1934-02-01 — Page 12

CENTRAL

HEATRE

SHOWING TO DAY

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.

SCREEN'S BIGGEST

THRILL

MARZAN

THE FEARLESS

JACQUELING WELLS

EDWARD WOGDS

NEXT CHANGE

EUROPE'S IDOL OF THE SCREEN IN HIS LATEST AND GREATEST HIT!

EMIL JANNINGS

IN

"THE TEMPEST"

(STORMS OF PASSION).

with

ANNA STEN

An UFA Picturo.

Smoke SKIPPER

BRAND BRITISH NAVY CUT

KNOWN EVERYWHERE

SMOKED EVERYWHERE

SOLD EVERYWHERE. Obtainable from

THE SINCERE CO., LTD.,

Tobacco Dept.

A.P.D. 3.

"THE IMPORTANCE OF

BEING EARNEST"

BY

OSCAR WILDE

We will be presented on

SATURDAY, FEB. 3rd. at 9.15 p.m.

in the

UNIVERSITY GREAT HALL.

by the

HONG, KONG UNIVERSITY ARTS ASSOCIATION.

Seats: $5, $4, $2 and $1.

Bookings at King's Theatre and University. PROCEEDS TO LOCAL CHARITIES

5. Pilated and Published for the Propristoms by' FREDERICK : PEROY FRANKLIN, St. 1 and 3, Wyndham Street. In the City of Victoria Hongkong.

THE HONGKONG TEÍ GRAPH THURSDAY, FEBRUARY

CARGO JUNK PIRATED

GANG STEALS PIG. CONSIGNMENT

Within a few hours reach of the Colony, a cargo funk from Wuchow was last night intercopted by a fleet of pirate junks and robbed,

ing volley to stop the cargo boat.

STRANGE EVENTS IN HOTEL

DISAPPEARANCE OF FRENCH COOK

1930 AFFAIR RECALLED

JOB “RACKET AGAIN

ALLEGED BOGUS INSPECTOR

A St. John's Ambulance Brigado badge formed an Important exhi-. bit in a serious case which was mentioned before Mr. Balfour. In The incident occurred off, Mak

the Central Police Court this Mun Hau, within the territorial Strange events following the morning. waters of the Colony,

Twenty-one men, armed with Hotel of a French cook, wore un-

disappearance from the Peninsula Henry K. Yu, alina. Yu Hin-li, rifles, revolvers, and daggers, folded before the Chief Justice aged 26, was charged on three scrambled aboard from four junks, this morning when an application counts of obtaining two sums of after firing a preliminary warn- I was made on behalf of relatives $10 and one of $1.25 from three for leave to swear the death on or unemployed Chinese, by pretend- about March 26, 1980, of Charles Ing he was in a position to obtain Joseph Moureaux, a bachelor, aged employment as an anti-mul-teat 2774

Inspector on January 22 and 24.

Defendant pleaded not guilty, Detective-Sergeant Mintoy stated there were five witnesses. Tho case was very serious. Defendant represented himself to be an In- spoctor of the S.C.A., and carried Tho a truncheon and a badge. latter was in fact a St. John Am- bulance Brigade badge, but it had no Chinese characters.

Their objective was a consign ment of 32. pigs. After trans ferring these aboard their vessels, the pirates released the cargo junk and sailed away in the direc tion of Tai Hak Moon.

The released vessel returned to Hongkong last night, when a re port was made to the polico.

The junkmaster described the pirates as being all dressed in black clothing, without socks or shoes. They spoke both Punti and

Hakku,

TWO SHIPPING. MISHAPS

SEAMAN'S FATAL FALL Falling from a height of 25 feet while placing a derrick in position on board the 8.8. Kwei Chow, a sen man, Chan Ha-nan, 28, received in. juries from which he died in the Government Civil Hospital at 10 o'clock Inst night.

While painting the side of

Mr. H. G. Sheldon instructed by Mr. M. H. Turner, attorney for the brother and sisters of deceased who live in France, made the application and said it would be necessary when applying for letters of administration to the estate, to swear the death,・・ Council said that on

Reading Mr. Turner's allidavit, March 24. 1930, after displaying unmistake- ablo signa of.insanity, Moureaux Jumped through the window of his room on the mezzanine floor custody for forty-eight hours, and of the Peninsula Hotel to Han-henring of the case was fixed for kow Road, He ran towards the Saturday at 11.30a.m. Star Theatre and disappeared

Defendant was remanded ́in

down an alley way between the|T

Kowloon and Victoria Hotels, that bourhood of Waginn Lighthouse. being the last time it could be He had been sitting on the after definitely assorted that he was hatch of the

scen alivo.

vessel which was proceeding down the Harbour, and had just struck a Chinese pas- senger on the 'face.

"WILD APPEARANCE." At about 6.30 the same morning a man of, wild · appearance and Nothing was known. of the mun dressed similarly to decensed, ap-and it was presumed that he was peared. In the rooms of Col. J. H. a stowaway. A search was made ship at the Kowloon Docks yester-Thom, D.S.O., and his wife at for him but he could not be found. day, painter, Wong Kau, 42 years, the Marble Hall. lost his balance and fell to the dry dock Below.. He received a frac tured leg and was removed to the Kowloon Hospital.

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At 2.30,

5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m..

Forty Maddening Maidens.

on a

Maiden

Cruise!

With two innocent man...who tried not to slip... but SLIP AHOYI

The next day a man of similar appearancs jumped overboard from the President Taft in the neigh

The Chief Justice intimated that he had read other affidavits and was satisfied that the order should be made.

KINGS

Melody

Cruise

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313, & 25332.

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1934

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He's the most charm- ing rogue that has ever come to steal the hearts of lovely women |

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MAN

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- Frank McHugh Directed by David Butler

Story by Gertrude Biedon ** Scan play by Gladys Dalman

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DUNN

SALLY

TO-MORROW and SATURDAY

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