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ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS,
THE HONG KONG
JOCKEY CLUB "
The Twelfth Extra Race Meet ing will be held (weather per mitting) at HAPPY VALLET December, on Saturday, 5th 1936, commencing at 2.00 p.m.
The First Bell will be rung at
1.30 p.m.
By Order,
&
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Hong Kong, 30th Nov., 1936.
F.
·PUBLIC AUCTION.
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INVESTMENT.
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Reasonable interest. first class mortgage security:
Apply to:-
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4854
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG
KONG.
PROBATE JURISDICTION.
IN THE GOODS of Winirid Alured Comyn Platt, late of Alverbank Alverstoke Hants, England, deceased.
PARTICULARS AND CON. DITIONS of the Sale by Public
NOTICE is hereby given that Auction to be held on Monday, the Court has by virtue of Section the 7th day of Dec., 1936 at 358 of the Probates Ordinance p.m. at the Office of the Public 1897, made an Order limiting Works Department, by Order of the time for creditors and others His Excellency the Governor of to send in their claims against one Lot of Crown Land at Arthe above estate to the 23rd day senal Street in the Colony of Hong of December, 1936. Kong for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis- posal of the lot the purchaser will. be required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, $200.00 in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the purchase
price.
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HUNG Koso. DECEMBER 3.936.
MARIE
TEMPEST'S
ODYSSEY
ין
What Gladstone Said In 1882
THAT TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY!
REV. C.B.R. SARGENT'S EXPERIENCE
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND
Editorial comment..
PHYSICAL
We have published two articles on the conditions of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The first was written by an Australian publicity expert who recounted his personal experiences which can be epitomised in the one word " nightmare." Then we gavo prominence to what pürported to be a "publicity boost" by the Japanese Travel Bureau wherein the writer admitted that the con- ditions for travellers on that. lour train journey were not so good" as compared with first or second class travelling facilities on other railways The writer of that article, however, comment- ed that the conditions operating were almost excellent-compared with train travel about flity years aro! Now we publish a most interesting survey of the conditions from the pen of the Head- master of the Diocesan Boys' School, Rev. C. B R. Sargent, whose letter should engender a great deal of public interest.
[The Editor, Hong Kong Dally Press."]
The test personal expression of an actress that we have had in print since Ellen Terry's letters to Bernard Shaw
was given to the world recently in "Marie Tempest. Her Bography," by Hector Boltho (Cobden Sanderson, 188.), states the "Morning Post.
It 19 a living biography, Miss Tempest's Boswell, like Dr. John- son's did not even meet her until she was already a legend. He has made, up for it since by a blend of worship and assiduity it would be difficult now to rival.
Mr. Bolthe first
say Tempest act in New Zealand in 1916, so that he can give no first- hand impression of the previous 30 years of her career as singer and actress. He has done the best pos- sible with collected tributes of critica These will be more in- During the last year, as well as much or how little there is in than to those who have seen and
It is not easy to discover how formative to future generations previously, I have made many night
the rumours of an
alliance be may still see the original "rogue
in porcelain." tween Japan and Germany and
As yet, however much one agrees with all the possibly between Japan and Italy superlatives, the reality
is better stil.
JAPAN'S
ALLIANCES
Miss
Dear Sir, I read with interest the two articles about the Trans- Siberian Railway which have re- cently appeared, in your paper. May I add my impressions, having recently returned to Hong Kong by that route?
journeys by trains in various parts
ons
finitely superior to the most un- it has to be remembered that in... pleasant and disgusting state of Europe few restaurant cars run on. affairs in each of the four trains any
train for more than on which I travelled in Manchuria. | twenty-four hours, while this onè and on trains I have used in Japan does duty for ten days, which makes it far harder to keep up appearances.
and Formosa.
The intourist guide and inter- preter was most willing and friend- ly. going out of his way to help in many small matters.
GOOD FOOD
The waiters again were uncouth of the world, so in judging the bat zealous and cheerful, and the Siberian Railway. I am comparing, food, if not served very temptingly, it with athers, from experience.
Having read much about it in 48 well. It is denied in Tokio,
advance, I was rather dreading the but that means little; in the
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES discomforts of the journey, but my But when Miss Tempest her- fears proved groundless, and the Japanese Government could deny
self takes up the tale there is al-whole trip was most enjoyable ex- that the invasion of Manchuria ways something fresh and pungent.
cept for the portion of the journey Was A war with China it could She is delightfully evasive over her through Manchuria.
childhood. spent-as Mary Susan deny anything. Berlin is silent.
