SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1933.
NOTABLE WEDDING
Reports on Cuba
IN CANTON
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Son Of Governor Of Fukien Married.
PRESENTS SAID TO BE WORTH OVER $1,000,000
A pretty wedding was solemnined
on Tuesday last at the Asia Hotel,
West
Canton, when Mr.
Chiang
Bund,
Beng yong. -on of Mr. Chiang hun nai, Civil Governor of Fukien, was married to Miss Cheni Chen Yim-chun. daughter of Mr Choor-yoen, of Canton
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A small detachment of the 19th Route Army was on guard at the hotel. Facing the entrance four of huge Chinese characters, made flowers and indieating good wishca, had been creeted, while the hall of decorated the hotel was tastefully with flowers, seralls and pictures.
*resepla
and Milver enfan shields were numerous mostly the gifts of well-known soldiers and po uticians such as General Chat Tieng
('hon Chi-tang. kai, and Marshal There was a large silver shield from the 19th Route Army, and valuable books from Mr Wong Liang-cha and others. The value of the pre- sents displayed in the hall alone, which was inadequate to house them all, is estimated at over $1,000,000.
Along the well known personages attending the ceremony were Mesara, | Lam Wen-koi. Chairman of the Kwangtung Provincial Government. and La Yuen keng. and Captain Cheving. Commander of the Can Fones Navy, with over 1,000 other friends and honoured guests.
The bride and groom arrived atį three alebock, waen t wedding ceremony was performed by General! Heung Hon peng. Commander of the 2nd Route Army Corp
Subsequently dinner was
A A. Berle. economic adviser to
President Roosevelt, whose repart on Cubs to Secretary of State full may delay U. S. recognition of the Grau San Martin regime. Berle made a two-weeks' study of fuben affairs and reported the present regime is not a rent government bat
■ "shell," and not a promising one.
MR. FRANKS RESUMES PRISONS POST
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NEW TYPE OF BUS Today's Short Story.
IN KOWLOON
Diesel-Engined Machine
A
For Service.
WHOLE FLEET MAY BE
CONVERTED
THE
A
TIGER'S
SKIN
By W. W. Jacobs.
you
who was repainting the sign lion. Gardner Diesel-engined 38-T travelling sign-painter bilities of a spotted cow or a blue "Talking of lions," said the an- seater Thornycroft motor-bus, the of the "Cauliflower" was enjoy-
ing a well-earned respite from cient musingly, "I s'pose. first of its kind to be put into ser his labours. On the old table nevet 'card tell of the Claybury the shade of the elmstiger? It was afore your time in jvice in the Colony, will be operated under
and a these parts, J expect.” by the Kowloon Motor Bus Com-mammoth sandwiches
The painter admitted his ignor- large slice of cheese waited [pany within a few days.
in an untied handkerchief ance, and finding that the allusion Very satisfactory results have until such time as his thirst had no reference to an inn, pulled
At the out his pipe and prepared to listen. been obtained in trial runs, and, if should be satisfied.
"It's a while ago now," said the these are maintained in actual ser- other side of the table the oldest vice, the Company intend to con-man in Claybury, drawing gently old man slowly, "and the circus the at a long clay pipe, turned a dim tiger belonged to was going through vert their entire fleet to Diesel en-and regretful eye up at the old Claybury to get to Wickham, when, just as they was passing Gill's farm, gines.
signboard.
draw "I've drunk my beer under it for a steam-engine they 'ad to The Company has just received
pretty near seventy years," he said, some o' the vans broke down, and shipment of Bedford buses, con-with a sigh. "It's a pity it couldn't they 'ad to stop while the blacksmith mended it. That being so, they put circus aup a big tent and 'ad the
sisting of 24-seaters and 18-seaters, for service in the New Territories and on town routes.
nu' hasted my tima."
two
The painter, slowly pushing wedge of sandwich into his mouth, j'ere.
"I was one o' them as went, and! regarded him indulgently. Consideration to double-decked "It's a through young I must say it was worth the money, buses, capable of carrying 60 to gentlemen as was passing through though Henery Walker was disap- 60 passengers, will be given at 'ere a month or two ago,” continued pointed at the man who put is 'end
the old man; "they told Smith, the 18 the lion's mouth. later date. The Company also landlord, they'd been looking all the man frightened the lion hopes to build a new and larger over the place for the 'Cauliflower," before 'e did it.
'em the warage, in which the entire fleet of and when Smuth showed buses can be housed.
BEER BARRELS.
Factories Running At Full Capacity.
Kerved
William Mr. John
Franks sumed duty yesterday as Superm- tendent of Prisons.
