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FOR SALE

A surplus of Summer stocks of

Men's Wear

All "scasonable goods but "broken ranges

a pattern in one size but not in another --- which are unavoidable in a business like this.

These oddments must be cleared-and quickly— hence these big reductions.

MACKINTOSH'S

SHIRTS

Caually old

at $10 to

$8.50

Now $4.00

On

Monday Tuesday

nud

Wednesday

TIES

A large range

of popular lines usual sold at $2.50 to $300 Now $1.50

BATHING SUITS

all at

HALF PRICE

SOCKS

A large selection" of good socks...

Usually soldat$1.50 to $2.25.

NOW $1.00.

STOCKINGS...

Useful lines in cotton stockings.

Usually sold at $3.00, $3.50.

NOW $2.00.

NOTE THE DATES: July 30th, 31st, Aug, 1st.

Mackintosh

MEN'S WEAR SPECIALISTS ALEXANDRA BUILDING.

& Co.Ltd

DES VOEUX ROAD

THE NAVY'S CHOICE

Coates'

ORIGINAL

PLYMOUTH GIN

OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE.

WHITEAWAYS

GREAT SALE

COLOSSAL CLEARANCE OF

ALL

SUMMER GOODS

WE ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE THIS THE “GREATEST SALE" AND BEST MONEY SAVING OPPORTUNITY IN OUR HISTORY WAIT FOR MONDAY.

WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & CO., LTD.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1st. 1928.

THE KING AND R.A.F. WIZARDS.

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'MIDNIGHT ROSE"

AT THE QUEEN'S.

リ

QUESTIONS ABOUT NEW CHICAGO ON THE SCREEN,

ENGINE.

SIX MILES A MINUTE,

The ninth annual Royal Air Force display A Hendon Aerodrome, [N.W., surpassed all records.

It was more fascinating than any of its predecessors: it attracted larger crowd than ever before, and every previous figure for the nem her of

went by the board.

motor-cars

A general estimate of the num her of spectators placed it well in excess of 100,000. The takings for the display, which is in aid of offeinl Royal Air Force charities for the dependents of R.A.F. off cers and men, are expected to be about £20,000...

The King's Questions, From the royal enclosure the fly. ing was waighed by the King and Queen and the King of Spain.

The King took the keenest in terest in the display. Some of the airmen who performed daring feats of scrobatics were presented to him, and he chatted with them for some time, asking them many quee

tions.

He was specially interested in the giant Inßexible monoplane. This aerial leviathan, the largest all-metal craft of its kind in the world."has a wingspan of 150ft., weighs not far short of 20 tons and is driven by three engines developing 2,100-h.p. The King inquired the purpose of its design

and construction.

THE CITY'S "CROOK"

DICTATOR..

..

{BY OUR FILM CRITIC. |

♫

"Midnight Rose" is a story of the underworld of. Chicago and reveals a state of affairs which is almost, incredible to English eyes, but every man his own poison- perhaps Big Bit liked it that way, and, after all, it may not be true!

The Midnight Ruse" As you Cabaret may have guessed is Coast Cabaret at which she is the dancer, Lyn de Patti, and the Gold

the turn is managed by one Corbin who appears to be the real raler the leading band of crooks, and at of the town since he is the boss of

the same time can persuade the police to do what he likes, even¦ to remitting sentences on this as50- riates, un the strength of his wealth and influence. Corbin is played by Henry Kolker who does not make the part quite as unpleasant a it might be.

The hem, Tim Regan, played by Kenneth Harlan, is a deserter from Corbin's band. He determines to his getting any work in Chicago live straight but Corbin "prevents even of the most humble order. Being left with the orphaned son- of another of the band who turned to naitis int virtue been murdered in consequence, by Corbin's orders, the horo decides to marry Rose to provide the child with a mother.

and Eas

Corbin now takes a hand-in the game, gets the hero locked up and tries to tempt Rose back to the Cabaret. His heart turns, however, when Rose is fished out of the river, starving, with her baby, and he gets the hero out of prison, the adopted child away from the juvenile court. and reunites the family with the promise of a "eushy" job for Rose's

It was explained to him that it husband. was an experiment to throw light| The story does not offer much on the problem of the largest mili-chance for fine characterisation or tary or commercial aeroplane which acting, benuse it is so exaggerated it was feasible to build at the pre- and für removed from life, but for sent, from the point of view both all that there are human moments of control in the air and manœuvr in it. and the interest is well sus- ing on the ground.

