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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20th, 1929.

CANTON'S ELECTRIC ANOTHER CANTON

SUPPLY.

FEWER BREAKDOWNS NOW.

PRICES AND TAXES LOWERED.

[FROM OUR CANTON CORRESPONDENT.].

CANTON, February 19th. The electricity supply at 'Canton is now practically normal in the

FIRE.

11 HOUSES - DESTROYED,

STARTS IN ENTERTAINMENT

MATSHED.

(FROM OUR CANTON CORRESPONDENT.)

CANTON, February 19th. There was another big fire on Monday afternoon, in Sai Kwan, eleven 'buildings being burnt out.

AT THE CANNON'S

MOUTH

ON

LIUCHOW.

▼ APPROVAL BY THE AMBITION OF

THE AD.C.

TRIUMPH OF A SMALL CAST.

AMAZING ACCIDENT TO CANTON YOUTH.

PENALTY OF ABSENT, MINDEDNESS.

DRAWING ROOM PLAY THAT ** NEEDS ́ ́ACTING.""

TO BE THE HANKOW OF 'SOUTH CHINA.

KWANGSI EXPOSITION

POSTPONED

The Hong Kong

Amateur (TROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.] Dramatic Company have struck out

in a new and ambitious direction

;

Nanning, Kwangsi.-The Kwang-

(FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENC

CANTON, Feb., 19th,

in their production of Fredericks Exposition which was to have A most extraordinary accident Lonsdale's "On Approval," which been opened in October this year centre of the city and breakdowns The fire, which lasted for "threoccurred on Monday at the top of was played to an enthusiastic bouse Two reasons are given for the delay, has been postponed to Jane, 1930. are comparitively "rare. But after hours, started in a matshed where Kuan. Tia Hill through a young at the Theatre Royal last night, for first, the fire of last October, which

New Year entertainments being given. The walls were hung with pictures, most of them ad-

several days' immunity from trouble lights went out on Monday for an hour and the cinemas had to close their doors and turn out their cus-vertisement posters, and there was

tomers.

man of getting in front of the the first time. Were

noon signal cannon just as it went off. The element of the ridiculous is not absent, but unfortunately na miniature cinema. The price to the effects were very nearly fatal. The outlying districts Fong Tsoon, see the show was only 4 cents and The young fellow was moving about Sai Tsoon, Shek Wai Tong. Five it attracted huge crowds. The shed the place in an aimless fashion, Eve Beldge and Hong Lok still have contained a large quantity of films, and when shouted to by the art the current cut off each night be- and celluloid plus matshed made a leryman in charge he took tween the hours of 8 and 10 and the terrific blaze. A panid ensued and notice. He was caught up by the Company says it needs generators the number of casualties is not yet great cloud of black smoke and sufficient to give an extra 1,000 kilo-known, but it is thought that no one burning fragments of the case, and watts before it can supply these was badly hurt. The place collap-burled down the bill. He was with suburbs at all hours

sed in a few minutes but by that a party of friends, and when they The Municipal Government has re-time had set fire to the adjacent rushed to help him they found him duced its tax from 14 per cent to buildings. 10 per cent of the gross takings

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of the Company In return the Company has been made to bring -down its unit price from 93 cents to 20 cents.

The net result to the consumer is a price of 92 cents per

kilowatt hour instead of 8 cents. The Municipality has long been saying that the prices were far too high and should be cut. The Company's reply was that pillering of current went on to such an extent that the prices had to be high. The Govern ment has helped the Company to bring

current thieves" to book and things are "better all round."

QUEEN'S REGT. BAND. BEAT RETREAT-

A MUSICAL TREAT.

An interesting ceremony took place yesterday afternoon on the Cricket Club ground. The 2nd Battalion the Queen's Royal Regi- ment are leaving Hong Kong for Malta on March the, nd, and this "Retreat" was, in a way, a formal leave taking of the Colony.

It was an extraordinarily, imprez sive performance and attracted a very large crowd. His Excellency the Governor (Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G.) Major-General Luard and the Hon. Mr. W. T. Southor, C.M.G., being among those who occupied reserved seats in the pavi lion Many people who were un able to gain admittance to the Club ground took up their stand on the higher level of the Murray Parade Ground from whence they had a good view of the proceed

ings.

