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LAWLESSNESS NEAR CANTON.

WHAMPOA KIDNAPPING CASES REPORTED.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.].

CANTON, Dec. 12, Bunditry and lawlessness appear to be rife in the vicinity of Can ton, notwithstanding the precau- tionary measures adopted by the "Man Tuan," or people's militia, in co-operation with the local au thorities.

Two more cases of kidnapping have been reported from Whampon, I miles ont of Canton city, in which farmera and boatmen were involved. A family of the floating population, while rowing their sam-

an off Whampoa Inst Wednesday night, suddenly met another craft esntaining a group of lawless marauders, all armed with revol.

vers and automaties. The sampan

"THE YEOMEN OF

THE GUARD."

ANOTHER PHILHARMONIC

SUCCESS.

WHERE THE PLAYERS EXCELL, AND SOME WEAK POINTS.-

ENTHUSIASTIC FIRST NIGHT AUDIENCE.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1930.

The scenery is entirely adequate, and could not be improved on. It s spacious and not too gloomy, but af the same time gives the sugges tion of grim enclosure,

The Players.

To take the ladies first. Dorothy Snowden Jones amg the Elsie May- nard music extraordinarily, woll, her strong and sympathetic voice being almost ideal for the part. She was not quite the sprightly gipas of many people's imagination, but she gave a very charming ren doring of a

very difficult role, Molly Portallion's interpretation Most of us have

a favourite

of Dame Carruthers is in the "true Chert and Sullivan opera, and

Bertha Lewis tradition, stately and Her antics when she while opinious differ widely as to dignified. the best of the series everyone finally led down her prey were agrees that The Yeomen of the contrast the more amusing and unexpected. Not that she clownod. even in her lighter She was, monente, conscions of the dignity of her position.. Her songs were extremely well snug and her fine contralto is a real asset to the

Guard" is one of the best. It is

also the most difficult to present antisfactorily, and there are always the inevitable inquiries "how will it be done," when an amateur society announces that it is staging "The Yeomen."

It must be said

at the outset that the Philharmonic

society.

Phoebe Meryll is the most difficult

CATHEDRAL.

St. John's Cathedral was the

and down in his heart he is con- PRETTY WEDDING AT THE temptuous not only of the "thought- less foole," but of Elsic who jilted him so easily. He would not kiss the hem of her dress, though he MR. B. M. WOOD-MISS K. ME

WEST. cannot help falling unconscious (and not dead) at her feet. Mir, Rowell's interpretation will probably get bet- ter with avery performance. It is good already, Were it not so it would be easy to dismiss it with a few platitudes. But the presenta tion has a freshness, like Mr. Brock's, performance of Shadbolt, that makes one think again about Jack Point.

Sometimes

scene of a very pretty wedding-yes- terday when Kathleen Margaret West, younger daughter of Mr. and Mra. F. J. West, of Wilrustone, Cheshire, became the bride of Mr. Ronald Mackay Wood, B.Sc., only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wood of Allmly Edge, Cheshire. The Rev. H. V. Koop; M.A. performed the ceremony.

The chorus did very well deed especially the warten,

The bride looked very charming thu Yemen were a little ragged in a dress of parchment satin, with and there did not seem quite the Limerick face train and net voil. sound volume of previous produc- he entered the Cathedral on the tions. But the drilling and dresses

arm of her father who gave her were good and the decorative effects away. She carried a bouquet of were delightful. There was plenty gladioli and was attended by the of intelligent bysplay, and everyone Misses Mory Eyal and Evelyn Bas- was glad to see the gallant com-kett who were dressed in old rose pink, and enrried bouquets f paay troop in

Mr. Minson's orchestra, was splen- | pretty Victorian posics. The didly in hand and contributed a full bride's mother wore a dress of grey It grorgette and lace. Mr. I. D. Lenox was "best man," whilst the groomsmen were Mr. C. Dudley Bartlett and Mr. J. E, Richardson. After the ceremony a reception was held at Repulse Bay Hotel, after which the happy couple ieft for their honeymoon, the bride's.

Occupante tried to get away, but Society desolved all doubts at the of the women's rôles, because of quota, to the general success,

bandits

without

The success. boarded the sampan, and, after Jansacking it, carried off the daughter of the family. Ah Dee, aged fist. The kidnappers made good their escape under tover of

darkness.

