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Howa Koro, DICEMBER 17, 1834.

A BRITISH CONQUEST

The youngest and most vigorous of the arts-the cinema-is now

established in England firmly Those whose years will carry them far enough back will remember that, before the War, our people

FANLING HUNT & RACE were, daring experimenters; but

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ST. JOHN'S SWEEP

NOVICE is hereby given, that oly tickets, the counter-fuila of which have been returned to the organizers, will participate in the draw of the above Sweep which will be drawn at Kwanti on Sunday, the 23rd December, 1934.

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HONG" KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION

OF CHILDREN

THE ANNUAL GENERAL

the War, which hit so many of our industries,. dealt the moving picture" an almost mortal blow. Meanwhile, Hollywood had made a peaceful conquest of the world, including Great Britain and the Dominions. Until two or three years or so ago. the Americans laughed at all competition. They had the equipment, the technique. and the stars, and our attempts were sad, dim, twilight things. poorly produced and poorly sup ported. But, under a measure of protection, the quota, pioneers were building

the up cinema, until they have suddenly at a stride, established the position.

British

No doubt the sound of our own language, when the difficult inven- tion was mastered, came as a use- ful ally, and the English actor deserves a fair share of the credit. Courage and enterprise on the business side there must have THE been:

but, whaterer the cause, there is no doubt of the result. whereas, some short time ago, the Americans had almost a monopoly of the West End picture houses in London, at least half nowadays are occupied with British produc- Moreover, the British Alm

MEETING of the above Society will be held at HELENA MAY INSTITUTE do TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18th, 1934, at 5.13 P.M.

His Excellency, The GOVERNOR, Will Preside.

All interested are Cordially Invited to Attend.

8. V. BOXER,.

M. A. COOPER,

Joint Hon. Directors.

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SANDAKAN LIGHT POWER CO. (1922),

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is now welcome in the Dominions, and the best of British pictures find a place even in the United States.

All this is a material success: the industry is established, but what of the cinema as an' art? The cinema artist paints in light and shade, and now in sound also AND-media of enormous potentialties. LTD. To handle these things to the best advantage-with subtlety and dra- matic power-requires practice, NOTICE is benchy given that th

TWELFTH ORDINARY skill, and technical equipment YEARLY MEETING of Share and all these are developing in the holders will be held at the Head British studios. Then there is the Office of the Company, National art of the actor, and the art also Bank Building, Hong Kong, ou

of the dramatist. Here the older, Monday, the 81st day of December, the "legitimate." theatre may 1984, at 2.30 p.m.

point with pride to the fact that this hoyden daughter is increas ingly obedient to her laws and her traditions. Fundamentally, the dramatic principles and the acting traditions are the same in both cases And as the cinema is, after all, only a shadow theatre, we may predict with some confidence that our regular stage will hold its own, just as the artist of brush and easel holds his own against the

SHEWAN, TOMES &.CO.,

General Managers. Hong Kong, 13th December, 1984.

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THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO. (1918) LTD.,

NOTICE.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1934

SIGNS OF REAL

UNITY

Highly Satisfactory Session Results

[Special to the "Hong Kong Dafy Presa" (Copyright)3

U.S. MARINES INJURED

Thrown To Bottom Of Lighter

Shanghai, Dec. 18. Twenty seven. United States marines were injured, three rather Shanghai, Des. 16. seriously, when a lighter trans- With the conclusion of the porting two hundred homewarding plenary session of the Central men to the transport Chaumont Executive Committee, numerous bumped against the ship's side. Party and Government leaders, ar precipitating more than nity rived here yesterday, among whom standing on the platform covering are six Canton members who pass-the hold to the bottom of the ed through on their way home. launch.

Dr.

Finance H H. Kung.

