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BIG FIRE AT KONG-NEW DOLLAR PIECES FOR

MOON.

$500,000 DAMAGE.

FIRE BRIGADE HELPLESS.

CANTON,

MINTING STARTED.

YESTERDAY.

TO BE CIRCULATED IN NEW YEAR

(FROM CUE CHINESE CORRESPONDENT. ROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT. Į

CANTON, December Brd. The latest reports from Keng noon state that a big fire occurred in the city last Tuesday night, com- pletely destroying " shops and buildings and partially demolishing 1 more. About 30 sampans also caught fro and burned to the water's edge. An estimate of the loss is upward of $500,000. It is not known if there were any fatalities-

The cause of the fire is also un- known. Some people say that it was due to carelessness of the fukir of the Heang ang Bakery, while others maintain that it was due to the folis of the Shang Yuen Lumber Shop who had cocked their "elu

Fair, a sort of night meal, just before retiring Anyhow these two stores were adjacent to one another and the fire had its origin in them, The proprietors and jokir of these two shope refused to admit that they caused the fire, each party ac cusing the other.

CANTON, Dec. 23rd.

The Canton Mint has to-day started coining new. dollar coins of the 19th year of the Chinese Re- public. The value of these dollars will be the same as of those issued in North Chins, their composition being 50 per cent silver and 10 per cent. copper,

But their appearance will not be the same, for the dollars coined in Canton will bear the portrait of the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen while these, minted up North have Yuan Shih Kai's picture,

The Canton Snance authorities have just bought, 300,000 ounces of silver bullion in Hong Kong for the issue.

The coins will not be

put into circulatish until the be ginning of the next year. They are daily brought to the Central Bank of "China for custody antil! the time has arrived for circula- tion.

A NEW RAILWAY APPOINTMENT.

THE "HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24th, 1928.

"ROSE MARIE.”

EXCITING FILM AT THE QUEEN'S.

THE PARISIAN REVUE.

SPECIAL CHRISTMAS

PROGRAMMES.

(SY OUR FILM CRITIC]

"Rose Marie,"

the cinemato graph edition of the popular musical comedy, makes an exciting film which you can see today as the Queen's. The film varice some- what from the stage version bus it tella èxcept in one incident a coherent and credible story which is interesting throughout and very well acted. The only part where the mechanics seein to creak is in the elimination if the unnecessary busband. We are shewn tim i it is true but it is a little sarprising when the next picture shows his wife setting off with husband.num- ber two. That however is a minor actal, as cinema, husbands are apt

WHAMPOA HARBOUR

SCHEME.

NATIONALISATION OF LAND.

MUSSOLINI'S REVOLUTION. ARY SCHEME.

EXPERTS VISIT MACAO.

Mr. Li Lu Chao, Director General of the Whampoa Port De The recens Fascist law for the velopment Company, recently paid integral land reclamation" of all a visit to the neighbouring port of the national territory which can be Macao to see the works that have reclaimed har been illuminated by been constructed there for the ima circular of Mussolini to the pre provement and protection of the fects, which makes clear the vastness harbour, and also to inspect the and importance of the plan. plant and equipment of the Nether- landa Barbour Works Company, the firra of engineers who built the Macao "works, and who are now interested in the Whampoa scheme, An inspection of the Macao works serves to give some idea of the nature of the constructions that may be necessary in the de- velopment of the Whampoa scheme, and at the same time advantage was taken of the opportunity to view the plant of the Dutch firm since they are desirous of securing the contract for building Wham pea port.

The scheme practically amounts to making the whole of Italy "avail able for national purposes, such as agriculture, transport, hydro-lee- tric works and farm dwellings with the obligatory co-operation of the landed proprietors.

The daring innovation, whose im- port has perhaps hardly yet been fully recognised is referred to here in the Press as "the new function of property," and an idea of the conception may be gathered from the following quotation from the Rome Press: The new principle creates a new moral and national The Canton Gazette says Mr. Li¦foundation for private property, interest it all that was explained the State, is no longer conceived Lu Chan displayed considerable which, respected" and defended by

to him, and seemed to be impress as something egoistic, individual The story is of the type familiard, with the completeness of the and extraneous to the general in- equipment he "saw. The Wham-terest of the nation. Private pro- poa Port scheme being of such perty has a limit when the interests magnitude it is highly important of the state are touched." that the firm undertaking the work possess the necessary resources and

to be, both on celuloid and in real life. For the rest there is nothing but praise for Rose Marie."

