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POLICE DECOYS AND HELENA MAY MUSICALE,

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SOLICITOR'S SEVERE CRITICISM.

CASE AGAINST NANKING, BOARDING HOUSE

DISMISSED.

ALL WOMEN PAINT, POWDER

AND DRESS ALIKE."

When the case against the licencke of the Nanking Boarding House, for allowing his premises to be used for immoral purposes again came before Mr. R. E. Lindall at the Central Magistracy yesterday, Mr. Geo. K. Hall Brutton, for the de fence, severely criticised the police method of employing decoys and giving them money to bring women of bad character to boarding houses. Such a' method," he said, was a danger to the public, and should not be tolerated in this Colony or any other Colony.

Women nowadays, said M. Brutton, all dressed, painted and powdered alike and it would be very difficult to tell_n_fille-de-joie from a respectable family wOENATI He described the police system as "iniquitous."

It will be remembered that on January 20th, two Chinese acting under instructions from Insp. Bloor, went to the boarding house. They engaged rooms and later- asked the room boy to call in two The money was supplied by the Police, A raid followed and the two women, and decoys were found in their respective rooms. Such was the enue for the prosecution.

women.

The defence, however, told a different story.

MUSIC OF CHILDHOOD."

ANOTHER ENJOYABLE CON CERT IN THE SERIES.

Very enjoyable musicales have been held as the Helena May In stitute this season, and yesterday's waa" particularly good. An entirely different theme was taken and it was greatly appreciated by the the fairly large audience present.

The programme was based on Music of Childhood," and the programme was as under :- From "The Children's Corner"

Debussy

AT THE WORLD CINEMA.

"BLARNEY" A STORY OF BARE KNUCKLE FIGHTING.

(OY OUR FILM CRITIC.}

"Blarney

is the story of a blustering, vain glorious, young. Frishman, who in the 1570's sails for America as a professional prize fighter.

"Carabine," the fighter, is play ed Ralph Graves, and if you are not hardened to scenes of the ring you will feel very sorry for him, after you leave the theatre. The road to Stardom is a hard one generally, but we do not think there can have been mach competition for the role of "Carabine." Three E German. fights are staged, the third at con- (n) When the Cabin Port-holes.siderable length and detail, and (b) The Camera Hump.

they are none of them drawing room Eng. L-Cdr. A. S. BenELLS, R.. Bird Songs Liza Lehmann.

encounters.

(a) The Live Shepherd (b) The Golliwogs Cake-walk.

Mrs. HARGREAVER BROWNE. From Kipling's Just So Stories

(a) The Woodpigeon. (b) The Starling. (*) The Owl

Mrs. WOMACK. Scenes of Childhood... Schumann, 1. Strange. Counties and People. 9. A Strange Story.

3. Catch me if you can. 4. The Entreating_Child.

5. A Momentous Event.

6. Chid Falling Asleep.

7. Frightening.

8. Dreaming.

(a)

(b)

Miss ACHESON. Lines and Squares" Shadow March"

Teresa del Riego. Mrs. DAVENPORT BROWNE. From Kipling's Just So Stories

E. German. (a) This Unhabited Island. (b) Rolling down to Rio. Songs from the Child's Garden

Eng-Lt.Cdr. A. S. BEDELLS, RN.

of Verses...R. L. Stevenson, (a) A Song for Little Boya

E. Nevin. (b) In Winter, I get up at

Night

E. Nevin. (a) Speckled Eggs... E. Nevin.

Mrs. RUSSELL-BROWN. Recitations Hoec Fyleman.

(a) Fairies.

Wong Sun, a room-boy, said that on the day in quration, one of the decoys, named Leung Yuet, went to the boarding house and booked room No. 16. The registering of this was done by the clerk of the house. A deposit of 818 was paid. Leung Yust also said that later"St. Nicholas' Day" he would require a bigger. room │......" as, he was expecting his family down from Macao.

(b) Yesterday in Oxford Street.

Miss ACHEAON..

At about 5 p.m. the same day, the other decoy paid a visit to Leung. The two remained in, the room for a while and then the first deeny came out and asked witness if he could procure two girls for them. Witness replied that he

"Alone with Mother"

Coleridge-Taylor, Kasthope Martin. Mrs. WOMACK. "Invitation to Arise" "

Graham Peel "Mammy's Song "....Harriet Ware,

Mrs. RussEL-BROWN. There wil be a musicale on February 23rd, "Modern Music."

Perhaps it is to please those whose taste does not run to "claret." that the love story in which Renée Adorée and a very love.

y actress, Paulette Duvel, are the rivals for "Carabine's" affection is introduced.-

Your flm critic does not like prize fights, at all events in theory, But as the last big struggle was tought; as the two half makeri, figures swayed, staggered, and de livered terrible punishment, the brute which lies in the heart of each Was awakened with the old cry for "bread and circuses. The tall man. in the row in front who partly hid the stage, became a hateful cremy; every move of the battic became of enormous iraportance: the sufferings of the protagonists negligible. You are swept into the ring of delirious men who watch these straining figures, fighting it would seem to the death, in a hill- side ring hit by torches.

"Blarney" is not a very preten- tious film, there is a lot of it which is quite bad, but that scene equalls anything we have watched on the Eur screen, the charios race of "Ben

not excepted,

VICAR'S BLACK EYE,

CHURCH SCENE SEQUEL.

