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LAST EVENING'S LECTURE.

DISCOURSE ON THE ART OF THE RENAISSANCE.

FR. FINN'S TALK.

At the, Helena May Institute last evening, a most interesting lecture on "Renaissance Art" was given by the Rev. D. J. Finn, S. . The chair was taken by Mr. Justice Jacks, who, at the close, thanked the lecturer.

SEARCH INCIDENT

RELATED.

LIVELY EXCHANGES BY

TWO WOMEN.

FACE LIKE THUNDER!

When a woman named Leung Kum was charged before Mr. Buttens, at the Kowloor Magis tracy this morning, with having refused to be searched, she said a female searcher had accused her of having "a face like thunder."

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER -22, 1930.

PILKEM STREET.

AFFAIR.

FURTHER EVIDENCE AT THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

The Pilkem Street, affair, in] which a number of Shanghai Chin- ese were involved in a fight and

THE NELSON DAY CONCERT.

SPLENDID PROGRAMME AT LEE THEATRE.

A HUGE SUCCESS.

..

FALSE REPORT OF ROBBERY.

FURTHER SEQUEL TO LOSS BY BANK.

TWO MORE ARRESTS.

made in connexion with the false Two further arrests have been report of a highway robbery in it was alleged that a bank messen- The Hiller Street on July 31 last when ger had been robbed of $10,000 which he had been entrusted to de- liver to another bank. Last week, the messenger was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for conspiracy to steal and receiving money which had been stolen.

DISEIZOE-XA

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Quality Tella 1 ° POWELL'S TIES

early resulted in the death of one Jacks at the Criminal Sessions this man, was again before Mr. Justice morning, when the case for the materially benefit as a result of Navy League funds should very Crown was concluded. There are last night's concert, arranged in three accused who are charged honour of Nelson Day. with wounding three other men event took place at the Lee with intent to do them grievous Theatre and was largely attended, bodily harm. It is alleged by the amongst those present being H.E. In the course of his remarks,

The complainant, Hong Mui, a Crown that accused were trying to the Governor and Lady Peel, H.E. the lecturer said: Renaissance Chinese female searcher, said that drive a man named Cheung Shuen- Major General J. W. Sandilands, means "rebirth”—a : phoenix about 4.80 p.m. yesterday she washing away from the Colony by pre- and Rear Admiral R. A. S. Hill, restored to the glory of its on search duty at the Mongkok venting him from getting work, On arrival, H.E. the Governor and existence from the ashes of its ferry wharf. She went to search former self; but as an accepted the defendant who insulted her the Crown case and called a painter of the Navy League, Mr. A: L. Mr. Somerset Fitzroy continued Lady Peel were met by the term to describe a period in the by using very abusive language, of the Shanghai Motor Painting Shields. The

President of the Hongkong branch history of Art, it is difficult to and told her that she

This morning Ma Sui-sang was determine the phoenix in question not a very great person, being, said he was present on August 1 most enjoyable ever held in the misappropriation of

was Shop, No. 61, Pilken Street, who described as one of the best and conspiracy to steal and also with NECKWEAR

concert can be charged before Mr. Williams with that was dead and is come again after all, only a servant of the when the third accused (Wong Kei-Colony, and it was a tribute to the longing to the Ng Chow Bank of to life: rather, it was a moulting Crown, and, therefore, she need not fuk) spoke to the master of the artistes that the large audience 38. Bonham Strand, while Ma Siu- $10,000 be- process by which the plumage was be too saucy about her job. A shop (Wong Shuen-cheong). The remained to the very last item. hi was alleged to have conspired gradually changed to accord with Chinese constable, also on search accused said "Cheung has resigned The entrance and the interior of with others to steal the money and a changing environment and the duty, had witnessed the new impulses that the environ-and had told the defendant that If he comes to you for employment decorated with

scene, from the Hongkong Hotel Garage. the Theatre were most effectively also to have received stolen proper ment called forth. Renaissance the searcher had every right to you must not give him a job. If Art is the work of a period that search her. The defendant, how you do so, you will get into trouble."

flags, bunting. ty. naval bouys, etc. The stage on the whole drew steadily away from the spiritual, symbolical, had to be taken.

