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London SPECTATORS AT THE VALLEY RACES

Man Who Taught London

How To Dance Bankrupt

"I suppose I have had anything between £2,000 and £3,000 a year in fees for dancing, but, being a single man, I had nothing to save for," Monocled Santos Casa al, the man who taught. London to dance, said this after he had tried to explain to the Assistant Official" Receiver at the London Bankruptcy Court his ninelal affairs at a first meeting of creditors,

He had not presented a state- ment, but estimated his abilities at about £2.000, although the Re- ceiver, Mr. C. T. Newman, sald that he was informed that the total indebtedness was 1 the neighbourhood of about" £4.000. There were no available assets

mentioned.

It was stated that Mr. Casan

In born was a British subject South Africa. He started, a school of dancing in 1921, and had made as much as £150 a night for dance engagements.

affairs His

left in the ere hands of the "Oficial Receivers

Santos Casani, the man who has taught 23,000 women to dance, is stil optimistic.

"I am going to open a place so elaborate that it will revolutionise anything I have done in the past

'ne said.

Hi spoke <> "thousands of pounds which he had given away In charity.

"I have agreed to 20 But un many occasions and givè exhibi- tions at 300 guineas a time. but have; returned the cheques so that the charities may benefit."

The inventor of the Charleston and Yale Blues, and many other farious dances, Mr. Casan! added | that, he had just completed a new

which he expected "dance

the Ministry of Health would sponsor in a physical culture campaign.

THE

WINKING GIRL

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An appeal has been lodged Against the £1,500 damages awarded to the "girl with an embarrassing wink"--sald have been acquired after being thrown through a car window in a road accident.

The damages were awarded by a King's Bench jury to Miss Emily Mounsey, school-mistress, of Em-

against. Mr. Frederick George Gay-

"

BRIDESMAID

EIGHT TIMES— THEN BRIDE

Three limes a bridesmaid, never a bride," the old saying. did not apply to Miss Margaret Beniston, of Coalville, Scot- land. She has been brides- mald, eight mes. the last be- ing In August. But she has just returned from her troney- moon as Mrs. Aubrey P. Dray- roll.

She is the second youngest of family of eleven and each time she was a bridesmaid it was the wedding of either a brother or sister. 'She Was

arried in the local Baptist Church at which she had been a bridesmaid six times.

Non-Stop

Bouncing

Bertha

Eminent doctors and pro- fessors from the University of Tennessee dashed to St. Char- les. Vircinia, recently to gather round the bedside of a girl, axed, nine, who could not stop bouncing.

ing at the Valley. (Photo by hạ Thirteenth Extra Race meet-

PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN at telca).

NEWSETTES

His Excellency the Governor has Mr. Ernest Has Williams has approved the following relinquish- been "appointed a temporary ad- ment of commission in the Hong-ditional judge of the Supreme kong Volunteer Defence Corps, with' Court, with elfect from 21st Decem- effect from 15th December, 1938.

Lieutenant Eric Paul Fletcher.

ber; 1938, until he resumes the office of Crown Counsel, Mr. WII- Hams also resumed duty as Crown

►

MI Charles Raymond Stoddart Counsel on December, 30, 1938. has been appointed Second Lieuten- ant (Reserve of Officers), HK.V. D.C.

A. Jamaican, George Gilbert, allas Yu Kat-chuen, 19 years, ap- peared before Mr. Q. A. A. Mac-

The number of Emigrants leav-fadyen at the Kowloon Courton ing the Colony for the Straits Set- Saturday when he pleaded guilty to tlements during the month "of De-

the charge of stealing a bicycle. cember, 1938, was 1,922.

Sentence was" passed of one

labour. month's imprisonment with hard

*

The human bail is Bertha

"Mr. R. Edwards, second Magis Sybert. Since November 16 she has bech for hours, night and day.trate at the Central Police Court. bouncing up and down, causing returned to Hongkong on Friday

after short visit in Shanghai. the belief among St. Charles's in- habitants that she is bewitched.

Scores crowded round Bertha's home watching with popring eyes s she rose. fell. only to rise and fall again.

Seventy-one-year-old grandma wept as she watched her. "The pont child is almost worn out," she said. "She can't even sit in a chair without bouncing cut."

"IT'S WITCHES" "It's witches, I know it is," broke Bertha's father, Frank Sybert.

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Assistant

MONDAY'S MENU

BREAKFAST

Sliced Bananas and Cream Cereal

Fried Har Bott Bolled Eggs Hominy Cakes

Conce

LUNCHEON

Cream of Corn Soup

Cold Salw Salad »

Baked Ham with Apples

Brussels Sprouts

Lima Beans

Mashed Potatoes

Custard

Tea

DINNER

Liver Sausage Patties

Bouillon

Crab Salad Roast Duck Rice

Carrots and Peas -Cabbage au Gratin French Rolls Jello with Cream Coffee

DEAD WIFE'S "NURSE IS TO

MARRY

in

Sir Maurice Jenks, Bart, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1931-2,

"quietly early Js to remarry the New Year" according to an announcement recently.

