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TWO WEDDINGS ANNOUNCED

Army Officer To Wed

Kowloon Girl

Two forthcoming' · weddlùgs are announced. They are:

Mr. Henry James Perryman (widower), Inspector of Store. housemun, Victualling Dept., Ar miralty, to Mrs. May Jennette Brauson, (widow) of No. 24, Castle. man Road, Peckham, S.E.15, Lon- don.

Lieutenant Samuel Edward Col year Walker of the 1st Bn. 3th Punjab Regiment, to Miss Marjorie Elizabeth Wilkinson of No. 20,) Knutsford Hotel, Kowloon.

CHINESE SPINSTER LEAVES $214,000

Merchant's Estate Value

At $119,600

Probate for the will and estate

of the late Chun Tai-kam, spinster.

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1934.

Keeping his promise to go back to his native land as soon as he regained his title, Jimmy Melarnin, who recently won back his world welterweight boking crown from Barney Ross, is ple- tared with his manager, "Pop" Foster, as they saited from New York City for Ireland.

To-day's Short Story.

The Biggest Case In Athens

By: Clive Burnley

HERE was no Acropolis in came up with him. They still talk

about the case. It began in that;

THER

Athens, except the moun- little back room of Coby's when tains the mines tunnelled into: Lawyer Ryder rose to the full and no particular Parthenon, height of him, missing the ceiling unless it was Coby's Ninety-one by exactly three feet, nine and a saloon. It was there Athens held half inches, and said:

its court, when there was any court, in the little back room be hind the one where faro W08 played,

"The law and order of this city has been foully shattered."

"It seems to mo," the judge re- plied, ejecting towards the cuspi- dor with the deftness of long prac- notice, "it scamata me thle case was

To-day there is no back room; Athens at all; except heaps of about China Jack's cockerill."

"Why, judge," said Ryder, "and soi tumbled iron and the shell of what it is. That was only à figure of used to be Lawyer ityder's house, speech." windowless and fust getting dis- roofed. Troy flourishes, ten miles. away; Paris doesn't do so badly, because they laid the railroad through It; even little Cairo on the other side of Spring City ean mus- ler a few, thousand souls. But

of No. 519 Nathan Road, Kowloon, EIGHT THEFTS BY. MANILA CARNIVAL Athens, once biggest and widest-

who died at Bonan, Canton, on January 31, amounting to $214,000. has been grosted to Mr. H. R. Forsyth and Mr. C. R. Brown, Chartered Accountants.

UNEMPLOYED

Europeans Victimised

In Kowloon

OPENS

Daring Diving Act Thrills Hundreds

BRIGHTER SIDE SHOWS

opened, is" a dead city, If it ever was a city. They cleaned the mines out, and moved on.

When Lawyer Ryder.came to the West, because he heard that part

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's story will be "The Concrete Facts About M. Verneuil," by R. L. Had- fleld.

"Oh!" said the judge; "one of of the world was lawless, and them, was it? Fire away, then."

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that lack, Athens was alive-very |tered," continued the lawyer, “was much alive, likely as not to shoot the foul slaughtering at eight)

Poon Wai-suen, merchant, of Nok 30 Li Yuen Street, died on June

Lai Fuk-cht, a 22-year-old unem- 12, leaving local estate valued at 3119,600, Probate of the will has ployed, und Tsang Chai, a 24-year- been granted to Poon King and unemployed appeared before Mr.

Tait's Manila Carnival Shows itself out of sheer jole-de-vivre and minutes past the hour of nine of E. I, Wynne Jones at the Kowloon Poon Yau-ng merchants of thei

vacant ground the effects of the stuff Coby sold China Jack's pet fowl, as proud and same address.

Magistracy this morning on eight opened on the

receiving opposite the Peninsula Hotel last at Ninety-one.

pretty a rooster as ever crowed, by Gladys Way, formerly of No. 8 charges of larceny and

nicht to a fanfare of music and Lawyer Ryder's first case

in that acknowledged vagabond. Wellington Street. Tientsin, diod stolen property.

of mechanical devices. Athens was the very first and only Peter the Jackal, who is now being on November 18 last, leaving loen! Detective-Sergeant Davies stated whirl

all the case Athens ever had. The town engaged in Pinto Canon by the modern as a whole wasn't addicted, to liti-citizens of Spring City, on account estate valued at $11,500. Exempli-that both defendants were brought bringing with them fication of probate of the will has to the Water Police Station at about thrills and fun of a

travelling Fair.

kation. It thought trial by combat of his having assassinooter their 2 p.m. on October 30 by Loung -been granted to H. C. B. Way.

