1937-11-12 — Page 4

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OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND-JAN HUNTER-ANITA LOUISE - ROLAND YOUNG → ALICE BRADY FRIEDA INESCORT - A COSMOPOLITAN PRODUCTI “Directed by ARCHE MAYO » Presented by Warnör-

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BEST LAUGH SHOW OF 1937

A great comedy of a "blind date" Romeo who picked his girls out of the phone book.

ANN SOTHERN -* O ROBT. YOUNG • REGINALD OWEN

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STARTS THE KING AND CHORUS GIRL

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Fernand Gravet Joan Blondell - Edw. Everett Horton

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BARING THE HEART OF A WOMAN AND HER ONE CONSUMING PASSION.

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the Pulitzer Prize Play

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"HIS AFFAIR~~

THE CHINA MATE, OVEMBER 12

SEVERN LEIGH APPEAL FAILS: RESPONDENTS REASONABLE BEHAVIOUR

THE APPEAL BY CAPTAIN - ALBERT EDWARD FORD, MASTER OF THE SS. SEVERN LEIGH, REPRESENTED BY MR HC SHELDON, KC, AGAINST THE DECISION OF THIS HON COMMANDER J. B. NEWILL, HARBOUR MASTER, AC- QUILTING 23 MEMBERS OF THE MENTIONED SHIP'S CREW ACCUSED OF DISOBEDIENCE ON BOARD THE VESSEL ON SEPTEMBER 9, WAS DISMISSED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR ATHOLL MACGREGOR, AND MR. JUSTICE J. A FRASER, IN THE COURT OF APPEAL THIS MORNING.

Remarking that he and Mr. Jus tice Fraser had come to the decision that the appeal must fail, Sir At- holl MacGregor added that in view of the important and difficult ques tions which were raised by Mr. Sheldon, the reasons for arriving at the decision would be given în writing at a later date.

The respondents, he concluded, might return to their vessel with- lout further anxiety.

MR. SHELDON'S CASE

SPITE PHONE CALLS ALLEGATION

Li Yuk-ying, a woman, was this morning charged before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central Magistracy

Mr. Sheldon stated in opening, with having on divers dates, be that the main issue was to decide tween September 19 and November whether the conduct of respondents 9, persistently made telephone calls amounted to combining to impede without reasonable cause for the the progress of the voyage. The ap- purpose of sending messages which peal was not filed, added Counsel, the defendant knew to be false in

inconven with the aim of imposing penalties order to cause annoyance, but to decide whether the Hon. jence and needless anxiety to the Harbour Master's findings were complainant, George Chan. correct. The Shipping Federation The defendant pleaded not guilty attached great importance to t and was remanded for a wee case as they regarded the action of bail of $25. the crew as illegal..

Mr. M. A. Silva was for the com-

Mr. Sheldon then quoted several plainant and said that the charge legal authorities to support the had been taken out under the new grounds of the appeal, which were Telephonic Nuisance Ordinance. that the Magistrate should have convicted respondents because they had combined to impede the pro- gress of the voyage, contrary to the Merchant Shipping Act of 1894, and that the Magistrate was wrong, in holding that the character of the voyage had so changed as toj justify respondents in their con- duct.

NO AUTHORITY.

FALL OF TAMING REPORTED

Peiping, 110 p.m. To-day. Japanese military headquarters Mr. Sheldon admitted that all the to-day disclosed that severe fight cases he quoted-in support of his ing has been taking place for the argument referred to cases where past three days at Tamingfn, in there was actually a state of war North Honan, close to the Shan- between two countries. Agreeing tung border, and east-north-east of with the Chief Justice, Counsel ad Changtehti. mitted that he had searched in The city, according to the Ja- vain for authorities to support his panese communique, has been un- der siege, defended by two Nanking

The Chief Justice, replying to divisions, and fell this morning, Mr Sheldon, stated that they did after a huge breach in the walls not desire to hear the respondents had been blasted by armilery. as the Court had decided that the Our Own Correspondent. appeal must fail

The respondents, he pointed out, had been remarkably reasonable. They had worked overtime and be-t haved well on board the vessel.

Of the 23 respondents only M. Paredes R Redmond, Stanley Eames, F-Davies, (British), E O.

JAPAN AND BRUSSELS

Tokyo, To-day.

“Asahi Shimbun”-

Gantoa, James Bassey, Joseph Da the Japanese reply to the Brussels

vies, John Tor Davies, James Isiah,

J. Chiku, John Stephens and Coxon

Ayama (Negroes) were present.

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