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MICKEY ROONEY
IN
Mark Twain's
THE ADVENTURES. OF
HUCKLEBERRY FINNEA
with Walter CONNOLLY
WILLIAM
REX
FRAWLEY INGRAM
LYNNE
JO ANN
CARVER - 'SAYERS
Sareen Play by Hugo Butler Directed by Richard Thorpe
Produced by Joseph L. Manklewion
K. M. A.
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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 16, 1939
GOVERNMENT COLLAPSE
AFTER TEA
Kowloon Football Club entertained a lawn bowls team from Government yesterday and won by 35 shots.
ORDERS
HELD UP BY: FORMALITY
LOS ANGELES, TO-DAY.
A SPOKESMAN OF SOUTHERN AVIATION FAC- CALIFORNIAN TORIES DISCLOSED YESTERDAY only THAT BRITISH AND FRENCH WAR ORDERS ARE BEING HELD UP, PENDING A RULING FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT ON WHAT CONSTITUTES CASH AND CARRY UNDER THE NEW LEGISLATION,
At the tea interval Kowloon were leading by six shots.
Kowloon won on two of the three rinks, H. H. Pegg for Government beating T Gibson by two shots while His Excellency the Governor though trailing for the greater part of the game did well in the latter stages of the game to lose by only 4 shots against B. D. Evans.
at
the
NEUTRALITY
The representatives of five major aviation manufacturers are at present in Washington conferring with State Department officials.
His Excellency's rink was being led the interval by 11 shots to 6. A four on the 15th head still kept them within striking distance but Kowloon scored a five on
Negotiations for Britain's $24,000,- next head. Kowloon only scored a single on|000 order for 800 fighters, from the the remaining head while the opposition North American Aviation Company, are also reported to be in abeyarice in New York pending the ruling. -Reu- ter.
scored a two, a three and a single.
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By the interval Pegg had established commanding lead of 16-5 but fell off badly after that and at the 19th head was only leading 19-17. Both scored a two on the remaining heads.
Chittenden had a runaway win against the
on scored
15 Justice's rink. He
two sixes and two heads which included
Chief
Alves.
K.F.C.
Government
P. K. Thomson
J. A. Fraser
N. L. Smith
Sir G. Northcote
C. M. Manners
C. Dowman B. D. Evans
(Skip)
C. Woodcock
P. Morgan
R. Hughes
V. Chittenden
(Skip)
C. Pile
T. White
V. N. Atlenzá
T. Gibsori (Skip)
Totals
J.. Deakin
21 (Skip)
W. Cornell
A. E. Milne
S. H. Dodwell
Sir A. MacGregor
41 (Skip)
E. P. C. Collin
R. E. Lindsell
W. L. Walker H. H. Pegg 19 (Skip)
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MARGARINE THEFT
LOCAL DOLLAR
The demand rate on the Hong Kong dollar to-day was 1/2-7/8.
Spot silver was quoted at 23-3/6 and forward at 23-7/16.
The London on New York cross rate was quoted at £-U.S.$4.02 and
York New
on London 17 £-U.S.$3.94.
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FORTY POUNDS OF FAT WENT LIKE MAGIC
at
21 Young Woman's Success
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was
Chan Wan, 25, mess boy, charged before Mr. R. A. D. rest to-day, with stealing margarine from Victoria Barracks.
A pig-wash coolie, Tsang Wah, was charged with receiving.
in Reducing
Seven months ago, this young wo- man received a nasty shock. She dis- covered that her weight was 13 st 8 lbs. and she was only twenty-five! Her discovery of a reducing treatment that worked like magic is best told in her own words:-
"I am twenty-five years old, and 5 ft. For-6 ins. tall. Three years ago, I started to gain weight at an alarming rate. I did not realise how much weight I had actually gained until last August, when curiosity got the better of me, and I Inspector A. V. Baker said second got on a scale--and nearly fainted. I weighed exactly 13 st. 8 lbs. I tried defendant was arrested in Queen's
dieting--but what I lost one week I Road East yesterday, with the mar would gain the next. So I experi- garine concealed under some bread.mented with various remedies. Even- He told the Police first defendant tually I took Kruschen, and at the
same time modified my diet. gave it to him.
method worked like magic, I am now down to 10 st. 10 lbs., a loss of 40 lbs. in seven months."-(Miss) J.W.
Kruschen combats the cause of fat to by assisting the internal organs throw off each day those waste pro- ducts and poisons which, if allowed to accumulate, will be converted by the body's chemistry into fatty tissue.
Chan was fined $6 and Tsang $2.
SUNDAY
19th NOVEMBER, 1939
BAND CONCERT
BY THE COMBINED ORCHESTRAS
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