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Hector: Car About Town Notorious Gossip

Two darkle women were discuss- ing the engagement of a mutual friend.

"Say, Mis' Johnson, did Mose give Celestine" a engagement ring foh bein' engaged?"

No, Mis Jackson. He done bet- tah dan dat. He, guv huh a en- qagenient wringer and washtub.”

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"I've been getting threatening letters through the mail; isn't there a law"against that?”

"Sure! The income tax collec- tor."

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GREEK PRISON INCIDENT

Deputy Trapped By Convict

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

MONDAY, APRIL 20 Anniversaries and Holidays- Corn Rain. (Ku-YID. St. Agnes of Monte Pulciano. V

Cinemas

King's: kose Marie" Queen's: "Broadway Hostess, Central: "Chinese Picture." Oriental:-"Rose Of The Rancho World:-"Chinese Picture" Albambra:-"Rose Marie. Majestle:"O'Shaughnessy's Boy." Star"--"Shipmates Forever."

Dances-Dance at Sailors' Home and Seaman's Institute. 40 Giou- cester Road, 8.30 p.m.

Lectures.-Prof. W. C. W. Nixon, in School of Surgery. University. 6 p.in.

Meetings-Annual, of Central British Association, in Central Br- Union Church Women's Guild, '15 tish School 5.45 p.m.; Hongkong

Kowloon Union Church General Committee, 6.15 p.m.

"There certainly is," replied Ward. "In fact, it is a very serious offence to send threatening letters,Hong Kong Dally Press" Special) Have you any idea who's doing

Athens, Apri 18. it?"

An act of incredible audacity has been perpetrated in a prison here by a convict named Marino. sentericed to penal servitude, who

Social-St. Andrew's Club Open from his prison cell, made a des; perate attempt to extort a pardon Girl Guide's Assen. hold farewell Night; Executive Committee of

from the authorities, but pald

tea-party to Lady Southorn, at with his life for the attempt

On the pretext of having Im-Sandilands Hut, 4.30 pm.: Tombola portant revelations to make, Ma- at R. E. W. Q.5 and S/N.C.O.8!

Mess. 845 p.m. rino induced the Deputy Eltaxias son of the late Premier.

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A farmer was walking round his orchard, when the came across a boy up in the branches of an apple-tree. and the farmer's dog was underneath.

"What are you doing up in that

tree?" asked the farmer sternly.

"Tier-teaching your dog to stand on his hind legs." stammer- ed the bor.

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to visit him in hs call, which Marino oc- Football.-First Division, South cupied in Syngros prison. When | China "B" v. South China ""A" M. Eftaxias entered the cell the (Caroline Hill). 5.15 pm. The atmosphere was reaching convict drew a revolver and forced Lawn Tennis.Open Singles bolling point at a football match; the Deputy to send an urgent | Fina), H. D. Rumjatı'v. S. A. Rum- again and again the referee gave message requiring the authorities jahn or Tsui Wai-pul (Hongkong decisions against the home team. to grant a pardon, Marino threat- C.C. Court), 4.30 p.m.; Handicap The crowd howled with anger ening that he would otherwise Doubles Final. each time. After one incident, a shoot. M. Eftaxias and commit plaintive cry, came saddened sulaide.

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The demand caused great ex- "Oh, ref., can't you see a four citement, avspecial Cabinet Coun- unless it's got feathers on?”

cil being summoned to deal with the matter. Since the King, how- ever, declined to pardon the pri-'} soner it was finally decided have recourse to force.

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"This is quite a growing neigh- bourhood now." said the traveller to a shop-keeper on a new housing estate. "How do you get on with the new settlers?"

"Well," replied the shop-keeper, "some of them settle up before they settle down, some settle down and some before they settle up, never settle at all"

LATE DR. VON HOESCH

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Early this morning opened machine-gun fire through the cell door, killing Marino, while M. Ertaxias, who had been forced to remain in the cell since yesterday, escaped with a slight

bullet wound in the bead-· ́ Transascan Fewa Service".

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ITALY BARRED FROM LEVANTE FAIR

("Beng Kong Daily Press" Special)

Jerusalem, April 18. No Italian display of goods are to be

exhibited at the Levante Fair which opens at Tel Aviv at the end of April, the British Man date Government having put an embargo on import according to statements of

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