The grounds they were rely

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The prisoner, it will be recalled: ing on were twofold. Firstly that was arrested some three months ago Ng Min Sau was either the sole and had been identified by some of a partner in the the crew of the pirated vessel. proprietor, or bank, or, alternatively, he was in After several remands, he was dis- dehted to the hank for a sum which charged. He was rearrested en amounted to more than the assets of leaving the Court on a warrant

asking for his extradition.

his estate.

The bank was a firm which had

At yesterday's hearing, C.D.L been adjudicated bankrupt and in- Murphy recounted the evidence solvent. The bankruptcy was not given at the previous proceedings. a satisfactory one, as most of the His Worship ordered the prisoner material books were missing, and to be kept in the Victoria Giol for there was only one foki available. Afteen days pending an order from They had found on the premises, H. E, the Governor. however, documents which would

abundantly prove, in" conjunction

with the evidence, that Ng Mia | PHILIPPINES VOLCANO Sau was in fact the proprietor or principal partner.

ERUPTION,

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PANIC.

Mouthings.

One most interesting feature of the alm is the understanding of the psychology of movement. How much more our feet convey than our faces which most of us have ness of so much film acting, the learnt to control. That is the weak-

actors learn, we presume, a regular course of face manipulation, they in their faces according to a

register fear, sorrow, joy, etc., cognised standard, hut only too often the registration ends with the are telling a different story. Note face while the pose, hands and feet

the feet in "Are Parents People ?" see how much of the story they convey, and more than that, of the

character of the actors,

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Betty Bronson, who Ade ። charming and elfin Peter Pan, loves both her parents and tells plays the school girl daughter, who them she won't be quarrelled ever

Why can't you behave like sen. sible people instead of quarrelsome children 1 she demands. "It is far from an easy part, but Miss Bronson IN manages to give cxactly the picture of the adolescent who is impatient of the weaknesses of her' parents, and yet frightened at the sight of their imperfectious just as a child would be. It was just that childish impetuosity and simplicity which made her so perfect a Peter Pan, who is a child on the bewildering verge of adolescence.

Retired and Started a Bank, It would be proved that Ng Min Sau, who was originally a Sanitary) Board contractor, retired from the Kanlaon volcano emitted smoke business, and having apparently last Satuday, and on Monday morn. a considerable amount of money, ing subterranean rumblings were he decided to start a Chinese bank, heard in the vicinity of the voicano, under the name of the Yue Hong, according to dispatches received His tong name was Ng Cheong Sin here yesterday, says the Manila Tong.

Times of Apri 16th. The people Among other witnesses, Counsel residing in the southern part of would call a Chinese doctor, wna Negras ure phnie-striken, and have bad known Ng Min Sau for many sent requesta to Manila that a years. He would tell the Court scientific exploration be made at that Ng told him, after retiring once.

from the Sanitary Board Con- Father Miguel, Selga, director of tractorship, that he was about to the Weather Burcau, sees no reason start a Chinese bank, and discussed for the people of Negros to be the matter with him. About five alarmed. There have been no seis- mic movements. in Negros recently years ago, Ng advised the doctor to such as those which usually occur deposit money in the bank, which before eruptions, be mid. Accord be did.

ing to Father Selga, some twenty He would also call the necount. years ago Dr Warren Smith of the Bureau of Science "made a trip to agt of the bank, who would say the crater of Kanlaoa volcano and be was employed there since Febru. reported that he saw no signs of ary 1924, and that Ng Min Sau

activity. employed him and fixed his salary,

As the mother and lather Flor- ence. Vidor and Adolph Menjou, are absolutely right. They are not horrid people or even particularly quarrelsome, but they are cursed with the insetion bred of wealth; they have nothing to do and nothing to think about, and so they spend their hampered energies in petty tragedies. It is only when they are faced by a real tragedy that they forget themselves and unite mutual strength.

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A Chinese who is alleged to have robbed a woman at the point of a revolver in Portland Street, Yau- mati, was yesterday charged before Mr. W. Schofield at Kowloon Magis- tracy.

