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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1930.

CENTRAL THEATRE. ROUND THE COURTS. BUILDING ON SAND.

OPENING THIS AFTERNOON.

PRE-VIEW FOR THE LOCAL

PRESS...

Through the courtesy of the man- agement, members of the Press were invited to a pre-view of "The Love Parade" at the Central Theatre yesterday, and our representative, who was present, writes that he was very favourably impressed with the sound production, the film itself, and last, but not the least, the building.

There was a little dalay at the start of the exhibition, but the audience was soon put in good humour with a "eat" comedy, fol- lowed by Paramount's News Reel, both of these being sound filma. Of the "main" item, our repre- sentative writes:-

The story opens in Paris, where Count Alfred (Maurice Chevalier) is the military attache of the small kingdom of Sylvania, and whilst in the midst of a party given at his Hat, he receives a message to the effect that owing to his scandalous behaviour with women, the Queen of Sylvania (Jeanette Macdonald) demands his immediate return to his own country.

A' DISHONEST EMPLOYEE.

A Chinese employce of a firewood dealer's shop in Kowloon City was charged before Mr. T. S. Whyte- Smith at Kowloon Magistracy yes- terday with stealing $400 and a quantity of jewellery valued at 8130 from his master's shop. Another man and a woman were also charged with receiving stolen property.

It was stated that the defendant stole the money and jewellery dur- ing his master's absence and, dividing the loot between the other two defendants, made an attempt to leave the Colony, but were arrested on boarding the Canton steamer. The master of the shop suspected, that the defendant had stolew the money and that he would attempt to return to his native village. He therefore, informed the police, who waited for the defendant at the Canton wharf..

The first defendant was sentenced to five months' hard labour, the second defendant to two months' hard labour and the woman was fined 850.

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BIRD'S NEST PILLAGED...

The defendant was arrested by an Indian constable, who noticed two men loitering under the tree and later saw one of the them climb the tree and hand three birds to the man on the ground.

The defendant, in answer to the Magistrate, said that he wanted the birds because they were known as Lam Ngan Hex and renowned for their singing powers.

A young Chinese was fired 85 or seven days' hard labour for destroy- There the Queen receives him, and, ing a bird's nest and stealing three after reproaching him for his con-young birds at the junction of duct, she is fascinated by this youngMiddle and Nathan Roads. man, and asks him to have dinner alone with her in her apartment. The unal thing happens, and so taken with this charming young officer is the Queen, that she falls in love with and marries him.

Complications then set ia, as after the marriage the young count realises that the very fact that he is the husband of a queer does not give him a lot of happiness, and the climax is reached when he re- fuses to obey her command, one night, to accompany her to the opera and threatens to divorce her. The queen then goes to the opera alons, and, after a while, she is sur prised to find that her husband has made his appearance in the royal box, after all, and he is greeted by loud and prolonged cheers from the audience:

He begins immediately to act in an independent manner, making comments on the dancing and the dancers, and commanding the qucea to smile and appear in the best of humours, just as she used to com- mand him.

The police officer in charge of the case remarked that one of the three birds had died, but the other two had been returned to their nest. marked that he thought that it He produced the dead bird and re- looked like a pigeod. It was too small to tell its real species.

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POLICE LAUNCH ROBBED.

Charged with stealing a quantity of Manila rope and larceny of $5 from the pocket of one of the crew's clothing, a cook, engaged on board the No. 3 Police launch, was before Mr Whyte-Smith yesterday..

Two other boatmen were also charged with receiving stolen pro-

perty.

The case

was adjourned until next week, it bring stated that Mr. J. M." Remedios would appear for the two boatmen

DUTIABLE WINES.

When they return home, Count Alfred, occupies a separate room, but the queen follows him and pleads with him not to leave her again. She finally succeeds in enticing him back to her bedroom after following him back to his own room, and promising to go to Paris

A man and two women, com- with him. After pleading, with prising the crew of a sampan, were him, she agrees that she will be a charged with possession of 408 wife to him and obey him in all gallons of dutiable wine and 24 things, giving him full power in the gallons of diluted spirits of wine, kingdom.

The picture starts off with a that the defendants were alleged to on board their boat. It was stated swing. There is tot a dull moment have been making adulterated throughout, and we thoroughly re-liquor on board their boat, and also commend it. The screen settings to have been in possession of S06 and all technical details are of the false labels highest standard. Special mention must be made of the sound pro-bail of 81,000 each to appear on The defendants were remanded on duction, which is excellent..

Saturday, June 21.

The Building.

The building. which is of ̈ re-.

inforced cemeat, concrete through-

SOME REMARKABLE TESTS.

"SAFETY FIRST" ON PRAYA

EAST.

