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CENTRAL THEATRE

We are glad to announce that we will commonce showing the Best Super and Special Radio, Universal and British Dominion Pictures in 1932 to 33 in the near future.

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30.

BUTTERFLY WU

in

"LIFE'S COMEDY"

EPISODE 2,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY,

APOSTLE OF KREUGER

BROTHER'S WORK IN HOEGBROFERS -

PROSECUTION DEMANDED

Stockholm, Oct. 17.

OCTOBER 18. 1932.

CINEMA STUDENT Britain's FLEECED New

PROMISE OF JOB NOT Duties

FULFILLED

A budding young cinema atar appeared befare Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Contrai Police Court this morning to charge an erstwhile friend with obtaining $7.from him under false pretences.

THREE RESOLUTIONS IN COMMONS

London, Oct. 17. Both Houses of Parliament re According to Inspector F. Shaf-assemble to-morrow,

The House of Commons will at tain the complainant, for some Bankruptcy administrators have time past, had been taking lessons once begin consideration of the presented their report regarding at a school which is training Chi-egislation arising out of the the affairs of Hoegbrofers, of nese cinema actors and actresses, Ottawa Agreements, on which an nintomont by Mr. brother He met the defendant who naked important which Teraton Krouger,

WAS doing.

Chancellor He Neville Chamberlain, of the late Ivar Kreuger, was him what he -The Nowost & Greatest Chinese Supor Spacial Talking Picture with managing director from 1921 to replied that he was learning the of the Exchequer, will be made

cinema business, but the defen-early in the afternoon. 1930.

It is understood that three resolutions will be marvellous tochnicolour soquoncos.

The report alleged an amazingdant intimated that that was not similarity between the methods a good profession. He suggested nancial

that the complainant should nban-

necessary before the Ottawa Con- of the brothers.

don the cinema for the stage, but forence Bill can be produced.

These resolutions will deal, The balance sheets issued by if he did not think that better, the

consistent defendant could obtain employ firstly, with the specific duties Hoegbrofera showed

Government havo and 1930 ment for him in the Kam Hing which the profits between 1921 whereas in actual fact losses were Knitting Factory at a wage of $8 agreed to invite Parliament to im- being sustained and the figures per month.

The latter suggestion seemed none; secondly, the extension to a wider range of imported foreign were juggled, false assets shown in order to keep up the pretence, more attractive to the complainantarticles of the ten per cent, ad who was asked for $20 which had valorem duty imposed under the The report demunds the pro- to be paid before work could secution of Tersten Kreuger as found. After some discussion, $7 Import Duties Act; and thirdly. "the creditors of the company was paid and later the defendant the imposition of certain have clearly bean swindled."

asked for the balance of $13. Onditional duties in connexion with The debate on these resolutions Tersen Kreuger is at the pre-Saturday, the complainant again the satisfaction of the Ottawa him about the job which had been is likely to last for three days, in sent time in "preventive custody." met the defendant and spoke to undertaking.

promised. A dispute ensued and

Mr. Stanley Herbert Samuel, district watchman who came on which the Prime Minister, Sir the scene took all parties to

Baldwin, Mr. J. H. Thomas, and take Secretariat for Chinese Affairs,

Mr. Walter Runciman will There the defendant admitted to the police that he did not know part-British Wireless.

uvbody at the Kam Hing Knitting Factory and later remarked that. it was at the Kowloon Godowns where he had promised to get the complainant work as an apprentice engineer. As far as the prosecutor did knew, the Kowloon Godowns not employ engineers,

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The LOST SQUADRON'

--Reuter.

TEA RESTRICTION SCHEME

FORCED CONTROL

HINTED

London, Oct. 18.

be

the

The Amsterdam correspondent of the Financial Times says a de-| After hearing the evidence, his Anite declaration on the ten re- Worship registered a conviction striction scheme which is at pre-and imposed a fine of $60 with the

Jabour in default. America's fore-sent being studied in Britian is alternative of one month's Derby winners! expected very shortly. All helped to make

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ARMISTICE DAY OBSERVANCE

TO FOLLOW USUAL LINES

nd-

London, Oct. 17. H.M. the King has decided that hard the celebration of Armistice Day Jon November 11th shall follow the lincs adopted in previous years, and the Home Secretary, on be- half of the Cabinet, is making the

Shortly before 11 a.m., wreaths Drivers' will be deposited on the Cenotaph

The correspondent quotes - Dc Telegraaf, which a reliably in-

Seen stealing tools from a mutor necessary arrangements. formed that the scheme includes forced Government control for car which was parked in Pottinger

Street outside the Motor producers in British India, the Association's premises yesterday, Dutch East Indies and Ceylon.

Chinese who appeared before Me. U or on behalf of the King and of the Royal Wynne-Jones at the Central Palice other members Dutch circles anticipate that Coart this morning was sentenced to Family. After the Two Minutes' the scheme will be accepted by the one month's hard lalmur. The defen- Silence, a short service will be con- British Indian and Ceylon growers.dant was seen to take the louis from ducted by the Bishop of London.—

-Reuter

LAST TWI

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