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CENTRAL

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A Double Programme!

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It is a real Entertainment!

It is partly in Technicolour

in "The Melody Man".

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LEVEKBIA PICTURES

ALL-TALKING

COLUMBIA PICTURES

presents

MUSICAL DRAMAY MEXICALI

The

MELODY ROSE

MAN

ALICE DAY WILLIAM COLLEZ, J. JOHN ST. POLIS

A musical drama that will linger in your memory t

The music of our maslom norvos ne the unique and beautiful book, ground for tandar love story.

JR. WELLANE

COLORFUL ROMANCE OF OLD MEXICO/ BARBARA STANWYCK

SAM HARDY MEXICALI ROSE...y

......rooklous.......baartless. A coquatre who knew no law but her own turbulent putaions. Reali-tic obarac. terizations and thrilling olimarda interwoven with

skill.

DRAMATIC DYNAMITE.

Directed by

ERLE

C

ΜΑΣΟΝ

n

THE HONGKONG 7 TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1931,

RECKLESS MOTOR

DRIVING.

JAPANESE GOODS DISCARDED.

ANCIENT ARMS IN COURT.

OFFENDER. FINED $25 STORY OF SCRAMBLE MAGISTRATE · ORDERS

SEIZURE.

np. the

·

AND WARNED.. FOR POSSESSION.

the A weapon,

nasty Because his story was possibly Included in the batch of trafle

of which caused summonses heard by Mr. Schofield true, without his Wership neces-pearance at the Central Magistracy this sarlly believing that it was, Mr. Magistrate to enquire if it were morning was une of dangerous Williams, at the Central Police driving preferred against the Court this morning, gave a Chi-an executioner's sword, and three driver of public car No. 501. nese the benefit of the doubt when rifles which had seen better daya Sub-Inspector Cunningham, pro- charged with being in possession and whose proper place, in the accuting, stated that the incident of two now pairs of stockings roa opinion of his Worship, was took place on an incline at Pokfu-sonably suspected of having been museum, were amongst the array tum, uear the Dairy Farm. He stolen or unlawfully obtained.

of arms seized on a fishing junk was going uphill, and the defon-

The defendant was arrested in and exhibited at the Central Police dant was coming down, when he possession of the stockings and (witnces) had to swerve his car to when questioned, he said they had Court this morning.

sida to avoid collision with the been thrown away by a woman The case concerned Ho Wing- defondant, who was too far out and he had picked them up.

arc, 26-year-old master of the from his proper side

ort the rond.

After evidence of arrest had vessel, who was charged with poa- As witness swerved he could not altogether avoid an aged Chiness been given, the defendant went in session of those arms and also a

of dynamite and who WAG pressed to the witness box and said he pedestrian

man and woman quantity against the wall, but fortunately came across a

arguing outside the Western Mar- tonators, without a permit. suffered little injury.

ket. The woman had given the man the Atockings.

one.

side

Defendant woo Amed $2 and warned.

de-

Sub-Inspector Cunningham, pro- parcel containing the

when he had soon secuting, sald the junk was at one For carrying a load projecting them he said they were of Japanese time registered at Choungchau, He asked the wo-but had transferred to Aberdeen unduly from the

of the manufacture. vehicle, a lorry driver, who was man to change them, but, on re village for the past two years.

the Sub-Inspecter ceiving

that they could reply aummoned Chester Woude, was fined $5. not be changed, the man refused The boat was a large one,

Tho

by

rear

covered

three

of

jasued ancient

recent Chung Yeung to take them, indicating that, be- over a thousand pleuls capacity, Festival, which brought a harvesting of Japanese manufacture, they and a permit had been for car-drivers, had an echo in a should be thrown away. The wo which number of other cases, two being man agreed and accordingly throw cannon on board, but which did fined $4 and $3 respectively for them away. The defondant and carrying an excess number of, pas three other street coolles made n not include the Bengers. A third offender was rush for possession of the parcel charge.

his and the accused wou cautioned having regard to elear record.

For loitering in the streets, two other public car drivers were ined $6 and $5 respectively.

POLE & PERSIAN IN COURT.

PROBLEM OF BAIL SETTLED.

On the re-appearance of a Pole and a Persian before Mr. Williams!

Items in tho

the defendant Interrogated, His Worship remarked that ul told the police that the arms were though the defendant's story was handed down by his grandfather, Formerly not necessarily true, it was a posnow long since dead. sible one and he would have to be given the benefit of the doubt.

BEGGAR PROBLEM

EMPHASISED.

NO ROOM IN HOME FOR AGED POOR,

A coincidenes in connexion with

at the Central Police Court this the recent round-up of beggars in morning. on ebarges of inrceny by the streets of the city was the fact trick of a ring from the Tung that two old men, almost identical Hing Pawnshop, of 19, Jardine's in appearance, were amongst those Bazaar, Wanchai, Chief Detective arrested at the same time in one inspector A. N. Reynolds ap day this week Their advanced years moved the Magistrate (Mr. piled for another week's remand, Schofield) to consider the denerv- the hearing of the case being pong side of their case. visionally fixed for November 10

Mr. M. K. Lo has been instruct-

When they appeared before him

do-

two junks were in the possession of the family, but the other one, which was in charge of the fendant's father, had been seized by pirates.

The Magistrate (Mr. Schofield) Imposed nominal fines amounting to $35 and ordered the confleca- flon of the arms.

ACID-THROWING INCIDENT.

MAN BADLY HURT

WHEN ASLEEP: Another case of acid-throwing has been reported to the police, a tall-holder of Shing Wong Street

ed by the complainant, while Mr. on remand to-day, his Worship being removed to hospital in n F. X. d'Almada appeared for both stated that the Government had serious condition, as the results of considered their case. The Home jan aitack made on him by another defendants.

Accordin

to

information At the previous hearing the for the Aged Poor, however, was man early this morning.

already crowded to capacity and Persian had turned in a quantity of there was no vacancy for olther divulged by the police, Wong Tong, jewellery as ball, but this morn of them at the moment.

aged 26, a atall fokl of 7. Shing ing it was stated by the police

dismissed Wong Street, was taken to the that they were prepared to accept

Government Civil Hospital suffer. $2,600 bail for each defendant in with a caution,

ing from acid burns to the face the form of the jewellery which

and neck said to have been caused the police had in their possession, if the Persian agreed.

Mr. Lo remarked that his War ship should make the ball $2,500 each in cash or security to the satisfaction of the police, as the jewellery which was in the pos- Bession of the police belonged to

Both offenders were

Bridge's Street, who is now, In

one man and it might be difficult by Chiu Pan, aged 26, of 39, for his Worship to make an order' that it should be used as bail for custody, - both.

The victim was asleep at the In remanding the defendants stall at 3:30 this morning when-the- for one week formally, his Wor-acid was thrown over him. His condition io reported to be serious. ship agreed to the suggestion,

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