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HERE IS A BRITISH THRILLER THAT GRIPS YOU FROM START TO FINISH.
LYN HARDING-RAYMOND MASSEY ATHOLE STEWART
in
SHERLOCK HOLMES SOLVES CONAN DOYLE'S GREATEST MYSTERY IN
THE SPECKLED BAND
BRITISH AND DOMINIONS PICTURE
SUNDAY
AT 5.15 & 9.30 SHOWS ONLY.
The Season's Comedy Sensation]
-with the screen's inimitable team-
SLIM
SUMMERVILLE And ZASU PITTS &
OUT ALL NIGHT
With Laure Hope Crews, Shuley Orey, Alexander Car. Produced by Carl Laemmis, It. Directed by Ban Taylor.”- Presented by Cad Laemmle,
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1933,
GOLD DISCOVERY
"FIND" BY OLD NEGRO
Came
A MINATURE KLONDYKE
Jost on
STUNG!
DEBTOR TAKES
REVENGE
Madrid.
A judge, two assistants, two uni- formed officinis n Inwyer and two creditors arrived at a debtor's house here to acize the man's be longings,
RIGHT TO REPLY ||COOL CONTROLLED comforT
PROTECTION FOR
SENATORS
FRENCH BILL IN
THE MAKING
“,
Parie.
The debfor received them with Persons who are attacked in exquisite courtesy. He invited the speaches of French Schaters Copper Gulch. them inside. Then he overturned and Deputies in Parliament will, Because a gray-hafred Negro bea beehive in his room, dashed from if a bill tabled in the Chamber bo- a copper-coloured the door and locked it behind him. comes law, be able to reply to mountainside at the edge of dazzl The whole party were thrown their assallante in the Journal ing Royal Gorgo, there is a now into confusion and were all severely Officiel the French "Hansard."- stream of glittering gold and silver stung. The judge, aged eighty, is The bill is known to have influen- wealth flowing out of South-in a serious condition. The alleged tint backing. western Colorado,
debtor has been arrested, Reuter. For forty-seven years Robert Hoard acratched out of the of Bob's "hole" was soon staked mountains a scant Hving for him-out. Rolf and wife and their children.
At present speeches made in Parliament here are exempted innder or libel can arise out of from the law and no action for
them.
Under the now procedure, a jured could write a letter stating person considering himself in- his case to the President of the
Overnight the gulch became a A few weeks ago "Old Bob," now young Klondyke. Minera uro 61 years old, left his family in camped almost as thick as the Canon City and started foward pines in the canyon, most of them Westcliffe, hoping to get a grub-living In tents, a few in crude Senate or of the Chamber. Tho stake, as he had been doing for "lean-ton." All day long they President would then read
drive their shafts-slow and
years.
He took through the mountaine a tedious work with only picks, bars short cut which led into unfamiliar and sledges to break the ore and surroundings. The surface forms- bucket windlasses to holst it to tions of the region caught the the surface. prospector's eye; and the more he plcked around in the rocks the surer he was that he had found real "pay dirt" at last.
There are no roads up the gulch, but Fremont County officials have started to build a wagon rond. There is no railroad closer than Ignoring hunger he had Parkdale, where the Denver & Rie brought along only meagre provi-Grande Western enters the Royal slons--Hoard' stayed three daya, Gorge. To this thirty-mile-distant digging. Satisfied, he gathered up place the miners will truck their a bag of ore samples and, half-ore when the starved, hurried back to Canon finished. City.
RICH GOLD.
His "find" was verifled. Bob" had hit rich gold. samples assayed $80 a ton
more.
wagon road
GUN PLAY, Easterners abound in the mining "Old camp. Without money, equipment Hla or knowledge of mining, they and watch and learn and take miners' promises of a "split" in return for their labour. At night, around the camp fires, they listen to the old miners' tales with awe.
The tenderfeet saw some gun
When his discovery bacame known, the trails to Copper Gulch swarmed with miners, and every foot of ground within several miles
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the then be published in the Journal letter in scasion, and it would Officiel. The reply would be re- stricted to twice the length of the attack or insinuation. Also the Senator or Deputy who made the Speech would be invited to make. his own comments on the reply, with which they would be pub- lished.
ré-
All newspapers that had produced the original offensive. re- marks would be obliged to re- produce the reply.-Reuter, -.
play among the early arrivals in camp just after Hourd's discovery. An argument developed over naming the place. Some wanted it called "Hoardville," others "New Deal." The compromise selected was Copper Gulch, after six- shooters had been flourished and heated debate had taken place.
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CRUISER
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EMELKA
Based on tlie daring exploits of the greatest sen raider in history!
FROM SUNDAY
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AT 12.30, 2.30 & 7.15 SHOWS
THE FIRST CANTONESE TALKIE PRODUCED IN HONGKONG.
LEW MUNG KOK & WONG PUI YING
in
"A STUPID BRIDEGROOM"
AN ALL-TALKING & ALL-SINGING COMEDY
Produced By
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the
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HENRY EDWARDS
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Tro
The FLAG TIEUTENANT
"QUEEN KELLY"
with
WALTER BYRON, SEENA OWEN. An Eric Von Stroheim Production. Music Composed by ADOLPH TANDLER
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DAYS
Sound Synchronized
A United Artists Picture.
TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY 'Bus
THE
Hoing Home Father!"
WARRIOR'S HUSBAND
with
ELISSA LANDI Marjorie Rambeau Ernest Truex David Manners
Ajastal.LaskyProduction Prosented by Fox Film
Adepiction and dialogue by Ralph Spence
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TONY HIS FAMOUS HORSE
AND A GREAT. CAST OF FILM STARS, CLAUDIA DELL, EARLE FOXE, STANLEY FIELDS, ZASU PITTS AND OTHERS.
THIS IS THE BEST WESTERN THRILLER. O. THE YEAR..
SEE THIS HARD-RIDING, QUICK-TRIGGE
BOY WHO IS RAI
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Norma
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MARCH HOWARD
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You'll smile through your tears at this great romance! A picture that stirs moonlit memories with lovely Darma at her best i
Meuq Goldicyn Mayer Merung
(STAR)
JOHN
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