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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1937.

TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" QUEEN'S:~~~

"Mald of Salem"

ORIENTAL:-

"The Great Ziegfeld"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:-

William Tell" MAJESTIC:—

"Libelled Lady"

STAR:---

One More River"

KING'S!

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"Every Sunday" QUEEN'S :--

"The Beloved Vagabond" ORIENTAL:-

"Down The Stretch" ALHAMBRA

"North of Nome" MAJESTIC:-

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STAR:-

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THE LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY

ENGLISH IDEAS OF FREEDOM

Taken-For-Granted Attitude

DIARY OF LOCAL

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TUESDAY, APRIL 27 Anniversaries and Holidays:

St Peter Canisius.

Auctions-Household Furniture, at 35 Hankow Road, Kowloon, 2.30

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The principal speaker at the opening session of the New Idents in Education conference at Oxfor recently was Professor F. Clarke, Principal of the Institute of Edu- cation. In a paper on "The Crisis. of Freedom" Professor Clarke sug- gested that the nature and extent of English freedom ought to be closely exalhined at

a time when much indifference or even hostility to the idea

of freedom existed abroad.

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"King's The Last Of Mrs.

Cheyney"

Queen's—“Maid Of Salém” Oriental:-"The Great Ziegfed." World:-"Chinese Picture." Alhambru.-"William Tell." Majestic:-"G-Men,"

Star: "One More River."* Meetings-Kowloon Chess Club, Andrew's Hall, 6.30 p.m.; Volunteer Committee, at Head- quarters. 6.30 p.m.; Monthly, of Bibit Union of Chins, at Nathan Road, 5.30 p.m.; St. John's

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Cathedral Council Cathedral Hall, 5.15 p.m.; Urban Council, Post Office Building, 4.10 p.m.

Miscellaneous. Rotary Timo, Hong Kong Hotel (Ladies' Day).

Rehearsals-Hong Kong Singers. Union Church, Kennedy Road, 5.30 p.m.

He said that to regard the pre- sent crisis of freedom as being caused by nothing more than the challenge of the dictatorships was to over-simplify the problem. For English people the problem lay nearer home and thoy must be very sure of themselves before ac- Social Craigengower Cricket cepting the comforting beller that Club Weekly Tombola, 9.20 p.m.; this island was a sort of Gideon's Cheero Club Whist Drive, 8.30 p.m.; Fleece destined to remain bone-dry | Kowloon Union Church Y. P. S. while all around was wet with the Congregational Supper, 8 p.m. waters of change. Might they not Sports(See Page 10). unconsciously be taking for grant- Moon.-III Moon, 17th. Day.. ed some peculiar factors in the

Sunrise.-5.55 p.m. Sunset.-6.48 English situation which gave them a feeling of freedom although they had not paid the full price at free- dom? It might be that when they

Frank Morgan thought, no one was watching him. Walking" o tip-toes, he moved into the apací-examined the matter they would ous white banquet room and circled the long decorated table, scanning the place cards.

He came to the card inscribed to "Mrs. Fay Cheyney." Beside it was another card, for "Lord Arthur Dilling" Morgan glanced around to assure himself he was not be ing watched, than removed "D. ing's" card and replaced it with his owli.

find that English freedom was a relatively limited thing.

If

freedom were to be taken In an absolute sense as some people on the Continent seemed to take it, were they certain that they would be able to accept the realities of applying it in education or would they. bike. King Midas, be most un- comfortable and disconcerted At getting what they thought they desired? It was said that many

pupils wanted to English

suffered from under-exposure. Protection there must be, but teachers should ask themselves whether at times pupils had not too much of it.

Which meant that Morgan, 'as Lord Francis Kelton.

sit next to Join Crawford and crowd out Robert Montgomery.

But Morgan was not alone the big banquet scene. He had a large gallery, clustered behind the camera, and he was suddenly in-

p.m.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 Anniversarics and Holidays:- St. Paul of the Cross. Mutiny of the Bounty. 1789..

Property,

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King's: "Craig's Wife." Queen's: "The "Beloved Vaga-

bond." "Oriental:-"Down The Stretch."

World:-"Chinese Picture." Alhambra:-William Tell." Majestic:-"G-Men."