Six Miles A Minute. Another matter of extreme im portance also arose in connection with the questions asked by the King, It concerne a new motor, which made its first public appear. ance at the display, fitted into two high-performance military craft, the Fox and the Wizard.

tained. The cast is quite good, perhaps the little boy best of all because he alone seemed really to believe in his role.

MAGIC, TO-NIGHT. "Comprising thirty separate items, the programme to be presented at 9.20 to-night by the famous. inagician, Long Tack Sam, and bis This is what is known as the Fa! company is full of variety and good

fub. motor, designed and constructed by stevil working, knife throwing, sing- Magic, juggling, conjuring, the Rolls-Royce Company. developments which it represents follows turn with a rapidity that in ing, dancing and acrobatics-turn ean ony le referred to as yet inimply amazing Dominating this genera! terins. The ma fact remarkable entertainment is the about it is that it is an engineer- genial Lang Tack Sam himself, ing triumph in the immense power both with his specia! feats of magic. it exerts for a minimum resistance and with his constant flow of wit. to forward movement when inetal He

05 much comedian

Those who Biz

The

HONG KONG POLICE

RESERVE.

TORDERS BY THE HON. MR. E. D. C.

WOLFE, C,M.G., CAPTAIN-SUPER- INTENDENT OF POLICE.}

Police Training School. The weekly classes fur Police Reservists at the Police Training School, Kowloon, will be held on Wednesday, August 1st, and Tues- lar, August 7th, at 6 p.m. sharp, Indian Companies and of the Flying All members of the Chinese andl Squad who have not yet passed Part 1 of Training Course mast attend.

Special attention is drawn to the change in day from Wednesday to Tuesday in each week, commencing second week in August..

Squad Delli,

All recruits of the Chinese and Indian Companies, and of the Flying Sqund will farade at Central Police Station on Thursday, August Drill under Sergt. Condon. Dress: 2nd. at 5.30 p.m. sharn for Squad Mufti,

Chinese Company.

Advanced recruits of the Chinese Company will attend at the Central Police Station on Thursday. August 2nd, at 5.30 p.m. sharp for Rifle) Exercises under Sergt. Condon. Dress: Mufti rifle, belt, frog and side arms to be carried...

TRAINING COURSE PART 11. Constable R37 Chun Kwon Chee has passed his examination in Part II. of Training Course (knowledge of police duties and regulations).

INSPECTION PARADE.. Friday, August 10th, has been ten- tatively fixed for an inspection of the Chinese Company by the Hon. Captain Superintendent of Police. All members of the Company are re quested to keep this date open, Full particulars will be announced in next week's orders.

ATRENGTH.

The following members of the Chinese Company are permitted to resign

2

Constable R44 Yeung Koon Shing on completing one full year's service, with effort from July, 21st.

Constable R51 Chan Kun Ying on

completing one full year's er-

vice, with effect from July 21st.

Constable R68 Lum Sam Ynon on leaving the Colony for good, with effect from July 25th.

Indian Company: The following members of the Indian Company have passed their examination in. Part II. of Training Course (knowledge of police duties and regulations)-

Constable R236 Motoomall Lad- baram-passed with credit. Constable R241 Sultan Ahmed-

passed.

Flying Squad. The final instructional patrol of the manth, of the Flying Squad Rowlaon Section, will take place on Tuesday, July 31st. Fall in at the Tsim Tsa Tsui Fire Brigade Station at 5.30 p.m. sharp. Dress: Khaki uniform..

