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THE DEVIL WON THE GAME!

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She gave herself to the great god Speed, and tried

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Screenplay by Zee Akins from the novel by Gilbert froskov. Doyid Selznick executive producer

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RICHARD ARLEN

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1933.

FREE STATE BIG AERIAL DERBY LONDON BRIBERY

MEAT SUPPLIES

BRITAIN IMPOSING

"

RESTRICTIONS

London, Dec. 20.

| EIGHTEEN BRITISH MACHINES ENTERED FOR TROPHY

Cairo, Dec. 18,

Coincident with the thirty-third annual conference of the Federa tion Aeronautique Internationale, which opens here on Wednesday, one of the biggest aerial Derbys bogan to-day.

the Aero Club of Egypt, consists of The race, which is organised by

In the House of Commons, the Minister of Agriculture, in a long circuit of onnos over a course of ́statement on tho live stock situation, said that notwithstand 200 miles and is to end in five days, ing the efforts made since Novem- The prize at stake is the Oases ber, 1932, to hold and improve, Trophy. Eighteen British machi- the situation on the wholesale meat: nos have entered.-Router. market, the returns from the fozd- ing of cattle continued unsatis-

TRIAL

MILES ON BAIL OF £10,000'

COMMITTAL IN JANUARY

London, Dec. 20.

The protracted hearing of the prosecution's case against Cap tain Brynmoor Eric Miles, Chiof Officer of the London Salvage Corps, charged, with Leopold

spiracy to prevent the due course of justice, concluded to day.

factory. In these circumstances, PROPERTY AUCTION. Harris and others, with con-

MORTGAGEE'S INTERESTS

SECURED AT SALE · · ·

Sensational

....

it wasesaontial to afford somo relief in respect of supplies im- ported for immediato slaughter... Accordingly it was Intended to issue an order limiting the im-

allegations hayo port of fat cattle from the Irish

No. 48, Bonham Road, with an been made that Miles was in the Free Stato to fifty per cent, for area of nearly 6,000 a. ft. was regular pay of Leopold Harris, the three months ended March 31st, bought by a Mr. Ho Ling-kwai at who was recently sentenced to a 1934. as compared with the corres-an auction held at the China Aac-term of imprisonment for his part ponding parfod of last year.

in the fire-raising conspiracy,

As regards Canada, the Dominion Government had agreed to co-operate by stabilising CX- ports of cattle, both fat and store, to this market for the first quarter of the coming year at the figure of the Arat quarter of last year. Arrangements were being made to limit the imports next quarter of foreign canned beef, and to reduce Imports from foreign countries of chilled beef by the same extent as in the first quarter of last year.

OTTAWA Agreement.

As arranged at Ottawa, imports

tion Rooms yesterday.

The aalo was held subject to the repayment of a sum of $25,000 with Interest to a second mortgages, on whose order the sale was held. The additional margin paid by the pur- chaser amounted to $7,700.

SEVEN PERISHI IN THE

IN LA PLATA

La Plata, (Argentina), Dec. 18. Seven people were found dead after a fire in a petroleum depot at La Plata yesterday. The damage done is estimated at many million

pinstres.-llavas.

S

Miles was remanded until January 11, when he will bo com mitted for trial,

Ho was released on ball of £10,000. An application was made for a reduction in the amount of the bail, but this was refused.

INTERESTING WITNESS.

The most interesting witness before the closure of the prosecu- tion'a casa was Mr. Crocker, the solicitor for Non-Marino Lloyds

Underwriters.

Mr. Crocker ́ was

mainly in- strumental in unravelling the fire conspiracy.

of frozon beer from foreign coun- tries will be reduced next quarter

IIo made the curious observa- by thirty per cent.

Negotiations for readjusting the necessary, a reduction of imports tion, during his evidence, that foreign countries, by a Miles appeared to be very an- proportion of imported bone and from

AS-

boneless meat from foreign coun-further seven per cent. on March xious to securo evidence to tries were under consideration. 1st and an additional three persist in the conviction of Harris, The situation in the bacon market tent, on June 1st, would be effect but he did not tell witness that he

was a friend of Harris-Router, was under consideration, and, if ed.--British Wireless.

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