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CHARLIE CHAN at TREASURE ISLAND
TOMORROW
A 20th Century
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SIDNEY TOLER
CESAR ROMERO - PAULINE MOORE SEN YUNG - DOUGLAS FOWLEY JUNE GALE - DOUGLAS DUMBRILLE SALLY BLANE - BILLIE SEWARD WALLY VERNON-DONALD MaɛBRIDE
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"FRONTIER MARSHAL”
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TARE ANT THASE IN MANDY VİLLA BUB
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HONGKONG
FOUGHT ON DAY THEY MARRIED
Short-Lived Romance Ends In Court
A wedding day dispute be- tween an Indian and his Chinese wife resulted in Mohammed Alam, 30, appearing before Mr. Macfadyen at Kowloon Magis tracy to-day.
He was summoned for assaulting Wong Yuel-foon, his 21-year-old | wife.
Defendant admited the nssault
TELEGRAPH:
EARTHQUAKE IN S. AMERICA Sovora. Shock Rocks Haiti Republic
November 8, 1939.
Arrested By European
Snatcher's Victim Unaware Of Attempt
- Admitting
SPECIAL: TO THE “TELEGRAPH" SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Nov. 7,
charge 4
of (UP)-It is reported that a sovere earthquake has occurred in Hail, attempting to snatch the hand- No details are glvon.
bag of an unidentified European A report from Havana says that woman who was waiting for a a mild earthquake was felt in Cal-hus in Austin Road at 9 a.m. barlen, Remedios and Santa Clara Provinces.
yesterday, Chan Kam-hol, 21, At Santiago, the Dolores College was fined $15 or six weeks' hard Observatory reported a severe cycl-labour by Mr. Macfadyen, at
south onic disturbance
of Santo Kowloon Magistracy to-day. Domingo,
HUMILIATING
Del.-Sergeant Pope said that de-. fendant was seen trying to analch the handbag. When he proved un- successful defondant ran to Jordan
Mr. Jorge.
and said it occurred on the day he WAR PRISONERS Road, where he was arrested by a
married complainant. A promise lind been made that he would pay her $30 a month. When she went to live with him she demanded the whole
Bum.
He had a dispute with complainant nt 4 n.m, and she began to shout. Subsequently, he struck her several times in order to frighten her. Com- plainant hurt her head on the door of the room and this caused a wound, Next day complainant's mother took her away,
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH
The reason defendant gavo for BERLIN, Nov. 7 (UP)—A gong of committing the offence was that a Pollah war prisoners were marched relative was sick. Defendant worked
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down the Wilhelmstrasse to-day, as a boiler repairer in the China Light ADDED!« German soldiers in full view of the
They were escorted by squad of and Power Company.
Tuo Det.-Sergeant said that such
crowd and were marched past Herr cases were suli prevalent and there Goering who arrived this morning.
Their Majesties Entertain
After telling the Court of the details lending to the assault, corn- LONDON, Nov, 7, (Router).—Their} plainant said that her bridegroom had | Majesties the King and Queen enter- caught hold of her, thrown her on talned the Dominions and Indiu re- wives to the bed, slapped her, pushed her off presentatives and their the bed and stepped on her. She doner at Buckingham Palace 10- hart had to spend $30 for medlent attention.
"I don't want to stay with him any more," she said.
"It was unfortunate that the matter should have come into Court," said the Magistrate.
"Defendant is chiefly to blame, I there had been more understanding on his part the incident would never have occurred.
"You carried the matter too far by assaulting the girl," Mr. Macfadyen added, turning to defendant. "If the girl does not want to live with you, I can't force adult people to live together."
to
Defendant was bound over in $25 keep the peace, especially towards complitinant, for a year, and was ordered to pay the girl $15 as com- pensation for medical expenses.
Defendant, who said he had 110 money, was given 14 days to pay.
night.
The King had informal talks with! the Empire envoys after dinner.
CITY OF FLINT
DELAYED
BERGEN, Nov. 7, (Reuter).-The American Ambassader, Mrs. Harri- man, staled to-day that no arrange- ment has yet been made about the departure of the City of Flint,
The decision rests with Washington.
SWEDISH SHIP
SEIZED
were four or Ave reports a day.
Mr. Macfadyen told the defendant that whatever the circumstances I' was unfortunate that he chose the serious type of offence that he did.
LATE NEWS
EUROPEAN FINED $100
"I have not the slightest doubt but that you were so drunk hs to be fi capable of managing a car. I would be falling in my duty to the com- munity If I imposed a fine of less than $100."
Mr. R. A. D. Forrest, Magistrate at the Central Court, made Diese observations this afternoon inning Thomas S. Fraser, sub-Inspector, of the Stores Department of the P.W.D., $100 for driving a vehicle whilst under the influence of liquor. The offence occurred in Fedder Street on the night of August 17.
A ship's officer, S. Duncan, gave that Fraser was ill on the night in question.
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 7 (Reuter evidence for defendant. He claimed The Swedish steamer, Rita, 3,000 tons, carrying a cargo of cellulose. was captured by a German warship off Falsterbo.
BOARD TO MAKE, Alleging that he had been attacked
by a number of unknown persons at
WAR PURCHASES the juselon of Gloucester and Luard
Roads, Wanchai, Wong Kuch, 28, was LONDON, Nov. 7, (Reuter)-Aadmitted to the Queen Mary Hospitali central British Supply Board is being yesterday, suffering from a small pen- set up for British war purchases in knife wound in the back. He was not! Canada and United States.
detained.
Orders in Canada will be placed with a special board set up and in the United States, they will be placed by a British purchasing com- mission, of which Mr. Purves will be Director-General.
Arrangements are also being made to co-ordinate British and French purchases in the United States.
Submissions were made by Mr. P. Winter-Blyth, for the defence, and
Inspector Saunders, for the prosecu-
tion.
Chungking Is Expensive City
CHUNGKING, Nov. 8 (Central) Ometal statistics disclose that cost of CHUNGKING, Nov. & (Central)~ living in the wor-time capital has M Henri Cosme, French Ambassador increased by 238 per cent. since, the Cina, will trave Shanghai to outbreak of hostiliiles with Japan.
Outbreak ot., war in Europe morrow for Chungking via Hong- kong and Selgen. While passing given another impetus to the rise in through Saigon, he will call on the prices of certain commodities. Lock Governor-General of French Indo-of transportation is one of the major China,
factors.
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LADK hoyre
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With
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Directed by (BGH JASON, Produced by ROBERT SISK. Screen Floy by Dalton Trembeh Adaptation by Bert Granet,
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Victor Jory. Marie Rosenbloom Eddie foy, Jr. Sheila Bromley
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