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To-day to Saturday Only. Positively Last Screening in Hongkong Daily at 2.00, 5.00, 7.20, 9.40, p.m. sharp. Broke all Records for Hongkong.

Music.. Romance

Beauty

Glamor

and Pageantry ..

United to Create what all America has ac

claimed the

EIGHTH

WONDER

of the WORLD

RIORITA

RADIO PICTURES' Calgal Glorification in Voice, Song, Color and Beauty of ZIEGFELD'S GREATEST GIRL-MUSIC SPECTACLE

With BEBE DANIELS

**** hailed as the screen's greatovi singing star

JOHN BOLES:

DAMNAE reminde idil

Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey Dorothy Lee Don Alvarado

and Thousand Others

Glorione old songe and glorious new" by

HARRY TIDINSY JOB MCCARTHY

Spectacular Stones in Technicolor

A

WILLIAM

L.BARON

Production

Directed by

LUTHER

REED

-Next Change, SUNDAY Sept. 28th, GEORGE BANCROFT

IN

"THE MIGHTY

A Paramount All-talking Action-Melodrama.

Booking at Anderson's & The Theatre. Tel. 25720)

A Whisper Above Hongkong Echoes in a Million. Hearts,

'03009903306006800000000000030

THE FLEET'S IN!"

with

CLARA BOW.

What Screams!. What Laughs! Hong Kong's got the Merry Ha, Ha's!

ELEANORE NINON

and LEO MANTIN.

triumphing in

"GAY PAREE"

Both Attractions at 9.20 p.m. Continuing the récord breaking policy of Stage and Screen at the

MAJESTIC

At 2.30, 5.30, 7.20 89.20 p.m.

We advise early selection of seats.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1930.

THREE MOTORING ACCIDENTS.

LADY PILLION-RIDER SENT TO HOSPITAL.

TWO FATALITIES.

HEROIN PILLS IN HOTEL

OVER 20,000 FOUND UNDER WASHSTAND.

BOARDER ARRESTED.

DISARMAMENT BY DEGREES.

DANGER OF RUSHING INTO CONFERENCE.

LORD CECIL'S PLEA.

Mrs. M. Reynolds, living at No. A large haul of heroin pills in a

Geneva, Sept. 24. 25, Prince Edward Road, was in-room at the Asla Hotel was made Lord. Cecil, at a meeting of the jured in a motor mishap yesterday, by Revenue Office Grimmitt and a Third Committee of the League. when riding pillion on a motor-party of Revenue Officers at noon uttered a warning against rushing cycle, the machina collided with yesterday when a boarder was into a general disarmament con- motor lorry, No. 2771, in Nathan arrested in connexion with the sol-ference without proper prepara-

tion. Road, Kowloon.

On being brought before Mr.

This warning followed a specchi "The mishap occurred near the Junction of Saigon Street, Mrs. Rey-Lindsell at the Central Magistracy by Count Bornstorf (Germany) nolds being thrown off the seat. She this morning the arrested, man was who, with other speakers, felt received injuries which, while recharged with being in possession of doubtful as regards the utility of Disarmament preparatory quiring her, admisson to the Kow-20,004 pille. loon Hospital, are understood not formation was received and as a hitherto "done nothing, during According to R. O. Grimmitt, In-Commission, which he alleged had

to be serious,

result informers were seat to the the past, five years."

Asia Hotel. These men went into

the defendant's room and there

the

Lord Cecil claimed that the

Commission had done much, but

As a motor bus No. 92 was passing through a barrier on the Castle Peak Road" yesterday, where the road is crossed by earth smoked opium, until the arrival of demurred at fixing the exact date! the in charge. On entering the room, Revenue Officer Grimmitt He said we were going to do some asked the defendant if he had any thing never done before, namely pills but he replied in the negative to limit the armaments of each

near side by an earth truck which appeared at the intersection with- out any warning. A coolie who was seated on the truck was killeet When searched, five pills, one of nation to an agreed international: instantly either through jumping found in his pocket. He told the which was subsequently lost, were or falling off, while substantial raiders that they had been given to damage was also caused to the him by a friend, whom he was now body of the bus.

unable to find.