The matter was then reported to the police of Whampon.

The parents of the kidnapped girl received a letter from the bandita yesterday, demanding a

Best performance last night.. It.was a great triumph for the Society and For Mr. R. B. Davies, the producer. They had a good house, including H.E the Governor (Sir William Peel), Lady Peel and a large party from Government House. A full house makes a difference we all know, and an enthusiastic house is an equally important ingredient of recess, and, on these two scores there could be no complaint.

The Yeomen of the Guard" is one of the strangest of all dramatic pieces. Gilbert had a sarcastic wit and was a hard old man, Sullivan had ambitions to be a composer on the grand scale and turned out ap-many worthy works of that kind.

som of 8400 in Hong Kong.car- rency in addition to one dozen tins of cigarettes of the Three Castle brand, and a small quantity of prepared opium. Three days were given in which to bring the inngom to the bandits at an pointed spot.

Instead of complying with the demands the boatman took the let- irr to the Police Headquarters in Whampoa

On the same day another case of kidnapping occurred in Whampoa, this time ashore. A family consist. ing of a husband, wife and a son, were working in 2. sugar-cane field close to Yu Chu for when suddenly, a band of armed robbara After appeared on the scone. silencing the adulte with threats that they would be shot, the zon was carried-pff into the mountains.

The matter was also reported to the local police, but so far no cluo has been found.

"REDS" IN HAINAN.

PUNITIVE EXPEDITION SENT

FROM CANTON,

sin.

But for the Savoy operas, however, both men would by now be forgotten. Fate made them jesters-jesters of the type of Jack Point, the sensi

la "The tive, embittered artist. Yeomen" these odd partners were expressing themselves with a cerity and a personal feeling, care- fully eliminated from the other Gunty souflées of light opera. Jack Point is, one feels, the artists' own So "The Yeomen," with selves. its alternate tears and laughter, with real human beings and not fanciful stage figures for its pro tagonists, and with some of the most exquisite' trics and quartettes ever written, went straight, to the heart of British people.

Good Singing. The Philharmonic's production was a very satisfying one because the singing was good. We most of us have quite fixed ideas as to the ebaracters, taken from other pro- Arrangements are being made by sentations, and what one wants is the Canton Naval Headquarters to

to hear the music and be carried uppress the Communiste on Hai.back to the strange days of violence and romance, when the Yeomen of Dan Island.

The Communists, who were re the Guard, for the last time wore outly dispersed by marines, have the letters II.R. on their broad again become active and are now chests. It is the Tower of London thatening to attack Hoihow and that dominates the play; the place Kingshow. Naval headquarters re- that old Dame Carruthers loves and cently received a wire from the Phebe hates with an equal inten. Magistrate and merchants on the sity of passion. island requesting additional troops to cope with the menace.

Accordingly they have withdrawn the larger gunboata from various posts and these will be sent to the island under the command of Capt. Chen Ting, the Chief of Staff, Canton military headquarters have also dispatched troops to co-operate with the marines.

CHINESE ESTATES.

THREE LOCAL PETITIONS GRANTED.

"The screw may twist and the

rack may turn

And mea may bloed and men

may bura,"

If the title had not already been used in a semi-classic, the opera

would have been called "The Tower of London."

auce,

the delicate half-tones of character delineation. Here, verging on womanhood, in this sensitive girl, fearful of her gloomy surroundings, distracted by hor sudden love for Fairfax and pestered all the time by the saturing Shadbolt. She makes a slip and she must suffer. She is the feminine counterpart of Point. Nina Valentine played the part well. Her voice is clear, if not particularly strong, and while she might torrent her Assistant Tormentor a little more, in "Were 1 Your Bride," her acting is good. Phebe's generous care of Elxie Maynard in the Inst scene is well done and effective.

A word of praise must be given for the really lovely singing of Doris Beilby in the trio "Strange Adventure."

Three of the men, A. E. Stone, as the Lieutenant of the Tower, W. M. Burton as Sergt. Meryll and A. J. J. Brock as Wilfrid Shadbolt, give very perfect presentations.

never drowned the soloists and brought out fully all the fine man- ners of Sullivan's score.

Cast,

The cast was as follows:-

Sir Richard Cholmondely (Lt.

