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GRETNA GREEN WEDDINGS. THIEVING FROM

118 THIS YEAR...

SHIPS.

ONE AT MIDNIGHT BY MATCH]" LIFTING" OF "SEPOY'S"

MACHINE GUN RECALLED.

LIGHT.

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CARLISLE

A boom in Gretna Green mar- riages as set in.

Брой

ONE OF THÈ GANG.

SENTENCED.

OCTOBER 12th, 1928.

"LONDON."

AN ENGLISH FILM AT THE QUEEN'S.

י;

DOROTHY GISH AS A PATHETIC WAIF.

[BY OUR FILM CRITIC.)

"Loudoa,"

plays the heroine.

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Most of the weddings are in no аду connected with elopements People who do not want to be mar

church but who regard Sueaking aboard ships, at night

KAD which you ried in register offices as rather prosaic, and stealing whatever can be con- to-day and to-morrow at the are choosing Gretna as a romantic veniently removed is evidently a Queen's, is an English flm, wade Mr. Rennison, the Gretna Green profitable and exciting side line.at Home with an English cast, with priest," differs somewhat from When carried out on a small scale, | the exception of Dorothy Gish whe the priests of the elopment days.extending only to coils of rope and He is a robust young man, who is. developing the interesting black smaller fittings the offenders gener-

There has been a great deal of smith's shop on strictly business ally seemed to get away with it, criticism of the English film pro- lines Sixpence is charged for and no doubt the ship' people often ductions and some of it is by no means unjust. English fog wems admission to the forge, where relics

did not bother to report such to have crept into Elstree and to dating back to the sixteenth century are on view. On one day recently minor losses to the polico. But some extent have obscured the story 700 people paid for admission to

when these night marauders were as well as the photography. The the forge

various views of London, some of emboldened to steal a machine gun which it must be confessed have from H.M.S. Sepoy it was a differ- rather the air of having been drag- cat matter and brought the fullged in with little regard to the force of the law on their tracks, story, are most interesting to Eng- The process of the law has not list people and many in yesterday's been rapid but success has at audience would have liked to have length attended police pertinacity had them kept longer on the screen. in tracking these harbour peachers. The choice of types is excellent and The result was that yesterday the settings are up to the American one of the chief offenders in this standard. The story is a good one direction appeared before Mr. W. iflittic hackneyed, but there in Schofield at the Kowloon. Magis- no doubt that it might have been betray on five counts including com-

better cold. There seems no reas plicity in the crowning achievement why a part which should have been of the Sepay gun robbery,

the prologue should be sandwiched in between two episodes of the story, and the scenes are generally too loosely knit. But technical perfection will probably be gained had more experience, and it is at when the English producers have least a refreshing change to read the Cockney instead of the American language in the captions,

Mr. Rennison has so far this year married 118 couples, a record un- equalled for 100 years. Describing the ceremony he said he stands bey hind the antil with the man and woman on either side of it facing each other. Then he asks: Are you both single persons! Has one or both of you been resident in Scotland immediately previous to this marriage? Will you take this woman to be thy lawful wedded wife Will you take this man to thy lawful wedded husunnd!"

He then joing their hands over the anvil and declares them mar- ried. Under the law of Scotland this ceremony is performed before. two witnesses,

At midnight ore Friday a taxicab arrived containing couple who were married by the ligh: of matches struck on the anvil to en- able them to see each other.

BRITISH TRADE FAIR.

ARRANGEMENTS TO SURPASS

PREVIOUS RECORDS.

The Charges...

The charges were:-(a) Larceny of 120 fathonis of Manila rope from August Sta; (b) larceny of 50 on board the 8.5. Ka Fing en

fathoms from the s.s. Chat Sang an September 2nd; (c) lareray, of 80 fathoms from the... Chring Shing on September 28th; (d) lar ceny of one liquid compass, one canvas awning and three camp, beds from the ss. Kalyan on October 1st and (e) larceny of a Maxim on May 25th. machine gun fram H.M.S. Sepoy

The complainants in charges (a) and (d) were Messrs. Butterfield & Swire, and in (e) and (b) Messrs. The Admiralty, represented by Mr. Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd. A. B. Allan, Inspector of the Naval Yord Police, prosecuted in charge

Plans for making the British In dustries Fair to be held in Birming hain next Spring an even greater success than it was this year are already being formed. They in (c). volve a complete reconstruction of the existing arrangement of the stands, whereby it is expected that many valuable minutes will be -saved by business men.