untamed

The

to all tovers of Westerns.” Its venue is the backwoods of Canada, and its players, trappers. Indians, the North West Police, and the lovely.

heroine Ross Marie. Some of the scenery is magnificent and every advantage has been taken of natural beauties to help the film artistically. cast too has been well chosen with ment of Mr. Tang to the Managing regard to types, from the villain. Directorship was made public yer- "Black Basten to the very at- terday by the Canton Political tractive Sergeant Malone." of Council upon the recommendation whose charm strangely enough Rose of the Provincial, Department of Marie seems unaware since she pre- Reconstruction. Our correspondent fer her outlaw has not been able to find out the Peters).. real cause of Mr. George Bow's re- signation, but it was thought to be due to labour trouble.

་་

A

"Jim" (House

Rose Marie is loved by the ser-

geant and by a young Frenchman

Etienne (Creighton Hale) when she meets the outlaw Jim who is

suspected of murder. To save the latter she marries Etienne and when she is on her honeymoon the cance is wrecked and Jim saves her life and her husband's. They all three take refuge in a deserted but

equipment, and one of the reasons for Mr. Li's trip was to satisfy himself that the Netherlands Har- bour Works Company was well pliced in this respect..

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE

BRIGADE.

WEEKLY VACCINATION

RETURN,

The number of Chinese vaccinated free of charge from December 3rd to December 21st-by Members of the Ambulance Brigade, up to and including Friday, the 21st instant

is :-

Prevention. Of unemployment." In the vast national land reclama-

non-

tion scheme of the Duce, one of whose immediate objects is to render uner plement practically existent in Italy, both individual land owners ad corporations owning land are called to participate.

The recent circular of Mussolini to the prefects says:-"Taking inter consideration the enactment of the law and the state of preparation of. the technical means to make a be ginning, it is obligatory on in- 'dividual proprietors to present. their plans to the technical offices sc, that they may be carried intɔ effect at the earliest possible date."

The circular goes on to state that if the proprietors fail to present their plans the prefects are to substitute themselves for the owners

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in the carrying out of the works 19,762 considered necessary.".

A strong north wiad was blow: ing at the time, and before people Mr. Tang Shih Hok has succeed- in the adjacent stores knew what ed Mr. George Bow as Managing was happening the whole of the big Director of the Canton-Shamshui Shang Yuca Lamber Shop with its Railway, the latter having resign very large quantity of dry túmbered soine weeks ago. The appoint and other combustible materia) was on fire. The flames shot more than 40 feet into the air and spread rapidly to windward. The sparks flew in every direction and a few minutes later, several other blocks of shops and houses were in flames. The fire by this time was so terrife that it swept across the West River, setting more than 30 sampans on fire. The whole of the floating population of Kongmoon was in a panic and tried to move their crafts to safety. But many were over-taken by fire and had abandon their burning boats. The barbour was thick with sampens at the time of the disaster and the crowded condition was a big hand rance to getting to safety. NO MODERN FIRE ENGINES. The fire Brigade of Rongmoon responded admirably. Every avail- able man on the staff was called out, but the conflagration yas 30 fierce that it could not be got under money. Consequently one could all the villain by throwing a knife, FILMS SHEWING THIS WEEK. obvious.

make a safe margin of profit by control until the next morning smuggling copper cash into Can Moreover, ali the fire fighting | ton. When here, they are sold to apparatus was of the crudest sort small money exchangers who in

turn put them in circulation at and there пте no modern fire reduced rate. The Canton authori

ties have been on the alert and are engines in Korgmoon.

trying hard to run to earth these smugglers, Recently large quanti- ties of copper cash were seized and confiscated by the Customs authori

to

When the conflagration was at its height. the people in the streets shouted and ran in every direction for shelter. Store keepers were panic-stricken at the approaching catastrophy and tried to move their wares into neighbouring streets, but, owing to the suddenness of the fire and the darkness not much could be saved. Thousands of people are now homeless and are camping on the outskirts of the city."

1.

BIGGEST FIRE SINCE 1918.

TRADE IN COPPER CASH.