Miss He is to wed

Constance. Edith Currie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Currie, of Monks Or- Beckenham (Kent). chard road.

Sir Maurice, who lives at War- is 60. His first sash (Hants.), wife died in June last year.

There were two sons and one Sir Maurice's arst daughter of marriage. Mr. Richard Atherley Jenks, who is 32. 1s the helr the baronetty.,

MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1939.

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Norvie and Mascot provide the shoe for Day, Evening and all Dress occasions. Sir Harbert Barker" the true to nature footwear" for Day and Golfwear, Finn-der a heavier whoo with a flexible sole, waterproof and hard wearing.

Price range from $21.50 to $39.50

Other qualities $14.75 to $19.50 (Less 10% Cash Discount)

Inspection Invited

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BARBARA GILMAR

-Soprano-

BARBARA GILMAR

-Thursday. 19th January

The Japan Hotel Association

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IN JAPAN

AKAKURA

Miss Currie, who is 32 years old,

Mr. Edwin Haward, former editor of the "North China Daily News," and who has been, contributing im- Mr. Henry Arthur Mills has been portant articles on the Far East, appointed

Postmaster situation in London papers recent- General and Chief Accountanty, has been appointed the British stated: "I met Sir Maurice when General Post Office, with effect member of the information section: from January 1. 1939.

of the League of Nations Secre- tariat, with permanent residence in London.

Dr. Tai Hon. Hung. M.B., ChB (Edin.), and Dr. Teng Pin Hui, M.A., B.S. (HK), have been appointed Health Officers, with effect from January 1, 1939..

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for France

Information has been received from the Quarantine Officer-in- Charge, Amoy, to the effect that the quarantine restrictions against pire, Court, Wembley Park, got two thirteen-stone farmers

During the absence from the Hongkong on account of cholera wood, of Fenwick Road, East Duto sit on her the other day. but Colony of Monsieur Franck L. N. published in the Supplement to aGazette as No. S. 201 of July 8, wich, S.E. the driver of the car, even that didn't settle her down." Dupuy, Consul

And Bertha. as she bounced. Hongkong. Monsieur Charles Ren-1938, have been removed. The re- who is appealing.

gasped: "It's happened for days ner. Vice-Consul for France will be strictions in respect of smallpox

in charge of the French Consulate, still apply. Miss Mounsey complained that and days. I'm sore all over. I get a .. her face was scarred. her nerves itle sleep, then I wake up to find

affected, and that she now bad a myself bouncing.“ nervous wink This was embar-

STOLEN FROM THE

SOUTH SEAS MAIDEN

This secret of bar stranga anchantment! TATTOO for lips instead of pasty' contlag!

the will to bounce or dance.

"These cases often show

that soon. she will periods of sleep."

A1 Mr. Kurt Joelson will describe o

ar

t nursed his date wife three years nurse ago. I am a fully trained

at Charing and for a time was Cross Hospital,”

Sir Maurice Jenks, who is accountant, entered municipal life in 1910 as representative for ward of Cheap. During the he carried out important duties fer the Government. Ис -WELS sent to South Africa on a mission, and while returning his vessel was

torpedoed.

the

War

PRETTY CHINESE

WEDDING

to

Referring to marriage in # speech to schoolgirls, he said: "Strive to make yourselves Inde- Messrs. Wang Hsiao-lal. Tu In accordance with the pro- pendent, but directly Mr. Right The girl is obviously suffering Yueh sheng and YM. Chien, Chi-visions of Section 21 of the Stamp comes along, do not hesitate

sacrifice that rassing when speaking to a strang-from a type of hysteria." said an nese industrial and financial lead-Ordinance. No. 8 of 1021, no

Independence and er or when teaching.

eminent physician.

ers, returned to Hongkong an architect, auditor. barrister. den-fulf your normal destiny." "The reasoning part of her brain | Saturday after a visit to Yun-tist (whether registered as a den- She is controlled nan. Szechwan and other south-tal surgeon of an exemptèd „per- is out of action. only by her emotions and predo-western provinces to investigate scn), medical practitioner (Parts minant among them, it seems, is the industrial conditions there. 1 and 2). pharmaceutical, chemist o solicitor shall practise in the Colony unless he is in possession of amazing strength. It is possible journey by foot from Canton to a valid and current certificate to begin long Hongkong at the height of the practise. Certificates to practise for hostilities in South China at the 1939 may be obtained from the meeting of the Rotary Club at the Stamp Office on payment of the Hongkong Hotel to-morrow at Stamp Duty of $50.

