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Interesting Paper Read LICENSING BOARD HOLD At Opening Meeting Of ANNUAL SESSION: ONE

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The English Association:

"Function Of

Of Tragedy"

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"THE" FUNCTION OF TRAGEDY" was the title of au interesting and provocative paper read by Mr. H. L Mackenzie at the opening meeting of the season of the Hongkong Branch of the English Asso-" elation, held at the Helena May Instituțe yesterday,

H Excellency the Governor. Sir Geoffry Northcote, presided over a large and attentive gathering. Mr. Mackenzie's talk gave rise to an enlightening discussion, in which various views were expressed by Mr. D. J. Sloss, Fr. G., Byrne and Mr. H. L. Handyside. His Excellency also joined in the discussion.

After tracing the "bistory of the as it was from the medical Science influence of classical criticism onjui his tune, has caused some mis- English literature, Mr. Mackenzie understanding. said. In part:-

APPLICATION REFUSED

Applications for the renewal of 48 liquor licences and for two new licences were considered by the Licensing Board at the Council Chamber yesterday afternoon.

The Board comprised The Hon. Mr. N. L...Smith (chairman), the Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster (vice-chairman), Lt.-Col. H. B, L, Dowbig- gin. Messrs. C. B. Brown P. 8. Cassidy, Ngan Shing-kwan and Cyril' Champkin. Mr. D. R. Collins Taylor acted as secretary to the Board.

One of the applications for a Isekichi Seki, Chitose Hotel, 6. new licence, Mr. Albert Edward Hau Fung Lane. Murphy, Sammy's Kitchen, 42. Mrs. Tada Koga, Chitose Kwan Lockhart Road, ground floor, was Hotel, 1 and 3, Hau Fung Lane. refused.

Takichi Miho, Tokyo Hotel, 37A. Two applicants for renewals were (370) and 38A, Connaught Rd. C.

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absent and their applications. RESTAURANT ADJUNCT LICENCE therefore, were not granted.

Wis directed by the secretary Board to write to them to that effect and to request them to ex- plain their absence.

The two absent applicants were Mr. Lung Wing-ming, Shan Kwang Hotel, 1, Shan Kwong Road, and Mr. Andrew Edward Tkachenko, of Tkachenko Restaurant 3, Hankow

Road. Kowloon. Mr Tkachenko has held his present licence for two-and-a-half years,

Following" is A full list of the Ricences, granted:—

PUBLICAN'S LICENCES

Matheson, the Repulse Bay Hotel. Miss Roberta Marjorie, Crerar Rural Building Lot 142, Repulse Bay.

Nowadays we would use a dif- The part played in life by the ferent metaphor. Instead of saying tragic theatre must have agitated that our emotions became con- philosophers' minds since the first-gested, we would say that they tragedy was acted. As far as we were starved, and that tragedy know, however, the question was was necessary to supply the amo❘ first raised by Plate when he ob- tional deficiency of our souls, But jected to the inclusion of all arts the essential meaning is the same. in his Ideal State. Human life,

The function of tragedy then is according to the Platonic concep- to give us a widening of our tion, is a copy of Heaven. Tragedy. erotional horizon. Our real quest by attempting to represent human in life is experience of all kinds: are is therefore only a copy of that fuller existence, that life copy of ultimate Truth and as such more abundant, that Leightening | is worthless. He objected to tra of the sensations and broadening gedy also on "the moral ground of the consciousness by pleasant that it encouraged "those primitive or painful means. It is the duty passions which civilisation is en- of tragedy not to supply us with Derek Nickson, H.K. Hotel, 3. deavouring to suppress."

an answer to the riddle of life, Pedder Street and 21. 25 and 27. Aristotle took up the defence of but to increase emotional Queen's Road Central. Tragedy. In his Poeties the most

Aubrey Kieran Dimond, Renin- influential piece of literary criti-range. Here we have a pain which

nevertheles thrill us--a painsula Hotel, K.LL, 1461, Salisbury cism ever written-hè replies to from which the sting has been Road. all, he refuses to accept the Pla- taken and to which pleasureable accessories have been added By tonlc idea of the Three Grades of

Identifying ourselves with the Reality-Heavenly Life, Earthly Life and Art. He retains Plato's characters we are undergoing new work "imitation" but uses it in the emotional experiences. So, we Hve sense of Artistic Imitation, or fuller life, and that in the ul-Repulse Bay "Lido," Rural Building rather representation.

the objections of Plato. First of

Tragedy. Lke all art is a repre-

timate analysis is pleasure.

