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IN

'True to the Navy'

CLARA'S GOT A

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A Paramount Picture

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1931.

BRILLIANT

NAVIGATIONAL FEAT..

PUBLIC MONEY

VOTES.

$30,000 REQUIRED FOR NEW LAUNCH.

THREE OTHER ITEMS.

Pour voles Loteling $37 694 and to come before the Finance Com Imittee of the Legislative Council Cat their meeting to-morrow after-

$2,050. Pulslic Traordinary:

Works

ONLY FOUR FEET SERIOUS ASSAULT

TO SPARE.

H.M.S. NELSON TAKEN!

THROUGH PANAMA.

SLIGHT DAMAGE.

CHARGE.

POLICE MESSENGER APPEARS

IN THE DOCK.

RUPTURED SPLEEN.

A serious assault was alleged,

New York, Feb. 21 before Mr. Hamilton at the Kow-

A polyglot crowd of Ameri-Jun Magistracy this morning, to |cans, British, Chinese andjhave been committed by a police noon. The details are as follows: ! others, at Balboa in the Panama Woosung Street on January last. messenger on Chinese of 174 Ex- Barker Road, im-Canal Zong, witnessed a triumph the complainant being stated to movements from Stubbs Rond to af navigation when the British have now recovered sufficiently to Victoria Hospital; payment of re-battleship, H.M.S. Nelson, with be out of danger. tention money.

only four feet to spare passed Owing to the extremely dilatory through the canal locks and by Mr. M.A, da Silva, who entered The defendant was represented way in which the work has been docked astern of the U.S.S.

arrive oul ma kor

ja plea of not guilty. to the con-

Texas. tractor disputing his final bill, it

Detective Inspector C. P. Falion H.MS. Nelson, which is on a tolt his Worship that the defen was impossible to complete the five days' visit to return a courtesy dant was alleged to have gone to payments in 1930 and a sum of call aid to Scotland inst summer 174, Woosung Street, where $2,050 is required for the payment by the American battleships, Utah, wife had previously of retention money.

kone, and The estimat-Florida and Arkansas, is a vessel after a quarrel with the complain- 6 east of the work was $39,000 of 40,000 tons and is the largest fant, who was with the wife, accused the contract. amount $38,034.00,

ship ever to negotiate the Canni. the saving Dri

struck the other man with his Her beam is 106 feet, while the police whistle, rupturing his spleen The contractor was find a sun, fonal locks are only 110 feet wide. jami causing other internal injuries.

39,354,40,

contract

of $2.850 for failing to complete the work within contract time.

Girl Guide Grant. $H.-Miscellaneous Grant in

ald of institution Girl Guides Association. A capitation grani

4

Services.

of

of $2 per

head is made annually to the local Girl Guides and a sum of 3209

hia

"Threading a Needle."

On the application of the pro- Admiral Sir Michael Hodges, the sccution, the evidence of Acting commander in chief of the Atlantic Sub-Inspector Russell, who fa Fleet described his efforts to get eaving for Home on Saturday, was the Canal as "Like taken before the case was adjourned through man's effort to thread a needle. for another week, pending the dis- Despite masterly handling the charge from hospital of the com- este of the giant ship was not plainant, Some boom brackets were broken accomplished without damage.

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Witness said that he was on duty

i provided for this purpose in the when passing through Galan Locks, when an Indian constable took both

Estimates for the current

year

The strength of the Guides – bus

increased to 372 and to pay the

and some of her steel side-plates complainant being supported by the men to the Police Station, the were slightly bulged when the

Nelson bumped into the concrete policeman. In the charge room fall grant on this figure a further sides of Pedro Miguel Locks. the complainual collapsed and ac-

vate at $44 in required.

The Nelson is of considerable used the defendant of having 1atrine and Urinal,

Interest to the US. Navy as sheated him. $2,500, Public Worke Ex is far newer and more powerful) The defendant was formally re- traordinary latrine and aripal at than anything in the US Navy.manded for one week, ball being Javi Street: complete the She was completed in 1927. The allowed in the sum of $250,

newest U.S. battleship, the West Progress was delayed during Virginia, was completed four years 19:16 due to it being necessary to earlier. divert the sewer from under the site

work.

The Nelson carries 9 16-inch guns or the convenience before con-in three turrets, twelve 6-inch guns Istruction could be commenced.

New Launch.

and 28 smaller guns.

