QULLA'S
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UNCERTAIN
LADY
EDWARD EVERETT
HORTON
GENEVIEVE.
TOBIN
in a sparkling comedy in which a beautiful wife tolls "the other woman” to take the husband- and supply a new one! Complications sot in- and you'll "dio laughing” at what happens!
With PAUL CAVANAGH, Miry Nesh, Renee Godd, George Mecker, Dorothy Paterson. Produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. Directed by Keri Freund, Prevented by Carl Laemmle. À UNIVERSAL PICTURE.
MAJESTICA
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A TRUE-LIFE CHRONICLE OF ONE WOMAN'S STRUGGLE 'AGAINST THE FATES THAT BOUND HER!
Joan CRAWFORD Sadie M'Kee
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FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 21,
1934.
FOR PUBLIC GOOD
· GOLD AND SILVER
ARMY OF PEACE
TREND OF CURRENCY :.
POLICIES
ACTION OF GOVERNMENT
DEFENDED.
`BRITISH AND ITALIAN TROOPS IN THE 'SAAR
Leadon, Doc. 20.
Its conduct of the caso attacked by
London, Dec. 20. the defence, and boing. also threatened Although sterling has once agnia
A further party of British troops. with costs, the Crown yesterday had started to weakon, there have noti une of its law officers, the Assistant been any large withdrawals of for- arrived in the Saar yesterday. A Ciowa Solleitor, Mr. W. J. Lockhart sign balances from London and the detachment of officers and forty Smith, to represent it in the racood- Exchange Fund is only intervening man of the East Lancashire Re-! giment and a similar party of the! Inga proviously conducted by the sparingly.
Essex Regiment reached Saar- Asistant Superintendent of importa The
of recommendations the bruecken this morning and pro- American Optical Co., dealers a'rs in National Resources Baard caused alcoeded immediately to their quar-
A Exports
against the
Sino.
fountain pons and automatic pearls, weakening of the dollar in terms of.
of 238 Queen's Read Contral, for in-franca, although fears for the futura ters at Brebach and Grube Heinitz, fringements of trade descriptions en of the Gold Blee are now allaved. Over a hundred Army Service these goods. The case was heard be- The franc continues firm on the bel-Corps and Medical Corps personnel arrived by the same train and re- fore Mr. Schofield at the Castral ter Continental situation. Magistracy.
The troops received a most cordial welcome from the French civil and military authorities
The market is interested in the mained at Saarbruecken. For the defence. Mr. II. L Dennys future action of the United States Congress, especially an regards sil- submitted that the Sino-American ver. Co. had purchased those goods In
It is pointed out that the United the journey across France, and perfectly good faith, not knowing they were not American Pencil Co. pro-States Treasury still needs overtook breakfast as guests of the ducts. They were deceived by the 1,000,000,000 ounces of silver to eliFrench Army at Thionville. inscriptions.
tain the desired ratio of 25 to 75 between silver and gold, locks.
Mr. Dranys had then strongly Moreover, the Treasury's dim- criticised the proceedings as not hav-culties recently have been increased ing been undertaken with due care, by shipments of gold from Europe in view of the absence of a written to New York.
He contended that the written com
The main body of the half brigade at Infantry, Composing the British part of the Internation- jai Force, leaves England to-mor
row and will be accorded ofetal reception on landing Calnia carly in the afternoon.
召力 Al
complaint from the aggrieved party. Some 'quarters expect that Con- plaint was an essential preliminary creas will prass for a more forceful before netlon could be, Laken. The carrying out of the silver polley. It Rubsequent seizure of the goods. Mr.in no pointed out that, in the event
The Italian troops for the Saar! Denny's and, had the authority only of Intensified, American buying, Chin
Rome yesterday. and of the Superintendent of Imports ese amuggling might easily prove too! were reviewed by Signor Mussolini,
Exports and this took the form heavy a burden for China, forcing t of a chit from that functionary to a the Government to reconsider the battalion left in the evening.--Bri-
devaluation.įtiah Wireless. subordinate.
pros and Reuter,
Crown's Statement
Replying to this yesterday, Assistant Crown Solicitor said
CONN
the summons, imposed ines totalling the $100.
requirement of a written statement
of the
one
CHINA'S PURCHASES
BRITISH PRODUCTS
by the Attorney-General or The Costs were not asked by the Crown, NEARLY £2,000,060 WORTH OF Superintendent of Imports & Exports and Mr. Dennys on behalf was a matter entirely left to these defendants also dropped the question] two offeints and was clearly indicated of costs he raised on the dismissal ofi by the words "may require" in the the previous summona. Regulations issued in Apell Inst under)
Landon, Dec. 20,
The order for 16 third-class steel
the Merchandize Marks Ordinance. Before closing the case, Mr. 'Lock-sleeping cars, totalling £00,000, for hart-Smith reported that a fortnight the Southern Section of the Lantan- The Ordinance and Regulations, Kr, after the seizure of the goods now Hankow Railway, from the Birming- Lockhart-Smith went on to say, were the dubject of the summons, pens re-ham Railway Carriage and Wagon no more than those upon which thesembling Parker pens were found, in Company will bring the orders from Board of Trade had acted at Home. The same shop, which were made In Great Britain by the Chinese Govern- Regulations, with the discretionary Germany but which had this inscrip- ment Purchasing Commission, from powers left to the Attorney-General, tion scratched out and "U.S.A. Rub-January 1, to a grand total of $1,745,- or Superintendent of Imports & Elitated. The prosecution, however, 000.
The orders include; four steamers, ports, were designed to stop frivolous was not taking further action in the complaints, enabling those oftierats to matter, but were warning the offend. ot about £300,000; 34 locomotives, 220 deal in an effective way with an ing firm. increasingly extensive practice that "We are antisled," said the was endangering the legitimate trade
"with
freight cars and the Nanking-Pukow ferry boat, for £150,000; rails, 475,- As. 000; steel and ship buildings, £30,000; the and a quantity of general railway
of the Colony, while saving private sistant Crown Solicitor, expense in a matter affecting the result of the present proceedings, pro. equipment, mostly for the Canton- vided that offence does not occur Hankow Railway, also for the Kinotsi public interesta,
again. I may nd wo have not and Honan Rallways.
Defendant Convicted
brought this proxecution in a vindic- In addition to these orders, a power tive way. The more we can do to station, at £10,000, telephone onalp- After hearing evidence given by the stop what has become an extensive ment for the nine provinces, wireless manager of the defendant Company, practice, the better, we believe, it will apparatus, and reinforcing steel bars Worship decided to convict, and be for the mercatlle community of, have been supplied to the Chinese on the two counts contained In the Hongkong."
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Gərgə Rift & Beslja Kripa. A Paramount Picture
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