The heavy industries section will occupy 11 acres of ground, includ- ing an addition of 25,000 square fect to cope with the increasing demands for exhibition space. This will be planned like a smal! Ameri caa township. with the stands arranged in streets like a chess board.

Those streets running the length of the Fair will be numbered, while those proceeding across will be let tered, so that a figure and letter reference will give in a second the exact position of the stand:

from the start.

In the dock with the marauder was a marine store den'er who was accused of receiving the rope and the articles taken from the Relyon knowing them to have been stolen. There was also a charge of failing to make the necessary entries re- lating to these articles in the firm's hooks against the manager of the Tak On Marine Store of No. 33. Tung Man Lane, Hong Kong,

When called upon to plead the principal defendant said that he denied stealing any of the articles mentioned but admitted that he rowed the boat Irom which confederates made their haul.

Mr. Schofield: He admits rowing the boat with two other men.

Prisoner's Confession.

Dorothy Gish plays the part of a little waif of Limehouse who is left to fend for herself. She is adopted by a wealthy lady on ae count of her resemblance to a dead daughter. In her new life she finds disillusionment in n' love affair and runs back to Limehouse before the curtain falls on her married to a wealthy husband.

The Gish sisters seem destined to play the roles of neglected waifs who preserve a flowerlike innocence in rough surroundings, and Miss Dorothy Gigh is, therefore, in her element in the earlier sequences. She locks extremely charming and pathetic. When she is dressed, scented and curled she is not quite so pleasing, perhaps she missed the atmosphere of Hollywood and did not find an English studio sym- pathetic, however, she still nets well and holds her own in the centre of the stage.

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The rest of the cast are compet- ant but there is no outstanding performance English acting is quieter and less dramatic than that AIRPLANE THAT IS SILENT. of America, and the pictures made in English studio's are, therefore, of a different tempo. Perhaps the typical Americanism of the scenario did something to hinder the success of the picture.

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The value of securing business from the very moment of the open-, Sub-Inspector Dorling, who was ing of the Fair is already recogin charge of the case, replied that "London" 4, however, a film to nised by many firms, but the Man-apart from the man's own admis-see. If you have any love of the agement Committee are aiming that sons he had, no evidence against homeland you will enjoy it for the next year. every exhibitor shall him. No witnesses of the theft glimpses it gives of London, the have his stand in full working order could be called and the stolen shires and the river, while the property was not found on the story itself is interesting and Miss Gish an actrees of appeal and be provided for keeping, the gang The statement made by the de- talent. ways clear and for the rapid hand-cused with regard to each charge ling of goods, and a staff of inter. was then produced in court. preters will be present who speak read as follows: every language commonly used in the business world.

One hundred, expert workers will man.

Millions of pounds go into British factories every year as the,, résult of this display.

BLACK AND WHITE TRADE UNIONS.

SOUTH AFRICAN DEVELOP- MENTS.

(a) Yes; it is true that present in rowing the boat,

(b) I took part. fe) I took part. (d) I took part in rowing

....

It

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was regarded as having been casually was in May. So he can hardly be.

hired for these jobs.

the

His Worship (to defendant); It appears that you took the police to No. 35, Tung Man Street, and there. found certain things? Defendant: Yes.

The Sentence.

GREAT CLAIMS FOR A NEW INVENTION.

VERTICAL ASCENT.

new

Remarkable claims for type of airplane which, if they are revolutionise substantiated, will flying, are made by a Barking en- gineer, Mr. Cerfvol.

Mr. Cerfvol has manufactured an airscrew which, he claims:-

Is silent; Gives &

descent:

vertical ascent and

.Saves engine power;

Is simple and cheap to con-

struct;

Can be attached to any nir

craft.

The problems of vertical ascent and of achieving silence are the two chief obstacles in the progress of aviation to-day. The problem

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boat..

(e) I shared some "money which they gave ine for rowing the boat.

Defendant anid that alt he, did was to row the boat in cases (a). In reply to the Magistrate, Sub- (b) and (e). and the agistrate | Inspector Dorling said that nothing agreed, after carefully considering was known against accused and of silencing the engine is, by com- the prisoner's statement (in the since his arrest he had given the parison, easy. A silent propelier original Chinese), that this view police every help he could both as would mean a silent airplane-the Those who have closely studied was borne out by the document in regards recovering the stolen pro- moet deadly engine of destruction BENNO MOISEIWITSCH TO trade union activities in South question.

perty und Ending the men whom in the world. The Magistrate: He admits row he alleges made the thefts. Afrien, assert that, at the present moment,

there nre tendencies in the boat on every gecasion. Is noticeable which are going to have anything known as to the time a far-reaching effect on the tradi-that these things were taken? tional attitude towards the evolu- Sub-Inspector Dorling: Not with tion of industrial organization, in three or four hours, you Wor Recently the. Coloured Mine ship. The things were on the deck Workers' Union, 2,000 strong, ap- of the ships in their places when plied to the Government for regis the officer of the watch weat around last thing at night and next morning they were missing. It was between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. that they were taken.

tration."

