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LYRICS ON THEIR SLEEVES THEIR BEL

THE CHINA

A Quiet Wedding OPIUM SEIZURE

LAUGHS UP THEIR

BAIS IN HIT ON THEIR HANDS

Sing Me my love

Sona

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JAMES MELTON PATRICIA ELLIS HUGH HERBERY ZASU PITTS ALLEN JENKINS NAT PENDLETON Aun Sheridan · Helier Catlett-Hobart Cavanauch A COSMOPOLITAN PROBATION

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Peak Church

A very quiet wedding was solem- Church this nised at the Peak morning when Miss CM Crapnell, daughter

ame the

CASE CONTINUES

At the Supreme Cou

Chief jus

of Mr F. H. Crapnel ning before the Act this mor secretary and manager of the Hong tice, Mr. Justice C. G Alabaster, Kong and Kowloon Wharf and the £10,000. Opium Case was con- tinued when Dr. Hsia Ching-lin, ber Godown Company, bride of Capt F. A Swoffer, Member of the Shanghai Bar Ass

ociation was further cross-exam RAFO.

sel. The bride, who was attended by ed by plaintiffs's her sister, Miss Vera Crapnell, was given away by her father Mir C. M. Grenham acted as best man. Sons, pledgers and owners, res The service was conducted by tively, of 100 cases of opium the Rev. Cyril Brown and Mr. was confiscated on Novembe Longyear rendered appropriate 1930 by the Shanghai Chinese Mari-

time Customs authorities wh music at the organ.

Messrs. Taiw Bank Limited and K. S. MR Kazerooni and

Following the ceremony, a re-route on board the ception was held at the bride's/Rickmers from Hong Kong to

Dairen, claimed $10,000 residence at 557, The Peak

The happy couple will leave this owners of the vesseler

afternoon for England via Southmers Khedarai, A. G.

of the opium which Africa in the ss. Swardenhondt.

alleged was com negligence on the part dants agents

Plaintiffs were

THEFT OF SERVICE RIFLE

Tsang

ployed, was charged before Schofield at the Central Magistracy this morning with the theft of a service Rife, valued at £7 38. 4d. on March 20 and with possession of same without a licence.

the

Rick the loss plaintiff's due to defen-

represented-by

Mr. Eldon Potter, K. G. and Mr. H. C. Macnamara Mr. HG. Sheldon, K. C. and the Honourable Mr Leo D'Almada, jum appeared on Half of defens

Cr

Dr H

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examined by Mr. Sheldon, stated that he knew some- about the present case. said that the cargo of opium was mnmanifest for Shang- hai According to Section The defendant admitted both

of the Criminal Code of 1928 the charges and was sentenced

fast importation of opium was prohibit- months hard labour on the

led The word "import" meant charge and fined $50 in default one month's imprisonment on the "bringing mto Chinese territory

vaters," Chinese territori other. He was also ordered to pay

included cargo in transit or $40 or serve an additional month.

transhipment. Inspector Wright said that on

Mr. Sheldon submitted that there the night of the combined

There was manoeuvres, Lance Corporal War was no case to answer. wick, RE was on post duty at literally no evidence of the alleged Tytam and had come off at 2 am negligence, he added and continued The night was wet and foggy and that assuming that there was gross the complainant, in order to keep negligence there was no evidence to the rifle dry, placed it in an equip show that such negligence caused ment box. When roused at 5 amor contributed to the loss of the The found the rifle gone. A report

Continning, Mr. Sheldon said that was made and the police were noti- fed The complainant had to pay the onus was on plaintiffs to prove £2 13s. 9d, the amount at which that such negligence caused or cou the Army valued the rifle through tributed to the loss of the opium the original cost was £7-38. 4d. and not on defendants, but plain-- The defendant was arrested in Tai tiffs had produced no evidence as- Chong Street,

the opium was seized by the

itime Customs/

day on

opium

yester to w

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