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TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1933.

BIRDS PACKED

LIKE

SARDINES

1,300 In Five Cases.

S. P. C. A. INSPECTOR FINDS

BIRDS STIFLED

Correspondence.

"NINE TILL`SIX.”

[To The Editor “China Mail”I

Sir,-As a keen play-goer, and one "This is one of the worst cases who likes to be in his seat on time; of cruelty I have known, and the inay I ask, through the medium of

THE CHINA MAIL,

ROYAL CHAUFFEUR | Concluding

FOR LABOURER.

Intimate Conversation

With A King. {

Sonia.

MARRIED ADVICE. The following anecdote regarding cages are shockingly overcrowd-your paper, exactly what time the an adventure of King Boris inus- ed." remarked Mr. Wynne-Jones curtain will rise on the A.D.C.'s per-trates the attitude of the people of at the Central Magistracy this formances at the King's Theatre on Bulgaria in regard to the birth of an morning, at the hearing of two the nights of 14th 15th and 16th heir to the throne, One day inst eases in which bird dealers were instants.

spring the King wan motoring in summoned by the S.P.C.A. for The posters in the theatre vesti-the country with some of his officers overcrowding wild birds into bule say 9.20 p.m. and this time has and overlook an old peasant beut cages barely large enough to hold also been given in certain publicity with age, "Hullo Uncle" called the

paragraphs appearing in the press climb in behind."

King. "Do you want a lift? Well, Chan Cham Chuen, a bird deal-'yet the tickets distinctly say 9.301 er of No. 1. Cochrane Street, There seems every likelihood of pleaded guilty to overcrowding another cut-burst being made 1,300 birds into five compart against late-comers, but the man ments, which so stified the birds,agement will only have, itself to that several had been picked out blame.

half the actual number.

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dead by the S.P.C.A. Insvector. Enquiries at the theatre gave me The Inspector from the S.P.C.A. ne satisfaction on the point, and stated that the birds were being do not know who the Club's secre- shipped to Marseilles by the s.s.tary is; otherwise I would address, Francen.. and were being him direct. conveyed to their destination in

these cages.

Thanking 'you.

Yours, etc..

"PLAYGOER."

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Mr. Wynne-Jones said that hej had personally visited the shop] Hong Kong, March 6, 1933. and was not satisfied with the manner in which the birds were kept. He thought that the se- -cond defendant's case, Chin Kam,) who kept 450 birds in one large! -case was not so serious, but the first defendant would have to do better.

A Police Sergeant stated that the defendant had told him the) birds were being sent in such

cages to save freight, which in this case amounted to £15.

His Honour adjourned the case until to-morrow morning for sentence.

FRENCH BUDGET

DEFICIT.

Loan Of 10,000,000,000 Francs Proposed.

Paris, To-day.

A plan for a consolidated loan probably about Frances 10,000,000,000 for which it is hoped lists will open on Monday, will be presented to the Chamber of Deputies to-day and rushed through Parliament.

PARTNERSHIP DISPUTE

Case Continued In Supreme Court.

The partnership dispute between:

|me."

SATAN'S

CIRCUS

By Lady

Eleanor

Smith.

WHAT. HAPPENED YESTERDAY his situation. He had lost his nerve! "Satan's Circus" is the Circus about a year before, but after work- Brandt, of which the proprieing the same group of lions for ten tors are Cari and Lya Brandt, a months he had become more con- Binister couple. An Alsatian fident and consequently more con- named "Anatole has joined the tent. Then, without any warning, circus as an odd hand. He lives Carl Brandt bought a mixed group in terror of Lya Brandt, who of animals, and told da Silva to discovered, when the circus start work at once. The tamer was reached France, that he was a furious Lions, tigers, bears, and deserler from the Foreign leopards! He shrugged his shouldera Legion. During an interview į and obeyed sulkily. Soon the mixed in her wagon Alme. Brandt has ¡group was ready for the ring, and torn open Anatole's skirt reveal appeared for a week with great suc ing the scare of bullet wounds, cess. The story is being narrated to the author by a juggler who has left the Circus Brandt,

Then one morning da Silva went to the cages and found his animals, in a wild, abnormal state. Snarling, bristling, foaming at the mouth, they seemed unable even to recog- nise their tamer. A comrade, "BULLET wounds!" she laughed coming to watch, whispered in la

fear;

