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KINGS
LAST TWO DAYS
The
At 2,30, 5.10, 7.15. & 9.30 p.m.
Romance
–NEW EDITIONI
They're so busy fooling each other-that they evan, de, ceive themselves!.
Francis LEDERER
GAY DECEPTION
A JESSEL, KASKY PRODUCTION
· FRANCES DEE
BENITA HUME
ALAN MOWBRAY
AKIM TAMIROFF
FROM
..SAT.
CHARLES LAUGHTON-CLARK GABLE -in "MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY" with Franchot Tono-Horbert Mundin
QULL
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
M.G.M.
PICTURE
At 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30.
Gracie inherits a fortune, disinherits her father, builds a theatre for starving actors and produces the goofiest, grandest, gayest show you've ever seen ....
Paramount's
"Here Comes Cookie"
GRACIE ALLEN
with
GEORGE BURNS NEXT CHANGE
BAND OF THE 2nd BATTALION EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT SPECIAL NEWSREEL OF FUNERAL OF KING GEORGE V and
Margaret Sullavan in "So Red the Rose"
• SHOWS
BAILE
4.6.
4.KE-BUDO
TAKE ANY TRIM DA MAPPY VALLEY BUE
ORIENTAL
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PLADENCE
ROAD MANOMAI
TEL: 24T
2 SHOWS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE ! 5 CAETANO GIRLS & MISS FERRETTĮ SENSATIONAL ACROBATICTMWHIRLWIND DANCERS APPEAR ON THE STAGE AT ALL PERFORMANCES.
ON THE SCREEN LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY.
A VERY CLEVER MYSTERY THRILLER.
SEE HOW A FEMALE PHILO VANCE GOTA
HER MAN!
Dam
a
thief
A Warant King, Maher Mystery, with
MARY ASTOR
RICARDO CORTEZ
FOR TO-MORROW & SATURDAY.
5 GAETANO GIRLS & MISS FERRETTI RE-ENGAGED FOR TWO MORE DAYS
ALL NEW DANCES AND ACROBATIC STUNTS
ON THE SCREEN-CYCLONIC COMEDY-DRAMA.
Joan Crawford
FRANK
ALINE MIMAHON
Matr
BRIAN AHERNE MORDAN
MATINEES: 20c.-30.
EVENINGS: 20c-30c-50c,-70c.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY,
ANTI-RED CAMPAIGN
NANKING GRANT TO THE KWANGSI ARMY
Canton, Feb. 12,
HAPPY VALLEY WOUNDING
DEFENDANT'S COUNTER-CHARGES
In view of the Red setivities in Western Kwelchow, which are likely to be spread to Enstern Yunan and
A largo crowd was again pre. Southern Szechuan Provinen, it is learned in official circles here to-day ont at the Central Magistracy that the Central Government has yesterday afternoon, when the promised to grant $500,000 to the case against Lam Slu-cho, aged 26, wangal Army as a subsidy for who was charged with maliciously their Red-supression campaign in wounding. Sin Lafchan, aged 23, Kwelchow Province,
a widow, at Happy Valley, on This action taken by the Central January 6, with intent to maim, Government is believed to be the re-disfigure or disable; was sult of the recent appeal by Mr. Hu tinued. Han-min, to the Nanking Authority
FEBRUARY 13, 1936.
K.C.R. AMENITY
BUFFET CAR TO RUN FROM
NEXT SATURDAY ·
A buffet car will be placed on the local service of the Kowloon-Canton Rathway on Saturday, February 15 next.
The inaugural run will be made on the 12.30. p.m. Canton Express on that date, when it will be slipped at tended to use this car as follows: Fanling for Sheung Shui 1 ta in-
Wednesdays, provided mufficient sup On Saturdays and Sundays, and on port is forthcoming, It will be con-attached to the 12.35 pm. express 26 Canton and will be slipped at Fanlingr for Sheung Shul.
or behalf of the Kwangsi Military The prosecution was conducted by leadors. It
It will ba noted that Detective-Inspector A. E. Carry. Ac-
Pel cused was not legally represented. Chiof
Giving evidence, the complainant,
and
On Mondays, Tuondays, Thursdays and Fridays, it will be attached to the 12-noon local train.
