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C. AUBREY SMITH · JUNE DUPREZ
"TILL THE END OF TIME" Dorothy McGUIRE * Guy M ADISON
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A TORRENT OF EMOTIONS FROM THE REST-SELLER
BY STEFAN -ZWEIGL
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What Happened
14
In The Courts
Wide Raids On Opium Divans
Four men who alleged-Ship's Trimmer Two Widows Eleven opium divans
ly robbed two women
mates of Hut 1, Shan Paid Up
Kui, Cheung Chau Is-
Arrested
in various parts of Wan- chai were raided by,par- ties from No. 2 Police
Haig
Two widows were arrested by Station under the direc Senior Rovenue Officer Tuck and tion of A.S.P. Revenue Department Detective 45 Brown during the week- in the cet of transferring duitable end. Chinese liquor. from a breken
Keepers and smokers were
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ALHAMBRA CENTRAL
PLEASE NOTE THE SPECIAL TIMES: ALHAMBRA: At 2.30; 5.00; 7.15 & 9.30 p.m. CENTRAL: At 2.80; 5.15; 7,15 & -9.15 p.m.
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
Errol FLYNN Olivia
Aves, said Inspector Orem in the reservoir on Saturday, brought Central yesterday. DEHAVILLAND
|land, of $700, one gold William James Aves, 24-yenr-. bangle and three gold old fireman and trimmer of the * "Trevaylor" was arrested by finger rings at 2.45 a.m. Shantung constable on duty cut- on July 30 were all ar-side the Star Ferry wharf, Salia rested within nine hours buty Road, at 4.45 pm, on Sunday. of the crime,
Mr. 1. at Kowloon This wan revented by Det. yesterday, was drunk and behav- Inspector Franklin when coming in a disorderly manner. When mittal proceedings
Aves pleaded guilty, he was fond $26. mencal against Chong Yuen. Chung Wah, Chung Tal-ming | and Chung Shun,
were com-
It was alleged that when the four men entered the hit the Arst accused attacked Ip Sung- ping Ca 50-year-old farmer) while the others ransacked the place,
When the wife. Ip o. and daughter escaped through a kole In the grans but, the second and third accused chaseil after them and stripped them of the money and jewellery,
Two were arrested at
by Palice constable (Continned at fost, nf› Cul,
GILMAN'S MOTOR SHOW
Commences
ASSAULT
Young Sam was complainant before Mr. F. X. d'Almada at Central yesterday when Wong Fai and Ho Lam were jointly charged with nonult and Ho Sia Shuk with larceny during the alleged assault in Percival Street on June 11.
Mr. M.A: da Silva appeared for the complainant while Mr.
6.05. A. Sutherton Russ represent
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l the defendants and S.1. Celen Top the pollee.
Yeung Bam tok the court that at 3.30 pm on June 11 he was assaulted by u crowd of men. He dashed into a nearby restaurant, where the proprietor telephoned for police assistance, He was taken in the station and latry to hospitals,
Before Mr. W.A. Blair-Kerr at Kowleon yesterday, R/O Leonard said that Chan Yeonul, 23, had eight galloris, in her possession when arrested by SRO Tuck. Ho Nr. 33, was found with 15 gallons, by RO Detectivo" ́45.
The two accused had a previous conviction each.
Chan was fined $200, and $250.
ROBBERY UNDER ARMS
Fung "Kwong and Leung I
d'Almada at
The following fines were im posed:
Chol Kal, 32, of 16 Spring Garden Lane (1st floor), keep- WILS fined $500 or (wo T. months.
Chan Chun, 40 of 215 Wan- chal Road (basement), keeper, 11swan fined $750 or three months.
At the Sesalons' 'yesterday,
were sentenced to eight years and 12 strokes by Mr. Justico Williams when they pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery by two or more. On another charge of possession of arms 1 were sentenced to three years, the sentences to run con- currently.
Yeung Tak, 23, of 63 Spring Garden Lane (2nd floor), keep- er, 'was fined $1,000 or Avo montha; the smokers were fined $20 each or two days, and an order for eviction was issued. 'Lewig Yat, 32, of 22 Tang Lang Street (1st floor), keeper,
and David NIVEN
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and an eviction order was issued.
Hay Kee, 40, of 16 Tai Yuen Street (1st floor), keeper, was fined $600 or two months..
Chan Kamm, 36, of 38, Pércival
Street (2nd floor), keeper, was or four months; fined $1,000 eight smokers were each fined $20 or two days and op. eviction
order was Issued.
Wong Yuen pleaded guilty 'to | Ji charge of larceny from a Chau Sing, 33, of Spring welling and was sentenced to Garden Lane (2nd floor), keeper, had his ball of $500 estreated. A.S.P. Haig Brown
Lo Ching, a wood sawer, said, he saw the third accused pick-three yearz. He got a further ing up a cont and go through two years for a breach of the
Deportation oniinance.
the pockets.
Further hearing was adjourn-
Friday, 22nd Augusted to September 18.
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HAWKER CHARGED
Over 120 hawkers WATC den.t with by Mr. F. J. d'Almada AL Central yesterday for hawking and canalng abstruction in variou, party of Victoria. Fines ranging from $10 to $40 were imposed ant most, of the offenders were given the option of paying their fines and retrieving their goods or los- ing their goods.