The weekly instructional patrol of the Hong Kong Section will take place on Thursday, August 2nd his two Fall in at the Central Police Station at 5.13 p.m. sharp. Dress: Khaki uniform,

Sharpshooters' Company,"

This same

led in a specially streamlined speed magician, and can crack jokes in plane...

half a dozen different languages the beautiful with the same case that he can Wizard monop ane, fitted with this perform the most baffling tricks of motor, leap skyward when the pilot opened hi throttle gained some principal assistants are

illusion. Among the magician's idea of what the F engine enables beautiful daughters, Misses Mi Na designers te, accomplish. Iris and Nee Sa Long, who contribute racing form, and when fitted to sach winged, man-driven projectiles musical and dancing numbers of a are now in design, it is believed great attractiveness. that this motor will permit the programme has been played with attainment of a maximum speed of great success in London, Paris, 360 miles an hour, or six miles & Vicona. New York and Chicago, and minute.

Hong Kong pleasure seekers will not be slow to take advantage of the opportunity provided by Long Tack There was not a dull moment in Sam's visi; to the Colony. Admis the whole dix hours of dazzling sien is at the popular prices of $3, airmanship. As soon aerial and 81 and advance booking for acrobats had finished their wonder- the season of four nights only if now ful feate, viewed perfectly against open at the Queen's Theatre.

Guards Of The Air.

a cloud-flecked sky, there was a

mighty roar of engines and squa drons of great bombing 'planer took off to perform a fying drill with the precision of Guards. No sooner had they glided away than the sky reced filled with high- speed fighters, twisting and turn- ing in intricate movemente never attempted before.

A striking iliustration of the pro

FRANCE'S NEW FLEET.

CRUISER WITH SPEED OF

DESTROYER. ·

Le HAYRE. July "ah. " President Doumergue-to-day pass gress in air defence was shown in ed in "review. the new fleet of the altitude, race, won by Pilot France in Havre roads. kin fighter attained a height of Officer T. J. Arbuthnot. His Six-French warships since the war, It was the biggest assembly of 19,000 feet in 15 minutes. In actual and in the speeches which the Pre war squadrons of these machines sident of the Republic and M. would rush upward to intercept Georges Leygues, Minister high-flying enemy raiders..

Marine, exchanged at the luncheon

of

p.m.

BEVOLVER NIGHT FIRING PRACTICE.

This will be carried out on Ken- nedy Road Range on Wednesday evening. August 8, at Members will assemble at the Range at that hour with revolvers, bells. and holsters. All members should attend.

(Sgd.) W, KENT, A.S.P;, Adjutant, Hong Kong, July 31st, 1928,

FIREARMS TO BE BOUGHT UP.

CHANCE FOR HANKOW EVIL- DOERS TO REFORM.

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at

KAIPING HOUSEHOLD COAL

In Lots of not less than

1-ton:-

Delivered to Peak District

(ators Bowen

Road), $24.00

per tan. Delivered to Bowen Road and Lower Leveis, $22.00 per ton.

Delivered to Kowloon,

$20.00

per ton.

532.

Orders should be sent

Note Reduction in Prices.

in writing not

by telephone

For Price Apply to

at least 24 hours, before the Coal is required

or

All orders must be se companied by Cash, Choque, Compra- dore Order payable to *The Kallan Mining Ad- ministration."

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DANCING FOR 481 HOURS.

"MARATHON." STOPPED BY

POLICE.

£3,700 FOR NINE COUPLES.

