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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1930.

BIG HOLDINGS SECURED.

A HAND IN MOTOR-COACH BUSINESS.

STRAIN OF LIVING

IN LONDON.

LESS DRINKING AND MORE

READING.

Is London a better place to live in that it was ten years ago?...

HEAD DOWN FROM BALLOON.

FLYING OFFICER TRAPPED

AND ADRIFT.

A TWO-MILE CHASE.

Within a year the railway com- panies will have an interest in 85 per cent of the public passenger- Ratepayers are putting their. carrying services of all classes on hands into their pockets for over the highways of Great Britain. £10,000,000 a year more than they

This prediction was made by Mr. were in 1920 for social services, adventures of two E. S. Shrapnell-Smith, the well-Are they getting their money's; known authority on transport and worth in Improvements? chairman of Roadway Time Tables, Ltd.

"At present there are 24,000 motor-coaches of all kinds, from cight-seaters upwards, operated by about 1,000 companies," he said to a reporter.

"There has been little tendency towards amalgamation of these numerous interests so far, but I think it will grow with the coming into operation of the new Road Traffic Bill and with the railways about to exercise their powers to

run coaches,

"We are on the eve of some very interesting developments in road traffic. The railways have already secured, holdings in nearly every well-organised omnibus service in the country, and as far as one can observe they are about to take a hand in the motor-coach business.

"The London General Omnibus Company is also reaching out in the same direction and running ser- vices up to 25 or 30 miles, frem London"

CINEMA NOTES.

FOX MOVIETONE HIT WITH "BIG" MOMENTS.

Such an irresistible combina- tion as a gripping detective story, filmed and recorded by Fox Movie- tone in Cuba and aboard a liner

The following are the exciting at sea and portrayed by a notabla men in a cast in which Lola Lane and Paul

Theatre.

| balloon-Flying-Officer Pelham Page have featured roles, is sure The only way to find an answer Groom and Sergeant G. W. Robin- is to comb the Yellow Book, en-son, of the Kite Balloon detach to make "The Girl From Havana" titled "A Statistical Abstract," ment, Royal Air Force, stationed most popular attraction when it published by the London County at Trawsfynydd Artillery Camp, opens on Sunday at the Queen's

| Merionethshire: Council. Containing 100 pages of solid statistics, without a line of

Balloon-100ft. long when in- comment, it gives a complete com-flated-broke loose from mooring parative figure picture of London after occupants had been obser- for the past ten years, which at

ving survey practice. first glance looks like a Chinese puzzle

Ascended several thousand feet. Drifted over. Arenig mountains towards Bala..

concerns a jewel robbery in Los This all-talking drama, which Angeles and the pursuit and un- doing of a gang of "society crooks," who escape on a steamer bound for Havana, by a clever girl sleuth is said to be one of the most thrilling Fox Movietone pic-

It shows that in spite of the fact is growing bigger, that London there is less crime and disease. On the other hand, it reveals that Descended, but did not land,jtures yet presented. the Metropolis is far more dan and nearly struck electric power gerous to live in, and the big in- transmission wires of North crease in suicides indicate that it Wales Power Co. is proving too nerve-racking for

many,

:

Improving.

Facts that seem to suggest that London is improving are:

Infant mortality rates are over 50 per cent. lower than ten years ago.

Londoners are living longer, hundreds more people living to 85

and over.

Villages in remote parts of Sas-

Greater use of libraries; Inst sex will soon be linked with London year 14,512,112 bocks being bor by an elaborate system of co-rowed, compared with 6,001,390 ten operation between the Southern

years ago. Railway and Southdown Motor Ser-

Large increase of visitors to art vites, Ltd., of Brighton.

galleries and museums.

It will be possible for passengers fravelling from Victoria to pur chase a through ticket for train and omnibus to villages that are inac cessible by rail. On arriving at the end of their railway journey they will be met by the omnibuses. and time-tables will be co-ordinated eo as to avoid delay.

It is hoped that the scheme will be put into operation in Brighton

hy Angust.

Entangled Legs.

Under direction of Benjamin Stolof it was made in the actual locales of the various incidents

ind, many picturesque back grounds, as well as the typical Bala, 15 miles from starting ed in and around Havana and on In Cwmtermynach district of sounds and dialogue, were obtain- place, Sergeant Robinson jumped the high seas..

Kenneth Thomson, Natalie out, was cut about the eye and temporarily dazed.

Moorhead, Joseph Girard, Warren Windsor are Flying-Oficer Groom tried to Hymer and Adole jump out, but his legs became among the well-known players in entangled and he was suspended, the supporting cast. head downwards, from the basket.

