1933-09-25 — Page 24

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BRITAIN'S POPULAR COMEDIAN:-

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IN

The Blamey Stone

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À FRIGHTENED GIRL, IN 1933, BEHELD THE MOST AMAZING COMBAT SINCE THE WORLD BEGANJ

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ONG

The ape as big as a battleship who ruled the world before Man, invades our world today! What if such a thing could happen? Live the scroeming hours whon it dovet Framandes conceival bry

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,

DEFRAUDING BUS MANILA BREACH

COMPANY

YOUNG CONDUCTOR

CONVICTED

Joining the staff of the Kowloon. Motor Bus Company on Septem- ber 4, Lau Man, a young conduc tor, WAB charged before Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Ma-|· -gistracy this morning with at- tempting to defraud the Bus Com- pany.

NARROWS

PLACATORY SPEECHES

MR. QUEZON AND

MR. OSMENA

Manila, Sept. 23.

HIGHER PHONE RATES

SHANGHAI COMPANY.

APPLICATION

Shanghai, Sept. 22.

The Shanghai Telephone Com- pany has formally lodged with the Shanghai Municipal Council, and the Municipalite Francais an ap- plication for permission to increase ita tarif. The terms of the np The way for a friendly under-plication have not been disclosed for the matter. has not yet been standing between the majority considered by the Public Utilities It was alleged by Detective Ser-and the minority in the legisla-Committee which will be required geant Lamont that defendant gave ture was believed to have been to report to the Council on two tickets, Nos. 3310 and 3321, to paved by speeches last night in subject. Corporal Whitmore and his wife

tho

It will be recalled that the Coun

when they boarded the bus at the the Senate by the leaders of the junction of Nathan Road and two factions.

ell when granting the Anson rates Waterloo Road about 7 pm. on Saturday. The two tickets shoulded the ball rolling with

President Manuel Quezon start-last year in accordance with the a brief provisions of the franchise which have had running numbers as they but pregnant speech tracing the entitled the Company to the new were paid for at the same time.

the history of his stand for the plebis- rates on the completion of

system to After handing the two tickets incite and his opposition to the law. conversion of the Corporal Whitmore, accused want. He invited a hearing of all points automatic working, reserved the. ed to to take them back because, of view. Senator Sergio Osmena, question of any further increase ho said, one ticket was for Mrs. minority leader, responded in the for investigation: For that in Whitmore.

Corporal Whitmote same friendly vein that Mr. Que-crease the Company is now making refused to separate the tickets as zon spoke, regretting the injection application. it made no difference to him. of personalities In the discussion of the Independence law and de- claring that divergence of opinion ment are not available. It is on the law arose from honest dif- anderstood that the Company points férences of opinion on go broad and out that it has spent much capital fundamental a subject regarding in putting the system in proper which it was only humat, and nat-working order for the future, it ural that there should be no uni-has so far paid no dividends and versal agreement even among a the fall in the dollar exchange since people who all want their freedom the Anson Report was published" and independence.

Later, an inspector boarded the bus, and accused once again tried to get Corporal Whitmore to give one ticket to his wife, Corporal Whitmore again 'refused.

The exact terms of the arga-

conversion

On examining the tickets, the inspector asked Corporal Whit- more where he and his wife board

has really made the Anson, rates ed the bus, and the latter told him.

inapplicable, although the Company The inspector became suspicious

"DEEP SATISFACTION",

agreed to defer raising that point and reported the matter to the

Senate President Quezon was.so when they came into force on the Company and later to the Polie moved by the Osmena remarks completion of the

After evidence had been given about differences of opinion on the scheme. by Corporal Whitmore, accused law as due to honest differences of stated that the ticket No. 3310 had conviction that he stood up for the been torn off the book by mistake. Six passengers had got on the bus at Shamehuipo but he had inadvor tently punched seven tickets. He

had intended to sell this one to the next passenger, but had for- gotten about it until Corporal Whitmore came up.

Mr. Wynne Jones.I am sorry, I don't believe you..

A fine of $50 or six weeks, was imposed.

LAST TWO

DAYS

Át 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 8

9.30 p.m.

accond time to air his grievances the position I have taken against against those who have charged him the law. What I am going to say with sinister and unholy motives in now must not be taken as a criti- opposing the law.

cism or attack. I simply want to

"I want to express my deep an-air my grievances against motives tisfaction over the statement here that have been attributed to me. of Senator Osmena regarding those The remarks of Senator Osmena to- who sustain views opposed to night remoye, a dagger from my theirs" he said, "because timo, heart for I hear for the first time and again I have been charged by an admission that differences on the some with motives not entirely ho-Hawes-Cutting law could arise from nest and complimentary in taking honest and sincere conviction.

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