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CONFLICTING EVIDENCE IN
WALLER CASE.
(Continued from Page 1.) *A.S.I. Waller is defended by Mr. Duncan McNeill, instructed by Mr. G.-K, Hall Brutton, while the Crown case is being conduct-
CINEMA
NOTES
ed by Mr. J. A. Fraser, Assistant MAIL REVIEW Attorney-General.
Wong Shek, 'a foki of the "YOUNG DONOVÁN'S KID”—
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
The official summary of the Cheung Chan shop, followed his Stock Exchange issued yesterday:-master into the box, and like the
The recovery made by China previous witness, denied that Radio Pictures' production Lights and Cements yesterday Waller had entered his shop on "Young Donovan's Kid" starring afternoon was not sustained this the day he allegedly was given a Richard Dix, who was the landing morning, although the volume of bribe there.
player in "Cimarron," in the cur- Mr. McNeill:-"Did you see rent attraction at the Queen's offerings was not honvy. The en- tire speculative section, however, the accused come into the shop Theatre. Jackie Cooper, the elever ruled irregular causing the invest-on the morning of October 2?” juvenile' actor, fills an important Witness: "No, he did not role in this production, most ca- ment lesuca also to sag off slight-
come into the shop at all that pably. day."
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Last To-day's
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Underwriters $2.80. Hotels (Old) $19.90/11.10. China Lights (Cid) $14/14.60. H. K. Electrica $78/78.- Cements (Combined) 12.80.
Cementa (Old) $101⁄2. Cements (New) $2.15. Dairy Farms $284. Buyers.
Linderwriters $2.80;
$12.70/
International Asace, Tls. 4.20. Douglases $26.
Hotels (Old) $11. Ewo, Cottons Tis. 14.70. Shanghai Cottons Tls. 75. Zoong Sings Tls. 111⁄2. Peak Trams (New) $8. China Lights (Old) $14.35. Macao Electrics $29. Coments (Combined) $12.60. Cements (New) $2.15. Entertainments $122. Constructions (New) $1.95. B. Ind. G Bonds $69%.. Govt Loans 2% Prem.
Price Price
$
$
ING BUSINESS of every description Air Reduction transacted.
57
547%
Union Waterboats $21.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES
Current and Savings Accounts open- ed and Fixed Deposlts received on American. Can... terms which will be quoted on applica-Anierican Tel. & Tel. .108% tion.
American Tobacco "B". 65
Allied Chemical & Dye 794
74%
Raubs $104.
54%
52%
105%
62%
Venz. Goldfields $4.20. Benguet Explorations 23 cents. *Providents (Old) $4.65,
Anaconda Copper Mining 8%
0
40
424
Borden Co. Chlef Manager. Canadian Pacific
Chrysler Motors
243%
24
Consolidated Gas of N.Y. 58
10% 13%
14 10%
5G
Drugs, Inc.
0418 33%
Du Pont de Nemours
37%
35%
Eastman Kodak ...
542%
52
FROM SUNDAY.
Electric Bond & Share. 22%
21%
General Electric
16%
15%
16%
General
General Motors
Foods
2112
2444
22%
2912
1214
13%
Gillette Safety....
18
1712
19%
International Harvester 22%
21%
214
Loew's Inc.
Liggett & Myera """
International Tel. & Tel. 0%
8
876
561
63
254
21%.
Montgomery Ward National Biscuit....... 39
.... 14
12
197
$7%
Pacific Gas & Electric..
20%
291
Pennsylvania Railway
14
Radio Corp.
B
Sears, Roebuck
20%
194
Stanard Oil Co. of N.J. a1
30%
Soceny-Vacuum Corp. B%
8
Union Carbide & Carbon 25%
23%
Union' Pacific
71%
8734
352
33
25%
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LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
London, Nov. 23. (Through Swan, Culbertson & Fritz.) Gilt-edged securities are strong. Other sections of the market, after improving, closed easier in sym- pathy with Wall Street.
Vickers
Woolworth Ford Motora Grown Minca
Sellers.
H. K. & K. Wharves $148. Hong Kong Lands $78.
H. K. Realties $9.20. Youmati Ferries (Old). $35. Yaumati Ferrios (New) $84. China Lights (Old) $141⁄2* Cements (Combined) $12.
