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TO-DAY to SATURDAY.
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THE. HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1931.
CONDEMNED MAN A ATTACK ON MAYOR GRAND NATIONAL
·POPULAR HERO.
SERIOUS DISTURBANCES IN MADRID,
THE KING'S PROMISE.
Mudrid, Mar. 18. The passing
of the death Sediles, Hontence on Captain
WALKER'S CONDUCT IN OFFICE.
ADMINISTRATION WASTEFUL AND INCOMPETENT.
NEW YORK SENSATION.
New York, Mar. 18. Formal charges that Mr. James Jaca revolt in December last, he Walker, Mayor of New York City
alleged to be the ringleader of the
SWEEPSTAKE.
TOTAL OF RECEIPTS NEAR TWO MILLION POUNDS.
1
CLERKS, SWAMPED.
London, Mar. 19. The subscription list in the Irish Grand National Sweeptake closed at midnight at a figure mach higher than was anticipated. It is dis- estimated that the total sum avail- ment demonstrations in many charged his duties in a "wasteful able for prize-money will be ap parts of Spain. especially among and incompetent fashion." the students.
Refreshing-Stimulating-Entertaining been the signal for anti-Govern- for some years past, han
und the ladies
like it!
T'S the nereal
that gate om, boy! Hear Men you's intriguing Fronch accent na the warren for jihn
fira time.
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Starting Sunday
RICHARD DIX The Love Doctor
A Guramount Chature
Action-Love-Laughs
COMING SOON
A Galazy of British Stars in a British * TALKIE " Produced in a British Studio.
ALFS BUTTON
A Gaumont British All-Dialogue
Production
Directed by WP.KELLINO
Deaturing
TUBBY EDLIN, AÏF GODDARD NORA SWINBURNE & POLLY WARD Based on W.A.DARLINGTON'S Famous Farce Extravaganza.
Booking at Andersons and the l'heatre (Tel. 25720;
HUSBAND SHOT IN LAW divorce_magistrate who, accord-
COURT.
ing to French law, summons hus- band and wife to an interview, to try to reconcile them before the caso goes into court.
One woman, Madame Pavat, an seeing her husband approaching took a revolver from her handbag aand fired three shots at him.
BEFORE DIVORCE CASE,
Paris, Feb: 20, man was shot by his wife, from whom he was seeking divorce, In the Palace of Justice this afternoon.
***Two thousand people were wait ing In an a
Two bulleta struck M. Pavot and he is not expected to recover. The woman was disarmed and
of tho Parts handed over to the police.
for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY,
dham Street, in the City of Victoria
made by the City Affairs Commitproximately £1,100,000.
The grand total of receipts, in- The disturbances in the centre tec, whose report was published of Madrid were so serious that to-day by Governor Franklin cluding the grants to hospitals, all the police were obliged several Roosevelt, a close friend of the expenses and the prize-money, are expected to reach a figure of near- times to charge the crowd with Mayor.
The Committee, which is aly £2,000,000. batons,
All shops were closed at Jacu. private organisation of lending:
There were long queues of pur-i where a procession headed by the citizens, says that Mr. Walker's chasers outside the offices of the
Mayor and Bishop, the
the conduct in office has been incom: Sweepstake in Dublin yesterday, Municipal Councillors, marched petent, inefficient and futile, and where the staff of fifteen hundred through the
strecta carrying as a result of this, the machinery placards demanding pardon for of government has failed to fune was kept busy all day dealing with Captain Sediles.
tion and the administration of the the huge overseas post.
The counter-foils are being kept Students demonstrated nolally city has been brought into dis-
in a strong-room and will be at Santiago and all shops were repute." closed.
Last week, a petition was sent guarded by the police when they Later. to Governor Roosevelt by the are taken to the Mansion House on In reply to pressmen, the Minis Society for the Prevention of Monday for the draw. ter of Justice stated to-night that Crime which, without impugning telephone the Mayer's integrity, demanded:
to
There will be ten Arat prizes in 111 Генродке
to London message
asking "some proof that he really desires excess of the estimated £30,000
each-Renter. clemency for Captain Sediles, to clean up the city."
the
King Alfonso had given an assur- Public impatience with ance that he would sign a decree administration has been manifest commuting the death sentence us for some time. The general_ feel-} sond as he returned to taining appeara to be that the Mayor,
Reuter.
