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A ROMANTIC BRITISH PITURE WITH SPARKLING DIALOGUE AGY COMEDY AND LILTING MELODES
WINIFRED SHOTTER & OWEN NARES
The Love Contract
THE ESCAPADES OF A LADY CHAUFFEUR
FORM THE SUCCESSFUL STACE PLAY "CHAUFFEUR ANTOINETTE" HEAR THESE CATCHY TUNES "ANTOINETTE"
"THE AUTOMOBILE SONG"
A BRITISH & DOMINIONS PRODUCTION
COMING ATTRACTION
JUST ONE LONE LAUGH AFTER ANOTHER!
ROBT
World's Greatest Clowns in their Greatest Laugh Spres....
WHEELER WOOLSEY
PEACH O'RENO
With Those Two- Madcap Charmers
DOROTHY
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O'NEAL
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DIRECTED BY WILLIAM SUTER RKO_RADIO PICTURE,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1933.
THE VOLUNTEERS."
ORDERS FOR MACHINE GUN COMPANY
The Company, will parade at full strength on Friday, 6th January at 5.30 p.m. in mufti at Volunteer Headquarters to receive Camp pay No pay will be disbursed after that dato and Platoon Commanders are asked to see that every man in their
Platoon turns up.
FATAL QUARREL AT
ABATTOIR.
BUTCHER CHARGED WITH MURDER
ANNUAL SOCIAL
FANCY DRESS AFFAIR AT KOWLOON
The annual fancy dress social of tho Kowloon Union Church Young Peoples' Society was held at the Union Church hall last night and was attended by a large gathering including members
of the St. Andrew's Club, Arrangements were made by a committee of which Mr. A. Mitchell was chairman and the M. C. was Mr. J. R. Leib,
A charge of murder was com menced at the Central Magistracy yesterday afternoon against Chang Chi, a butcher's hand, as the result of the recent affray in the abattoir at Kennedy Town. when Ng Kami Company Dance-Owing to Chinese chan, also a butcher's assistant, was New Year the Company Dance has fatally stabbed with a meat kalfo. been postponed from Saturday, 28th | Accused was undefended.
A fancy dress parade Judged by January to Saturday, 4th February at 9.16 p.m. at Messrs, Lane, Crawford, Ltd. Full particulars are being cir. Fraser, assistant Attorney-General, Miss M. White and Miss P. McCaw cularized to all members of the Com-stated that the man who was killed was held during the evening, the Mine Ruth Ingram. Other prizes' pay who are asked to give their sup was employed by a firm which winners being Mr. R. Wong and port in order to make the danco a bought the entralis of cattle abccessful na usual;
Machine Gun Competition This will be held at Fanling on
For the prosecution, Mr. J. A.
slaughtered
at the abattoir at were won by Mr. A. Mitchell and Kennedy Town, and the man now Mr. Mr Wong. charged with having caused his 15th January and Platoon Command: death was employed by cattle men told him, he arrested the accus to the Mongkok Station, and from ere are asked to warn their teams in dealer from whom these entralised and took him and the two mon readiness for that date, Particulars were bought. of this Competition should be sub- mitted by Pintoon Commanders on Friday, 6th January after the pay parade.
E. J. R. Mitchell, (Captain) O.C. Machine Gun Company:
Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps.
GREEK FINANCE.
DRASTIC RETRENCHMENT BEING IMPOSED
Dying Depositions.
On December 10, continued Mr. there to the West Point Station. Fraser, the two men were working A statement made by the accused in the cattle shed, cleaning entrails to him before being cautioned, together, when the deceased told
another foki that the accused had was: "I fought with him. I stab stolen the fat off the entrails and bed him by accident."
Accused (cross-examining);" had hidden it in the passage out- What I said was that we strove to alde. The necused overheard this stab onch other, and It happened accusation and resented it, that he failed to stab me. quarrel ensuing and butcher's knives being brandished by both
men,
Fatal Blow Struck.
Lai Shi-wai and Ng Shit, both fokla employed at No. 0 Stall at the Central Market, the same stall at The altercation stopped with the which the deceased was employed, gave evidence of having been detall- intervention of the foki to whomed to keep a watch at the Yaumati Athens, Jan. 3. the accusation was made, but was Rallway Station in the event of the Drastic retrenchment in ex resumed on his leaving the room accused trying to leave the Colony penditure and heavy increases in The next thing that happened was at that point. They spoke of Laxation are proposed by the that the accused was seen to stab seizing the accused as soon as he government to meet the expected the deceased just below the arm- appeared and handing him over to deficit of twelve thousand million pit. The result of that wound was, P. C. C.397. drachmae in the Budget for that the injured man died two day 1933/34.
Inter in Hospital.
The total of the economics will save 400 millions, including a saving of 240,000,000 on military expenditure, while cuts in the Foreign Ministry expenses, involve the abolitions of the Legations at Vienna, Berne, Prague, Tho Hngue and of numerous con- sulates.
Additional revenue svill raised by taxes on real estate business turnover and by crensed duties on tobacco petrol-Reuter.
TO-DAY
ONLY
At 2.30, 5.10.
7.15 89.30 p.m.
Det. Sub-Inspector J. O'Donovan stated he visited No. 39, North On the day following the affray, Street, where the accused lived, and the accused was arrested at the there took charge of two buckets, Railway Station at Yaumati, and in one of which he had found 14 when charged subsequently with butcher's knives. the capital offence, he said he had nothing to say.
A Chinese constable, P. C.-C.897, called to give evidence of arrest, said that while on duty at. 8.50 a.m. on December 11, at the Railway bo Station nt Yaumati he heard the and sound of a police whistle, and run- in-hing on to the platform, saw the and defendunt being held by two men. In consequence of what these two
Witness said that dying deposi tions were taken by Mr. Butters at the Government Civil Hospital, and the Injured man, having these fourteen knives brought him, took out one as being that which was used by the accused to inflict the fatal blow.
Further hearing of the case was provisionally adjourned
by Mr. Schofield to Tuesday next.
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