Old Man Depression was a darn sight quicker and pretty postmaster." Cheun, a room-buy employed at the solicitor.

banished in moments of pleasure near as just. And after the case. A murmur of indignation rose Harbour View Hotel, who said that

snatched on the back of a rack was over Lawyer Ryder wont East from the crowded court. he saw them loitering near the hotel. Several articles of clothing the less adventurous interior of firing over the horizon, but never on, "as hadn't no match in the ing horse. "Dodgem" cars, or inlagain. Pat Logan followed him, "It was a fowl, sir," Ryder went were found in their possession, a side show. A new riding .de.

LOTTERY, TICKET HAUL

Wharf Coolie Fined

Leung

The first two defendants were FIRDAUSI HONOURED

IN LONDON

WAS

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it ain't

Both then admitted stealing thevies brought this year is called

length and breadth of the Unity things from different addresses at Leaping Lena" and consists of

States, descended from a family different times. A bed sheet, which 12 small motor-cars which go

that laid eggs aboard the May- flower. It was the only delight of So Chun, a wharf coolic, and Chan they had pawned, and which belong round in a circle. The cars, in

my client's life to pet and nurse Tai, unemployed, were charged be-ed to Mrs. Harris, they admitted so doing. do their best to leap.

this prodigous animal, a delight, fore Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the stealing on October 28 from No. They any it gives you the Nathan Road. A suit of pyjama "Kruschen feeling." It certain-

y'r honour, that accounts for his Central Magistracy this morning,

never having got hisself entangled belonging to Dr. McElney, of No.12y gives you a severe bumping, with being in possession of 851 pe Hart Avenue, was stolen on Octo- "Dodgem" and the Big Wheel

in the No aeroplanes in, the Air Force like a silk moth coccoon piu lattery tickets, valued at $349,

ber 29. A suit of Chinese clothes seem to be as popular as ever, or those used on British air lines deceitfully soft bonds of lawful and 25 po più lottery tickets, res

and a singlet was taken from No. crowds waiting at times to ride have these propellers. Yet no single mutri-mony." pectively..

10 Granville Road on October 30. them.

feature has played a more vital "That may be, Mr. Ryder," said The first defendant who pleaded guilty was fined $100, in default They slab stole a cotton shirt, be-

A new ride, the Slide, was built part in the rapid advances of the the judge, "that may very well be,

The last two years.

and I don't reklect off-hand ever two months' hard labour, while the longing to Lt. G. Wood R.N., of No. in Kowloon last year.

14 Hart Avenue, on October 30.

man British engineers have led the hearing a

put it better. younger people seemed to be get. second defendant, who pleaded noti As the second defendant had two ting a great deal of fun out of it.way in the development of the Which only goes to show what eol- guilty, was remanded for 24 hours f

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previous convictions his sentence There are many side shows. supercharger for aero engines, but lidge education does for people. Charged with being in possession totaled up to 24 weeks' hard labour. The motor-drome is one of the in civil air transport there has been. But at the same time of 224 po piu lottery tickets at No. while the first defendant, who had best with two daring riders who and still is, a curious reluctance to proven, and, what ain't proven alu't 22 Queen's Road Central, Chan a clear record, was sentenced to four race each other round and round adopt it.

evidence, and what ain't evidence we Vick, unemployed, Lee Ho, a married months' hard labour,

the drome, one on a motor-cycle. It has been claimed, with reason, don't want.. Call your witnesses, woman, and Yu Lin, unemployed, At the conclusion of the case Mr. the other in a small motor-car. that the supercharger first, the Mr. Ryder, sit, call your witnesses.".

Amusements which are billed variable-pitch propeller next, and were brought before Mr. Q. A. A. Wynne Jones commended

"But, judge." Macfadyen at the Central Magis- Cheun.

