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CLARA, MAKES LOVE

TO A FLEET-FUL

OF SAILORS

Why Builors

come home!

CLARA

BOW

True to The Navy

a Garmont Pictur

Cobs of Love!

Asd Clara sings "There's Only One Who Matters"

OLARA'S GOT A BOY-

FRIEND IN EVERY

PORT-HOLE

Starting Sunday

TRAP FOR A

HUSBAND.

"WOMAN'S STORY IN POISON CHARGE.

A woman's story of friendship with a married man and of a irap laid for him was told at the hear

at Coleford (Clos.) of a poison

charge.

James Vaughan (50), a collier, of Olderoft, Forest of Dean, was com mitted for trial on a charge of ad- ministering poison to his wife, with intent to murder her:

At the previous hearing it was alleged that the poison was acid ob. tained from the batteries of a wire, less,

Mrs. Annic Elizabeth Pinchin, Kiving evidence, said she went to lives with Vaughan's mother in a bungalow next door to Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan.

Mrs. Pinchin's Story.

In July, 1928, she and Vaughan beesme too friendly, she said. Later they were intimate arul that relationship continued until Octo. ber, when she went to Aylburton tó. live in order to break off the asso ciation. She was there two months, and Vaughan went to see her about twice a week.

During the period of intimacy, said Ms. Pinchid, Vaughan told her that the doctor had suggested that his wife had cancer. Vaughan hinted that if anything happened ho would ask her to marry him. She told him she would not think of "death marrying him until the year" was up.

in Jaunery, 1930, she added, Mrs. Vaughan caught her and Mr. Vau- ghan together. 1 March, she and Mrs. Vaughan laid a trap to entch Vaughan and the witness together.

Mr. Harvey (cross-examining): Hare you, ever, suggested to Vau ghinn that he should poison his wife -No, sir.

Mr. Pinchin declared that Mrs. Vaughan had threatened to take a disinfectant, and had also tried to jump down a well,

An analyst gave evidence that samples aubmitted to bim contain

Malphurie neid with portions of tead, consistent with that used in

Once in a Lifetime battery acid.

a Show Like This!

More Bong bita than you've over heard in a picture bo.

fore..

WHITEMAN "KING JAZZ"

A

AND HIS BAND

Including the frat

dramatizationof Gershwin's Rhap- sody in Blum."A Corl Loommin, Jr. Produc 1lon directed by john Murray Anderson. Presented by Cel

Lo

thound

and one

wonders. Gorgeous all

Technicolor beauty.

Bookings at Andersons and the Theatre (Tel. 25720).

HELENA MAY INSTITUTE

Song Recital MARIA GOMES TO DAY

AT:

5.30 P.M.

Under the Distinguished. Patronage ...of LADY PEEL, and MADAME Q. D'ALBUQUERQUE

Jealousy Alleged. Mr. Harvey, defending, said that sulphuric acid could hardly be taken by any person without their knowledge. The woman had been ill for three years before the wire jess batteries were taken into the house.

Mrs. Vaughan was a good, in- dustrious wife, furiously, jealous of her husband; whom she loved pas- signately, and to find him commit- ting misconduct with what I may enll this very inferior woman Piti- chin, the jealous wife and mistress plotted to catch this man and to panish bin,**

He naked the Bench to say there was insufficient evidence in this drama of jealousy, based on the eleruni triangle, to conviet a man who had hitherto had a blameless character.

Vaughn pleaded not guilty and rræerved his defence,

DRUNKEN COASTGUARD OF U.S.?

SUELL THAT KILLED A

BRITISH CAPTAIN."

Now York-Another member of tho grew of the Cnondiam motor-

ship Josephine K, which was shell-

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1931.

THE FIRST CHRISTMAS

WONDERS HOW LONG THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON IS GOING TO LAST

MOTHER'S SO BUSY ALL THE TIME SHE NEVER HAS A MIN-

UTE TO CUDDLE HIM ANY MORE

BUT DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON HE'S ACTUALLY OF- FERED TO DO IT TWICE WITH OUT BEING ASKED

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THE LIFE OF A JUDGE.

Sir

PLEA FOR HUMOUR,

Henry MoCardie, better known as Mr. Justice McCardie, the bachelor judge," addressing the Authors Club, defended "those little bits of humour" in the courts, He said:

"

SEEMS TO HIM THE HOUSE HAS BEEN UPSET FOR WEEKS WITH EVERYBODY RUSHING ROUND WRAPPING UP BUNDLES

AND DADDY'S ALWAYS LOOK- ING AT HIS CHECK BOOK'

AND SIGHING

OF COURSE IT GETS KIND OF LONELY, WITH EVERYONE TOO PREOCCUPIED TO PLAY WITH HIM

(Copyright, 1930, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)

And so, those little bits of humour that you sometimes · say ought not to arise, I assure you, are absolutely essential if you are to maintain a right perspective, lessen the antagonisms of counsel, keep the court in an atmosphere of humanity and kindness."

Judges were not devoid of heart, but it would not do to give way to sentiment. ..