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Dairy Farms $282. Wallace Harpers $10.
EXCHANGES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
On London--
T.T.
On demand
1/4 1/4/4 4 months' sight 1/4%
Credits 4 months'
sight
1/5%
Last To-day's Price
On New York- On demand
22
Price
Burmah Olli... 63/9 Anglo-Persian Oil. 46/2 Mexican Eagle
63/9
Credits 60 days'
sight.
2314
40/8
On Pariss
7/8
7/3
Royal Dutch Coats
£184
£18
On demand
5622
45/0
45/6
Credits 4 months'
Mail Trust
83/-
34/6
...sight
:0021/2
23/6 Chemical
24/-
Tobacco
85/-
On India-
95/3
Guinnasa
79/6
80/8
T.T.
8934
Distillers
68/-
64/-
On demand
893%
Turner & Newall
Electric Musical In-
dustries
General Electric 40/- 40/-
On Shanghai-
12/14 12/44 28/3
95%
On demand On Kobe-
75%
227-
Unilever
39/-31/9
6/7
- On demand
107
6/7
On Manila-
67/- 08/
22/6 22/6 181/3 130/7/
On demand
44
On Singapore-
Ond ernand
6874
125/74 125/75
16/3
10/436
On Batavia-*
9/
10/3
10/6
International Nickel 312%
- 9/1
1076 $124
On demand 10/4%. On Safgon-
55
On demand- On Bangkok-
56
Hydro-Electric
$9%
Brazilar Traction ..$12 International Hold-
$13
On demand
Sovereigna Bank buy-
$13.14
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Transport & Trad. Ord. (Bear-
Bar Silver per oz.
1/5 18%
cr)
Thomas Tiling
Courtaulds
48/0 55/6 31/6 31/3
Bar Silver in Hong
49/4 66/0
Kong
Copper Cash.
International · Tea
Stores Everready
Copper Centa
29/9 29/10% 28/71428/6 27/327/- 1/9 1/9
Reuter
Sub Nigel
Chartered London Tin
Corp.
Barma Co
Anglo-Dutch
Pinchin Johnson Pekin Syndicate
Nominal Nominal 1% prem. Rate of Native Insa
terest K
82% 0.8. Chinese Sub Coin 29% dia, Hong Kong Sub. Coin Par.
HONG KONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
Found in clothing sent to Benevolent
Owner Society pair gold cuff links. can have same on application at the City Hall on Monday or Thursday morning between 10.30 and 11.30.
The notorious old Pastime Club . Mr. McNeill:-"You mean you or Manhattan's cast alde, in all Its did not see him come."
aordid glory, forms the background Witness:-"How could I see for the most part of this gangster him come into the shop if he did thriller. An exact replica of the infamous rendezvous for killers not come in?"
Witness further stated that and thieves of New York's tender- neither Ling Sam nor Ho Kiu, loin, in the days before the gin era, the two people who were said to is shown.
have been present in the passage| Richard Dix is cast as the gang. off the shop when the money was leader, who reforms because of the handed to the accused, enteredjlave he has for Cooper, who Ido-
lizes him. Recommended! the shop that day.
Leung Pui and Li Fat, two other fokis of the shop, gave MAIL REVIEW
this coroborative evidence to effect.
"LIFE GOES ON"—KING'S THEATRE.
Many Discrepanėles. The numerous discrepancies and contradictions in the evidence Paramount British Productions given against Acting Sub-Inspector once more come to the forefront as H. Waller, who is charged with providers of first class entertain- taking a $50 bribe on October 2, ment in their picture "Life Goes formed the basis of Mr. Duncan On," featuring Hugh Wakefield, MeNeill's defence when he ad-which is now showing at the King's dressed the Court this morning. Theatre.
