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COMMUNISM IN KWANGTUNG

REDS AND ANTI-REDS IN HO-PO

KING CONGRATULATES R.L.S.S.

MORE LOCAL AWARDS

Twenty-six students of St. Stephen's College, Stanley, who entered for the Intermediate HECTIC, PERIOD Examinations of the Royal Life Saving Society passed with excel After a hectic period the lo-polent results, each candidate win- district, lying some oighty miles ning the Bronze Modallion... to the South-west of Swntow, is now quiet again-quiet, but not unapprehensive,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

RECREIO PLAYERS.

TO PRODUCE MUSICAL, FARCE EARLY NEXT MONTH

dancing.

THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1933.

CORRESPONDENCE

Cabarette Curfew

(To the Editor

Hongkong Telegraph)

Sir-Your lendorette in yester- day's Telegraph on the subject of the curfew hour imposed upon the cabarets, raises a point that should bo immediately cleared up by the authoritica;

RADIO BROADCAST

PIANO RECITAL FROM. THE STUDIO

From Z. B. W., on wave length of 356 metres (84.5 ́k/c.).

6-8 p.m. Eŭropean programmie. 6-6.18 p.m.

Ballet Egyptien Sulte (Luigini).

Concert Orchestra, 35001/95002. 6.18-6.50 pm. A Concert. Sang-Evening Faly (Bourget

Debussy).

Song The Wistful Moon (Verlaine-Suule),

Mary Garden (Soprano). 1430.- Plano Solo-By the Brookside

(Stojowski) Piano Solo The Prophet Bird

(Schuann).

Ignace

A little over four years ngo, to be exact, in January 1929, the Recreio Players atared the popu ur farce entitled "What happened to Jones," by George II. Broadnupat at the Star Theatre, Kowloon. The show turned out a success and, if memory serves, the consensus of opinion,. following nowspaper The successful candidates were write-up, was that it was the beat

Whatever the morita or demerita Mr. J. A. Gaunt, Hoh King Kiu, amateur production of the season. of the cabarot question, the police, The producer of "Jones," Mr. unicas they can definitely show, un Xom Paktakaniston, Cheung Ying

now At der what Ordinance they have im The trouble began two months Ngok, Lay Chong Kao, Chan Hee M. A. de Carvalho, is

something different. ugo with the sudden arrival from Tan, Yang Tong Kee, Lo

Hock tempting

posed their will on private citizens the Puning district of several Seng. Liem Tlang Stang, Lim He is working on a force inter-in order to restrict their calling, small bands of Reds. These start. Yong, Valdya Sonuma, Tang Ying spersed with musical scores and have exceeded their duty. Undor the Section 13 (1) to prosecute any ed a guerilla campaign of pro- Kee, Ko Kinu Sing, Lee Hun Sing,

Mrs. A. W. da Roza, who is well person responsible for any notas paganda and petty terrorisation, Wong Song Tak, Fan Chi Kwan, turning up in the evenings at S1 Wai Ming, Hon Soong Cheong, known in musical circles here, is calculated to disturb or interfere places lonet expecting them, de-Han Teng Yuan, Lee Chang Liang, lending her co-operation in pro- with the public tranquillity, but no Kives manding food, orating, and now Tan Siang Hoey, Lim Boon Chor,viding the public of Hongkong section of that Ordinance and then kidnapping and holding Chin Ching Kia, Wong Kam Chow, with something rather ambitious,them power to tell a private citizen way of entertainment that he shall do such and such a for ransom a merchant or other Uthal Sengruchi and Poo See in the

coupled with the support of such thing at such and such a time. 'hönworker'. Little bloodshed ac- Dong.