"A few days ago a representative of the Daily Press made a tour round the reclamation along Praya East" with a view to noting any recent developments. On arrival at the end. of Arsenal Street the

changes which have taken place since the area left the hands of the reclamation contractors a year or so go make the place almost un- recognisable. A new town has already sprung up.

One is inclined to wonder how

it has been possible to make solid and safe foundations for suck mas- sive blecks of buildings on soil which has been dumped to depths

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On subsequently visiting the B.A.T. FACTORY IN

of twenty feet or more only yester-offices of the Hong Kong Engineer-

HONG KONG.

day, as it were. Walking along the ing and Construction Co., Ltd., our representative was received by Mr. many wide new roads with billiard- À, R. F. Raven, the works INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

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in all stages of construction.

Every one is apparently being constructed on the most modern methods, viz., reinforced concrete frame, floors, roofs and stairs with brick panel walls supported by the framing.

A Mystery.

Passing along Lockhart Road (in the vicinity of O'Brien Road and Fleming Road) our representative's attention was attracted by what appeared to him to be a stack of steel rails, apparently balanced upon a central” pivot. Curiosity aroused, further

AT PRAYA EAST.

to the meaning of the various stacks of rails seen during his travels, j which turned out to be a weight of EARLY OPERATION EXPECTED. 100 tons resting on, top of a con. erete pile in order to test the carry- ing capacity of the Franki' concrete pile.

Severe Testa.

The sole authorised licencees for the driving of Franki piles in China are the Hong Kong Engineering and Construction Company, our re- presentative was informed."

We have been informed by the British-American Tobacco Company, Ltd., that their subsidiary company, the British Cigarette Company, are opening a factory in Hong Kong in the very acar future-probably at. the beginning of next month,

The factory is situated on the water front on the new Praya East In this pile the first one you Reclamation, and machinery for have driven on Fraya East 1 " asked | manufacturing cigarettes is now in process of being installed by an expert foreign engineer from the head office of the company in Shanghai. The new factory man- ager is due to arrive in Hong Kong about a week's time.

investigations our representative. naturally followed. Finding only "No, all the buildings you have

around a few curious red marks more steal rails and chunks of metal seer on the new reclamation "are оп built on Franki piles," was the

"Then why do you want to make test now Has there been an in- stance of settlement!"

a neighbouring house-wall and a reply- signboard merely indicating that the building was to be erected on Fraaki piles driven by the Hong Kong Engineering and Construc tion Company, our representa- tive decided to enquire at the frat opportunity what the steel rails were for. Making a mental note to this effect, he pushed on, passing more rows of houses, gen- erally on the south side of the road, mostly completed and many already occupied.

Here are town of Chinese flats, with shops on the ground, floors-- all alike, the only thing to vary the monotony, being a few vacant or built-on spaces; here and there a temporary truck-store, godown or garage, or stacks of coal and build- ing material. "

Plio-Driving, Coming to a few cross-roads fur- ther east, operations of a different Find were noticed. Again the board of the Hong Kong Engineering, and Construction Company was in evi- dence, but here was a. machine at work which was, so our ton technical representative guessed, a machine. Workmen,

GAMBLING IN HARBOUR. was designed by Messrs. For conducting a gambling school Palmer & Tufter, architects, and on board the .s. Seistan in mid-pile-driving

out,

the walls, stairs and roof are built barbour, a Chinese was fined 825 were dropping barrow-loads of con- of fire-resisting materials. The by Mr. Whyte Smith. It was stat theatre is equipped with two Sim-ed that the gambling frequently led plex machines of the latest design, to fights and that the defendant and the sound equipment was in had gone on board purposely to atalled by the Western Electric conduct a gambling school. Company being the same sa thoss used in all the leading theatres in the United States, England and the Continent,

STOLEN COPPER" FROM DOCKS.

crete into the open end of a tube projecting a foot or two above the ground. The machine was con tinually lifting and dropping a huge iron hammer down the tube on to the concreto,

The Jardine Engineering Cor-

Passing furtheroastward is poration supplied the fire-fighting. A Chinese was fined 85 or seven noticed the rapid progress being appliances and the Rok covering for days hard labour for attempting

the roof, while Messrs. Dodwell & to steal a quantity of copper from made on all sides with the develop Co. supplied the two roomy Way the Kowloon Docks. The defendant ment of this big reclamation scheme. Good-Otis lifts which run from the was stated to have been a former The district has to he traversed on ground floor to the operating employes at the Docks; and that it

"It is being done because the building authorities are not satisfied that our piles will carry the loads which are being put on them. The pile we are testing has been select ed by the Building, Authority" at random from amongst the several we have driven and no" case of settlement has been reported.

