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ARMED GANG IN SHANGHAI.

ATTEMPTS TO ROB MR, M. 0.

SPRINGFIELD.

The Shanghai Times has the fol- lowing: trim motor car hum- med over the road from Hungjao to Shanghai. In it sat a smiling man; a man at peace with the world and who gazed upon all mankind through rose coloured glasses. Ladies and gentlemen, the man was none other than Mr. M. O. Springfield, acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, who had just emerged a 'victor in a round of golf in which he had finished

with a nent 72 for 18 holes.

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Over Great Western Road rolled the car. A star-studded sky and a gentle night breeze added ma- terially to Mr. Springfield peace and contentment. Right cheur- fully would he have forgiven all

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1927.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

VARIED NEW PROGRAMME TO-DAY.

BROADWAY FOLLIES VISIT,

Plenty of variety is offered by the new programme at the Queen's Theatre to-day, the thres principa: items being a topical gazette of great interest, a feature film called "A Slave of Fashion," with Norma Shearer in the principal role, and a complete change of pro- gramme by the Broadway Follies

gazette

shows,

The topical among other recent events, the opening of the Gladstone Dock at Liverpool by the King and Queen, and the departure of the Prince of Wales and the Prime Minister for Canada aboard the "Empress of Australia," a liner well known in Hongkong.

enemies,

"A Slave of Fashion" is the fo- Then came the rift in the lute,mance of a young girl who takes on the identity of another and us the first known reporter re- leads a life of luxury in New York marked. Something happened to by using the unlimited credit of a disturb Mr. Springfield's peace of wealthy bachelor absent in Paris mind, and his contentment.

on a holiday. Complications soon arise with entertaining results.

RED SONGS FOR MRS. SUN.

SUNG BY BOY SCOUTS IN

- RUSSIA.

Khabarovsk (Sfberin), Aug. 29.

Mrs. Sun Yat-sen, on route to Moscow and Western Europe, was of Muravey when greeted by the "pioneers" in the was hold up twelve small village her train hours by the Amur floods which had washed out a bridge.

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| NOVARA The "plonecrs" (Russian boy *DEVANHA and girl scouts) took advantage KIDDERPORE of the unusual occasion to greet KHYBER the Kuomintang lender. Through trains rarely stop at this point, and travellers of Mrs. Sun Yat-

The youngsters seemed thrilled KASHMIR sen's fame are rare in that village. at the opportunity to see and MAORDONIA talk with the Chinese leader. A MONGOLIA group of them came to her car "Calls at Port Sudan. Does not carry 2nd eláss pabsongers, and presented a bouquet of na-Does not carry passengers. tive flowers, inviting her to the local school garden. There, seat- circle about Mrs. Sun, ed in a they sung revolutionary songs.

Later the entire school AC- companied Mrs. Sua on

a walkTALAMBA to a lovely grove outside the TALMA village where she chatted with the Calls at Rangoon. tenchera and children.. Sho

Shadowy figures darted into the road just ahead of his car. Arms

Among the items in the Broad-seemed much affected to find that children in this out-of-the-way were waved, hoarse shouts were way Follies' new programme are village knew the events and the heard. There was the sinister the Mexican Tango and the Exhibi- flash of a gun in the yellow rays tion Charleston, also the bizarre significance of the Chinese re-

volution. of the headlights.

Warsaw Polka Burlesque by the Chinese armed robbers at work! entire company. Miss Mursich But Mr. Springfield, who was und Signor Bellotti again submit unarmed, did not stop, subrait to vocal numbers and the programme

World and Star.

a search and sustain loss. Swift-is altogether very attractive. ly his fool came down on the ac- celerator. Like a flush the car leaped forward, plunging through the gang of robbers, who leaped for their lives.

Mr. Springfield made one mile in nothing flat and then had a little time left over

Back on the road a disgruntled, thwarted gang of Oriental gunmen called down the curse of the most wicked of devils on Mr. Spring- held, his ancestors and descend- ants, present, past and future.

men.

The principal, picture at the World Theatre, to-day will be "Dance Madness," a witty comedy with Claire Windor and Conrad Nagel playing the leading roles. The principal picture at the Star Theatre will be Buster Keaton's original and amusing comedy "Sherlock, Jr."

