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AT THE

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AT 2,30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

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SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.

WINGS

Cichor

WITH

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“CAUCHT"

A Paramount Picture

with RICHARD ARLESN LOUISE DRESSER FRANCES DEE.

MAJESTIC

TODAY to SATURDAY

& 9.20 P

China

Mail.

EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION

HONG KONG, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,

REPUTED THIEF IS CONVICTED.

Loitered At Woman's.

Home.

THREE MONTH SENTENCE.

THE SPORTS CLUB EXTEND PREMISES.

Membership Open To

Ladies.

THE GREAT CHINA TREASURE

IF You require JADE JEWELLERY DIAMONDS, PEARLS, CURIOS, IVORY, GOLD or SILVER WARE come to us, as we are the biggest dealers and our stocks are the best in Hong Kong,

A Trial is solicited.

54A, Queen's Road C.

1932.

POLICE LAUNCH SUNK AT YAUMATI.

Rammed By Ferry Launch.

SERGT. FEELEY'S DUCKING .

At about two o'clock this morn-

The Sports Club, in addition to Apparently with the object of opening their membership to ladies! stealing from two women of No. 3

of the Colony, are to extend their ing. Police launch No. 5, with Ser Wing Lok Terrace, Wan Mun, Singapore banishee, appeared before premises in King's Building. It is geant Feeley aboard in charge, was rammed and sunk by the Yau- Mr. Wynne-Jones this morning at understood that the premises now the Central Magistracy in answer to occupied by the Vacuum Oil Commati Ferry launch Man Sang, in

pany on the same floor are to be the Yaumati Typhoon shelter. a charge of being a reputed thief.

vacated shortly, and that the The ferry was returning from According to evidence given by Sports Club will acquire the use of Hong Kong, when, on entering the breakwater she struck the Police Tong Po-fun, the man, was seen by the whole of the third floor. her as she came home about 8.18 An official of the Sports Club representative yesterday evening. He ran into her told a China Mail house and when accosted said he yesterday that several social func tions were under consideration and was looking for an Indian police that there was every possibility of hun. She told him that there were a dance being held in the very near damage was suffered by the Man no Indians living there.

The man future. loft but returned soon after and was seen by the woman's sister.

This time a cry was raised and the man was chased by a boy and caught. He was then turned over to an Indian Constable.

The Magistrate sentenced the de- fendant to three months hard

labour.

He also congratulated the women and the boy for catching the ac- cused..

LOCAL DOLLAR RECOVERS TO 1/4, Sharp Advance In Silver.

The local dollar rose Y this mora ing to 1/4 while silver prices strengthened slightly.

Forward silver is quoted this morning at 18, an increase of 14 since yesterday, while spot advanced

(5/16 to 17 18/16.

The London on New York cross- rate remained unchanged being quoted this morning at G$3.48%, the New York on London rate being quoted G$8.47%, 8 against G$3.48% for the previous day.

PRINCE PLAYS"TM GOLF WITH EX-KING.

Joins Alfonso During

Visit To Paris..

London, To-day. H.R.H the Prince of Wales, reached Parls from Biarritz by train this morning, and played a round of golf at Fontainebleau with ex-King Alfonso of Spain. The ex-Queen of Spain accompani- ed the players,

After luncheon with the ex- King, the Prince proceeded to Orly Aerodrome, and left by plane for England at 4 p.m.-British Wire- less Service.

Master D. Andrews, the six-year- old son of Chief Inspector Andrews, of the Peak Tramways, and Mrs.

U.S. VETERANS ASK WAR BONUS.

Denounce Cancellation

Of War Debts.

Washington, To-day.

launch amidships. The latter sank immediately, Sergt. Feeley and the crew, experienced nothing worse than a ducking. Hardly any

Sang.

NEW AMPHIBIAN FOR RAF.

Important Extension.

London, To-day.

An important extension to the

scope of the Royal Air Force is!

The action of the Resolutions, marked by an order for a Committee 01: the American

"Cloud”...... amphibian

meet- now

t-י

aircraft,

Legion Convention ing in Portland, Oregon, adopt-placed with Saunders, Roe, ing by 21 to 9 votes a resolu Limited. These, aircraft can oper- tion asking for immediate payment ate on land, water and air. of the war veterans' bonus, brought,

an immediate response from Presi- With wheels wound down into dent Hoover, who indicates the position, the aircraft can take off impossibility of a change of his at- from the ordinary land aero- titude. He says he will consiat-drome and when the pilot has ently oppose the payment and wound the wheels up into a posi points out that the bonus, amount-tion at the sides of the boat bull, ing to. G$2,250,000,000, if paid, he can alight on water. would be fatal to the entire re-i

When taken ashore, the ma- covery programme.'.

chine can'taxi to a slipway and, The Convention's Foreign Rela-the wheels having been wound tions Committee favourably report down, can taxi up the slipway ed to the Legion on resolutions de- without further preparation. nouncing cancellation of war debts This latter feature, from an oper- and opposing America's adherenceational point of view, represents to the World Court-Reuter.

a great advance."

TYPHOON MOVES N.N.W.

To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory states:→→→ 1X

A moderate anti-tydlone is Central over S. Manchuria; the typhoon is crossing North Luzon to the immediate South of Apparti, on a N.N.W. track. Forecast N E. winds, fresh; fair.

MANILA WARNING *

A warning despatched from Awa the Manila Observatory at 9,16 m. to-day states that the typhoon is now lying in about Latitude 18 N. and Longitude 122 E, moving NN.W/

TYPHOON SIGNAL HOISTED

Andrews, of 15-Bowen Road, pa v The No 1 ty taken to the Victoria Hospital for treatment yesterday, after be had been bitten in the arm and leg by dog belonging to Mr. Charleston,

a next door neighbour. The", dog was sent to Kennedy Town for ob- servation.

(black) was hoisted Royal Observatory, this ing. The typhoon north of Luzon, and is moving in a N.N.W. track.

The machines are fitted with two Armstrong-Siddeley double Mongoose engines of 840 horse- power. They can cruise at 100 miles an hour, with a top speed of 120 miles an hour, and their endurance, with a full load, is four hours. British Wireless Ser vice.

BRITISH TRAWLER RESCUES CREW:

"London. To-day."

It is reported that the British trawler “Jeria” 849 tons, owned by the Grimsby and East Coast Fishing Company Limited, and commanded by Captain H. Leo, last night rescued the crew of an Ice- land fishing boat which was dis- abled by a severe storm off Patreksford, British Wireless Ser vice.

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