1939-09-16

KUNTORY

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRES

TO-DAY ONLY

Melvyn

is delrin in criminal history

Walle

AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 ·P.M.

"While his gem

of a femme ma{0}{ factures a mystety

Deened by ALEJANDOI HALL she yen que "There's Alrays a Vipmar

Also Latest COLOR CARTOON

"GIFTS FROM THE AIR"

编

And 3

The

mystery's curious; the comedy's Inrious; the gal's brains?

Just SPURIOUS!

MELVYN DOUGLAS VIRGINIA BRUCE

THERE'S THAT WOMAN AGAIN

MARGARET LINDSAY STANLEY RIDGES

A COLVAMA PICTURE

STOOGES

SLIPPERY

TO - MORROW

COMEDY

SILK

LORETTA YOUNG WARNER BAXTER in

Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

LATE

Big Contraband Seizures

September 16, 1939.

NEWS

New Restrictions

On Exchange

STOCK MARKET REPORT.

re-

turn

LONDON, Sept. 15 (British Wire-

Restrictions on the disposal of less). The Ministry of Information securities held in Hongkong and pay- in a bulletin this evening said that able in certain stated currencies have

Hongkong Stock Exchange official during the week ended September 9, been imposed under the Defence sumaiary issued yesterday says: The British contraband control inter- (Finance) Regulations

The 1930, of

markot opened

With cepted and detained large quantilles according to a notification In the moderate enquiry and in course this

goods. there being evidence that "Gazette" this morning.

became well spread" over the whole they were consigned to Germany. The order, issued by the Governor Fange and, as at first supplica were

The goods Included 28,500 tons of is as follows:

limited, prices sitowed on all round petroleum, 20,350 tons of Iron ore,| No British subject shall, except improvement. General trading 3,400 tons of haemattle ore, 4.600 with permission granted

sulted in by or Awiss # moderately Jurge tons of manganese ore, 1,700 tons of on behalf of the Governor, seil, over, Docks, Tram & Lands being the wood pulp, 0,000 ona of pebble phos-transfer do

leaders. At the clone the pace has nnything which phate and a number of mixed ear- Involves the ercation of charge slackened together with a alight ra.

on, ecurilles the principal.

In cession in price levels, but there are terest or dividends which indications that bargain hunters are

the offing. in currencies are payable in the

of Canada, the United States of Amerien,

Business Done During The Weck. the Argentine, Belgium. France,

Banks $1,225, tolland and the Netherlands East Indies, Norway, Sweden or Switzer- fond,

Bullet In Leg

Chan Fook, a Chinese mute, was admitted to the Kowloon Hospital This morning suffering from a bullet wound in the leg.

ing.

Every British subject the owner of

Accurities He is alleged to have received this any

referred to In Injury from Chinese Constable C363, paragraph (1) of this Order shoil, Tam Tak-wing, when he resisted within twenty-one days of the date arrest in the early hours of the morn-of this Order, make a return to the

Financial Secretary

setting out the In his report, the constable states particulars of all such securities and which they are that he saw Chun and another man the place or places In Grampian Road at 5.30 am. and held:, provided that in the case of Auspected that The Iron bars they any person who is absent from the were carrying were stolen property. Colony at the date of this Order, the any time they resisted and he opened fire in-within twenty-one days of his return jing Chan. The other man es-to the Colony, caped,

20th Century "WIFE, HUSBAND and FRIEND" When he attempted to arrest them, return may be made at

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Indians Want

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WARDA, India, Sept. 15 (Router).) -Deferring a final decision on their

In Majestic Action

| altitude towards the war, the Indian) Further evidence was heard by Congress Party working committee Mr. Justice Fraser in the Summary has invited the British Government Court yesterday in a claim brought to declare its war aims in regard to by the Hongkong and Kowloon democragy arul imperialism. Cinema Co., Ltd., agnlost India Pro- ducts for $390, being rent for the use of the Majestic Theatre for six Sun- day mornings at $85 each,

Plalutife ease was that they en- tered into a contract with defendants. whereby defendants were to use the i Theatre evry Sunday morning from July to the end of October. After engaging the Theatre for three Sun- days, defendants found the contract unprofitable and wished to have it varied. Negotiations were commenced but there was a dispute, Plaintiffs

denied there had been variations in the contract, as claimed by the de- fence,

ing

Defendants claimed that when they found the running of the Theatre

they offered to unprofitable,

pay plaintiffs $25 for each of the remain-.

the Sundays, provided that Theatre was not let to a third party.

that

was done, defendants were to be refunded the $28. It was admities) by the defendants that the purpose of hiring the Majestic Theatre was ta prevent rivals from using the place ¡ and competing with them 171 showing of Indian lens. At the time, defendants already had a con- tract with the Alhambra Theatre for showing such films,

the

Plaintiffs were represented by Mr.