The accident happened at 1 p.m.

A further search revealed two at a spot near Yuen Chow Street,tins, containing 20,000 pills under Shamsluipo. A wooden barrier the washstand, but the defendant guarding the approach of the

truck rails at one side of the road denied all knowledge of these. was smashed when the truck the defendant had first engaged It would be given in evidence that crashed through. The man, em room No. 212 and then changed to ployed to guard the gate has beenroom No. 204 in which the pills were detained for investigations of an subsequently found. allegation of neglect of duty.

Yet another fatality was caused when an Aberdeen bus, proceeding through the Main Street of the village yesterday, knocked down and killed a fisher-boy, aged 15 The body was taken to the Mor tuary.

DEATH OF REV. P. H. DITCHFIELD.

NOTED BERKSHIRE RECTOR AND AUTHOR.

London, Sept. 24. The death has occurred of the Rev. Peter Hampson Ditchfield.-- Reuter..

to give evidence, but stated that!

The No. 1 room boy was called three men engaged the room, while he could not remember which of them had given the name under which the room was engaged,

KO. Grimmitt intimated to his Worship that the witness had given him an entirely different story and suggested that he had apparently been "got at."

His Worship remanded the case until tomorrow to see whether the prosecution could secure any fur ther evidence from the Hotel.

RECENT BURGLARY

RECALLED.

POLICE-ANNOUNCE OFFER OF EIG REWARD.

The Rev. P. H. Ditchfield was the famous Rentor of Barkham, Berks, which appointment he had held since 1886. He was born in The Police authorities announce 1851, and after obtaining a degree that a reward of $500, and at Oxford was ordained in 1878. further reward of 10 per cent, of He was a noted, Freemason, and the property recovered, will be was appointed Grand Chaplain of paid to any person giving informa Freemasons in England in 1917. tion which will lead to the arrest and of Mark Masons in 1918. He and conviction of the person - or is noted principally for his most persons who, on the night of,Sep- valuable researches into oldtember 16-17, broke into the atore history and traditions and of the Commercial Press. Limited, archaeology, his publications on at No. 35, Queen's Road Central, the subject heing numerous and of by forcing the gute of the back national importance. He did a entrance in Chiu Loong Street. great deal to arouse interest in old and made a large haul of goods associations in different parts of and money,

It would take a long

time to accomplish. standard.

The preparatory Commission is to meet on November 3.--Reuter.

AMERICANS WIN THE

BRIDGE MATCH.

ENGLISH SIDE DEFEATED BY

4,845 POINTS,

London Sept. 24, Nearly 200 hands have been played in the Anglo-American bridge tournament. and America has emerged victorious by 4,845 points.

Another match starts at Crock- fords Club in a few days.-Reuter,

It was announced on September 15 that an Anglo-American bridge contest, the first ever played, had opened at Almacks Club, London, and was expected to last six days. Mr. Ely Cuthbertson, captain of the American team, which includes his wife, as well as Baron Von Zed- witz and Mr. Theodore Lightner,| intended to play the American sys- tem of forcing the bidding against the English team, consisting of Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Buller (captain), Mrs. Gordon Evers, Dr. Nelson Woodhill and Mr. Cedric Kehoe. Dr. Lasker, the former chess champion, was to referee the match, which was to be one of "contract" bridge.

T.Ú.C. CONGRESS CHAIRMAN.

MR. ARTHUR HAYDAY ELECTED TO POST.

London, Sept. 24.

The General Council of the

England, in old place names, The stock has been carefully ancient sports and customs, and gone over since the burglary, and Trades Union Congress to-day elec- forth. It also did much it has been ascertained that theed Mr. Arthur Hayday as Chair- rosearch into Old London, and his barglars exclusively selected from man for the ensuing year. For the many books on the subject are amongst the many valuable past 40 years he had been a per- manent official of the National] articles, fountain pens and

standard references.