Balloon drifted away with the suspended officer still head down- wards, and Sergeant Robinson rushed after it.

"Valley of the Giants." Milton Sills has added another remarkable performance to his already long list of screen sue- cesses. Playing Byrce Cardign, in Peter B. Kyne's great story of the the

Vast improvement in housing. Balloon humped the earth 35,000 new dwellings having been several times and the sergeant Redwoods, "The Valley of built by the L.C.C. alone since 1919. chased it for two miles, through-Giants" at the Majestic Theatre,

Less beer, wine, and spirits being drunk and more tea being consumed.

Bigamy is on the wane.

Net Improving.

On the other hand:

The yearly death-roll of

the

streets has jumped in ten years

from 688 to 1,237, and the annual The arrangement follows the pur-number of injured from 19,027 to chase by the Southern Railway of a 51,461. considerable interest in the South- down concern.

VOLLEYBALL.

THREE TEAMS TIE IN INTER-

SCHOOL LEAGUE..

In the senior division of the inter- school volley ball league, three schools have tied for first place. The result lies between King's College and Vor- nacular Middle School Queen's College won the B division and Bt. Paul's College the C division. The re- sults were as follows:- A Division

King's

Ver. Middle School.

St. Paul's

Wah Yan

Ying Wah

Tutorial Inst.

Queen's

Sai Nam

King's

St. Paul's

Ying Wah..

B Division.

Ellis Kadoorie

Ver. Middle School

Wah Yan

St. Paul's

Queen's

C Division.

King ... Ellis Kadoorie Wah Yan

W L Pta

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MIXED DOUBLES TENNIS.

INDIANS DEFEAT THE RECREIO.

The mixed doubles match between the IR.C. and the Club de Recreio was played at King's Park yesterday, when the former won by five sets to three, one being unfinished owing to failing light. Scores:

Suicides have increased from 100 to 600 last year.

Rates have gone up. blany more fires occur, and last year there were 3,000 more false alarms than in 1920.

Number of deaths by violence has alightly increased.

Lastly, the report reveals that London has a debt of £145,786,463

NOBLEMEN'S CATCH

CLUB.

ditches, thickets,

hedges, and bogs.

Kowloon, this week, Sills surpasses Jany of his past performances and. gives a remarkable characteriza-

"The Valley of the Giants" is à

Near a farm the sergeant re-tion. leased the officer, who was not injured, in spite of the fact that he had been hanging head down-story of the lumber industry on wards during the whole of the the Pacific Coast, and of a romance

across

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CENTRAL THEATRE.

THE LADY LIES” PROVES

ATTRACTIVE

that grows out of rivalry between two miles.

Itwo rival lumber kings. The story After this the balloon went by Kyne was an interesting and humping and drifting

enthralling one, and in bringing several counties and came to rest it to the screen First National has lost one of the between two cliffs on the bleak Pictures

and moorlands of Yorkshire, eight eauty

romance of. the miles from Halifax. Its resting! original.. place was on the moor called In beautiful settings amid the Lower Booth Dean, above Rish-xiant trees of the Pacific North- worth, a mile within the York-West, this graphic story is un- With two of Broadway's shire border from Lancashire. It folded in a manner that holds favourite actors, Walter Huston apparently trailed across the rock- interest from start to finish. and Claudette Colbert, in the strewn moorland, which badly There is conflict, struggle and principal roles, "The Lady. Lies," damaged the envelope. When it action throughout, and one of the which was shown at the Central was found the car was half full most thrilling scenes ever shown Theatre for the first time yester- of water.

on the screen is provided in the day, provided excellent entertain- The balloon was partially de- wreck of the logging, train which ment, comedy being nicely blend-

a mountainside, ed with drama. flated, but the envelope rode for plunges down Some time about 40 feet in the breaking away from the engine Walter Huston and Claudette air, and was secured by police running into a sharp curve, and Colbert are both masters of pan- over a sixty foot cliff into a river. The scene has never been duplicat tomine and this probably accounts success in this film. Crowds of people went in buses ed for the motion picture camera, Assigned to roles which require to view the strange visitant. and is thrilling in the extreme.

"I owe

consummate acting, these two my life to Sergeant

Sills is supported by a fine cast, have endowed their parts with just Robinson's plucky action," said Lord Gladstone has left £250 to Flying-Officer Groom after the including Doris Kenyon, the char that quality to make "The Lady. -picture above the the Noblemen and Gentlemen's men had been taken to Bala beming and talented featured player Lies" Catch Club," which was founded fore being driven. back to camp who plays opposite him Paul ordinary.

