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THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER
10, 1936.
AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY.
Ar 2.30, 5,10, 7.15.& 9.30 p.m.
THE GREATEST PICTURE EVER MADE !
Lord Rothermere Declines-
NO INTERVIEW FOR
FOUR SHOTS FIRED Magazine
INTO AIR
TO FRIGHTEN. INTRUDER
Four shots fired Into the air by Chau Chul-kwong, of 2 Fleming Road, to frighten a thief caused eon- siderable excitement at Wanchal thisl
morning.
Straw Vote In America
ROOSEVELT SLOWLY GAINS ON LANDON
New York, Oct. 9. The Literary Digest poll shows A report of the incident was made) to the Police by Chau, a shop foki, hat President Roosevelt is continu- who stated that he was awakened sting to gain, op Governor London.
HONGKONG YET Lord Rothermere, proprietor of the Daily Mail and a chain of English newspapers, beat report- era at their own game and on their own ground this morning.
5 am. by his son, who had been In other words, the half dozen seen the thief in the flat,
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The state of the poll at present is: -Landon, 713,151; Roosevelt, 485,- When discovered, the thiet escaped | 302; Lemke, 44,825. representatives of the
to the roof. Chau followed, and Press who boarded the Empress hustened the intruder's departure by
local
of Japan this morning, went to be interview and remained to interviewed.
The poll in forty States shows that firing the sots. Chau is a Reenced 27 are for Landen and 13 for Roose- holder of a revolver. No arrest was velt.-United Press. radle.
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The Empress of Japan came in at
7.38 a.m. and berthed at the Kowloon BRITAIN'S
wharves in a scene activity.
of bustle and
Pressinen, wearing the unmistak- able look of men who have met the dawn, were waiting to go aboard.
BASES CUTTING CANCER
OF WEAKNESS
IN FAR EAST
thu
in
Singapore, Oct. 10.
of Hartington, The Marquess Under-Secretary of State for At 0 a.m. n message came in-Dominions, who is visiting Australia directly from His Lordship's quarters to attend the South Australian Cen-
celebrations, arrived. in reply to a suck of visiting cards; tenary.
Singaporo this morning. His Lordship declined to be inter- viewed he would stay on the ship go to Manila, return on the same ship and would then see the Press.
At 9am. a weury band of men saw burly fiture with trilby hat pressed well over eyes, advancing up the main stairway. Photographs were flashed from pockets and com- pared. Everybody trooped after Lord Rothermere on to the passen-
LEAGUE SEEKS
STRENGTH'
Gevena. Oct. 10,
The General Ceramission has de- elded to establish a Committee com- posed of the entire Council of the League and an unstated number of The Marquess will inspect the Alr non-Members of the Counell with authority of and Naval bases in Singapore and the the object of examining the problem Malay Peninsula before continuing of strengthening the
the League-Reuter. his journey to Australla.--Reuter.
DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF
BY PURE MANNERS
FOR PREPARE JUSTICE, PLACE IN THE BLESSED PEACE-Fenelon.
AND
LOVE
Is Excellenty the Governor has YOURSELF A appointed Mr. Kenneth Keen to be KINGDOM ora Palice Magistrate.
It is notified that the Chung Shan His Excellency the Governor, has 11otel Company, Limited, has been. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS Jr. — ELISSA LANDI in "THE AMATEUR GENTLEMAN" Ker's deck-a enmera was aimed and appointed Mr. S. F. Balfour to be in struck off the Register,
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the neene was shut.
WHERE'S THE GOLF COURSE?
Lord Rothermere pointed to the Istund: Do I go over that white road to reach the golf course? . What Is that big building on the sea front? .. Have you had any typ- hoons lately? Would you call that a big typhoon?... Is there any another typhoon chance of having
this year?
Lord Rothermere was provided with all the information he required -which was quite a lol-after which he slapped his sceretary on the back, snld good-bye in a genial manner, and terminated the "Interview."
"No"-Sweetly Spoken
When Lao-Tse in the sixth century,, B.C., was poetically elaborating his learned contem- philosophies to poraries, the gentle art of polite; refusal was even then ald, For
to the Secretary
Assistant Chinese Affairs.
for
A dinner dance will be held at Repulse Bay Hotel to-day at 9 pm. and a tea dance on Sunday, at 5 pm. A half-hourly bus service operates on Sunday afternoon.
It is notified that His Excellency the Governor, under instructions re- celved from the Secretary of State for the Colonics, has appointed Dr. D. J. Valentine, M.C., M.B., B.S (London), D.PH., D.T.M.&II, to be Deputy
Director of Medical Ser- vices.
The number of emigrants leaving the Colony for the Strufts Seltlements during the month of September, 1938, was 7,085.
1s Excellency the Governor lins uppointed Mr. John Barrow to be Dis- trict Officer in the North District of the New Territories.
It is notified that His Honour the Chief Justice has ordered that the Criminal Sessions for the month of Monday, October shall be held October 19, at 10 a.m.
on
The St. John Ambulance New Medical Benevolent Territorica
It is notified that His Excellenty Branch treated 14,390 cases during the Governor, under instructions re- September, 5,527 of these being new evived from the Secretary of State onus. A-lotal of 2,501 cases were for the Colonics, has appointed Mr. persona C. W. Haynes to be Assistant Atten- seen by doctors, and 593
Mental Hospital, Medical were treated in their homes. There dant, were 107 maternity cases.
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centuries, we suspect, the Chinese SAF, SUN. & MON. children had been learning the genlie ort of saying "no," at the knees of their tutors-or-in-the-women's-halls..
The prpelice must still be one In which the Chinese excel If we can credit the report of a western paper that one would-be author received a Chinese this rejeelion, slip from publishing house:
We have read your manuscript with
boundless delight. By the sacred ashes of our ancestors, we swear we never dipped into a book of sucli overwhelming mastery. If we were to publish this book it would be impossible in the future to issue any book of lower standard. As it is un- thinkable that within the 10,000 years we shall find its equal,! we are, to our great regret, com- pelled to return this too divine thousand work and beg you a thmes to forgive our netlon.
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