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BROTHERS STARVE TO DEATH
GRIMSBY,
FOR a year three Grimsby brothers lived on nine shillings a week. . . .
One had an Army ponsion of eight shillings a week, one had 38, 6d, a week from his club-the other had nothing.
They paid 2s. 6d. a week for medicine-and the rest had to buy their food.
The only other means of support they had was 378. they received twice a year as Freemen of the Borough.
They lived on bread, mar- xarine, potatoes, and milk-and did not get enough of those, Their meagre rationa Flowly
POSED AS AN EARL
LESLIE Francis Collier, aged 20, who, it was stated, ha posed as an cari, was sentenced at Surrey Quarter Sessions at Kingston to three years' penal servitude for false pretences.
A
constable said that Collier, who had five previous convictions, was the! son of an Army officer.
He joined the Army in the ranks, and later entered Sandhurst for a commission, but failed to pass the examination.
He was married at Norwich, and was arrested on a false-pretence charge shortly after the ceremony,
Mr. C. G. L. du Cunn, defending, said Colller did well at Sandhurst until his mentality underwent some change which no one could under- strand.
sapped their strength. They began to starve slowly to death,
DEAD IN BED
Recently one of the three, Colvery MeUrich, was found dead in bed at the home in Kent-street, where he lived with his brothers,
Illa brottier, Albert, was lying in the same bed. Albert was taken to the infirmary, where he died.
At the inquest on Colvery Inter n doctor said that death was due to prolonged under-nourishment.
Albert's death also is said to have been contributed to by under- nourishment.
The third brother, Charles Edwin, was asked at the inquest if they had never had publie assistance.
not get it," but a P.A.C. ofleer sald He replied: "I was told I could they could, have had medical atten- tion as well as relief by asking for it.
FIGURES MATCH
BRISTOW, Okin,
Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
May 8, 1939.
Here is one of America's newest bombers, un all-metal altack plane, taking its Initial flight over Downey, Cal, before delivery to the army., Carrying a crew of three it can attain a speed of 230 miles an hour. 11 is designed to carry 800 pounds of bombs.
£250,000 To Use
Club Has Oil Lamps
AT six o'clock every night Bill been neither central beating nor
Pendor, barman, trims the electric light..
He went to Belgium, where he did Amazed was the word to describe
Bill Pendor is one of six out of a some extraordinary things, and his the post-office staff here. Employes wicks and lights the two oil staff of forty-two club servants who father brought him back to this checked and rechecked figures, but lamps on either side of his cock-remained on to keep the club open. country after paying his debts.
their first total was correct. Receipts He disappeared and went to Bir-for the Bristow post office for the last tail bar in the great drawing- Asther, left a week ago, because he
Their Inst resident, the lm star Nils| mingham, where, at a cost of £5, he quarter of 1938 were exactly to the room of the Pinewood Club, could no longer see read in the sent amblegram of congratulations to penny-the same as for the final a famous airman in Australia, al- three months of 1937. The total was Iver, Bucks, the £250,000 mil-
CLOSED DOWN though they were not acquainted. $7,022.43.
BABIES TEST GAS
BAGS IN
Ilonaire's mansion which for the last two years has been a coun- try club for British film stars.
Ifis customers wear overcoats, for during the last ten days there has
LONDON Spinach Canners
The Home Office liave tried out gas bags for bables on some of the families living in the 800 London County Council flats on the Bourne Estate, Holborn, E.C. Some babies thought the bags were new tops; others, according to mothers, nearly choked in them.
TRAGEDIES STRIKE
State College, Pa. College students are not Immune to the tragedies of life. Arthur R.
