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UP TRAINS

STATIONS Ro. No.

AMA.M.

No.10 No. a Mo, 11 No.1 No.10

T.M. P.M.

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No.1 NAL No. No.

P.M.,M.PK. KK,JEM..

Kowloon. Dep.) 6.35 8.00 8.24 9,05 10,00 12.02 1.182.84 Yaumati Dop.8.44 ---

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5.03 6.17 8.59

6.18 6.97 8:38

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EVENTS.

To-day.

(April 15.) ::

Annual Meeting, British & For eign Bible Society, Helena May Justitute, 4.30 m.m.

Presentation to Rev. J. Horace Johnston, St. Andrew's Church" Hall, 6.30 p.m

Hong Kong Fencing Club Meet ing, 5.15 p..

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chan...Ar. 7.38 8.40 0.07 10.11 10.88 1,00 2.16 3.10 3.40 6.29 6,388,43

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World Thenire: "On Your Back" Star Theatre: "Tour Dovils." King's Theatre: "Follow Thru," European Mail.-Inward: Europe ria Siberia (Hikawa Maru).

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HUMOUR IN CHAINS.

WHAT RUSSIANS MAY LAUGH AT

QUEER COMIC PAPERS.

Contraband Humour.

Occasionally something a little funnier makes its way into these magazines. Thus one sees a series of pictures illustrating the case of

Humour is one of many thingeling amiable counsel to an 'audionce in the Soviet Union which have of vulture-faced gentlemen in frock been rationed in the interest of conts and military uniforams:." I Five-year Plan, writes the recommend the most profitable búsí- Moscow correspondent of the Max-ness-to turn blood into oil and cheater Guardian. Russian natural-bones into coul." ly possess a good sense of the comic and the ridiculous, and two or three years ago one could and in the Moscow humorous magazines an abundance of good caricatures and jokes. But today the contri- butor to a comic paper, must think the professor who set out to Siberia to find iron, and discovers a twice whether the funny story' or ] the sketch which he may wish to quantity of it lying unused at the pearest factory; while another contribuite may not expose him to the accusations of pouring water series shows peasants, armed with (pitchforks and guns, going out to on the mill of the clase enemy," or "Bowing opportunist lack of faith unearth what they think is a bear, in the creative power of the pro-valy to Bud that they have come letariat to use two phrases which a cave where the village tencher has established himself for lack of housing accommodation. But in The result is that many of the

general the amount of genuine! 17.5.

things which are published in mag-humour and satire tends tq Queen's Theatre: "Remote Con-zines that since possessed a comic trol."

World Theatre: "On Your Back." Star Theatre: "Devile." King's Theatre: "Tom Sawyer." European Mail:Outward: Europe via Sherin (Pres. McKin- ley) 6 p.m.; Europe via Marseilles (Angers) 2.30 p.m.

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Rotary Club Tiffin, Lane, Craw ford's Restaurant. Speaker: Rav. E. G. Powell on Community Ser- vice,"

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are much in vogue.

character som caleniated to excite diminish, while the element of pure any reaction except laughter. Take agitation and propagnada in the the latest issue at one of the magazines grows. One witnessed a similar development in the humor- oldest Soviet humorous publica-

lous publientions of all countries in. tions, Arokodil. The frontispiece, volved in the war during the period shows conventional capitalist figures of hostilities. bending over a broked-down auto-j Russians, however, possess a con: mobile while a new Soviet car, traband moans of cking out their painted in red, drives triumphantly meagre ration of humour. This is

the

or ironical story, anccdote," forward to emphasise the contrast between collapsing capitalism, and which flies rapidly from mouth to building Russin. On the back mouth and to a limited extent fills page of the magazine one sees three the lack of an Opposition Press. persons concealed behind signs bear One of the best-known anecdotes ing such inscriptions as "Shame," of recent times tells of two citizens St. John Ambulance Brigade (St.Our Factory on the Blacklist," who, at the end of the Five-year Joseph's Division) Concert and Wo Raise the Alarm." The point Plan, meet each other flying in Dance, Hotel Cocil, 8 p.m.

of this joke it is explained, is high-power aeroplanes, the products Kowloon Football Club Dance, that sometimes the people who shout of industrialisation. One of them loudest about the failure of a fae shouts to the other: "I'm lying Peninsula Hotel.

Queen's Theatre: "Remote Con- tury to carry out its production to see whether I can find any eggs programme are themselves respon in Kiev," and receives the gloomy trol,"

sible for this failure.

raply: "I'm coming back; there Perhaps there are Communiste so aren't any." well disciplined that they bend The Ogpu, the formidable Soviet over and chortle with mirth when Political Police, figures in many of they see such heavily propagandist these anecdotes. Thus the story is attempts at wit; but one doubts told of a private trader who looks whether there are really very many away when he passes the headquaT- of them. Turning to the contem-tere of the Ogpu on the Lubyanka porary of Krokodil, Lapot, one sees Square. On being naked why he a highly didactic sketch, of an apple, do this, he replica: “I don't labelled

"Opportunist," rolling want to look into the future." down a slope where the first sign- Then there is the tale of the con- post is marked "Right Deviation, cort that is organised on condition while other signposts toward which that spectators pay the high price the apple is irresistibly gravitating of ten roubles a ticket, with the bear the labels: Connivance, with privilege, however, of demanding the Kuink," Sabotage," "Inter- the money back if they do not like Another effort of the the last number on the programme. Lapat shows M. Poincaré, who The programme is execrable: but has now succeeded Sir Austen when the last number proves to be Inter- Chamberlain as the main villain of the Ogpa Band playing the the perennial supposed plot to in nationale" to one feels inclined Icite intervention, giving the follow) to express dislike,

World Theatre: Last Perform ance" and "Hold Your Man."

Star Theatre: "On Your Back." "King's Theatre: Tom Sawyer," European Mail:-Outward: Europe 212 Marseilles (Hector) 10.30 n. m.

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