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ENTERTAINMENT IN THE OPEN ·AIR.

SATURDAY, JUNE 22nd.

THE HONG KONG

JUNE DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY,

20, 1929.

THE POLICE COURTS.

STREET FOUNTAIN SQUABBLES.

AT THE CENTRAL

BRACISTRACY.

"If you quarrel, you won't be able to get water." Mr. Hamilton said yesterday to two men, who were charged with fighting at a street fountain. He bound the mea over in personal bonds of $50.enel, and reminded them that the settle ADMISSION ONE DOLLAR |ment of their differences in a more

at 9.15 p.m.

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friendly way would prevent the time wasted in Court, which minimised their chances of getting water that

day,

ATTACK ON OLD MAN.

SHOT THROUGH THE NECK.

ALLEGED ROBBER CAUGHT BY SANITARY COOLIES.

SOUND PICTURES IN CORPORAL HENDRY

THE EAST.

RAPID DEVELOPMENT.

IN SINGAPORE WITHIN EIGHT

MONTHS.

A sensational development St A Chinese was charged before

sound pictures in the East in the Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith at Kowloon immediate future was predicted by Mr. Frank W. Chamberlin, Ear Magistracy yesterday with com-

Eastern attempted armed

representative of the

6lm plicity in an

malicious Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer highway robbery and

Detective-

terests, in an interview with a injury to an old man.

Straits Times representative. Inspector Fallon, prosecuted and defendant pleaded not guilty.

IN COURT.

JJ

FURTHER K.O.S.B. COURT

MARTIAL EVIDENCE.

MUDDLED ACCOUNTS AND

DEFICIENT "CHEQUES.

· Lt. Col. E; C. A. Ashley, the Army Audit Staff, Assistant Finan the" China Com cial Adviser to in-

mand, gavo evidence at vesterday's sitting of the Court Martial upon Major Ogilvy, K.O.S.B., who is facing charges of negligence while carrying out the duties of President of the Regimental Institute. The case is a sequel to the Corporal

the East anywhere. Since then rounts revolver shot and turning,

Outlining the case, Inspector Fallen said that at about 4.30 p.m. on May 17 several Sanitary coolies were returning home to Huagham by the path along the railway line through King's Park. Suddenly na ANOTHER TONG WAR." "

eld man who was, about 70 yards away called out Dar Kip-armed Two whole families" appeared berubbery. His cries were followed

by a fore His Worship on a similar charge. It appeared that in this around the coolies saw two men The coolies had noticed case there was actually a free fight running. at the fountain, and one of the par- the two men, one dressed in white ties produced a tattered piece of and the other in black, squattidy

the roadway. YONSIGNEES of Cargo are herebclothing as proof of the ferocity of

informed that all Goods are being the other opposing " army," landed at their risk into the hazardou and/or extra bazarilous Godowns of th

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The Magistrate, after glancing at the cag: It must have been givenne and to a dog to bite."

Both parties were bound over

IT WASN'T TRUE.

A previously adjourned case in which a woman was charged with using foul langage to a constable was then heard. The woman had accused the constable of treating her unfairly and kicking her buckets. he also said that in the charge an inspector had thrown room a book at her. The Feliv were ordered to investigate the matter and yesterday reported that the woman's story was antru

A fine of $95 was imposed

·OPIUM SMUGGLERS' TRICK

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The two men ran down to the Railway track, and then along the into the fields. The coolies followed and saw the fugi tives disappear into some bushes. They did not follow but decided to run on to Waterloo Road and inter cept the men. It would appear that the men ran bebind the bushes the to change their clothes, us coolies recognised the defendant as he came on to the road wearing only a singlet and shorts. chased him and caught him g Liberty Avenue, Lomuntin. being arrested, defendant told the cookies that he had changed his clothes and he was taken to the bush, where they found the two suits previously worn by the defent dant and the other man, who inci- dentally, had got away. Searching the white clothes, which defendant said were his, a card bearing his name and a photograph of himself were found in his pockets. He was taken to the Police Station where he was charged.

"

In Hospital 17 Days.

Ou

Mr. Chamberlin is closely in touch with the cinema entertain ment business in Japan, China, the Philippines, Burma, India and Ceylon, and he is enthusias tie over the possibilities of the sound picture in these countries.

