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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JANUARY 18,

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MORETO-DAY • TO-MORROW. THE AMAZING PERSONAL HISTORY OF A QUEEN WHO LOVED!

She threw away a throne to follow the call of her heart!

Her Throne and o. Thousand

Lives the Price of a Great Humang tovel

The story of a woman'k war that made the lond yn red..

From the Fanout play by

MAXWELL ANDERSON

Katharine HEPBURN Fredric MARCH

MARY OF SCOTLAND

1937.

Apostle Of Mormons

Where Snow Is Worth Millions

Washington, Jan. 1.

A SNOW blanket may be worth

millions of dollars to wheat rowers, but a swirling white storm means à cost of millions lo cities.

A city snowstorm costs money in more ways than one. Not only ate there the little inconveniencès, af stulled motor cars, delayed suburban trains, frozen plumbing and frost- Hippert noses and fingers, there is the costly item of snow removal, too.

and Dixon line.

Just to find out what this item of FBOW removal costs the taxpayers, this correspondent wrote to several of the larger elles in what might be called the snow belt north of the traditional Mason The answers indicated that millions- possibly even hundreds of millions of dollars are spent annually Just to get rid of snow in the country's more jupulous areas,

COSTLY TO NEW YORK

New York City with Its five becoughs spends tremendous suma yearly to rid itself of snow. William

Carey, commissioner of sanitation, lists the money spent for snow re- moval during the past five years as follower.

Year

1931-32

1932-33

1933-34

1034-36

1035-36

Money 13,002.02

3,098,569.84

7,227,002.07

4,850,943.02

6,114,202,78

The tremendous difference between

1-32 und 1934-34 is easily ex-1 plained by a survey of seasonal snow- fall statistics of the New York City meterological bureau,

During the 1831-32 season when The city puld only $13392.02 for snow removal, the amount of snowfall was rudy 5.1 inches, or the lowest recorded since 1918-1919, Little wonder that the city did not have to go in the red on this item in its municipal budget. Two years later, however, the city had to

-"NO" TO COCKTAILS

DR. RICHARD LYMAN, newly appointed European mission president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, stood in a Mayfair drawing-room one night recently surrounded by English actors, actresses, a Mayfair hostess, members and missionaries of the Mor- mon Church.

Motorists Sentenced

To Be Pall-Bearers

Pittsburg (Pa.), Jars. 5.

T driving while under the in- TWENTY motorists convicted of

fluence of drink faced Judce M. Musmanno to-day. They awall- ed sentence.

The judge 'looked certain grim

at

them with satisfaction.

He told them that a victim of a road crash was to be buried later in the day. He told them It was his intention to preach a sermon at the funeral. 'Ilè 'told them that they should explate their offences by acting as pall-' bearers,

They did so. In his serman, the judge turned and addressed the coffin: "You," he said. "have laid down your life on the altar af renewed determination of the American people that wanton sacrifice of life on our highways must cease.”

THEIR

TO

For ordinary people and not - so - strict Mormons sherry and cocktails were served "from six to oight."

But Dr. Lyman, guest of transur, neither smoked nor drank,

this In civilian life

tall, burly. grey-haired man is an engineer. În the Morron Church he is one of its twelve apostles.

Two Ambitions

Dr. Lyman said there were two things he would like to London.

П

do for

"Nothing'd please me 'better than to build marble Aurmion chapel, just like the one “we've not in Washington, D.C.

"Gee, but it takes me so long to find my way around that Pri thinking you vught to have my sys- tem of street and house number. ing, such as Los Angeles is adopt- ing now."

Dr. Lyman will be here, for three years moking London the head- quarters of his work in Europe.

There are betrogen 6,000 and 7,000 members of the Mormon church ti England, 116 Mormon missionaries,

MAJESTIES

TOUR INDIA

appropriate a much larger TWO MONTHS' VISIT PLANNED

um because the snowfall was $52.5. the second highest since the turn of the century. The only season since 1900 when. more snow fell was in 1994-05, when the total amounted to 57.0 inches.

CHICAGO MORE FORTUNATE

Chicago, the nation's second largest rity, is more fortunate than New York in its snow removal. During none of the past five years did the loop city

spent more than a quarter of a million clollars, either.

FOR END OF NEXT YEAR.

NEW YEAR HONOURS LIST

POSTPONED

An official announcement of the intention of King equal the low of $13.892.02; it never George and Queen Elizabeth to attend a Coronation Durbar in Delhi, probably on January 1, 1939, is expected tendent of streets, lists the ext of that in the near future (states a Political Correspondent). city's snow removal during the past five years as follows:

Joseph J. Butler, Chicago's superin-

Year

1031

Directed by

1932

FLORENCE ELDRIDGE DOUGLAS WALTON

1033

RD

1934

1935

REO RADIO PICTURE JOHN CARRADING

WED..

THURS.

