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SAM HARDY

IRLS C KENTON

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Spoiled by his father's coddling hand he found love and self respect in the simple rugged life of the North woods. A sparkling comedy drama of youth and its yearnings

with

THOMAS

MEIGHAN

HARDIE

ALBRIGHT

Dorothy Jordan

Directed by

John Blystone,

from the stags play

by Bar Horr

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China

Mail.

ESTABLISHED 1845.

HONG KONG, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1931.

CLUB GAMBLING CASE.

Arguments in the Appeal.

QUESTION OF COMMISSION.

AFTERMATH OF SETTLEMENT.

Profit Taking After Big Rise.

GULET MARKET.

Wharves changed hands at $154. Providenta (old) were in demand at $5.60, and also the new shares at $22.

The official summary issued by Replying to Mr. F. C. Jenkin, K.C., for the

appellants- the Stock Exchange to-day states: defendants in the Sik. Yue Club The market opened somewhat crambling cuse appeal. in the quiet this morning, partly due to. Court of Appeal yesterday after-profit taking after the substantial noon, Mr. H. Somerset, Fitzroy, r.sa aince the Settlement. Assistant Attorney-General, for the respondent, Chinese con- stable Choi Nam, referred to the question of commission, saying that the Magistrate (Mr. E. H. Williams) had found that com- mission was taken and, he had ample evidence on which to come to that finding. It was not for the Magistrate to ascertain how that commission was applied. He said it could not be rend into the Magistrate's judgment that heHumphreys (old) were wanted at considered the putting of money si84, and the new shares were also,

the box might have been in request at $18. voluntary.

in

The Police raid occurred at two o'clock in the morning, well. after midnight, when the supper was over and done, with. It was not likely there would be another supper but the money was stil in the box.

The Puisne Judge pointed out that it might not have been paid¦- for then and Mr. Jenkin remark- ed the evidence was it would not be paid for until later. :

Mr.. Fitzroy referred to the Police evidence which was to the effect that it was compulsory for

UNLAWFUL POSSESSION.

Weapons Only Fit for A Museum.

JUNK MASTER FINED.

(Central Police Court.) An executiong:'s sword of the type used by Chinese, three un-- serviceable rifles, a quantity of dynamite, some detonators, and several rounds of ammunition..! were exhibits in the case in which 'lo Wing-sze, mastor of a large junk, was charged to-day with un- Inwful possess on without a per- mit.

Hotels (old) were on offer at $10, and the new shares, after being Defendant pleaded guilty. done at $15, closed in demand at. Defendant's junk was raided in

Aberdeen on this quotation..

October 28. Tha Lands, aiter being done at $84%arms and ammunit'on' were dis- former rate, but sellers were asking covered in a hold. The sword and and $84%, closed in demand at the dynamite were found in the after $8434.

sec lon of the junk,

Trams were offering at $23. Star Ferries were-wanted at $91. H., Miestries were in demand at 3774

* Telephones (part paid) were dane at $204.

sale at

Cantoia lees- were

[FM

$6.90. ·

Cements (combined) were the medium of sales at $19.90, but at the close there were buyers bidding

$20%.

tops were wanted at $18.› Dairy Farms wera in request at $304.

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Defendant's junk, plied between Yeng Kong and Hong Kong, and

had been registered at Cheung Chai Its fernce had been re-i moved at Aberdeen. Defendant had stated all along that the arms had been left to him by his grand- father, Defenant's father was alan on the junk, because his (the father's junk had been captured by pirates.

Bemarking that the weapons

We ship immoset fines totalling were fit only for a museum, his $25, and ordered confiscation.

PREMIER CABINET MAKING.

¿Continued from. Pate 1X

members to pay money out of Watsons were in demand at $10 for Britain. and says the "epudia. |

Constructions (old) were want:d

at $5.80, and the new shares weretion of class war by the whole nation has In It something which nisa in request at $1.40

heart,

their winnings, and payments were not voluntary. There was the clearest evidence by the

Government Loan was in demands the blood and moves the Crown that commission was be- ing 'compulsorily taken out of at $5 per cent. premium.. winnings. The evidence was such that the Magistrate was fully justified in believing the nest .006in. The majority were Police story and coming to the between teh and thirteen thou-

sandths thick, finding he did.