The application was referred to the European South African Mine Workers' Union, who have now re plied objecting on the grounds that the union is discussing the alters tion of its constitution, with a view to deleting the word Euro- pean, as it desires make member ship open to all persons employed in or about mines, providing that the persons proposed for meniber ship shall be carning the minimum) wage based on the white standard for a particular grade or class of work in which they are employed, provided for by law or by agree

ment.

The Registrar of Trade Unions wrote-to-the-South-African. Trade Union Congress pointing out that

PLAY HERE.

Mr. G. S. Mather, clerk to the On gach of the first four charges magistrates at East Ham, is keen- defendant was sentenced to twoly interested in the project. weeks hard labour the sentences We have sent our designs to TWO CONCERTS THIS MONTH to run consecutively. On the more the Air Ministry," he said to-a serious charge of complicity in Daily Express representative, "and stealing the machine gur (valued an official was sent down. He ask at £91) he was sentenced to two ed us to have a model constructed months hard labour to run con- for test purposes. This has been scentively with the other term of done. imprisonment.

Blades Of Rods.

will

Benno. Meiseiwitsch who make a welcome reappearance in Hong Kong under the management of A. Strok at the latter end of

fis. Worship. at Sub-Inspector The principle of the invention this month has just concluded a Dorling's request, also made an is that the blades of the airscrew third tour of Australia and New order for two years' police super- are mounted on springs, The Zealand and "after visiting the vision from the date. of prisoner's blades, instead of being solid, are

His Worship: Except for the evidence that the things were taken, that's all there is to offer! release.

Only. Sub-Inspector Dorling: your Worship. I can give evidence myself as to where the defendant took us to find the things which have been recovered.

The Alleged Receiver.

:

built of transverse rods which, Straits Settlements, Indo-China, instead of deflecting the air, North and South China and Japan The case against the marine utilise every particle of energy.. wil proceed to North America "Remarkable results have al- store dealer was then opened,

The inven- where he has a heavy list of Sub-Inspector Dorling giving evi-ready been attained. His Worship: He took you to dence of recovering the rope and tion was fitted to an old inven- engagements,

tion which revved" at incalculably compass from defendant's store

Mr. Moiseiwitsch will give twa, what place t

Sub-Inspector Dorling: To the Capt. D. Skinner identified the low speed, yet the model lifted a

100lbs. weight vertically.

recitals in Hong Kong the first on The propeller fixed vertically the 24th and the second on the 27th Tak On marine dealers' shop rope by a 'ue strand which ran where I seized these three lengths through the middle of the rope, of rope and the compasE, -

This was made especially for his exerts a gyroscopic action; the

machine can not only rise in of this month Booking for both His Worship: These

be firm.

will open at Moutrie's The first defendant said that the straight line, but can hover there concerts identified as the missing things?

Sub-Inspector Dorling: Yes, your thefts were committed early in the at any given height.

this application raised the question Worship,

can

morning, and the rope and other. An engine developing only one-next Monday. Two very popular

A

His Worship: I don't ece in that articles were all taken to the de- third horse power can, raise a dead programmes have been selected for of having parallel organizations

his recitals here and it is expected for European and non-European care how the defendant can pos fendant's shop. Each time the weight of 2lbs. vertically to workers in given industries, and sibly be regarded as-a-mere-ferry-defendant handed over the money height of two feet."

hun- asking for an expression of man? He admits going five times, to the men who had stolen the Machines fitted with Mr. Cerf that the "Poet of the Piano" wül

things.

vol's invention would have two receive the support of many | opinion--A-- canvass of unions one of which was to a warship.

the Sub-Inspector

The case was adjourned for one airscrews, one set horizontally and dreds of local music lovers many of being taken, in some

Dorling: These union's policy of admitting non- larcenics have been going on since week, pending the return of the one vertically. It is claimed that whom will not have forgotten his European members was favoured. September 2nd up to October 2nd 8.5. Kalgan for evidence of identi- by this means, a considerable in-memorable concerts here in Augutt while in other cauca the system of and the theft of the machine gun Ffication-of-the-compass by our of crease in speed would be allied to

a vertical ascent. parallel unions was preferred. (Continued on next Column), the ship's officers.

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