1932-12-29 — Page 28

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One of the great thrills in

FRANK BUCK'S

Amazing Sound-Film Record of His Greatest Adventure

BRING EM BACK ALIVE

Go with Frank Buck,

Lord of the Jungle,into

the trackless wastes where savage beasts hold sway! Hero to millions, his picture is

a thousand times more thrilling than the book

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RKORADIO Pictues Produced

by the Van Deuren Owporation

Directed by Clyde E. £ïteit

Actually filmed in the

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NEW YEAR'S DAY ATTRACTION

A Special Picture for the whole Family- A Picture Everyone will Enjoy-Bring the Kiddies to See Little Mickey Rooney (As the Ten Year Old Boy “King”).

TOM

with

MIX

and

his

MY PAL the KING

Pony TONY

'Imagine wildfire TOM MIX as the star of a Wild West show touring Europal. ...He gets mixed up with the boy king of a small country •. • Is hurled into a local politieni plot... WOW!

· THRILLS — ACTION --- LAUGHS!

With Mickey Rooney Stuart: Holmes, Moel Francis. Produced by Coil Laemmle, Jr., from the story by Richard Schaver.

· Directed by Kurt Neumann.

A UNIVERSAL PICTURE presented by Carl Laemmelp

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1932,

'HONGKONG'S NEW

C. D. I.

GOOD CAREER AS DETECTIVE

FALSE SCALES CASE

MAGISTRATE GRANTS

REHEARING

AIDING STRICKEN

PEOPLES

NEW CONVENTION IN FORCE

London, Dec. 28.

Twenty-seven countries have so far accoded to the Convention creating the International Relief: Union.

-03

William Detective-Inspector Shannon, who has been appointed Acting Chief Detective Inspector of the Hongkong Police Farco, FINE REMITTED consequent on the retirement of G.D.I. Roynolds, joined the Police!

Following an application from Force In November, 1912. He Mr. D. L. Strellett, appearing for hold the post of neting C.D.I. in :

Its object is to provide relief in -October, 1928, and has had con- the Hung Choong compradore's

muncy and kind and to sidorable experience in detective shop at No. 66, Nathan Rond, Kow- work.

loon, recently fined $100 for the ordinate relief works in respect In November, 1923, Inspector possession for use of a pair of of public misfortunes due to Shannon was commended by the Chinese hand scales said to oper- exceptional circumstances, the C.S.P. for diligent work during the

gravity of which exceeds the months of September and October, ate at 4 per cent. against the cus-limits of the powers or resources 1923, in the investigations/of the tomer, Mr. W. Schofield at the, activities of gangs of thieves, who Central Police Court this morning, were later either convicted or re-opened the case, in Admitting banished from the Colony.

a plon of "Not guilty."

Ho whe granted the 4th class Police medal in March, 1920, for excellent work while in charge of the Guards Omec. In 1920 he was again commended by the C.S.P. for good work in connexion with an armed robbery at 10, Castle Road and later at 21 D'Agullar Street On March 5,

Perhaps his greatest coup was made in December, 1929, when his good work led to the arrest of four members of a dangerous gang of armed robbers, who had com- mitted four robberies, and the seizure of four loaded revolvers, one loaded automatic pistol and the recovery of property to the value of $352.41.

of stricken people.

The Convention came into oporation at Gonova yesterday. For its principal resources tho Mr. J. A. Fraser, Assistant At Union will depend on donations, torney General, prosecuting, and bequests and pubile contributions, the shop was one of three leading with an initial fund of 420,000 compradores firms at Kowloon Swiss franca contributed by dealing with a large number of States members-British Wiro- European customers.

less.

He described the interior Rr. rangements, and said that at a visit to the shop on December 6, session for Inspector R.H.E. Marka found the proved. pair of scales in question, this after he had made an inspection of two European pairs of acales, the only others apparently in use, and found these to be correct.

use" had not been

In giving his decision, Mr. Scho- field said he thought the convic- tion must be rogistered on the ground of the possession of the scales, but, on the other hand, he was satisfied with the evidence of the defence, that the persone whe suffered by the false nature of the scales were the defendant and his the fokis.

DEFENDANT THE SUFFERER.

Inspector Shannon Is a native

After Inspector Marks had given of Rooska Bantry, Cork, Ireland, and speaks Cantonese and Hin ovidence, Mr. Strellctt called a dlustani. He has a brother, Inumber of witnesses from spector Robert Shannon, also inshop, including the maunger and

NO FRAUD ON PUBLIC. the Police Force.

the proprietor; and in substantia- tion of the evidence they gave, His Worship did not think the submitted that the shop only dealt (scales were used to defraud the with pounds and ounces in it public, in spite of the fact that Moderate anticyclones are cen-business with Europeans, and that he wholly believed the Inspector's tral to the north of Hokkaido and the Chinese scales were used only atory, that the scales were found over North China. A depression is by the proprietor to check provi- Inside the shop; they might have passing to the south of Tokyo, mov.sions which he purchased for the been there in a casual way.

of the employees. ing eastward. Fresh monsoon will consumption

FINE TO CLOUDY

continue along the const of China If anybody had been defrauded, A conviction must be registered, and over the northern part of the Mr. Strellett said, it was the un-and the scales confiscated without any further penalty. The $100 China Sea. Local forecast:-N. to fortunate defendant himself.

Ano previously paid by the de- NE winds, moderate to frosh;

Mr. Strellett argued that "pos- fondant would be returned to him.

fine to cloudy....

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TO-DAY

Af 2.30, 5.10.

1.15 89.30 p.m.

HONGKONG'S FINEST CNIMA

Was This Man A Diabolic Fiend Or A Devoted Father?.

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BITA LA ROY

FOX PICTURE

Directed

by

ALLAN

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SUNDAY, Ist January

ACTIO

Intrigue

Gosps

Suspente

Thrills Romance

SAMUEL COLDWYN

PRESENTS

RONALD COLMAN

The UNHOLY

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POLLY

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LOVE ON

THE SPOT

with

RICAHRD DOLMAN ROSEMARY AMES

You will be whistling the song hits for months DON'T FAIL TO HEAR

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FROM SUNDAY

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JIMMY

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**Bohnozzle"

put them together and its a triplo feature laugh riot!

Α BUSTER KEATON production

Directed by EDWARD SEDGWICK

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· CANADIAN'S LIBEL ON COMPANY. PRESIDENT,

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At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M..

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for six months under a guarantee of a thousand dollars. › If the bond in not forthcoming a further eix months imprisonment will be added to the sentence... Harpell is to boar the cost of the prosecution magic

In giving his sentence the judge said: "Not a scintilla of truth was produced to substantiate Harpell's atrocious libel."

London, Dec. 28, Sentence of three months in the Montreal penitentiary has been passed on J. J. Harpoll, a Canadian publisher, who was found gulity of

Notice of appeal has been given. defamatory bel against Mr. T. B.Our Own Correspondent. Macaulay, the President of the Sun

The alleged Abo was that Mr. Life Assurance Company.

Macaulay was charged with hav-2 The judge also ordored Harpelling Involved the Sun Life Com to enter a bond to keep the ponce pany fit the Insull crash.

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