"How many buildings are built on these piles in Hong Kong?".. "I have not the particulars to

hand. The number of piles driven by us is 6,236 in Hong Kong and Kowloon, and 1,648 on the Praya East." ***

Huge Daily Outpat, "When a Daily Press representn- tive visited the factory, the work of assembling and erecting the plant was proceeding briskly. Five cign rette-making machines have already arrived, each capable of producing (according to the Chinese engineer. in charge) 1,200 cigarettes per minute, which means that in a ten- hour working day the five machines can produce over 2,000,000 cigarettes: a day..

The erection of a factory in Hong Kong has been contemplated by the British-American Tobacco Company for some time, and is in line with their big expansion policy; the re- What is the largest buildingsult of which are evidenced by the erected over these piles 1"

"In Hong Kong and Kowloon the Peninsula Hotel!!

Have these piles always proved satisfactory?",

?

"No complabits whatever have at any time been received from any of our clients."

"When is the loading of the test pile to be completed ↑ "' '

An Enormous Load. "We are required by the building authority to put seventy-five per cent. over the calculated load-175 tons altogether."

"That seems big load. How many tons did you say were on the pile now?".

"One hundred, and there has been no settlement. Ten tons per

day are added, after which the level of the pile is checked by ourselves and the architect (Mr.

huge factories they have built in Shanghai, Tientsin, Hankow, Mak- den and latterly in Singapore, where many millions of cigarettes are manufactured daily for the local markets. The tobacco used. is grown on the company's own. plantations throughout the East, the district producing by far the greatest quantity being in Shantung province.

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The B.A.T. factories in China give employment to thousands of Chinese, and the new, factory in, Hong Kong will doubtiens provide good livelihood to some hundreds of the Colony's workers.

THE “ MIDNIGHT ” POSTMAN.

ALARM DRIVES OFF ARMED BOBBERS.

After successfully gaining

theatre on the top-floor, and Hope's was very difficult to detect a dis- foot in order to gain an idea of B. Gibson) and the Building entry to a house in Shaukiwan by

steel casements for the windows. missed workman, who mixed up the The marble work was entrusted to among the 1,000 odd men leaving Vannini, and Lee Yus Kee looked the Docks at noon. after the sanitary fittings, tiles and brass work,

On the dome, which is over the auditorium, is a painting depicting The upper circle on the second floor the scenes of one of Mei Lan Fang's a designed to hold 384 people, and (the celebrated Chinesoactor) | one pleasing factor in this is that favourite acts, Tin Nui San Fa, the it does not have the operating literal translation of which is theatre on the same floor, this room "Fairy

Distributing Flowers." This, as well as all the other mural paintings, was carried out by Tai San.

Beating Accommodation

The theatre high it divided into

of over 1,100. On the ground floor are the back and front stalls, and hare 600 seats are laid out, and one

immense area.

Authority.

a ruse, two armed robbers beat a "It must cause great delay in hasty retreat when an alarm was Here also was another pile-driving building operations to carry out

raised. machine being rigged up for one these tests?"?

At about 2.30 .m, on Wednesday, ALP Li Bal Ping, who wins then asicop more big job.

Quite so. At least two months, in her room in Taikoo Street, was Road Improvements.

including preparing the pile load swakened by a knock on the door. On the pretext that he had just Leaving the Praye and proceedinging, and cutting off the pile head arrived from the country and that towards Causeway Bay a busy scene and capping the pile...

he had brought a letter from Ng Tai Cheung, the woman's husband, a man outside asked to be ad- mitted.

The woman opened the door for the stranger to enter. Another man, with a revolver, also followed him into the house.

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being situated yet another floor of road improvements was observed. What are the red triangles I higher.gad

The widening and straightening of noticed on the near-by wall 1-"! There is a waiting room on the street, making it into à 100 ft. They are the fixed levels from ground floor, and this may be con- verted into a restaurant as may be road, means that old cables have to which the level of the pile cap is required

be removed and new ones laid; checked." Eash Beer haz útalno independwalungan water piper core were who mimod wondered he the shoots at them

intruder the ganarelicutedas minute detail has been carefully and replaced in new positions are formed tint a load of robbers. The alarm was taken considered so far as patrons com- Trenches and holes all over the tons has been resting on the pile fort is concerned..."

floor higher is the dress circle, The theatre is opening this after where 422 persons can be seated. noon, and bookings.ars at Ander (Continued at foot of next column).. son's or the theatre.

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up by two other occupants of the

place, steam rollers, pile-drivers, for a period of one week and that groups of workmen, tramway-em the total settlement is only one ployees fixing poles and rails.. inch.

fear.

The two men hurriedly escaped, and did not take anything away with them.