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UNITED PHOTOPLAY SERVICE CO.
PRESENTS
LILY YUEN & GRACE LIN
IN-
THE
"FRAGMENTS OF LIFE"
A CHINESE PICTURE
WITH
CHEN CHUN LI-LEE K’ENG
COMING ATTRACTION
bebe DANIELS
THE SONG
IN
HER LATEST MUSICAL HIT-
YOU GAVE ME
VICTOR VARCONI
DIRECTED A PAUL STEIN
MAJESTIC
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.
TOM MIX
in
"Rider of
Death Valley".
with
LOIS WILSON
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1934.
KAM LING RAID
ALLEGATIONS OF THREATS
CASE AGAIN ADJOURNED
FRAME-UP STORY NOT ACCEPTED
HEAVY FINES ON A
JUNKMASTER
Mr. Hin-ahing Lo appeared at the Kowloon Magistracy. beforo Mr. Wynne-Jones this morning on behalf of Ho. Kal, the master of a trading junk who was charged with being in possession of 1.5 thels of prepared oplum and 10 taels of raw opium.
$5,000 BAIL GRANTED
.
ALLEGED FRAUDS
IN COLONY
FOREIGN FIRMS -
CONCERNED
of
Allegations that the defendants Detective Sergeant Lamont safd A further adjournment until he carried out a raid on defen-had swindled all the European the Yaumati firms in the Colony to the amount 12.15 p.m. next Friday, March 2dant's funk at was made by Mr. Hamilton, at the Typhoon Shelter with a number of of about $10,000 wore made by De- Central Magistracy this morning, Chinese detectives and in the tective-Inspector M. Murphy In after evidence, in the case in which barrel of one of the cannons found the Central Police Court this Tong Yuk-shing, a shopkeeper, is a parcel which contained the morning when he applied for an
other week's formal remand being charged with having run a contraband. gambling house on the third floor.
Questioned by Mr. Lo, witness against Jose Lizarraga, 35, of of the Kam Ling Restaurant, and said the cannon protruded over Manila; Wong Sau-ma, 29, with gambling on February 21.
Shanghai; and Nicholas Levitsky, Kwok Kam-mok, interpreter at the side of the bow.
After n Chineso detective had alias Mecan, alias Lovin, alias Ma- a Russian, the No. 7, Police Station, produced given corroborative evidence. Mr. con, alias Semon, 34, defendant's statement. Witness Lo submitted that the, defendant who are charged with fraud, said he did not hear any threats had no knowledge at all of the made to defendant while the state contraband. The cannon protrud- ment was being taken.. The state- en over the side of the junk and ment was defendant's own words. It was possible, he submitted, that and not any suggestion of his own it had been planted. He took down the characters after Defendant then went into the defendant made his statement. box and gave evidence denying all The statement was:-"I did keep knowledge of the opium. a gambling house."
Defendants are charged that on various dates between January 12 and February 10 they conspired to- gether to defraud such persons who should thereafter, be induced to part with goods to them by falsely pretending they wore carry- His Worship decided that there ing on a genuine business known In reply to Mr. Horace Lo, apas no evidence to show that the as the Standard Products Com pearing for the defendant, witness oplum had been planted and im- pany at 20, Connaught Road snid that only detective Chuf Nam was present during the taking of posed a fine of $120 or six weeks Central. the statement. No short, stout the first charge and $300 on
the second. detective was pregont. He did not hear defendant saying, in reply to a short, stout detective, "I did kive a party, but did not keep gambling house." He did not hear anyone threaten defendunt,
A second charge preferred against Lizarraga, alleged that January 31, in Incurring Lon noticiag it. Only Sergeant Ed-a debt or liability, he obtained wards and detective Chul Nam credit to the amount of $400
and Mustard
Company were present.
In reply to Mr. Lo, witness sald Alexandra Bullding, by means of
also
from
a short, stout Chinese detective was fraud other than false pretences. Lizarraga is also charged with not present. SERGEANT'S EVIDÈNCE.
Sergeant Edwards
unventering the Colony without a Sergeant Johnston said defen-corroborating evidence, after which valid passport. dant was charged and his state the hearing was adjourned, mont taken by the interpreter as Sub-Inspector Fender said the Mr. R. H. Cole, appearing for usual. He did not hear any do-only stout Chinese detective he Lizarraga, applied for ball,
The defendants were remanded tectives speak while defendant was could call to mind was Lam Pul, being charged. No-one could have and he would be produced to give for a week, ball being granted in
the sum of $5,000, threatened defendant without his evidentee at the next hearing.
LAST TWO
DAYS
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KINGS
NOTHING STOPPED THIS HOT ROARING BUCK FROM HARLEM.
Up. ha roso < from Pullman porter-to King! Here's DRAMAS
JOHN KRIMSKY AND GIFFORD COCHRAN
present
Paul ROBESON
IN EUGENE O'NEILL'S
amazing story of
Emperor
JONES
with DUDLEY DIGGES -Released Thrẻ Valtad Artista.
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AS THE
ATTORNEY FOR DEFENSE
with... EVELYN BRENT CONSTANCE CUMMINGS DOROTHY PETERSON » BRABLAY FAGE A Estralia Matere denced by Ining Comiting,
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IT TOOK
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PRESENTS
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FEBRUARY 23rd and 24th, 1934,
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Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICI FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3, Wyndham Street: In the
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DAILY
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7.15-8.30
The First Narrotage Picture
THE
POWER
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AND THE
GLORY
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A MOST MAGNIFICENT SCREEN PRODUCTION
THE
The
FLEMING ROAD
ROMANTIC SENSATION
that THRILLED the WORLD!
NLY once in a year comes a story with the tenderness, romantic outpouring, and power of this screen classic.
HELEN HAYES ON CLARK GABLE
HITESISTIE
PLAYED, BY TWO OF THE SCREEN'S FINEST STARS.
"I AM FUGHE
N
MISHAP TO CHEUNG CHAU CRAFT IN DENSE FOG
GANG
while the
FERRY RUNS AGROUND some excitement aboard, apoially as, in backing off, the" fetzy again ran ashore, this time stern-first on an- other promontory. The coxswain thereupon decided to drop anchor, but it is alleged by passengers that the the operation of getting the anther fixed There was a thick fog over harbour yesterday morning, which and overboard took nearly- twenty apart from causing delay in arrival minutes. One passenger" states thick of passenger liners, was - a great in several Europeans aboard who thought convenience to small craft, and up to they would look at the life-saving MD- about eight o'clock, when the mist paratus were unable to find any lito- cleared, there was a constant din of belts; however, these were not need- ed, the craft getting under way again, whistles and sirens.
apparently undamaged. A number of
In the thick of the fog a mlahap
mapans
occurred to the Cheung Clan ferry pangor did not wait for the Larry
to resume, but embarked on Sun Chan, which some seven minute which were in the vicinity. after leaving its wharf at Cheung Musmukke Châu island bound for Hongkong, Fan There were quite Its nose ground on a rocky point to people on board the Ban Chau
Eltos of the mishap, clos the north of the harbour."-This caused lared being first-cl