"She walked last night," Da Silva shuddered. There was a Circus Brandt that

The old man looked at the officers in their uniforms and at his own the King who was in plain clothes. dirty sheepskin jacket and then at

"Thank you," he said. "But I cannot alt beside these important] gentlemen in their smart uniforms. the chauffeur and a plain man like May I sit beside you who are only

He then climbed up beside the King and began talking to him in an bullet wounds! I was right, wasn't. intimate manner asking if he were 1, Anatole?" married and how many children he lie was conscious, above his fear, legend in the had and where he was driving the of a strange shrinking sensation of whenever the animals were nervous fine officers behind him. Finally the repulsion at her proximity. "God," or upset Lya Brandt, the "she- talk shifted to the question of the he thought, "she's after me!" And devil," had walked in her sleep the he was sickened, as some people are night before, wandering into the "The King," said the old man, sickened by the sight of deadly menagerie and terrifying the beasts, "yes, a very good King-but why snake. And then, surprisingly, he

who presumably knew her for what has he

She darted away from she was. no child? It is very bad. was saved. There can be no joy in his house till him, sank down in her chair, snatch-

The tiger roared, and was answer- he has a child. He must have aed up her sewing.

ed by the lioness. Da Silva turned baby and we want him to have an Her quick ear had heard, the foot-

to his companion. heir."

Leps of Carl Brandt. Anatole "Well," said the chauffeur, "per-stood there dazed, clutching the hapa he will have a child next year." great rent in his shirt. Carl Brandt wagon softly for he rubber soles to his His wife addressed him in

King.

the Ming Tal Bank, plaintiff, re-i Arrived at the next village the entered the presented by Mr. Hin-shing Lo old man got out and found to his always wore (instructed by Mr. M. K. Lo), and astonishment that he had been sit-shoes. Wong Shing-cheong, defendant, re-ting and driving with the King-her low unflurried voice. presented by Mr. Eldon Potter, Reuter. K.G., and Mr. F. C. Jenkin, K.C., (instructed by Mr. F. H. Lonely), continued before Sir Joseph Kemp, the Chief Justice, this morning.

SALE OF INDECENT PHOTOGRAPHS.

Chinese Charged In Police Court.

"You see Anatole there? He has just been telling me why he is afraid a deserter from the Foreign Legion to come with us to France. He La

Look at the wounds there, on his chest."

Anatole gazed helplessly at the long, yellow face of Brandt, who stared at him for some moments in silence.

The Ming Tai Bank allege that, Wong Shing-cheong was,, between November, 1927, and December. 1929, a partner in the Kwong Ming Cheong firm against whom they obtained a judgment for $8,371.05 retail shop, appeared before Mr. length, and chuckled. in July, 1930.

Fung Ngok-namn, manager of

a

"A deserter?" Brandt said at "A deserier?

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TO-MORROW'S STORY.

To-morrow's story will be "Reb Motye and King Napo- leon," by O. Beflin.

"I'm off. I wouldn't work these cats to-night for a fortune."

In twenty minutes' time he was at the railway station.

Carl Brandt heard the news in silence. Then he raised his arm and struck his head keeper savagely on the mouth. Wrapping his black about his tall, thin figure, he left the office and sought his own wagon.

a cup of coffee. They eyed each

"

Then she said calmly:

She drained her cup and answer. {ed thoughtfully:

Sun Shing-sum stated that he Wine-Jones at the Central Magia-You needn't be afraid, my lad, to approached Wong Shing-cheons tracy this morning, to answer to a come with us to France. They've His wife was engaged in drinking and his father Wong Pak-Ban charge of having for sale indecent something better to do than himt The loan is for the purpose of November, 1930, to persuade them photographs.

for obscure escaped legionarles other in silence. meeting the grave budget deficit, to take out shures in the Kwong Mr. Wynne-Jones on reviewing there. Oh, yes, you'll be safe en- and to finance housing, fortification Ming Cheong firm, Sugar Mfer. the pletures, said that they were in-ough. I'll protect you,” -

"It's da Silva, I suppose?" and rural electrification schemes.- chants, of No. 43, Des Voeux Rond, decent, but were not exposed for sale. And he stood rubbing his hands

"Da Silva, yes, Already, he has Reuter.

West. They agreed to take shares Each photograph was inserted into and starting thoughtfully at Anatole gone. Now who will work the mix- to the value of $10,000 and the de-a leather wallet, the walleta being with

his gleaming black eyesed group?" JAPAN EARTHQUAKE fendant took $5,000 and signed in closed.