Sir John Anderson, A.R.P. chief, has sold in the House of Commons that it is proposed to issue 1,200,000 bags to families with bobles under two years.
from
Shut Down
SAN JOSE, Col. It is presumed that a cry of joy will go up from American young-! sters fully as great as the groan of woe that come out of Santa Clara Valley when spinach farmers were it informed by several conning con- cerns that there will be no cooning of spinach this year. March is the height of the season for canning
Warnock, dean of masa at the State's 6,000 students are absent Pennsylvania State College, has classes because of deaths in their spinach, but the carryover from last found that each week 18 of Penn Immediate familles.
yeur is sufficient for the coming year.
evenings.
Mr. Boat turned it into a luxury Alm studioe behind it. country club, and built the £750,000
MODEL VILLAGE some 400 houses for studio workers
He also built a model village of
Now barely a dozen employees of the studie occupy those houses. The block of studio workers's flats s tenantlers.
The heated indoor swimming pool in which stars and guests saw in the Mr. Boot hopes that the studios New Year of 1930, bathing at iki- will be working again by July. night under sun-ray lamps, has
Ile leaves for Greece, where he become a cold plunge; the £100 has 3,000 men working on civil én- television set is dark and the six-gineering projecta, leen acres of ornamentul gardens, Asked about the future of his wired for food-lighting, will not £1,000,000 enterprise in British light up.
films, he said: The club has been dark because "The British Alm industry needs a the £750,000 studio
man to organise production. buildings behind It--buildings in which "The efforts of many of the "Pygmalion," "Stolen Life," "The people responsible for organisation Mikado," "Keep Smiling," and are erratic and feeble, they are This fan Is News" were made quite unoble to realise the forces last year-have been idle since available, they fail to discern be- December, and the power plant tween the good and bad, they strike which serves them and the club the thing in a casual way and let has been closed down to save ex-in too much that is uncertain and
extravagant.' When
Pinewood and Denkam Mr. Boot lists the other wenk- studios were amalgamated recently nesses of the industry ns;
was agreed to fill the studio floors
pense.
et Denham first.
(1) Wealthy distributing concerns too le concerned with the need The Pinewood Club, which has for encouraging Brliish productions, 1.000 members, is being kept open at content to take profit from distribut- a £100 a week personál loss by Mr. Ing American films, Charles Boot, the sixty-ave-year-old (2) British technicians and work- and civil engineering men who have taken full advantage magnate, who bought the estate of the incompetence of studie man- when
was Heatherden Hall, agements to hold them up for country residence of the late Colonel | higher wages and extravagant extra' Grant Morden, millionaire M.P.
allowances.
An Urgent Appeal to the Hongkong Public building
TEL. 33400 & 33500
CLES:
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HONG KONG EMERGENCY REFUGEE COUNCIL 香港案您救海難民合辦事處
May Ist to 6th, 1939
SAMPLE ROOM No. 3.
Gloucester Building, fet FLOOR.
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REFUGEE CAMP SCHOOLS CAMPAIGN
President!
Rt. Rev. Bishop Valtorta
Chairman:
Rt. Rev. Bishop Hall
Honorary Campaign Committee:
Hie Honour Sir A. MacGregor, Kt.
Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau
Hon, Sir Shouson Chow,
Kt., LL.D.
Professor L. Forster, MA.
Mias Irene Ho-tung Ph.D.
Mr. Ho Kom Teng, O.BE.
Sir Robert Ho Tung, Kt, LL.D.
Hon. Sir Robert Kotewall, K, GMC, LLD.
Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo
Mr. D. J. Siou, C.BE.
Dr. F. C, Woo, M.BE.
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Dear Sir or Madam,
Please and donatiora faz
Wo have more than five hundred children in each of the Urban and Rural Camps, and of this number, there is only room for two hundred in each school.
It is our earnest desire to raise suf- fiolent funds to build and equip wooden huts, so that all the unfortunate children may be given a chance to learn aomothing, which would enable them to become self-support- ing and worthy adults eventually.
Without your help we shall not be able to do this. Please sond in a donation immediately.
Thank you.
Youre faithfully,
tion.
(Miss) E.Thon, M.A.
Voluntary Manager" of Refugee Schools.