OFFICERS ELECTED

coming

sentation and interpretation of The following were elected

It is an attempt to under-office--bearers stand life, to unravel the com- year:- plexities of existence, and thus, far from being a copy of a copy. is hearer to ultimate truth than Life

tself.

AROUSES PASSION

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for the

President: His Excellency the Governor.

Vice-Presidents: Lady North- cote, Rev. Fr. G. Byrne, Mrs. Edgar Davidson, the Hon. Sir Robert But he had also to meet Plato's Kotewall, the Hon. Mr. M. K. ther objection that tragedySir Atholl MacGregor, Mr. G. P: wouses passions which civilised de Martin, Mr. H. C. Macnamara. men ought to suppress. Now, Aris-Miss H. D. Sawyer, Mr. D. J. Bloss, totle, being essentially Greek, did Prof. R. K. M. Simpson, the Hon. not believe in suppressing the Mr. N. L. Smith and Mr. C. G. passions but in governing them by Sollis.

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Tainosuke Yamakawa, Nagasaki Joe Hotel, 62 and 83, Gloucester Road ground floors.

Mrs. Kato Suya, Wanchal Beer

Han. 54, 56 and 58, Lockhart Road. ground floors.

Shinobu Kawahara, Kawahara Restaurant. 41, Peking Road,

ground floor.

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P. K. Leung. The Prince's Cafe, 18A. Queen's Rd. C., ground floor.

H. W. Sam. Canadian Confec- tionery & Bakery Co., 16, Queen's Rd. C.. ground floor.

Aaron Landau, Jimmy's Kitchen, |315 and 31K, Queen's Road Central,

ground floor, China Building.

Sam Shong Won. Kowloon Con- fectionery Co. Branch, K.IL 2205, Nathan Rad, ground floor...

W. P. Pullen, Jimmy's Kitchen, 20. Hankow Road, ground floor.

Hou Yu Hsul, Kwei Yuan, 369 and 371, Nathan Road, ground floora.

Edward Francis Gingle. Palace URBAN COUNCIL

Hotel, 43 and 44, Haiphong Road. Kiu Fong, Cheung

Kowloon Hotel, 2, Hankow Road.

Sviatoslav Nicholas Potouloff.

Lot 388, Repulse Bay.

Paul Chessex, Gloucester Hotel. 8th 5-15, Pedder Street, 1st to floors, 18-18B, Des Voeux Road Central, 1st to 8th floors, 9-11. Pedder Street.

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Maurice Weill, Hongkong Bowl- ing Alleys, Lockhart Road. PUBLICAN'S LICENCE WITHOUT BAR

Miss Grace Ellis, "Chantecler.” 172, 174 and 176, Nathan Road, ground floor.

Paul S. Lee, St. Francis Hotel, (1933), Limited, 13A. Queen's Road Central.

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Sotirios Pantazi Patara, Cafe a reasonable indulgence. Thus the Committee:-Miss Atkins.Sister Wiseman, 14, Des Voeux Road Cen-

norak objection he counters with Henr, Miss Choi Wat-haan. Prof. tral (Front Portion Basement). his famous definition of tragedy:-L Forster, Mr. C. G. Sollis. Mr. Chan Wal Chuen, Hotel Cecil, "An imitation of an action hat W. L. Handyside. Miss Julla Lam,Ltd., Royal Building. 4. Chater Rd. la serious and also as having mag- Mr. P. H. Leung, Mrs. E. Cock, Mr. ground to 5th floors only. nitude complete in itself, in langu-Yeap Choong-yaw, Mr. Cheung age with pleasurable accessories, Hok-chau. each kind brought in separately in

Hon. Secretary and Treasurer:

parts of the work, in a dramatic Mr. K. W. Saiter. not a narrative form, with Inci-

dents arousing pity and fear wherewith to

accomplish Its NORTH KIANGSU

cathersis of these emotions."

