1936-03-23 — Page 12

12.

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Within Two Seconds Her Whole Life Changed!

Adelph Zekor prosents

SYLVIA SIDNEY

'MARY BURNS, FUGITIVE"

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MELVYN. DOUGLAS" - ALAN BAXTER

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KINGS!

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"HE'S YOUNG....... IT'S UP TO US

TO HELP HIM THROUGH!"

The greatest of all heart stories... as youth meets its first temptations! CLARENCE BROWN'S

PRODUCTION

ah Wilderness!

with WALLACE BEERY. LIONEL BARRYMORE

"EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT"

NEXT

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CHANGE

with JUNE LANG-THOMAS BECK

FOX

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1936.

DETENTION OF

SHARES

Building Contractor's Deposit

DAMAGES AND COSTS AWARDED

Damages of $1,400, and costs. were awarded to the plaintiff by Mr. Justice Lindsell at the Supreme Court this morning, when Wong Yun-sheung, repre- sented by Mr. H. C. Macnamara. (instructed by Mr. C. E. R. Sanderson) claimed the return of 200 Hong Kong Tramway shares and damages for wrong- ful detention of the said shares. from Messrs. Chau and Lee, who were represented by Mr. Leo D'Almada, jnr., instructed by Mr. J. T. Prior.

In opening his case, Mr. Mac- namara said that the issue concern- ed the wrongful detention of 200 Tramway shares. In September 1932, a building contract was en- tered into, in which his client was to be the contractor and the de- *fendants the architects: "Mr. Macnamara went on to say that it was usual to get the contractor to put up some security regarding | the fulfilment of contract, and in this case there

a double! security-200 shares and $2,500 in cash.

Was

To Be Returned

a

Claire She had her choice, the prince or the marquis, and Eugenia Smith; coffee heiress, chose the Marquis de Villermont, with whom she is shown drinking a toast to their happiness in a New York night club. The disappointed suitor is said to be Prince Alexis Droutzkey, of Parix

Locarno Memorandum

Condemned

(Continued from Page 1}

room

Treaty but two

artiquted and

measures

restrictive

But the door which the Locarno moth-eater Powers have opened to Germany from the Treaty of Versailles and Mr. Macnamara said that in

must not be banged in her face. jembedded in the Locarno Pact.

"Herr Hitler must be given to letter dated September 1, 1932. it Even if Germany refuses the was clearly put

down that the memorandum as it stands, there is understand that we do not want to for discussion and inflet on the Reich the smallest shares were to be returned when stil

fragment of inequality by com- the Building Certificate was negotiation.

"AS BAD AS CAN BETM parison with other nations; that issued and the question now arose

Mr. J. L. Garvin, in the we Britons, despite cur good rela- as to whether the defendants had

Observer, heads a leading article tions to other countries, do not jany right to retain the share cer-pesuscitated Versailles, declar- hate the Germans The Rhineland

tificates after the Building Au- thority had, in fact, issued Certificate of Occupation some time in May · 1334.

that

case, after which he said since all the facts were admitted, Picture he did not feel it was necessary

to call any evidence.

1EADER SORELY NEEDED

ing that the proposals of the is free, and rightly free. Free it Locarne Powers are as bad as will remain.” they can be "Just imagine," he

La the Sunday Express Lord Mr. Macnamara then advanced writes, "a mixed foreign force--|

patrolling Beaverbrook himself writes: "God hour of need a German territory! Herr Hitler's send us in this

Beneath Aline MacMahon-Eric Linden-A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture, legal argument in support of his British and Italian

protests against the Franco-Soviet man that can lead us" Treaty should be brought before his article is a pictare of the The Hague Court, where it is Fuehrer accepting dowers from a utterly impossible to get a fair,group of young girls.

In the article itself Lord judgment! Not even the Ver sailles Treaty itself, shows a more Beaverbrook writes: "The British remarked that the principles hopeless misunderstanding of the people is convinced of the injus- actionable in a case of this nature German temperament ur

of the tice of the Treaty of Versailles, were that the admission of facts moral basis for the peace of the which itself is quite indefensible. Nor does the British people believe must be very clear and accurate world.

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TUESDAY:- "NITWITS”? With :

‚BERT WHEELER ROBERT WOOLSET

Admission Of Facts Counsel for the defence then

before judgment could be given "What has Herr Hitler really that that treaty can last. Never-

excellent.con.theless

We

send Germany the for the plaintiffs, and that if he violated? Not the satisfied the Court that there is ciliatory provisions of the Locarno threat that unless the conditions jare accepted Britain will make a nothing to warrant the wrongful

the military alliance with Europe. detention, then that is the end of he found that the terms of

"But our conditions are utterly ¡it."

letter written by the plaintiff on Mr. D'Almada then argued that September 1 had been taken zotice impossible of acceptance. In this the question of the return of the of in the letter written by the de-way Herr Hitler's peace proposals shares was governed by the buil-fendants on the following day, are set at nought. In this matter ding contract, which laid down and so he must find in favour of the Dominions are not with Exx- that although the cash deposit the plaintiffs. He awarded $1.400 land. They did not want to accept was returnable upon issue of the damages to the plaintiff that, Locarno; much less now are they Occupation Certificate, the share figure being the difference in the prepared to undertake a Europear certificate was not

returnable market value of the shares be-alliance likely to cause still great- until after the terms of the buil-tween the date that the certificat er harın.”

OPTIMISTIC VIEW ding certificate had been fulfilled. should have been returned and

The Sunday Chronicle in Judge's Ruling

the date on which it was actually

leading article headed "No reason Mr. Justice Lindsell ruled that returzed.

for anxiety." says that even though there will be temporary difficulties to surmount, the mobil- sation of the forces of peace is proving more potent than that of the forces of war.-Trans-Ocean Service.

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DANGEROUS DRIVING

Re-Hearing Of Recent Case

a

At the Central Magistracy this morning Mr. W. Schofield, after hearing additional evidence, reaf- firmed his decision in the case in

Chick which Chung

Sang, a diiver, was on February 28, fined $30, in default three weeks', for driving Publie car No. 4308 in Queen's Road Central, neat the Naval Yard Gate, on January 26,1 while under the influence of drink.

Mr. C. A. S. Eass, who applied! for the re-hearing, stated that the case had been badly conducted by: the defendant, who was then not represented.

Mr. C. A6. Buss failed to sub- stantiate the plea that defendant) had been given alcohol, as a sti- mulant, after the accident.

The two witnesses who testified. this morning were Leung Ying-- to, who was in the car at the time of the accident, and the constable on point duty at Garden Road that day.

The first stated that on the way to the Police Station, after the ac- cident, they stopped at the Lukļ

Kwok Hotel and the driver was then given... something to drink.

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The constable, however, denied Printed and Published for the P.prietors, The Newspaper Enterprise Ltd,

this and said that the car did not

stop at the hotel but drove straight to the Station.

by DAVID CHRISTIAN WILSON, Manager, at SA Wyndham Street, Victoria, Hong Kong.