* you did you could not livò a week through the great nasizes that you have to face. You must be stera. But I believe every one of us judges in this land today is absolutely inspired with a desire for justice.

"I like to turn to the lighter side of the law. It is such a relief. The Press, after all, are quite right to take an undue indulgence in hum. If people only our in a judge. knew what the life of a judge was! "We have our own isolation of which you know nothing.

People sayOng law for the tell you I was very isolated when, as a very young judge. I had to rich, one for the poor! I never met sentence to death at a great anrizen judge yet who did not, if he could, town five or six people in the course somewhat incline towards the poor of four days.

Than."

1 can

.fl

By GLUYAS WILLIA

AND THEY ALL ACT SO QUEER 'GETTING OFF IN CORNERS

WHISPERING SECRETS

EVEN BROTHER ACTS QUEER. USUALLY HE MAKES A BIG FUSS WHEN TOLD TO PUSH HIM ROUND THE BLOCK IN HIS BABY] CARRIAGE

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, HE CAN SUCK HIS THUMB TO HIS HEART'S CONTENT, AND THE FAMILY'S TOO BUSY TO STOP HIM

LORRY. FALLS SIXTY

OVER CLIFF.

DRIVER ESCAPES WITH A

SHAKING.

THE SILVER SCREEN.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

* LET US BE, GAY,"

It takes longer to make yourself homely than attractive for she screen, Noria Shearer.discovered this in making up for the opening scenes in Let Us Be Gay." Ber new Motro-Goldwyn-Mayer piolare, which will open on Sunday at the. Queen's Theatre.

In these scenes Miss Shearer up. pears ns a dowdy housewife, mith- but any casetionl benutifices, her hair unkempt in kid curlers, and pince nez spectacles supplying the finishing touch. To dress dersell up in this fashion, Mis Shearer found, required a half-hour longer than necessary for the usual "doll ing up."

Robert Z. Leonard directed the

Rachel talkie adaption of the Brothers play which Frances Marion adapted for the screen, Nod La Roque plays op. posite Miss Sonrer, and. the supporting cast includes Mazie Dressler, Hedda Hopper, Raymond Hackett, Sally Eilors, Gilberty Enry and Tyrrell Davis.

**BLACKMAIL"

"Binckmail", which opened at the Queen's Theatre last night, ou account of both dramatic interest of the story and the perfect record». ing of the voices, constitutes, a triumph for the director, Alfred. Hitchcock, and is

splendid dugury for the. British Internation al Pictures' success in the new field ef movie entertaininent.

The picture has been produced with such istrosity and convincing. FEETs that we fallow gladly and do Hot pause for cross-examination. This is the best tribule that enn be paid to the brillance and sincerity with which "Blackinak has been directed. And it is no less u tribute to the splendid band of artists who act in it.

A young lorry driver, Cyril Butcher, of Marton, Blackpool, had Anny Onda, by her umgnificent a remarkable escape from death at ndering of the part of the girl, Bisphant, near Blackpool, when his oves beyond doubt that in her lorry fell down a cft. high cliff at the talks have found a young a Bispham and he escaped injury. tress of sterling ability who wil zo He was engaged in carrying clay, far in this medium. Donald C which is dumped down the side of thoup makes a meuerable figure of the cliff for use in the building of Tracy, and John Longden gives a awak, nod was backing the lorry striking performance of the police: to the head of a chute when a sleeper gave way and the back wheel of the lorry ran over the top. Bystanders were horrified when they saw the larry erashing, down

· TRUE TO THE NAVY!" to the bottom, where it came to Tel with the engine still running. but Butcher escaped with a bath the case of Clara Bow, A boy's best friend may be kis ing

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"KING OF JAZZ"

One of the most. coloisal musicsti spectacles over thrown upon any screen is the Melting Pot" num- ber of Universal's extravangzê, "King of Jazz starring Padi Whiteman and his orchestra and featuring one of the most brilliant

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Ja

LET US BE GAY

★ Mevo-Godlyyn Maya

ALLTALKING MOTER

THE YEAR'S OUTSTANDING TALKIE

with

Marle Dressler

Rod La Rocque Gilbert Emery

Hedda Hopper

A Robert Zo Leonard

Production

STAR

TO-DAY at 5.30. & 9.20.

casts ever assembled on stage or|· TO-MORROW at 2.30, 530 & 9.20. screen, which comes to the Central Theatre on next change.

In the conception of the entire picture, all the musical numbers of arhich are photographed in Techni colour, the imagination of John Murray Anderson, the famous New York producer, ran riot in sheer beauty.

Of the eight separated and com plote musical numbers' which, to gether with uproarious "comedy sequences and clever black-outs, are built into this surpassing film, the Melting Pot" stands out as the supreme spectacle of the ultimate symphony in Invish entertainment. Evon among the other monument. al settings of the picture, the Melting Potoclipses them all. An enormous cauldron with a mut terranean chariot chamber, tironi

alumnades, a revolving dressed in gold and warinoùnted-by Burnished glos-such is the paga ficenco of the stage upon. which the nction "takes place.",

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