I did not travel on the de luxe Whitehall with her grandmother. the intermediate service, but in Etherington-in a gloomy house in train, which is probably better than
JOHNSON, STOKES & the
MASTER, Solicitors for the Executrix, The Hong Kong & Shanghai
Bank Building,
Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong.
4841
THEY ARE : DEFIANT
Protestant Bid For Power
EDINBURGH SCENE
but in Rome the loquacious Signor Gayds, according to the cabled messages: has admitted to triple agreement in the "Giornale d'Italia. But if, as seems almost certain, some kind of agreement exists it is no less difficult to discover what it is or whether it has already been em- bodied in a sigued, document.
The most convincing rumours assert that the agreement be tween Japan and Germany is an Anti-Communist manifesto pro- viding for exchange of armaments and raw materials as a sideline: the agreement between Japan and Italy is apparently based on the mutual recognition of doubt- fully gotten gains-Manchukuo and Abyssinia.
But even if all this were cer- taiq one would still be in some doubt as to the practical impor- tance of the agreement...
The interests of the three Fas- cist Powers coincide on certain
The newly constituted Edinburgu Town Council held its first meeting recently and everybody was on 4952 tip-toe to see how Protestant Ac-
tion wou d behave on the question points and a messure of friend-
to mine, states "The Bulletin”
of the election of magistrates now ship already exists between them, that its ranks have risen from two but it is difficult to see what they night gain by any more definite and binding form of agreement.
War
Its representatives sat together
PUBLIC AUCTION.
PARTICULARS AND. CON DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on Monday, A long queue or the public-it the 7th day of December, 1936, may have included many of their at 3 p.m., at the Office of the supporters--had waited for three hours to gain admission to "the Public Works Department, by public gallery. For the first time Order of His Excellency the the gallery overflowed into the Governor of one Lot of Crown Courell Chamber, seats being pro- Land at Tai Kok Tsui in the vided in a corner. Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, with the option of
redewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the cis- posal of the lot the purchaser will be required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dollars, $200.00 in cash. This sum will be refund ed on payment of the purchase
price.
was clean and ample.
Some of the dishes were really excellent, though naturally not all suited every taste. I never saw any båd food, not even the eggs.
HOW STAFF WORKED It is true that the kitchen stan was very heavily worked while on the train," duty being practically continuous, but their working day was reduced to the average by Miss Tempest's father she despite of this, there was little ground generous, complete holidays be- scribes as "an improvident, charm- for complaints.
tween trips. "I asked one or two of Ing soldier, who was often tipsy":"
The coaches are of a standard | them about this, and they seemed ter mother "was never welcome in type met with in many other places. very satisfied with their conditions, to steal the old lady's son." Whitehall, because she had dared but they are more roomy than and they were always alert when usual because of the wider gauge.waiting. The passengers give them They are very comfortable, and, a lot, to contend with by arriving on my train at least, unexpectedly for meals at all hours of the day clean. At every station the corridor and night, and the service seemed was washed, and except for the dirt to me to be very good indeed, in on the windows everything was spite of "crudeness. kept in an excellent state of A particular delight was the ex-
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At 15, after some unruly years in a Belgian convent. Miss Tempest was taken by her grandmother to Faris. There she learned singing from Signor Marochetti, and when she came back to Whitehall W23
AMENITIES OF TRAVEL
The time on the train soon pass- ed agreeably after one was used to it. There was a good Hbrazy,. · with several English translations of Russian novels, and loud speak- ers in each carriage supplied music from radio and gramophone; if one chose to turn it on.`
It was dificult to tire of the beauty of the birch forests, ablaze. with the red and gold of autumn at the time I travelled, and the frequent stops made exercise possi- ble, with something of interest to be seen at every station.
GOOD NATURE
It seems clear that your first correspondent was determined to see the worst, and had no eye for: the good nature underlying rough exteriors, or the tremendous strides.
forward that have been made in increasing the general happiness and prosperity of the country.
To expect every person to be well dressed and prosperous as judged by European (or even Australian!) nuddle class standards is merely
taken by her grandmother to see efficiency and cleanliness. The bedcellent tea, served in tumblers with ly in a country which is far more no less a person than Mr. Glad-unen was often changed and the lemon, which was avaliable at any minutes from high politics to dis- stone. The "G.Ö.M." spared some compartments cleaned out daily.