Star: "Peg Of Old Drury." Dances-Cheero Club Dance 8 After some 24 years of life over- sea, Professor Clarke said, he had Snooker League Annual Dance, at p.m.; Steel Coulson's Billiards and terrupted by Director Richard become aware on his return of the China Fleet Club, 830 p.m.. Bolesławski's booming voice: "No, enormous importance of what Lectures-Prof W. W. Gerrard on 10 Frank-not like that! You might be called the taken-for- "Impressions of Medical Develop- danced into the scene like akan- granted region was particularly Kuroo You are a dignified Eng-wide in English life, any many ofment in North China," at Univer- the most vital influences in edu

sity Union Assembly Room, 5.30 cation lay within it. After long centuries of security and unbroken continuity the processes of edu. cation on the one hand and the at Helena May, 10.30 a.m.; Annual presuppositions of social tradition

Esh lord, please remember."

Morgan rehearsed the scene a few more times until it was per- lect. Then Morgan's antics were repeated by Montgomery who stealthily slid into the scene and reversed the place cards again.

MAID OF SALEM

Seventeenth century New Eng- land, where high ideals clashed with bigotry, romance with grim reality, and glamour with the severe austerity of the Puritan fathers, came to life again at the Queen's, Theatre, showing to-day, in a powerful and highly romantic motion picture, “Maid of Salem,"

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Meetings. --- Kowloon Union Church Women's Guild. 10 a.m.; Annual of the Ministering League,

and

Old

on the other were so intimately of China Provident Loan bound together that it did not oc- Mortgage Co., Ltd.. in Jacobean cur to people to

Room. Hong Kong Hotel, 12.30 state them ex plicitly in relation to one another. P Annual, of Diocesan There were indications that they Gris Arsch, at Messrs. Lo and would soon be forced to be more and Lo's Offices, Alexandra Bldg.. explicit about these taken-for- granted assumptions.

UNDER TWO BANNERS A recent German writer found. the key to English freedom in a peculiar combination of self-rest-

raint and social and mental con- formity. He said, "The Eriglish

by far and away one of the big-type in all classes lacks a certain gest pictures of the current sea-

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last touch of individualization." If this were true, English people must between themselves and the peo- take some care in distinguishing

5.15 p.m.; General Committee at 8. and' 8. Home, 5.30 p.m. Sports(See Page 10).

Sunries.-5.53 a.m. Sunset.-6.49

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The action begins in old Salem town, in the Massachusetts colony Just before the witch hysteria ple of the totalitarian dictator-

Sir John Simon's prospects of breaks out. Miss Colbert, an orphan, is beloved by all with the ships. The road to freedom could becoming Chancellor of the Ex- exception of Miss Sondergaard, be followed under one of two ban- chequer when Mr. Neville Cham- who is suspicious of her friendship nera that of presupposed confor-berlain succeeds Mr. Baldwin are with her husband, Harvey Step-mity and that of thoroughgoing believed to be improving.

He will benefit, it is individualism. The English march-

thought, hens, and certain straitlaced elders who think her too frivolous and

ed under the firs: and the German from the polley of maintaining "gay." She meets MacMurray, a

upholders of freedom" under the the "National" character of the

Government in the higher posts, fugitive cavalier from Virginia, which freedom was not enough. If second. There Was 3 sense An

One of those posta is the Lord who is hiding in the home of bis freedom were to be ablding and Presidency of the Council, which uncle, and a friendship begins.

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald is expect- MacMurray returns to Virginia, serviceable to man it must rest on

an agreed either exicited reaction, led to vacate. But, while appoint- promising to come back to Salem which made freedom itself impos-ment to the Lord Presidency would 1 Boon a he wins vindication. Shortly afterwards,

sible, or became a self-contained { be promotion for Sir John in terms news 18

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GLOUCESTER HOTEL bad "appeared" in Boston and was on his way to that village. Panic said freedom was not a licence placed in a sinecure office, and Dr. L. P. Jacks, who presided, ders him too useful a man to be

The following are the latest ar- Mr. Osbert Lancaster, the authorvals at the Gloucester Hotel- KING'S TROPHIES DOWN THE STRETCH

and fear grip the colony.

better of "Our Sovereigns," gave a lecture is Jessamine Gant, Miss Corinne Others are accused and con-

from some authority to do what that he would make a Mention of the late King George One of the mast thrilling pre-denined to die as witches, mostly one liked but a power which must Chancellor than Mr. Runciman- to the YWCA recently on past Gant, ME and Mr. Ki Chuji, Mr.

