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TAIT'S MANILA CARNIVAL

High Dive Thrills

Spectators at Talt's Manila Carnival, Kowloon, are thrilled every night. by the performances of Feejay Ringens diving from the top of a slender ladder, 100 feet high, into a small tank of water at the base.

- Ringens is of slight athletic byld, fair complexion...46 years of age, and has been in the business of high diving for the past 26 years; yet in all that time he has never had a serious accident.

It may be interesting to know Many observers of the act have how Ringens developed his dive, considered it somewhat of a my-for it is certain he did not begin stery that Ringens is not dashed from a height of 100 feet. That

at the bottom to pieces.

of the dive as he does it to-day from the shallow tank, which measures little top of his 100 feet ladder. is the" more than 5 feet in depth. When result

he strikes the water feet first. he says his feet are knocked from under him by the force the im pact so that he curves into the tank, striking the side with his feet and rebounding to the surface. He never goes deeper than three feet.

of many years of diving

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1934.

"Prejar" Ringena a

from a steadily ascending gradua- before he was able to dive from a tion of heights. He began at 20 Height of 80 feet. From 80 to 90 feet, increasing the height 10 feetfect he had to go more slowly, at a time, practising continuously. pushing the ladder up one foot at He was able at the end of four

a time over a period of two years years to dive from a height of 70, but feet. Advancing the ladder three feet at a time, it was two more years

Miss Fehr

the last 10 feet, were the hardest, of all. He will not go higher for to do so would increase the danger and 'lessen the chance of a successful dive.

H. K. HOTEL INNOVATION

The Dances And Cinema Ticket's

Arrangements have been enter- ed into between the Management of the Hong Kong Hotel and the

local representatives of Fox Films Corporation whereby patrons of the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden Tea Dances will be afforded Dress Circle Admission Tickets for all Fox Film Productions at the King's Theatre as from Monday next the 12th November.

In collaboration with the Fox Films representation the Hotel

decided Management have Mondays.

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and Thursdays for Special Tea Dances in the popular Root Garden from 5 p.m. to 7.30 P.m, half an hour longer than other week days, for which the individual charge will be $1.50 as against $1.00 on ordinary occasions It will be seen that the dancing public, and any others desirous of attendance at the Tes Dances con- cerned, will enjoy an extra half Just before Peejay performs his hour's diversion in the Roof Gar- daring act his lady partner Miss den, besides which they will be in Edith Fehr mounts her own lad-possession of the means of entry to the best seats in the King's der some fifty feet high and ex-

Theatre to enjoy any particular ecutes a swan dive into the tank

Film Production below. It is a most interesting subsequent Fox

for payment of only 50 cents more sight to see the charming form of

than regular Tea Dance fee. this young giri and watch ber superb motion as she takes off from her small platform and dive into the tank below.

Miss Fehr seems to be very young to do such a daring dive, being only 25 years of age, but by her story her whole life seems to have been spent in sporting pur- sults. From the time she was a tiny tot she has always shown a love for the water, and amateur swimmer has a very And record to her credit.

As an

This attractive Innovation pro mises to be most popular which will provide the younger set with excellent opportunities of combin- ing many enjoyable evenings at limited cost.

In short, the introduction of these privileges should be deserving of generous support."

just love it," "and hope the au- dience get as great a kick out ol my show as I do myself by per- forming."

Born in Michigan, US.A., she was educated at the University of A special children's matinee is Michigan, and during her school being given to-day and these two days carried off many prizes, dip-world famous artistes will give lomas and medals for swimming.

Miss Fehr, is also a long distance swimmer, having won the first prize in the 24-mile Lake St. Clair Channel Contest.

"Don't you ever get frightened?" I asked her. Frightened of my diving? Never," she replied, "I

their high diving performances at 5.30 p.m. this afternoon The per- formance will be repeated at the These night show at 10.45 p.m. artistes are only here for a few more days so those wanting to see the act should not leave it till it is too late.