WHERE APPEARANCES DO NOT suade her, at Mrs. Gladstone's be-
COUNT nest, from going on the stage.
time. The coffee was not very good, but standard makes of wines, beer, etc. were obtainable, also very good mineral water.
Asiatic than European, and tackling the terrifle task of emer- zing from a ghastly state of almost universal fliteracy and destitution. SERVICE
He frowned as he suggested the certainly, and were not smartly The attendants looked uncouth,
The spirit of service and hos- THE "HELLISH BREW”. depravity of the life I wished to dressed or well mannered as an
ve. He talked of Macready, of European trains, partly
My preference among meals was pitable welcome shown in Russia. Helen Forsyth, and of Kean and they were not fishing for tips, cluded a large dish of soup, more
because for lunch, because it always in-contrasted very markedly with the most unpleasant, almost hostile. Irving. We forgot his moralis-They were not nearly so bad as like an Irish stew than
attitude which was experienced in lag for a moment and spoke of appearance suggested, however, and described by your correspondent as
Manchuria, where complete in- the power for good of the dra- I found them very friendly when a hellish brew," which seemed to
difference to one's comfort and matist and the actor. Then he approached in a friendly spirit, and me to be a delicious dish, to which
welfare seemed to be the best one looked at me again, remember- | willing to do odd jobs for one and I looked forward with particular could expect.
The sanitary arrangements, which
soup,
Moreover a pot was put on each
ed his mission, and draw all he put right anything that was wrong.pleasure. had said into a final argument of warning... Mrs. Gladstone beam- ed and said: "William, you are wonderful,"
MANDARIN CRITICS But her experiences as far-and-
I had dreaded more than anything table. so each person could help else, were decently clean and as himself, and the quantity allowed satisfactory as on any train. There was a good bathroom available, and
was very generous.
The kitchen itself was very hot,
than European train kitchens, and
away the most travelled of Kving the equipment and the condition in but not unclean, certainly no worse
actresses are the revelation of the
book-the "Odyssey" of her eight years of world-wander- 1914-23. They have _both her art and
enrich the pages at her "Life" with a harvest of memories. She
charmed five Continents-ranged from the Canadian snows to the Australian
bush-and
are
in a corner occupied not so many years ago by the first members or
between Russia and ing from the Labour party to be elected to Japan, Lord Rothermere and deepened the Council.
They looked self- Madame Leila notwithstanding, her personality incalculably and conscious, and gave the impression that they were on the defensive.
is less probable now than for several years, and is only likely to take place as the result of come rash independent action by apanese troops or through a change of Government in Japan. Her present rulers are well aware of the risks they would run in a war with Russia and will not easily be persuaded to join with
Chinese mandarins, usually rest- Germany in an unholy crusading on their hands on the rail in of anti-Bolshevik principle.
Yet the move is interesting and will no doubt be seized on
"NO EXCUSE" Councillor Marr rose when
nominations were asked for two vacancles on the Magistrates Bench.
cormack, leader of the party. "It He quietly proposed Councillor
may be argued that
he has no
experience." he remarked, "but we who know all about it are aware
that is nu valid excuse."
He was seconded by Councillor
Horn, who. with dramatic gesture, declared, "Cormack is a super- man, with super-inteligence and abundant common sense!". Many
members, including the Lord Pro- vast, laughed loudly..
FURTHER LAUGHTER "Do you know what an Edinburgh editor said of Cormack?" asked Mr. Horn. "He said, 'Cormack is no
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by those who believe in a "Fas cist International" and "who agree with Senor del Vayo's view that the world is now only one nation which is already at civil war,
NEW MAYOR OF SWATOW
H
Swatow, Dec. 1. Mr. P. H. Wong, the newly ap- pointed Mayor for Bwatow, aż sumes, office to-day. The new Mayor was formerly Magistrate at Kityang for over one year, and he was held in much esteem there- Heuter
FRENCH WAR DEBT
gathered something from each. Here she appeared in 13 different playa her impressions of Pekin, where on 13 consecutive nights:
'I can never forget looking down into the stalls, with the expres- ionless, gazing eyes of the old
which everything was kept was in-
ROYAL AIR FORCE
Far East Command
It is notified in Air Ministry
Commodore A. W. Tedder took up the appointment of Air Officer East, Commanding. R.A.F.. Far on November 11, in succession to Air Caminadore S. W. Smith. O.B.E.
appointments of Nov. 19 that Air
The selection of Air Commodore
Tedder for this command, ́head- quarters of which are at Singa- pore, was announced in "The Times" of July 18: He was until front of them, one round face after recently Director of Training, Air another, staring up at me. Those Ministry, Air Commodore Smith ald Chinese followed the plot of the had held the Far East command play like cats watching mice. They for three years. during which
did not respond very spontaneously time the strength on the station to the humour.
