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Murder
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TO-MORROW AND FRIDAY DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS IR. and ELISSA LANDI in "THE AMATEUR GENTLEMAN" A UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE-
LADY FRIGHTENED Central Magistracy this morning
BY ALSATIAN
SMALL FINE ON OWNER
charged, with allowing his dog, na Alsatian, to be at large in Stubbs Road at 9 pan, on February 3. Mr. W. C. Hung represented defenduat and pleaded guilty.
Sergeant Brown etaled that the dog had got loose and had gone to No 533, Mr. J. H. Jessen, of Messrs. Jebsen, where there was another Alsatian. and Co., realding at No. 48, Stubbs]The dog itself was very friendly, but Road, was fined $5 when he was sum- the lady of the house at No. 533 had moned before Mr. K. Keen at the been frightened.
THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1937.
1
CORRESPONDENTS HUNT NEWS
In this Httered compound, where papers of a retreating Government military office have been scattered but not destroyed, forelyn and Spanish newspaper correspondents are hunting for nows. These correspondents frequently risk their lives in expeditions into the firing line to get first-hand knowledge. of the battles raging around Madrid,
USELESS SACRIFICE
OF LIVES
REBELS MAINTAIN OVIEDO HELD
VALENCIA
BOMBED
London, Feb. 23. According to an insurgent message from Salamanca, the Government army has uselessly sacrificed men in an attack on Oviedo, which the rebels main- tain is still in their hands,
The insurgent headquarters
nt
Salamanca put the Government losses at Oviedo as high as 4,000,
It is claimed that the Government has lost numerous casualties also on
the Asturlas and Andalusian fronts, VALENCIA BOMBED According to despatches reaching London from Spain, shortly before dawn and again, later, Incendiary bombs were dropped in Valencia, the new Spanish captial, both in the town itself and in the harbour section. But little damage is reported.
At night all lights in the city are turned out for fear of air raids.
All able-bodied men between the ages of 18 and 45 must carry a cert!- ficate, when attending places amusement, indicating that they are
of
doing defenco work of some kind. Otherwise, they will be imprisoned for 30 days and must provide their own food.-Reuter Bulletin Service.
NATIONS KEEP
GUARD ALONG
SPANISH COAST
BRITISH WAR VESSELS DO MAJOR DUTY
London, Feb. 23.
The zones into which the coast of Spain will be divided under the scheme of the International Non- Intervention Committee to exercise, from the sea, control of the importation of war materials, have been set down and approved by the sub-committee,
The divisions, and their respective guardians, are as follows:
North coast-Britain and Portugal North-west coast-France and Russia
South coast, from the Spanish-Portuguese border to Almeria-Britain
Almeria to the Franco-Spanish frontier-Germany and Italy
The island of Iviza and Majorca-France Minorca.-Italy
Spanish Morocco-France-
Canaries and Rio Doro-Britain.
As yet, Russia has not accepted her zone of control. It was originally suggested that Russin guard the east coast, as that is nearest her base in
Portsmouth
To Be Huge
Flying Base the Black Sen.
APPROVES LARGE
EXPENDITURE
Portsmouth, Feb. 23.
The section provisionally allotted to Russia includes part of the Bay of to be no Biscay. There appears particular eagerness to patrol these troublesome waters.
Ten Miles From Shore' The ships of the various patrols
A scheme to establish a great sea- will keep their stations ten miles off plane port here, costing £1,250,000, shore and presumably will have the has been accepted by the City power to examine any vessel op- Council.
proaching any Spanish port,
The control scheme will operate barrage, with the object of land-lock- from March 6 simultaneously with ing Langstone Harbour, and making the land observation plan.
The plan entails the building of a
British
Farnsworth
Can't Alter
His Pleading
MAY GET MAXIMUM
SENTENCE
Washington, Feb. 23.
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• LAST TIMES TO-DAY Half you women will want to leave town, "when"
I get through telling what I learned when
Mr. Justice Proctor has deniled to TOMORROW entertain the plea of Innocence made by ex-Lieutenant-Commander Farns- ONE DAY ONLY worth, of the US. Navy, who is
with revealing naval units on charged
on
БЕСТО
his original plex of
It a huge lake. It is proposed that Great Britain will defray the cost
the an Empire flying boat baso shall be of keeping outhoritatively estimated information to the Japanese. The established there.
patrol. It is : The Al
Air Ministry, it is revealed, in that she will also pay approximately Judge rules that accused must stand to contribute £608,000 towards £100,000 for the full year in connee trial ready the project, and
will also guarantee tion with the control of the frontier note contendre. the income of
of at least £30,000 a year. nshore, the object being to prevent for Bin
years,
the Importation of war materials by Portsmouths existing airport will either side in the civil war, Bri- be sold, after 75 acres is deducted for tain's share is 18 per cent of the total playing folds.
cost of the control plan.-Reuter.
Supporters of the Portsmouth scheme say it will make that seaport the first air base as well as the great- est naval base in the world.-Reuter.
Airmen Seek
Pot of Gold On Tokyo Hop
Paris, Feb. 23.
Two French alrmen, Denis and Libert, left here at 10.05 p.m. to-night in an attempt to reach Tokyo under 100 hours.
If they succeed they will re- ceive a prize of 400,000 francs Reuter.
They are not the first to st. tempt the arduous flight to Tokyo, and they will follow much the same route that their predecessors took.
It will be recalled that the young French airman, Japy, fly- Ing alone, came nearest to com- pleting the Paris-Tokyo Bight. With his goal within minutes of achievement. Japy A fery flow his plane into the sldo of m mountain. He reached his dea- tination in un ambulanos.
VDMA. MEETING
The meeting of tho Victoria Diocesan Missionary Association, pre- viously announced for 5 p.m. to- morrow in the Cathedral Hall, will bo held in the Book Depot Instead,
It is announced that sentence will be passed on Friday. It is possite that accused will receive the maximum term of twenty years' imprisonment.
Farnsworth is personally appear- ing and has secured permission to flă a written statement before being sentenced-United Press.
TO APPEAL.
Later.
(6 Queen's Road Central.) The Farnsworth, interviewed in his cell, speaker will be Mr. Gurney Barclay, announced that ho planned to retain the Far Eastern Secretary of the a new attorney and to appeal against Church Missionary Society.
any sentence passed-United Press.
U.S. BUSINESS EARNS
ENORMOUS INCOME
New York, Feb. 28.
A United Press survey reveals that the net profit of America's leading business enterprises in 1936 rose by over 50 per cent. in relation to the preceding year. They were less than one per cent, behind the 1980 high level earnings.
The total represented a gain of 40 an aggregate of $791,803,482 report- per cent, above the 1932 gure and ed by the same organisations in the approximately a 60 per cent. Im- previous year. provement over 1929.
Some industries report 1938 as the but year in their history, The survey discloses that 478 cor- best porations report 1936 earnings to tobaccos and utilities are below the total $1,220,033,017, compared with 1930 earning level.-United Prez
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