Both defendants, who were form. ever, kept on abusing her, and Cross-examined by third accused.

setting was also most pleasing.

erly employed by the bank, plead- Apart to the Police witness said his master did not artistes, the full band of the 2nd soaring art that has been dubbed

from the individualed guilty to the charges. "Gothic" and drew near to the

Station.

say anything at all. Witness deni-Batt. Argyll and Sutherland High- style

The defendant:--Did of the Greeka

Detective Inspector. Shannon in- I noted that he had been paid by his landers attended, and, under the formed his. Worship that the police Classical Age, helping itself to tell you to be careful with some of master to give the evidence he was able conductorship. of Mr. C. S. wanted a remand to enable a mes- that development by the remains

giving. of Roman civilisation: that it did

Beat, A.R.C.M., greatly added to senger to go to the country where Questioned by the jury, witness the evening's enjoyment by its the defendants had some of the get so near to the plegant and

said that when the fight occurred. selections. harmonious beauty of the Greek

on August 7, he was asleep at the march "Trafalgar." it next gave it to the complainant.

Opening with the money, they being willing to return without ever having known the

rear of the premises. When he "Plymouth Hoe." which was finely best period of Periclean Athens is,

The defendant, in evidence, said heard a whistle blown he rushed out played, whilst later in the pro- until next Tuesday..

The defendants were remanded I believe, due to the precious that she would tell the whole and saw his master holding on to gramme "Hit the Deck," a very inheritance that almost unwit- truth, because she was not afraid. the first accused (Lok Shan). bright and sparkline number, was tingly and unwillingly it tookShe had to come over to Mongkok aver from the earlier period that every day to collect accounts, and

also played during the showing of most effectively given. The band it soon came to despise as bar- as all these accounts meant money

the special film, "The Royal Navy barian.

to her, she told the searcher to be

Ashore and Afloat.", very careful, because if the wind blew any one of her papers. away, it would be a great loss to her.

t

Haly the Home.

of the

were

the papers I had in my bag? The witness: No. you never so polite as that.

A Chinese constable gave cor- roborative evidence.

tion.

and that

she

on

Sergt. Fitahes stated that the afternoon of August 8. he had noticed three men and two women hanging about Yaumati Police Sta- tion, so he asked them what they wanted. They said that they wanted to bail out the first accus-

The Artistes.

All the vocalists were in excel-

in

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The home, the hearth of the Re: The searcher, however, told hered, who was then in hospital, so he lent voice. Mrs. R. H. Gregory, Oslo...18.16 naisance was, of course, Italy. It had never been swept off its feet by that she had "a face like thunder," took them inside the Police Station a newcomer of whom we hope Helsingfors...193 the ecstacy of the Mediaeval Art and that she was a very wicked and enquired their names. As his to hear more

376 the future, Athens.. of the Northern lands: it retained woman.

(the suspicions were aroused, and the proved herself an

Buenos Aires.38.13/16 operatic to men refused to give their names, singer of always some of that gravity and searcher) had every right

marked ability

Shanghai.....1/7% acarch her. The searcher also he sent the women away and gave "Carmena" measure that had marked Rome and told her that she could detain orders for the men to be stripped. Mrs.

in New York....1.86.1/32 and was recalled; even Greece-for instance the

R. Sanger,

.12.06/32 defendant for as long as she liked. He found abrasions on two of the warm favourite,

always Cathedrals of Orvieto and Siena are

13.096 Mr. Butters convicted the de-men, and, after making further en-1 artistic rendering of "Roses of enna...

gave deliberation and

2 most restraint itself

.34.420 fendant, but let her off with a cau-quiries, the mer when compared with the Gothic of

were charged. Picardy" and also had to make a Bucharest. Amiens or Chartres. Now it is

They were now second and third reappearance; Mrs. F. T. Portal Montevideo...30.7/16 useless to take such a date as the

accused.

lion's rich contralto voice was most Hongkong Taking of Constantinople by the

The case is proceeding.

effectively employed in "Land of Brussels. .3.1.845 Turks in 1453 as the beginning of

Hope and Glory whilst Mr. W. H. Milan..... the Renaissance; the phoenix had

Bailey gave great delight with Copenhagen...18.16 started his moulting over a century

The Admiral's Broom" and "Yeo- Prague, earlier to the charming note of Pe-, trarch: a neo-paganism

men of England." very de-

"Musings without method, modi- voted to Homer and Plato, and a nationalism that existed

fied by music," in which a popular on the scholarly and spiritual attachment

Army entertainer appeared, was an extremely amusing number, which to Imperial Rome of the Caesarsa

caused much laughter. - carried the process on to a rapid

•

GARRISON CRICKET.

GAME AGAINST HONGKONG

FAR EAST CHALLENGE TO LANCASHIRE.

CALICO PRINTERS CLOSE DOWN PLANT.