Minister, who entrained yesterday morning, was interviewed and he declared that the session's results were highly satisfactory. The record attendance, for instance, indicated signs of real unity, and never was hopeful

the situation more The misunderstanding

and the South-west has been re- moved and Mr. Hu Han Min's trip to the North may now be expected.

between the Central authorities

General Chiang Kat Shek sr- rived by aim and joined Madame Chiang They are proceeding to

their home town Fenghua after a

few days stay and will be visiting Hangchow also.- China United Pren

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PROGRESSIVE

CHINA

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Ambitious Schemes For 1935

Special to the "Hong Kong Daily

Press" (Copyright.)]

Shanghai, Dec. 18. The budget for activities of the National Economic Council in 1935 has been fixed at $12,000,000.

According to Mr. T. V. Soong, the Council's chairman $6,000,000 will be devoted to conservancy" and Irrigation projects, $3,000,000 for highway construction and the re- mainder in improvement of cotton and silk Industries and other im- portant enterprises. -

Mr. Robert Haas and other League experts have either arrived or are on the way to China for co-operating in tun advisory capacity-

China United Preu.

HELEN STAM

SAFE

Dead Missionaries" Infant Daughter

Pelping, Dec. 15.

A telegram from Nanking to

All the injured. save three of the more serious cases who are at present in hospital, are suffering from mutiple fractures of the leg and they have sailed homeward to Manila- Reuter.

EMISSARY TO NANKING

Carrying Kwangtung Messages

Shanghai, Dec, 16. Carrying two autographed let-

ters from General Chen Chi Tang addressed to General. Chiang Kai Shek and Mr. Wang Ching Wei, the Kwangtung Finance Commis- sioner, Ou' Fang Pu arrived by the Empress of Canada to-day.

He is planning to visit Nanking." to-morrow to confer with the Central authorities relative to the financial and military problems of

·Kwangtung.— Reuter.

CHINA'S NEW PLANES

Crowds Cheer The Christening

Nanking, Dec. 16. Fifty thousand, people "cheered the christening of nine new aero- planes, eight of which were con- tributed by Railway employees and one by the Chinese in Java,

Mr. "Wang Ching Wei made a speech urging the Chinese people- to follow the example and con- tribute funds in helping the Gov- ernment to strengthen the coun- try's alr defence- Reuter,

LOCAL AND GENERAL

the United States Legation states Only one case of Enteric Fever" that Helen, the three-thonths-old was reported for the 24 hours end-

camera. Moreover, as the Ameri- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John ed Dec. 14. cans are discovering (and as we Stam, of the China Inland Mis- should never forget) the most ex-alon, is reported to be safe at The annual general meeting of

pensive equipment, the most ela- Wuhu. borate production, may fall for

and

the Society for the Protection of The baby was Eidnapped to- Children will be held at the He-

THE Sixteenth Ordinary Year-y TE

Meeting of Shareholders will lack of that quality of human gether with their parents on lena May Institute next Tuesday, be held at the Head Office of the genius which may transfigure the December 10 at Txingteh and the at 5.15 p.m. Company, St. George's Building, podrest material,

quently found among the dead on without bodies of the parents were subse-

After having been knocked down the battlefield after an encounter by a taxi cab in Lalchikok Road on between Government troops and Friday evening Cheung Sang of Communista.

No. 60 Park Street, was admitted to the Kowloon Hospital. Beuter.

Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong which the richest may be a vulgar on Thursday, 27th December, 1931, at 1:15 pm., for the purpose and senseless show.

of receiving a Statement of Accounts And the Report of the Directors for the financial year ended 30th Sep- teinber, 1934, and electing Directors "and Auditors.

"

The Transfer Fooks of the Com-- pany will be closed from Tuesday, 18th December, 1984, tili Monday, Bist December, 1934, both days inclusive.

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NOEL BRAGA,

Becretary. Hong Kong, 10th December, 1984.

