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Tribute Paid At Inquest

Tributes to the bravery and thoughtfulness of "a little mother were paid at the inquest at Bridge north, Shropshire; last month, on Mary Grace Jones, aged eleven, who died in hospital from burns.

Dorothy had no mother, the.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY

1937.

TO-DAY AT THE CUSTOMS PARTY DIARY OF LOCAL

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S th

"Bengal Tiger"

QUEEN'S :-

"Murder With Pictures" ORIENTAL:-

"The Golden Arrow""

CENTRAL —

"""Top Hat"

Kowloon

ALHAMERA: "

"Flash Gordon”

MAJESTIC:-'

STAR:

"ME. Robinson Crusoc"

"Crime and Punishment"

KING'S:--

Coming

"Adventure In Manhattan"

QUEEN'S:

"My Man Godfrey" ORIENTAL:-

"His Brother's Wife" ALHAMBRA÷

STARL

-th

"The Jungle Princess

*Till We Meet Again' CENTRAL:-

"White "Angel", MAJESTIO:-

"Manhattan Melodrama"

"BENGAL TIGER"

FIRED ON

Mr. Paget's Death Recalled

EVENTS

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14

Anniversaries and Holldays.---- St. Hilary, Blessed. Odorte of Par- depane, Pioneer Missioner to China (1331).

furniture.

Auctions-Household 14. Hantow Road, Howloon 2nd.

Cinemas.

Further clsclosures were made last week" regarding the circum=" stances under which adr Thomas Gordon Faget, 38-year-old British | floor. 11 3.0-1 bant, officer in "the Chinesa · Cus- toms, was killed at Poontung on December 17. Attached, to the Customs post at · Kwangchowan, Mr. Paget proceeded to Pooniung, on the Kwangst border, on Decem- ber 17, in charge of, a⠀ Customs party of fiteen, to seize smuggled goods, which were found concealed in an omnibus station.

Wälle the Customs party was removing the goods, they found themselves attacked on three sides by ride are from smugglers, the local militia, and the guards of a provincial tax burean.. The Cus-

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toms party withheld fire for time but were eventually forced to

retaliate and retire. In the affray, Mr. Paget was killed and one Chinese Customs guard WIS wounded. The smuggled goods. had to be left behing.

King's-Bengal Tiger" Queen's;--"My Man Godfrey,” Central:---"Top Hat”.... Oriental:-"The Golden Arrow.” World-Chinese Picture." Alhambra:"Flash Gordon." Majestic:—Mr. Robinsoe Crusoe Star: "Crime and Punishment." Lectures, mustrated Lantern Lecture by Prof. C. Gridin, to St. Andrew's Club, 2 pm; St. John Ambulance Anti-Gas lecture, by Dr. Davey, 7 pm: Lecture in Jaco- bean Room, Hong Kong Hotel, by Mr. G. P. de Mahtin, 5.30 p.m.; Theosophical Society, 6.00 pm. "Immortality in Theory and Prac- tice" by Presidential Agent, A. F. Kundsen.

Meetings St. John's Cathedral Committee. Cathedral Finance Ofice,, 5:15 pm.

men's Fellowship, 3 p.m. Speaker, Mrs. (Dr.) Nash.

Miscellaneous.—St. Andrews Wo-

The body of Mr. Paget was recovered through negotiations by the Commissioner of Customs with the local authorities, and sent to

Social-Cheero Club Mah Jong Hong Kong' for burial, The

and Contract Bridge Drive, 8 pm; Chinese authorities in Nanking Civil Service Cricket Club Whist are reported to be investigating Drive, 8 pm: Matshed Church the circumstances of the incident. Whist Drive, in Recreation Room, CONDITIONS GROWING WORSE Shamshuipo, & p.m.

Chinese Customs officers constant.y working under hazar- dons conditions both on land and at sea and the dangers of their duties are growing rather than

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No more colourful and pictures-decreasing. While members of the que drama has been presented" on the screen than that of the new Warner Bros. production, "Bengal Tiger," which is showing to-day at the King's Theatre.

Customs service are killed intre- quently, incidents are most fre quent in which they are physical- ly injured. In the northern pro vinces, the Customs officials are

Sports. Hockey-Hong Kong University V. Waseda University (Navy ground, King's Park), 415 pm

StookerSteel Coulson's Lea- Bue: RA Mess v. RW. Fusiliers; F.O. Mess 7. DR.C., RE Mess v RNP Signals v. G.8. Mess

Moon-XII Moon, 2nd. Day. Sunrise 7.06 am Sunset 550

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Tides. Egh at 11.20 and 22.00;

The picture is a real circus,' constantly meeting with vicious Tow at 4.52 and 15.37.

resistance. Sticks, stones hooks, etc.. are weapons with which Customs officials, must contend for the most part, arearms being seldom used in the attacks against St. Paul, Berinat.

presenting all the big acts, of the @tent together with side shows and the general aticosphere of the circus grounds where artists bark n superlatives about the glamour hidden behind the tent flaps of them. their particular shows.

Carefully trained in the use of Customs officers are More than that, it is a revela-firearms, tion of the intimate lives of the instructed never to resort to them Big Top folk both before the except in self-defence or when all apprehending pubile and in their private tents. other mean of It follows them through their smuggers or their goods have summer tours on the road, in the failed. There have been many fact that social train, and in winter quar-" casualties despite the ters

officials are known to show great All the thrills and excitement caution as well as resolution and and adventure of a real circus are courage. In view of the intimida- found in the picture, the plot tion to which they have been sub- centring particularly about the big jected, surprise has been express- cages of the lons and tigers and fed that they nevertheless continue other wild beasts, with Satan, a to function as effectively as they man killing Bengal tiger, as the do. b'g" menace." The big specialty circus acta are enacted by expert circus performers engaged special- ly for the picture.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15.