Sir Michael Hodges (whose pie-i $33,000,- - Imports. and Experts ture is inset in that of II.M.S. [ Office, special expenditure, pur- [Nelson above) will be the guest of febase of launch. For this motors [Admiral Chase during his stay launch a sum of $53,000 was pro-with the American fleet.-Reuter's vided in Estimated for 1930, and American Service. |r sum of $20,000 (to cumplete) re-i voted in Estimates for 1951. Owing In modiftentions of the plans the contract was not actual- ly signed until this year and it is

tor re-vale

suficient to brings the 1991 vote |un to the total required,

Del 25720) Member of Legislative Counell.

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

TO-DAY

HEAR

to SATURDAY

THE MUSICAL MONARCH OF THE MOVIES!

DENNIS KING

IN

The

Vagabond King

PROHIBITION LAW UPHELD.

Continued from Page 1)

THE SINO-RUSSIAN CONFERENCE.

GENERAL MOH ON HIS WAY TO MOSCOW.

Nauking, Feb 24, Stating that he had reached a romolete understanding with the Policials of the Nanking Govern. |ment concerning the future policy

the Sino-Soviel Conference at Moscow, General Mo Teh-hal de- |livered a speech to eighty Chinese |igurnalists at an official reception given by the Government in honour of the Press on Monday.

The necessity of progredine. with this work has been agreed stitutionality of the Eighteenth to be the Retrenchment Commis Amendment. Hence it has been

After briefly reviewing the his- son and informally by Enote taken For

Hory of the Chinese Eastern Rafl- that granted

the Supreme Court inferentially dis-way dispute, leading to the Soviet- missed the Runt argument as of General Moh said that during hla Manchurian clash of last year. no weight.

[e'ght months' stay in Mocow he Doubled Support.

nude a close study of the condition Judge Clark's own opinion of the Russians and had impressed dicated that he hon no expectar the Soviet officials with the tion that a higher court would Nationalist aspiration for fair support hini, It is said. He stated treatment in connexion with the Specifically thri "EVAN if thin C.F.R.

ALLEGED JEWEL

THEFTS.

SHANGHAI WOMAN - BEFORE THE COURT.

Ugengniseil na she was walking in opinion meets with a cold "re- The Chinese delegate concludel the street at Kowloon City yester- ception in the appellate courts, saying that he was taking fresh day, Chan Yau, alias Lam Tsui- We hope that, it will at least have instructions from the inking hung, alias Kwai Taze, a Shanghat the effect of focusing the country's Government to Moscow where the woman, aged 25, was charged on a thought upon the neglected method diegussions for the settlement, of warrant issued in August last of consideration or constitutional the railway dispute would he year, with having stolen Jewellery Jumendments in convention."

continued without delay. The Valued at $6,210," It is alleged that Such a disclaimer by n federal Nonking-ånd Manchurian Govern- the woman stole the jewellery from judge in advance of a raling it were "unanimous in their a kiri to whom she was amah, at extremely unusual, and it reused policy. An establishment at No. 564 Queen's widespread Interest in the details General Moh left Nanking this Road West, on August 24, 1930. -

surrounding the whole care.

evening travelling by the Tientsin- The woman apeared bofore Mr.

"The enso seems to me like Pukow Railway for Mukden in the Schofield at the Central Magistracy threshing out old straw," was Mr. company of his nasistants. He Chis morning, when Sergeant Dunford's comment on the matter. will stop at Harbin and proceed to Clarke, prosecuting, asked that further charge of having received

"I is too had to arouse the thirsi Russia some time in March.

conference with General Charg a handbag and ear-rings he preferr- of the wets."

Hsueh-lang na been arranged.

ed against defendant. They had

A

been missed at the same time as the ed. "I would like defendant to be: Jewellery was stolen, but in the remanded in poltes custody," con- oxeltement, their loss has not been eluded the offker. "I notice sho

Melbourne, Feb. 24: reported to the

The Arbitration Court hna ró- pulice. Complainant had recognised de- has a black eye and would like to jected Mr. Brennan's. application Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PEROT fendant at Kowloon City yester.ask her some questions about it." to postpone the award of a ten- FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street, In the City of Victoria' day, Sergeant Clarke added, None Defendant was remanded to Fri- per cant reduction in the banis

day afternoon. of the jewellery had been recover Hongkong.

wage in Australia,-Router.

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