***Last July," he said, "there Hendry affair, the corporal having was not A sound installation in been sentenced recently on two

of misappropriating

the there have been fire installations af Western Electric standard ap-funds" of the Instilute. paratus in "India and seven

Lt. Col. Ashley said the hooks of are now on order. There have been four complete installations in the P.R.I did not contain a com- Japan, and another seventeen have been ordered. Two have been installed in China, and I have just placed an order for fire additional installations for Hong Kong Amusements. Ltd. Manila has none at present, but to my knowledge two have been ordered, and are wanted as quickly as the equipment can be got."

more

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plete abatement of acequate. Ten cheques produced in Court were not entered in the books and could therefore be regarded as deficient cheques. Witness was understood to say that more frequent and com Pete audits might have brought the irregularities to light at a "I hope to see a sound installa earlier date. He also gave in tion in Singapore within the next eight months." Mr. Chamberlinstances of cheques having been added. I am working on plans received and accredited to the now with local interests for bring wrong account. „ ing in apparatus of the most modern type It is costly. but it has been

theatres found that

Prisoner Gives Evidence, Looking pale and ill, Hendry, which install apparatus of the who is undergoing

a term of mili right type, and which secure for presentation pictures made by tary detention, gave evidence alter companies corapetent to produce tiffin He said he received no. sound pictures, very readily re

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when he first took over the post twelve months.'

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defendant would have been allowed to pass. The Court was puzzled as to how the opium had been secreted within the sides of the basket as the rattan showed no trace of hay ing been split and the weaving de

after which date they cannot be re-sign was unbroken.

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conservative estimate there "No, sir." replied Hendry in a must be 3,000 theatres with this | faltering tone, I am all right.”. equipment, and that development Continuing his evidence, witness had taken place within the last said that before Sergt. Wylie was twelve months,

transferred from the P.R.I.'s office. "Are they showing nothing but Major Ogilvy asked witness if he 'talkies' the interviewer asked. could do the work by Himself and That will never come to pass," was told by witness that he could, **and. Hendry said he had heen shown. Mr. Chamberlin replied, when you

say talkies' I may "quite thoroughly" how the ac point out that that is a very in-counts were kept by Sergt. Wylle. appropriate term for what should Explaining his aratem of keeping be called synchronised or sound accounts, witness said that when a pictures. The so-called 'talkies' bill was to Be" paid, he wrote out are dialogue pictures, and they the body of a cheque and sent it are a very small percentage of the for signatare, together with the sound pictures now being made. bill, to the P.R.I. When the check The synchronised picture is a had been signed, witness sent it

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A careful search was made, revolver had not been found. The bearing was adjourned.

CHINESE MURDERED.

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ing the production of the picture or during the final stage of the cutting of the negative the appro He could not remember having. priate music and sound effects are

even a list of regular payments to scored into the picture, so that be made each month. If a cheque you get perfect synchronisation. was received at the P.R.I.'s office There are also semi-dialogue pic

it was put in the safe if the P.R.I tures where, in the crucial scenes,

was present. This was not always. the audience, hears the actual the case, however, nor did witness voices instead of reading the always pass cheques on to Major Charies Hong. a Chinese baker words on the screen. All-dialogue Ogilvy. He did not always inform and storekeeper st Barcaldine, pictures are few and far between.' accused when he returned to the Brishane, was found almost done Mr. Chamberlin thought that office that money had been received to death in the shop recently in there would be a demand for during his absence. which he lived alone. His head dialogue pictures from the The case was adjourned until this had been frightfully battered with English-speaking communities in some blunt instrument. He died a the East, and be believed that The defendant denied offering a few hours after admission to hos; sound pictures pure and simple bribe and called a witness who was pital. Hong was a very quiet and would have enormous popularity sitting in the car at the time of unassuming

Robbery is with non-English-speaking. au- long-drawn-out kissing in the Oc- the alleged offence to give evidence. thought to have been the motive diences. "In fact, he predicted cidental manner, but they are now A Mira. Colman that the number of installations taking a broader view of Western believe this witness, and told In- went to the back door of the shop now in use or on order would be customs and their attitude has en- His Worship, however, refused to for the murder. spector Nicols to draw the attention on the night of the murder. and. doubled within the next eighteen tirely changed. The only censor ship in China is in Shanghai, and of the Captain Superintendent of opening it saw Hong lying on the months.