butpled with Hejjzić, Mas, Shalin, Mr. V. ús, à collector generally calls to tires or norse racing ever almed, vile and her companions, when to contique to exist at all. He had ble

on the testimony of Miss Gran be constantly exercised if it were the other Liberal National "pos-Coronations that

lively details. One could but pick Mr. L. Stark.. mind stamp albums and tare post- "Down the Stretch" is showing at Miss Colbert attempts to reason begun to hope that this new move-

CONSERVATIVE - CLAIMS put a few of the more important

Hook Kong Hotel marks, but his field of activity was the Oriental Theatre on Wednes with the tear-crazed colonists, she ment for physical education, if it much wider than that, though it day. Mickey

Mr. and Mrs. W. Atwater and A combination of circumstances that the present "Coronation of

alpost completely Mrs. Holbrook is true many of the objects which Ellis. Dennis Moore and Willam is accused and brought to was rightly guided, would be a very in Bir John's favour is thus pro- der dated

trial.

important contribution to the duced

from Edward II, though some went he secured were sent to him father Best have, the leading roles.

cause of freedom and would make than personally acquired. Some Though the races represent the

More piquant items werb that But his appointment to the back to the eighth-century Pon- our people in the next generation Treasury would by no means comtifical of Egbert," that George VI Henry III owned without a idea of the catholicity of his col-running of the Kentucky Derby,

a much freer people in the real mand the support of all the Con- would be the first King of an Biż- èrown "King John had "lost it in lections is gained when from time the Preakness Handicap, the Ar-

sense of the word than they were aervatives. ***

lish, name to he crowned since the Washand that both William to time various lots are transferington Classic and the. Gold Cup

"William Tall" the legendary now. red to the keeping of this or that as Ascot, in England, the scenes tale of the Swas peasant who shot

There is a powerful section of Harold Line inferim have in and Willam v had no money Mr. W. B. Curry, headmaster of Conservatives who want Bir been Normans, Frenchmen, Welsh- for the oblation the one birrow- Institution. The latest such traria actually were filmed at the famous an apple or his son's head, with Dartington Hall, addressing the Samuel Hoare, and say he is men, Scots, and Germans (George ea twenty guineas from Lord Dan- fer has just taken place to the Im-Banta Anita track in California Conrad Veldt at the head of an conference, spoke against the ex-entitled to the Chancellorship on V. was not yet Windsor her by the other was heard to say, “Z pertal War Museum, the pjects in and at the training stables and imposing cast, opens at the couragement of competition in merits which are more important crowned); that Edward I had two haven't got it on me, but mind this case belog trophies of the 1918 track at Encina with all the Alhambra Theatre to-day. “ schools, whether among individ- than expedienty.

crowns and the Tudor Mary three me and I'π sina it to-morrowl Easter rebellion in Ireland. They warmth, colour and excitement of Curious. Implements and ways of uals or groups. The main argu-

crowns for their Coronatioring that Mr. lancafer, mentioned, too, reached His Majesty from various the real races is found in the building are accurately shown ment against competition, he said,

of the present Coronation regalja, that the most forgetful Eart Mar- persons who were involved in that scenes, but

The oddest and most interesting was that te dia hot work afta öb-

only the anointing spoon possibly shut más the Lord Howard (of trouble and among the most in- |

appliance is an arquebus, or hook-Ject was to encourage children to and those in the middle were not dates from the Saxon kings, since Enngham, who at George IIF8 teresting are a rebel flag that was

gun, which, when used expertly, work harder, but while a few suce affected. Competition put the em- the Puritans destroyed all the rest: Coronation forget both the sceptre holated in the fatal day, and the

had a deadly alm. Perhaps this cesiful children might podalbly phase in the wrong place and that Anne Boleyn'a was the most and came in Han fleaged, now- document of Anal surrender bear-

accounts for the fact that William work a little harder those near the gave teachers and children the gorgeous Coronation held until ever that for the next Coronation ing the signatures of some of the

Tell did not kill his sonne

bottom of a class were discouraged I wrong moliven.

that time.

all would be in order.

leaders. The public will now be able to see these and other trophies that have been removed from Buc- kingham Palace,

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