A scene in St. Paul's Church, Kingston Hill Surrey. on the Sunday evening led to the appear. wood Lewis, of Alexandra-rond. ance at Kingston of George Sher-

for riotous behaviour Kingston Hill, who was summoned in the church during a service.

Mr.. W. E. Blake Carn, solicitor, prosecuting, said that Lewie, who son of a man who had a distinguish ed military career; his grandfather was a distinguished surgeon in the Indian Army, and Lewis, who was educated at a public school was brought up to follow that profes sion.

could not as it was against the DEATH SENTENCE ON THE had no occupation, was the only

regulation of the boarding house.

This part of the proceedings hav ing failed the two men ordered food to be served them. This was done, and at p.m. Leung Yuet went out alone. Witness was un- able to say what had happened after this and the only thing he knew about the two customers wal when an identification parade was held in the house at about 10,20 that night The identification parade was held on the instruction of the police raiding the premises so as to find out the boy who had procured the women for the two decoys.

POPE.

MOSCOW'S LETTER TO VATICAN.

SIGNED BY RYKOV AND STALIN.

نبه

to several Cardinals and then had The Pope showed the document it deposited in the archives of the Vatican, where it will be preserved.

Lewis went to him later and asked him to interfere in his (Lewis's) relations with a certain family at Kingston Hill.

names be mentioned.

Lewis: I ask that no kadies'

refused to accede, and continued, Mr. Carn said the vicar again

ing scene: with reference to the Sunday even-

As soon as the vicar announced hie text Loris jumped to his feet and shouted, "Me, Orr, you are a sedmp and a scoundrel. You are. Blessed Saviour." He took off his not fit to preach the word of the.

attitude to car of the wardens, but overcoat and assumed a threatening after some difficulty he was per- shaded to leave.

Mr. Carn continued: Mr. Welles ley Orr (the vicar) came to St. Paul's in 1823 and ever since he has been subjected to annoyance by the HOME, Jan. 19th.

defendant. He first went to him The Vatican was amused rather suggested he should stop a certain two months after his arrival and than surprised to-day when it re-wedding. The vicar properly re- from the Soviet Government con- ceived an official communication-fused. Decoys Brought Their Own

demning the Pope to death Victims?

The communication came by re- Another mom-boy said that he the Pope personally. It is signed gistered post and was addressed to was also employed on the same by Rykov, President of the Soviet floor. He saw the first decay bring Council of Commissurs), Stalin, ing the two girls into the house.

The girls had since been deported and other Bairbevist chiefs, and (head of the Communist Party), to Macao. The party cztered the states that the Pontif is condemn room where the second man wased to doath for having given money waiting and the first man rang for for the overthrow of the Com the boy. He told the witness that munist régime. he wanted, another room for his friend as their families had just arrived. Witness went down to the booking clerk, who went up to the two men. The clerk then ordered witness to open room No. 17 for the other man and his wife. The Police inspected the house from two women looked like respectable time to time,

Lewis's Version, Lexis, in the witness-box, said he Mr. Brutton: What is the dis method of using decoys, and paying put a straight question to you, Mr. Brutton also criticised the enlied to the vicar; "I want to tinction between prostitutes and them money to go to a boarding Jr. Orr." But he continued mum- ordinary women nowadays-Ordi-house and try to obtain a girl, or bling. I put my question: "Will nary women put less powder on.

The booking olerk and other em- Such a state of affaire, he said, was

elee to bring a girl to the house, you please tell me what your right. ployees corroborated the evidence iniquitous. In the old days, one I want to the vicarage, to ask for given by the two previous wit could tell the diferents between a

is to lock people in your study?" nesses and added that at the respectable woman and a woman of which I did not think quite an explanation of a certain net identification parade, no one was loose character, but nowadays they straight At the end of 20 minutes picked out. The women claimed to all dressed alike, they all painted interview in his study I was about be the wives of the two men.

"Prosecution Not Satisfactory.

and they all powdered. "I would leave, but found the door lock- Mr. Lindsell said that the oaSS

your Worship to expressed, and the vicar had his back to for the prosecution was unseatis-

your disapproval," concluded Mr. it. If a person locks you in hie Brutton.

study I cerider, it an attempt on your liberty and perhaps on "your the defence was very strong. Since

life. the two girls were not able to give evidence, he would dismiss the case against the defendante,

women.

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Mr. Lindsell: The Police could not disclose the reasons which prompted them to act,

Mr. Brutton said he knew the reason and he that the 8.C.A. was doing his best to protect young girle. He added that the

Mr. Carn: Is that why you gave the vicar a black eye-Yes.

Mr. Orr (recalled) I deny that I locked Lewis in my study. I have always had an impression that he ly put my hands in my pockets be and while my-hands-were-in-my cause he seeped in an excited state, pockets he struck me a blow. they had been in business and that if the Police had no such com

Mr. Lindsell: I agree with you Lewis was bound over in £25 to there had never been any com pinjate made to them, the laying of during which time he must not go be of good behaviour for 12 months, plaints against them, although the this particular form of trup is is to St. Paul's Church' or to the

(Continued on next Column.),‚ ̈ ̈ my opinion, undesirable.

vicarage.

Mr. Brutton then aaked Iris Nanking Boarding House was a is not quite balanced. I deliberate Worship to make some comment respectable place and would not "about the way the Police bad acted allow its premis to be used for in the case. He said that the Nan-immoral purposes and the Police king Boarding House a had no information that they had. respectable place. For eight years

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