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The screen's ravishing red-hair
In her First SEE and HEAR
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see- CLARA
BOW'S "DANGEROUS CURVES
with RICHARD ARLEN
a Paramount Picture
A brilliant new romance-drama presenting Clara in a new role that wins her new laurels in a new way.
ALSO
Paramount Screen Songs
Next Change, Tuesday, Aug. 12. Return Engagement
Positively Last Screening in Hongkong.
Maurice Chevalier
'THE
IN
LOVE
Jeanette
WITH
PARADE"
MacDonald
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1930.
DROUGHT CONCERN
IN AMERICA.
EIGHTH OF THE POPULATION NOW AFFECTED.
·PRIVATION CAUSED.
Washington, Aug. 8.
President Hoover has stated
HAMMOND EIGHT FOR 25.
(Continued from - Page 1.)
only 85, Brooke taking six of the wickets for 30 runs. Following on, Derbyshire could not avoid an in- nings defeat. They made 186 in their second knock.
Kent v. Notis.
FOOLISH AFRIDI
VENTURE.
IGNORANT OF STRENGTH OF BRITISH OPPOSITION.
TROOPS IN CONTACT.
London, Aug. 8. Kent declared in their second in-
Warnings having failed to con- that preliminary reports shownings in the hope of forcing a win vince the Afridi tribesmen of the that approximately million but they had to be content with folly of their adventure, villages in families, or twelve per cent. of the decision on the first innings. They the Bara Valley, some fifteen miles entire population of the United made 279 in their first innings when States, are now affected by the drought.
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Sam Staples took six wickets for 86 runs. Nottinghamshire replied The Red Cross authorities have with 248, the greater part of the been instructed to stand by and scoring being done by Whysall who to rolleve any possible suffering, knocked up a fine 128. Freeman
Mr. Hoover declared to-day that took six for 93. the situation gave cause for great; Going in again Kent declared at concern, but pointed out that the 182 for eight, but they failed to drought had mainly affected get Notta. out, the latter's score animal fodder and that there was being 91 for five when the match an abundant supply of human ended. food.
Nevertheless, there will be much privation among families
Surtey v. Sussex. Surrey's first innings of 265 was
from Peshawar, were bombed on Wednesday and yesterday by units of the Royal Air Force.
Press reports from Peshawar state that British troops to-day engaged a small raiding party,
The strength of the hostile force Is stated to exceed five thousand. It is under the leadership of young tribesmen acting against the advice of their elders, and was yesterday concentrated in caves at the west- ern end of Khajura Peak.
The movement is the result of prolonged propaganda by revolu-, tionary agents and has been under-
in the drought area owing to the marked by another century scored loss of their income and the finan-by Jack Hobbs whose wicket was cial burden imposed through taken, when he was 106. Tate took taken in complete ignorance of the carrying their animals over to the seven wickets for 55. Sussex resistance the Afridis are certain winter.
made 262, Fender taking four for to meet in any attack on the out- 70. In their second innings Sur-skirts of Peshawar, where British rey made 154 for four wickets, troops have occupied strategic Ducat being 71 not out.
points-British Wireless,
It is estimated that a quarter of a million horses and mulos, six million head of cattle and twelve million hogs and sheep arc affected.
Leicester v. Yorkshire.
Both teams took four points. Yorkshire batted first and made 189 (Geary five for 64) and Leicester replied with 115 for the loss of
The President is calling a con- ference of the Governors of the States in the drought area to dis- cuss measures for alleviating the distress-Reuter's American Ser-seven wickets. vice
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
"HARMONY AT HOME" NOW SHOWING..
As a picture of American home life in those parts of the country not over affected by modern pr gress "Harmony at Home," now showing at the Queen's Theatre, is excellent..
Somerset v. Essex.
Peshawar, Aug. 8.
An Afridi raiding party made a feeble attack on British troops a mile from Peshawar last night.
The city gates will be closed to- night, and all precautions taken.
Aeroplanes are reconnaitring. -Reuter.
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Rain interfered at Weston-super-
Peshawar, Aug. 8. Mare, each team taking four points. Į Troops closely guarded the city Somerset declared at 162 for eight and cantonment all night in view wickets when Wellard had scored of the danger of a night attack by 55 not out. Essex made 84 without | Afridis.-Reuter. the loss of a wicket.
