1933-10-20 — Page 7

SCHOOL OF MANNERS KOWLOON TAXI

FOR BUS CO.

*(Continued from Page 1)

ly aerving the Kowloon Tong and Hemuntin areas, and regarding which many complaints are aald to have been received from residents, Mr Lam proceeded to explain where possibly they had been at error in thinking that his Company had not boor deing their best. He recalled that, formerly, direct connection with the Star Ferry was given not by one, but two

routes...

Since his Company took over control, however, it was

·INCIDENT

YOUNG LONDONER

CHARGED

A sequel to an incldont in a taxi alieged to have taken place on tho Toun Wan Road, was the appearance before Mr. Wynne- Jonce, the Kowloon Magistrato this morning of George Clarke aged 21, of London, on charges of larceny from the person of $4.10 and of assault.

Defendant win accused of hav-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1933.

ACCOMPLISHED DANCERS

BALLROOM, DISPLAY AT H.K. HOTEL

1933 QUICK STEP

TRAFALGAR DAY

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS

The programme of events for

= RADIO BROADCAST

the celebration of Trafalgar Day TO-DAY'S BROADCAST.

(to-morrow) will be as follows:-

8 a.m. Nelson's Signal hoisted on ail H.M. Ships, British Mer-

A PIANOFORTE RECITAL Ballroom dancing, one of the chant Ships dress ship overall, 11

FROM THE STUDIO Cenotaph. most neglected of the terpischorcanam.. Laying of Wreathe at the

4.30-7 p.m. Chinese recorded pro- arts in Hongkong, promises to re-

Parade of Naval detachments, gramme. coive a tremendous filip as a result:

of the Navy. 7-10.30 p.m. European programme, of the visit hero of Mr. J. Aropresentatives

Chion Const Officers' 7 p.m. Closing Local Stock Quota- Andrews and Miss Ursula Preston. League,

Yesterday they made their first Guild, other organisations with Lions, etc,

7.3.8 p..

Variety. coming hired a taxi on Tuesday morn-public appearance in the Colony Maritima interests and Sea Scouts,

Bill and His MR817. polled by the commitments of ing and after being driven to when they gave an exhibition of the space will also be reserved for Song By Bill Pr Paley Lead, their contract with the Govern- Castle Peak assaulted the driver 1983 Quick-Step at the Hongkong members of the Legislative and Band-Kiss by Kiss. ment to divert the No. 8 Route near Tohn Wan on the return trip. Hotel tea danco.

Executive Councils, and the Con- Band-The Turning of the Tide.

Biliy Cotton to the Jordan Road vehicular | The victim was then robbed of

and His Band. MK672. A crowded Roof Garden gave sular Body at the S.E. corner of j ferry, leaving No. 7. alone to $4.10, it is alleged. Two Indians them a vociferous welcome, and the Cenotaph on the grass square. Song-bly Gypsy Rhapsody. serve the mass of the Kowloon who were stated to have been with their polished display must have 1.21.15 a.m. Parade of Naval Gun's, Song-Gypsy, Sing for Mc.

with model of H.M.S. Victory Tong and Homuntin residents Clarke have also been arrested been an eye-opener to those strang-Crete City, accompanied by for whom it had been more con but

no charge has yet been

dancing Lady Flag Sellers venient to take the Star Ferry brought against them. The deers to the standard of

tendant was remanded for 2 exlating among the English ball- hours to verify a statement that room professionals. he had recently arrived in the Colony by the Glencarn.

+

RUSH HOUR PRESSURE. There had then developed naturally a general concentration; with a tendency to overcrowd on the single Star Ferry line, lending to a marked congestion on the Nobe looked for, a direct service is 7 route at rush hours. Despite the being proposed between Un Long addition of extra bimes at those and Taipo. The present service times, the situation was not re-

from Un Long ventures only us lieved when, an often happened, office workers and school-children attending the many institutions that had begun to grow in those distrlets, all endeavoured to crowd Into the first bus to come along.

It was well, Mr. Lam commented, to call attention to (a) this diver nion of one of the two feeder routes residente had become habituated to; and (b) this general tendency to overcrowd, lest these two facts were lost sight of in the general inclination to pick out flaws where in reality, those flaws were not of the Company's own making...

revenue,

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In support of his contentions he produced the following statistics compiled of monthly returns of passengers using the No. 8 Route Rince its diversion to the Jordan Road pier when the present Com: pany took over management on June 11:

1

1st Class

2nd Class

June 11-30

NA

July Aug.

40

3,750 6,000

:

60

86

4,800 5,100 }

HEAVY LOSS.