John McCormack (Tenor). 1528. talent as is to be found in the companied these raids; but the

The following letter has been

community. The If the police bave power to infliet Violin Solo-At Evening (Frinil- Portuguese cumulative effect was to is received by the Society through Hongkong public will therefore their will upon the proprietors of Krame), organize the whole district. The their President, the Rt. Hon Lord look forward to the opening night cabarets by imposing a curfew hour, Violin Solo-Letter of Love: soldiery then in Ho-po were local Desborough, K.G., G.C.V.O.,

ex-with particular interest

(Cai-Elman). and they must also have the power to youths unaccustomed to any fight-pressing the interest of His Ma-

tell a private householder that he Ing, and these preferred to alt jesty the King In this work:

must shut off his radio at a certain tight in the market, ignoring the My dear Desborough,

hour, or get rid of his guests by a appeals for help from the neigh- The King has been much

certain time. bouring villages. Once, indeed,terested in the last Annual Report they went out, but it was not to of the Royal Life Saving Society, fight-only to burn, as a warning, of which he is the Patron. some houses in a little village that had given food, though under com- pulsion, to the Reds.

enthusiasm.

The "musical" to be produced next month is entitled "Madame Jotto" The plot deals (in three acts) with a ladies' taillour and what happens "Chez Jotto" at the "Cafe Bohemia." It carries a "Mannequin Parade" and three dances by the chorus,

The cast includes such names

I hold no brief for dancing academies in residential areas, but, as regards these, the police have always had a remedy in the Sum-

The Summary Offences Ordinance gives the police power to ask a Magistrate to inflict a fine on any His Majesty has noted with

person contravening its provisions. But before this can be done, the satisfaction that the number of awards issued continues at a very The show wil be an adaptation Magistrate must have sufficient These bands of Reds were be high figure, In spite of the fact of the play written by Mr. Alb. P. evidence that the public tranquillity levers in Communism and were that the tests have been made Simocs, of Shanghai, which was bas been disturbed. The fact that looking forward to the time when rather more stringent, and from produced by him at the Apollo an occupier of a dwelling has dis- they would be the local guides to the account given of its many Theatre, Shanghal, In October turbed the public tranquillity docs n. larger force that was to come activities during the present year, 1926. It revives selections from not, under the Summary Offences down

from Kiangsi. They had it is clear that the Society's pro- auch operettas us. "Quaker Girl," Ordinance, give the police power to heard of the defeat of the Governgress in no way diminishes. The "Irene," "Waltz Dream," "Vaga- make and enforce regulations for

Widow," the compulsory closure of King," "Merry

any ment troops there earlier on, and King was particularly interested bond went about proclaiming that the in the formation of the "Life "Balkan Princess," "Chocolate private dwelling.

"Betty. which should not Soldier,'

It should also be borno in mind "Land of time was fast approaching whenGuard Corpa,"

of Luxem-that, despite the fact that there the Communists would over-run only be the means of saving many Smiles" and "Count this district also.

lives, but also be fine example bourg." which will undoubtedly have been two prosecutions at Kow- to the public, and lead to an in- bring back pleasant memories to loon, not one conviction has been ORIGIN OF BANDS.

registered yet against the proprie taken by many. crease in the interest

It will be interesting to judge tor of any cabaret in Hongkong. Actually though this they did them in the Society's most valu-

the vehicle provided, in view of not themselves proclaim-these able services.

I am commanded to convey to the fact that it comes from an men had become Communists not originally through political con- you the King's continued appre- amateur pen.

but ciation of the Empire-wide work viction or economic just as the result of a long-stand-of the Royal Life Saving Society. ing clan-feud in the Puning die. His Majesty is sure that the forth- trict. The clans involved, each coming Conference will help to numbering several thousand men, make its influence even, greater.

Your sincerely. started the feud some seventy or eighty years back, and early on mitated unconsciously the Wars of Roses by adopting as their emblems the one side a red flag and the other side a white flag. At that time there was no polition) significance attached to the col ours; but when that significance Paris

clans, rather than came, the change, still stuck to their colours and developed the one red Com- munistic sympathies and the other white. Last spring the latter, ex- ploiting its colour, obtained official help and defeated the red clan so badly that about a thousand of its men decided to leave the district, It was bands of these who appear. -ed-in-the-Ho-po-district. ---

causes,

F. E. G PONSONBY.

been

two or

Jan Paderewski. 1426. Song By the Short Cut to the

Kosses (Hopper-Fox). Song-The Irish Emigrant

(Dufferin Barker).