BIG AMERICAN DEMAND
re.
The Very Rev. Dean
Alfred
Washington, D.C. in the hotel, more than 70 tables!
The Bavarian beer barrel indus. the occasion. being prepared for Towards the close of the evening a
try has been more stimulated by speech was delivered by Mr. Chiang Swann, M.A., D.S.C., has been re-the advent of beer in the United Kung-nai, father of the bridegroom, appointed as a member of the Board thanking the guests for their atten- į dance and especially General Heung of Education for a further period of Hon-peng for having performed the two years, with effect from August ceremony. General Houng, in re, G. ply, recited a long
Mr. Chan Lim-pak has been no wishing the newly-married pair minated as a member of the Court of the University of Hong Kong for health, happiness and long li
a period of three years, with effect from yesterday.
Chinese
poem
States than the production of the amed Bavarian beer, according to ja report received in the Commerce Department from the United States consul at Munich.
sign they said they thought it was the 'George the Fourth, and a very good likeness, too.
The painter laughed and took an- other look at the old sign; then.
true
own.
Ho said that;
irst,
MONDAY'S STORY
Monday's story will be "A Life For A Lamp. by Peter Cheyney.
news
He
BOOM IN BAVARIANth the nervousness of the artist, he took a look at his
"It was One or two shadows-
a great night for Clay- He flung his legs over the bench bury, and for about a week nothingi and took up his brushes. In tenise was talked of. All the children minutes the most fervent loyalist was playing at being lions and tigers Roberts would have looked in vain for any and such-like, and young resemblance. and with a sigh at the pretty near broke is back trying tol pitfalls which beset the artist he re-see if he could ride horseback stand- turned to his interrupted meal and ing up.
"It was about two weeks after the hailed the house for more beer.
"There's nobody could mistake circus 'ad gone when a strange thing your sign for anything but a cauli-'apponed: the big tiger broke loose. flower," said the old man: "it looks Bill Chambers brought the
first, "aving read it in the newspaper good enough to cat,"
The painter smiled and pushed while 'h was 'aving his tea. his mug across the table. He was brought out the paper and showed onceus, and soon after we 'card all sorts a tender-hearted man, and when painting the sign of the "Siro" tales of its doings. Wilfrid Lawson"-knew himself
tiger "At first we thought the
Was what it was to lack beer. He began was a long way off, and we
at it. Froderick barrel factories of to discourse on art, and spoke some-rather amused The beer outhern Germany now are run what disparagingly of the cauli-Scott laughed 'imself silly a'most up ning al full capacity because of the flower as a subject. With a shake'ere one night thinking 'ow extraordinary American domand. of his head he spoke of the possi-prised a man would be if 'e come! 'ome one night and found the tiger. German oak supplies are short, and
18 being conditioned BRITISH WAR OBLIGATION sitting in his armchair eating the baby. It didn't seem much of a by the available amount of Polish and Russian Oak. Some American
laughing matter to me, and I said buyers recently have reported In-¡
"We shall not avoid another warno: none of us liked it, and even ability to secure promises of de- by saying that is no circumstances Sam Jones, as 'ad got twins for the But rumours of fixing of prices. There very on beer barrels under three shall we go to the aid of Powers second fime, said "Shame!"
unjustly attacked." Capt. Eden con- Frederick Scott was a man as would was no pressure. except for OC
laugh at anything. More than three times as many tinued. casional profit-taking. Rumours of
"When we 'eard that the tiger 'ad Britain is still a great Power and Bavarian
im- stabilisation of the dollar caused
beer barrels were ported into the United States dur-has the responsibilities of a great been seen within three miles late rally.
If we fear to discharge Claybury things began to look "Cotton: Firmer on a better de.ing May as were brought into this Power.
sources during those responsibilities we shall in-serious, and Peter Gubbins said that' mand, which was absorbed by country from ali ed sentence, after he had pleaded edge sales. New speculative buy-
the whole of 1932-Reuter.
vite the disaster which will follow. something ought to be done, but be
fore we could think of anything to guilty to stealing linoleum worthing was noted, despite the expecta-
England Has Ceased
do something 'appened. $12 The linoleum and the in.
tion of a yield increase in the nex!
NEGRO CHANTS WAY
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FREEDOM
"Hot Harlem " Softens Judge's Heart.
COURTROOM PERFORMANCE
New York The muse that Keats and Shelley wooed cast her smile on William. Hill, an 18-year-old Negra bont- black, and won for him a suspend-
STOCKS RECOVER ON WALL ST. Production
¿Continued fram Page 11.
