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Hector: Cal About Town Notorious Gossip
The country stationmaster did not wear a uniform, and one day when the train came in, he stood... at the platform gate to take the passengers' tickets.
A pretty girl came up to him, and when he held out his hand for her ticket she seized It, gave it a tight squeeze, and followed this up by giving him a hearty kiss
The stationmaster was surprised, but managed to say: "That's all very nice, Miss, but I want your ticket"
"Oh," replied the girl, with a blush, "aren't you Uncle John?"
Sol and Abe had always been (rivals in the restaurant business When they had resorted to every means of outdoing each other, and seemed to be running along at 2 dead heat. Sol took a plunge and leased a building across the street from his rival. He repainted its front and hung out a flaunting sign bearing the name of the new establishment, It was: "Grand Cafe of the Two Hemispheres "
Abe was distraught when he saw the custom that surged into the new restaurant, and, vowing not to be outdone, had his place re- painted and" hung out An even more. ostentatious sign. it read
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£6,500 AWARDED ĮDIARY OF LOCAL
AN ACTRESS
"Girl's Career 'As
Dancer Ended"
By Accident
EVENTS
MONDAY, JANUARY 20. Anniversaries and Holidays. Saints Fabian and Sebastian.
Cinemas
King's: Here's To Romance ” Queen's;-Dr. Socrates" Oriental:-Mad Löve."
Damages amounting to £6.500 World:-"Air Hawks.” with costs were awarded in the Alhambra:"Here's To Romance." King's Bench Division on Decem-Majestic:"Woman Wanted. ber 19 to Ma Ina Scarlett, 迈 StarWings In The Dark." chorus gitl earning £4 a week (who Dances.-Cheero Club Dance, also understudied the leading 8.30 p.m. lady) in "Jill Darling," at the Meetings. Annual, of St. David's Saville Theatre for injuries the Society, in Chamber of Commerce received when she fell over
Room, Chartered Bank Bldg., 6.30 iron, bar or "s" while going on
D.G.; Fourth Discussion Meeting of to the stage.
local League of Nations Society, In
Commerce Chamber of
Board
Social-Whist Drive in aid of
Ker claim came before Mr. Justice Atkinson, sitting without a jrry, who scribed the accdent as "ittle alert of a tragedy, as the result was that Miss Scarlett could not straight her arm..the graceful and fax use of the arms was essential to dancing."
"I and as a fact," his Lordship added, "that this giri's career on the stage as a dancer is ended. One witness asserted that she had a very briant future and as good a chance 2 Miss Jessie Matthews who, we know earns thousands a year
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There are only two reasons for worry; you are either successful or Miss Scarlett had alleged night
defendants, you are not successful. If you are gence. against the successful here is nothing to Jack Eggar, Limited, producers worry about if you are not suc of Darling, in using cessful there are only two things rectangular "sl" instead of
Your health is halt-round one which, she cop- elther good or you are sick. If your tended, would have been safer..
negligence Defendants dented health is good there is nothing to worry about; if you are sick there and pleaded that Miss Scarlett of the existence of this are again only two things to worry knew
of "Bill" and about. You are either going to particular kind
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If you are going to get well there st is nothing to worry about. if you are going to die there are again only two things to worry about You are either going to Heaven or you are not. If you are going to Heaven there is nothing to worry about, if you are not, you will he so busy shaking hands with your, old friends that you won't have time to worry at all.
"So why worry?".
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Sheklung Lepers, at Seamen's-In-
stitute, 9. p.m.; Tombola on board Ber- HM8. Tamar 7.13 p.m.: vices Whist Drive, West Lounge. p.m.; M.C.L. Bridge YMCA, 9 Drive at Peninsula Hotel, 3 p.m.
Sports
Badminton.Men's Doubles, St Andrew's "B". Y. V.R.C.
Bards Senior Championship AndELDF" THE V. R. P. Phillips (Chia Lusitano), Lam Cho-cha v. P. A Ivanovich (Civil Service C.C.), 8.30 p.m. Junior Championship, J. C. Remedios v. C. Strange (Kow- loon C.C.), 8.30 p.m.
Tides-High at 17.40; Low' at
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 21
Anniversaries and Holidays. - Great Cold (Ta-han). Et. Agnes V. and M.