"People Who Matter

PEOPLE WHO

MATTER, Þ› the advertiser are the people who oin aloned to buy bắt goods. Most o these people buy and read the

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CHEKIANG GOVERNMENT TO BE RE-ORGANIZED

Nanking, Déc. 1. Provincial Government is expected Re-organization of the Cheklang to be elected by the Central Gov-

ernment shortly.".

SEVERE EARTHQUAKE AT BOMBAY

Chan Slu-hung, of the Customs launch, “Fai Sang." was admitted to the Kowloon Hospital on Friday, suffering from injuries sustained when be attempted to jump from a" moving bus in Prince Edward

Bombay, Dec. 157 An earthquake of great inten-Road...

It is understood that General aty and of five minutes duration Huang Shao Hslung, until recently was recorded here at 7.32 am to

The Children and staff of the Minister of Interior, will be ap- day. The origin was 1,250 miles Loloma Kindergarten, under the pointed Chairman with Messrs away, in the neighbourhood of directorship of Mrs. D. Orr, at No. Hau Ting Nien, Chen Pu Lei and Tibet.

26 Kimberley Road, Kowloon, are Tseng Yang Fu as respectively.

4 Gossip We Must

The week started rather dully but it staged' a "come-back" (as they say in sport). on Thursday when Mrs. O. C. Womack present- ed her Xmas Pantomime at the Helena May Institute.

As usual there was a large crowd present and the unanimous verdict WILS that it was a "jolly good show" with a special vote of thanks for the excellent way in which Mr. Oscar Eager played his part. Of course we all know what an ex- cellent actor Mr. Enger is, so that to let you know just how good he was on that occasion, I will say that he excelled himself.“

A tea darice on the same day on that delightful ship the Conte Verde when Mr. Soprani, the local agent for Lloyd Triestino's, and the Captain were the hosts. It was quite a change. dancing on board a ship. There were some three hundred people present and It was good fun seeing so many familiar faces in à stränge place, If you know what I mean.

Coming off the ferry on Friday I met Mrs. J. T. Smalley who was looking very smart in a navy blue crepe gown (Josephine model). She told me that she was going to a private party, and it, is too bad that I cannot tell you any thing about it.

FINDLATERS", TAVERN

The stan turn of the week was an enterprising move of Messrs.

LEADING

AT THE RACE COURSE

(BY #CHANCE")

IN

Was it because the weather was so good, or was it the hope of making a few dollars for the festive season that brought an extra large crowd to the Races on Saturday? Whatever the reason there were very many new faces to be seen, but alas! I cannot tell

THE WINNER

their Triangular Tournament - (rugger) match against the Army.

As usual the crowd went from the Race Course to · either : the' Rose Room at the Peninsula Hotel There or the Hong Kong Hotel were more people at the latter place because Yola and Paul were there but there were, the loyal ones at the Rose Room About eighty people were there and everybody seemed to be having cept Great Hall's win which paid such a gay time. Was it a re- something like fifty odd dollars.hearsal for the his dance there on Emas? -The popular Tuesday, din- ner dances are still being held in this hotel and they are growing in popularity too.

you all the names do far as the actual racing was concerned there was nothing very outstanding ex-

I saw Mrs. J. B. Newill looking extremely smart in black while Mrs. A. V. Harvey, "who always looks so nice, was in emerald

green with silver fox fur. MIS, Macgowan, was in black and it was good to see Dr. Macgowan there again Mrs Robin White was in a brown tweed suit and Mrs. Charlton, in blue, was with

Mrs. Fisher who chose brown.

Gilman & Co. in opening an Of license premises in Ice House Street on the ground ficor of the Stock Exchange. The expression "Off-license" even thrills as girls as it sounds so like Home. We feel certain that this will be 3 Mrs. Travers was another of the great asset to Ice House" Street many ladies who looked very and surely will help to pull us out sweet. She was in powder blue of the Depression. The opening with grey fox fur to match. The of this Tavern was on Saturday racing crowd of course, » were At 11 am. Mr. and Mrs. Blaker there in full force, but as they received the guests and Mr. are ever present at the Meetings, Robertson. 83 an amateur pot- | I will not mention them this time. man, was hard to beatsAll-the † I did notice one thing and that good and-characters of Ice House was the youngen set were not Street were there, both in spirit there. The reason was not far to and being.