Copper eash in Canton are steadily dwindling la value. few weeks ago one could get 32 for a twenty cent piece. Last week the exchange was 31 to a twenty cent silver coin. But now one has to to which comes the sergeant who is give 34 copper cash in order to extracking Jim and his villainous change a twenty cent silver piece. partner Basten. While the three The reason for this is that there men who love Rose Marie are talk has been a considerable amount of ing 'Basten appears with an auto copper cash snuggled into Canton.matic and holds them all up. He Our correspondent. understands shooter the sergeant and Etienne, that in Shiukwan and Shanghai and things begin to look dark for one could get 41 or 42 copper cash for a twenty cent piece of Canton the heroine when Jim manages to

ties.

CANTON'S TELEPHONE

SERVICE

IMPORTANT EXTENSIONS.

next Been

One supposes that the sergeant and the husband both die since Rose Marie and Jim are

out of the picture alone and very happyY. paddling their canoe

It is an excelent film, and one which is suitable to the holiday season since it is of the band that can be enjoyed equally by children. and their parents.

CARPI'S PARISIAN REVUE.

extra turn.

Carpi's Parisian Revue which is giving a short performance every night this week, is something quite unusual for Hong Kong and very considerably above the average of the usual cinema

It The staff of the Department of might, if last night's programme is Reconstruction is busily engaged on the preparation of plans for any criterion, have been more hap

"Carpi's pily entitled the construction of several long Ballet" for that is what it is in distance telephone lines to connect Canton with the more important point of fact.

Russian

Chinese Y.M.C.A. Division 21,159 King's College Division Bhilway Division Indian Division... Mongkek Division..... Shaukivan Division On Long

Kowloon Division

Victoria Nursing Division..... St. Joseph's College Division Y.W.C.A. Nursing Division

Grand Total

2,239 2,101 47,769 48,119 3,617 700 5,992 439 319

154,278

Queen's. To-day: Rose Marie." Tomorrow and Wednesday: "Hula'

1 story of Hawaii with Clara Bow and Clive Brook Thursday to

Saturday: "The Divine Woman.' Greta Garbe and Lars Hageen in the adven tures of a theatrical star who sirel of adulation.

World.

Italy Self-Supporting.

The revolutionary effect of this vast plan can hardly be estimated on the future of Italy. It must eventually lead to Italy becoming entirely self-sufficient in the matter of wheat production, as well as in a great number of other agricul tural products.

The building of the numerous roads, which are to be considered As part of the "integral land re- clamation schewe," has an economic and military importance' which are.

It is estimated that under the pre- sent technical plans, which are cap- able of being extended, 2,000,000 hectares of land will be reclaimed. This is roughly 4,471,000 acres.

cor-

The method of procedure is as follows: Private owners o pozations owning reclaimable land must individually, or by forming themselves into consoritums, mak application to have their plans ap proved by the Government techni-. cians. The engineers of the Public Works Ministry will examine the Gloria projects and if they approve them To-day: 8.16 and, " 9.0,

Swanson in "Stage Struck," the concession will be granted to the adventures of Hittle sewing owner or condritum to reclaim the girl. At 2.30 and 7.15, Chinese land according to the established

scheme. Part II. picture "Nemesis

A contribution is given by the To-morrow and Wednesday: "The State for these land-reclaiming con-

Better 'Ole," The film version,

cessions in the proportion of Lire with Syd Chaplin. of a famous 680,000 for every million lire ex- Thursday to Saturday:

war, comedy.

pended. The State's subsidy is "Severith, however, not paid at once, but is Heaven," one of the most popu-spread over a period of 30 years, lar pictures of the year, with so that actually the proprietor re Janet Gaynor and Charles ceives Lire 53,500 a year for each

Farrell

million lire invested. This State extensive kind of land reclamation contribution is granted for the most where the works include the build- ing of roads. In simple irrigation projects, the Slate only contributes to an amount of 40 per cent of the total.

The cost of the entire prograTUSTIE is estimated at 7,300 million lire, of which the State will contribute 3,800 millions; the balance will be borne by the proprietors.

Star.

This was the biggest fire in Kong cities in the outer districts of the their performance is arranged as a The artists are all Russians and moon since 1918. The trade of the province. Such a network of com-

series of ballets some of which are city will be badly affected, for munications will be a great con Kongmoon is the key port for tran- interests, but to all sections of the suurus! and very attractive and To-day: Richard. Dis and Esther venience not only to commercial accompanied by singing. The décor the same might be said of the cos shipment of cargoes to the interior public.