The match between the Austro-
inns and Warwickshire was also abandoned, there being ao play on the last two days.--Reuter.
To-day's Matches. Surrey v. Middlesex at the Oval friendly).
Yorkshire v. Derbyshire at Leeds. Sussex v. Kent at Hastings. Gloucester
Warwick V. Cheltenham.
The love story running through the play is sincere and has none of the sloppiness so common in this kind of film. The interest centres round the anxiety of a well meaning but very loquacious Notts. v. Leicester at Notting.
Somerset
at
STORY OF RAID ON
A ROOM.
OXFORD UNDERGRADUATE
IN COURT,
There were further side-lights on student life at Oxford, when under- Geoffrey Reynolds, an graduate, of Lincoln College, was
V.
Hampshire
at
charged at the police court with stealing from the room of Michael
V. Glamorgan
T Australians
at
mother to help to find a husband ham. for her daughter. She does her Lancashire best, which, however, turns out Manchester. the worst, for the time being, for the daughter. The kind old father Weston-super-Mare. worried by the harmony at home Northants. which in reality does not exist, Northampton. finally, succeeds in getting the young couple together again, and all ends well.
WATER LEVELS.
EAST RIVERS.
ON WEST, NORTH AND
VOLUNTEER CORPS ORDERS.
PARADES FOR COMING WEEK.
...
at Donald, Whyte, at Christ Church:
A camers,
A cine projector,
A telephoto lens, and
An exposure meter.
The Chief Constable said they had been unable to trace a man named Curren, who was wanted in connexion with the charge.
Whyte said he knew Curren well, but Reynolds only slightly.
He received a phone message to go to the White Hart Hotel, Net- tlebed, and there saw both of No. 32/30. Hongkong Volunteer De-them. Curren said: "We have fence Corps Orders by Major H. B. Lbeen blackguards. I
went into Dowbiggin, Commanding Hongkong your room and took the camera Volunteer Defence Corps:
and projector. Reynolds and I to London' and sold then went them in a shop in Tottenham Court road for £25,"
The following table, issued by the Kwangtung River Conservancy Commission, shows in English feet the water levels on the West
Parades, River and East River, North River, on the dates named:
Corps Band Until further orders Aug. 7 Aug. 8 the Corps Band will parade twice a week at Headquarters, namely on
Reynolds told him that he did Mondays and Thursdays at 6 p.m.
Battery-There will be a lecture at not know at the time that the Headquarters on Thursday, August things were stolen, and Curren 14th, at 5.30 p.m.
appealed to him to be lenient, as Engineer Company, Monday, his mother was ill and he was in August 11th. Team shoot with EE debt. at Kennedy Road range. Truck will
"I told him I did not want to leave Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. sharp see him in prison as he was my
D.L. test for N.C.O.B. The fellow-
Shishing
Tsingyuen
Sam.shul
10.4 15.1
8.9 14.1
Sheklung ...... 9.2 7.6 The highest levels on record are: Shiuhing, 41 feet; Taingyuen, 29.2 feet; Samshul, 27.3 feet, Sheklung 15.5 feet.
The lowest level on
record st
Samshui Is minus 6 feet and at ing N.C.O.'s were passed as proficient friend," Whyte continued. Sheklung minus 2.7 feet.
EXCHANGE RATES.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Prague
Helsingfors
Madrid
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Athens
Bucharest Ric
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the Defence Lights engine by Replying to Mr. Ralph Thomas, Lieut, A. M. Anstruther, R.E ca Whyte said that Curren lived in Thursday, July 31 der Gren, good style, gave expensive lun-
Coom, Corp., Salter,
L/Cpcheons, and had two motor-cars Hooper.
but was not so affluent during his The class will carry on with the last term.
instruction on the 2nd. and 4th. Thursdays in each month.
London, Aug: 8.
