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The estate of the poet, drama- tist and actor, John Drinkwater. who died at the end of March, has | been proved at £1.377-- Erstiak Wireleen
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THE DEVIL IS A SISSY
Young Freddie Bartholomew ap- parent'y excels in any rote that comes his way. The boy who gave us such a vivid portrayal of "David Copperfield," and again as "Little Lord" Fauntleroy," now appears as a modern urchin of New York's lower East Side in "The Devil Is a Bissy," which opened at Majestic Theatre last night.
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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 10, "1937.
TO-DAY AT THE
CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-'
"Maytime".
QUEEN'S:-
"Wings Of The Morning"
ORIENTAL;--
"The Plainsman"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA:-
"Wings Of The Morning" *MAJESTIC:—
"The Devil Is A Sisay" STAR:---
"The Beloved Vagabond"
KING'S :-
Coming
"Espionage"
QUEEN'S:--
"Song of China"
ORIENTAL:—
"The China Clipper"
ALHAMBRA :-
"Conflict"
MAJESTIC:-
"The Key":
STAR:-
"Without Orders"
"WINGS OF THE MORNING"
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PHILHARMONIC DIARY OF LOCAL
SOCIETY
EVENTS
MONDAY, MAY 10
Profit Disclosed In Annual Report
Anniversaries and Holidays. Outbreak of Indlan Mutiny, 1857.
Auctions. Crown Land, P.W.D. Onces, 3 p.m.
At
MEETING TO-DAY
The annual general meeting of the Hong Kong Philharmonic So- ciety will be held in St. John's Cathedral Hall this afternoon at 5.30 pm.
The repurt for the renson 1936-37 is as follows:-*
The Income and expenditure account reveals a net proft on the year's working of 589-78. This profit has been carried to the' ac- cumulated fund.
The membership of the Society numbered 42 Vice-Presidents, and 123 ordinary members.
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. Сілетая King's:-"Maytime." Queen's: "Wings Of The
Morning."
Oriental:-The Plainsman." World:-"Chinese Picture.”
Alhambra :—“Wings Of The
Morning."
Majestic: The Devil Is A
Gissy."
Star: "The Beloved Vagabond." Dances. Cheero Club Dance, B
p.m.
Entertainments.-Planoforte Re- cital at Helena May," 5.30 p.m.
Meetings.-Annual, of all Mem- bers of R.A.O.B. Club, 7.30 p.m.; The musical play "The Maid of ¦ Annual, "of Hong Kong Philhar- the Mountains was produced in monte Society, in Cathedral Hall, December by Rev. Cyril Brown, 5.30 p.m. B.A., Mr. A. B. Yule pcting as Hon. Conductor. On the departure of the latter in January, Mr. Lindsay A. Lafford, F.R.CO, LRA.M., A.R. CM undertook the duties, and the musical play "The Street Singer" which was presented in April, was put into rehearsal, with Rev. Brown again producing. To these gentle- | 9 p.m. men the thanks of the Society ure due.
'
Miscellaneous. Opening Cere- mony of the Haw Par Accident Station, at Hy San Avenue, Cause- way Bay, 5.30 p.m.
Social-R.E.O.C.A.
Whist Drive and Tombola, tu Garrison Lecture Hall, 8.30 p.m.: VMC.A. Service Men's Whist Drive, in West Lounge,
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Sports(See Page 10), Moon-New Moon, $.18 p.m. IV Moon, 1st. Day
The duties of Hon. Secretary and Hon. Treasurer have been carried out during the season by Messrs. H. | P.I. J. Best and H. M Cockle respec- tively, while Mr. R. A. Starling act. Low at 0214 and 15.31 ed as Hon. Orchestral Becretary.
Sunrise.-5.48 a.m.: Sunset.--6.54
The flaming romance of a lovely fugitive fleeing from strife-torn Spain, "Wings of the Morning", Twentieth Century-Fox release showing at the Queen's and The thanks of the Society are
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Alhambra Theatres to-day, intro- gratefully tendered to these gentle. duces a new and exciting screen įmes. personality in Annabella, starred with Henry Fonda and Legle
An Orchestral Section of the Society was formed early in the Banks in the fim, which presents year for the first time. and has the world-famous tenor. John McCormack,
Brought to the screen in all the lifelike beauty of natural Techni- color, "Wings of the Morning" pro- vides a thrilling mixture of drama, spectacle and surprise, including the spectacular changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, home of English Kings, and the most sensational Derby eyer run, with Jockey Steve Donoghue riding his most thrilling race.