"spectacular," "stupendous," ete the retractable under-carriage third "It won't 'do! It won't do! said rather put one off generally, but are essential to future progress, that individual, "No man enjles tracy this morning. ・・

high-diving act one alters ones best, results obtainable without the than what I do, Mr. Ryder, an' if after seeing Peejay Rigging and that no one of them yields the listening to rhetoricalic glory more

opinion, for words are not strong other two, although each by itself you've got it writ down you can enough to do justice to this item is well worth while.

read it over to me after the ease is Showing in a Carnival one would But while other countries have done with--but we gotta remem rather associate the acts with long since used retractable under-ber that the optics of the world is side shows and rides, but this is carriages in many of their aero-securely fixed upon the conducting far more than a side show act. planes, Great Britain is only now of the Biggest Case in Athens, and A man of fine physique, nerve timidly adopting them. The Air mustn't be allowed to blink, Mr Sir Anthony Eden, Lord Privy wind and general

of iron, timing his dive against Ministry has certainly not been Ryder, not on no account. This

conditions. Seal represented the

enthusiastic about them. In view ain't only the Biggest Case in British landing in a tank of water right of the great speeds of some Air Athens, but the only one as ever Government at the luncheon of in the centre from a height of Force types this lukewarmness is was up to now, and we can't afford the Royal Central Asian Society 100 feet, well, it has to be seen inexplicable. It is less difficult to to debase a city's name by taking The British-American Tobacco held in the House of Lords yes to be believed.

understand in the case of British the letter of the Law to be Z when Company (China), Limited has terday. at which the Persian

Peejay Riggens has a lady oriental

air lines. Speeds in their case are it's a plain W. Just you call them just incorporated two new Asso-Minister and ciated Companies, the Yee

scholars were present to honour partner who also performs, doing

a swan dive from a 60-feet 80 low that the retractable under-witnesses." Tsoong Tobacco Company, Limit the immortal memory of Firdau- ladder. Both the acts were per- carriage would not give:so great "Very well," said Ryder: "Thea ed, and the Yee Tsoong Tobacco si, the great emic poet of Persla formed to perfection and both

advantage. whose millenium is being cele artistes received a great ovation Distributors, Limited.

ibrated. - These new Companies will take)

British Wireless Ser from the huge crowd that wit- vice. to-day, the businesses

nessed the diving,

BANK OF JAVA REDUCES The dive was timed for 10.45 previously carried on. In China

RATE TO 3% PER CENT, by the British-American Tobacco efficiently and more effectively. p.m., the time at which it will Company (China), Ltd. the The new Companies have no in- take place every night during

"Now then," said Ryder, defiant British Cigarette Company, terests in Manchuria, Hong the season. It is a spectacular Amsterdam, To-day-The Bankly, "you tell 'em." Limited.

Kong. Macao and Indo-China. climax to a very enjoyable even-of Java bank rate has been reduced "Me. heart's burstin' to do so," This is a scheme of domestic There will be no change of ing's entertainment, an enter one half of 1 per cent to 3.5 per said Logan. "Tis a savage crime reorganisation whereby it is trading names in Hong Kong, tainment new and novel to Hong cent. United Press, per S. E. Levy has besmirched the seemly peace hoped to carry on business more Macao and Kwong Chow Wan Kong

and Company.

Ained $50, in default one month's hard labour, while the third discharged owing to insufficient evidence.

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Persian Minister At Official Luncheon

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1 calls Patrick Logan, gennelman, sometime known as the. Panhandle Boy,"

So the Panhandle Boy, chewing, loomed into the deck and waved a hand at the judge.

of the fair city of Athens, and one as I'll see put to rights, come what may and go what shall.” Mesh,

"So you will," said the judge, It's my job to put it to rights, and it ain't yours to talk about it. Fire away.”

"The truth of the matter is this, y'r honour" said Lugan. Two ev'nings past I come out of the El Dorado aside of Peter the Jackal, who was upset, natural enough, by being bonepicked of every cent by the last wild card of a seven-hand round. The upcome was

EL?" said the judg "The upcome was...

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