*seek for they were on the Foot-

SEEN SATE THE RACES.

AMERICAN BUDDHIST'S

ORDINATION/

GEN. CHIANG LEAVES

FOR FENGHUA

Tokyo, Dec. 9.

Shanghai, Dec. 15. The newly-ordained Buddhist

General Chiang Kai Shek and priest Mr.Robert T. Clifton his wife arrived here this after preached an ordination sermon at noon from Nanking. They stopped Hongonji Temple...... at Shanghat for an hour and then

Mr. Cufton, a resident of New left for Fenghua. Orleans, came to Tokyo to attend | Reuter the World Buddhist Conference where he was formally anointed, a priest.

The Kowloon Bowling Green His sermon to-day dealt with the similarity of the Christian and Club, held their ánnual Children's

Party on Saturday,

Page 7 | Buddhist faiths. He is sailing for the United States on December 19. United Press.

A severe shock was also register bolding a Christmas party in theed at the European YMCA, Kow- Provincial Commissioners of Fined at Dublin. The epicentre Is Kindergarten grounds on Wednes-leon, next Wednesday, Thursday, ance, Education and Reconstruc believed to be northward of Afg-day, December 19, at 11.45 am. tion: General Yu Chi Shih as con- hanistan currently Director of the Chektang Reuter. Provincial Peace Preservation. Bureau; and Mr. Huang Hna Plao "as Chief Secretary of the Cheklang. Provincial Government.

It is reported that Mr. Kan Nai Kwang. Political Vice-Minister of Interior, will be offered the post of

'ANGEL OF BROADWAY”

Los Angeles, Dec. 14.

The engagement was announced to-day of Miss Barbara Allen, only daughter of Bir Hugh and Lady

The first boxing tournament of the season was held at the Lee Theatre on Saturday night when Stoker Pyrall beat Stokar Des over fteen rounds for the lightweight championship of the Colony,

At the Hong Kong Hotel I saw a very big crowd, some of them dressed while some were in ordin- gone there ary clothes, having straight from the Races. I saw Mr. George Bewell there and he seemed to have benefitted from his trip to Manila. He was having a great time, dancing with a very tall lady in black. Mrs. Harvey, a visitor from Shanghai, 'was in coral satin with the new allt skitt and coral jewellery to match.

Sometime this week we shall see, for the first time, the "Six Hollywood Blondes, who come with a big reputation from Shang- hai. We are looking forward to seeing them and we sincerely hope that we will not be disappointed with them. Andrew and Ursula, I hear, are coming too, and this Xmas at the Hotel ought to be an extremely enjoyable affair.

Last night we were treated to something special by way of en- tertainment at the King's Theatre when "Love Time" was presented." The band of the Lincoln Regiment rendered some delightful music 'and' on the whole the evening was very pleasant.

Before the screening of "Love Tinie." Mr. Caplan of Fox Films made the announcement that Miss Margaret Drose was the fortunate winner of the competition for the Pat Paterson gown, (presented by Aurelia and the Fox Films), which is a copy of the gown wom by Miss Paterson in the picture,. ~"Abigail“, was the judge.

NEWS SUMMARY

Yachtsmen experienced heavy weather conditions yesterday when Luana lost her topmast and hon- Page 10 soon lost her mainmast.

Extract from the Government Gazette announcing refund af rates for 1st and 2nd quarters of 1935 on vacant tenements will be found on-

Pago $

The as. President Jefferson" had. to cancel her scheduled sailing to Manila, following a collision with 8.5. "Afrika. Both ships are in dock for repairs.

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