Also featured in the cast are Stewart Rome, Harry Tate and Irene Vanbrugh. Harald Schuster directed the film, which is based on stories by Donn Byrne. The Twentieth Century-Fox release was produced by Robert T. Kane.
AVIATION IN ITALY
Through the kind invitation of the Italian Consul-General; G. Pagano di Melito, many of the Colony's residents were able to see 'a fim featuring the Aviation of Italy at the Queen's Theatre yes- terday morning.
The picture proved to be most interesting and should prove most valuable to students of aviation who saw it while to the laymen it gave good idea of the organisa- tion behind the Italian Air Force,
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It showed the would-be aviators in the technical schools, learning all about the different parts of a plane and then students learning the art of dying. Last of all it showed the part played by the Italian Air Force in Abyssinia.
proved a great success,
The Committee desire to place on record, their indebtedness to all those who worked so hard toward
the success of the production, to the Cathedral Church Council for the use of rooms for meetings, and to Messrs. Thomson & Co.. Char- tered Accountants, for auditing the accounts.
The comparative Recounts of operas produced by the Society shows a nett Joss of $127.10 on
The Maid of the Mountains."
BASEBALL LEAGUE
"
Volunteers Easily Beat Filipinos
the Volunteers when they met the An easy victory was gained by Filipino Club in a League Baseball Saturday afternoon. The Volun game played at Caroline Hill on
teers, which
one of the
League proved too strong for their strongest teams in last year's
opponents who are newcomers to the League this season.
were
went in to bat first and scored the Winning the toss, the Filipinos |
drst run through Figueiredo, who was given a walk to first base and arrived home on an error.
Alvares, the Filipino pitcher. gave many chances to the Volun- teers who hit up seven run in the first innings. His side falled to re-equalise the score in the second
Innings, and were blanked out..
Amongst the many people who attended were" the leading mem- bers of the Italian community and many other prominent local sidents,
MAYTIME
Volunteers added another six
Tides. High at 08.23 and 22.00:
TUESDAY, MAY 11. .
Anniversaries and Holidays:- Earl of Chatham died, 1778. Irving Berlin born, 1888.
Auctions Crown Lands, at Dis- trict Office. Northern District, Tal Po, 11.30 a.m.
Cinemas King's: "Espionage" Queen's: "Song Of China"
(Chinese Picture). Oriental:"The Plainsman.” World: "Chinese Picture." Alhambra:-"Conflict" Majestic: The Devil Is A
Bissy."
Star:-"Without Orders"
Meetings-Kowloon Chess Club. at St. Andrew's Hall, 5.30 p.m.: St. Andrew's Church Women's Guild, 10.30 am.
Miscellaneous. Rotary Tiffin. Hong Kong Hotel.
Social Police Branch of Minie- tering League, Coronation Drive for Mah Jong and Whist at Police Recreation Club, 3 p.m.; Craigengower Cricket Club Week'y Tombola, 9:23 p.m.; Cheero Club Whist Drive, 8.30 p.m.
Sports-(See Page 10). Moon.-IV. Moon. 2nd Jewish New Moon,
p
Day.
Sunrise.-6.47 am. Sunset.-8.63
Tides. High st 07.44 and 20.59; Low at 01.38 and 14.40.
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POSITION VAGUÉ
London, May 1,
The position in Barcelona still lacka clarification.
Reports arriving by way of France declare life is returning to normal and the workers are answering the summons of the trade unions to return to their posta Underground trains and buses are working..
tona--
day afternoon on the St. Andrew's soon from Hong Kong of w. Church Vicarage court, between Stafford, of the Naval Yard Folice, Christ Church, Kowloon Tong, and who has been promoted to a
St. Andrew's Church. The visitors
On the other hand, reports from senior post at the Singapore Naval won by 9-sets to 7.
the Franco-Spanish frontier state Scores: Mrs. Kirby and Rev. J. R. Higgs that anarchists have seized two
more important townis,, have . (St. Andrew's): beat E. Shea and runs to their score, mostly through the foundation of the Royal Naval Mrs. Kew 5-2;lost to G. She and placed machine guns at strategic felding errors on the part of the Yard Police Recreation Club, he Topping even their triumphs in Filipinos. Thereafter the Volun- has served on the council of the
Miss R. Mow Fung 3-4; beat E. Points and forced the local autho- "Naughty Marletta” and "Rose teers played their reserves and took Hong Kong Amateur Billards As Lee and Miss Gibson 6-1; lost to rities to hand over their func- Marie," Jeanette · MacDonald and things lightly. The Filipinos sociation, and was for several Mr. and Mrs. A. E. P. Quest 3-4. Nelson Eddy, America's favourite managed to overcome the Volun- years Asistant Secretary to the Miss P. Gittins, and A. S. Bliss Reuter's Bulletin Seresca. singing stars, are now at the teers' Belding and scored six runs. Steel; Coulson Billards League. Kew 4-3; lost to She and Mow King's Theatre in "Maytime." But their efforts were not reward- This year he has done Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's lavish ad-ed as the Khakis had too big a place the McEwan Younger Aptation of the Rida Johnson lead over them.