Genorola Weser of
Slu Lai-chan, stated that she lived at on
Chunghai, nowly
Commander and the Bandit
It will return to Kowloon every day
Suppression Expedition in.No. 6, Min Fat Street. She first Chio 5.44 p.m. train from Shum
Kwangal Hunan and Kwelchow Pro came to know defendant when he The car was converted from a vinee, respectively, have not assumed came to her parents shop to have tea, steel-bodied first-class dining car by their now offices because their dedant made the acquaintance of wit. portion as a buffet bar. The ordinary
This
was the year before last, Defen-robuilding the kitchen and pantry mands for money to support the pro- posed bandit-suppression expedition usa's mother, and when he subse- part of the car seats 40 passengers, by quently lost his job, was employed by and the buffet portion 10. The bar Nanking. When Mr. Hu Ilon.
Ann Rand.
on her in the tea-shop.at. No. 8, Sing Wo of the buffet is capable of seating 7 min arrived bere, ho
persons on revolving seats, whilst approached by the Kwangs
accommodation exists for a further D passengers on corner lounge seats.
have not been
granted
тулл
leaders and was requested to mend a telegram, to Marshal Chlang Kal shek to ask for a grant for
the
Comfort Ensured
bron Army. The matter was him and. they were not very good in imitation old oak, and special cool-
before the Central Govern ment for discussion by Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, and no decision has been reached until yesterday, when a telegram was received by the local Military Authorities from Nanking stating that Marshal Chiang has promised to grant $600,000 to Kwangsi Army.
1
to
marry
pro-
The buffet portion has been panelled ing arrangements have been fittod. The roof has been lowered to permit
Before the Incident occurred, wit- ness often saw the accused while at work in the shop where she was cashier. Witness seldom spoke to friends. Defendant had once fected the proposal, defondant became an 18 air space, and the ceiling con-
to her, and though witness re- bo listent that she wrote him a sists of light brown mottled "Jointer" had to fulfil before she would consent Trading, Company, Hongkong. Ven- better stating the conditions
which he wall board supplied by the Swedish him. That ได ten by witness herself, and she hand- ventilators supplied by the Airvae letter was writ-tilation is provided by three "Airvac" ed it to defendant sometime last Company Limited, England, and three November. Defendant clid not thermo-tank punkah louvres which comply with the conditions but kept permit the outside air being forced the letter.
by a rotary blower into the compart- On the morning of January 6, witment through an air filter.
to the Hongkong
Refrigeration of drinks, is effected Sanatorium Hospital to take On
by means of a Ward model refrigera defendant on the slope going up to examination as 8
tor supplied by Mesara, Dairy Farm, Ico and Cold Storage Company the the Sanatorium. He was behind her Limited, Hongkong. The serving of and asked her where she was going. hot drinks is made possible by the Witness replied that she was going to storage of high pressure gas from the the Hospital and defendant asked her Hongkong and China Gas Company's if she agreed to his proposal of mar- Tinge, otherwise "ungrateful" to her.
It is also reported that besides this grant there will be a monthly subsidy of $300,000 from March to the Kwangal Army, for tho expeditionary expenses to Kweichow.
Enquiry among Kwangai official circles to-day reveals that General Li Chung-jen has asked the South- Western Political Council for month's leave in order to return to Kwangs!, probably for assuming his new post as Commander-in-Chief of
the Bandit-Suppressings
Forces and consulting other Kwangs! leaders
THE FLOWER SHOW
ness went
nurse. She met
ho
would
be
maina.
