1931-01-06 — Page 12

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Tuesday, January 6, 1931. Eleventh Moon, 18th Day.

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SHE LOVES HIM!

(Predric Much) a selfish

Jover hosts sil her lone

-gies to hop her from

whes she wasia Mart, she is mad about him!

BUT

And

HER EX-HUSBAND

•{Piller Mallik, Jr.) interna shehta for yours. She Eaten bir yet sha zamernase- Imon to find him. Why?.

SARAH

with

AND

SON"

Ruth Chatterton

Fredric March

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A Paramount Picture

-You feel you mersally, know. Sarah! She's an amalg women whoca you'll maryti at. You'll shri with her. laugh

with her. Weep with bar. For

Rats Chatterton 'brings you

one of the outstanding dra-.

mazie performances, ever mer

on the screen. In Timothy

Phen's best-seller story.

L

SEE and HEAR

the tensational

dramatic star Li

"MADAME X"

in another immortal

story of a woman's

Conflicting Loves!

禮拜二

TABLISHED XE

1845

中華民國庚午年拾壹月十八

HONG KONG, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1931.

RUN ON BANK CAUSED VISAYAN ISLAND HIT

BY COMMUNISTS.

Depositors Advised Before Collapse,

STATE ENQUIRY.

New York, Yesterday.

BY TYPHOON.

Hundreds of Homes and Bridges Demolished.

OVER -80 KILLED,

Manila, Yesterday.

BRITAIN'S RESPECT

FOR PRINCESS.

Public Functions at Home Cancelled,

FLAGS AT HALF MAST.

London, Yesterday.

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A grand jury inquiry into thei Eighty two persons are known failure of the Bank of the United to be dead and many more missing London to-day out of respect to the Flags were flown at half mast in States has just opened. The as the result of a severe typhoon Princess Royal, who will probably affair is fraught with possibilities which swept the Visayan Islands on be buried at Frogmors during the of far-reaching scandals, The Saturday. Ten steamers and Finbilities

week-end. Their Majesties will are estimated at motor boats were wrecked and 60

travel presently

thither £10,000,000. The depositurs in-sailing boats lost.

from Leyte, Cebu, Sandringham, where they are now cluded numerous less wealthy re- and Negros Provinces were the

in residence. sidents of New York's Ghetta, hardest hit. It is estimated that The Attorney-General has

Their Majesties have received an- the damage to property totals messages of condolence from all nounced that there has been a 1,500,000 pesos. Hundreds of parts of the world, including one lot of innuendoes against the homes and bridges were demolish- from President Von Ilindenburg. directors of the Bank. It is asked, and roads and crops destroyed. Several official and other public ed how could the State Bank's The Negros is the richest sugar functions in London have been Superintendent have allowed the region in the Philippines.--Reuter. cancelled or postponed.--Reuter. title of the "Bank of the United States," which is calculated to: mislead the simple-minded to be- SURPRISE CAUSED BY The funeral of the Princess lieving it a Government concern. The directors attribute the trou bleto Communists, and say that; anonymous warnings to deposi- tors to withdraw were telephoned all aver New York ithmedintely

before the collapse.-Reuter.

ARMS FOR CHINA.

FATE OF THE STEAMER TRICOLOR.

INSURANCE LOSES.

London, Yesterday, According to the Daily Telegraph the tricolor was carrying arms and ammunition to China.

BANK'S ACTION.

Commonwealth Bank

Prince To Sall..

Rugby, Yesterday.

Royal, it is understood, will take. place at Frogmore, Windsor. It is expected that King and Queen will go to Windsor directly from San- dringham. As announced the Court,

Puts Up Exchange Rate will go into mourning for six weeke

RELUCTANT DECISION.

Melbourne, Yesterday.

and many official and public func- tions and entertainments have been cancelled or postponed. It is learn- ed that there will be no alteration Trading banks and the Com- of Wales South American tour, for In the arrangements for the Prince monwealth Bank, who are greatly which he sails from Liverpool on surprised at the independent January 15-British Wireless Ser- action of the Bank of New South vice. Wales to increase the exchange rate on London to 15 per cent.. hurriedly met and reluctantly de- cided to increase their rate of telegraphic transfers to £115 for buyers and £115 1/2 for sellers.-

She was a 6,000 tonner and was Reuter. registered at Tonsberg.

It is understood that the London

marine insurance market will lose

at least £300,000 (including £110,- 000 on the hull) as the result of the sinking.

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DENNIS KING

The British Actor-Star

in

"THE VAGABOND KING"

with

JEANETTE MacDONALD

Hear Dennis King sing "Only a ́Robe,”.

Hear Jeanette MacDonald sing "Love Me To

All In Colour! You'll never forget it!

Printed and published: for the Proprietors, The Newspaper Enterprise Limited, by DAVID CHRISTIAN WILSON, Business Manager, Ba“. Wyndham Street, Hong Kong.

Details of the sinking are scanty. Colombo reports that the origin of the explosion, which occurred four hours after leaving Colombo, is un- known, but it is believed that the vessel sank a few minutes after the explosion.

BAD AIM.

STRIKES MAN INSTEAD

OF WOMAN.

BOOY'S MISDEMEANOUR.

BURMA RIOTS.

CAUSED BY A TRIVIAL DISPUTE.

HEAVY CASUALTIES.

Rangoon, Yesterday. The Chinese and Burmese riot. Ing arose out a trivial dispute. The rioters aavagely attacked each other with knivas, choppers, and stones. The Police had to open fire to clear the streets.

A stone which was thrown at a In spite of the efforts of the coolie woman and hit a man in- elders on both sides rioting again stead, was the cause of Arthur] broke out on Sunday. The Barma The survivors were taken off by Williams (10), appearing at the Rifles and military pollo were call- the French steamer Porthos. Kowloon Magistracy this morning, ed out and restored orter,

charged with throwing stones to The Chinese and Burmese elders the damage and danger of Yip Kwai are now touring the disaffected yesterday.

area, proclaiming the restoration The incident took place at the of peace.

Reuter.

Earlier Cable.

Colombo, Yesterday,

The Norwegian vessel Tricolor, Junction of Austin Road and The total casualties reported in which departed this morning for Nathan Road. The complain-hospital are 85 but it is believed the Far East, has been sunk owing jant, Yip Kwai, said that he that about an equal number has Ito an explosion.

was riding in the front of a motor not been reported.-Reuter. Four of the crew, including lorry which was carrying a load of the captain, are believed to have stone chips, when his attention been drowned. One out of twelve was attracted by the shout of u get off, and he throw the stone at |passengers is missing.

coalie woman who was riding on her, which missed and hit Yip

The survivors have since been the rear of the forry. On turning Kwai. rescued.-Reuter.

the

round he was immediately hit in Acused denied throwing the face by a stone thrown by ne-stone, and added that it was thrown [The Tricolor is listed as a steel twin-screw oil-engined vessel of 8,119 cused. He gave chase and caught by some other boys who ran away. tons, built in 1925 at Hamburg, and the boy.

He happpened to be unlucky and registered at Tonsberg, the owners. One of the two women riding ou was caught. being the A/S Den Norske Afrika og the rear of the lorry said that the Australielinje

Wilhelmsen, Managera). Her dimensions are given boy attempted to climb on the lorry man, was bound ever in 550 for six as 442.0 by 58.2 by 27.6 feet, and wifle ascending the slope to Whit-months for the lad's good beha- classification 100 A1.)

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