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"I will go to jail. It will take me a year to earn as much as that," said an old Chinese woman who was | charged yesterday with cutting fre

wood on a Government Plantation Dear Wongncichong village. The sentence was a fine of 825 or three' weeks' imprisonment.

He would also say that Ng only Dealing with balance sheets, Mr. The police evidence was that oz visited the back. 5 or 6 timer & Potter referred to one commencing March 27th the complainant, a mar month," but all matters of import-in 1924 up to the end of February ried woman who lives with her hus ance were reported to him at his uf assets of the bank consisting of in the flat alone about noon. She 1925, in which was mentioned a list band in Portland Street, was left house in Gage Street, although the shares. When they came to the heard a knock at the door, and business was carried on by the monthly balance sheets, however, aaked who was there. A voice re manager.

they would find that those assets plied "Open the door; Mr. Li told disappeared, and instad was sub- us to come." Three men entered Complimentary Dinners, etc. stituted the indebtedness of Ng and she took them towards the Enumerating further facts point Min Sau to the bank for a like sitting room. When the WOMAD ing to the conclusion that Ng was

amount. The reason ya that the started ep the stairs one of the mea TOKYO HOTEL IN TROUBLE. either the proprietor or a partier, vigable to sell the shares, but Ng the kitchen. Suddenly the prisoner manager thought it would be ad- stopped her and told her to go into Kr. Patter said on the anniversary Min Sau did not think so and rushed in with a revolver and got of his birthday the employees of the Lank gave a dinner in his honour, suggested that they should be put hold of her by the back of the neck.

in and he later returned the combited to the bank. There was no-wire tightly round her neck and

his name and that amount de-

The other men then tied a piece of

PROPRIETRESS FINED AND pliment by a dinner to the erothing wrong about that, but the fastened it to the wall, after which

SEVERELY WARNED. ployees.

idea was that in case the market they removed her earrings and a Mr. Potter went on to refer to went down any more, the bank $5 bill from her pocket. When the

Many complainants have recently notes written to the bank in Ng's would be able to show a better robbers left the bosse, shutting the been made to the police that the handwriting, being requests for balance sheet, and would also in kitchen door after them, the woman Tokyo Hotel at Connaught Road money to be paid to the bearer, dicate that they had not been fell to the floor with the wire still Central was not conducting its buai- and pointed out that he used the speculating. words our firm." There could.

round her neck. A neighbour cameness as a hotel should do. In con had been given, the defendant said be no doubt, added Mr. Potter that bankruptcy, said the bank was in wall, and found the complainant a visit and there he found seven

Wong Wai Chung the trustee in in response to her knock upon the sequence, Inspector Stimson paid that the men went to her hotel he was a very important factor, solvent. Up to

after the cinema show was over and if not the proprietor.

the present the choking.

naval ratings and a Russian woman,

that she thought it was not neces liabilities were about $330,000, and It was stated that the prisoner whose names were not on the regissary to register their names because After Ng Min Sau had died, as the assets, including bills which had was well-known to the complainant a mark of respect a communication to be collected, were very small.

they were oval men and her family. He used to visit was issued by the bank, bearing the

As a result of this irregularity, An accountant said that Ng Min them frequently, and had even bor the proprietress of the hotel was $100 and warned the defendant to The Magistrate imposed a fine of chop of the bank. Counsel w Sau was the master of the bank, rowed money from them.

Buzmoased before Mr. B. E. Lind- be more careful in the future, and instructed that suck WAS the and lived at 16, Gage Street, third The prisoner was arrested during well, at the Central Magistracy, yes that if the hotel was not conducted Chinese custom when the proprietor door..

the afternoon of March 27th, and terday morning. After evidence or partner of a firm died.

His Lordship granted the appli- was recognised by complainant.

properly, her licence would be with- (Continued on next column.)

cation.

(Continued at foot of next column), drawn. The case was remanded.

ter.