A Revelation 1

that is well handled. Police to the practice made by floor in a pool of blood. Sho

Is it true that Continental- drivers of public ears of carrying screamed, and a man immediately When the interviewer pointed tonts with them, who went up as rushed out of, the shop, nearly

'out that the only synchronised made films of a highly undesirable witnesses for the driver whenever Irnocking her down in his haste.

are being shown in China?" was another question, he was summoned.

Mrs. Colman then ran for the police. pictures hitherto scen in Singa character

pore had been exceedingly. had, They found the safe open. In it Mr. Chamberlin said that the pic-

"Not now as much as three Mr. Chamberlin re- was £100 in cash.

tures produced several years ago years ago,"

The public is getting were merely made as novelties and plied. he agreed that they had created a more discriminating, thus elimi prejudice among people who had nating the market for pictures of low moral tone, and I think very not seen the latest productions.

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Co-Operating With the Censor. grating and excess resonance that were so unpleasant in the old pro-

Mr. Chamberlin emphasised that modern sound picture, correctly ductions One has only to hear a

it was the policy of his company to cooperate with the local cen- made, and projected with proper sorship authorities to the best of apparatus, to realise that sound their ability. We realise the has come to stay in the cinema, local dificulties and problems,” he So far Malay has seen nothing added, and we carefully select that could be referred to as the pictures we send to the East. sound picture, and when you to Of course, we make mistakes some- see one I think that it will be a times, but I am glad to say that

out of forty picturea sent Singapore by our company dur The British Censorship.

ing the past nine months only The interviewer.aked.

CENBOT," Chamberlla where he found the three bave been banned by the strictest censorship in the East.

Another interesting point' men- That is hard to say," he re- 1:48 pm-Weather report.

Mr. J. M. Remedios defended and

plied. I think it is most rigid tioned by Mr. Chamberlain was Te, and the preference of certain Asiatic 3.30 to 6.30 p.m.-Programme of

unfair countries for certain "stars," but Calcutta, but it would Chinese music.(Beka records sup produced a quantity of the material

in Hong Kong, Singa

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to say. that it is strictest in these he thought that in ciation, Ltd.)

places for the simple reason that elsewhere, there was an increasing. 7.46 p.m.-Evening weather re-premises and was clean, ns it came

straight from the factory. He was there two hours before defend it is governed by local conditions. tendency among cinema-goers to very look less at the name of the "star" 8 pm Evening programme off would have it for his poison to His Worship bound both pat Grosorship in Japan was Chinese music relayed from The Bay whether it came within the ties over for their future good bufer up to a year-agy partkila and age that of the company

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During the afternoon sitting the Bir. Hamilton's proceedings in

It was stated for the prosecution. Court were disturbed by the chirp that the Medical Otheer of Health ings of birds outside the Victoria wanted all offensive trades to be Gaol. The previous day, the peace confined to one particular arca... of the Court had been interrupted The hearing was adjourned for by the noise of workmen employed

one week, his Worship intimating inside the gaol on constructional that Mr. Remedios' contention was work. Though hardly able to make

a matter for argument, and that it himself heard against the birds, would be necessary for the prosecu Mr. Hamilton was heard to observe tion to give evidence that the to a police official. "It seems that materials were dangerous to public there is no peace in this Court health. First it is the birds inside the gnol and then it is the birds outside."

WHAT IS AN OFFENSIVE

TRADE?

"WHO. STARTS THESE

FIGHTS 1

At Kowloon Magistracy a young A Chinese was charged before Chinese woman was fined 85 by Mr. Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith at Kowiącn T. S. Whyte-Smith for fighting with an old woman at a street fountain. Magistracy with carrying on an offensive trade without a licence Defendant admitted the offence. by selling cotton waste and remn- In reply to bis Worship's query that ants of singlets made at the KnittingI don't suppose we shall ever find Factories.

out who starts these fights." abe stated that she had gone to draw water when complainant arrived with six others and attempted to push her out. The complainant had a different story to tell, that she

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