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NEWS OF THE DAY IN PICTURES
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1030.
HAPPENINGS
SEEN BY
PHOTONEWS THE CAMERA'S EYE
PICTURES OF FIRE DISASTER IN FRENCH LINER
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AN AERIAL VIEW of the French liner Parls which, after, fire had raged in her all night, çapalzed at Le Havre. Firemen are still at work on her side, with hoses stretching from the quay,
DANCE COMPETITION
Three Couples Qualify
For Final
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TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSHIP UNDERTAKEN.
Though the crowded attendance Hongkong presuged a big_entry, only four lowrat couples were sumclently courageous to compete in the first héot of the "Garden of the Moon" dance com petition, which was held, in the foot Garden of the Hongkong Hotel at ten time yesterday. Of these couples. three were chosen to contest the and Fixed Deposits of Hates that may be final, which will be held in the Grill ascertained on application.
Room of the Hongkong Hotel on May
21 at 5 pin.
The competition fa being' conduct-
Interest allowed on Current Accounts
D. BENSON,
Manager.
cd by Warner Bros.,
or whose film, PICKPOCKET'S THEFT. "Garden of the Moon," will open at
the King's Theatre on May 20. Mr.
J. H. Odell, Warner Bros. repre- Worked Among Crowd At
sentative in Hongkong, supervised last night's heat, för which Art Car- nerla and his orchestra provided the music,
Ambulance Display
For the theft of 20 cents from the pocket of Wang Sun-wing, 20, shop
The competition is being judged by Messrs. C. T. Wu and T. C. Kan, foki, at the navy ground, Causeway Hongkong dancing teachers.
Bay, on Monday Li Chi-ming, 18, Those who qualified last night unemployed, was centenced to four were-Mrs. R. N. Hargrenver and month hard labour, and recom- Mr. G. W. Cole, Mra. V. Mitchell mended for banishment by Mr. T. J. and Mr. H. Phillips; and Mr. and Houston at the Central Magistracy Mrs. L. G. Buckle.
yesterday, Second and third, heats will be
held in the Root Garden on May 18 Sgt. H. A. McKay sald Li had two and May 19. Winners of the final previous convictions and had recent- will each receive a silver cup pre-ly come out of gaol. sented by the Hongkong and Shang-
The theft took pince during the in
hal Hotel Ltd.,' and will be the spection of the St. John Ambulanco
First Na-
guests of Warner tere, of the Brigade.
Bonol Inc., at the
olm. The first prize will be pre-
sented by the management of the
ROBBED IN G.P.O.
Hongkong Hotel, the second by the Mr. A. G. Squlbbs, of Tak Shing King's Theatre and the China Street, Kowloon, was robbed of a Emporium, and the third (two silver wallet containing $50 and private cups) by the Hongkong Bowling papers while buying stamps in the Alleys,
General Post Office on Monday.
FIREBOATS alongside the burn- ing ship before, she turned over. She was preparing to sail to America, when the fire started.
JACK BENNY, comedian, arriving at Newark, N. J., airport, from Hollywood, to answer a smuggling charge in New York. He was fined $10,000 and given a suspended sentence of a
year.
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NAMED AS American ́Âm-
bassador to the Franco government in Spain Is Alexander W. Weddell, above. He has been Ambassadør, to
Argentine since 1933..
THE PARIS, into which thousands of gallons of water had been poured, listing heavily. Two men were killed.
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