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10, D'AGUILAR STREET.
THE PLACE TO EAT.
UNDER THE PERSONAL SUPERVISION
"JIMMY.
40 Years Experience As Chef.
CONVINCE YOURSELF BY PAYING US A VISIT.
KINGS THEATRE
BOOKING AT
THE THEATRE Tel.: 25332 & 25313.
LAST TWO AT 2.30, 6.10,
DAYS.
7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
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“MILLION DOLLAR LEGS"
With
JACK OAKIE, W. C. FIELDS, ANDY CLYDE, BEN TURPIN.
A MILLION DOLLARS IN LAUGHS AND NOT TWO BITS IN SENSE!
ADDED ATTRACTION-
A PARAMOUNT PICTURE,
Daily at 5.10, 7.15 and 9.30 P.M. Shown Only.
China Mail.
EIGHTY - EIGHTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION
HONG KONG, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1932.
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS MOB THREATS
EXPANSION.
Big New Planes And Links In Africa.
London, To-day.
CHINESE SERGEANT'S LONG SERVICE.
Retiring On Pension From Force.
COMMENDED FOUR TIMES.
THE GREAT CHINA TREASURE
JADE JEWELLERY DIAMONDS
e the bi
stocks are the best in Hong Kong.
54A, Queen's Road
Trial is, solicited.
Tel. 27684.
QUEENS THEATRE
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
玉石公司
After exactly 21 years' service in AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15, & 9.20 P.M.
KEEP POLICE
ON LONG VIGIL
Crowds Demand Cash
For War Losses.
A weekly air mail service, has
VIOLENCE IS FEARED. been established between Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia and Eliza-
-Shanghai, To-day.
the Hong Kong Police Force, bethville, Belgian Congo, connecting The Shanghai Municipal Police Police Sergeant Chan Kwai is re- with England via the South Africa are standing by daily, outside the tiring on pension on October 18. air mail, which leaves Croydon every insurance offices to afford protection Wednesday for the African con-against the irate policy-holders Formerly a shop coolie Chan several hundreds of whom besieged Kwal joined the Police Force on Three of a fleet of eight new the offices of the Wah Sing Fire and October 18, 1911, rising to the monoplanes, the first monoplanes to Marine Insurance Company in rank of Lance-Sergeant in 1923, be used by Imperial Airways, have Avenue Edward VII in the heart and to Crown Sergeant In January, been delivered at the London Air of the Central District, demanding 1930. Joining at the age of 28 Park for service on the Croydon either payment of their claims or ears, Chan Kwai, who hailed from Capetown route. They are known promises of favourable considera Shui Nam Village, is now 47.
tion.
tinent.
as the “Atalanta” class and have
;
been specially designed for flying in The demonstrators took posses
He has a distinguished record the tropica, by the Armstrong, ston of the entire sixth floor of the of service. In November 1920, he Whitworth Aircraft Company. building and refused to budge.-. was commended by the Captain Each has four double Armstrong-
They threatened to wreck the Superintendent of Police, (now Siddeley Mongoose engines and is offices and created a disturbance L.G.P.) for pluck and zeal in secur- capable, of flying 160 miles per hour. until the police finally persuaded ingthe arrest of à prisoner and
The monoplanes are luxuriously them to disperse.
in protecting three other prisoners,
hostile crowd.""""""
BETH BERI equipped, and it is expected the Police have sot yet been forced despite threats and stones from a
Ziegfeld Follies Star'
In
New Dances - New Costumes, Accompanied at the Piano by
MONIA LITTER Acclaimed, both by Zimbalist and Heifetz, the most Brilliant Pianist in the Far East.
PRICES AS USUAL:
NEXT CHANGE-
"RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE"
with
GEORGE O'BRIEN, NOAH BEERY,
A FOX PICTURE,
ORIENTAL
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
MORE WILD AND WEIRD THAN" "DRACULA”- MORE AMAZING THAN "FRANKENSTEIN."