Deerin and Tom in 1761 by the fourth Earl of in a motor lorry which had been Hurst gives a good performance as

the "Heavy" and the cast includes Brown, who play the parts of the Sandwich

Arthur Stone, Phil Brady, Yola two children, render good support d'Avril, Charles Sellon, and many to, the principals, their work in others. Much of the pictures was this picture being far above, the photographed in the Big Trees usual standard of child-acting, Country of California, and the

LORD GLADSTONE'S GIFT OF £250.

An announcement in Lord Glad-' stone's will reveals the existence of one of London's least known clubs..

with ropes.

sent in search.

It is the oldest and most select glee singing club in the world, and g Lord Gladstone was its last pre- sident. At the time of his death he was engaged in writing a his tory of the club.

When glee singing was ut its height of popularity George. IV. was a member of the club, and he invariably took his call and sang his glee. Prizes were offered, and in a competition in 1787 a Dr. Calicott submitted nearly 100.com- positions, after which competitors. were restricted to three efforts.

Thirty Members,

To-day the club remains ex- tremely exclusive, numbering among its 30 members Lord Aber conway and several society musi- cians.

During the winter the club meets five times-on the second Wednesday of each month at the Criterion Restaurant, and there

L. Rocha and Miss Assumpcao is a ladies' night in May. After (Recreio) beat S. A. Rumjahn and dining the members sing tradi- Miss R Rumjahn, 6-2; lost to fional and modern glees. J. A. Casaumbhoy and Mrs. MacCaw, 2-6; beat H. D. Rumjahn and Miss S. O. Else, 6-1.

C. A. Baretto and Miss O. Ribeiro (Recreio) lost to S. A. Rumjahn, and Miss R. Rumjuhn, 4-6; lost to J. A. Cassumbhoy and Mrs. MacCaw, 4-8; beat H. D. Rumjahn and Miss S. O. Else, 6-4

H. A. Noronha and Miss C. Botelho (Recreio) lost to S. A. Rumjahn and Miss R. Rumjahn, 2-6; lost to J. A. Cassumbhay and Mrs. MaċCaw, 1-6; H. D. Rumjahn and Miss S. .Ö. Else, 7-7.

LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE,

HONGKONG ÉLECTRIC TEAM

FOR TO-MORROW.

The following will represent Hong- kong Electric against Taikoo in the second division of the lawn bowls league to-morrow:

W. Stoker, T. P. Saunderson, S., J. Clarke, W.H.B. Muskett (Skip); E Thompson, V. G. Kerley, L. de Rome, F. F. Duckworth (Skip); A. Tarbuck, G. T. Padgett, H. Hatch, A.

"Lord Gladstone had been our

president since 1917 Mr. Wil liam Fell, the secretary, stated.

"He was a keen singer, had a, good tenor voice, and used to take his part, regularly. Recently, however, he had practically given up singing"

FANLING GOLF.

STARTING TIMES FOR SUNDAY.

9.20 am.-L.Yates and J. Coulthart, 9.24a.mA. Leach and N. K.

Littlejohn.

9.28 a.m. W. C. Shields and J. S.

Dykes,

9.32 a.m.-D. J. Keogh and A. Reid. 9.36 am-V. R. Gordon and J. R.

9.40 am-A. C. I. Bowker and M.

G. Mills.

9.44 a.m-A. D. Humphreys and A.

E.. Lissaman

9.48an. B. Geare, and 0.

Eager.

9.52 am G. E. Ellams and C. B.

Brown.

$50 am C. C. Stark and Capt

Weir.

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scenes are particularly beautiful. The plot is smart and the play, **The The direction by Charles Bratin is on the whole, intelligent. excellent

Lady Lies" should not be missed.

HIDING FROM REDS IN YOCHOW.

BIG MINE DISASTER IN SILESIA.

THREE PRIESTS RESCUED BY OVER EIGHTY BODIES ARE

U.S. NAVAL MEN.

Peking, July 10.

American naval men have rescu-

RECOVERED,

Berlin, July 10 Eighty-one bodies have now been

ed three Spanish priests in the recovered from the Hausdorf mine. vicinity of Yochow, midway be-f

Sixty-nine miners

aré

Still

tween Changsha and Hankow. entombed. The pit is filled with They were hiding from the "Reds," carbonic acid gas, and a number of

It is understood that the "Red" rescuers have been gassed or in-N bandits in that area

jured by falling rocks, so that are making special efforts to capture for rescue work has been suspended. eigners for ransom, and hence not due to an explosion, but to a It appears that the disaster was missionaries and others

sudden Irruption of carbonic acid that region are in grave danger of] gas after blasting in another part capture-Reuter.

of the mine.-Reuter,

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