A proposal to reduce the direct-

in

Hornpipe, arranged by Miss Violet The only other item, apart from the Navy film, was the Sailors' Capell, the

Rio Lisbon

Bombay Yokohama....2/0 Silver (spot &

forward....18.9/16

-British Wirelces.

The objects of this concert are participants being to provide an entertainment for Misses P. Capell, P. Gittins, V.the men of the Fleet and the Gar- Bradbury and E. Ford, with Mas-rison on the anniversary of the) ter G. Jowitt as the soloist. This Battle of Trafalgar and to, raise was splendidly done and loudly ap- funds to support, the activities of placed.

the Navy League.

C.C. ON SATURDAY.

represent the Hongkong Carrison in The following have been selected to cricket match against Hongkong C. C. to be played on the club's. and thorough substitution of new ground on Saturday at 21. Christian, ors fees from £12,000 to £6,000,

p.m.:-Lieut. ideas which stood in marked con-

A. M. Anstruther, trust with the old.

Corporal

W. T. Davies, Lieut. I made at the annual meeting of the How unmistakeably this had, a

Dewar-Darie, Capt. E. C. Ethering Calico Printers Association, basis in national circumstances and Moir, Lieut. A. Musson, Capt. R.

tan, Lieut. J. MacFarlane, Capt. 1. Manchester, national character may be realised Reynolds, Capt. N. Thorn, (Capt.),

was overwhelmingly defeated. by recalling that it was only when Lieut. J. G. Wolfe-Barry. the Renaissance had run out its

Mr. Lennox B. Lee, the chair vital course in Italy that Flanders

man, in his speech to the share holders, said that when it was produced Ruben, and Spain Velas

A word should be added regard- Sculpture First.

realised that the power of Laning the excellent accompaniments quez, and yet even then Rubens had

These are briefly as follows:-. as his contemporary Rembrandt and

cashire to compete with the Farby Miss Remedios and Mr. George To keep alive in the hearts of our Sculpture got Velasquez Murillo and the Gothic first because its problems were the necessity for conserving re-

nearer the goal East was so seriously challenged, Grimble..

people in the Mother Country, the spirit still lived on in the work of fewer and it had finished models af sources

The stage effects were under the Dominions and Colonies, the old two more indeed in

the hand in the relies of the Classical this object they had reluctantly trical effects by Mr. V. G. Kerley,

tish Navy greater of the two, Rembrandt: Agest painting was slower for the decided to close down, temporari- chocolates and cigarettes The Renaissance Art radiated goodly frame, the earth and its ly, some plant, and to concentrate donated by the British American the danger of our Naval strength To impress upon public opinion uniquely in italy: in the North, glory, presented great problema in production in a smaller number of Tobacco Co and the Nestle and being so reduced as to endanger it produced wonderful interference colouring, Huers and atmospheric units.

Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co., defence and communications by patterns as it grossel with the perspective, selection and observa- It would be unwise to assume

free booking was done by the An-ses which mean the very existence more native Gothic.

tion. So sculpture at times led that were the world-wide depres Theatre loaned free of charge by This lecture does not pretend to painting on

derson Music Co., until Michaelangelo sion lifted England would in- Mr. Richard. Lee and Trustees.

and the Lee of the Empire in time of war. give a history of tenaissance Art. made the human body the measure mediately return to to distinguish systematically its of all things in art, even the divine. position in the cotton trade. The its former schools and their inter-relations; it But after that painting takes

Lady Helpers. does not even venture to determine the challenge with life: in the old modity pricea had been catastrop- up persistent downward trend of com- a date for the beginning of the per-days man fitted into a

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fair examples and by contrasted ef- of the movements and emotions of before the necessary readjustment. Mrs. Cassidy, Mrs. Docksey, Mrsing of Sea Cadets in the science | fects where possible the character-that scheme but now that scheme could take place. istics of the art of a period in which became a development of self-sur- painting rose to its Elghest achieve- ficient man.

