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No. 24172." **GENAIƒƒ ƒƒƒÃ¤ HONG KONG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1936. 寧拜識日陸月弍年陸卅侣软仟登英 Price

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Hector: Cal About Town Notorious Gossip

Then there is the magazine story of grandmother, who was bitterly opposed to gambling games... especially poker-but gave her sanction to the playing of authors, Bo the grandchildren engaged her interests in the game- of her choice. Her enthu að skrán increased as the game progressed, and while she knew that the carda used were a deck of authors, she didn't know that the game sha was playing was poker, and that grandmother was enthusiastically | playing Whittlers wild.

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"How did you happen to drink that stuff?" he asked the patient. "Dida't, you see the label on the bottle? It said 'poison.””

Sam Yes, doctor, "but I didn't believe it.".

YESTERDAY'S QUOTATIONS

T.T. ON LONDON:—1/3 }d. (nom).

T.T. ON NEW YORK;-32.7/16

REDUCTION IN DIARY OF LOCAL

SPINDLES

Effort To Prevent Trade Losses

President of the Board of Trade, spoke briefly to-day in the House of Commons, 1

He explained that the output of the industry was now 61.00, cold- pared with an Indz Agure of 100 In 1821. while the export of piece

EVENTS

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6. Anniversaries and Holidays.

St. Titus, Bishop. Fourteenth An- niversary of the Election of Pope Plus XI.

Auctions-Household Furniture, at Lammert' Kowloon Sales Room 2.30 p.m...

Cinemas

London, Feb. 4. Moving the second reading of the Cotton Spindles Bill, which aims at a considerable reduction in Pune redundant spindles in Great Bri- King's:-"It's In The Air." Doctor Abrams was called to a tain, the cost of which will be paid Queen's-He Was Her Man.” barber shop where Bam, the Negro out of a levy on the remaining Orient The Arizonian." porter, was lying unconscious. Doc-spindles, Mr. Waiter Hunciman, World Chinese Picture.” for Abrams worked on him for a

Alhambra: "Girl In Danger." long time, and finally revived the

Majestic: "Diamond Jim." Star-Annapolis Farewell,"

Meetings-Theosophical Society, 6 pm; General Meeting of the Preference "A", "B.", and Ordin- ary Shareholders of the National Į goods showed an even more alarm-Commercial and Savings Bank, ing drop, the index figure, being Ltd, at 8A; Des Voeux: Road Cen- | 29.00-as against 100 in 1921.

tral, 2 p.m.; Victoria Chems club, Spindles were now 7 per cent at Gloucester Hotel, 5.30 p.m.A of the 1921 total

Miscellaneous, claims against The Government was prepared the Betat of Robert Harry Hunt to reconsider Clause 15 of the Bill due; Y.M.C.A. Fireside Discussion, which forbids, the installation of 9 p.m.; Prize Distribution at St. new spinning machinery in the Paul's Institution, Causeway Bay, drat three years after the Bill 30p.m.;. Kowloon Women's,

noon. St. Andrew's Ball, 3 p.m.

Rehearsals-Hong Kong Bingers, "Messiah," with ôrchestra, St- John's Cathedral, 8.45 p.m.

Doctor Abrams-"Why not?*** Bam "Because right under that it said Lye," "

Here is a good story apropos the very foggy spell Just before Christ- nias. A man who had dined rather well in the West End, thought It

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SEVERE FROST

IN U. S.

Many Accidents And Deaths

newcomer entering the industry.

Half the spindles to be wiped out, said Mr. Bundman, were in idle mills or in plants which were not working full time.

According to the poll of the in- dustry, representatives of 28,000,- 000 spindles favoured the Govern- ment's proposals, and 11,000,000 disapproved.

dent of the National Union of Gen- Mr. JR. Clynes, Labour, Preet

eral and Municipal Workers, on. behalf of the Opposition opposed the Bill on the ground that it was insumdiently comprehensive....

Social-M.-C. L. Whist Drive, Prison Officera Mess, Arbuthnot Road Civil Service Cricket Club Whist Drive, 8 p.m., "Get To- gether of Australian and New Zealand Assen, at Gloucester. Hotel. 5.30 p.m.

Sports. Badminton, Mer's League; Chinese R.C. v. St. Andrew's "B"

Billiards.Senior Championship, 'Andrew The V. A. F. Pereira (Kow-

A Labour amendment for the re-loon C.C.), 8.30 p.m.; T. F. Jordan Jection of the Bill was defeated 237 | T-

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STRIKE CONTINUED

Landon, Fe.. London is now faced with a meat shortage as a result of the con tinuance of the Smithfield market atrike, which was to-day extended to cold storage workers, thus bringing the number of strikers up to 12,000.

Sapplies in some shops were-to- day practically exhausted, and to- morrow they will be empty unless the emergency arrangement which are being prepared are es-

New York, Teb. 4. There have been many accidents in the eastern United States as a result of severe frosts following fective drizzle of rain. Streets in scores The strikers held another meet of cities were ice-coated and were ing this afternoon, after which an rendered not only unsafe for oracial stated that the position pedestrians and motor vehicles. was unaltered.-- but almost impassable.

Reuter's Bulletin Servicz,

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Lawn Tennis-Ladies Doubles Championship, Mrs. Wilson and Miss R. Hancock v. Mrs. L. R. An= drewes and Mrs. J. L2 Lition (U.S.R,C.)..

Bnooker-Steel Coulson League, Royal Engineers v. Naval Dock- yard Police; St. Patrick's v. Gaz-

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Catholic Union?

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Tides High at 10.19 and 20.54 Low at 3.29 and 13.58.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, Anniversaries and Holidays. Feast of Lanterns. (Shang-ylian- chieh), St. Romuald, Abbot.

Games Cinemas King's It's In The Air. Queen's—He Was Her Man," Oriental:"She" World:-"Chinese Picture." Alhambra Girl In Danger Majestic Diamond Jim.~ H Star:-"Annapolis Farewell”.

Meetings.Kowloon Chess Cluo, at Central British School, 5.30 p.m.; St. Andrew's Girls' Guild, 6 p.m...

Trafic has been held up gen- erally. Farmers were obliged to deliver their milk and dairy pro duce by sledge in many places.

Meanwhile, there is still heavy. anow in places Six trains are. stuck deep in mow-drifts in Iowa.

In Timols the terrible cold-map In face of opposition, the Legis- St. Andrew's Ball, 3 p.m. continues. There have been eight lative Assembly carried a resolu- more deaths in that state, linols tion to extablish a standing com- and Indians,mittee of both Houses for consulta

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