One of his best-read works was | pencils, the range including Union of General and Industrial "The England of Shakespeare," Parker, Wahl, Waterman and issued in 1917. The "Counties of Peace pens, as well as those of Eugland," published in 1911 In Cerman manufacture. These two volumes, is another reference goods, with $274 stolen from a book of established value. He drawer, brought the total value of was until some time ago the editor the haul to $4,907.

of the Journal of the British

Archaeological Association. He

did a great deal of lecturing, and SHIP'S "BOY" IMPORTS also inspected schools. His pass- ing will be regretted by many in

all parts of the Empire.

TRADE DEPRESSION ALLEVIATION.

BANKING HEADS. TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE SCHEME.

New York, Sept. 24.

OPIUM.

FINE OF $1,500 IMPOSED THIS MORNING,

Workers, of which he is a member, Town Council and has represented He is a member of the West Ham

Nottingham West in Parliament since 1918-British Wireless.

In the first Labour Government, Mr. Hayday waa.. Parliamentary Private Secretary to Mr. J. R. Clynes..

EFFECTS OF MEAL OF

· MUSHROOMS.

A ship's "boy" employed on board FIVE MORE CHINESE TAKEN the ss. Venezia appeared before Mr.

TO HOSPITAL. Lindsell at the Central Police Court

this morning 'on a charge of being Within a few days, a second in possession of 14 taels of pre- case, has been reported of people pared opium, which had been smug-being taken to hospital on account The heads of the Bank of Eng-gled into the Colony from Macao. of poisonous effects produced land, the Bank of France and the The defendunt pleaded guilty from eating some kind of fungus Reichsbank are expected to meet and, in reply to his Worship, ad-mistaken for edible mushrooms. shortly with a view to discussing mitted that he had brought the measures to be taken for the opium from the Portuguese colony nese, including a young woman and The Police, state that. ive Chi- alleviation of the world-wide on board the Venezia... business depression. Reuter'a American Service.

AMERICAN COMPANY'S

EXPANSION.

CONTROLLING INTEREST IN EUROPEAN CONCERNS,

New York, Sept. 24. The Bush Service Corporation, controlled by the Bush Terminal, Company, has secured control of twenty-six old-established European distributing companies, covering every European country except Russia.--Reuters: American Ser vice.

a small boy, were admitted to the Revenue Officer Grimmitt in Government Civil Hospital yester formed his Worship that when the day, from No. 8, King Street, with police went on board the defendant symptoms of poisoning after par threw the parcel containing the taking of a meal in which these opium into the harbour, and the so-called mushrooms were includ service of a diver had to be obtained. ed to retrieve the package.

A fine of $1,500 was imposed.

PRINCE FLIES FROM -PARIS.

RETURNS FROM HOLIDAY IN

FRANCE.

London, Sept. 24). H.RH, the Prince of Wales, who has been enjoying a quiét holiday in France, returned to London to day by air from Paris. He flew in his own light aeroplane.

The patients are not believed to be in any danger.

BROOKLANDS CYCLE

CONTESTS,

HIGH SPEEDS REGISTERED BY WINNERS.

London, Sept. 24.

An average speed of 97.26 miles per hour was achieved at Brook- FINE WEATHER.

lands to-day by A. Denley, who, on MAA in AIS. machine, won the 200 The Royal Observatory reports

The Prince is leaving by night miles motor-cycle race in the 509 that the anti-cyclone has passed in train from Balmoral, where he will c.c. class.

to the Pacific. Depressions are shown over S.E. Mongolia and to the probably remains until the Court The winner in the 1,000 c.c. class WSW, af Tourane. The local returns to Buckingham Palace on was A. Dunn, riding a Horsman's, forecast fs E. winds, fresh, mo- September 30th British Wire-Triumph. His speed was 94.32 miles per hour-British Wireless. Iess. derating: fine.

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