CHINA "CRICKET.”

Mr. Springfield drove to the police station and reported the Out to the affair immediately."

(Continued from Page 1.) loaded scene went a police car with armed

Before they and, therefore, it is not surprising could reach the scene another for that their cricket literature 18 eigner enacted the same perfor- plentiful; while their painting mance as did the Deputy Commis-and pottery have derived much sioner, also escaping from the inspiration from their hobby-the pottery especially, for the jars The police conducted an exten-(like gourds) in which the crickets sive search lasting several hours are coolly housed, the dishes on but the robbers had escaped. which they are fed, and the plates

records which their inscribed.

gang.

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POLICE SUE FOR LIBEL.

AN INTERESTING BANGKOK CASE.

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One freckled-faced girl, a nine

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Beyond Muravey, the train passed NYANZA over the new bridge which had LAHORE been erected within twelve hours KASHMIR by emergency crews which have ARAFCRA been repairing long stretches of MACEDONTA line washed out by the floods. The MONGOLIA Eman river, a tributary of the Amur, whose channel had been diverted when the road was built, had broken through the old chan- KASHGAR nel during the flood, causing the "Cargo only. worst break on the line between Amur and Vladivostok. One hund- red and seventy carloads of gravel were used to make a new roadbed, and the whole task of filing in, laying the ties and rails, was ac- At first, until the prize-ring complished in record time phase set in, it was a purely train went over the reconstructed aesthetic cult, without taint of bridge late in the evening by the utilitarianism; the insects were light of fuming torches.-Nation- kept for their cheerful com-alist News Agency. panionship,

horses as neither Dor dogs, now often bred merely One of the local Siamese papers to alleviate the tedium of modern is being sued for libel by the Police human existence, were ever kept writes a Bangkok çorrespondent. more primitive races. The The paper made serious allegations fancy for them, however, has had.

by regarding the attitude of the Police towards houses of illfame, and these its scientifle value. In the belief the Police naturally crough resent that there is only one species of

cricket-the black-tree cricket- which requires the presence of the female to sing, the Chinese 'do not keep the the females of the cther species. This assumption of theirs, if it is right, raises the Very little evidence so far has question, Why do crickets sing been led, and the case has been post-"Possibly to pass the time," says poned till the 27th of this month. an eminent authority, who sees There have been two other cases of no reason why everything should libel against two Siamese news be sternly practical or biological in Nature, and knows that crickets, One case, I understand, has been whose 'nuptial life is short, sing dismissed and the other has been stoutly all their days and all day referred to a higher court. Libel. long.

ed.

It promises to be a most interest- ing case, and possibly may have sonic bearing on just how far a paper is justified in attacking a State department.

papers.

cases in the past have not been very

rife, here, although the Siamese It is seldom that science and newspapers, largely through ignor-humanism go so well together as ance, have exercised an astounding in this American curator's treat- licence in their criticismas, not only tise.

of hodies but of individuals.

It really has been surprising how. many of the allegations that have been published have been permitted to pass unchallenged.

NEW RESTRICTION LAUNCHES.

THORNYCROFT (SINGAPORE) OBTAIN LARGE ORDER.

yard..

FILIPINO HOPES.

(Continued from Page 1.) 37; and the issue now lies with the Supreme Court of the island. The Order naturally provoked in the political leaders much hostility against Governor-General, and the prospects of co-operation are more remote than ever.

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Ipoh, Aug. 30. A somewhat alarming experience befell Mr. Gordon Graham, the well-known Sunkal planter, who, whilst strolling out on Saturday evening with his daughter, took a new path which led them to the forest and from which they lost their way.

Their electric torch failed and left them in a serious plight.

After several attempts, thoy found themselves unable to get their bearings. Houre passed and an alarm was raised by telephone. All planters in the district and Police scoured the place and eventually found them philosophi cally settled for the night about| one o'clock in the morning.

The experience was thus laugh, ed at, but in view of the fact that the forest is infested with tigers and elephants it is regarded an having a lucky ending.

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Bangkok, Aug. 30.

It is rumoured that the Crown

An order for six new petrol During the legislative session launches, of a larger and more up- the Governor-General vetoed 14 to-date type than are at present Bills out of a total of 128 Bills pro.

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