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LADIES' NIGHT AT Y.M.C.A.

Fine Programme Winds Up Season

ANNE WINTER'S TRIUMPH-

The last of the season's "Ladies' Nights" was held by the European Y.M.C.A last night and proved to be an unqualified success, large number of diners later wit aessing one of the best concerts of: the year.

The Social Committee are to be: congratulated on the excellence of the programme, the outstanding items on which were vocal selec- tions by Anne Winter, star of thes Hong Kong Philharmonic Society. who was accompanied by Mr. A. Jeffrey at the piano. and Mr. "Gus G. F. D'Aquino. the popu Jar tenor, whose rendering of "Mifanwy brought forth repeated

encores.

Mr. D'Aquino had just recover ed from a serious operation for appendicitis, but his singing was just as delightful as before." piano accompanist was Professor: Gualdi.

Among

the other

COLONY

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ARABIA

BRITISK

AMARGETKA

SOMALILAND

ITALIAN SOMALILAND

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1936

The above map cicarly shows the war area in Abyssinia, where the Italian advance on the capital is proceeding, though apparently held up by rain and the intense efforts of the Abyssinians to destroy the road approaches to the capiul from Dessie. A stalemate after four „days” fighting is reported from North Danakil

To-day's Complete Short Story

The

Express

Scottish

Tragedy

TELL. good-bye, Hawke.ness men going to the North Coun-

yourself.try and Scotland.

W Take care of You've done so much damage The man by his side was plump to that ring of dope-smugglers and fussy With angry sports be that I can't help fearing they'll folded and re-folded his copy of a be out after you."

morning newspaper. perusing the

Nothing to fear on a Londonday's news with apparent misgiv tmin. Baxter laughed back the ings and anger.

tall, man who stood in the doorway The magniscent train slid gently of the Pullman car. I'm pretty out of the station, and rapidly sure that the gung has some sort of working up to a high speed, dashed Hentiquarters up in Leeds. Ip into the Midlands on its run In the Pullman cars the at- either get them or they'll get me worth.

Dixon Hawke's face became stern tendants moved here and there. Jas be finished speaking. For over supplying the requirements of the Ja month he Just been helping his passengers.

friends at Scotland Yard to fight A pleasant hour passed and then Jone of the most dangerous dope the tables set for lunch. fzungs in existeners. The vile tride] Hawke was amused by his fussy of the criminals had filled the companion. Like most untravelled psychopathic wards throughout the Englishmen the passenger seemed

| Mantry,

were

to be in constant fear that some-

Thanks to the Dover Street deadly would talk to him. Every etiw the organisation was now time Hawke happened to glance! broken. Like cornered rats the of the window he was met by

glare.

LOCAL NEWS BREVITIES rooks were fighting, and already

two detectives had been killed by

:: +277.

After the meal was over be lit his) pipe and settled back to think over Among the passengers who dis- Among the passengers who ar

The constant necessity of being the case. There were several points outstanding embarked this morning from theived from the North by the ss. Hawke's nerves, and he was grate-

fon his guard had rather tried be puzzled out before he got to

his destination. iters was Miss Stella Best's per- RMS. Empress of Japan was the President Wilson this morningful for the fact that he had three A rasping cough came from the formance of the "Doll Dance," ar Rev. Sister Marie de Sacre Coeur,were Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Anthony urs of pesce on the run north. fussy passenger. Hawke turned to ranged by Mr. George Goncharoff, who is a Superior General of the Miss Eleanor A. Farrell, Mr. and Having shaken hands with the

look at him. Smoke from his pipe wan was also responsible for three Order of "Our Lady of the An- Mrs. Max Gavin, Mr. and Mrs. G-detective-inspector, he made his was being drawn by the ventilator other delightful items on the pro- gels," Montreal, and who is in A. Maling, Miss E. Mende, Mr. way into the beautifully fitted-up

so that it swirled near his com charge of a party of four Mis-and Mrs. Thomas R. Sharman, Mr. Pullman enr.

panion's face. sionary Sisters who will take up T. V. S. Skinner and Mr. A. F. famous luxury fier which leaves;

"I am very sorry," the detective Another feature of the pro- duties in China.

London every weekday.

said politely. gramme was the first appearance

Hawke had booked a seat at one)

"I can't stand smoke, sir!" the at Ladies' Nights of Pamela. Anne: Mr. Gordon

Would you have that the of the small tables. The other snorted. and Diane Dodwell,

www.rame.

dancing number ** proved a "riot."

they were excellent.

Wendland.

Dodwell, General A reminder is given

The train

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whose tap Manager of Dodwell and Co. Ltd. mah jong and bridge afternoon at three passengers who sat at the the kindness to change places with

String" Shanghai, accompanied by Mrs. the Matsbed Church, Shamshuipo, same table were already in their Ime? Then I shan't be troubled! For amateurs Dodwell, arrived in the Colony this will be held to-morrow, commenc places. A quick glance satisfied by your confounded pipe."

and great morning by the P.31.S. Empress of ing at 3 pm. Mrs. Bartholomew the detective that they were busi credit is again due to Mr. George Japan from the North. Goncharoff, who arranged the number.

