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The Greatest Chinese Singing & Talking Picture ever produced, with English Titles
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VILLAM HUTTER presents
77 PARK LANE DENNIS NEILSON-TERRY BETTY STOCKFELD
With
COLOUR BAR-
EXILE—DEATH
A WIFE'S SACRIFICE
Paris, Apr. 20. Determined not to be a hindrance to the husband she loved, Mrs. Katsuko Angell, the pretty Japan eso wife of an American student, threw herself from the window Ur the American Hospital in Paris,
Sho and Mr. Angell were stu- dents at the University of Call- fornia a few years ago. They fell in love and were married and lived in Oregon, until the young bride was notified that, as the Japanese wife of an American citizen, she could not remain in the country.
Rather than be separated the young couple came here, where Mr. Angell tried to find work 28 teacher. but he was refused worker's permit. Lately their troubles were complicated by Mrs. Angell's illness.
Mr. Angell applied in vain to the American Immigration Authorities for permission to return home with his wife. Hearing of this the little Japanese woman threw herself of the hospital from a window where aho was undergoing treat- ment. She was picked up dead.
CITY SNATCHING INCIDENT
MISS DORIS. WOODS ROBBED
WOUNDED WOMAN IN CHURCH
UNDER A GRATING
London, Apr. 21. Pulling up a grating in the Miss Doris Woods appeared as complainant before Mr. Wynno floor of Hope-street Unitarian Jones at the Central Police Court Church, Liverpool, yesterday, a prosecute a policeman found a woman lying this morning to Chinese who had snatched her with severe head injuries In the handbag from her in Queen's heating shaft below.
The woman, Mrs. Grace Thomas Road West yesterday afternoon.
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According to Inspector R. (40), who is a member of the Shannon, Miss Woods was walking church choir, was taken to hos- along Queen's Road West, shortly pital where last night she was after the tiffin hour yesterday, stated to be in a critical condi- and was carrying her bag under tion.
defendant, arm. The her
A young man has been detain- proaching from behind, snatched od by the police. the bag and ran away. He was chased by a Chinese constable who was passing at the time. The de- fendant ran down to the Praya and was finally caught in Kwong Tung Stret.
The defendant intimated to his Worship that he had been brought | to Hongkong by a friend who had stolen all his property.
His WorshipThat's no reason why you should sigal other people's property.
Sentence of two months' hard birch was imposed. labour and fourteen strokes of the
EXCHANGE RATES.
She left a letter telling her hus- band that she had decided to sacri- fico herself in order that he might return to his people and be happy.
Mr. Angell hopes that there will !Paris.. Geneva bo no rulo to prevent him from Berlin taking his wife's body' to his homeland.
THE SECRET HOUSE
GIFT TO WOMEN OF
BRITISH LEGION.
Vienna
Madrid
Previous Day. 03 .18.77 16.40
Mrs. Thomas, whose husband died about a month ago lived with her aged parents in Cumberland- avenue, Liverpool. It is believed that she had gone to the church for organ practico: She had hor own key to the church.
Means From Grating. Herbert Reece, a taxi-cab driv-
when the diacovery was made, er, who was with the policeman told the News-Chronicle Corres- pondent:
"I was standing near my cab when a hatics man, who was look-
ing for a policeman, came up to me. I found a policeman, and he and I entered the church.
"There were marks of blood on the floor, but at first we could see Yesterday.[ no one. Then I heard
024 coming from a grating in the 18.75 floor.
moans
16.36 "Looking down, we could see a 10.86
woman lying crouched up. We pulled up the grating and got the 34 woman out."
Later C.1.D. officers arrived and
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The gift of a house to Women's Section of the British Legion was
announced by Ladyrave in
Edward Spencer Churchill, who Copenhagen. presided at the annual conference Lisbon.
at Kingsway Hall, London. The Nio. name of the donor and the situa-Bombay. tion of the house are not to be Yokohama divulged at present, at the wish Montevideo
of the donor.
It had been accepted, she added, and one plan was to adapt it as o rest house.
to the
Referring
means test, Lady Edward said: "We think) that the disablement pension, de- vaing been awarded for finite physical loss or disablement
18.30
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19,70 WHY SIAM ABANDONED THE
GOLD STANDARD
18.5/10
110 4%
Bangkok, May 12. .1/5.31/32 1/6.31/32 The tical is now off gold and
1/8.15/10
has been linked to sterling at old rate of eleven to the
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THE BANK RATE.
should be free of all restrictions." FURTHER REDUCTION TO TWO
AND A HALF PER CENT,
The Princess Royal, patroness of the women's section, who pre- scuted the challenge cups other awards, was given
and
pound.
The decision abandon the gold to standard has not been due necessity but was taken in order to aid the rico cultivators who are suffering from a slump in the price and trade, which is mainly concerned with sterling countries. It is pointed out that the per- centage cover in gold, and the gold exchange to promote issue was previously about 54, but now will be over 70.-Reuter.
London, May 12. an im- The Bank of England discount pressive greeting during her visit. rate was announced to-day at 24 was fixed was may- 14 inst year.—— All round the hall Atood women per cent.-Roular.
medals wearing war
of their The redaction was anticipated menfolk and holding blue and and the opinion in both money and gold banners, while those in the stock markets warmly approved of the beginning of April it was 31⁄2 body of the hall waved pro-it. The last occasion on which a grammes and cheered.
two and a half per cont. bankrate per cent. but was reduced to 3 per
cent. on April 21.
British Wireless. than halved in three months.
The bank's rate has been more
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handicapped more than any other county. He was therefore sur prised to hear the words of Lord Hawke, that they had had the luck of the gods."
Mr. Edward Barber, senior vico. Mr. F. E. Greenwood, captain of president, referring to the "freak" the Yorkshire County Cricket Club declaration at Sheffield last June, team, which last season won the said that no one could blame Mr. championship,
Greenwood for taking a risk. "I speech by Lord Hawko, the pro aldont at the annual meeting of the club at Sheffield.
referred to
say 'no one," he added.
[Lord Hawke was among thoso who condemnet "frenk" declara-
Last season, ho said, there was bad weather and the team was tions.)
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