1. M. Hodpron and the defendants by Mr. M.

M. A. da Silva.

de-

1C. Fire Ins. $105.

Docks $10, $184, $164, 319, $10%. Providents $4.60.

Hotels $4.53, $4.65, $5.10, Lands $30%. $305, $31.15, $32,

$324. Renities

$331,"$4, $4.10, $4.30 $44. Tramways $10.10, $16.15, $16.30,

$164. $10.

Star Ferries $59, 501,

China Lights (Old) $7.85, $8.10. China Lights (New) $51. Electries $49, $50, $10, $50 $504,

$5115 $52, $52.20. Telephones (old) $21, $22, Cements $12.00, $13, $14. Dairy Farms. (old) cum-div. $20.20, $202, ex.div. $20, $20. Watsons $8.00. Entertainments $8,60,

Buyers

1.K. Dank $1,240. Union Ins, $365, Providents $44. HI.K. Hotels $4. 1.K. Rope $4.

Sales H.K. Docks $18. 1.K. Mines Gets.

Sellers

UK. Banks $1,270. Union Ins. $400, Providents $4.45. 1 K. Hotels $5. Cements $1424. Watsons $8.00.

U.S. COMMODITY

PRICES

LATEST CABLED

QUOTATIONS

New York Cotton

New York, Sept. 15.

Opening

9.40/40

Closing

Oct.

8.28/29

Dec.

0.09/00

0.00/01

Jan.

8.09/09

8.91 N

Mar

0.02/01

0.80/80

May

0,60/60

8.00/60

July

0.58/50

8.45/46

Spot

9.48 N

New York Rubber

Sept.

22.25/25

Dec.

20.50/70

20.02/85

Abr.

10.45/40

10.30/32

May

19.35/35 19.20/20

Total sales for the day:-1,150 tons. |

Chicago Wheat

857/85711 8744/8735 064/863

08/07

31,218,000 bushels, Chicago Corn

585/5814 5710/57!.... 5724/5714 6014/80% 0054/00%

Sept.

Dee.

INDO-CHINA VISAS

May

Thursday's Lałe..:——

Sept.

¡May

Winniper Wheat

78/775 80%/70/

Mr. C. Guldin, manager of the plaintiff Aern, said that when he Many Chinese Travellers learnt the purpose for which fendants had hired the Theatre he. refused their terms of $25,

Mr. Silva suggested that witness, went back on his word because hel

Defrauded by Agents

The Hongkong French Consulate has called attention to reported

Oct. cases of extortion in connection with Dec. found he could let the Theatre for applications for visas to French Indo-May a greater profit to International Spurts. Mr. Goldin denied it.

director of the China Entertainment unel Land Investment Co., Ltd., i

China.

The

called agents

Consulate said yesterday that Mr. Llang Chi-hau, managing some Chinese had approached so-

and boarding house! owners of the King's and Majestic People to get visas for them. These

agents had charged excessive fees. Theatres, said on July 29 Mr. Guldin All who want to secure visas are saw him about the company's co-advised to go to the Consulate direct tract with defendants and informed

and make personal applications. him that the latter wished the rental The fee for a transit visa to French reduced. He suggested $25 per Sun-Indo-China is $1, and for an entrance day to cancel the contract.

visa for two years the fee is $7.50. Cross-examined, Mr. Liang cald So-called ugents had been charging Mr. Goldin had

to obtain his op- as much as $15 for visas, the Con- proval before he could enter into any sulate raid. contract. He denied that their ar-

There are many applications for rangements with the defendants en-transit visas for French Indo-China, tailed having to obtain their per us through it lies the only route for mission before the Theatre could be Hongkong Chinese wishing to pro- cred to Yunnan and other parts of Hearing was adjourned to to-day. the interior.

let.

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