and Billards League on a batter Young Operetta which was one of. In view of the fact that the footing, in the capacity of Honbridge (St. Andrew's): lost to Shea the memorable hits of the New Filipinos bad not even had one Becretary, York stage.
practice game 'they showed pro Directed by Robert Z. Lenoardm❘ mise of better things and when they the man who gave Almgoers "The have properly settled down they Great Ziegfeld," with a wide varie should give a goud account of ty of songs by Sigmund Romberg themselves in the League. and Herbert Sibthartm and with a
Scores by. Innings; brilliant supporting cast headed by John Barrymore in his first ap- pearance since “Roméo and Juliet" Filipinos
the new M-O-M musical opens as Volunteers one of the outstanding sensations of the new movie season.
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FILM OF CIVIL WAR
Moscow, May 9, A Russian newsreel cameraman, in the great cities, Freddie co-stars Hortz Makassajeff, has just re- with Jackie Cooper and Mickey turned to Moscow from Spain Rooney. Ian Hunter and Peggy with 4000 metres of film showing Conklin provide the romantic In-scenes from the civil war. terest in a touching love story that The alm, it is stated. will be enters into the adventurous narra- edited and shown abroad. tive of the boys.
Transocean News Nervice,
HOCKEY PROTEST
REFUGEES IN Fung 1-6; beat Lee and Gibson
FRANCE 4-3; lost to Guest and Guest 3-4. · Miss M. Churn” and F.. A. Broad-
La Rochelle, May 7. and Kew 3-4; beat She and Mow the Spanish liner Habana, with Escorted by a British destroyer, Fung "4-3; beat Lee and Gibson!
6-1: last to Guest and Guest 1-6. 4,000 refugees, mostly children, here last night. Mies J. Broadbridge and R. Bald-aboard, arrived win (St. Andrews); lost to the They were disembarked this mor
ning. and Kew 3-4; lost to She and Mow
The first batch to march ashore Pung 3-4; beat Lee and Gibson
numbered 500. All were singing 5-2; lost to Guest and Guest 1-6.
The Internationale" and raised their clenched 2sts in the Com munist salute,
DR GUIDO SCHMIDT
· After a medical examination, the children were given food and dis- tributed to their new homes by
An Extraordinary General Com- mittee meeting of
the Mamak 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Hockey Tournament will be held at 10 11 15 110 runs Bt, Andrew's Church Hall at 6 pm 763 1.0017 runs on Tuesday, May 18, to consider a The following were the teams: letter received from the Secretary, Volunteers:-Wing Lee (c), Bo- Central British Association, regard wen (p), Mendoza (1st b), Beltrao ing the ruling given by the Execu (2nd b), Delgado (sa.), Abbas (3rd- tive Committee of the Mamak b), N. Leonard, 8. Leonard, H. de Hockey Tournament in relation to Sa, IL. Campos, A. P. Pereira and a protest received from the C.BA.
on Thursday, April 22. A. Ismail (Outfielders). Secretaries of glubs are request Filipinos:-Noves (E). Alvares ed if they are unable to attend (p). O'Arculli (1st b), Eramelia to kindly arrange for a represen- It is also announced that Dr. regarded as the first outward ex- (2nd_b), M. El Arcalli (3rd b), tative of their feam to, attend vide Schmidt will visit Paris after the pression of the trend of Austriani Nazarini (s.s.), Castro, C. Figuereldo, Rule 4. Mamak Hockey Tourna- Coronation of King George VI policy towards closer contact with Kitchell, Xavier, Ribeirio and Rull ment Oficial Hand Book Season Concrete negotiations are not Western European Powera.—— (felders).
1936-37.
Intended, but Austrian political | Eeuter.
train.
·Reuter..
Vienna, May 7. The Austrian Foreign Minister, Dr. Guldo Schmidt, will interview Mr. Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, in London next week, according to a communique lasued circles attach great importance to-day o
to these mestings, which", are
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