Sept

They introduced a novel note by inviting couples on to the floor after their demonstration, and in- dividually showing how to perform the cross-over chaise.

•

SUPERB TECHNIQUE.

Trafalgar Day Race Meeting, By kind permission of the Stewards' of the Jockey Club, Officers and men of the Royal Navy, Royal Naval Reserve, and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, have been in vited to attend. A Naval. Officers' Scurry has been arranged and the combined bands of H.M.. Ships Suffolk and Berwick will render

7.30 p.m. Dlumination of ships. Searchlight display etc....

9.30 p.m.-3 a.m. Trafalgar Day Naval Ball at the Peninsula Hotel,

Dance in

Victor

0.00 Tamar.

p.m.

Not only to the ordinary dancer, far as Sheungahui; and the foot-but to the student of ballroom danc-appropriate selections. weary traveller proceeding to ing, Mr. Andrew's and Miss Pres- Talpo has to walk to Fanling there ton were

a sheer delight. Their to board another bus on the road technique was above reproach and between that point and his des-

was obviously invested with the tination. The extension suggest-genius of Mr. and Mrs. fed, will span the intervening gap Sylvester.

between Shoungshul and Fanling,

Enthusiasts would do well to note and connect the two existing lines.

balunce, poisc. The points then enabled to be the footwork, covered in a continuous journeyrhythm and strict adherence to will be Un Long-Sheungshul tempo. of Mr. Andrews and his partner. Equally illuminating is Fanling-Talpo,

their demonstration of that most famous of all features of English ballroom dancing technique, the Contra-Body-Movement.

These different proposals it is learned, are being considered in conjunction with the Police and the Kowloon Rosidants' Associa tion, and if officially approved, will be put into effect with the least possible delay.

these accomplished dancers will be It is gratifying to know that On the question of new and in Hongkong for at least a month, additional buses, the information during which time they will be was received with interest, that making regular appearances at the the Kowloon Bus Company are at Hongkong Hotel tea dances and present experimenting with differ-Inter at the Peninsula Hotel dinner ent types of engines and bodies dances.-S.A.G.

*UNECONOMIC ROUTE.

Was this diversion in part, com- pelled by their contract, worth while? The Company's Secretary's settled view is that it WAB not, whether from the standpoint of convenience to residents of Kow. loon Tong, or from that which was in order to discover the most suit- the Company's peculiar concern-able (a) for present 'urgent needs and (b) for the time (anticipated to be not far ahead) when a system making for a standard uniformity and attendant economy in running expenses, will be evolved for the network of routes covering Kow- luon Proper and the outer

ter- ritories.

A MENAGERIE. The present fleet of buses, Mr. Lam describes as a menagerío of different types, but must neces sarily be given their normal spell of existence. The present times.do not favour any too ambitious com- mitment; but while waiting for the The large number of 2nd class moment propitious to carrying out passengers shown by these re-ultimate designs, the Company. is turns in relation to the other laying the foundations. class was explained by Mr. Lam

In the selection of a suitable to bo

due to the majority all-round service engine, it is con- travelling only one way; from sidering the possibilities of Diesel Kowloon Tong, but alighting at crude oil engines., Intermediate points.

A Gurdner unit which has taken On this comparatively little used Route four buses were being the place of an older gasolone maintained at a daily average cost engine in a 36-seater bus, appears ench of from $80 to $35, or a total to have responded well to recent monthly cost of over $3,800. This tests, and if eventually adopted for to be compared with the the. Company's standard require. monthly receipts shown by the ments, is estimated to reduce fuel- passenger

costs by, about 90 per cent. through of $600-n heavy excess of expenditure over the substitution of crude for re- income which nevertheless had to fined ofl. be borne for so long, Mr. Lam said, as it was deemed desirable by the Government to continue each service.

WAS

returns

FUTURE PLANS.

I

NEW FLEET.

H.M.S.

HONGKONG SUCCESSES AT NANKING

(Continued from Prigo 8.)

Chun-hang (Hongkong); I, Tze Wing- Tze King-tang (Fengtion); 2, Kwok lung (Fongtien); 4, Shek Kam-pui (Canton), Timo: 23 minutes 27 seconds (China record).

100 metres back stroke for men: 1,

Jan Zalaki (Tenor) MR951.

mo of You,、 Organ Bolo-You Are My Heart'z

Delight.

Organ Solo-Springtime Kominds

Quentin M. Maclean. DB703.