Mr. A. Brearley, Hong Kong

has kindly consented to distribute the prizes.

A bright item was the "Tango Manager of the Chartered Bank One case of typhoid fever and Exotic in which Audrey Steele, of India, Australia and China, ac- two cases of meningitis were re- Eve O'Hagen and Noreen Cooper companied by Miss Joan Brearley. ported as having occurred in the were featured. Dancing to the arrived in the Colony this morn- Colony during the 24 hours ended accompaniment

orchestra ing from the North by the R.MS. on Wednesday last. of an consisting of a guitar,

an ac Empress of Japan. cordian

The Director of Ambulance has and a banjo, played by: Messrs. D. J. Koor. James Fer- Mr. L. Paulson, General Manager the honour to acknowledge with the for China of the Fox Film Corpor- grateful appreciation and thanks

guson

and Jack Grerham

BONDHOLDERS' WINDFALL

How £4,000,000 Was Secured

SHARES PLEDGED BY DEAD FINANCIER

►

Hawke nodded curly in agree ment. He had no desire to get into an argument with such a surly person. The change of seats was made, and he again settled back to do some deep thinking.

The train plunged into a tunnel. and there was complete darkness. Then the lights shot up, flickered, and faded out again. A fuse had; blown, and the coaches connected! to that particular cable were with- out lights.

**Ridiculous!" muttered the pas senger at Hawke's elbow. **I shall

spectacle was a pleasing one until ation, accompanied by Mrs. Paul-a donation of $60 from European! The windfall of £4,000,000 for write to the railway company→→→

the number broke into a jazz step, which gave it a jarring effect.

which

[with

son, was also an arrival in the Staff of the China Light and Colony this morning by the RMS. Power Co., per Mr. D. W. Mun Empress of Japan, from Shanghai. ton.

Toll, was secured as a result of debenture Foders of Kreuger and

the vigilance of the committee formed to protect holders.

As a result of

colossal! frauds of Ivar Kreuger, who shot

the

A Military Burlesque apologies to H.M. Bateman) int Mr. Richard Sanger, an attorney The latest time for posting cor- Messra W. A. Simpson, of the Standard Vacuum Oil Co., respondence in London for the J. C. M. Grenham. D. J. Sooy and Hong Kong, returned to the Co-weekly direct air mail service to himself in Paris four years ago, J. J. Ferguson were featured, lory this morning from leave by Hong Kong is 10.45 am on Satur- opened the programme. and had the R.M.S. Empress of Japan. days at the Head Post Office. investors in the Kreuger group)

four songs

A.T.C.L.. who

London EC.1.

Mah Jongg

London chartered

that

A

TO-MORROW'S STORY

To-morrow's play will be "The Dwarf," by Marcel Ayme.

the desired effect of getting the

lost more than £100,000,000. large audience in a good humour.

Mr. J. E. Perkins, General Man-

The report of the Committee.

of

jissaed last month, discloses Paramount

The Bridge and Films of Among others who

rendered "ger Scotcher, who China, Inc. was also an arrival in Drive in aid of the St. John's in the group there were some 160 items were Peggy

He stopped and gave a curious the Cathedral Organ Fund will take affiliated companies.

choking. sound which Hawke danced "Valse Esmeralda." arrang- the Colony this morning by

place on Monday, April 27, at the

Exhaustive Reports thought was a cough. Apparently ed by George Goncharoff. Mr. R.M.S. Empress of Japan.

The committee had Rupert Baldwin.

Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden, at

exhaustive some draught had blown the smoke | rendered several well received Mr. J. B. Ingle, Manager for the 3 p.m. The price of admission reports, comprising 57 volumes, by from his pipe into the man's face pianoforte solos, and Miss Wini Far East of the Goodyear Tyre will be $1.50, including tea. Prizes Price, Water-house and Co., the again. Hawke smiled in the dark.

his will be given.

accountants,ness. fred Lawson. Soprano, who sang Company, accompanied by

analysing the books of the Kreuger Lights begun to flicker on the accompanied by Mr. Wife and family. arrived in the! H. J. Fountain, at the piano. Colony this morning by the P.3LS. A lecture on "French Law and companies "as fraudulently main-sides of the tunnel. Then with a to Lawyers" was given by Mr. H. C. tained over 篇 period of many roar the luxury flier was out in It was altogether a most enjoy- Empress of Japan en route

Macnamara, B.A., LLB.. in

the years." They showed inter-com-the open. rushing along between Union

Hawke glanced two high banks. Assembly

of pany transactions involving many Room

at his companion. Among the passengers who ar- Hong Kong University last night, hundreds of millions of dollars

The man was huddled back in Little, if anything, was expect- rived in the Colony this morning under the auspices of the Law and

his seat. His mouth was open and; The addressed to be realised from the assets the eyes bulged in an unnatural by the s.s. President Grant from Commerce Society.

dealt with the French law as de Now, however, about £4,000,000 is IN OIL

rived from the Code Napoleon and held by the Swedish and American Hong Kong rainfall for the 24 representing one of the two chief bankruptcy trustees. Vestments Ablaze In 0.09 inch. The total since Jan- the work to-day.

hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day was juristic systems practised all over Church

uary has been 4.98 inches, against jan average of 10.04 inches.

able evening.