Elsewhere Miss Tempest's travels brought her in touch with all sorts of famous folk, and those who have become famous since.
Above all, the book conveys the character of Miss Tempest herself, with all its paradoxes-dominant, proud, frankly egotistical, yet in- finitely sensitive and sympathetic; always learning, absorbing, re- sponding; a merciless disciplinarian in her art, yet so completely--in other things as well as her passions for dress, cookery and house-de- coration-a woman still!
TYPHOON
The following typhoon warning from the Manda Observatory was received by the American Consu Iste-General yesterday at 9.45 a.m.: Typhoon reported in Longi-
There was further laughter, but Mr. Hon had more to say. "Cor- mack is a force to be reckoned with! He knows what he is talk ing about and writing about!"
Again there was laughter. When $ the vote was taken Councillor Cormack was 'at the bottom of a list of four. He got nine votes. Councillor, William Taylor and Councillor Andrew H. A. Murray were elected with 59 and 48 votes
Washington. Dec. 2 tude 125 East, Latitude 14 North. respectively. Labour's nominee,
the French Government's moving West or to the south of Councillor Hardie, got 13, votes,
initiative France-American discus-Mania. The disturbance is about When the new magistrates had sons are proceeding in Paris with 900 miles distant from the Colony. declared loyalty to their duty view to the settlement of the
A warning issued at 2.30 p.m. Hitherto no yesterday gave the position of the "without fear, favour, or ill will," French war debt. Mr. Cormack was heard to say,
definite proposals have emerged.--
typhoon as Longitude 123 East; 4863 "Bee you remember about that"
Reister.
Latitude 14 North, moving WNW.
77,190
On
has been more than doubled.
PAY OF AIRMAN PILOTS The Air Council have decided to introduce uniform scales of. pay for. airman pilots and air observers, irrespective of the trade group from which they are drawn. Elt herto their rates have been based
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It is only this part of the journey, through Manchuria, which me wish to qualify the makes
statement, that the Siberian route is the most pleasant as well as the quickest route to Europe. Yours faithfully,
REV. C. B. R. SARGENT.
on the pay of the trade group GARBO AND BOB to which they belonged.
An Air Ministry Order issued on
Garbo the incomparable Nov. 18 shows that the new! amounts are the same as those Camille; Robert Taylor, romantic previously paid to airmen taken hope of the screen, as her young from Group I (technical), and
lover. are substantially higher than the from former rates paid to men the other groups. In the case of the latter the pay of airman pilots will be increased by from is to 35. a day for sergeants, and from Is. 6d. to 38: 6d, a day for flight follows in the tradition of many sergeants. Air observers are drawn only from Groups I and II and the new rates increase the pay of both corporals and sergeants of Group II by is. a day, The new
acales are:--
The fim, based on Dumas's im- mortal La Dame aux Camellas, is now in production at Culver City.
Garbo, in playing the leading rôle,
greatest artresses of the
of the stage-Bernhardt, among them.
The story, is of a young woman who falls in love with a man older than herself. She meets a younger man, and this second romance ends in tragedy,
George Cukor is directing, with Lionel Earrymore as the principal supporting player.
Sergeant (pilot), 12s. 6d. a day after four years' employment as such, 138. ed.;. Oght sergeant (pilot). 158. a day; after four years employment as such. 158. Bd.
Corporal (observer), fs. a day; The nim was interrupted for a after four years' employment as few days by the death of Irving such, 88. 6d.; sergeant (observer), Thalberg, who was producing it. 11s. a day; after four years' em- is now being continued under an- ployment as such is, éd.
ether producer.
New £1,600,000 Indian
Bridge
The Howrah Bridge across the Hoogli River, India, as it will appear from the right bank, when... completed. The bridge, designed by London engineers, will carry eight lanes of trafic, including" trams. About 27,000 tons of steel will be used; the cost will be about. £1,600,000; work is expected to take four years.
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