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CENTRAL

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SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.10, 7,15, & 9.20 p.m.

Shivers and Shakes of Laughs and Thrills!

One moment he was atund" ing at her side-Came a padded footfall-a weird eeric cry, and before her very eyes he vanished into nothingness

with

HELEN

TWELVETREES, LILYAN TASHMAN, Raymond Hackett, Jean Hersholt, Neil Hamilton and Montagu Love. Directed by

RUPERT JULIAN

EEPS

Next Change

A 1931 Paramount Comedy

"THE SOCIAL LION"

Starring the Greater JACK OAKIE

with

Mary Brian, Skeets Gallagher and Olive Borden.

OPIUM HIDDEN IN

Ward

CRACKERS.

CLEVER DECEPTION

DETECTED.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1931,

TRADE MARK SAID INFRINGED.

LOCAL CHINESE FIRM SUMMONED.

"A very neat and clever decep-| As local agents for "Stag" soap tion," commented Revenue Officer a product of Japan, Messrs. Jebsen prosecuted & Co., through their solicitors, when he

Deacons. Chinese at the Magistracy this Messrs.

summoned morning for the possession of 26 Kwong Yat-on, of Kwong Yuen thels of uplum. The officer said Street East, before Mr. Schofield that the man was apprehended in at the Central Police Court this Hollywood Rond, following in- morning, for allegedly infringing

baadle of Are the makers' trade mark. formation, and crackers he was carrying WID Mr. H. J. Armstrong appeared examined and found to contain for the complainant firm and in- the drug. From the outside, itfilmated that Mr. Horace Lo had looked just like an ordinary bunch been retained by the defenec, but of crackers.

was unable to attend Court as ho

The offleer said the man must was engaged in the Kowloon have been aware of the existence Magistracy,

of the opium, no, when stopped, he Mr. Armstrong mentioned that told the Revenue party how much

apium was in the parcel.

although the information was laid

before the Central Magistrate, the

CANTON POSTAL NANKING

RATES.

AN INCREASE OF 25 PER CENT.

We are advised by, Mr. V. W. Stapleton-Cotton, Postal Commis- aloner for Kwangtung, that owing to the continued fal! in silver, thore will be an increase of 25% in post- age rates for all International mail

Mr. Schofield fined the man seizure had been made at the $750, with the alternative of five Kowloon-Canton Railway And

months in gaol.

MORE BLASTING DANGERS.

ROCKS FALL AMONGST +

SAMPANS.

CONCESSION

ENQUIRY.

OFFICIALS REPORT TO DR. WANG.

MR. FEETHAM'S TASK DONE.

PRESENTATION OF PORCELAIN.

(Our Own Correspondent.) -

Shanghai, June 24. Mr. Justice Feotham sails on

matter and parcels no from the 1st RENDITION CLAIM. June 30 by the P. and O. liner:

July.

This means that the postage on Union letters, which la at present 20 cents. will be increased to 20 Further cents; registration single, now 20 cents, will be 25 cents; and, with return receipt 50 cents

Full detalls as to other postage rates can be obtained at the nearest Post Office.

CAMBRIDGE HONOURS MR. MELLON.

SON ALSO RECEIVES A

DEGREE.

London, June 23.

Nanking, June 24.

developments

arc

shortly expected in connexion with Nanking's plans for the rondition of Foreign Concessions and Settlements.

Kashgar, for Singapore, en route to South Africa, for the purpose of

Judge Presi assuming duty dent of the Natal Provincial Division of the Supreme Court of South Africa.

Ho aulis from Singapore `ta Batavia, where, he will embark Messrs. Frank W. Lee, political aboard the 8.8, Houtman for Dur Vice-Minister of the Ministry of ban. Foreign Affairs, Wang Chia-chen, He will be accompanied by his administrative Vice-Minister, and Secretary. Mr. A. H. Macintosh Hsu Mo, who were appointed to and is due at Natal at the beginn- Atudy conditions in British, Ameri-ing of August.

cnn and Japanese Concessions, have Mr. Justice Feetham will be now returned to Nanking, after an the guest of honour at a Council extensive tour of the Treaty Ports Dinner at the Cathay Hotel on along the Yangtze, Yellow and Friday and will be the recipient

thereat Pearl Rivers,

of a gift of valuable Chinese proeclain.

ob-

The investigators have furnish Cambridge University to-day ed Dr. C. T. Wang, the Foreign conferred the honorary degree of Minister, with their detailed Doctor of Laws on Mr. Andrew servations. Mellon, the United States Secre- tary of the Treasury.