The hearing was adjourned until Monday at ten o'clock.

MEASURING..

Difficulties That Beset Owner-Driver,

One of the greatest difficulties that the owner driver who does his own adiustments has to face ie his inability to think in thou- sandth parts of an inch. He is aware that four-thousands are twice as many as two and he realises that a "thou," as engin Leers call it, is a very

measurement.

But he

cannot

or

Tripmah for, ¿e Democracy.

The Daily Telegraph describes the result as 'n t'lumph for free democracy, which has given to the cause of anne and sound gov ernment a victory without parallel On no account use card

in the history of any country. paper for gauging, as it is com-

A Free Hand. pressible: one can easily dent it

The Morning Post eays it is no with one's thumb-nail, and there-

but is national In fore accuracy is impossible. The party verdict.

It grants correct instrument for gauging one and intention.

handsomely the Prime Minister's clearances is a feeler gauge.

free hand $

and The usual engineer's "feeler," request for which can be bought for as little agrees to accent such facal mea 28 half-a-crown, and need never sures ns the Government may find cost more than 3s. 6d., is provid- necessary to improve industry and ed with nine accurate steel agriculture, and redress the trade

Their thicknesses are! blades. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 15 thousandthe parts of an inch.

balance.

re-

M.G. Doubtful. The Manchester Guardian fures to accept at face value the Avoid Forcing. Suppose that you want to ad- declarations of the leaders that small just the tappets to give a .004in. they will regard it as a national clearance. Turn the tappet ad-, and not a party victory. The ex visualise it as a concrete thing injuster until the appropriate feel-traordinary collapse of Labour, it the manner in which he can con-1 er just slides freely between the rdds, overshadows, the situation.- jure up a mental picture of a valve stem and tappet top and, British Wireless Sorel- pound, an inch, a pint or a mile. then the clearance will be cor- When a manufacturer men-rect. Avoid forcing the feeler in tions, in his instruction book, between the two parts or you will that the inlet valves must be damage it and make your result inaccurate. Should you require given .003in. clearance he means

such as just what he says, although some odd dimension, many drivers appear to think 000in., it can be obtained by lay- that he is merely trying to indi- ing the .002in. blade on top of the 003in. blade and using the pair cate that the adjustment is a

together. close one.

Could not Be Worse.

GIANT LINER FINDS A HAT.

While cruising in his yacht "Cardeni," Mr. Murray King, of Eastbourne lost his hat.

He received communication that it was picked up by the liner. "Majestic" and is being, forward- ed to him. His name was inside the hat,

It is, however, necessary to It is quite common for novices' emphasise that both the measur ing instrument and the parts to

A tariff is the natural reaction, to use a visiting card as a gauge he gauged, must be scrupulously and in my judgment

a sensible when making adjustments. A

external price-lava! worse practice it is difficult to clean and that, after use, the reaction, to an imagine. I measured, with a feelers must be rubbed over with which is falling at a rate to which micrometer, a dozen visiting an oily rag, as their highly finish- Internal costs and incomes cannot themselves. Mr. J. M. cards and found that the thick-ed surfaces are particularly sus-rdiust lest, scaled .019in. and the thin- ceptible to rust.

BI

Keynes.

Always have GARDAN in the house!

In the tropics pain and illness are particularly liable to appear suddenly. In headache, toothache, neuralgia, rheu- matism, sciatica, lumbago, muscular pains, and above all in fever and its accompanying symptoms, GARDAN is of definite value.

When you are out of sorts remember:

GARDAN

GARDAN

prevents and stops pain

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

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(Concentrated Antiseptic) -

Is more than a mouth-wash — it actually

KILLS GERMS

Dentaline is an Antiseptic Germicide and Astringent. Properly diluted it is delightful to taste and

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