They were unable to hold their ments, a period in which seulpture Such an art in the conditions of trade because their costs were too asserted its complete independence its contemporary world was bound high, one of the main reasons for of architecture and produced mas- to run to weed in the average re this being that everyone, whether terpieces rivaling the great Greek sult. Opulent display, the flesh in a salaried or a weekly wage marbles as interpretations of Man, lusting against the spirit, extrava- position, was obtaining more for a period which inspired architec-rance of skill revealed themselves services in chah value than the ture to devote itself to' the measure,

as signs of degradation-and the country could afford to pay. If bulance and reasonable awe of which next great works of art seems to all would agree to a 10 per cent. arch, pillar, and architrave are cap-have undergone a blood-letting and reduction in the money value of able with the dome above them for found their escape by a return to their services they would probably Humbler scenes or by seeking the in a short fime, be much better off The chorus of all three leading broader spaces and fresher aira than they were now.

where none intrude, a wider na- ture into which man fits grate- fully.

a crowning glory...

arts with their train of minor at tendants is but a rich, in the long run, an over-rich development of the theme proposed in such state

Yet in fine, prescisely because

prose by that great Renaissance Renaissance Art was an art that

man, Shakespeare.

exalted man, its creations still re-

HOCKEY.

your support by becoming mem- I would appeal to you to give Miss G. Scull, Miss K. Tickner, bers of the Hongkong Branch of Mig A. Tickner and Miss Walker. the League. The annual subscrip ing's arrangements are to be com- be sent to the Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Those responsible for the even- tion is only five dollars and should plimented on the success of their W. A. Dowley. Will members efforts, in which connexion a spec- kindly send in their subscriptions ial word of praise is due to Mr. W. for the current year to enable us A. Dowley (Hon. Treasurer) and to forward a substantial remit- Mr. M. G. Marriott (Hon. Secre- tance to London when the Con- tary); for the tremendous amount cert accounts are made up.) of hard work which they accom plished.

This goodly frame, the earth-main the types for the art that Radio Sports Club in

The following will represent the this most excellent canopy, the air, pleases the majority. Man ever match against the H.K.

a hockey look you, this brave o'erhanging interests man and where the human Brigade on the Marina ground on and S. firmament, this majestical roof-figure enters art, its most accepted Friday, the 24th inst., at 5p.m. what a piece of work is man! How form is still the legacy the Re- noble in reason; how infinite in naissance, though of its religious sharp: Surjin Singh, Rattan faculty; in form, in moving, how creations it is the artists who still Singh, J. S. Grewal, A. E. P. Guest, express and admirable; in action partook of the Gothic such as Fra.M. S. Grewal, W. Ayock, M. H. how like an angel; in apprehension Angelico and Botticelli that most Hassan, Gurbachan Singh, Awtar how like a god-the beauty of the please.. In sculpture it held the Singh (Captain), Kalwant Singh world, the paragon of animals." field, unchallenged longest. Its ar- and Mr. F. A. Kemp. Reserves: That was Hamlet's view when he chitecture expressed the self-re-Au Kam Moon and Karnail Singh. was as yet unembittered and it was liance of America and the magni- the view that inspired the Renaisficence of government in many an- sance artists. Fortunately for other land until our yesterday, even The master of the President Lin-mittee send heartiest greetlogo" grammes etc. in the Theatre, also them, the religious content that to-day, it is challenging Gothic coln reporta that during her voy- they had received from the earlier Cathedrals Liverpool and Brisage two deaths have occurred, period prevented them from leaving bane. But "the paragon of both from natural causes,

us an art as remote as that of the animala" has learned some lessons Grecks must ever remain for, the of self-restraint since the first years majority. "Man is the measure of of the New Learning and the New by a European lady on a Peak A lady's gold wrist watch found all things" was the old pagan Greek Art and the challenge of the Re- tram was. dictum and its application can be naissance had dwindled down to a police at Gough Hill Station yes handed over to the seen in the Renaissance."

still small note.

terday.

I wish to express our thanks to Mr. Richard Lee for the use of the Theatre, to the artists who are en- President's Speech.

tertaining us to-night, also to Col. the interval Mr. A. L. Shields, Presi- for providing their excellent Band. Addressing the audience during Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Maclaine and the Officers of the

dent of the Navy League said::

Your Excellencies, ladies and tors of the four daily newspapers We are indebted to the proprie gentlemen,

Nelson Day is being celebrated vertising and to Ma. Hicks, Editor for a very generous amount of ad- in many parts of the Empire where of the Hongkong Telegraph, for there are branches of the Navy publicity work in this connexion, League and I have a cable from I have also to thank the ladies London as follows: "Nelson Day who have sold tickets and have. celebrations, President and Com- undertaken the sale of pro- (Signed) Denny. A cable has the Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts and been sent conveying the greetings all others who have in any way of the Hongkong Committee and assisted. members to those attending the The size of this audience is very We have also arranged for a Hong-red out the arrangements and I Annual dinner in London to-night. gratifying to those who have car

Nelson's Monument in Trafalgar ruption in what, I hope, you will kong wreath to be placed at trust you will excuse this inter- Square.

consider an excellent programme.

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