Mizcha Elmun. 1100, Song Absent (Glenn-Metcalf). Song- Dream (Cory-Bartlett);

Richard Crooks (Tenor). 4000. 6.50-7.17 p.m. Operatic. Song-Alda-Return Victorious

(Verdi). Song-Aida-My Native Land

(Verdi).

Elisabeth Rothberg

(Soprano). 7108. Band-Cavalleria Rusticana-

Selection (Mascagni).

Creatore's Band. 35815. Song-Faust-While You Play at

Sleeping (Gouned). Song Barber of Sevilic-Slander's

Whisper (Rossini).

7.17 p.m.

Marcel Journet (Bass). 6558.

Closing Local Stock Quotations, etc. 7.19-7.30 p.m.

Cleopatra (Symphonic Poem) (Mancinelli, arr. Creatore)

Creatore's Band. 30045.

Creole Rhapsody (Ellington).

Duke Ellington and His

Orchestra. 38049. 7.30-8 pm. From the Studio. A Pianoforte recital by Miss Dorcen

Ma.

Programme.

1. Star Dust

Novelty

2.

Tell me To-night

Smile and Sing Your Carus

Array

I Guess I'll Have to Change

my mind.

Let's Turn Out the Lights

How Deep is the Ocean? Marry Me

Three's a Crowd

My Darling

a Mr. Leo d'Almada e Castro mary Offences Ordinance. Com- Junior (who played the title role plaints have, i understand, in "Jones"), Misses Elsa D. Alves,made in respect to only Sylvia dos Remedios, Carmen three of these cabarets, and for the Botalho, Olga V. Ribeiro, Edriz authorities to impose a curfew on d'Aquino, Messrs. Gus d'Aquino, every one in Hongkong, savours too A. W. da Roza, J. M. M. Alves, much of autocracy.

What we want in this Colony is Jose Basto, H. M. Britto, besides a little more common sense and a many, others. Most of the names little less Bumbledom. It is hard mentioned are known to the

enough living here musically inclined public. The sanctimonious officialdom interfer- now without cast, which includes mannequins, July 19; dancers, and shop girls, totals 29.ing to the extent they have done There will be an orchestra of 15, with what little pleasure we have. Chaso the cabarets out of the re- under the able guidance of Mr. S.sidential areas, by all means. But leave them alone in the business quarter,

There's many a

Report. worse place n young man can go to at nights.

Yours etc. THE WORM THAT TURNS.

EXCHANGE RATES

July 18.

85.5/32

Geneva Berlin Helsingfors Oslo Athena Milan

Buenos Aires Shanghai New York Amsterdamı Vienna

17.26

85.1/32 17.214

Pinna. 2204

19.00 The tentative date of the opon- 30 ing night is August 6, and the 68.1/32 venue will be the Club de Recreto, 42 and not the Star Theatre, as was 4.82% originally intended.

8.24

The public will be notified in 30 due course as to reservations. 112 114

13.97%

226

19.00

585

Prague Madrid Bucharest Hongkong

.83.5/32

12 1/3% 4.83% .8.25 30 1124 39.15/16 .565 .1/5.7/16

1/3

23.897 19.374

1/5.7/18

23.83

110

1/6.1/16 1/31/18 .31 .5.02.

These men were Reds of their own choice, but they soon started to compel others less willing to Brussels join them. A few voluntarily | Stockholm joined them, won over by their Lisbon speeches in the various villages Bombay

visited (attendance at such sper-

Yokohama .Montevideo

565

39.13/10 NEW CHINESE HOTEL.

OPEN SHORTLY AT WANCHAI

19.40 110 1/6.1/15

..

That Elephant.

