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__ADMIRAL BRISTOL INSPECTS SCOTS GUARDS.
-Rear-Admiral Mark L. Bristol, Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Aslatie Flest, is hore
seen inspecting the guard of honour from the Scots Guards, drawn up at Queen's Pier when he made his official landing yesterday. (Photo: Mee Choung).
COAL MINERS SEEK
7-HOUR DAY.
ACT WHICH REDUCED
COAL PRICES,
London, Mar. 23.
CHINESE TEMPLE ABUSES.
(Continued from Page 1.)
was suggested by the representa- Elves of the inhabitants of Kow- The House of Commons, by 164loon City, and it is no doubt an votea to 127, rejected the Coal illustration of the kind of policy Mines Bill, introduced by Mr. T.which, will be followed' under the Greenall, (Labour), which was in-Ordinance. tended to repeal the Eight Hours Day Act of 1926 and restore a Hoven-hour day In the minca.
"ON YOUR TOES."
Registration Required,
A TRAGEDY OF ADOLESCENCE.
GERMAN YOUTH ACQUITTED
OF MURDER.
Berlin, Feb. 20. "I beg the Court to give me an opportunity of making good as n man the errors of my childhood."
or
This was the last dramatic ap- pcal made by the eighteen-year- old schoolboy, who was the cen- Section 5 of the Ordinance re- Replying to Labour and Liberal quires the registration of all tral figure in one of the most re Amongst themarkable murder trials of recent speakers, who blamed the Act for Chinoso temples. rendering the British miners' con particulars required on registra-years. It did not fall on deaf ditions and wages worse than those tion are particulars of the funds cars, for the boy was acquitted on in unauthorised possession of of the Continent, Commodore King, of the temple and particulars as all counts except that of being firearms, for which he was con- Secretary of Mines, sald that the to the intended application of the Act reduced the price of coal by revenue of the temple. The soc demned to a nominal sentence of 2/6 per ton, and enabled the coun-tion makes it an offence for any three week's imprisonment,
Kranz, the accused boy, appear- Itablishment, maintenance Dr try to compete more closely with person to take any part in the es-
ed on a charge of participation other countries.
management of an unregistered in premeditated murder. After British miners' wages, however temple.
four day'a hearing, the charge low, were over double those of the
Section 6 provides that the re- was reduced to participation in Polish miners and almost equal to those of Germany. Poland and venues, funds, investments and manslaughter, and the prisoner Germany had increased their ex-properties of all Chinese temples, was released on bail amid the ports while Britain had not yet re except the exempted temples, shall rejoicing of his friends and the covered from the heavy blow re-ba under the control of a com-public..
Lover's Jealousy. celved, by the strike of 1926. Tomittee which shall be known as
The issue to be decided was the repeal the Act would undoubtedly the Chinese Temples Committee reduce the wages and increase un- and which shall consist of the fol-nature of the motives of Kranz in employment. Reuter.
lowing persons:-The Chinese being present in the bed-room of members for the time being of the a Berlin suburban house in the Legislative Council, a representa grey of dawn one morning last tive of the District Watch Com-June, when his school friend, mitico appointed by the Governor Scheller, used Kranz's revolver to from time to time on the nomina- shoot another youth, Stephan, and NEW DENNY COMEDY FORtion of the District Watch Com- himself dead. Stephan had in- enmity of mittee, the Chinese members of curred the mortal
· QUEEN'S.
the Sanitary Board for the time Scheller, it appeared" in evidence, being who shall have been ap-through the betrayal of a sinister The enthusiasm aroused over pointed by the Governor, the escapade, and was hated by Kranz Reginald Denny's portrayal of a Chairman for the time being of because he had supplanted Kranz fighter in "The Leather Pushers," the Board of Direction of the Tung as the lover of Scheller's sixteen- has never quite died down with Wah Hospital, the senior member year-old sister.
Shortly before tho act Scheller cinema-guera, so that "On Your for the time being of the Com- Toos, the popular star's latest mittes of the Po Leung Kuk, and fand Kranz concluded a murder picture should prove acceptable to
the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. pact against Stephan and the girl, bo be. followed by their own sui- both lovers of comedy and boxing The Temple-Keepers. cide. Were the circumstances of fans alike.. Denny portrays the born boxer who has been won over Section 9 provides that the this pact valid evidence of an in- to that walk of life from a dancing office of az chuk, or temple keeper, tent to, murder on the part of
Krane? master. At first, his nature la may be let by tender, and that the
The verdich has proved that such that makes him chicken Chinese Temples Committee shall they were not. The Court found hearted in a fight. The schemes have power to determine the con- that the boy, Scheller, was the by which he is finally made madditions of tender. The principal driving force, and that Kranz, enough to fight for the heavy if not the only source of revenus in though possessed of unusual in- weight championship provide an the case of most Chinese temples tellectual gifts, was enally sus hour and a half of excellent en is the periodical amount paid by ceptible: to strong. Influences, and tertainment. Barbara Worth and the temple keeper for the privilege was in any case not fully respon- Hayden Stephenson are in the of his office, Any tendency on the ible for his acts at the time of the supporting cast of "On Your part of temple keepers to make pact and the crime. Toes" which is said to rank with excessive charges to the public is "In the view of the Court," said such productions as "Skinners probably sufalently checked by the Judge in summing up, "ques Dress Suit" and "Fast and Furi- the existence of other temples, but tions of a moral, pedagoxic, and oua," "On Your Toes," according it will also in future be subject psychological character, as well as to a special advertisement in this to control by the Chinese Temples of legal procedure, have arisen issue, will be shown at the Committee. The section also gives which thoroughly justify the gen- Queen's Theatre on Tuesday" and the Chinese Temples Committee eral public Interest in the case. Wednesday next at the usual power to appoint a sz chuk with- For here we have no, everyday times. Ordinary prices will be out tender, and power to remove experience, but rather an example charged.
any az chuk, whether appointed by of the terrible consequences of a them or not.
lax attitude towards duty" and discipline taking hold of the minds of the young."
