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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1924.
SINGAPORE ACTION ENDS.
PAUL BEAU AGROUND.
JUDMENT FOR DEFENDANT.
(Our Own Corespondent)
Shanghai, Dec., 24,
LOW WATER IN THE RIVER.
The 0.8. Paul Beau, of tho Canton Navigation Co., went aground above Tai Ma on the trip up to Canton UR Monday night. The accordance with the The case of Wes Klm-chunn and
programme, the convoy should Woo Boun-song against Woo Kim-arrive at Canton about 6 am., toon, for alleged malicions pro- but owing to the difficulties of socation and wrongful imprison navigation now that the water in ment, ended yesterday afternoon, the river is low, a lower speed is Judginent was entered for defen-maintained, in consequence of dant with costs.
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which Tai Ma, the most treacher-i ous turn in the river, was reached until 6 s.m Here the ships anchored to wait for the top of the flood tide and again igot under the way at 8 a.m. BIR GEORGE STEVENSON. Shortly after, the Paul Benu! grounded and remained stuck Among the passengers arriving for an hour. By notting the en- the Sarpedon Sirgines at full speed astern and George A. Stevenson, K.,.,e.v.o. | shifting weight aft, alded by n Sir George received his knight further rise of tide she came off hood in 1914. He was born in 1856 without damage, and roached her nad educated at Manchester Gram- wharf at 19 a.m.
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We learn that in the staging| Jane Novak u its topinust note. of "St. Joan" the A. D. C. has "The Lullaby, a Chester Bennett been fortunate in obtaining tho preduction which played at the services ́of Mr. Clios, -- a very World Theatre, proved to be clever Russian artist, who his had remarkable symphony of file many years experience in the de-i portrayed in a truly musterful style signing and painting of scenery by a cast of real artists.
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tails and designing some exquisite: Starling in a light, sparkling, tapestries and atained ginss jubilant tone, such us that carried window From what we learn, by the string instruments in the staging is likely to eclipse at orchestra, the play runs gaily anything previously attempted by along until suddenly, with the A. D. C. but by reason of the threatening blate, the deep, brass nature of the production it has nates of the Froneir horas portends been evil. Miss Novak, as the little stress on arriving at the essential necessary to lay greater: Italian bride of a few months, and dignity of line and colour called her goud-natured, devoted husband, for rather than on garish effects. played by Robert Anderson, carry For sheer awe inspiring beauty a melody as it ships joyfully the scene representing the Cathe-| until Fred Malatesta, a Tony, dral at Rheims is likely to be one walf in disguise, takes the ominous that will be long remembered. solo, which swells to a crescendo, Much thought and ttention has drowning out the tender lullaby.been given to the sorrect repro-| Far a while, chaos reigns, the deep inetion notes predominating. Then, gra-armour of the period, and the the heraldry and dually the fullaby struggles to costumes from designs by Mrs. be heard, becomes louder and Clemes promise to be louder as the horns reede, and richness and splendour,
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MURDERER HANGED. Lam In. convicted at the Nor-
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Almost the first thing she did in the filming of Saturday Night, " Cecil B. De Mille's Paramount picturo, in which she plays one of the prominent roles and which A reward of one thousand dollars below the average for the pracod- comes to the Queen's Theatre to- is offered by the polica for the ing ton third quarters. day, was to drive a roadster into a arrest and conviction of a Chinese Those romarkable .omolal dangerous skid, run it out on a named Lai Tso, who is alleged to figures indicato that sunlight, railroad treatlo hundred feet bave murdered a Chinese detective, important as it is, is less import- above the ground, abandon the ear 80 Kin-cho, neng the Shaukiwau ant than a dust-free atmosphere as an approaching oleotrio train Ferry Wharf on the 10th inst. as an aid to health. The present menneed it, and with her fellow The detective was attempting to has boon pro-eminelly the "dust- player, Juck Mower, swing suspend- arrest the man whon the Intter lass year." It has been the el below tho trestle as the train freed himself and ran away, at the healthiant over known. rushed overhead, crushing the car same time drawing a revolver and The birth rate for the quarter to junk above them 1
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