Vocal Duet-Letting in the Sunshine. Vocal Duet-In a Little Eccond

Hand Store.

and Johnstone. DB1101 Instrumental Marigold. Instrumental-Musotte,

Frod Hartloy's Quintet. MR878. Song-1 Called Lo Say Goodnight. Sung-Moon Song

The Velvet Volce. MR003. Plano Solo Have You Forgotten? Plone Solo-Helen--Selection,

Billy Mayori DB777. Chorus-Dug-Out Ditiles,

The Jolly Old Fellows. MR108. 6 pm. Local Time and Weather Report.

8.3-8.95 pm, Concert Items. Song-Caller Herrin' (Nairne

and Gow)...

Song-Annie Lauric (Old

Scottish Air).

Muriel Branskili (Contralto)..017R. Ocket-On Wings of Song

(Mendelssohn, arr. Scar). Octet-Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod,

arr. Bear).

J. H. Squire Celeste Octet. 0275. Song-The Singer Was Irish. Song-A Nation Once Again.

Peter Dawson (Bass). 510. Violin Solo Legendo (Wieniawski). Arthur Catterall. 9360. 8.33-9 p.m. Orchestral. Khovanchtchina-Prelude

(Moussorgsky).

(Rimsky-Korzakow).

Lau Fo-hay (Canton); 2 Chan Chen-Flight of the Bumble Beo hing (Canton); 3, Kwok Chun-hang (Hongkong).

Sir Hamilton Harty conducting the Hallo Orchestra. 0908.

There was a slight bitch in the

"DISCOVERY" OFF hundred metres heat for ladies when In a Camp of the Ancient Britons

TO-MORROW

FOR RESEARCH OF THE ANTARCTIC

London, Oct. 19.

n Hongkong competitor, Miss Loung Wing-han was disqualified for thraing too soon. The Hongkong entry dis puted the docision and the matter was brought to the attention of the chief judge, Dr. C. T. Wang, the former Nanking: Foreign Minister.

(Kotolbey).

Albert W. Ketelbey's Concert Orchestra, 9500.

The Morry Brothers (Gennin). Echoes of the Valley (Gennin);

Sir Dan Godfrey conducting the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra. $821. 9-9.30 p.m. From the Studio, A Pianoforto Recital by Mr. Harry

Programme.

2

1. Variations in F (Mozart).

2. Gavotte (Gluck-Braluma).

Volleyball section final: Shanghai defeated Canton after a keenly fought out game in which Shanghai proved Orc. superior and won all three games. The royal research ship, "Dis-Three thousand 'spectators, were pro

London onsent. covery" II, leaves Saturday on a voyage to Antarctic waters for Oceanographle surveys and a research into the lives and habits of whales.

She will call at Tristan de Cunha with maila. afterwards Froceeding to the Falkland Islanda and South Georgia, where she will begin her lonely patrol of the fringe of the Antarctic continent.

British Wirelessa.

JAPANESE AIR PREPARATIONS

NEW BASES, FOR NAVY PLANES

Tokyo, Oct. 17. Coincidentally with the partial aubsidence of the latest Russe- Japanese war scare, the Navy an- nounces the catablishment at an early date of new naval air squadrons at Ominato, in nor thorn Ifondo, and at Sacki, in enstern Kyushu.

While these reseniches are being carried out, Mr. Lam claims that a present urgent need is about to be satisfied. for the New Territories where a new fleet of 35-senter buses The Company's Secretary next appears to be called for, and in outlined a number of proposals in respect of which the Company are his opinion making for an improve now in communication with the ment in the present trafic system responsible authorities, A British and necessarily for a smoother Leyland gasolene engine of which functioning of the various services the Company are the agents, ap»'

The establishment of an pears to meet local requirements, As a whole.

and its adoption is being consider.squadron at Port Arthur also is

under consideration.

air

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All these points would be strale- gic in the ovent of hostilities with Soviet Russin, which has a strong naval and air base, at Vindivostok.

DISARMAMENT

One of these proposals. is to merge the No. 4 with the No. 11 ed. Route, this to be secured by ex-

THE NEW TERRITORIES. tending the No. 11 Konte now. starting from Shamshulpo, to Workshop and garage require- include Canton Road, Jordan Road monta are being served, Mr. Lam ferry, Jordan Rond and Tokwawan says, by a number of stations in- (Bailey's Shipyard), and also cluding the Company's own, pre- taking in both the Hunghom and miscs at Mongkok and the Kowloon City areas now being one It has leased from sorved by the other,

previous Company

Kow- at At the same time, he further loon City. These are to be suggests, the No. & Route (a highly further improved in the case, of unprofitable one as it now stands), the Mongkok premises, which are may well be extended to the June- also its head-offices, by the roofing tion of Jordon with Gascoigne over of the castern side of the Road, in order to serve not only compound to provide more cover the points hitherto Included, but cd-in space for the Company's also other localities now without largo fleet of vehicles; and in the mittes of Cabinet members, or

the

CABINET SUB-C'TTEE

MEETS

London, Oct. 19.

