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SUN LAN CHOW and WÚ dip ying

IN

"BLOSSOM TIME”

A CHINESE Picture in CANTONESE DIALOGUE. PRODUCED BY

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DO THE DEAD STILL LIVE?

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(BY THE PRODUCERS OF WHITS "ZOMBI)

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What strange, unknown power took possession of her soul as she sought to bridge the gap between life and death? The buming answer to the question, "Will millions now living' paver die?"

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TAXI CO. DIRECTORS DISCHARGED

CONFLICT IN TIN WORLD

SIR G. MAXİVELL'S RESIGNATION

London, Jan. 12. Explaining to the London cor- respondent of the Straits Times the reasons for his resignation from the Tin Producers' Association, Sir George Maxwell declared that the buffer stock scheme is, likely. to perpetuate control.

BALANCE SHEET CASE

PROSECUTION WITHDRAWN

“BADLY KEPT”

ACCOUNTS

Ilo admits that some form of control (but not the one which lathe Board of Directors and Trea Yeung King-in, Chairman of nt present being considored) might surer of the Yellow Taxicab Com: be useful in preventing violent oscillation of prices, aut before pany, Ltd, 129, Connaught Road Central, and Cheng Iu, managing deciding upon any scheme, the director of the Company, were producers must have a definito this morning discharged by Mr. olley, approved and declared by Hamilton, at the Central Magia the governments of the producing countries, that decontrol is the tracy, on charges of having issued falso balance sheet and embezzle. objective. Reuter.

ment.

OVER 2,000,000 MOTOR-USERS

BRITAIN'S LICENCE

FIGURES.

London, Jan, 11. The gross amount received in Great Britain from motor licences during last year amounted to £28,201,000 as compared with £28.411,000 in the previous twelve

months.

. The number of motor vehicles, exclusive of tramears and trade licences, totalled 2,011,800 com- pared with 1.926,000 year before.

Cars registered for the first time last year showed a consider- able increase over the number in 1932-British Wireless.

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LORRY COLLIDES WITH CAR

Finca totalling $30 wore im- posed by Mr. Hamilton in the Central Magistracy this morning on Lai Cheung, who admitted three summonses for riding a motor cycle without a licence, riding an unlicensed vehicle and carrying a passenger without a proper seat.

On A summons for negligent with a bad record, was stated to. driving, Yuen Iu, a lorry. driver, have backed his lorry in Wardley Street and collided with the rear of a private car, driven by Mr.

Morris Davies.

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In ovidence, Mr. Davies said that defendant did not sound his horn before hacking.

Defendant stated the lorry was stationary when it was struck by the complainant's car.

A fine of $15 or three weeks was' imposed. His Worship Issued a warning regarding the cancella- top of defendant's 'liconco as his record was a bad one.

The caso first came before Mr. Hamilton on December 18, and subacquently there were several remands to enable the defending solleitor, Mr. M. K. Lo, to go into the case with the prosecuting solleitor, Mr. F. X. D'Almada, senr.

Another lorry driver, Chow The first-named defendant was Yeung-wan, who cut across accused of having intended to Queen's Street, causing Sergt. deceive the shareholders of the Paton, who was testing a vehicle, Company by making, circulating to pull up suddenly, was fined $10, or publishing, or concurring in making, circulating or publishing,

a false balance sheet for 1982, and purely a civil matter, and arose the second-named with having out of certain disputes about the embezzled a sum of $80 received Internal management of the Com- by him on behalf of the Company, pany. As the withdrawal was on Mr. D'Almada this morning the basis that it involved no ro- asked for permission to withdraw Blection on the two accused in the prosecution, because, ha sald, question, he asked that na far as he thought it was only a matter the Court was concerned the two of the accounts having been badly accused leave without a stain on kept.

their characters.

CIVIL MATTER. Mr. Lo remarked that his view on the prosecution was that it was

Mr. Hamilton said he concurred with that view, and both accused were discharged.

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