Lighting is on the diffused system from lamps obtained from Messrs. Stones Limited, Deptford, England. Flooring is linoleum as originally Bupplied for this coach through Mesars, Jardine, Matheson, Limited, covered with "lastipave" purchased from the focal agents, Messrs. Bradley & Company,
The Bar
in connection with the proposed ex- pedition to Kweichow. The date of)
Stabbed Three Times Li's departure for Kwangal has not been fixed but it is very likely
Witness did not know what he that he will leave here for that Pro-mennt by that, and was on the point vinco in П Low daya
time of answering him, when accused Wah Kiu Yat' Po.
stabbed her in the abdomen before aho had a chance to make a reply. Defendant was on witness's right side, facing bor. Witness shouted, "save life," and made an attempt to is constructed of teakwood and is of The bar, which is 14' 9" in length, run, but could not move and fell. Accused then stabbed her
the conventional type with a brass times more, once in the right side of the general colouring of the interior. threa rail, the wood being stained to match the back, on the right wrist and on Behind it are fitted a leadined sink, the right leg, near the kneecap. receptacles for drinks and refrigera
tor, and a gas ring. provided with a supply of gas, capable The latter is of giving continuous burning for 3 hours, drawn from a tank situated un- derneath the conch
TO BE HELD ON TWO DAYS
THIS YEAR
Reverting to a practice of some years ago, the annual show of flowers and vegetables will be held at the Volunteer Headquarters, on two days, Thursday, March 5, from 3 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. and Friday, March 6, from 10 am to 4 pm. The show is staged by the Hongkong Horticultural Society.
Entries will definitely close at the Hon. Secretary's office at noon, on Thursday, February 27, but intend- Ing exhibitors are requested to send
They were alone at the time. Witness was later rescued by people from the Hospital. After accused had stabbed her, she lost conscious. ness and did not know what happened to him. Witness, when shown one of the knives, agreed that the one she was stabbed with was very similar. When witness recovered consciousness she found herself Inside the Sanatorium,
Replying to Inspector Carey, wit ness admitted that on January 4, sho
in their entries as early as possible. had made a complaint to her mother
A new cup, "The Lady Southern about Challenge Cup," has been kindly
cups
Witness
The attractiveness, of the bar is heightened by the hanging of a series of four coloured hunting prints by Young. These were obtained from Messrs. Arta and Crafts Ltd., Hong- kong, and represent The Meat" Death." "Gone Away," "Full Cry" and "Tho
may be operated as a slip conch The car has been fitted up so that it defendant. She told her when occasion demands., donated by Lady Southorn, one for mother that.defendant wanted her-to-The whole of the work has been the most meritorious exhibit.
marry him, but as he had not carri carried out in the Railway Workshops "The ed out the cor conditions for winning this cup are she would not marry
conditions in the letter, ร
at Hung Hom. similar to those for the other challenge also told her mother that defendant
had threatened to commit suicide. anw defendant lying on
After witness had been stabbed, she Witness was nearer the
ground. defendant was near the flower-pots.
Hospital and
Questioned by defendant, denied that she had stabbed him. witness She denied knowledge of how defen- dant came by his wound. Witness
The Council of the Royal Hortl cultural Society, London, has kindly granted the Banksian Medal to be offered for award to the competitor who obtains the largest total amount of money in prizes, allowances being made for any prizes in kind at the rate of $3 for a first and 32 for a second. The same competitor may not win the medal oftener than once in three consecutive years.
New Classes of Exhibita
the
also denied having letters, giving one to accused-
written two and keeping the other herself.
then asked for the return of his letter.