The programme, which included marches, a galop, and a popular waltz tune, besides the Retreat and an evening hymn, was well chosen and played, and will serve to keep green the memory of the Queen's.) long after they have carried their drums over the seas. The audience seemed to be most deeply impress ed by the series of drill exercises carried out while playing.

The "Retreat" itself, the centre of the programme, was perfectly played. The first verse of the hymn was given by the full band, the second by the wood-wind instru- ments, while the band took up the third verse again, and the evening bymn "The day thou gavest Lord is ended."

At the conclusion of the pro. gramme His Excellency the Gover

or thanked the Bandmaster.

ra

rather broad for

destroyed a large part of the town, and, wond, the famine which has been particularly bad in the Liu- chow district.

"On Approval" is a very modern drawing room comedy, with a cast of only four persans, two in early

However, the delay means that middle age and none of them very pleasing characters. The theme, the Exposition will probably be on marriage with certain limitatione,& more elaborate scale than was on approval for a month before the expected, and a syndicats in Shang- hai has been given a contract to ceremony, is not so startling now build several exhibition buildings. as it was when the piece first ap- In the long run the great Are may peared on the London boards, but not be such a bad thing for Liu- the language used by the players is chow. Scores of modern buildings Hong Kong are going up on the area in the although it appears to be what Southern part of the city which Shaw's "Clara Eynsford Hill" suffered most including a called "the new small talk," at house and a number of European Amateur companies generally de-style residences. What is hoped in The Fire Brigade got to the outburnt that they did not know the pend on a fairly large cast and to make. Liuchow for the South of bank as quickly as it could and was extent of his injuries. He was plenty of pretty trocks and pretty China what Hankoy is for Central hard at work till 5 p.m. before the

faces to all the theatre; for every flames were out. The police quickly rushed to the Municipal Hospital one who has a part, even if it only China. When the roadway gystem drew a cordon round the area and where he remained unconscious till means one entrance and some half now contemplated in South China prevented either panic or looting,

dozen words, can be relied on 'to' The damage is put

at neatly the following morning. His condisce that his or her friends come is completed it will be possible to $40,000. A few months ago there. tion is still serious but the doctors that part of the city, in which expect him to recover. several lives were lost,

was an even more serious fire in

TRAMWAY SCRIP CASE.

MORE EVIDENCE. OF THE POLICE TRAP.

DEFENDANTS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.

A committal

the March

Criminal Sessions of the two de fundaats. Chan Fuk and Pun Pai. concerned in the share scrip case was made by Major C. Willson at the Central Magistracy yesterday afternoon.

unconscious and so blackened and

Home.

club...

to applaud, and a good deal of travel from Liuchow to the lead- latitude is usually accorded by the ing cities of Yunnan, Kweichow, audience if the entries and exits are Hunan, Kwangtung and, even to not all they should be.

RAILWAYMEN'S NEW YEAR the play.

BONUS.

ANGER AT GOVERNMENT'S MINOR ECONOMY.

(FROM OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT {

CANTON, Feb., 19th. Keen dissatisfaction is being felt by the railroad workers of the Canton-Hankow, Canton-Kowloon and the Canton-Samshui Railways over the authorities' refusal to give them an extra month's pay as

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Nobody minds because they are Indo-China by ̈way" of Lungchow more interested in the players than and Langson. Since the opening But when the whole responsibility of the motor road between Liuchow lies in the hands of four people the and Kweilin trade between Liuchow conditions approximate more close and Wuchow has been facilitated, ly to the professional stage, especial and Wuchow is the gate to the ly in a play in which there is little action and the hope of giving Canton and Hong Kong markets. "an air of vorisimilitude" depends Liuchow is itself a big centre of the almost entirely on stage person timber and wood-oil trade ality,

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Hatzing Activities,

"On Approval" is not such a good play as either: The last of

Nanning has just opened a tennis Mrs. Cheyne or

The Sport of club with General Wong Shiu Kings also by Lonsdale, which have been very successfully given Hung, Chairman of the Kwangai by the A.D.C. The fact that it had Administrative Council, as one of & long run in London of some the playing members. Several mem fourteen months is no guarantes amateurs, and despite reassuring vice, the local staff of the Asiatic that it could be undertaken hy bers of the Chinese Custome Ser

memories of such ambitious pro Petroleum Company, and a number ductions 55 "St. Joon and

The two defendants are charged New Year gift. They have always Kismet" a good deal of doubt of local officiala bave also joined

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Further evidence of the arrest of the defendants at the office of a sharebrokers on January 18th, when the documents were alleged to have been passed to the buyer, was given by Crown witnesses.