EX-P.C.'S £25,000 WILL.
FAMOUS. DETECTIVE WHO
·ROSE FROM THE RANKS,
ZOLA'S LETTERS.
The main elements in this ex- traordinary case were undue parental laxity of supervision, combined with youthful précocity and rebellion against restraint. paychological experta TO BE PUBLISHED IN PRO-Sundry
proved, largely to the satisfaction Ex-Chief Inspector Edward MISED COMPLETE EDITION. of the Public Prosecutor himself, Drew; of Harrington-road, Brigh-
that the talented Kranz was the tom, one of the most famous of
Parla, Feb, 19.victim of a singularly unhappy Scotland Yard detectives, who Zola's letters to the Goncourt combination of extraordinary cir died on December 8 last, aged 68, brothers, so far kept with the cumstances acting upon the in- has left $25,573.
banned Goncourt diary in the herent weaknesses of his charac- He directs that any beneficiary Bibliotheque Nationale; were comter. disputing the validity of his willmunicated to the novelist's
under.
is to forfeit all interests there-executors yesterday. The letters HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?,
were demanded for publication in lig a complete edition of Zola's works, The following are the replies to Four hundred pounds a year now being undertaken, and M to-day's questions: and the use of his residence and Herriot recently gave his consent or the dead nothing wolm furniture are left to his wife, and]
The daughter of Mose de Bavigne. It wa Mme. de Grignan that the majority of the the estate divided among relatives. The contents appear to be co014-famous letters: wyfel addressed...." hak
"Tricky Drew, as he was known pletely inoffensive, and will be speare's Trolios and Cressida Henry VI to criminals, began life as a valuable chiefly to the historians wed in, Notre Dame November, 1411
"Agent de police," or more sually simply polico-constable, and resigned of French letters during the ant The frequently. - used." "gin: from the force 19 years ago, after Eighties and Nineties. It is ex-darma Incorrect. as Uw gendarmeris is a semi-milliary fores, Osmin Azoa; 7 27 years' service, nav
pected that further Goncourt cor- London to Caribia. 2. Not a Felma Winlifnes His most famous case was that respondence, will shortly be re-e, bewe, a calary of £1,000 any First Lord of the -Tretry.. 8. W. P of the theft of the Marquess of leased. There still remain 29 Frith, 10. At the Great: While Horse, at Anglesey's diamonde, when he cases of letters from various per Dewich 11. Beratis" is French for "ballot." organised the guests at a house sons, of whom the most interest many names as there are persone "bo party de a corps of amateur de Ing appear to ho Princess Mathilde beslected. In seruils d'arrondissement the tectives, and caught the culprit. Buonaparte and Alphonse Daudet. betad espatatab. 18. Of
In "cristia de Bate" the water writes on Fli
Bratus by Antony,
DON'T FAIL TO SEE ITI
To-Day represents your last oppor tunity to see the wonderful film the --- has thrilled London, Paris, New York and Hongkong-Don't fall to see this masterpiece
7TH HEAVEN
With
JANET GAYNOR & CHARLES FARRELL
CHICO, who works in the sewers of Paris, and Diane, broken spirited waif of Montmartre— these are the characters whose shining romance provides the theme of this wonderful picture. How through courage and spiritual awakening these two climb from the depths of despair to the heights ecstasy, makes one of the loveliest and most touching dramas ever screened
SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SONG;
- At 6.00 & 9.15, Miss. Alleen Woods Sings "Diano"
AT THE
QUEEN'S FINAL SHOWINGS
TO-DAY
TIMES & PRICES-
At 2.30 At 6.00 & 9.15%. ‚ $2.00, $1,20, 80 cts., 8′ 50 eta. Service men in usiform-60′′ Cant to hack stalls and 40 Cents to front stalls at all performaness,'t
$1.20, 80 eta, 60 cts., & 40 cts.
AN
N UNUSUAL love drama that takes one behind the scenes of a real Russian vaudeville show
At The
WORLD
Orchestra 5.15 and 9.20.
FLORENCE
VIDOR
YOU NEVER KNOW WOMEN
With
LOWELL
SHERMAN
CLIVE BROOK
FINAL SHOWINGS
TO-DAY
Interpreter: 2.30 and 7.15,
THE COMEDY of an ardent lover who had to capture the wildest lion in Africa to win girl of his heart!=
Dienciad bij
WILLIAM BEAUDINE
AT THE
DOUGLAS
MACLEAN
HOLD
TVHL
LION
Laughs and thrils story full
STAR
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY Continuous, 2:30 to ILIS.