R.B.

of the Tower)...... A. E. Stone. Col. Fairfax (Under Sentence

of Death)..... D. M. Richards. Sergi. Meryll (of the Yeomen

of the Guard).... W. M. Barton. Leonard Maryll (his Son)

F. H. Neale. Jack Point (a Strolling Jester)

T. R. Rowell. Wilfred Shadbolt (Hxed Jailor

& Asst. Tormentor)

A. J. J. Brock. The Headsman... A. J. MacFayden. First Yooman G. R. Leib. Second Yeoman... A. L. Parsons. Citizen J. A. Shaw. Elsio Maynard (a Strolling

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REFUSED TO OBEY ORDERS.

PIRACY GUARD SENT TO GAOL.

For refusing to perform his duty on December 11, Tao Chun-li, (P.C. D. 170) a piracy guard, was alarged before Mr. Batters thio Kowloon Magistracy "ynterday.

Mr. W. le Bart Sparrow, A.B.P., prosecuting, said that the defendant was detailed for duty on board the s. Anking, but on arrival at the wharf, the defen- dant refused to go on board. He was isken back to the Police Sta tion, where he was asked three times to return to his post, but

he refused each time,

Dorothy Snowdon-Jones. Phoebe Meryl (Sergt. Meryl's

Daughter)... Nina Valentine. Dame Carruthers (Housekeeper

of the Tower). Molly Portallion. Kato (her Nie Doris Bielby, Elsie Maynard (a Strolling Player)

CHORUS OF YEOMEN OF THE Mr. Stone has just the correct GUARD.-J. W. Baldwin, I. J. gravity and dignity of a great Eng- Best, A. G. Brewer, C. G. A. Chris

tian, A Edward, R. C. Grant, th gentleman. He gives the neces-4. d. Jeffreys, J-Lamond, W. P. sary hint of pomposity with a de O'Reilly, A. Rushton, C. E. F.

CHORUS lightful naturatiam. The Sergeant Sayer and F. T. Smith.

OF CITIZENS.-Hilda

Replying to Mr. Butters, the do. sings well and is, again, entirely

Arnold, Molly Bedford, Kathleen adequate in his acting, Mr. Brock, Bonnington, Doris Bielby, Edith fendant said he did not like to of course, is up on the professional Booth, Rita Christain, Rita Cole: go to Singapore on piracy duty. standard. Generally Shadbolt is Catherine Crowther, Olive Daltiel, He preferred the Northern run, Sybil Dalziel, Bessie Gill, Evelyn nude a repulsive ogre and that Gray, Jean Groundwater, Esther and added that he bad asked the heightens the tragedy of Phæbe Hooper, Doris Hunt, Olive Jeffreys, Inspector

to put him on the Meryll and of the play generally, Mary Jones, Agnes Leib, Joves. Mr. Brock gives him a very distinct Looker, Mary Richards, Dorothy Shanghai route.

Defendant was sentenced to six Show Rose Shoosmith, Lydia fnacination, despite his gruesome Siggins, Doris Smith, Dolly Star-weeks' imprisonment. calling, and the odd turn of his ling. Almée Steele, M. Bell, D. torture chamber wit. It is quite a Buchanan, A. L. Cole, C. L. Cole, G. H. Fowler, H. "P. Morton, G. sprightly Shadbolt, who can laugh H. Russell, F. S. W. Smith and FOUR RUSSIANS CHARGED. and dnace and sing in his odd W. Stoker."

IMPRISONMENT AND THE moments, and his jealousy is no more terrifying than the same passion in ordinary mortals.

ASSISTANT HEADSMEN.-J. B. P.

Dixon and R. 8. Sansom..

EXPULSION.

Prompter, M Gill; Property Master, J. Dobson; and Wardrobe Mistress, Mra, M. M. Mather.

Three Russians named Michael Asst, Stage Manager, J. Dobson; Abramonich Priiskev, Baris Aarón Lighting E. Hanlon; Business Stoliaroff, and farsel Bodvín Giaz, Manger, H. J. Best; Programme

Scenery painted by Chaz Siu Nestereff, were before Mr. E. H. Advertising, Mrs. T. V. Harmon.burg, and a woman named Maric Fong from designs kindly lent by Williams at Central Magistracy, Mr. B. H. Charles.

yesterday ou the charge of entering Programme Ole arranged by the Colony on December 10 with | Kthleen Murphy.

out valid passporte. They all pleaded guilty.