Sub-Com-

The Disarmament

Ladies, basketball Anal: Shanghai

Tho defeated Canton by 86-29. Shanghai team led at the first stage with the score of 10-11, but just be foro half time Canton reversed the score to 22-18 In the favour of the Southernors. After a fast last two minutes the Cantonese players ware many times fouled and Shanghai wen by 36-29.

In the baseball section Canton won from Shanghai, after a close contest, by 10-0.

Ladies' volleyball section semi-final: Canton by 3-0, Shanghai defeated In the other semi-final match Peking: defeated the Hongkong ladies-19ah Kiu Yat Po.

NANKING SPORTS TROUBLE

Basketball Team Leaves Field

Nanking, Oct. 18. Indoor Baseball championship, defeat. The Canton girls to-day won the ing Shanghal in the Anal by a score of 11 to 10. The game was exciting throughout.

In the Girls Volleyball semi-final, Shanghai defohlad Canton by 3 to Poking defeated Hongkong by 3 to 1. In the Mon's saxeton semi-unal, Shanghai defeated Canten, under circumstances, disturbing rather There was considerable hissing as the crowd of spectators protested against the referee's alleged uniair zando decisions. A strong protest was against one of the Shanghal guards frequently delaying the by held-

game

ing the ball, neither moving nor at- tacking. Before the game ended, the Canton team walked off the field in the alleged un- protest against fairness

s of the referee who wounced that Canton had forfeited and

award- ed the gana to Shanghai 8-0, ·

It is understood, that Canton has

led a protest to the meeting against the unfair decision.

In the other semi-final, Hopei de- feated Nanking. If the decision of

will then be as follows: Jordan by constructional work to cover Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Sir a bus service. The full Itinerary case of the Kowloon City depot, which is included the Prima Road and Gascoigne Rond vin part of the 60,000 sq. ft. of epace John Simon, and Lord Hailsham, the referee is upheld by the Commit

met at No. 10, Downing Street" tee, Shanghai will meet Hopol in the Salisbury Road, Halphong Road, available. Carnarvon Road, Kimberley Road, Un Long as the future contre this afternoon-British Wireless. final to-morrow. Reuter. Austin Road, Tak Shing Streat and Jordan Rond.

..

envianged for all Now Territories

routes, is alrendy well served with

During Wednesday, one case of It will then be possible to bring a large depot; while another im dobate on the subject "That this route into uniformity of tares provement that will be appreciated capital punishment should be abolish typhold and one caso of puerperal with the others by the two classes are proposed filling-stations at ed" will be held on Tuesday, Oct over were reported to the local Instead of only the First Class convenient points on the routes, ober 24, at 8.88 p.m., in Room Khealth authorities, necessarily being asked for on doing away with the necessity of in the main building of H.K. Uni-

vernity. Mr.

Ir. R. Wooley and Mr. the present shorter No. 5 Route; tanks being Allied from the depots, Y. S. Chan, the proposers, will re- with the additional advantage Ultimately, it is hoped to cen- present the University Arts Asso of a much larger area being cover: tralise the whole traffic system in clation, while the Gradantos Ansocin one depot at Laichikok, but it la ation will bo represented by Mr. B. NEW BUSES.

detail not just now being con- V Gitting and Dr. N. P. Karanfis. On the New Territories whore aldered beside other and more The meeting will be open to the

public; an increasing development is to pressing work,

ed.

The departure of the P. and 0. linor Mantun, sailing for London vla Singapore, has been delayed until 3 'lock to-morrow, afternoon, She was originally advertised to sail at:

Door

3. Cradle Song (Brahms-Grainger).

4. May Night (Palmgren).

6. Musetto (Sibelius),

A

MR978.

6. Fairy Tale (Mediner), 7. Rhapsody No. 8 (Lleat). 9.30-10.30 p.m. Dance Music. Fox Trot-Moths Around the

Candle Flome. Fox Trot-Dancing Butterfly, Waltz-All Over Italy. Fox Trot-1 Like Mountain

Music. MR010. Fox Trot-It Was Four O'Clock

In the Borning. Quick Stop-Wear a Great

Big Smile. MR017. Tango-Little Elizabeth.

MR744, Tango-To-night. Fox Trot-Brother, Can You

Spare a Dime? Waltz-I'll Never Have to

• Dream Again. CB562. Fox Trot-Brighter Than

the Sun: Fox Trot-What More Can

I Ask? MR881, Fox Trot-Just an Echo in

the Valley, Waltz-A Littlo Street Where

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