Taken bit by bit, the deflaltions

ls simple enough.

"An imitation of an Action that is serious." Imitation as we sald being interpreted as Artistic Re- presentation Action is need in the widest sense-everything that expresses mental life or the per- sonality of human beings. Not physical action unless coordinative with mental actions. Little phy- sical action on Great Stage stilts, pads.

"An action complete in Itself"- obviously,

successful *

tragedy cannot be episodic but must leave the audience with a sense of com- pletion and finality,

“In language, with pleasurable accessories" refers, of course, to the rhythm, harmony and figura- tive speech in tragedy. All power- ful feeling, if given utterance, in- evitably translates itself into poetry Also Greek drama had musical accompaniment).

and fear"

CONDITIONS REVEALED

Inspection Tour Completed

Military, political, econòmic, educational and cultural affairs

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In North Kiangsu are all on war footing, and tend - to strengthen the Chinese re- sistance, declared Mr Want Chih-sheng, who has just ré- turned to Hongkong from an Inspection tour of North Kiangsu and Cheklang, under instructions of the War Zone Party and Politica) Committee of the National MEDtary Connell,

Betting out on his journey in May, Mr. Wang visited Hatmen,

Wm. A. A. Fergusson, Marcel

Bufet, 70, Nathan Road, ground

floor.

Stanley Joseph Swetland, Red Lion Inn, 15; Hankow Road, ground floor.

E. J. Todd, Neptune, 112, Glouces- ter Road, ground floor.

A. W. Bliss, Blue Peter, K.IL. 542, Nathan Road,

A. E Bush, Imperial, 367, Nathan Road, ground floor.

MEETING

Scales Marked In English Weights For Markets

An amendment to the mar. ket bye-laws of the Public Health (Food) Ordinance of 1935, whereby every holder of a market stall shall, if call- ed upon, provide himself with 蹑 scale marked in English weights and shali weigh any good purchased from

alm on such scale

requested to do so by a cus- tomer, was passed at a meet- ing of the Urban Counch yes- terday.

The Chairman of the Council, Mr. W. J. Carrie, said that it was not intended to apply the regulation to every market in the Colony, but only to those markets which are regularly patronised by Europeans.

OTHER BUSINESS Correspondence relative to the appointment of Inspector C, W. L. I Spradbury to act as Food Officer was read.

The Council refused four sp- plications for eating house and

Robert Leigh, Jolly Roger, 752, food factory licences, and also

Nathan Road, ground floor.

L. A. Hurlow, Embassy, 148-148, Lockhart Road, ground floors.

refused an application for permis- spn to erect cubicles

on the ground floor of coolle barracks on

J. H. Connor, The Black Dog, 39, Inland Lot No. 8. Quarry Bay. Hennessy Road, ground foor.

Those present at the meeting

E. P: Sammons. Gingles, 64, Glou-ware, in addition to Mr. Carrie, cester Road, ground floor.

Dr. T. W. Ware, the Hon. Mr. A. B. Tang Chi-kin, Cate Windsor, Pruves, the Hon. Mr. R. A. C. King's Theatre Building, 1st and North Mr. F. C. Hal; Dr. R. A. de Mezzanine floors.

Castro Basto, Mr. L. C. F. Bel- Emile Landau, Parisian Grill, 10. lamy, Dr 6. N. Chau, Mr. W. N. Queen's Road Central, ground Thomas Tam Mr.-B. Wong Tape,

Mr. Tang Shiu-kin, and Mr. Im Tsai Tung Ting. Londen Cafe. 83, bing-tseung (assistant secretary), Lockhart Road, ground floor.

floor.

HOTEL KEEPER'S ADJUNCT · LICENCE

Mrs. Essie Jean Greenburg,

Mr. Carrie welcomed back from. leave Messta. Hall, Bellamy and Tam.