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CURRENT

REDS INVADE CHUNGKING

No Real Danger

Chungking, Sze. Earlier report regarding the Red invasion of Chungking, were can siderably exaggerated. Indeed, we who reside in Chunking had no feeling of danger being imminent either then or more recently. The report that the German Consul

and his staff had left the city is quite untrue. His wife and family went to Hankow, two weeks or so ago, hence the mistake in the re- port: As far as we know, no

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NEWS

FROM CHINA

CHINESE ATTACK ON EVEREST

We foreigners up here will soon have to forego anything in the form of a foreign manufacturaa article, and become reduced to blue cotton gowns for wear, and rice and samshu for food and drink. The tax bureaux insist on a fan- as deposit before re- tastic sum leasing goods with which they are 'unfamiliar, pending investigation as to the nature and composition of the goods.

Peking, Oct. 31.

A party of four young Chinese left Feking last evening for Han-. tow, en route for Tibet, with the avowed intention of climbing Mount Everest, the highest peak This autumn, we are seeing quite in the world. The party consists of Messrs. Li Shih-ring and Chu a number of changes in the per-

Hual-yl, third-year students in the sonnel of the port An additional

Department of Geology of the Na-" doctor has come to the new Cana

tional University of Feking, and dian mission hospital which has

Wang Yao-hsten and Tou Tze- just been opened on the Lungmen

hsin, graduates of the Tientsin Hao side of the river. This hospi- tal is a huge building situated on College of Industry and Commerce, a hilltop at the bend of the river They expect to enter Tibet from other foreigner has left the city opposite the Tungshui Men.. It is Sikang, returning by way of Ching- on account of trouble threatening equipped in a most modern and hal, Sinklang and Kansu

Interviewed before their depar- from Red activities. It is true that up-to-date manner, and has ac-. one or two Chinese officials sent commodation for 80 patients, in- ture, the youthful explorers said the wiwa and families to what cluding accommodation for foreign the principal object of their ex- they considered safer districts. cases. There has been consider-pedition is to climb Mount Everest,

discussion Chungking is really very quiet at able

the Incidentally, they will study the regarding present. Rates of exchange are amalgamation of this hospital with customs and modes of living of the high, the cost of remitting money that of the American Syracuse people in China's border districts. to Shanghai having hovered be- Mission but no decision has as yet They carry with them a letter of tween 40 per cent, and 50 per cent. been reached, as far as the writer introduction for some time past. Business is al- has heard. A good number of mis- Lama to the Tibetan authorities. most at a standstill pending the alon families and single workers They expect to be gone about six result of General Ldu Halang's ne- have returned from furlough this months. gotiations with the Nanking Gov-month, full of enthusiasm for their ernment. He hopes to raise a big work in schools and hospitals. loan to assist him in fighting the Reds in this province. The latter have been particularly active in Kuelchow province recently, and we have received news of five. CIM: missionaries, having been. captured whilst travelling in the neighbourhood of Kiuchow, The wives of the two men were later released and sent to join other members of their mission in order to arrange the raising of ransom money.

road in

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

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TO CHINA

League Sending Out mission

Geneva, Nov. 7.

conser-

from the Panthen

SIR A. CADOGAN

Nanking. Nov. 1. "

Bir Alexander Cadogan, the Bri-. tish Minister, is leaving for the South on a trip of inspection.on the 13th inst. It is understood that he will first proceed to Foo- chow by gunboat.

The League announces the de

Sir Alexander paid s call on Dr. There has been no news

parture of a mission to China of

H. H. Kong. Minister of Finance, of further developments. These experts to study water missionaries had taken the small vancy and road communications yesterday afternoon, and was the order to avold meeting under a plan of technical co- guest at dinner of President Wang concurrently Minister soldiers on the big road, and evi-operation between the League and Ching-wel.

The members of the of Foreign Affairs, in the evening. dently ran into Reds, a consider China..

are Mr. Coode, Civil The function was also attended ably more disagreeable experience! mission

Engineer, London, Mr. C. Kursin, by several officials of the British Consulate-General here, including Director of Public Works, Mada- in-gascar Mr. Nijhoff, Consulting Mr A. P. Blunt, the Consul-Gen- erat. Admiral Chén Shao-luan, Engineer, The Hague and Mr. Omodeo of Milan, the latter being Minister of the Navy, and Mr.

of In-. Chen Kung-po, Minister rapporteurs to the League Public

dustry, were also present Works Committee.—"

Kuo Min. Reuter.

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