THIS IS THE SUPER
SHOCKER"!
-NEXT
"MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE"
BELA LUGOSI, SIDNEY FOX
·A: UNIVERSAL PICTURE.
CHANGE
SUNDAY, 9th OCTOBER
JANET GAYNOR, CHARLES FARRELL
“DELICIOUS
A FOX PICTUREF
MAJESTIC
TO-DAY
GEORGE BANCROFT FOLLY
AS
whole fleet will be in service by the to use violent measures," and al- end of the year.-British Wireless though the mobs have threatened, Service.
com- they have so far been docile, when A year later, Chan was
mended by the C.S.P. for prompt confronted by the law.
action and alertnsās on the oc- casion of an armed robbery at Ma Kong. Village," Stanley, on July 7.- f. Diligence in arresting a man
who took part in a highway rob-| bery on the Shaukiwan-Stanley Old Road in January, 1928, won for him a third commend w
"AMAH'S SHRIEKS BALK THIEVES.
Four Armed Men Fly As Alarm Raised.
ONE MAN: ARRESTED.
RUTH ELDER ON DIVORCE TRAIL.
Planning To Leave Second Husbänd.
In November, 1929, he was com New York, To-day. mended by the G.S.P, for the arrest The shouts of an amah frustrat-
Ruth Elder, pretty aviatrix, who, of a man who stole $8,000 in notes ed an armed robbery on the third
with her pilot, George Haldeman, from the Kin Yuen Bank, 125 Wing floor of 428. Bockhart Road, which attempted to fly from New York to Lok Street four Chinese men attempted yester route to Reno after her second un detective staff.
Parip in October, 1927, is now en In 1919 Chan Kwai served on the iday.
In a report to the Police, Li Fuccessful attempt at matrimony.
Husband No. 2 is Walter Camp yuen, 26, a concubine, stated that; son of the famous American she was awakened from sleep by football authority and coach. shouta from her amah., She saw Camp admitted that his wife was three men rushing down the stairs.
seeking a divorce but refused te
A fourth man, who was armed with discuss their misunderstanding be-
a knife, and later arrested by the yond the statement, "We merely Police, was struggling with her brother in the sitting room.**
agreed to disagree.”
The robbers had been on the pre- U.S. READY TO LEND
mises for about five minutes, but stole nothing. They fled at the lamah's wild alarm.
JAPAN ORDERS BIG U.S. OIL SUPPLY.
After Reported Deal With Soviet.
Los Angeles, To-day. It is announced that the Japanese |navy has contracted for large quantities of American eller
CHINA MILLIONS.
AMERICAN FINANCIER:
- ARRESTED.
(Continued from Page (1.)
Samuel Insull, who for years was [private secretary" to the great : in- ventor, the late Thomas A. Edison,
fathered numerous enterprises in Amaricar and elsewhere during his earlier career, but of late has led a Washington, D.C. despatches more or less retired Hfe. He is 69 through the United Press state that years of age, but his connections in the Reconstruction Finance Cor the American financial world are poration announced to-day that it still multiple and he has been is disposed to grant China a loan for strong force for a quarter of the purpose of purcahsing 12,000,- tury in the management of man 000 or 15,000,000 bushels of Paciic mid-west industries. North-west wheat, providing the Kr. Insull, it is said, made more specifications for securing the loan money out of baciding and exploit [are met.
ing his employer's Inventions than about Edison himself Both were eminent
sélentists, but where one had renius for invention, the other had
"money-mind
The loan would require $8,000,000 of B. F. C. fun
The sale of financed by the eme mach
the
FAIR
* The announcement came after re- Was proposed to cent reports to the effect that Japan would negotiate oil contracts with Soviet Russia to supply the Japanese navy and make it Independent of Joll supplies from the United States. The contracts included an order of 280,000 Barrels from the Union Oil company and
barrels from the Star
the
bservatory
DOLLAR IS STEADY:
SIEVER DECLINES.
value of the local doll
Home Remed
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