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Cinemas
His Lordship, in the course of his judgment, sad that it was unnecessary to have this rectan-King's: "Here's To Romance- gular "all" because there was 01 Queen's: "Dr. Socrates.” the market a haif-rounded "s Oriental:-"The Glass Key" over which no
could trip. World:"Air Hawks" half-rounded This
was Afhambra:-"Here's To Romance. just as good as the other, al-Majestic:-"Storm Over the though it cast tenpence or a shii- ling more.
one
Was not
The result was, he added, that the Court came to the conclusion this particular "sl" reasonably safe for the "turn" in question, and the defendants were gulity of negligence.
His Lordship granted a stay of execution on the terms that Miss Scarlett was to receive £100 and if that was done, the stay to con-
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Dances-United Services Re-IN creation Club Dance, 930 pm,
Meetings. St. Andrew's Club Committee: Kowloon Chess Club. Central British School, 5.30 Fm; St. Andrew's Church Mothers' Union, 3 p.m.
Miscellaneous,-Debate, West Lounge, YMCA. 9 p.m.
Rehearsals-Hongkong Singers. Messiah, Unton Church, Kennedy Road, 6.30 p.m.
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CLIENTS: £255,000 LOSSEStinus until December 28, when £8,400 of "the damages must be paid into court..
Social- Cheem Club Whist Mr. J. D. Cassels. K. C. (for the Drive, 8.30 p.m. Losses on denda is "margins"
It that, as were described in the London defence), remarked Bankruptcy Court during the was Christmas time, the public examination of Charles would be paid to Miss Scarlett in William Dickinson, stock and share cash and, probably, there would dealer, who had carried on businers also be a box of chooziates in Fenchurch Street, E.C., a her (Laughter). Frederick C. Owen,
His statement of affairs showed, gross liabilition £272,387, of which £208,391 were returned sa dus to 762 unsecured creditors and £271,512 as expected to rank; and nesete and furniture, £76.
£100
for
and noticed that it contained 110 names of clergymen,
Mr. Hood said that the precise guro was 120. There were also 290
Women
Doubles, and
Sports. Badminton Men's Kowloon Tong v. Sallory Boldlers Home; Elot Hall “A” Y. VRC. Women's Doubles. Club de Recreio "A" v. Club de Recreio 13,"
Bulards-Senior Championship, EL Barros v. Yan Charm-pong Institute); Junior (Engineers Championship, Sidney Chan v. Lan
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Examined by Mr. 8. W. Hood, Official Receiver, Mr. Dickinson Mr. Dickinson, said that eccard-chell w W Stoker (Club de Re- eaid that he formerly served in thing to his deficiency account crelo); A. O. Rozario v. H. Stede navy. In 1924, he and another per (dating from January, 1983) there (Sports Club), 8.30 p.m.; Steel son began business as stock and was a net lose of £255,220 in Larry Camison League, Dockyard R.C, v. shafe dealers. The capital wasing on business.
Royal Engineers; Garrison Ber- $100 and the business mainly con- xisted of, inviting people to speculate in shares on margin." Shares were never bought and they merely acted na bookmakers, but; st one time, there was much as £280,000 railway stock open.
It was true that he circularised geants Catholic Union. Chio. creditors, saying that, he had their and Petty Officers V. Prison interests at heart, as indeed he Omeers; Civh Service ▼. Naval had, lingerie,
Dockyard Police: Fasillers v. St Patrick's
La reply to Mr. GF Kingham, who appeared on his beball, Mr. Dickinson said that, regarding the Golf-Completion First Round 200 WOMEN CREDITORS speculations in his business, it was Royal Hongkong Golf Club Ladies' The business proved a success. In in effect a bookmaker's business, Section Championship C September, 1997, his partner retired and he believed that nobody ex- Hockey East Lancashires v. and Mr. Dickson began in pected him to have shares, and he KKARA (Shamshuipo, Camp).
[4.30pm peculate in stocks and shares on never did have them. More than his own account, but suffered heavy, 29 per cent, of his creditors were in losses about £24,000 in five years, respect of "margin" sccounts and chiefly in the American market,
any instances they had re Mr. Registrar Mellor remarked ceived considerably more than they that he had had the curiosity to bad ever paid, look through the list of creditors
The examination was concluded.
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