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THE
ETERNAL QUESTION
FOX Movietone Drama
husbe Or escap own past?
When
woman-
what want?
Riches? Her
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om her
You'll find the answer in
ONCE
A SINNER
WITH
DOROTHY
MACKAILL
JOEL MCGREA JOHN HALLIDAY C. HENRY GORDON
DIRECTED BY
GUTHRIE MCCLINTIC
Commencing SUNDAY,
26th July.
THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1931.
BETTING TAX IN
THE F.M.S.
TWO PER CENT. ON PARI AND SWEEPS.
ORDINANCE PASSED.
In the Federal Council at Kuala Lumpur last week, the Stamp
GOVERNOR'S TERM EXTENDED.
KOREAN RIOT ISSUE.
SIR WM. ROBERTSON AND BARBADOS.
CHINESE DEMAND STRONG POLICY.
London, July 21.
I.M. the King has been pleased
to approve of the extension of the C. T. WANG ATTACKED. term of office of Sir William Charles Fleming Robertson ns
Nanking, July 22. Governor and Commander-in-Chief;
Strong attacks on the polley of of Barbades for one year, from the Foreign Minister, Mr. C. T.
13th next.
(Amendment) Bill, which provides December Robertson has held Weng, concerning the methods
further consideration last year,
said that betting was controlled whilst from 1917 to 1985 he was Chinese killed and wounded..
of 1913. Lieutenant-Governor, and
Chief
for a two per cent. tax on totall
Sir Win
William
adopted in negotiating with the sator betting and sweepstakes con the Governorship since 1025.
riota ducted by racing clubs, evoked no From
1915, he held Japanese over the Korean 1899 to opposition and was passed.
various offices at the Gold Coast,ave been sent to the Government The Legal Adviser, the Hon. Mr, including that of Director orby Provincial and Kuomintang or tive ganisations. The majority of the W. A. Gibson, after recalling the Education, Secretary for Native and Assistant Colonial
nial Protesis suggeat the severe punish- ment of the Korean ringleaders circumstances under, which this. In 1915, he heenme
and
in respect compensation
of legislation was withdrawn for Colonial Secretary at Gibraltar,
the
The anti-Japanese feeling was anti-Janange
Society and the Kuomintang organisations here wasambed nt National Theatre for a public demonstration. Common guming Chiu Nam appeared before. Mr.
Fraser, at the Kowloon Magistracy Many speeches were delivered and thousands of pamphlets distributed. this morning, on a charge of having The Legislative Council has ar- In order to be within that atulen &welvo pieces of clothing and *xemption the use of the totali- two sult cases, to the total of $36, ranged a number of conferences plan ator must be confined to members front 133, Wuosung Street, yesterday.with a view to drawing up of the club. There was no such The articles belonged to a woman, Liu for the immediate opening of thing as legal open betting on the Sheung-on. The accused pleaded negotiatioha with the Tokyo Gov- totalisator.
Lotteries were con- guilty and Was sentenced to is fornment. The Chinese Ambna trolled by the Common Gaming months hard labour. He was under sador to Japan, Mr. Wang Yung- Houses Ennetment, under which police supervision at the time he compao, hna telegraphed to Nanking a lottery confined to the members milted the theft.
hy the Belting totali Secretary to the Government at most marked. yesterday when the]
Turf clubs which sators solely for the use of their Malta. Reuter members were exempted by that, 1
enactment from the provisions
reinting houses.
of club was perfectly legal; and therefore the lotteries that were
on racecourses, so long as they
Ex were contine members of the club, were within the law.
Jir. Gibson neltsvt.
the
saying that it appears to him that the Japanese are delaying in open- ing of negotiations for a settle- ment.
outside a court of law that that
A Hankow message saya that the was a private lottery.
Betting and latteries being per- first anti-Japanese demonstration The principle was intelligible, fertly legal when confined to mem- took place there yesterday and pas Publicbers at a club, and racing clubs sed off without incident.-Rousha. intteries led to speculation and being careful to comply with the extravagance and the evils in their law, there was no reason why they train. The difficulty arose in the should not contribute to the publi He recali- revenue.
It was 21 application of the law.
practice ed one famous case in which a recognised everywhere elre-in club with a membership of 293 France certainly, and in England ran a luttery confied te members now--that gambling was a luxury for which it printed 30.000 tickets, and, like other Isxuries, should it could hardly he argued seriously pay its share of taxation.
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AT THE
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Clock the Laughs by Your Second Hand!. Buster as a caveman against bis will-with a dozen love- hungry ladies craving to be wooed ! It's as funny a talking picture as the screen has offered!
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on the Ferm~ Skippy and his gong!
As Skippy says I've gotten NO*popular just from folks seein' ing picture in the pa. pore it came to me, just like that, I should make a per Monal appearance. No, I'll be seein' ya!"'
Percy Crosby's
"Skippy"
a Garamount Picture
Made by the producers of
"TOM SAWYER"
with
ROBERT COOGAN
JACKIE COOPER
MIIZI GREEN
and
JACKIE SEARL
NEXT ATTRACTION Commencing' SUNDAY, 26th July, WILL ROGERS
in HENRY KING'S PRODUCTION
"LIGHTNIN'
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