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CENTRAL

SEE TIKIEATRE HEAR

SHOWING TO-DAY

A1 2.30, 3.10. 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.

A UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION

LUPE VELEZ

in

STORM

NATURE RAGE UNLOOSED

PRIMITIVE PASSIONS

RUN WILD!

Mad moments staged in a lonelț wilderness cabin that held prisoner its snow-bound occupants-two fighting men and a beautiful French-Canadian- girl. Blizzards and avalanches motivating a powerful plot telling of two kinds of love

Nature at her wildest, being fought by men at their maddest, for the love of an untained daughter of the North Woods. With PAUL CAVANAGH and WILLIAM BOYD at the lead of the supporting cast. It's a story adopted from Langdon McCormick's famous stage thriller.

NEXT CHANGE

ANOTHER UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION

"BAD SISTER"

In the cast

CONRAD NAGEL, SIDNEY FOX,

HUMPHREY BOGART, ZASU PITTS, SLIM SUMMERVILLE Directed by

HOBERT HENLEY

Booking at the Theatre, (Tel. 25720)

THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH,

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19. 1931.

MILITARY PRISON THE ILLICIT DRUG MYSTERY MAN OF

TRAFFIC.

ESCAPES.

Local Hunt for Two Privates.

NO DIMINUTION IN THE EVIL.

press,

CHINA PROBLEM.

London, Aug. 18.

FINANCE.

Mission Supplied to Mr. Norman.

محمد

п

ARGYLL FUGITIVES. Raports of seizures of drugs NO CONFIRMATION ¡From the British Dominions

OFFICIALLY. Escapes from the Military (particularly India), the Colonies, Detention Barracks were effect-the United States nud Egypt, show

Chiengo, Aug. 18. ed by two privates of the Argyll that there was little, if any.

diminution In the left drug A suggestion that Mr. Mon- and Sutherland Highlanders this dim morning, and although police traile generally in 1930, and that tague Norman's "health trip" and military authorities took the illicit traffic in cocaine from has New York as its ultimate the Far East continues to give destination and that he hopes immediate steps for their concern, according to the British to turn the present Franco- prehension, they were still at Government's report to the League American three-months bank large at the time of going to of Nations on the traffic in pl credit of £48,000,000 into

and other dangerous drugs during purely American credit to the The fugitives are Private Camp the year.

As

Instration 013

of the same amount, but for a longer beil ni Private Wilson, both

men enormous demand for drugs for period, is put forward in the natives of Glasgow. Both are 21 years of age, and Be the illicit trafic, the report says Chicago Daily Net08.

In copyriglit telegrams form fallowing descriptions have been an enquiry was recently received j circulatet-Campbell, 5 ft, & ins from Japan by firms in London London and Basle to the Chicago

for topee. a shipment of 1,400 kilo-Daily Nmes, its correspondents ex- height, wearing a khakl

press the opinion that "the Bank of singlet, khaki drill trousers and grammes of heroin to Shanghai. military boots, He is distinguish- As regards China, attention is England will obviously be unable to able by his red hair. Wilson. drawn to the difficulty experienced repay the recent short-term Franco who in 5 It Glas in height, is regarding applications for per-American credit without similarly attired, and has a dark mission to export drugs foring the stability of the podanger. medicinal purposes, because. as far Mr. Montage Norman's object, Hear across his right cheek.

as can be ascertained, the recent they any, is to reimburse the short- Seen at Blake Pier.

Chinese law under which import teri Inan, and to convert the Five Was ereape

Four certificates must be issued by the Per Cent, War Loan on Ministry of the interior, after Per Cont. basis thus saving the interest ium British

Government opium

M consultation

and lightening the British

in

The

discovered

about 10 o'clock this morning, and shortly afterwards they were seen at Blake Pier. Fortunately for them their description and the re. port of their escape had not at The time been virculated to polled

and the run officers on patrol. NWAYA disappeared along Praya. It is believed ther endeavour to get on one of boats, and a sharp look-out being kept for them on all going craft.

Prekpes weri

*

with the

Suprasi intempethic operation. Budget. Suppression

Wall Street banking circles pro- The report say the work of the Home Offee in dealing with less complete ignorance of such a Federal exports of drugs to China would move and officials of the

thebe greatly facilitated by a definits Reserve Bank refuse commen will

Inquiries by Reuter in London the tutement by the Chinese Govern-

ment of the authorised procedure elicited no confirmation of the Chi- ont-for the issue of import licences,cago report, Oficial quarters and

the Treasury in Downing Street) state that they know nothing about The matter. - Kenter.

The railway station is also le- ing closely observed.

Information ሲ። to how the effected was not available this morning. but it is fairly conclusive that the fugl tives had to scale the high wall detention which surrounds harracks.

FRENCH COLONIAL

EXHIBITION.

NEW DUTCH PAVILION

OPENED.;

Paris. Aug. 18.

Bruters

BURMA OUTLOOK

- UNCHANGED.

IMPROVEMENT GENERALLY

MAINTAINED.

London, Aug. 18. The Indian Office states that thero in little change in the situa- tion in Burma..

CHINA PROTEST HEEDED.

QUEEN'S

EXK

Final Showings To-day At 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 A PICTURE THAT WILL GO DOWN THE AGES

D.W.GRIFFITH'S

MAMMOTH SPECTACLE

"Abraham lincoln

with

UNITED ARISE PICTUM

WALTER HUSTON-UNA MERKEL ADDED ATTRACTION LOCAL SPORTS NEWS

TO-MORROW WILLIAM FOX

AN

CRAZY THAT WAY

'ALL TALKING MOVIETONE COMEDY

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

AT THE

with JOAN BENNETT STAR

JAPANESE OPERATIONS IN

KOREA.

A

Sauking, Aug. 18. The improvement in most dis- The Foreign Office lodged

maintained, Įtricts is

though strong protest on the 18th instant dacoities are still very numerous with the Jamnese Government, in the Thuyetmyo and Prome Dis-through, Mr. Shigemitsu, against tricts. No Important collisions the crossing on the Chinese side of between Government forces and the Tumon River and the planting After six weeks' work, the new the rebels occurred during the of piles and signal fings for Bar- Datch Pavilion at the Colonial Ex-week, and no Government ensuni-vey and pontoon construction pur hibition. replacing the one desties have been reported.

roses on the 11th instant by A troyed by fire, was opened to-day, Surrenders continue, and now party of thirty-four snidlers and beautiful Javanese temple number about 2,950. Sixty-two Japanese engineering corps Crom Biterally arising from the ashes prisoners were released during the

in Korea, who have beon week, and the number in custody conducting

manoeuvres general is 1.169.

since the 4th instant. The Note The Irrawaddy hus been ab-demanded the immediate cessation normally high in Lower Burma, and of the manoeuvres and no repeti- there has been considerable local tion of the same in future,

It is now learned that the pilles flooding. The river is now falling, and it is hoped that no serious and signals have since been removed damage has been done to standing by Japanese troups--Sinonetes Ser crops.-British Wireless.

| rire.

-Renter.

REPORT SIGNED.

Basłe, Aug. 18. The Committee of Experts has signed the Layton Report regard ing marks credits held in Ger mang-Reuter

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One man's wife is another man's

temptation.

DON'T BET

ON WOMEN

EDMUND LOWE JEANETTE Mac DONALD

Directed by WILLIAM K. HOWARD. BOOKING AT THE THEATRE. TEL, NO. 25313

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