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Directed by
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The most daring screen comedy of the season.
Starring
JOAN BENNETT
LEW AYRES
with
8 Bummerville,
and favourite
ennt.
MANY A SLIP
Next Change
PLUNDER
The Celebrated Aldwych Farce by BenTravers
THE HONGKONG
IN KOWLOON.
TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1931.
CHINESE A.A. IN COURT.
RICKSHAS.
WANTON DAMAGE CAR CRASHES INTO
EUROPEANS HURT IN COLLISION.
SUMMONED FOR RUNNING
A SWEEPSTAKE.
AT THA
PAVILION FUNDS.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING
CUT OFF.
"EXPERT" AT WORK.
Someone has been at work on
од
DRIVER WANTED.
The incident occurred at 1:30 this Ordin defendants were
well-
Mr.
Police are investigating what A sequel to the recent raid on the mainland damaging tranu appears to on a case of reckless the premises of the Chinese Athlo- formers and cutting off the elec-driving, in consequence of a com tie Association, at 68, Queen's tricity. supply In various districts, plaint by Mr. T. B. Wilson and Road, was the appearance before On Monday night, the lights in other persons who were injured Mr. Williams, at the Central Police,
when a car suddenly appeared Court this morning, of two the Homuntin district went out no from behind and crashed into known Chinese residents both offi- fewer than four times, and
montes brought under the Gaming Investigation, the cause was found the rickshaa in which they were elals of the Association, on sum- to be the damaging of trans-travelling.
The fermers. This being done without any object that was apparent, morning, in Queen's Rois Molt Ying-kwai, of 73 Sin Ilon other than a wilful desire to Mr. Wilson was returning to crente damage And mischief, home at No. 94, Hennessey Road, Terrace, who is the Treasurer of officials of the China Light and Wanchai, in a ricksha, and had the Association, and Mr. Chong into Shing-ching of 2 Ying Wah Ter- the end, turning Power Company have been at a reached
Araonal Street, when without race, who is the Chairman. loss to find an explanation.
Both were accused by the police having kept the first floor of 68, It has, however, been suggested warning, a car crashed head-on
into the rear of his ricksin, of to the police by Mr. D. W. Manton, throwing the coolie forward, and Queen's Road as a common gaming Manager of the Company, that a causing Injuries to his arms and house for the purpose of a lottery workman formerly in their employ may have been the culprit, this lege. At the same time, Mr. Wil on July 6. The lottery concerned being suggested by the more or son was thrown from his sent, and weep which the Association or Jess technical knowledge revealed sustained injuries above his chest,ganised to raise funds for the
The ricksha
somewhat building of a bathing pavilion at
North Point. by the character of the damage
Mr. In-shing Lo appeared for wrought, as well as by the fact damaged,
Another rickshin, travelling im that the man referred to may have been labouring under a sense of mediately ahead of Mr. Wilson's both defendants, the hearing being grievance resulting from his dis- was also involved in the crash fixed for noon on Friday next.
when it was struck by the shafts misaal,
second ricksha, The transformers which have of the
are loented in Lunay, the wife of Mr. J. F. been damaged Shanghai Street, Argyle Street Lunay, of the Hongkong Electric and Lalchikok Rond, and the fact Company, who was the passenger,
was was similarly thrown from is noted that in no case anything stolen. The damage now sent as her ricksha puller fell being made good is estimated by forward. Both Mrs. Lanny and the coolle were severely shaken
London, July 14. the Compntly to amount to $300.
and were taken to Hoapital, the
The Greek Premier, M. Venize- latter auffering from abrasions toon, who has come to England to his legs and arms.
FEWER PEOPLE
UNEMPLOYED.
CHECK TO BRITISH IDLE LIST.
was
Mr
her
GREEK PREMIER IN ENGLAND.
TO OPEN THE BYRON MUSEUM.
preside at the opening to-morrow of The ear and to have caused all the Byron Museum at Newstead this damage was drives by a Ahoy, saw the Foreign Secretary, Chinese, and its number, which is Mr. Henderson, before he left for given as 1803, has been passed Paris and inter lunched with the on to the traffic authorities who, itPrime Minister-British Wireless. is understood, will take action against the driver concerned,
employed and 574,000 Lemporarily out of work.
London, July 14, The figures of unemployment, issued by the Labour Minister, for the week show a check to the
The total in 30,000 less than last recent tendency to increase.
week, but 700,000 more than a year There are 1,847,000 wholly un-ago.-British Wireless.
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