...

Police Interpreter as the Buyar. "

Provincial Government and other authorities but the Government has so far made no reply.

General Chen Ming Shu's policy since he took office as the head of the Provincial Government, -- has been to economize wherever pos sible. It was decided to reduce the

railwaymen's, bonus by one half, and these protests are the result.

COUNTERFEIT COINS."

as felt it the A.D.O. could "pus and are anxious to improve the re That they did put it across

it across."

characterisation.

creation facilities of the town. The

tennis club has already begin a series of American tournaments.

On February 6th. the Provincia) Kuomintang hold its annual party- convention here, acoren of Delegates being present from the districts and

porary quarters of some of the delegates. One of the aims of the convention this year will be to secure closer co-operation between district party committees and the Provincial Government.

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under police orders Witness was MOULDS FOR COINING LOCAL fessional standarde, but happily etion of George, 12th Duke of

MONEY.

Ying Li Chay, police interpreter, who posed as the prospective buyer instructions, he visited the share- of the shares said that, acting under broker's office shortly before the time appointed to meet the seller. and the aharebroker's assistant, Ho Sik Hung, who was also working instructed by Mr. Lopes,to sit at the desk. At 1.43 p.m. the arcond defendant entered with the police informer and they proceeded at

Court once to close the deal. The defend- ant produced the scrip and transfer yesterday with possession deed, while the witness pulled out of moulds and materials for

and making calculations of the amount session two wallets and pretended to be coining local money pos

50.. of

counterfeit ten ive oent until Sergeant Whant entered the

cent pieces and 23 office and arrested the man.

pieces. Mr. F. H. Loseby appear When this was done witness said ed on behalf of the third and he went to the street and gave a fourth defendants who are husband signal to the detectives for the and wife arrest of the first defendant who was waiting outside.

Three men and a woman were charged before Mr. T. S. Whyte

Kowloon Smith at the

the

Of Mr. M. M. Maas' characterisa Bristol, the opposite might be said. When George is faced with the appalling thought that he is in truth the masculine counterpart of Maria, he becomes much more

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with possession and uttering of document, purporting to be a scrip received this bonus and see no for 500 shares in the Hong Kong reason why they should be refused Tramways, Ltd., and on a further this year. They argue that, as ail charge of conspiracy" to commit a the railway workers in north. Chins crime. At a previous hearing an as well as those of the Sunning amazingly well was proved by the official of the Company described Railway in Kwangtung get the constant laughter and applause last the document as a forgery which bonus, they should be treated the night. No word of the witty would have deceived the ordinary same. A petition has been sent to dialogue was lost and each member & convincing man in the course of business. the Canton Political Council, the of the cast gave

The burden of responsibility is so equally divided that there was no hope at all if one of the four the local hotels were so full that had failed or even lagged behind the dormitory of the First Middle the others. Mra, Cheyne and School had to be used as the tem-

Charles" carried "The Last of Mrs. Cheyne"

on their shoulders, sa. did to a large extent the three leading male characters in The Sport of Kings," but all four actors must be very good in "On Ap proval," or the whole thing fails.

These peculiar difficulties make it almost impossible to judge any pre- sentation of the play except on pro- cast stand in need of no kindness from the critic, and the technical stageeraft, lighting, scenery, etc are beyond criticism. Mra F. G. Hunt and ber cast are, in fact, to be heartily congratulated.