Chardhaven Hotel, 23. and 25. REFUGEES IN THE

Nathan Road,

Chan Hon, Tung Shan Hotel, 37,

COLONY

Government camps.

"With incidents arousing pity Nantung Jukao, Talksten, T-38 and 39, Connaught Road West There was a decrease of 76 in

Fear is the most tai, Hinghwa, Yencheng. Taishing

Tsoi Kam Hang, 128 and 127, the number of refugees and powerful of our self-regarding in-and other cities. He had an in- Connaught Road Central, and 249, destitates in the Colony, accom- stincts. Pity is the strongest emo-terview with Gen. Han Teh-ching. 251 and 253, Des Voeux Road Cen-modated in tion we feel towards others, as the Kiangsu Chairman,

tral, and 125, Connaught Road etc., in Urban and Rural Areas for tragedy achieves the excitation of On his way back, he was in-Central, 3rd and 4th floors.

the week ending Nov. 4:— Ma Tau Nam, Empress Hotel, Urban Areas. (Civilians): » 159 to 181, Connaught Road Cen-

King's Park 1,273 against 1,282

on Oct. 28.

man's two strongest sensations.tured in a car accident. He re- We pity the tragic characters in covered after staying about' four their misfortunes which we feat months in the Red Cross Hospital trai, 317, 319 and 321, Des Voeux

may happen to us.

DEFINITE MORAL

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But these emotions are aroused.

jin Shanghai.

If

Road Central

Yu Tung Wat, "Mee Chow Hotel, 212-214A and 220-226, Des Voeux

Yip Wok China, The Bun Bun Hotel, 363. Nathan Rd., 365 and 367, Nathan Road, 4th floor.

A Szechwan-8ikong Reconstruc- [Road C.. 1st to 4th floors. 216 and for a definite moral purpose, and tion Institute will be established 218, Des Voeux Road C. whole herein lies Aristotle's reply to

to strain technical personnel to house. Plato's - second · objection. They are excited to accomplish their help in reconstruction in the two catharsis. This word has been wastern provinces. Generalissimo various's interpreted, but is now Chiang Kai-shek will be director of the Institute. Mr. Wel Shih- universally taken to mean a purge chen has been appointed to make preparations for its establishment before the end of the current year.

in

medical- the

sense. By metaphor Aristotle applied it to a purge of the soul,

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Chan Cheuk Wan, The Great China Hotel 119: Connaught Road whole house. 120, Connaught Des Voeux Road C. Road C, 1st to 4th floors. 237-238,

Mui Man. Hotel Nathan, 372 to 378, Nathan Road.

Ma Tap Chung 954 against 1,049)

on Oct. 28.

North Point 1,451 against 1,475 |

on Oct. 28.

Urban Areas (Soldiers):

In Hospital 4 against 7 on Oct.

28,

Ma Tau Chung 749 against 746

on Oct. 28.

Rural Areas: -

Kam Tin 1,853 against 1,775 on

Oct. 28.

San Uk Ling 796 against 792 on

Oct. 28.

Gill's Cutting, 412 against 442 on

Oct. 28.

There are other theories by eminent writers Including Mietz- Sentence "bi 30 weeks hard che. Hume, MacNele Dixon, and labour was passed on Hall Bing, Fater Tong, New Asia Hotel, Ltd, 1. A. Richardsy some ingenious, who appeared before Mr. R. E-208, 208, 210, Des Voeux Rd. C.. 1st some pest, some plausible, ali in- wards at the Central Magistracy, to 4th floors,

A woman, Ho Lak, who jumped teresting. nome quite satisfactory, on a charge of having embezzled Chan Chuck Yin, Luk Kok Hotel, from the verandah of the first

So people have turned back to $76 and a cheque for $300, which 67 to 77, (3loucester Road,

floor of No. 38 Cochrane Street, Aristotle and have looked more he received on behalf of Messis..

Peter Leong Hing Kee, Metro- was sent to the Queen Mary Hos- edsely at his definition, Aristo Andersen Meyer and Co; on July pole Hotel, 10, Queen's Road Cen-pits where she died shortly after tie's metaphor of catharsis, drawn 29.

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