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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
April, 11, 1939.
Citadel Would Harm Miss Allan
Film fans clustered outside the Law Courts recently seeking the signatures of sure who attended the NOTICE is hereby given that third day's hearing of the action the Third Annual Meeting of brought by Miss Elizabeth Alkas. Shareholders will be held at the They presented their autograph Head Office, No. Des Voeux Road books to Clive Brook, Evelyn Laye Frank Lawton, Florence Desmond, Contral, on Saturday, April 22nd, and Mrs. Michael Balcon, wife of the 1939, at 3.00 pm, for the purpose British flm director, as they left the of receiving the Report of the court. Board of Directors and the State-
Miss Allan is claiming damages for ment of Accounts for the year alleged breach of contract from ending December 31st, 1938,
British Melro-Goldwyn – Mayer The Transfer Registor will be Studios, Limited, complaining that closed from April 10th to 22nd, she was engaged to play the chief
1939 inclusivo.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
M. Y. TANG, Chief Manager,
Hongkong, April 1, 1989.
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part in "The Citadel," that the com- pany announced her as being en- aged for the part, and then refused to engage her in breach of their con- tract.
Author Beaten By Gangsters
POST OFFICE.
MAIL FOR CANTON Registered and Ordinary mail arid: John Worby, ex-tramp and author of the successful best Parcels (not Insured) will be ac- sellor "The Other Half," was beaten up by gangsters in Londoncepted for Canton and despatched as
circumstances permit. · recently. He went to the Lambeth Hospital,
Worby has just completed his new book, "Sply's Progress," in which he fearlessly exposes the gangsters of Britain, their terrorism, and the trickerfes and rackets which are worked.
are
OUTWARD MAIL TIMES
Registered and Parcel Malls closed 15 minutes carlier than the time given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertis-
VIA SIDERIA · KOUTE Letters and Postcards' for Europe (except Great Britain and Eire) and ed to close at or before 9`a.m., re- South America are forwarded "via glstered and parcel malls are closed This book was awaited with great interest, and in some quar-Siberia" K so superscribed.
at 6 pm, on the previous day. ters with uneasiness,
Recently Worby was in a cafe in the West End with two
the publishers of the book, when he was suddenly attacked by a friends, ono a member of the firm of J. M. Dent and Sons, Ltd.,
gang,
With badly discoloured eyes (a stitch: had to be put in the corner of the left one), a swollen jaw, cut lips, bruises on the back of his head and on his body, Worby said:
She was absent from the court in the afternoon owing to a matinee per- Hormance, In the morning, dressed la black with a silver fox fur, she sat at the solicitors' table, carrying a
"When my friends attempted to interfere they were pushed handbag with the word. "Liz" in gold roughly aside and told: 'It's this-we want." letters on the front,
"I was sitting in the cafe when the gang about a dozen strong, came in, caught hold of me and dragged me outside.
"NO FIRM OFFER"
Mr. Ben Goetz, managing director, of the company, gave evidence that there was at no time a firm offer of
ja part to Miss Allan in "The Citudci." 1101 a firm acceptance by Mr. O'Bryen, her inland, of any such ofter.
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The gang got me on the ground and kicked me savagely. Calcutta, Stralls and Europe via Only one used his fists. It's a wonder I'm alive."
Worby was taken to Charing Cross Hospital and he left after receiving attention. Later he became delirious and was taken to Lambeth Hospital where he was found to be suffering from slight concussion.
Asked about the notice said to have [been sent mut to the Press slating that Miss Allan was to play the part of Christine. Mr. Goetz said that it was 66
a rule in the oflice that all publicity
Ishould have his approval.
Mr. Goetz went on to say that on March 7. 1939, he went with Mr. Victor Saville"who wrote the screen
"I told play, to Mr. O'Bryen's offer. Mr. O'Bryen that We were very ¡sarry, but we could not play Mies Alam in The Citadel," The part ha? been rewritten and size would not Inow ft it.
"It was not my personal decision at she should not take the part. wanted her to take it," he added.
I
If Miss Allen had plaged Christine ing the part was rewritten it wouk! have hurt her more than I would have helped, said Me. Goetz. In his view it did not follow necessarily
His book, "Spiv's Progress," will be published shortly.
"Bombs" On A London
Station To Test A.R.P.
The Paddington area was blacked out for three hours after midnight recently to test the arrangements made in Puldington Station to deal with air raids.
Because goods and other trotterspecial fire engines, part of the station hal to be despatched, one plat-A.R.P. equipment, arrived, form had to be kept fully illuminated! Howes were run out. Two escape while the rest of the station was in ladders were run up to a roof, The brought down dummits, darkness except for thy blue-lights. Bremen
where were placed on ambulaner Twvaly minutes after the alarm hundearts and rushed away. had been sounded there was a loud,
Fifth Generations that an actress would be harmed by report outside the station.
Of Boones
BUTTE. Mont.
The Daniel Boone family entered
35 5. into its 4th generation when a son .13 27. was born here to Mr. and Mrs, James! .5% NA. Allen Boone. Donne is
.25 s.
fourth
not playing a part which she had
being been publicly announced about to play.
as
The houring was adjourned,
generation descendant of the famous The cruiser U.S.S. Marblehead left
53 a. Indian 1 scout, trapper and Kentucky Hongkong this morning for Shanghai
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336 6.3
104 1.