The case is drawing near A
In technique and acting, photo- close, defence witnesses being call-graphy and recording, this picture Jed.
touches perfection. Hugh Wake- Mr. McNeill said that where field has a part which suits him there was so much smoke there is well. He is the tired traveller fire. "You will have come to the who returns to London after conclusion by now that there was "chasing tigers and running away opium in that house and that some from cannibals and that sort of was paid thing" and finds the big city a very body, somebody I say, out," he said.
lonely place. Mr. McNeill said he would dealĮ Quite unexpectedly, however, ad- with the contradicting evidence venture turns up. There is a go- given by the witnesses. He pointcret meeting between a great finan- ed out that the contradictory cier and the wife of a popular poor evidence was mainly in what the and things become far more serious witnesses said In the Magistrate's than a mere scandal when Carslile, Court and what they said at the the financier, dies of heart failurê present trial. In both cases, Mr. while entertaining the lady. McNeill reminded the jury, the
Betty Stockfeld and Elsie Ron- witnesses were on oath,
dolph play the feminine parts with "Now with regard to this, I am distinction and the supporting roles going to ask you to consider all the are excellent. evidence," he said.
Giving instances of where the MAIL REVIEW. witnesses had contradicted them-
selves. Mr. McNeill said that Ho Kiu "THE DOOMED BATTALION”-
awore at the Magistrate's Court that he never left the cubicle during
CENTRAL THEATRE.
the time of the seizure of the Universal's tremendous drama oplum, but that in this Court he had of war on the Italian Front, "The said he did leave the cubicle.
Doomed Battalion," which le now. "And again," continued Mr. Mcshowing at the Central Theatre, is Neill, imagine to yourselves a picture produced which admits room, 11 feet by 7 feet. Yet it is in of no criticism. It la tremendous- this small space that Ho Kiu hand-ly absorbing.
Com-
ed over the money and said that he The story deals with a beautiful did not know if they, that is he and friendship between a
mountain Sing Sam, were alone together."
guide of the Tyrol and an Italian Describing another discrepancy gentleman which is cemented by in the evidence, Mr. McNeill touch the perils of many Alpine climba. ed on the movements of Ho Wa, the Suddenly the World War arrives master of the Po Wa Tong, during not only to part them but to place
He each in opposing mountain the alleged opium seizure. pointed out that Ho Wa had said panies contesting for a vantage he was called to the cubicle by Ho peak. This tense situation de Kiu, and that the evidence given by velops when military orders force the other, witnesses did not agree the Italian to attempt annihilation with that. Sing Sam, for instance, of his friend's detachment by had stated that Ho Wa blowing up the top of the mountain. had come to the cubicle without Suspense runs high right up to the
Ho We had also said thrilling climax.
being called.
that two other Chinese men were in
The Doomed Battalion" is
the cubicle In addition to Sing film you must see! Sam and Ho Kiú. The latter
stated In his evidence that the other MAIL REVIEW
"BROWN SUGAR" STAR THEATRE.
two men had departed at that time. Mr. McNeill continued to outline other contradictory points in the evidence. He pointed out the difference in the witnesses state- A story of misunderstandings is ments regarding the paper in which unfolded in the British Internation- the oplum was wrapped. One al production "Brown Sugar"" the witness, Mr. McNeill pointed out, current attraction at the Star Then said it was wrapped up in brown tre, with Ian Hunter and. Con- paper while another, said it was stance Carpenter in the leading wrapped in newspaper...
parts
Important Point.
The story concerns an aristocrat At The last point, Mr. McNeill said, who marries a chorus girl. was very important. In a state first, she is not well received in the ment made by Ho Kiu on October house, but when her family assista 7, he had said that the money was her husband's brother financially handed over in the PoWa Tong the situation changes, and there is Shop, while in another statement a happy ending. Recommended! Sing Sam, the detective, had stated that the money changed hands in the Cheung Chan shop. In spite of this discrepancy, Mr. McNeill pointed out, that Sing Sam and Ho Kiu came arm in arm to this Court and swore that the transaction.took place in the Cheung Chan shop.
Evidence for the defence was then called.
|| Yu Wang po, master of the Cheung Chan shop, village elder and Chairman of the Merchant's Guild, aald be had known the accused for
CAPE-TO-ENGLAND HOP.
Undaunted By Mishap In African Desert.
London, To-day.
The young South African air- Victor Smith, undaunted after being lost for some days in the desort, has continued his Capetown to England fight, left Oran before day-break yesterday and soon afternoon" landed at Perpignon in Pyrener
Later the Air Idinistry received nows that he had reached Avignon. The case is proceeding, t~! —British Wireless Service, -