[Anatole, to escape from them, pro- His Worship adjourned the case mised. to stay. the name of Hung Cheung-tong.

He had the unplea- DISASTER,

The defendant's father, Wong until to-morrow morning for further sant sensation of having faced in Pak-sun, also took $5,000 and re- investigation.

tlie wagon that afternoon not one King's Message Of

snake, but two. He disliked Condolence.

reptiles. He meant to bolt, but he

"Exactly," she said, pouring out had led to Madame Brandt when more coffee. "That, I agree, is the he talked of a new job, and he was great objection. Is there no one on comfortable where he was. He was the lot who could worn the cuts for too, an unimaginative creature, and

a week or two?" the horrors of the Legion now seem- jed very remote. Soon he was in France, utterly unable to belleve that he was in any danger. To his

'quested his son to sign for him in

the name of Wing Cheung-tong.

Sun Shing-sum stated that Wong Pak-Aun told his son to sign using London, To-day.

their Tong name. Sun Shing-aum, H.M. the King has received gracious. acknowledgment from the best of his knowledge, the on being questioned stated that fol the Emperor of Japan to a tele-ahares were taken out by the de- gram in which His Majesty atat fendant and his father for them- ed:-

selves and not for any person for

"I am deeply moved by the news of the disastrous effects of

the earthquake and the tidal wave and would express sincere condolences on the heavy loss of

DROP IN BRITISH UNEMPLOYMENT.

46,427 Less Than In January.

London, To-day.

"I know of several tamers," "Probably. And how long will they take to get here?"

"What nonsense are you talking 7" She put her, hand over her eyes. "You seem to forget Anatole. An

ritory. Would he disobey your orders, do you think?"

whom they were acting as agents, shows a reduction of 40,427 in the after the scene in the wagon. She

The Ministry of Labour return delight. his mistress ignored him escaped Legionary in French ter- The case is proceeding.

total number of persons unemployed had obviously realised, he thought on February 20, as compared with to himself, that he found her dis- gusting. And he would have been, completely happy Had he not known

one month ago.

There was a pause.

"I'll send for him," said Brandt

at length.

life and my sympathy with the AUSTRALIA HAS 140 employment was 9,840,000, which is that he had made a, dangerous for the Alsatian. When he came in

survivors in their suffering." British Wireless Service.

KNIGHTS.

BRITISH EFFORTS Only Lord Dies Without

FOR DISARMAMENT.

No New Policy.

London, To-day,

Issue.

Sydney. The new year honour list had Questioned regarding the Dis

Įbrought the number of Australian | armament Conference the Prime knights to 140. Of these 64 are. Minister sald in the House yeater-Commander of St. Michael and St. Knights Bachelor, 40 are 'Knights day that he and the Foreign Secre-

ry intended to proceed to Geneva George, and 23 are Knights Com :as soon as it was convenient for the mander of the Order of the British

¡purpose of trying to get some sort

Empire.

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The number of insured persons in

They were silent as they walted |55,000.more than a month ago. -

The total number of men, women,

Lya did not look at him, but began The Circus Brandt employed as to polish her nails. last month was 2,656,688.-British named "Captain" da Silva. This in- giris and boys wholly unemployed, on-tamer an ex-matador, a man }Wireless Service.

dividual was not best pleased with

RUSSIA BUILDING BIG FLEET.

ANGLO-PERSIAN DISPUTE.

Direct Negotiations To Be Resumed.

London, To-day.

In reference to the Anglo-Persian

Carl Brandt turned his yellow, wrinkled face towards Anatole. His eyes were dark and smouldering hollows. He said gently:

"You know that da Silva hes1 left?"

"Yes, sir." Anatole was perplex- 3 New Vessels Launched ed.

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STUDIO SUED FOR $700

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News In Brief.

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near the Socony filling station, a Plaintiff's claim is for the sum of A Berious, kerident bafel a coolie, has been aband Chinese girl of 7an across the $800 being mormy paid by path of her car and was struck by to defendenta upon trust which the right front mud kurd, defendants have mos

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Ties to his head and back which Hong mitabad his removal to Ena Kowe sielk Loon-Hospital,

Anatole turned dusky red. He was furiously aDry, so angry in V.VES.O.P. deed that his fear of the silent women altting at the table vanished entirely, No longer conscious of her presence he blurted out violent-

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