HANKOW, July 20th. Do we sleep ↑ Dowe dream! Are there visions about? Or is the notice appearing in the Chines Hankow really meant to be taken seriously? asks the NC. Daily News correspon: dent. It says quite plainly that the Hanyang County authorities, The two events which proved the in the new cruiser Duquesne stress being troubled at the number of for three weeks under rules which greatest thrills were the battle and the destruction of the French Navy.

acria was laid on the re-birth of the armed robberies that occur, have I decided to punish severely all per enemy oil-wells. In the former

The Duquesne is claimed to be sons holding rifles or ammunition such realisa has never been attain the fastest cruiser in the world, without permission; but in order to ed before.

her mean speed being 30 knows, a give evil-doers a chance to reform, Squadron after squadron of fight speed rarely surpassed even by the rifles and ammunition will be put ers rushed down upon formations, fastest destroyer.

chased, at fixed rate, no questions

t

of heavy bombers. Shells burst. "She exercises 1 decisive in- to be asked of those who bring then Machine-guas rattled. Machines fluence on the lives of nations," in. The scale of compensation same plunging down apparently in said M. Leygues, addressing the fames. It was breath-taking.

President. A nation that aban-

So, too, was the great eet-piece. dons the sea or plays only a small As aeroplane after aeroplane, whirl-róle at sea is decadent.

France da determined to hold

ing down at 150 miles an hour. .President, Doumergte, in reply, bombed mercilessly the structures said: below, cloude, of smoke and flying fraglpenta roso high in the air. An observation kite-balloon was shot down in flames, ita dummy obeer. ver, nicknamed Squadron-Leader Sandbags, being seen to make his escape by parachute.

One after another the buildings caught fire, and, as a fitting climax, the oil-drums themselves became ignited, and the great pageant end-| ed in waves of all-devouring flame.

Its!-

Rifle and bayonet, clean, 850 Rifle alone, cleda........ 40 Rife, rusted a little... 30 Rifle, damaged a little... 20 Rifle, useless Cartridges, per hundred

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NEW YORK, July lot.... With 381 hours of actual dancing to the credit of nine couples, New York's dancing marathon came to the law. It had been in progress an end last night by command of

gave the dancers 15 minutes rest at the end of each hour on their toes,

Sleep could only be obtained by the dancers resting on the shoulders (Continued on next Column).

of their partners, who maintained the necessary movement to keep the couple in the contest.

Although the event has aroused much amusement, it has attracted the attention of doctors, who have been amazed that the human body. could endure such fatigue without breaking down. Some of the dan- cers have Actually pub, on weight.

The illness of one young man who was sent to hospital was the cause of the police interference, but he is. the only dancer out of more than 100 who has been reported ill..

While the dance began with every prospect of being a complete failure, it quickly drew public at- tention. At the close last night more than 10,000 people were pre- sent. They lifted the dancers from the floor and carried them amid wild cheering around the ball. bunks some fell asleep immediate. When the dancers sought their ly, but others did not. One man talked of rising this morning and doing a 10-mile run to see if his wind was still sound.

barracks for troops in different parts of Hankow is urgent. The publie revennes are insufficent to meet the cost. So the matter bas been laid before the Property Owners Association, the Chamber of Throughout the contest enthusias" Commerce and the Peace Preserva- tic admirers offered prizes for her naval rank, but not in any i

tion Society. These bodies have prints. Paper, money worth. from The Long-Suffering Velestial. agreed that all property owners £2 to £5 was constantly tossed to ambitious spirit, as may be im- agined in certain quarters. She

In view of the announcement that shall contribute thirty per cent, of has an immense coastline, and foreigners will be expected to pay the next month's rents which they her colonies are spread in the all taxes levied on the Chinese after collect to the fund for building four corners of the earth. The the abolition of the treaties, the barracks. Of the thirty per cent. complete freedom of the sea is following information should be the landlord may pas fifteen per indispensable for her to main carefully digested by all who eat on to his tenants, collecting tain her overseas communications thought that military demands 8115 per hundred due The Chi and protect her 50,000,000 were to be lessened. The need for nese

are indeed a long-suffering colonial citizens.

(Continued at foot of next column) race.

the couples who were the popular fancy for the moment. Ning couples who stayed the course are collecting over 12,000 obtained, as sprint prize money, and they wil share another £1,700 awarded by the promoter, who confided andly to the reporters that he would make only £6,000 out of three weeks" labours.