1933-02-23 — Page 12

CENTRAL

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Advance Booking at Andersons & the Theatre Telephone 25720.

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HIS PAST AFFAIR BECAME ENTANGLED WITH THE" PRESENT, AND OH! WHAT A GRAND FUTURE AWAITED HIM!

Tom Walls

1

LEAP YEAR

ANNE GREY

ENGAGED TO A BLONDE IN LOVE WITH A BRUNETTE!

A SAUCY STORY SPARKLING WITH FUN ---

A British & Dominions Picture..

NEXT CHANGE.

THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1933.

STRUCK WITH STOOL.

ASSAULT FOLLOWS TALK OF

STAFF REDUCTIONS ·

When a Chinese furniture deal- er recently decided on a policy of staff retrenchment, he invited 40 of his fokis to discuss the matter in a restaurant.

AMATEURS IMPROVE.

YON KOBZA ADDRESSES LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHERS

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SMALLPOX CASES

"SICK CHINESE CHILD LEFT

ON TRAMCAR.

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Speaking at the University One of the most serious aspects Union Assembly Room yesterday of the present smallpox epidemic at the exhibition organised by is undoubtedly the indiscriminate the Amateur Photographic Club, dumping of bodies.)

Mr. E. A. von Kobza, well-known When interviewed on the sub- painter and photographer, reject yesterday, the Medical Officer "It was asking for trouble," marked on the great strides which of Health, Dr. G. W. Pope, said said Mr. Schofield at the Central had been made by local photo that children suffering from the Magistracy yesterday, as he graphers since his arrival in the disease; or dead, had been dumped-

bound over two men who were

Colony.

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in all parts of the Colony. One charged with common Assault. "When I first arrived, I was in-mother had even left her child The defendants were Chan Yat-vited to be a judge at a photo-in à tramcar. shing and Wong Chi-lin.

graphic competition. I could see A case which came to his notice The case for the prosecution that the talent was there, but the recently told a distressing story was that when the furniture deal, technique was very poor," he and proved the Chinese antipathy, er decided to pay off seven men," said. "In the present exhibition towards disinfection.

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his fokis protested and he invit- I have noticed that great im- A well-known European doctor ed them to discuss the matter in provements have been made, and had been called to attend a small- He told a restaurant. The two defen- some of the pictures submitted pox case in Kowloon. dants were friends of the fokis, can compare very favourably with the parents that the child would and the complainant was a friend, those of competitions in other have to be removed and explained of the dealer,

[ countries."

to the occupants of the floor that Mr. Kobza then made com-disinfection would be necessary. A quarrel began in the restaur-ments on the various pictures in A launch and ambulance were at ant, and was continued in the the room, pointing eat the faults once requisitioned to remove the street, where the two defendants of some and approving of others. child to isolation, but by the time assaulted the complainant. A At the conclusion of his com-the ambulance reached the house cpnstable saw Wong Chi-lin menta, prizes were presented to the occupants had fled, taking the strike the complainant with "a the successful competitors by infected child and all the furni- stool. Arrests were made and Mrs. Roffey, wife of Prof. M. H. ture with them." the complainant sent to hospital Roffey, of the University.

"I cannot understand this atti- for treatment.

The exhibition will be extended tude," said Dr. Pope. "No announced damage has ever been done when until to-day, it was last night by the Secretary. a house has been disinfected, and if damage were done, compensa- tion would be promptly paid."

Evidence on these lines WAB given by several witnesses.

The defendants gave evidence that they were involved in the trouble by trying to aeparate the parties. Both denied attacking the complainant..

ANOTHER ATTEMPT

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ON ROOSEVELT

ed in the City Post Office.

The parcel containing the inferno tumbled out of a mall bag" hero

BOMB DISCOVERED IN THE with such force that it broke open.

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POST OFFICE

Washington, Feb. 22.

Immediate investigation showed that the parcel was posted from Watertown, New York, and con-

Chan Yat-shing was bound over. in a personal bond of $60 to keep the peace for one year and was fined 36. Wong Chi-lin was bound over in a personal bond of $50 and one surety of $50 to keep President-elect Roosevelt's life sisted of 1 gun shell "tightly the peace for 12 months. He was has been jeopardised for the second wrapped with rusty wires.. fined $10, and also ordered to pay time, according to the Washington While not necessarily capable of 33 compensation to the complain-Post, which reveals." that a bomb'causing death, it was capable of

addressed to him has been discover- considerable harm-Reuter.

ant.

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