11.50 1.
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hero.
after a stay of two days.
Gamecock Rodeo Seen
By Two
Hundred
The twenty-one English men and women, their retinue of 10.35 North Country bird handlers, and the survivors of the 148 game-
.B. n.
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.07% n.
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But after the last English bird at each other. Others moved around ~bad "left" "the"ganize" Veland "the~looking for an opening"
Hotel Meurice, where he had But there always came a fierce
In rush, a futter of wings as the birds fought, cockfighting went on.
the Calladrome, a covered court-; reared up to strike with their spurs. yard behind a cafe not far from They struck so fast that until they eighteen tired you could not see their legs
Sa0 .
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the hotel,
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there
were
more victims. Visitors paid ten frames (1s. 2d.) to watch the afternoon's sport.
move.
After a few ferre struggles both birds would stop, exhausted, even if one or both were not fatally wounded.
SHOUTED INSULTS
It was different from the secret rackfights in the gange. The Eng
ish drank champagne: at the Gai- ladrome the only drink available was: The longest of fifteen fights took beer, costing just over a half-penny thirteen minutes, the shortest fifteen
a gloss.
seconds. At the end of the thirteen-
An imitation incendiary flared away.
Forty-five minutes after the warn- ing syren the fully-illuminated plat- "buniform was vacated by a departing the lights train, and immediately
blue were extinguished and small Auxillary fromen cum up with a lights took their place. hose and sprayed the station wall near which the "Lomb" had dropped, to prevent the fire spreading. The "bomb" itself was dealt with.
AL 2 am, # huge white fare Huminated the whole of one end of the station. Another "bomb" had dropped. The fire and rescue squnds Then a red sinuke ture bruke into again came into action, And so 11 fire half-way up the building. Twa went on for three hours.
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The English wagered up to £150 minute fight both birds, torn, bleed-
were on a light. Half a crown was a binjing, barely breathing, bet in the Galludrome.
ROMANTIC NAMES
15. .74 n. ...B n. 1.80 n.
42 n. could get back without paying.
The birds were carried into the arena in linen bags. They were
If the fighting got slow you could into the enfe. They stumped a cock in your hand in ink so that you
.90 n.
20 n. 104 n. 30 n. 40 n.
6.55 sa.
parently dying,
The crowd shouted insults, then roared applause as one slowly lifted himself, peeked at his oppo- nent's eye, then leaped in the air and struck one steel spur clean through the other bird's head. The winner wDS acclaimed by money. His
big barnyard roosters, much larger those who had won
than the English fighting cock.owner picked him up by cne wing Their spurs had been cut off and and tossed him into n sack to die of steel spikes, two-and-a-half inches his wounds.
long. dipped their legs.
There were children around the
They had romantic names, like ting. Λ chubby, fair-balred girl, Roi d'Enfer (King of Hell) and aged eight, sucked a finger and star-
When their ed at the birds,
.13 n. 0.30 n. Napolcon e
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MANILA SHARES Closing quotations through Reuters:
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Cons. Mine
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owners lifted them from the sacks On her face disgust and interest and took the corks off their spikes were mixed. A father lifted up his the birds seemed gentle, but when daughter so that she could see better. one was held out to look at another The crowd were good-natured. he pecked viciously, like a snake Most of them lost money when Shin- striking.
jing Sword of Calais, a magnificent The birds were put into the steel-white speckled bird, lay dead, beaten netted ring. The colour of the mat by a red unknown from St. Malq. on which they fought
red. WDS
"Just bad luck, The Sword was Some of the cocks rushed instantly the better bird," they said.
Alien Mosquitoes Invade Chelsea
Folsoned arms and legs, indamed] Mr. A. Ankers, a dairyman in Lots-
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eyes, sleepless nights have been road, said. worrying hundreds of people in Chel-;
"I killed four mosquitona in my dalry the other day. I have travel-
They are caused by a plague of led widely and I know that they are
is Swan, Culbertson large mosquitoes.
Fritz report on this morning's
United Paracalo
The following
market:
Gold
not the usun? English mosquitoes.
One hundred and fifty residents in They ore even larger than the tiger Lots-road, Telcott-road, Upeerne mosquitoes which you get in the Gulf
The morning session on the Manila road, and Meck-street, have peti- of Mexico.
Share market showed little tioned Chelaca Borough Council to "I don't think spraying will be any hange in price movements, Flue-take action to rid them of the mos-use. The creek needs dredging." uations were from up centavo to quitoes,
2 centavos down. Trading was light The Port of London Authority has Mrs. G. E. Gilbert, of Tefcott-road, nd the market closed quiet. North refused to allow the creek at the rear said that she had to stay awake on Camarines registered the biggest loss
of Lois-road to be sprayed with several nights applying fomentatiou by dropping 2 centavos. Yesterday's paraffin, so the Chelsea Council is to relieve the swelling of mosquito volume in Pesos amounted to 410,000. Bearching for another preparation. bites,
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"on the run" if given his freedom, "Very well," said the judge. "Take it on the run." Hall then sprinted
Elbert Hall, arrested on a charge out of the court room, and was
of begging, ploaded for mercy before reported still running near the elly the judge and swore to leave town limits.