On the day of the stabbing, wit- ness any complainant walking along return of his letter. An argument the road, and he asked her for the ensued, and when near the entrance slightly ahead of witness, swung her to the Hospital, complainant, who was
to
the
arm behind her, as far na she could and stabbed him. The knife was left Yip Lan, mother of complainant, complainant with his hand and flurag in the wound. Witness then grabbed stated that complainant had made a The following alterations have been complaint to her on January 4, in made in the schedule this year: Consequence of which she spoke to a knife and He then produced stabbed back at.com- Single or double varieties are defendant the
plainant. Witness could naxt morning. Sho
not recall allowed in the Tall Nasturtium; only told him that although he had no
how
many times ho stabbed : com- dwarf varieties are allowed in the employment and could not support felt a pain, and after pulling the plainant as he was in a daze. He. -Double
Nasturtium; roses and bulbous her and her son he desired to marry plants are excluded in 6 bunches of her daughter. Defendant did not knife off his wound, lay on the cut flowers of distinct kinds; only seem very pleased at this and was not ther
ground. He remembered nothing fur- ono colour and variety is allowed in his usual self. The next morning a ench bunch of
Cross-examined by Inspector Carey, little after 8.30, accused left the defendant said that the only money Antirrhinum. There is a new class for 3 batches house, saying he was going to You-ho received in the shop was what of cut flowers grown from bulbs
mati. including Narcissus, Daffodils, Tulips, Formál evidence was given by Ins him. During the two years he had complainant's parents wished to give Lilium, Hyacinth and all true bulbs,
Carey. He stated that as a but, excluding · Dahlia, Frecala, Information received, · ho
been with them, witness received bo- Anemone and all flowers from Tubera
tween $10 and $20. . to the Hongkong
proceeded
or Rhizomes, with the exception of Sanatorium where he found the com- Iris and Lilies of the Valley which plainant
and defendant. Witness
Struck While Unconscious?
The reason why witness travelief: Government Civil Hospital. At the first class and complainant third- There is a new class for a group Sanatorium, a detective handed wit-class on the tramear was that com
are included into the section; shown arranged for their removal to the in the Society's vases.
of Cacti and Succulents, to cover a space not more than 2 ft.. by 1 ft: 6 in.; and a new class for ond dwarf plant.
SUN CHUEN-FANG
ASSASSIN'S SENTENCE FIXED
AT SEVEN YEARS
Tientsin Feb. 12.
ness the two knives.
plainant said she did not want any of her friends to see hor with him. Accused Gires Evidenco
There were no other persons on the The case for the prosecution having boarded the tram before it reached top-dock of the tram. The assallants closed, accused elected to give evid Kwork became unconscious when he Sang Hong in Hennessy Road.
ALHAMBRA THEATRE
TATHAN RD, KOWLOON BAUMLET 2,30*320-770 € 9,30 OTEL, 5645€
TODAY & TO-MORROW,
The star and the author of "BadGirl" score again
BAD BOY
by VINA DELMAR
A FOX PICTURE with
JAMES DUNN
DOROTHY WILSON LOUISE FAZENDA VICTOR: KILIAN Atenciale Producer ̈EDWARD BUTCHER Desced by JOHN LYSTONE
You've
been checking
up on me, ch?
A heart-tugging story of first love
Saturday:
I had to ~I knew
you'd make a pass
at me sometime and I had to knowall about
you, so I could tell Mama.
-“MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY.”
STARE
SHOWING TO-DAY
At 2.30, 5.20,.7.20 & 9.30 p.m.
A COMEDY PACKED WITH ACTION AND THEULLSI
Cavemon Cagney, says "THE RIGHT WAY TO A 'OIRU'S HBART ISFA RIGHT TO THE CHINI” (You'll get a "punch" a minute, JAMES from his greatest SOCKcess!
CAGNEY
-“PICTURE SNATCHER"
"A Warner Bros. Picture withs, Rolph Baliomy, Alice White
NEXT CHANGE
CONFEN FICTUDEN
presenta
MIRIAM HOPKINS BECKY SHARP.
АЛЯКО RADIO
| Plazuen
FRANCES DEF CEDRIC HARDWICKE ZILLIE BURKE ALISON SHIPWORTH MORA KAUCE + ALAN MOWERAY
"Zhulngraphed in TECHNICOLO
HOUWEN, MAMOŬLIAN
TO-DAY
ONLY
MAJESTIC
TO-MORROW:-
THEATRE A
At 2.30, 5.20,
7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
BA ́glorious naw'stor
from the land of the Vikings.