Sir. On reading your issue of yesterday's date, I was surprised to find that one of the elephants of the Great Chinese Circus had died and that the weight of the carcase was some 3,300 lbs. Con- sidering that a full-grown ele. (Burmese) would only

By the end of next month, an im- 1portant addition to the Colony's 1/3

34 accommodation for guests will have been effected when the large carn- 18.9/10 vansary being built by the Luk Hoi phant 18.11/16 Tang interests on the new Praya weigh round about this weight, I 08.11/16 at Wanchai is thrown open to busi-am at a loss to understand how the weight of a baby elephant, which British Wireless.

ches was obligatory for the whole Montreal village population!). But many Silver (spot) .187 more assumed a friendly attitude Silver (forward) 18% towards them purely as An ex-War Loan.......99 pedient for avoiding further sun- welcome pressure. In one case. again, elan animosity proved the deciding factor, one clun coming la a friendly understanding with the bands in the hope, thereby of enlisting their help against the stronger clan foe. In this way Cissension, mutual suspicion, and unrest grew apace, and nobody felt safe. And the Reda sechied to turn up overywhere and to know everything about everybody.

RUBBER SHARES

LITTLE CHANGE IN

ness..

short distance beyond the new

Lover Everlasting

3.

Call me Darling"

Merry Widow

Play Fiddlo Play

Love's Sweet Dream

fore than All the World to me

Masquerade.

8 p.m. Local Time and

Weather

6.3-10.30 p.mk. Chineso Studio Concert.

10.30 p.m.

News.

Rugby Mid-day Press

10.35 p.m. Close Down.

All records in the above European programmes are kindly supplied by Messrs, Tsang Fook Plano Co.

COTTON, WHEAT AND SILVER

LATEST NEW YORK QUOTATIONS

Messrs. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz have received the following quota-

Cotton.

Opening Closing

The new building, occupying this one was, should be 3,300 lbs. 15,000 sq. ft. of reclaimed land a Elephants in some cases live tions on the New York cotton and Naval Canteen, is easily the tallest well over 100 years and I should wheat and allver exchange for yester structure in the new district. It sy 70 years would be a good day. has eight storays including the average at the time of death from natural causes. As the one that mezzanine floor, is of reintorced died at the Circus was only 31

throughout,

de. signed on improved lines having years old' it was only a baby. It July

may be of interest to know that to its purpose. In regard

the big elephant of Harmaton's December 261 rooms, cold and hot

January water services will be installed, in Circus which was in Hongkong an some 18 months ago was practical-May Rate on addition to the usual flush waterly full grown and weighed only Spot 12:7:33 10:7:33 closet system.

QUOTATIONS

concrete

Messrs. Benjamin and Fotts have received the following Rubber quota- the tions from Shanghai:-

Rate on

and

October

14 tona. I myself have purchas- 'The main interior features are a large cafe and lounge opening ed elephants at various ages and from both sides of the ground floor, prices in India, Burmah, and

Sumatra, but have never seen one July

Anglo Javas

Angle Dutch

Batu Anama

$6.75 2.70 +30

$6.70 2.70

40

Chensors

.45

Consolidateds

1.50

1.65

in addition to the usual offices. -

Kroewocks

45

45

Kepala

.40

48

Tanah Merahs

.05

..96

Tebonga Ziangbea

.50

.62

5.75

5.76

October

Rango Range

11.86-11.56 1118-11.18

11.86-11.87 11.48-11.49 12.04-12.07 11.60-11.08

12.18-12.12 11.75-11.77

12.28-12.29 11.88-11.88

12.42-12.43 12.03.12.05

11.30

Wheat

Chicago Winnipeg

105

874

1003

89%

100%

0134

Silver

. 30.80

39.70 40.00

SOLDIERS APPEAR. '

400 And then suddenly 300 or soldiers appeared from the Hal Luk Fung region, and declared that they too knew everything-

Built at a cost of eight lakhs, it at 3 years of age, wetghing more September they, too, had had their spies in the markets just as the Reds had;

represents the most ambitious un-than 800 to 1,000 lbs.