"CRASH. DONOVAN”

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THE WORLD'S WEIRDEST MYSTERY

REGION REVEALED

In A STARTLING PICTURE OF

A LOST CIVILIZATION.

ANGKOR"

1009 WILD ANIMALS THRILLS

Nort "THE PREVIEW MURDER MYSTERY" Changa with REGINALD DENNY » PRANCES DRAKE

Matinuan) 20s, Bla. Evenings 204, 35s, 556, B04: Borvičmrams 406,

Money $211,695.00 73,721.24

15,921.04. 111,427.95 106,557.79

Detroit's commissioner of public works, L. G. Lenhardt, lists his city's Snow removal

expenditures Follows:

Year

Mone

1931-32

$ 64,810.70

1932-33

50,141.27

1933-34

96.739.46

1934-35

137,103.90

1935-36

228,285.25

1936-37

50,000,00

It is probable that their Majesties will spend two months -in-India-and-make-an-extensive tour-of-the-Provinces,

The Duke of Kent will, it is beheved, be appointed to the Privy Council in the near future. The youngest of the Royal brothers, he is the only Prince who is not a Privy Councillor.

Coronation were being completed at Durbar On New

the time of his audiention.

Year's Day, 1938 LOYALTY OF INDIA SHOWN BY CRISIS

By A Political Correspondent Arrangements for the shart visit to

Now that ́It is known "chot the

Coronation date is not to be altered.

the Government are being advised of a strong desire among all clusses in

India that the Coronation Durbar should be held ns' previously sur- rested.

It had been arranged, on behalf of Edward. that his absence from

Et Britain should not have. ex- Indicates uppropriated funds India which King Edward the Eighth ceeded a month, and that he should

had planned to make after his not have

ve spent more than ten days in

rather than costs.

For

Daughter Marathon Duellist

Budapest, Jan. 10.

THREE duels with cavalry sabres, which Dr. Sarga was to have fought to-day, have been cancelled because Mme. Sarga has just given birth to a daughter. She is stated to be overjoyed that the child is not a boy, as he would perhaps have been a pro- spective ducilist.

King Zog To Wed Young Countess

Budapest, Jan. 10,

KING ACHMED 200 1 of Albans

has become engaged to the Hun

Countess Hanna Mikes, garlan cording to rumours circulating here: The Countess, who has been living

in Rome for some time, arrived here

India. This would have allowed him about one week in Delhi in which to attend the Durbar and certain atten- dunt social functions.

Neither King George nor Queen Elizabeth has yet visited India. It is, therefore, expected that they will follow the precedent act by King George V. and Queen Mary by in- cluding a provincial tour. Cordial Indian Views

-Should they do

so, they would

leave England towards the end of part of the months of December and

next November and spend the greater January In India. The Durbar would probably be held on New Year's Day, 1030.

The attitude of the Indian Press during the recent crisis is held in London to have afforded a remark- able demonstration of loyalty to the Throne and person of the King-Em- poror.

Dr. Sargu, who is an insurance clerk, issued nine challenges ļagainst men whom he accused of Although King Edward the Eighth, spreading malicious tales regards Prince of Wales, was subject to a boycott 'campaign during his visit to ing himself and his wife. Ho Indin, it is pointed out that even the has already fought two of them. extremist Congress newspapers' ex-

Both ducks were with pistols, and pressed of found disappointment at in the first Dr. Sarga slightly the news of his intention to abdicate. wounded his opponent.

DUEL STOPPED

A third duel, tought with cavalry

by plane on Monday, but refused to sabres, was stop,ed by the polles deny or confirm the reports of her after Dr. Sarga had wounded his engagement to Xing Zog and merely opponent. The remaining, encounters have been postponed several lines declared:

before. "I cannul say anything on the

Before her marriage Mme. Sarku subject,

The matter

not ทษ renched the official stage anyhow. was Mile. Magda Darko, daughter of

VICAR FALLS

INTO GRAVE

Then Carries On

The 'Rev. Reginald Money, vicar of to the marriage. During the past

was heading a cortege in the ceme- regarding the affair." Counters Hanna Miken, who is the weeks, the dates and places of the 18-year-old daughter of the late intended ducts have been withheld tery at likeston, failed in notice an grave in the snow-covered oper Count Arlin Mikes, is regarded, as

from her.-Renter,

ground, and fell in. one of the outstanding beauties of

He landed on his feet seven feet

Mourners shouted for help,

You won't hear anything from me rich banker. Her family objected Holy Trinity, Ilkeston, Derbyshire,

the Hungarian aristocracy and is nise Transylvania, which was ceded to below.

known for her elegance and charm. Ruman after the Great War..

for father, who tied a few years KingZog 1. celebrated his 41st Indder was lowered, and the vicar #ko was one of Hungary's richest birthday on October 8, and is thus climbed out covered with mud. He Jundowners. Dort of his estates were located in teps, Aneta-Trans-Ocean,

although the greater muro than twice as old as the Coun- conducted the service wearing his

glasses, which were unbroken."

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