"Wheat: Nervous, influenced by
tricacies of jurisprudence were Bureau Report."--Reuter.
Forgotten as the pulsing lines of
"Hot Hariem" swept through the AN ATLANTIC CRUISE IN 1934
courtroom:
"Grab that bottle and drink
your gin;
You are now in Harlem. where the fun begins.
Clubs and grills, dens and. dives,
Those are the places which keep Harlem alive.
Handsome waiters Merving
booze.
High brown bables singing the
bluca, ·
This is for the young, also for the old,
Harlem is hot and never cold." "Hmmm." said Judge Rosalsky, noting again that the psychiatrist had written an the young man's probation report, "Intellectual." "Got any more?" he asked.
"Here's one I wrote in the Tomba." Hill said. "It's called "My Bride'";
" composed this poem just for you,
Sitting alone under the aky of blue"——
"I thought you wrote it in the Tombs." Interrupted the Judge.
"Pontic license," Hill explained. "With your charming love"---------
"Never mind," said the Judge, "I suspend sentence. You'd better gol your mind off women and put) it on bootblacking." ·Hill looked hurt.
"Don't you want to bear the rest?" he asked. The judge' shook kis head. "I could read you *Prison' Love Call':', or, 'Forgetting the Past, or "Hester, Hester" is one of my favourites:""
"And three years' probation." said the judge hastily. Hij put} his manuscripta back in his rocket and turned sadly away,—Beuter.
BY U. S. FLEET
(Continued from Page 11.
He said that Japan should be ready for probable trouble in 1935.
months.
TYPHOON NEARING
PARACELS
To-day's Weather
Forecast.
(Continued from Page 1).
To Be An Island. "The policy of isolation to day in a policy of folly. With the development of air power, England has ceased to be an island. Even if we would go back upon our word we not.
can-
Bur-
of
to-
rum.
“We was sitting up 'ere one even- ing 'aving a mug o' beer and a pipe same as I might be now if I'd got any baccy left-and talking about it, when we 'eard a shout and saw a ragged-looking tramp running wards us as 'ard as he could Every now and then he'd look over "But of course there is no ques-is shoulder and give a shout, and The typhoon is situated 150 miles tion of our doing so, he concluded. then run 'arder than afore.
the Paracels,
"As Mr. Baldwin said recently," "It's the tiger!' sen Bill Cham-! west-north- 'what Britain has signed she will bers, and afore you could wink adhere to. She has adhered to her [a'most he was inside the house, signature with regard to Belgium, 'aving first upset Smith and a pot) Her signature to these Locarno jo' beer in the doorway. agreements is sacred," "-British
A focal spot will be Japan's man-south-south-east of dated islands in the Pacific. Japan's moving rapidly in withdrawal from the League of Na-westerly direction. tions will actually take effect then. Cloudy, with probably some rain, The present naval building plan, he and fresh north-easterly winds, In Raid, is necessary if 1935 is kept in the forecast issued by the Royal mind,-United Press.
Observatory to-day.
Wireless Service.
As Reichstag Fire Defendants Went on Trial
Two scenes from the opening of the trial at Lalpig, Germany, of the fies Communista'scensed of setting. ure to the Reichstag building, In Bading. At lart Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch youth who confessed to the crime, is shown in shaikh an be faced the court." Right shown the nocused man: in the'prisoners' box" surrounded by police. (1) je Ernst Torgler, Germans Communist leader and former Balchstag member;" (2) shows van der Lubber The three: Bulgarian defendants are shown in the rear row,
"Before he could get up, Smith ad to wait till we was all in, His langwidge was awful for a man as ad a licence to loss, and everybody shouting Tiger!! as they trod on 'im didn't éase 'is mind. He was inside a'most as soon as the last! man, though, and in a flash he 'ad the door bolted just as the tramp flung 'imself agin it, all out of breath and sobbing is hardest to be: Let in.
"Open the door,' he sex, banging on it.
"'Go away,' ses Smith. "It's the tiger, screams the tramp: open the door,
"You go away," sea Smith, you're attracting it to my place; run' up the road and draw it off. -
Just at that moment John Biggs, the blacksmith, came in from the taproom, and as soon as he 'oard wot was the matters took down Smith's gun from behind the bar and said he was going out to look after the wimmen' and children. * "Open the door,” he sea, co "He was trying to get out and the tramp outside, was trying to get in, but Smith held on to that door like] a Briton. Then John Biggs lost in temper, and he ups with the gun- Smith's own gun, mind you-and fetchés, 'im a bang over theead (Continued on. Page: 10).
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