Information has been received There are various classes ot His Majesty the King has been from the Director. League of Na- night prowlers: those who roam pleased to approve the appoint-tions Health Organization Eastern the streets out of curiosity, Insom- ment of the Hon Mr. Andrew Lusk Bureau, Singapore, to the effect nlacs. late party voyagers, police- Shields to be an Unofficial Mem- that Hongkong has been declared men, and petty "rabbers.

ber of the Legislative Council an infected port on account of The other night Mr. and Mrs. vice M Marcus Theodore John- smallpox as from December 31. Blank retired early, the next even-son, reaigned, with effect from 1938. by the Government of the ing was to be late, due to a party (October 18, 1938.

Straits Settlements. All passengers they were giving for friends and

arriving from Hongkong by air or His Excellency the Governor has sea will be required to produce at On sale night, 11 p.m. lights been pleased to appoint, under ports in the Straits Settlements were out and at midnight they

section 9 (4) of the Liquors Con-ertificates showing that they have were deep in the arms of

been vaccinated against smallpox solidation Ordinance, 1931, Ordin-

A

The glamorous Tittle South

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her lips with party colour 'that has no allure. Indeed not! Instead, she Tattoos them with an alluring trans- parent red. She knows too, there's no romance, int lips that are rough and wrinkled Hers are soft and smooth.

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St. Paul's Church on Saturday was the scene of one of the pret- tiest, weddings of the season when Miss Mavis Cheong, well-known in Australian Chinese circles. W33 married to Mr. Andrew Chan. teacher of music and organist of the Church.

The bride, who was given away by her uncle, wore a gown of white slipper satin, with a high round neck. long tight-Atting sleeves and a blas cut skirt ending in a train. Her vell was caught by a rhinestone cap. She carried a white prayer book.

Attending her were the Misses Esther Wong. Doreen Chin and Noreen Chan, who wore taxeta floor-length frocks and pink flow-

morpheus. The French windows of ance No. 36 of 1931, Messra. Hugh not less than 12 days prior to their era in their hair, their bedroom, which openca antoi Blackwell Layard Dowbiggin, O.BE jarrival and not more than three

a balcony, were open but the shut JP., and Cyril Champkin, J. P... to years prior to that date,

ters were closed. All was quiet be members of the Licensing Board

and peaceful.

Morning came, people be

came

alive and commenced their day's activities. Mrs. Blank prepared for her even- ing of entertainment.

Mr.

Blank departed for his place of business.

for a further period of three years, with effect from December 10, 1938.

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THE BLASE LONDONER

The following additions to the A much-travelled French visitor Register of Medical Practitioners relates an experience which has entitled to practise Medicine in this persuaded him that London has Colony are published for general the most blase of populations,

At Charing Cross he heard a practise sonorous, apocalyptic voice echoing

Д aver large area which said: Ha Yu Wah, Ip Kung Chiu, Koe "Please use the pedestrian crOS-

Persons qualified Medicine.

to

At noon, £ telephone call information:- reached Mr. Blank at his office, a frantic squeal came over the wire H's wife! Something was wrong. He attempted to put reason in the Kheng Loke, Petrovsky, Constan- sings! Please do not wander att tine Constantinovich, Chu (Miss) over the road! That is a very dan-

gerous habit." and whiskies for the evening's party Finally he was enlightened-wines Barbara, Moore, Philip. had disappeared via the French

wild exclamations and

Bounda

Its source proved to be a police-

Non-Official Justicea of the officer in a car auted with a loud- For your complete beauty treat ment, use Tattoo Powder, Rouwwindows of his bedroom in the Peace who are expecting to be speaker.

night.

absent from the Colony for any "In Paris the crowd would cer and Mascara (cream with brush

However, being the perfect gen- considerable part of the current tainly have responded with ribald tleman, he expressed the desire year are requested to notify the remarks. In Berlin, he thinks, the that. " said thier were located, Chief Clerk, Colonial Secretary's people would have obediently fol. invite him to the party and ask Office, accordingly, and to furnish lowed instructions.. him to bring along Mr. Blank's at the same time the dates of their liquor!**

intended departure and return.

AUW PIT SENG'S TRADING

CO., LTD. Hong Koat.

The Landori prowd were paying no attention whatever,

CHARITY DANCE A SUCCESS Some three hundred people attended the charity dance, or- ganised by the Hongkong University Union 'Chinese Medical Relief Association, held in the Great Hall of the Uni- versity on Saturday night,“

The dance was a very successful affair, amongst those present being the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. D. J. Sloss, Mrs. Bloss, heads of the various faculties and their ladies. Dance music was supplied by the Hongkong Hotel Orchestr.

During the day women under- graduates and volunteer flag-sellers and from Lingnan University various schools gold fings and the total proceeds will be devoted” to. the rellef of wounded soldiers in China and refugees in the New Territories.

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