Please Help Us
"REFUCEE SCHOOLS," EMERGENCY REFUGEE COUNCIL OFFICE,
Gloucester Building, 1st Floor, Hong Kong..
Film Director Fined
Smuggling
For
-FARQUAR- G-RAY remember whether or not_duty_had
GEORGE TINN,
film director husband of a Russian ballet dancer who has appeared at Drury Lane, was fined £300, with ten guineas costs, at Croydon re- cently for smuggling jewellery.
been paid on it
A Safe and Good INVESTMENT
is $2.25 put into each suit for
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Mr. Willson, cross-examining, ank- W.R. LOXLEY & Co., (China) Ltd.
ed him: "Are you so wealthy that
you might forget the payment of aj Bum like £257"
"Yes," he replied.
Prize Dobermann
Acquired
SCHENECTADY, N. Y.
An Internationally famous Dober-
He tried to evade duty on a gold and ruby wrist watch, valu-mann pinscher dog has been ac- cd at £80, a honeymoon present to his wife, a gold dress clip, and a man's steel wrist watch, each worth £11.
Mr. Douglas J. Willson, prosecut ing, sald that when Tim and his wife arrived at the airport from Parls he declared only some Russlan books, some medicine and a small; box,
Mr. William J. Brooks, Customs
quired by J. L. Baptiste, of Sche nectady, Tho dog, Carol van Oevanes, is believed to be the only Dobermann ever to hold champion- ship awards of three countries, America, France and Belgium. In addition, Carol has won many police, war and Red Cross dog training awards.
Vigour Restored,
onleer, said he found the gold cl Glands Made Young
in a trunk beneath hanging dresses.
In another bug he found iwo
watches. In a third was the steel) In 24 Hours
wrist watch, an old one.
I'M IN A HURRY'
It no longer necessary to auffor from tone of vigour and manhood, weakc memory and body, nervousness, impuro Mr. Alfred Stuert, assistant pre blood, sickly eltin, depression, and poor ventive officer, said Tinn told him arecovered a quick, easy way to end sleep, because an American Doctor has he had Imported the gold clip last these troubles, year, and paid duty on it in Folke-to-take tablet form, is absolutely harm- discovery is in plonnant, easy- stone.
He was asked to produce lean, does away with giand operations the slip, and then said he had and in bringing tow youth and vigour brought in 600 other things at the to thousands. It works directly on the same time. He made a declaration. blood and energy in your velos. In 25 glands and nerves, and puts now, rich which he signed.
hours you' eat soo_and feel yourself "When he was asked to make a you fool alive and full of youthral getting younger. Your eyes avarkie, second declaration about the gold vigour and power said Mr. Stuert,
and ruby war am in a great Tabs, fa guaranteed. It has been proved
"Tinn replied,
"And this amaxing, now gland and vigour restorer, esiled Dr. Nizon's "Vi- hurry to attend a conference, I by thousande in America and is now will pay £60 for a phone call to distributed by chemists here under a anywhere. You may check up and back. Dr. Nixon's Vi-Tabs must make guaranteed untisfaction or money do what you wish.' '"
you feel full of, vigour and energy and
get your money back. A special, double-
Mr. J. Sutton, chief preventive from 10 to 20 Years younger, or you ameer, said when he pointed out to merely return the empty package and Tinn that the declaration was incor-trength Enttle of 48 Dr, Nixon's Vi« rect, he said, treated the form The cost ittis, and the guarentes pro- like would treat an application to Muller & Phipps, (China), Ltd., tools you. If your chemist is out write for a driving licence.
20, Queen's Road C., Hongkong. to admit he did not tell the truth about the gold
but he meant
ant to declare the
one
Tinn sald had
he
clip
steel watch. He bought the gold and ruby, one for his wife, while they were on
on their
In July, honeymoon in Cannes
They returned to England in Sep- tember, and his wife, wore the watch then She also wore it when they ́ ́went abroad again. He could not
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