Mr. Mellon's undergraduate son, Paul, had the B.A. degree con- ferred on him on the same acen- |sion, Renter,

Eusked whether the case should be

taken at the Kowloon Court. His Worship adjourned summons sine.die whilst he farrod the case to the Kowloon

agistracy.

the re-

The Foreign Minister has now in- ! formed the British, American. Indian Japanese. French, and Ministers of Nanking's intention to open early negotiations.

EXPLOSION IN A CORDITE WORKS.

ELEVEN PERSONS BLOWN TO PIECES.

London, June 23.*

On acoast of the political chaos The intention of the University in the South and the approuching to confer upon Mr. Mellon the summer holidays, when foreign Eleven persons are missing, and honorary degree of Doctor of diplomats at Peking will be leaving almost certainly have been blown Laws was not generally known, for Peltaiho, it is expected that the to pleces, as the result of a terrifie and he received loud applause negotiations will be postponed at explosion in a naval egrdite fac- when, wearing a scarlet robe, he least until the autumn.

itory at Holton Heath, ur Ware- was presented to the Vice-Chan | A Peking telegram says that the ham, in Dorset. cellor by Public 'Orator, who, In | diplomatic circles do not regard the course of a laudatory speech, the Nanking demand for the early In Latin, coupled Mr. Mellon's rendition of visit to England with President serious. Hoover's recent pronouncement.- Reuter and British Wireless.

For failing to take the necessary this occasion it was high tide and precautions whilst blasting at the the craft were able to move away, Seminary at Aberdeen, Messrs. Lam but if it had been low tide and the Dore (building contractors) were sumpans beached, there would have fined $60 by Mr. Schofield at the been no escape,

Central Police Court this morning. It was stated that although the According to Sergeant Cunuing-same conditions prevailed two days ham, fragments of stone wers afterwards, adequate precautions thrown down the hillside into the had since then been taken by the harbour among the sumpans. On contractors,

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DO.-X. FLIGHT.

Rio de Janeiro, June 22.

the Concessions

Work was in full swing when the roof of the nitro-glycerine de- apartment was suddenly blown off. apparently owing to the bursting of a sulphurle neid tank.

The Japanese Charge d'Affairs, Mr. M. Shigemitse, arived at Nan- king yesterday to resume his dis- cussions with Dr. C. T. Wang on outstanding Sino-Japanese issues,

at 5 p.m. on a flight from Bahia by way of Carvellas.

The National Telegraph reports

The plane is on the way to Rie that the German flying bout Do.X. has arrived at San Pedro Dealdeia where its is scheduled to arrive

to-day.

The sky was filled with acrld blood red smoke. Work was im- mediately stopped, and the factory hands were recruited as stretcher bearers. Nineteen were injured, most of them not seriously.

The damage to the factory was not so great as might be expected,

of

protective owing to the use earthworks between the work- sheds. Reuter,

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Final Showings To-day

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INA CLAIRE FREDRIC MARCH

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Frantic newspapermen wait help- -lessly outside their barred front door-while you walk into their drawing-rooms and boudoirs! And peak into the extremely private lives and loves of America's favor. ites !

Meet Tony Cavendish, "America's Great Lover," whose heart es- capades are the gossip of two COD-

"The tinents.

COMMENCING

Ed Wynn in

Booking at the Theatre.

Royal Family

of Broadway"

a Paramount Picture

With

MARY BRIAN HENRIETTA CROSMAN Based on Edna Ferber's and George Kaufman's Stage Hit

TO-MORROW

FOLLOW THE LEADER"

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MARIE DRESSLER DOLLY MORAN in

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** It reduces the blues, and gives you what

we believe to bo our funniest talkiel'

"You must come

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MARIE POLLY

with

Anita Page

Lucien

LITTLEFIELD directed by CHARLES.7. RIESNER

the man who made

Caught Short "

Mean Goldwyn Mayer

ALL TALKING MOTURA

Special Added · Attraction

THE

DOG COMEDY

"30 QUIET ON THE CANINE FRONT"

ALL-BARKIE

TO-MORROW.

Marion Davies

Crashes

through.

with a

load of laughs in

THE

BACHELOR

·Metas- Kemer MOR TALKING

with

Ralph Forbes

C. Aubrey Smith

The Belasco

Stage Triumph

No o a talkie

viot!

FATHER

She won her way into her daddy's 'heart!

MERRY

MARION'S

directed by ROBERT Z.

HAPPIEST

HIT!

LEONARD

COMING SHORTLY

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