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Hongkong Daily Press.

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No. 33028.號捌拾式仟叁萬弍館 日肄拾月肄年申壬 HONG KONG, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1932.

If all be true that I do think

There are five reasons why men drink,

Good wine, a friend or being dry

Or lest we should be by-and-by,

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TO-DAY.

(May 10.)

Company Meetings: Canton In- surance Office; China Underwriters Co., Ltd., noon." The Shek O Dove- lopment Co., Ltd, 8.10 p.m. Theosophical Society Meeting 6-

Lammert's Sale of Household Furniture. Salesroom, "220 p.m.

Racing: Entries oloan for Seventh Race Meeting, noon..

Queen's Theatre: To Oblige A. Lady."

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PICTURE OF AN EXCITED HOUSE OF COMMONS.

HOW MPX EXPOSED THEIR SOULS DURING THE SUNDAY CINEMA DEBATE

Ab 11.10 pm, on April 1, the Secretary to the Home Office, Grey- House of Commons, whose tem-haired, spectacled, speaking in a perature, had been gradually, rising voice of clear, incisive tones, Mr. for three-quarters of an hour, Stanley made his points with a boiled over into all the circumclean, effortless dexterity, that later stanets of a grant connsion. Awon commendation from speaker. King's Theatre: "Over the Hill" minute later we knew that 233 men after speaker. Central Theatre: 77 Park bere were in favour of the Sunday He had little sympathy with the World Thontre: "Inspiration."" Performances (Regulation) Bill, view that the Bill aimed at great Star Theatre: "Three French and that 217 were against it. A new departure. New law but old Girla,"

Lane.”

Tea Dances at King's Restaurant majority of 18 close call-30 practice" was one of his good and Hong Kong Hotel: Dinner fewer then had voted for Mr. phrases, urging that the man in the Dances at Hong Kong Hotely Clynes' similar. Paninsula Hotel and King's Reduced a year agoi në

measure intro.) street, would regard the rejection of the Bill, not its passing, as a

taurant.

Tiden: High at 3.10 and 91.30; >Low at 1.46 and 14,50%

FRIDAY.

(May 20)

Ember Day, Tea Party to Mr. P. P. J. Wode house at Lune, Crawford's Restaur ant, 6.15 p.m.

King's Theatre: "Sunshins

Sasie,

Central Theatre 77 Park Lans."

Queen's Theatre: "To Oblige. A Lady"

COMPLIMENT TO MR. STANLEY Something like broke round Mr. Stanley as he ent down, and the House at once" began

Mr. R. J. Russell, the National-change in law. Liberal member for Eddisbury, who had moved the rejection of the measure, now moved that the Bill, instead of "going upstairs," should beruferred to a committee of the whole House. This motion was designed to kill the Bill, the idea being that the pressure of business would exclude it from the ficar of the House. For the second time. the members tronped to the lobbies,

"ovation"

to pay him the compriment of amp- tying itself sin order to discuss his opening in the lobbies.

It was not until Sir Thomag Inskip, the Attorney-General, spoke

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They returned amid laughter and in opposition that members began THE ST. FRANCIS HOTEL

World Theatro: "Inspiration." " Star Theatre: "The Gazebo," Tos Dances at King's Restaurant shouting which prevented the three and Hong Kong Hotel Dinner tellers, bowing before the Speaker's Dances at Hong Kong Hotel, Penin chair, from making themselves auls Hotel and King's Restaurant.

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SATURDAY.. (May 21.)

Ember Day. Small Fulness (Hsiao-man)," Opening of New Rifle Range, Kowloon Tong, by G.0.0, 4.30 p.m. Lawn Bowls:-First Division: Police . C.8.C.C., Kowloon Docks

Kowloon C.C., Craigongower v Bowling Green, Taikoo v. Club de Recreio Second Division. Bowling Green Craigengower, E..CC Yacht Club, Recreio. Taikoo, Kowloon C.C., Hong Kong Elec.

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Central, Theatre ;**** 77 Park Lane."

Susie

King's Theatre: "Sunshine Queen's Theatres To Oblige A Lady,"

Star Theatre Inspiration," World Theatre; "The Gaucho."

to drift back. Now that dir Wil- liam Joyason-Hicks has appeared elsewhere as Lord Brentford, Bir Thomas Inskin's in the most powere Fur-volte the Church han in the Commons. He took the argu ment our of London-"this wáng

this horrid blot," he called it amid good-natured dissension and

At last they managed to say that one of their number was missing; the fourth feller, Mr. Luke Thom son had disappeared. In his abi sence Mr. Russell's move fell to the ground, frustrated by a queer mis-stressed the anxiety of people sil

over the country, chance, which seemed, to amount in the minds of members to a minor

sensation.

!)

His insistence on the growing intrusion of week-day business into Sunday laid him open to a neat: SURGE OF EMOTION.`

retort from Lord Winterton, who It had been a tiny of changing wanted to know later on why he, hopes and fears, of frank, personalas Attorney-General, did not prose- speaking about things that lay out-cute these offenders against obsolete side the torritories of party. Thora laws. Sir Thomas summed up all come moments when an average col his fears in the phrase that if the lection of Englishmen who or Bill went through we should have mally dislike talking about the leat "ons of the few glimpses vouch- things of the mind and the spirit,safed us of the Heavenly City," will find their barriers go down with a. rush, letting up a surge of suppressed feeling and emotion

Ten Dances at King's Restaurant The Hobie was very much like that, and Hong Kong Hotel Dinier Ons Member used the expression Dances at Hong Kong Hotel, Pen-"The lid has been taken off and insula Hotel, Rapulae Bay Hotel and King's Restaurant..

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people are exposing their souls" That was true..

It began with a speech that will confirm the growing reputation of Mr. Oliver Stanley the Under-

Member after member put pins. into the theory that Sunday as we know it to-day is necessarily a Buchanan, whose voice hisses like suburb of the Heavenly City. Mr. Mr. Churchill's and has the added. ornament of Glasgow accent, rose from between Mr. Maxton and Mr. Kirkwood and gave some testimony concerning "my native Gorbuls."

He pictured a Glasgow alum, music, no wireless, no good cheer. fireless, drear and dismal-nó

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