In a gloriously romantic dramal
TUTTA ROLF
co-starred with
CLIVE BROOK in
"DRESSED
to THRILL
ROBERT BARRAT Fced by Raber Y. Kono Directed, by Harry, LechasER NYDIA":WESTMAN a man who play la Cananton
"CASINO DE,PARIS”, with Al Johnson
THE CHEERÒ · CLUB
MANY SOCIAL ACTIVITIES THIS MONTH
Mr. Medina again acted as M.Q. The next whist drive will be held on Tues- day next, the 18th inat, commencing at 9.80 p.m., admission 50 cts, sach, which includes light refreshments.
On
ence. He stated that ́ in Juna last year, he and complainant went up to town on a tramear. Witness was in took him off the car. The previous was struck and did not know whe the first-class deck, and was balow in the third-class. During thron to four hours' sleep, and he foll
complainant
ant night, witness had only had from the journey, witness alleged that asloop in the car. He could not ac complainant sent men to assault, him, He was injured and was in, hospital count for his injuries as he was
asleep. Shi Kin-kiu, the young woman who charged, witness said to would pro-
for three. Ays. When he was dis- Inspector Carey remarked that de nakossinated · General + Sun Chuon monta kor. but complainant best fendant.came by his injury through fang, and who was sentenced to life him not to do so, saying she had made the tram through the jolting. When striking his hand against the side of Imprisonment by the District-Court was re-sentenced to seven years would write out four conditions, and 5 mistake. Complainant said she
ear was examined by the Police, prisonment yesterday morning by
at the sides of ins were found at Supremo
Court of Hopel Province... if othees agrood to them, then sho
would marry him. Witness signed Injury, and had three stitches put on window. Defendant did have an will be recalled that Shi
The Chocro Club weekly whiet running a bly dance at the China Committee 17th Inst., the Ladies g the Chouro "Club-aro after killing General Sun Chuon
this letter.
his head. As he was asloop defendant drive held on Tuesday night, and as Fleet Club, commencing at 8.30 p.m. fang, while he was at his
they went up prayers In Two' wooks later,
than if he had been prepared. baing 16 tables of whist. Prizes were nion $1 each, which includes polico and pleaded guilty in Court Witness went up first and com.
Defendant said he was sitting on won by the following: Ladies 1st. freshments: ladies by Invitation only.. saying that sha-killad Generál Sun plainant came later. Thoy subse-
Mrs. Hodge, End. Mrs. Deacon, Sealed because she had killed her father quently went to hotels soven or eight the left alde of the teamear.
Inspector Carey said that if defen, No.. Mrs. Medina, Gentlemen, 1st. jongg drive at the Cheero Club on There is to be a bridge and mah times.. announcing the docision Towards the approach of the Chi- cauli was no insult than an infict Mr. Todd, 2nd Mr. Coulion, Sealed Thursday, 27th inst. commencing at after the rehearing yesterday, the nese New Year, complainant suggest an injury to the left side of his head. wero distributed by Mrs. Hanes, and which includes light refreshments,
anyone assault him and Inflict No. Mt. Monkhouse. The prizon 8.80 p.m. admission. 50 in each, Judge at the Supreme Court expressed that they should live together. He added that the alleged assault ed sympathy with the prisoner and Witness replied that he had no money was only a figment of defendant's said the sentenco would be one of and. It would be impossible to do so, imagination, Boven years instead of life imprison. Complainant then said she would monte-ah Kiu Yat Po.
nover live with him again. Witness the Bessions,
kiu
admis-
a templo surrendered herself, to the town to engage a room in a botol might havo received a harder knock usual it was a great, success, there All Servicentez are welcomeht: 10-
many years ago,
When
او
dant
Printed and Published for, the Proprietore by. FREDERICK. PERUT Defendant was thon committed to FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8, Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria
Hongkong.