Sumatra.

CHEST SOAKED Manila was Miss J. Pestonjee.

Oxford.

A smell of burning noticed in the Church of St. Thomas the Martyr, Oxford, led to the dis-.. covery that surplices and vest- ments were ablaze in a chest un der the pulpit, where they kept.

were:

When the vicar, the Rev. T. G. Jalland, and Mr. W. J. Burt, a; theological student, had put out the flames, they found that the contents of the chest had

been

ST. GEORGE'S DAY

CELEBRATIONS IN LONDON

London, To-day.

f

*

manner. Down his white shirt-

front ran an ugly trickle of red. "Jove the detective gasped. This has been realised as a re- As the other two passengers at sult of the sale of Kreuger and the table jumped up with cries of Toll's holding of about 93 per horror, Hawke took the man by the Mr. RH. Wild, well-known cent of the capital stock of the art. At his touch the limp body resident of the Colony and Man-Boliden Gold Mining Company. pitched forward across the table. ager of the local branch of the

Valuable Holdings

At the junction of the neck and South British Insurance Co. Ltd., This company owned valuable shoulder, on the left side, was a The crimson who proceeded on leave by the gold producing properties in Nor-patch of blood. Empress of Canada on April 3.thern Sweden. Some months be-liquid still welled up slowly, but it was operated on, on board. for fore Kreuger's suicide the Boliden was fast stopping. Hawke looked acute peritonitis, and was landed shares were pledged by. Kreuger at his two companions, who were; at the Queen's Hospital, Honolulu.as security to his own personal in-both typical business men. The latest report received through debtedness.

**Dead !"* be said quietly. **Stabbed!" the CPR indicates that Mr. Wild As part of the same transaction.

Pandemonium broke out amongst is not yet out of danger.

Kreuger and Toll were relieved of

the other passengers.. Here and approximately $2,800,000 of liabi-there a women shrieked and faint- The usual fortnightly The members of the Order of drive will be held in the Reading The Krenger and Tell liquidators and, in front of the

whist lities in respect of these shares ed.

People from the cars behind Pullman soaked in oil. The wick and oil St. Michael and St. George cele Room at Kowloon Dock on Tues disputed the validity of this crowded in and were driven out by were missing from a lamp hang with a service at St. Paul's Cathe

brated St. George's Day yesterday day next at 8.45 p.m. Admis. Pledge, and claimed ownership of the attendants. ing in the church.

ision: - 60 cents Refreshments the shares while litigation was

The guard, who had been hastily Mr. Jalland had been

dral, which His Majesty the King, he served and whist will be pending, the person to whom they summoned, pushed his way to the church less than 45 minutes before attended.

es before who is the Sovereign of the Ordet, followed by Tombola, The Come wera pledged began to foreclose. table where the attendants had mitter extends a cordial invitation As a result of the vigorous in-formed a ring and were keeping the everything was then all right.

tervention of the committee, sup-excited passengers back. Royal St. George's Society,

ported by other protective organí- "What's happened ?” the officialį Jaid a wreath at the Cenotaph,

Phalwan Khan, a motor driver, sations, a settlement was reached asked briskly. while Sir Roger Keyes also laid was this morning charged before under which the Kreuger and Toll

an intelligent-looking: wreath in memory of those who Mr. W. Schofield at the Central bankrupt estate received £496,000 man who, Hawke judged, had at died at the landing at Zeebrugge. Magistracy

one time been in the army. The which took place on St. George's language to So Mul, a baby smak.

for using abusive in cash and £600,000 in bonds.

In addition it was relleved of a guard's cool voice and commanding

and was bound over in a bond of than £2,000,000. London: H.R.FL. the Duke of $50. Kent attended yesterday the an

the discovery, and states that Lord Allenby, on behalf of the to the general public.

ST. JOHN BRIGADE

Further Donations Acknowledged

The Director of Ambulance has the honour to acknowledge with grateful appreciation and thanks the following donations:- Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster

Mr. Li Taze Chung Toe E Service Men

He was

Day..1916-Renter's Bulletin Serat No. 54. The Peak yesterday, claim against the estate of: more manner checked the threatening

vice.

A

¡panic.

Having examined the body hej looked at Hawke. There waa suspicion in his eyes. The detec- al service of the Order of St.

The body of Aahi Singh, a MIDDLESEX RATE INCREASE tive took a card from his case and Michael and St. George in St. private watchman at the Kowloon

passed it over.

“'You'd better leave this busines to the Middlesex in my hands," he said.

Finance long is it before the train stops?***

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Paul's Cathedral when, with im-Lumber Co., was removed to the A rate increase of 10d was re- 225 pressive ceremonial, his banner Public Mortuary yesterday. He commended

20 was affixed to the chapel of the was found dead in his quarters, County Council by it

$10 Order.-British Wireless Service. apparently from natural causes.

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