Annivernaries and Holidays, ---

Cineinas.

Kings:Adventure In Man-

hattan"

Queen's: "The Jungle Princess" Central:-"White Angel."

Oriental:His Brother's Wife," World:"Chinese Picture." Alhambra:—"The Jungle

Princess

Majestic Manhattan Melo-

- drama.” Star: "Tul We Meet Again" Dancas-Taikoo Club Dance 9

Lectures-Helena May Christian Fellowship Meeting, 10.30 am.

Meetings-St. John's Cathedral Traking Group. Cathedral Office, Association 7.15 p.m.; RAMC.

Four New Arsenals To a general meeting, Urban

Be Built

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Council.room. 5.30 p.m

Miscellaneous Diocesan Girls'

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SATAN

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BENGAL TIGER

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SATAN

KILLER BARTON MARLANK JUNE - TRÈNES «WARREN MULE [Paul, Orusta»dosoph Klan

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Social-Hong Kong Ladies' Hoc key Club Annual Supper Darice, at Peninsula Hotel, 9 p.m.: Cheero Club Duplicate Contract Bridge, 8, p.m.; Whist Dive and "Tombola, Reading Room, Kowloon Docks, a

"Barton MacLane has the lead- ing role, that of a tiger tamer, while' June. Travią gives · a fine performance, as the daughter of the assistant animal rainer, who gave his life to save his boss. Bhe

NO SURPRISE marries the animal trainer be-

While toe announcement gave cause she is grateful to him for helping her out of trouble, then great satisfaction in Irvine and promptly falls in love with pls district it created no surprisem.: 51. Andrew's Club entertains among the inhabitants, as for YPB. of Kowloon Unlon Church, Others in the cast worthy of some time past a number of work 8.45 p.m.. special mention are Satan. the men have been employed forming tiger, Joseph · King, the circus roads and laying out a site be owner: Don Barc'ay, a

best friend, the aerialist.

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clown; tween the railway and the sea to gue, Club de Recreto "A"

University: St. John's v. Club Re- Gordon Hart, a hospital superin- the south of the burgh,-" tendent and Carlyle Moore, Junr.. an ambulance. driver.

"MURDER WITH PICTURES"

It was generally understood, crelo "B" Free Lancers v. Kow-

loon Tong despite the fact that the stric- Billards. McEwan Younger. test secrecy, was observed by the League, Garrison Bergeants V. officials, that the arsenal would HKS. Ede: RAMC. 7. RA (L): be built at this spot.

RAHQ v. RLR, BNYP V An improvement in the Indus R.W.F. trial outlook of, the district, which

was very depressed, has already be of a permanent nature and been felt, and the town is looking not merely & war scare, concern. The solution of a perfectly-pians forward with confidence to em The announcement has given. ned murder by the all-seeing eyeployment for a large number of great satisfaction in the district, of the camera is the story behind men being provided before the and leading citizens have expres the gripping mystery drama,

fed the view that Irvine, will soon end of 1937. A "Murder with Fictures," starring Lew Ayres and Gail Patrick, which is showing at the Queen's Theatre to-day,

Ernest Cossart, a crooked lawyer. is killed in a room crowded with people suspicion points to every one present, including a number of newspaper photographers who helped her father with the house- came to take pictures, and beauti- work in their lonely cottage at ful Miss Patrick, who was heard Cleeton St. Mary, near Cleobury, to quarrel with the lawyer shortly and looked after two children aged before his death. Dve and two and a half. W

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While cleaning the hearth her a The zit takes regele began

Through their member of. Par- be a much larger and busier town ament (Colonel Moore) the c-than it is at present, as it is also zens of the burgh had the ass will influence one or two large rance some time ago from Mr. concerns in the matter of estab- Duff Cooper, Secretary of State ishing factories in the Irvine area. for war, that the factory was es "The Government are now build- ing a number of houses in the Dected to be erected, and an as- rance was also given that it would vicinity of the site referred to

Four Requisites

For Screen Success

Robert Z,-

pinafore caught fire and, though their search for her, Paul Kelly, badly burned, she removed some of a reporter, gets hold of a plate her clothing, changed her frock, taken by Benny Baker, a cuh re-

but a and then walked half a mile to porter, which he knows will reveal There are four necessary re- below, the individual has neighbour's house, carrying the the Identity of the slayer. When quisites for success in motion plc din hope of reaching stardom. baby with her. There she collap- he begins to develop a print he too

The four requites are as fol WHITE ANGELsed. In hospital after early signs is murdered. Baker, in a distant tures, according to

of recovery, she had a relapse and died from exhaustion and toxa- mia,

Evidence was given of her "ex- tra-ordinary bravery" in hospital

A verdict of accidental death was recorded.

“So Jong as the Colonial raw problem is not solved for Germany she will remain a source of unrest spite of her attachment to peace." Dr. Schacht (Germany).

city, has a print or the plate but Leonard, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer di- doesn't realize its importance. But rector who has worked with many his editor docs. It is placed on famous stars. including Norma the new Wirephoto Service and Shearer. Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow broadcast to the world revealing and Jeanette MacDonald the slayer in the very act of mur- dering the lawyer.

* Leonard belleves that withot these requisites, which are listed.

1. Innate ability to react natur-

ally to situations

2. Physical beasts,

3 Intelligence to acquire tech vinique de

4. Necessary experience to per

fect the above,

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