1934-08-20 — Page 24

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SIR NIGEL PLAYFAIR

DEAD

RELAPSE AFTER OPERATION

ENGLISH.. DRAMA ENTHUSIAST

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MONDAY,

RADIATOR CAP

THEFTS

POLICE OFFICERS

VICTIMISED -

Two police officers were victimis- ad over the week-end in a theft of radiator caps.

Mak Fat, 47, was charged before Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning with stealing radiator caps from Traile Sergeant Scrim'a car, No. 2017, whh parked in Hankow Road near Haiphong Road, and from Acting

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cap in his hands. A search re-

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AUGUST 20, 1934.

CHINA AND SILVER

NO EMBARGO OR TAX LIKELY

DR. H. H. KUNG'S STATEMENT

Kuling, Aug. 19. Sub-Inspector Ritchie's car, No. Dr. H. H. Kung, Finance (3pecial to "Telegraph")

Inspector Rozeskwy, who prose-Minister; to-day stated that (Dy Telegraph, Copyright, Telegraphia stocuted, stated that defendant was the Government has no in- sagre Ordinaca, 1841. Regrived Augu found in front of Sergeant Scrim's tention of placing an

London, Aug. 19..

car on Saturday with a radiator embargo on a special tax on Sir Nigel Playfair, one of vealed another cap, which had since silver exports. England's most famous been identified us belonging to He does not regard the outflow player-producers and dra-Sub-Inspector Ritchie.

Defendant denied having stolen imatists, died this afternoon. the radiator caps. He said he was

Ilo was taken ill on July 31 a street-sleeper and awoke while playing in "As You Like It Saturday morning to find the caps at the Begent's Park Open Air in his pocket. Theatre, and later underwent a Sentence of three months was serious abdominal operation. He passed un cach charge, to run seemed to be recovering but had concurrently. a relapse.

on

of silver as abnormal and that it is merely following the course of foreign trade. A 2003 the outflow of silver will be slowed. as it automatically balanced Itself,

down.

Later.

Dr. Kung advised the public not to be alarmed by the alleged heavy outflow, which, judging by the decline of the unfavourable Sir Nigel, who was the leader of triumph and had a very long run, balance of China's foreign trade, the movement for the preservation just as it did on its original pro-was unbelievable-Central News of the English drama, was born in duction in. 1727 whon it drove. July, 1874, and educated at Har Italian opern out of England for row and University

Mr. Pel Tau Yi, Governor of the College, a whole acnson. His services to Bank of China, and Mr. Young, Oxford, where he took the B. A. the English stage were recognised foreign adviser to the Nanking degree and began his acting in June, 1929, by the award of a Finance Ministry, have been sum career as a member of the Univer-knighthood. In October he stated moned to Kuling by Dr. H. H. sily Dramatic Society.

that he found Mr. MacDonald's' OPPOSED AMERICANISATION.

Labour Government

Kung in connection with the sliver On leaving Oxford he joined F. Interested in the question of in- Vice-Minister of Finance, is in con- to be more situation, while Mr. Chow Lin." R. Benson's company and inter alituting a national theatre than acted in plays produced by Beer previous Governments and that he ference with Shanghai Anancial bohm Tree, George Alexander, hoped it would at least grant a

leaders.-Central News. Granville Barker and others. Hle site and so stimulate public in- Avas a great lover of the purely terest as to lead to the subscrip- English drama and was strongly tion of the necessary funds. opposed to the Americanisation of the British stage, which was be coming very evident. This was particularly the case during and Just after the world-war when no Shakespearean or other English play of literary merit was to be seen in London.

NARROW ESCAPE

As an example of what could be

SIR MILES LAMPSON'S done he referred to the Czech

PLANE CRASHES National Theatro at Prague, the

Alexandria, Aug. 18. site of which was given by a land- owner,

The High Commissioner for the plans drawn by an Egypt and The Sudan, Sir Miles architect and the work carried out Lampson, narrowly escaped death by artisans in their apare time when the machine which he was free of charge.

flying solo crashed at Dekheila In addition to joining the move- Sir Nigel adapted the Czech Aerodrome, to-day. Sir Miles was ment for a national theatre ho plays "RU.R." and "The Insect unhurt, Reuter. took over the Lyric Theatre, Ham- Play" for English production. In Sir Miles. had only recently mersmith, and produced there collaboration with Paul Rubens learned to fly. A Reuter message with artistic finish and great he wrote "The Toy Shop', with published in London recently accuracy of detail a number of old Philip Carr "Shock-Headed Peter" stated that he motored to the Dak English works. The enterprise and with A. P. Herbert "River- hella Aerodrome every morning to was highly successful.

side Nights". In addition he take his lesson and was proving published "The Story of the Lyric an apt pupil.

AWARDED KNIGHTHOOD,

He first put on The Beggar's Theatre, Hammersmith."-Reuter Sir Miles Lampson was formerly Opera" by Gay which achieved a Special

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