Lamp
"After the hotel interview he 123.70
Corpa Signals-Signal class will went to London with Curren and .4.87 1/32
parade at Corps Headquarters at Reynolds, but could not find the 34.806 6.30
p.m. on Thursday, 14th. August, shop. They all had dinner, and 25.045 Machine Gun Troop-Parade at there was present a lady whom 2.08% Causeway Bay Stables at 5.30 p.m. on Reynolds married the next day,
92.97 Thursday, 14th, August.
After Reynolds had given evi-
.20.335
Armoured Car Company-Car Sec-
Parade at
.18.105 tioay Garage at 5.30 pa on Fri further charge of receiving, know-)
Kowloon Canton dence the charge of theft and a
18.16 .18.165 day.
16th, August for driving in- ing the articles to be stolen pro- 34.44 struction,
perty, were dismissed.
1644 Motor Cycle Section-Parade at 193% Headquarters 5.30 p.m. Friday, 15th.
43.66 August for Machine Gun instruction.
41.1/10
British Wireless.
108.25 Machine Gun Company.-N. C. O's The Health Bulletin of Far 375 Classes will be held on day, 12th Eastern Ports for the week end- .818 and Friday, 15th. August at Heading August 2 gives the following 5.3/32 quarters 5.30 pm. in multi-
Programme of N. C. O's Classes cases of contagious diseases and 1/6.25/32 12th. August Indication & Recogni- deaths therefrom:Piagle, Ta
1/6 heory of Indirect Fire, and, August cases 2 deaths. Port Said 1 case, 15th August Instrumente & matave 13. cases, Alexandria 2 .1/3.5/16
E G. D., 24th. August E. G. D., Baghdad 4 cases, Rangoon 2 .2/0.11/32
29th 15.15/16 20th August-Examination of N.C.0%
cases 1 death, Bangkok 1 case, 16% for promotion.
Notice. The Machine Gun Com
Cholera, Madras 1 death, Chitta- pany Rifle Club will meet on the Peak gong 3 cases 1 death, Cebu 5 Hange at 0.30 am, on Sunday, 10th cases 4 deaths, Iloilo 9 cases 10 August for др Inter-section
deaths, Bangkok 1 case 1 death, monthly individual spoon shoot.
Paom-Penh 5 cases 8 deaths, Lecture,
Saigon 2 cases; Small-pox, Bom bay 6 cases 5 deaths, Cochin 2 cases 1 death, Karachi 2 cases 2 deaths, Madras 19 cases 3 deatha, Negapatam 2 cases 1 death, be "A General Survey of Flying." Penang 1 case, Batavia 1 case 1
death,
Cerebro-Spinal Fever, No. 1533 Pte. J. G. H. Lander, Singapore 1 case 1 death, Shang- Machine Gun Company, No. 4 Platoon hai 2 deaths. from 2.8.30 to 2.8.31,
and
Harsh treatment by the London County Council was alleged by Mr. G. J. C. Ball, a local tax collector, A Lecture will be given by Mr. at Southwark County Court when Vaughan Fowler, in the Lecture Room the Council sought to recover £39 at Headquarters at 5.45 pm. on Mon 58. 74. from Mr. Ball as rent of day, 11th. August. The subject will premises in Paris-garden, Stam ford-street. Mr. Ball complained that in February the LC.C. ob tained an order for possession on the ground that he was holding
Leave.
Strength.
,
up a clearance scheme. whereas The following recrults have been
Peking, Aug. 8.
the premises, after he had vacated taken on the strength and pasted as The U. S. S. Palos in a wireless them, remained emply for some under: months and were then re-let and Platoon, as from 31.7.30.
No. 1679 Pis. T. Clanston, No. 7 message from Changsha, on
put to £168, expenses. Judgment Platoon, as from. 5.8.30.
August 7, declares that the Rev. were still occupied. He had been
No. 1580 Pte. M. A. Javier, No. 10 Mr. Cameron, who was rumoured was given for the L.C.C. for the amount claimed..
¿ (Sgd.) W. H. G. Goater, Captain, to have been stabbed, is safe.
Reuter Adjutant, H. K. V. D. C...
Another great Movietone Hering by William' Fox
ALL TALKING MOVIETONE
Pa, ma and their young 'troubles", the children, in humanly dramatic big situations. Made from that great stage play.
Family Upstairs."
"The
Harmony Поще
AT THE
Directed by Hamilton McFadden
with
William Collier, Sr. Marguerite Churchill,
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"The MONTMARTRE
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FIGHTING LOVE
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SHE WAS MARRIED, YET LOVED ANOTHER MANT.
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