Ralston in a rollicking college tumes in which a desire to be. The first line will be between daring has been made primarily a

story The Quarterback”- of Kwangsung. Hong Kong.steam-

Canton and Hong Kong. It was ers go as far as Kongmoon and originally proposed to run a sub-

servant of art, not the other way Tomorrow and Wednesday: Harold round as is all too frequent.

Lloyd in "Hot Water." from this point the cargoes are un marine cable between the two ports,

The two chief dancers. Olga Thursday to Saturday:"Faris at loaded and transferred to sampane says the Canton Gazette, but lat-

terly the experts engaged on the Mangelie and Boris Seroff, give a

Midnight" with Lionel Barry and river junks for transhipment problem have been giving consider very fine performance in their more, Jetta Goudal, and Mary to the interior of the Province..

Brian. able attention to the possibilities Dance of the Mirrors and do which are the of using a land line. The pros several "stunts" and cons of both schemes are re perogative of only those who have "ceiving close consideration, and gone through long training is AMENDED PRISON RULES.

muscles absolutely there is still indecision as to which getting their scheme is the better." This will be under control. The chorus too is The Hong Kong Government the first line to be built, and all vary walk trained.

the attention of the staff is con-

CINEMA NEWS.

**THE DIVINE WOMAN?

Greta Garbo takes the leading

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The State will, however; re- cuperate itself to some extentTM for this huge outlay by the taxes they The audience last night were per

will derive from the products of the reclaimed land as they are Gazette announces the following centrated on this problem as it is haps a little affected by Christmas amendments to the local Prison desired to begin the construction leavo, but their high spirits and part in The Divine Woman," at gradually, laid under cultivation. as early as possible rather over enthusiastic applause the Queen's from Thursday to A considerable portion of the Rules and Regulations;

Other lines that have been plaudid not disconcert the artists, a Saturday next.

4,471,000 acres to be reclaimed will Increased Agricultural Production. claimed districts in North Italy showed an income for the Finance Rule No. 230 has been rescinded nedwill connect. Canton with though they prevented their voices Produced by Victor Seastrom, the be under cultivation long before the and substituted by the following: Kongmoon, on

Statistics of past land reclama Ministry of only 413,000 lire, while the West River, from being heard to advantage.story tells the adventures of a 14 years have expired, with great Buch measurements, finger with Hoihow on the island of However Christmas comes but once French actress who, tired of the benefit to the national economy and tion schemes in Italy show the nor to-day they amount to 855,000,000 prints, marks, and particulars of Hainan, and Bhiuhing, also on the a year and no one really minds if favours shown to her by wealthy the Ministry of Finances, which mous increase in agricultural pro lire

duction. Before the reclamation This scheme of any kind, shall be taken, on ad- West River. Each of these three the men are like the good-natured admirers, returns to her first love, will draw taxes from them. mission or at any other time, as cities is the distributing centre for children of last night,

a deserter from the French Ariny. On unreclaimed land the State schemes in North Italy were effect-reclamation is Lars Hanson, the distinguished at present draws in various taxes ed, the agricultural production to be one of the most ambitious and Swedish actor plays this part and lire L20 los every hectare, When amounted to 137 million lire. To extensive plans so far advanced by it is said that he here gives the the land is reclaimed and under day it totals 1,050 million lire. In best performance of his career, cultivation the State will benefit to the same way before reclamation, Signor Carpi's Parisian Revue "the extent of Lire 189 per hectare; the figures for live-stock were will appear during the 9.20 per- these figures are based on previous 103,000, while the returns at pre-

sent show. 241,000, 1/ Continued on next Columnformances in a complete 'change of reclamation schemes.

The tax returns for the same re (Continued on next, Column).

the Superintendent shall direct." its respective district, and Carpi's Parisian Revue is certain To Rule No. 28, the following tremendous volume of trade isly worth seeing and we hope that has been added "Upon the re handled at each port.

they will pay another visit to Hong lease of any prisoner by reason of The Provincial Government Kong, remission "earned by him, his sen- Council has given its approval to There is a complete change of tence or cumulative sentences, be these schemes, and every effort, is programme on Tuesday and again the case may be, shall be deemed to be made to push forward realia on Thursday.

tion of these plans,

programme.

Integral

Mussolini, and its effect on the

future of Italy can easily be im agined. Though the entire project will take 14-years to carry out results will begin to appear within even three or four years