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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
October 2, 1939.
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AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 0.9.30 P.M. "He conquered the blacksimson that ships might sail the desert the while the love of two women,tore at ̧his_heart!____
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SUEZ
A 20th Century-Fox Picture with TYRONE
LORETTA
POWER-- YOUNG ANNABELLA
2. Edward Bromberg *. Josaph
Schildkraut, « Henry Stephenson
IN TECHNICOLOUR
DARITL F. ZAKUCK
Cars Production
MR. LEWIS WORRIED QUEENS & ALHAMBRA
BY £2,000,000 ‘PET'
Earls Court
Crisis
Mr. Frank R. Low forty-one- year-old exhibition expert, pondered recently on the future of his pet cheme Earls Court, London's £2,- 000.000 exhibition centre,
Earls Court-its twelve-nero build- ing is the largest in the world-was opened two years ago. Now it is facing a crisis.
For a month the company have been in the bunds of a receiver. Charges due for interest, Insurance, ground rent, and wages are
nore than £2,000 a week,
Bookings covered twenty-five weeks of the year. This week, it was announced that the Real Home
CARTOON TWO HEADED GIANT Exhibition, which was expected to
AT POPULAR PRICES..
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"YES, MY DARLING DAUGHTER"
with PRISCILLA LANE - JEFFREY LYNN
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A:GLORIOUS STORY FOR US ALL!
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keep the centre busy for three and a halt weeks next spring, will be transferred to Olympia,
"SEVERE BLOW"
Recently "Mr. James Charteri Burleigh, receiver appolnied by the court, described this decision as "a severe blow." Then he said:-
"But there are other important bookings--the Dairy Show, the Royal) Horticultural Society's Show, thei Motor Show, and the British. Indus- tries section next spring."
It has been suggested that Earl's Court would be useful to the Govern- ment.
But although the possible value) of the building (which normally; seats 23,000 people) in time of war! has been considered, the Govern- ment are not likely to and a peace time use for it.
Major Anthony Eden, left, Secretary of State, for the Do- minions and advocate of stin policy
Loward dictators,
lends his battalion of Royal Rutes through London en route to camp in Hampshire.
When the receiver was appointed LATE NEWS
counsel claimed that the security of the £50,000 Four-and-a-half per ceni.
Debenture First Mortgage stock, of which the Prudential Assur- ance Company was a large holder. was "In serious Jeopardy."
Bee Sting Caused Two Road Deaths A STATEMENT by a woman
motorist that a bes was the cause of her car swerving was produced at an inquest at Worthing recently.
A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned on Mrs. Annle Tur- nock (78), of Weybridge, and Mrs. Fulth Whitworth (75), of, Rugeley, Staffordshire, sisters, Who were killed while walking along the min Loklon road at Findon,
They were on holiday at Worth-
ing.
Mam May
NATHAN ROAD KOWLOON 76147222
MATINEES. 20-30 EVENINGS 20-30-50c:70) FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AN EXCITING CHASE AROUND THE WORLD IN-WALTER WANGER'S NEW THRILLER!
THEY TRAVELED 10,000 MILES TO TRAP THIS GIRL!
100,000 REWARD
BEE IN HANDKERCHIEF
In a statement made to the police, Mrs. Mary Armerod kull that a heel flew into her cur. She picked
up
with her handkerchief and atlet, s she thought, throwing it out of the window, fucked the handkerchief in the left sleeve of her frock.
Later she felt something stinging her Jeft arm and realised that she had inadvertently put the bee into her sleeve with the handkerchief.
handkerchief with Tugging the
her
she felt another
right hand, sling. She then had her hand off the steering wheel and found herself. swerving across the road to the off- side.
the
two
women
and
She saw Jammed on the brakes in an attempt] to avoid them, but failed to do so.
was the horror of seeing the two women just in front of me that must have been the cause of my losing control of the car," she said.
Cat Plays With Lost
£1,000 Pearls.
A BLACK eat played with o £1,000 pearl necklace in the gutter of a West End street recently, while dozens of people walked, by without noticing.
The owner of the necklace re- fired major of the Royal Engineers retrieved the pearls undamaged.
He had driven from his. country home to Dover Street, W., carrying the pearls for repair. When he got out of the car they were missing.
For over an hour the major and a policeman searched the road and the car watched by a large crowd. Then the cat was seen on the other side of the street playing with the It had apparently fallen necklace. from the cur when the door opened.
FINED FOR SQUEEZE
Fireman Impersonates A Revenue Officer
Charged with impersonating
and demanding Revenue Offeer money with menaces, Chan Song, Fire Brigade Offeer, appeared before Magis- Mr. Himsworth at Kowloon tracy on Saturday,
St. Morrison said, Chan and another, man went to an opiumi divan, said they were Revenue Offers and demanded $5. When refused they ran away search the smokers but
when a police whistle was blown.
Chan was arrested by a Chinese con stable on the stairs.
Cross-examined by, Mr. C. A. S. Russ, Li Wah, owner of the divan, said he smoked about three pipes of heroin a day but his head was always clear.
Fines totaling $300, or five months' hard labour, were imposed.
WALTER WANGER
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Refused To FAILS TO ARRIVE
March
Slovak Troops Disobey German Overlords
Japanese Plane Believed
Still In Taihoku
The Japanese plane, Morning Wind (Asakazo) failed to arrive froth Talhoku on Sunday as expected,
The plane arrived at Talhaku at London, Oct. 1. 2.33 pan, on Saturday and stayed How the whole of the Slovak there overnight. She was expected regiment datly refused to go and to leave for Hongkong on Sunday fight Poland is described by an and arrive here at 11 ssn. American newspaperman, who has Imperial Airways Duo`
plano been touring Slovakia. He said that The Imperial Airways when war was declared the Slovak Dorado left Hongkong for Bangkok troops were ordered to be ready to yesterday with two passengers and march, Argiment of 3,000 men with mails...
The passengers wero
G. Mr. full equipment lined up on the parade.
Witherspoon for Bahrein and Capt. ground but refused to march off to D. M. Shean" for Gwalior, India. the front and sang the old Stovel The Imperial plane due yesterday National Anthem. They were from Bangkok has been delayed threatened with court martial, but and is due to-day. eventually the Blovak leaders inter- vened and the regnent was disarmed.
Not Discouraged.
New York, Sept. 30:
The newspaperman said there had Pan American Airways have, an been open revolt against the Germansjnounced that commencing October in many Slovak spheres of life, and 7 they are doubling the airmaall and Uhat is one of the reasons why the passenger service to Europe, via Slovak army was demobilised and Bermuda and the Azores United.
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