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號式零仟叁萬弍第 日肆拾月叁年未平 HONG KONG, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1932. 式拜體 日玖拾月肆年式卅佰玖仟告英 Price
Per Month.
DIARY OF LOCAL Lindbergh Affair May Break
TRY SHAKING US!-
EVENTS.
Us
The Gangsters.
TODAY.
for
GOOD GIMLETS
Sole“ Agonis:--CALDBECK MACGREGOR & CO, LTD,
(Incorporated under the Companies Ordinances of Hong Kong);
Tel.
Prince's Ballding, fes-House Street,
20078
HONG KONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMERS.
Torr BagŸics of the Hong Kong, CaNTON AND MAGA ) „STHAMBOAT Co., 120, AND CHINA. NAVIGATION Co., LTD.
HONG KONG-CANTON LINE.
SAILINGS From HONG KONG-Daily at 8 am and 10 p.m. (Baadays 10 p.m. only),
0
BAILINGS From CANTON--Daily at 8 am, and '4430 p.m.
(Szodays 4:30 p.in, only).
HONG KONG HADAO LINK
SPECIAL... SERVICE, SAILINGS: From HONG KONG-Daily at 8 am. &.5.80pm.
(Bunday xopted).. JAILINGS From M A CA ̈O --Daily at 3 am, & 2 p.m.,
(Sundays excepted);
SPECIAL MACAO EXCURSION
O SUNDAY, 14 APRIL
S.S. “SUI TAI
will leave Hong Kong st 9 a.m. and Macao at 6:30 p.m.
·SPECIAL SALOON FARES.'" WEEK DAYS. -Bioglei $3,00; Heturn: $5.00, '--- EXCURSIONS.---Single: $4.50; Betärn: $490.
Nors—All Steamboat Company's B6samors are Etted with Wireissa,
(April 18)
Company Meeting A.S. Watson
& Co. Ltd, Hong Kong Hotel, 11.30 a.m.
Rotary Club Tiffin, Lane, Craw- ford's Restaurant, 1 p.m. Speaker: Mr. E R. Dovey on Chernistry and Community."*
CRUSADE WAGED AGAINST THE KIDNAPPERS.
CROOKS MAY BE SWEPT AWAY
WITH ALL THEIR WAYS.
The kidnappite of a little child, Dent fully warranted by resulta, the blonde, curly haired, blus-eyed Such & reform, however, requires Lecture on First Aid and Home offspring of the Lindberghe, and much local organisation, and a Nursing, by Dr. P. Ruttonjee at King's College, 445 p.m.
the eclipse for the time being of mandate from people aroused to the Exhibition Tennis at H.K.O.C., the forces of law and order, has seriousness of the situation. And for that mandate to-day America is Canton Hong Kong: Singles, Grovenlet, ikea lightning dash, to Bodiker (Canton) v. S. A Rum-the American people, a state of in-crusading with seat and courage. jahn; Doubles; G. Boriker and Lenag Tak Kwong (Canton) v. E.
C. Fincher and L. Goldman.
King's Theatre The Man Killodi!?
efficiency and rottenness exposed by
the Wickersham Report on crime.
The Lindbergh fair, in fact, har Brqused the American nation
END--OR BE ENDED BY- RACKETS.
The menace of the racket in all
to realities nothing else ita ramifications has been realised and at last, apparently because we have has
do Been able to
Queen's Theatre: "Flying High" Central Theatre: "A Woman of Experience."
in its present temper it is un- learned in the past two years, to Star Theatre: Lottery Bride." likely to tolerate any further half. quote Mr. Wickersham's statement, World Theatre: "General Crack."measures towards the unruly ale that "We must end the rackets, or Ten Dances at King's Restaurantments in the population. Little they will end us." and Hong Kong Hotel; Dinner could the kidnappers have realisedi Dances at Hong Kong Hotel, that the storm they ware stirring Peninsula Hotel and King's Res would sweep away the gangster and
all his ways.
taurant."
European Maili~Outward÷ Europe via Siberia (Taiyo Maru) 8.30 am.; Europe a Suez (An- chises) 4.30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY.
(April 20:)
Corn Rain (Au-uu),
Schneider Trio Renital at Helena
NIGGER OF THE WOODPILE Mr. Wickersham, formerly At torney-General of the United States, and his committee of pro minent citizens exposed the reign of the rackat E
menace and
Rackets of various sorts--horse- stealing, for example, and whisky distilling have existed in the United States for many years. The affence, however, was haphasard, and rackets as they exist here to day differ from the old-fashioned drime as much as the aeroplane differs from the one-horse buggy The rackets of 18939 fettered almosÍ keresi slavery branch of human activity and.
domestic relations, even t to the ju civilisation. The document was dinary and policom pigeonboled, along with other re. It is the popular belief that the ports by. Commissions dealing with Volstead Act is responsible, because the carnival of lawlessness, for bootlegging, the offspring of Frohi- which Prohibition is held primarily tion, has bear the major and best responsible.
organised racket of a foul series. American pride was humbled by The profits on the sale of liquor Lawn Tennis, Canton Hong
the Wickersham Report. Moreover, which went to the Government in Kong at HK.C.C. Singles, Leung Tak Kwong (Canton)". M. W. Lathe task of rebuilding the govern the way of big revenue found their Doubles G. Bodiker and D, O. Fin-ment of cities in such a way as toway, with many additions, into the cher S. A. and H. D. Rumjahn. eliminate the local politicians the pockets of the rum-runners, and
Football-Third Division: Royal niggers in the woodpile, as they are speakeasy proprietors.
called and also to break up the It was a lucrative trade, which Air Forco South Wales Bor
profitable alliance between the office, attracted to its ranks every element derera:
holders "and gangsters was gigan.
MayInstitute, 9.20 p.m.
Whist Drive at Seamen's In- stitute, 9 p.m.
Nominations for Sanitary Board Member Close, 1 p.m.
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Central Theatre: "A Woman of Experienes."
A
Queen's Theatre; "Flying High."" King's Theatre: The Man I Killed."
World Theatre: "General Crack." Star Theatre "Lottery Bride, Tea Dances at King's Restaurant und Hong Kong Hotel; Dinner Dances at Hong Kong Hotel, Penîn. ula Hotel and King's Restaurant. European Mails:-award' Europe via Suez (Chitral).·
*
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of crime and lawlessness in the
tic. Who should apply the axe to country. Competition beaame keen
the foot of the free of corruption to the extent of rival gangs shoot- Cities like New York, Boston, ing it out among themselves for the Philadelphia, and Chicago are ac possession of territory " customed to vote the ticket of the
One racket led to another. There
local bows or vote farmer, A few is the familiar instance of towns only, like Cincinnati, in Ohio, have where you may not bury a person displaced the professional spoil-without permission of the funeral smen by establishing a new officer copoh racket. To prevent an out Called the City Manager, responsi- rage at the burial, terms are usual ble not to a political machine bubly made Builders who dealine to to the taxpayers direct, an experi
*Continued on Frigs 8.)
Haig
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Consumers are requested to wear that every bottle of John Hang Gold Laba Whisky as supplied by me bearathas foot label
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