These, it will be noticed, are the older me; the young sparks do not make so good a fist of it.

D. M. Richards, who plays Colonel Fairfax, sings very well, and that is the chief thing. But he is stiff as a lover, and hardly the debon- nair figure who won all hearts. He is good in the first act as the coa. demned prisoner, but he is far too for kind help in the production:

Thanks are due to the following. shy with Phobe, and his demon- The A. D. C., Daisy O'Keefe, W. stration of how he studied the S. Brower, B. T. Cunningham, J. ack, might be made tuere con-Reagh, G. Moore, W. C. Shields, O Grenham, J. W. Jefford, D. J. vincing.

M.B.E., and St. George's Society.

F. H. Neale. takes the small part of Leonard Meryll His make up is To return to last night's perform not robust enough, but with this the singing was decidedly changed and a little more confidence better than the acting. Justice was he will do well. The headsmen are done to the music, but full opportu. most impressive but the threo nity was not taken of the words minor parts could be better done. and action. Several of the incidents Too Bin Lun, aliu To Taz Cheang, alias Too Ol Tong, late of were scamped, notably when a

Jack Point,

The Orchestra.

VIOLINA F. Gonzalez, H. Leong, G. E. Longyear, O. X. Lyen, C. Schroeter, S. Stacey and S. B. Tan,

VIOLA-J. BE S. Rosario... CL-N U. Botelho and L. Szente,

CONTRA-BASS.-P. N. Sequeira. FLUTE Bandsman R. Blapson. OBOZ*L Cpl. G. Stent. CLARINET. -* Band Sergeant N Bassoon.L, Cpl. E. Stevens. BORN. Bandsman W. E. Nora warthy.

Trumper - Bandsman G. Mij-

T. Rowell's presentation of}" 47, Rua da Campo, Macao, who young boor insults Elsie Maynard,

Jack Point is left to the lost. Air.. died intestato at 13, Tung Street and again when Dame Carruthers Rowell sings very nicely indeed and Hong Kong, left local estate worth

sings the Tower song already he looks the part of the cultured. F22,100. Litters of administration have been granted to To See Hin, quoted. This is straugs, for Molly man, an artist to his finger tips, eldest son, and Two Wong Shi and Portallion does her part, both sing who loves his calling and get hates Iso Yung Bhi, concubines, of 4 ing and acting very admirably. the humiliations attached to it. He chetl Queen's Road West,

Local estate worth $0,800 was left But the real terror that can be suggests cleverly the tactlessness TROMBONE- Bandsman 0. Cót- by Lee Yun Jong, alius Lee Chong, induced by good chorus work and which loses Point his jobs and the ton alias Li Cheung, who died at No. by stage tricks was missing,

innocehee which leaves him helpless TIMPANI, DRUMS, ETC.~* Bande 67, Kowloon Tong, on July 31, 1929. Probate of the will has been grant- On the other hand the execution against the not very scrupulousman A. E. Sturgeon,

AT THE PIANO-Mrs. O. W: n. scene was admirable. The awed rivalry of Fairfax. But he does not

Griggs. Letters of administration to the hash of the crowd, the masked convey either the force of Point's HON. MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND CON- state of Lee Fong, who died in headsmen, the placing of the block, character or his tragedy. Point mucron M. Mason, AR.C.Q., assists phalange Haar village, Toi Fhan District, Kwantgung, on my

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It was stated that the defen dants were all undesirables and were bodieved to have been connect.

od with the theft of a roll of silk from Kayamally's silk store Bothe days ago. They were to have been charged with larceny, but search of their baggage proved futile. It was further stated that the police bave had several complaints re- garding those tharzoters,

Mr. Williams passed sentence of two months' hard labour on each defendant, and ordered their ox pulsion from Hong Kong at the end of the 1 m

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DONATIONS TO ST. VINCENT DE PAUL.

The Society of St. Vincen de Paul Acknowledges, with grateful thanks the following further donations to the Fête in aid of Hong Kong's poor:

Mr. Ho Ki Mr. D. J. Lewis Club Lusitano"...

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27, this year have been granted to work up the climax in a manner and the finale should be taken with By Lind permission of Lt. Col. the widow, Li Pang Shi, of worthy of the Doyly. Carte No. 1 quietness and restraint. Point RF. Gross," D.S.O. and Offoera Int Anonymous „ali

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