INDIA NO LONGER IN CRUCIBLE.
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creeds and nations, whose classes 'entitled to and communities are
our protection.
Tou Late To Go Back. Rightly or wrongly, we educated Indians in
have
while willing enough to move fr left to himself, is too much controlled by Tammany Hali Reuter's American Service.
MILITARY CUTLERY
THEFT.
CASE AGAIN ADJOURNED) THIS MORNING.
CELTIC LAPSE AT EDINBURGH.
DROP IMPORTANT POINT TO HEARTS.
London, Mar. 18. The failure of Celtic to defeat Heurts, and the 1-0 victory of the Rangers over Falkirk, intensifies the struggle for the Scottish League championship. The Rangers go to the head of the table with 49 points, Celtic have 45 and are two games The results of league matches
Before Mr. Hamilton, at the in hand. Western Kowloon Magistracy this morning,
ideals, introduced them to Pte. E. G. Craig. in charge of played to-day follow:
Shamshuipe and ad- Banitation at the Western institutions,
Scottish League.
mitted them to our councils. The military camp. gave evidence in language of their Legislative A-the case in which Chan Fuk and Kilmarnock sembly and of the Congress itself Lau Mau are respectively charged Rangers is our mother tongue.
with having stolen and received Cowdenbeath
Hearts Time after time we have made articles of cutlery from the camp
Dundee them promises. It is too late to an March 17. go back. We must go forward. It is our traditional policy and it has been the secret Cess.
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seltled
rubbish
and
Aberdeen Falkirk
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Witness stated that he had not given the first defendant permis- Southend ston to take the articles of cutlery follow Then will
It was from the rubbish dump. government, material prosperity quite possible for the articles and the reign of law.
dump get into the Financial stability, defence, through the carelessness of the low end order, are undoubtedly soldiers dropping spoons important. but I am anxious for forks on the ground and the something more than a triumph Chinese boys picking them up and for our trade, I am jealous for the throwing them on the rubbish reputation of our statesmanship. dump. The first defendant hnd lately come from Fanling Camp, and the troops there would not be anxious to bring back cutlery like the stolen goods, when there was
Bar of Public Opinion.
It is by their moral actions not by their material successes that Empires are judged at the bar of publie opinion and by the verdict a chance of getting new goods. there. Wit-
of history. Let us grant a Federal it was quite possible the defen Constitution to India, and let us dent got them from
HONGKONG LEADS THE WORLD.
(Continued from Page 1.) Business Matters.
On the proposition of Mr. J. H. hope that everything in it may be ness, however, could not say Taggart, seconded by Mr. K. so ordered and settled upon the whether the defendant did or did Stuart Smith, Messrs. J. E. Joseph ed to the Board of Directors, und best and aurest foundations, that not do right in taking the articles and T. B. Wilson were re-appoint- peace and happiness, truth and from the rubbish dump.
justice, may flourish as abundant- Mr. Hamilton remanded the du- it was moved by Mr. P. S. Cassidy, ly in India as they have done here
at home.
Mild Criticism. Lord Peal said that if the Con- servatives at the Conference had decided to give general approval to the proposals without n full knowledge of the safeguards, they would have weakened their au thority to insist upon them later. He could not help feeling that during
the last few months the Government had been too ready, he would not say to apologise for. but not to take A stand on Our
fendants for one week in order that the Quarter Master or some other witness might be culled.
FRENCH AIRMEN'S
LAST HOP..
LEAVE SHANGHAI FOR JAPAN.
Shanghai, Mar. 19. The French alrmen, Burtin and position in India which gave us Moench, hopped off at 5.30 this rights and laid upon us duties morning for Japan, on the final and responsibilities.-Renter and stage of their Paris-Tokyo fight.
--Reiter. British Wireless.
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seconded by Mr. J. M. Alves, and agreed, that Mesare. Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming be re-elected the This concluded auditors. business..
Directors supporting the Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, in the chair, were Hon. Mr. C. G. Mackio, Allan Messrs. Frank Austin, Cameron, J. E. Joseph, H. H. H. Priestley, J. P. Warren and T. B. Wilson.
Others preacht were Mr. F. H. Crapnell (Secretary), and the fal- towing shareholders:-Mosars. J. II. Taggart, P. S. Cassidy, J. M. Alves, K. Stuart Smith, H. F. Un,
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