1933-01-24 — Page 24

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IT, HELD THE NATION BREATHLESS WITH

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CARL LAEMMLE presents

STRICTLY

DISHONORABLE

with

PAUL LUKAS

as the opera singer

SIDNEY FOX as the sweet young thing

LEWIS STONE as the kindly judge

GEORGI MEEKER as the bay from Orange

WILLIAM RICCIARDÍ

as the waiter

SIDNEY TOLER

of the irish cop Directed by JOHN STAHL

Produced by Carl Laemmlo

Jr. from the

Brock Pomkor- ton stage bit, by Preston Sturges

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH..` TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1933.

EASTERN BAZAAR

ROBBED

SILKS WORTH $380- STOLEN

Thlaver broke into the Eastern Bazaar during the early hours of this morning and decamped with nilks valued at about $380.

The robbery was evidently well planned. An attempt had been made to enter the shop on Sunday morning, but it appears that the

AMERICA'S DEBT OFFER

DOWNING STREET COMMUNIQUE

PROPOSAL UNDER CONSIDERATION

London, Jan. 29.

The Washington invitation to men were then interrupted in the British Government to parti- their work, for when the joint owners, Mr. Kewalaram and air. cipate in a discussion on British Shewaram, arrived at the shop war debts to the United States, and on world economie problems, about 11 o'clock ов Sunday

the subject of a statemeat morning they found the locka had wo been cut through. Nothing, how. issued at No. 10, Downing Street over, had been stolen. The police to-day. It was as follows: were notified, and enquiries made. "Mr. Stimson Informed Sir A foki of another shop informed Ronald Lindsay on January 20th the owners that he had seen a man that Mr. Roosevelt would be glad working on the locks on Sunday to receive representatives of the morning, but, believing him to be British Government at Washing an employce, he had not paid any attention.

MORE “SQUEEZE” ALLEGATIONS

FOUR CONSTABLES NOW CHARGED

Two more Indian constablos, both by the name of Gurdit Singh, bearing numbers B653 and B118, were charged with misconduct before Mr. Butters at Kowloon Magistracy this morning when Soduyar Singh, B690, and Naranjan Singh, B654, were again before the Court on a charge of attempting to obtain "squeezs" money from the master of a shoot- ing gallery at No. 239 Laichikok Read on Saturday morning,

Mr. L. II. C. Calthrop, A. S. P., prosecuted, while all four de rendants were represented by Mr.

Horace Lo.

It will be recalled that Sodagar Singh and Narajan Singh are alleged to have obtained $5 from the complainant after à trap had been set for them. They were tan early in March in order to dis-arrested and in the course of police cuss British debts to the United investigations it was disclosed that the other two defendante Staten.

were alleged to have gone to the "Mr. Roosevelt wished it to be complainant some time before and understood that this discusalon also asked for $5. He, it was must be concurrent with and con-¦ sluted, refused, whereupon they ditional on a discussion on world chased all the customers from the economic problems. and that shop. Later on, complainant therefore, representatives should decided to give in and accordingly also be rent to discuss methods handed over $5 to them. of Improving the world situation.

"The United States proposal Is * horn (111 constant guardat present under consideration by throughout the night and had left the departments concerned and ut 7 o'clock this morning. The was discussed to-day between the owners arrived at the shop about Prime Minister and the Foreign 0a.m. which fixes the time of the Secretary."-British Wireless. burglary between these times.

The owners fixed two more locks to the door. No attempt was made on Sunday night, but this morning when the owners arrived at the hop they found that it had been broken into and a considerable quantity of slik was found to be mirsin. Three locks had been

ut through.

The Indian watchman said he

A drawer containing cash waa

16 broken open, but fortunately of ladies underwear valued at there wan only $8.50 in money left $71: five sets of beach pyjamas

At the time. This wee stolen. valued at $82.50; three kimono The silk stolen comprised about 100 worth $35; and two pairs of yards valued at $175; cleven sets pyjama suits valued at $8.50. .

Detective Sergeant Meadows gave evidence of arrest of Sodagar Singh and Narajan Singh, after which the case was romanded for another 21 hours.

Breased in the uniform of a soldier, a man named Tsang Cheung was charged before Mr. Butters at the with unlawful possession of 83 tal Kowloon Magistracy this morning of raw opium. It was stated that defendant was arrested whilst getting of a bus in Kowloon yesterday. A fine of $2,640 was imposed.

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