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SUN LAN CHOW and WU DIP YING

IN

"BLOSSOM TIME"

A CHINESE picture in CANTONESE dialogue, PRODUCED BY

GREENVIEW CO. OF U.S.A.

RELEASED BY

UNITED PHOTOPLAY SERVICE CO.

COMING

DO THE DEAD STILL LIVE?

SUPERNATURAL

чути

(BY THE PRODUCERS OF'WHITE ZOMBIC") 'RANDOLPH SCOTT, VIVIENNE O

CAROLE

LOMBARD

OSBORNE

H.B.WARNER

What strange, unknown power took possession of her sout as she sought to bridge the gap between life and death? The buming answer to the question, "Will millions now living 'never dia?"

L.

A-HALPERIN-PRODUCTION A Paramount Picture

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1934.

AMERICAN EMBASSY.

DISSATISFIED

Demand Definite Increase

in French Quotas

CLAIM AGAINST MISSION

RECEIPT ISSUE"

QUESTIONED

·LATEST TREASURY RETURNS

£66,000,000 Better Off Than Last Year

London, Jani, D. The latest Treasury returns show that the ordinary revenue for the current financial year up

A claim against the Vicar'¡Àpos- Paris, Jan. 8. tolic of the Roman Catholle Church There is reason to believe that or 10 Caine Road, Hongkong, was the quotas accorded to the United heard before the Puinne Judge, States for three months, January | Mr. R. E. Lindsell, this morning. to March, 1934, which generally represent only: 25 per cent. of L. Tak-sing, school-teacher, of to January 6, amounted to £437, 110,370. At the "corresponding previous allowances, will shortly be 100, Yuen Chow Street, Shidate of last year the amount stood Increased.

Shui Po, claimed $600 boing prin- |at £425,463,114.

It is possible that there will be cipal and interest, at five per cant,

Ordinary expenditure to 'data no official announcement owing to deposit made on July 13th, 1928.

Mr. W. Brown, of Hastings and for the current year totalled repercussions on trade relatione Co., represented the Plaint!it, and £688,995,700, as compared with with other countries, notably Great Mr. F. X. D'Almada, senior, ap£588,910,851 at the corresponding, Britain, but that licences will mere-

date of last year,

ly be issued in excess of the quoth.enred for the Defendant.

The American Embassy, how- Mr. Brown said that bla client

In the first few weeks of the over, states that it will not be had made a number of deposits year, special interest attaches to satisfied unless the increase in the with the Mission over the last few the amounts collected in respect quotas fa dößnite and official.- Reuter.

SUNDAY CÀRGO WORKING

SHIP'S MASTER

FINED

Kwok Sau, the master of the 8.8. Tin Seng, was charged before Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning with working cargo

board his &teamer on Sunday, December 17, 1933, without a permit from the Harbour Department.

on

:

years.

of income tax and surtax. Last In March, 1929, one of the Re-week's figures of £8,082,000 income verenil Fathers usked him to re- tax and £3,270,000. surtax show turn the receipts of a number of that a satisfactory response small deposits and in exchange being made by the taxpayers.--- gave him one receipt for the total British Wireless. of $600. Later, plaintif made an-, other deposit of $600 and when he claimed the interest and produced the receipt he was told that it was. a duplicate of the previous receipt for $600.

F

Plaintiff gave evidence bearing out his nolicitor's statements and his wife corroborated.

SUBTERFUGE ALLEGED.

Mr. D'Almada said his defence would be that Plaintiff wrote on one receipt that he had received Inspector Wright, of the Water satisfaction and he inter obtained Polfee, stated that rice was being the other receipt by means of a discharged from the steamer

on subterfuge. to lighters when a police launch Evidence was given by Fr. O. went past.

Liberatore, procurator, that the Defendant admitted the offence (deposit of $600 had been repaid and told the Court that the work according to the books of the was done by a few coolics who mission which were kept by Fr. had not received Instructions to Bianco now in Italy. do so.

A fine of $300 was imposed.

SHOWING

TO-DAY

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5.10, 7 15 8

9.30.9..

The hearing was adjourned to January 30.

FRANCO-RUSSIAN TRADE PACT

PURCHASING ARRANGEMENTS

Paris, Jan. 9.

A Franco-Sovlet trade agree ment is being initialled to-morrow for signature on Thursday.

It comprises the Soviet's under- taking to purchase over 250,000,000 francs worth of French goods in 1934. The credits for the chases will be controlled by

pur- Franco-Soviet Trade Bureau.

A

The Soviets will export oll, timber and manganese to France. -Reuter,

KINGS

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