Maria Wislack the spoilt, sharp human. In the first act he is in- tongued and wealthy widow who clined to be a caricature rather makes all the trouble by inviting than a living person, but towards Richard Halton, who has loved her the end he becomes a character and all his life, to her "cottage" into a large extent replaces Richard Scotland for month, so that she and Marin as the centre of interest. There is, all through, a polish may find out whether she will like him as husband, is well played and an easy suavity about the Outlining the case. Detective by Eva Davidson. It is a difficult acting that is only found among Sergeant Brittain said that stole, as there is nothing likeable really clever and experienced play- Arrested Men's Houses Searched.

about 11.30 p.m. on January 28th about Maria, as poor Richard founders. The team work is extremely Sergeant Whant gave evidence of the police raided No. 78, Tu Chan out in less than the alloted mouth, good and you come away ready to observing the second defendant and Street, Shamshuipe. The first debut Eva Davidson made her a very discuss the thing on its merits Winter. the principal witness as they walk fendant was found in the rear living, personality, and one waited quite without the usual prelude of,

Very good for amateurs." ed up Ice House Street and dis- cubicle while the second defendant eagerly to catch the next cruelly

Cast and Management. witty remark which she would Koenig. appeared through the entrance to attempted to rush out of the house

make.

"On Approval " was produced by an office on the second floor. Wit- when the police entered and before.

The other lady, Helen Hayle, ie Mrs. F. G, Hunt, assisted by: (a) Danny From Bandon"

'ness's

hiding place had been dis that he was seen to throw some (b) Controversy Turpin closed to

a more pleasant character although M. M. Maas (General Manager), the principal witness thing out of the window. This was beforehand and he was given a retrieved and found to be moulds she, too, can say sharp things on E. I Wynne Jones (Stage Man

occasion Lucy Greensmith who ager), J. B. H. Doyle and J. B. All New Acts signal. A few minutes later he with impressions of 19 cent and 5

clever characterisation of Mrs. Marks (Assistant Stage Managers), went up to the office on the precent pieces Hong Kong currency.

Purdie" in The Sport of Kings" G. G. Stopani Thomson (Lighting), tence of having come to see Mr. Searching the cubicle the police will long be remembered, made her H. Davenport Browne (Business Miller. Lopes and found the documents found implements for making a rather pathetic figure with her Manager),

lying on the desk. Withers discounterfeit coins. The police also

love for the selfish young duke, and Gilbert, closed his identity a few minutes discovered 50 ten cent pieces and her tolerant affection for Maria.

later on receiving another signal 25 five cent pieces. A number of

Her acting was particularly inter Bergeant Fitches gave evidence of the coins were found on the first searching the second defendant's defendant when he was searched.

esting to watch in the latter part of the second and the third acts. house soon after the arrest, and, no-

There remain the two thing of an incriminating nature the Shamshuipo Police Station Richard, not over-bright, faithful was found. Later in the afternoon and later Sub-Inspector Hoare and romantis, and although he does witness found among the things made another raid on the premises not realise it, something of the Gounod. taken from a woman detained at the and seized some bottles containing selfish bachelor, Mr. B. L. Seton Yaumati Police Station a slip of liquids and powders. The third Wilton played him remarkably well, paper which bore particulars of the and fourth defendants, who were making this not very interesting scrip sapplied by the principal on the floor, were taken into cus person at times the centre of the witness to the first defendant. The tody.

stage, and always claiming the | woman was the wife of the fret

sympathy of the audience. He was The Duke of Bristol M. Mans. defendant

best in the first two acts, being not Itiehard Helton quite no convincing in his rebellion

The Programme.

The programme was as follows: 1--March, Combined

"The Extry of the

Gladiators

2.-March, Denma

Brown Eyes"

3.-Oslop, Band

"Post Horn "

4.Marches. Drums

3. Retreat, Combined

(a) Sounding of Retreat

Fucik,

(b) Risinge (The Blue-Room) (c) Bugle March “Georgia".

-Waitz, Band

"Ramona”

-Slow March, Combined

"Rule Britannia"

8.-March, Combined

Traditional.

"A Frangesa". Costs. 9--March, Combined

"The Soldiers Chorus,

(From Faust).

Erening Hyma

22:

The Day Thou Gavest." Regimental Marches

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(1) God Save the Queen (Old

Marcb),

(b) Braganza. God Bless the Prince of Wales. God Save the King

Two defendants were taken to

After further evidence had been given the third and fourth defen dants were discharged, the first and second defendants being re

The defendants declined to make any statements in answer to the charges and réserved their defence. manded.

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as he was in his humble adoration. Maria Wislack. (Continued on next Column) | Helen Hayle...

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