I muy mention that I myself paid December and now that they had finished

dertaking of the kind by Chinese In- terests so far in Hongkong. The a visit to the menagerie of the elearing up their own district,

general manager, Mr. Chan Foo- Great Chinese Circus and saw all they were going to clear úp Ho-po

cheung, is a much travelled bust four animals including the sick July too. Moreover a Red, for private

nessman, and he claims for the new one, and should say that all four September reasons, had surrendered up to the

Total sales for the day: Hal Luk Fang district magistrato nazionate; and a sinister rumour enterprise the incorporation. of a together would not weigh more December

than 5,000 to 6,000 lbs.

8,975,000 oz.

12,550,000 oza. the record-book of all recent Com-has spread concerning him. On number of unique ideas.

Chinese hotels of tho chaan, or Trusting that you will excuse me

(355 Contracts) (E04 Contracts) munist activities and all their meeting the head of the local agents and sympathisors in that charitable association he is said to boarding-house type, are notoriously taking so much of your valuable district, and this book incriminat- have asked: "How many coming has lacking in the conveniences desired space hoping that you will lot me acme of the Ho-po folk too. So your association?" "A few tens", for family residence. The new knew an to how the weight of the

ascer- tributor intended as a humorous description of the end of the there was to be a time of recker was the reply; to which he rejoin: Lak Hoi Tung hotel at Wanchal elephant in question was ing, the soldiers said; and people ed. "That's not enough-I'll want will attempt to remedy this defect tained.

and combine with a spotless clean-

circus elephant. feared now more than before. 150", So far some twenty men liness, exceptional inducements for

Is not the civilised world in a Communist record books are dan have been seized and shot. Tho

sufficiently dovolopod state to dis gerous things and the method of Ited bands themselves have dis-the typo of guests who insist on modern comfort and reputable sur-

ponso with those unnatural and their compilation dianatrous, for appeared into the blue, no one rundings.

The figure ofcially supplied to pitiless exhibitions? To mo it they include besides the names of knows where, and these are local All the rooms are walled, as dis- genuine members of the party a folk suffering in their place. And tinguished from the cubicle nr.us was approximately 8,000 lbs and seems incredible that any think- host of names put down from latest nowa unvs that two Roda

under-estimate as it was take pleasure in the perpetual im chance hear-sny, or again for im have been captured at Nam-aanrangement, and private telephones not 3,800 lbs. This was probably Ing and feeling human being can an animal. The pressive effect on others. Scru- ten miles East of Ho-po, with yet on each floor will add to the ameni ascertained when the elephant was prisonment of question-a mere pulous investigation is needed' be- another record book!

weighed on being shipped some elephant In fore accepting as true the evidenco The military have made the dis- The furnishing will be European months ago. The average weight baby-taken from its natural of such records. Unfortunately trict safe for travelling, and the throughout. The cost of interior of a full-grown elephant is 7,000 haunts of green forests, chained and pushed and skipped; and such investigation is generally annual Baptist Conference for the equipment and installations will add lbs which is a little over 3 tons,

badgered by brillant lights and Adly lacking.

Swatow-Molyen district is at another lakh to the total outlay... 2 cwt.-Ed. H. K. T.

thronging mobs, little wonder the Further, one of the captains of prosent meeting in Ho-po; but for The Interests behind the under-

animal pines and dies in infancy! the newly-arrived force belongs to the local neople the new quiet is taking are confident of Immediate

It is time that pleasure obtained manalamilyen Catalannállalnakoemblandvinin mingled with much nugrohonalón, puceans, ori nece unt of the gront at- recent years has lost eleven of Ita. And alx hundred men have decided traction-15-will-Refd"QUE "TE="150 TITAN

misery, be prohibited, mumbers, killed by Rede. That to leave the district altogether, for hotel of its kind in Hongkong and taptain does not feel, too. com- a timo-Our Own Correspondenti, China.

connected with a main awitchboard an

tles offered.

Yours etc.,

A. JUNGLE.

Wild Animals In Captivity

Sir-I must say that I did not Ffally appréciate what your-con-1-

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