Pleading guilty to a charge of robbery by iwo or more and to the pession of arms. Li Fan received eight years in all ́| and 12 strokes.
PIPING STOLEN For having in his possession four lengths of iron water piping, raonably suspected to have been stolen, Wong Hoi-nam, 38, ot Chai Wan was sentenced to four works' imprisonmont, with the option of a fine of $200 by Mr. F X. d'Almada at Central yesterday.
Report On German
Export
Drive
Berlin, Aug. 17.
General Lucius D. Clay, American military Gov- ernor in Germany, said today that the six- month-old export drive by the western zone was finally showing healthy growth and in July totalled approximately US$15,000,000, not including the value of heavy timber ship. ments.
He, estigoted that the overall value of July exports reached US$25,000,000.
General Clay pointed out that continued Improvement of export business depended on the food supply and predicted that any decline would hurt production for export.
RADIO
ZBW Hong Kong broadcasting frequency of 846 kiloycet from 12.80 to 2.60 p.m., and 6.30 ito 11.00 p.m., and also on-9.5 He said if the current hot megneycles in the 31 metre band weather reduced the size of the from 12.30 to 116, 7.30 to 8.30 German crops, it would be and 9.16 to 11.00 pm, nocessary to request more food
supplies from the United States. R.K.T:
|
asked the Magistrate to issue d warrant for his arrest.
Tang Pong, 37, of 16 Tai Wo Street (1st floor), keupor, was Aned $1,000 or four months and 11 smokers were each fined $20 or two days.
Lo Sze, married woman, of A Spring Garden Lane (1st floor), keeper, did not appear and her ball of $800 was estreated.
Tae Yung, 29, of a hut in Tal Wong Street West, keeper, was fined $750 or three mouths.
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Leon ERROL Misch AUER
Moonlight in Hawaii
Johnny DOWNS Sunnio O'DEA
Jane FRAZEE
Theatre
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Booktag Hours: 11.00 am. to 5.30 p.m.' Dally
Chan Yee, 56, of 78 Cross St. Last Four shows today at 2.30, 5.00, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
(1st floor), failed to appear and had her ball of $100-es- treated.
Seized from the raided pre.
(PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF TIME)
mises were 33 pipes, 16 mace TOGETHER AGAIN!
∙of oplum, three pipes of opium water and over 30 lamps. These were ordered destroyed.
Other Raids
'Detective Sub-Inspector J. R. Sykes also carried out three oplum divan mida on Saturday, arresting three keepers, ten smokers, and seizing nine pipes, 13 lamps and 17 small pots of opium.
HUMPHREY
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HE BIG SLEEP MARTHA VICKERS DOROTAY MALONE HOWARD HAWKS
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Tam Kam, 65, woman, was fined $200 (or one month's simple imprisonment) for keep- lag'a divan at 411 Reclamation Street, first floor. Stu Pun, 396- year-old unemployed, had a big. ger place at 191 Portland St., TO-MORROW second floor, and so had to pay a fine of $260.
The dive kept by 'Leong Lui,” 19, married woman, wis "pretty small affair" with the result that she was only, fined $100 with an additional $10 for possession of 1.1 mace of pre pored oplum..
FELIX AYLMER GRETA GYNT
IN "MR. EMMANUEL”
ORIENTAL
The ten smokers were fined Final Showing To-day 2.30, 5.20, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.
$15 each as were the six arrest
He said there had been an In12.10 pm Delly Programme Hammary. formal agreement with the 12.35 pm-Edmundo Ros and His Cuban ed in Lam Cheung's' divan at
Grchretra.
British in Berlin on the neçes- | 12.47 p.m.--The MUM Brothers.
alty of importing steel Ingots
from the United States to re- build the debilitated railroad
Weather Report
1,00 pm.—News,
Announcementsė
1.1 pm.-Orchestra "Interlude.
1.15 pm. Songs and Muir of the Bea
and Herbert Jannen (Baritone). 2.00 pm/Close Down,
34 Shantung Street, first floor, and which WAB
raided by 8/I Thomas on the same day. Lam, the keeper, was fined $200, and {
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Boéуr Zamurka demo JOHN LORD'S
MY DARLING
5/1 Howarth prosecuted in all 20 CLEMENTINE
cases.
Bracelet Found
system and construct now mine 1.00 pm-U.D.C. Bymphony Orchestr the three pipes and three lamps machinery. Now rolling stock and mino machinery arg con- sidered two of the local technical problems in raising Ruhr coal produellon to pre-war levels.
General Clay said that it was intended to pay for American atcel Imports with proceeds from the export drive. He said the tonnage agreed-upon as necessary was somewhat below 25,000 tong monthly for a period of six months. Ilowever, he added, other tonnage figures might have been discussed in Washington-United Press,-----|--
.were
with $550 in their possession.
The third and fourth apprehended by Detective Chan On at Sai Wen Melut 11.30 am. 'with the balanda'of' the 'foot. Further evidenco will
· heard on Thursday, Aug. 21.
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