BANDITS MEET DOOM
SOLDIERS UNEARTH MACHINE GUNS
(Our Own Correspondent),
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1934.
MARATHON RACE. LOCAL RACE PONIES CINEMA SCREENINGS
Won By Farmery Of
The Lincolns.
CLOSE CONTEST.
At the conclusion of the event the prizes were presented. to the success ful competitors by Mrs. W. W. Rogers, wife of the Rev. W, W. Rogers, vicar of St. Andrew's Church, under whone auspices the race took place.
Thern wore 28 starters, all of whom completed the course with the excep- tion of 2nd. Lieut. W. L. Beaumont, of the East Lance.
CLASSIFIED.
The Lists For "C", "D". And "E" Divisions.
NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE THEATRES
Clara Bow recently disclosed that sho in telopathic, and can tune in on thought waves as easily s8 she can get n Pacific coast station on her FIVE CATEGORIES.
radio. And that's one of the reasons The classification of China and the "Hoopla" net not only closed to screened from the Australian ponies for the extra race vialters but was meetings of 1984 are announced by eyes of all those on the stage where the Hongkong Jockey Club as follows: she is working, nave Director Frank Australian Ponios: "A" Class, Lloyd and the cameraman. Long a Able Amazon, Alacrity, Bag: Tor, student of mysticism, Clara is con- thinking. Bobnink Star, Bronze ra. Mutiny vinced of an unusual ability to tune Day, Nell Gwyn, Night Star, Polar on what others are
"Hoopla", Miss Bow's second starring Star, Racing Heart, Rosy
Aim for Fox, comes on Thursday to What's That, Woodland Stag
the King's Theatre.
Morn
"E" Class, Atlas, Australian Boy, But After That, Cheeky Face, City of Brisbane, Dancing Hall, Dinty. Entpiro Day, Fanling Fox, Flummory, Friar Tuck, Glorious Star, Golden Dawn, High Finance, Just That, Kilres, Lucy Glitters, Macbeth, Mermaid, Portia, Princess Angeline, Racing Streak, Ration, Baucy Face, The St. Joan, Sunup, Tecumseh. Girate, The Goose, Vriday.
China, Ponce, "A" Class, Bag
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"Dinner at Eight" Place Mario Dressler, the two Wallace Beery, 1. Jean Harrymores, Hersholt, Lee Tracy, Edmund Lewo, Billie Barko, Madgo Evans, Karen Morley, Louise Closser Halo, Phillips Holmes and May Robson together in one picture and you have by all odds something extraordinary in motion picture entertainment! This is what Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor have done in of the famed their cinema version George S. Kaufman-Edna Ferher Report. play, "Dinner at Eight," now showing at the Queen's and the result is something which has never been ac complished before and in all likell hood will not be seen again for a long, long time. No picture in which such famous stars play the leading roles could be less than thrilling and "Dinner at Eight" has all the thrills that anyone could ask for, and more. 1-Songs The screen version of "Dinner at Eight" in so full of engrossing scenes and episodes that it is next to im possible to pick out as being more outstanding than the other. Each of the various stars plays his or her role for all it is worth.
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PROGRAMME.
(a) If There Were Dreams to Sell (Joba Ireland) (b) The Faery Song...(Boughton) (of Oh! Had T Jubal's Lyre
L/Cpl. Farmery, of the Lincolns, Inst evening won the annual Kowlooti Marathon Race, over A distance of Swatow, Mar, 16.0 miles, returning & Ume of 34 There is much truth in the mins. 10 secs, Pte. Gross, of the South proverb "Those that live by the Wales Borderors, finished second, ten sword shall die by the sword," and seconds behlad Farmery, A. B. Carter, the bandit who lives to a ripe old of 11.3.8. Cornwall coming in third, nge and dies comfortably in bed his time being 84 mins. 45 secs. must be a vanity. Since the Chinese New Year bandits have again been active in the tangle of hills and mountains west of Swatow that comprise the Puning district. They have kidnapped a number of people and made the river between Kityang and Hopo definitely un- safe for travel. The river is still
The order of finishing was as fol- unsafe, but certain bandita
lows: 1,L/Cpl. Farmery, Lincolns; least now have "pald" put to their 2 Pic. Cross, B.W.D.; B, A. B. Car
ter, H.M.8. Cornwall; 4, Pto, H. account.
week or Ono band a
HO ago Smith, Lincolns; G, L/Cpl. C. Thorn- had the daring to hold up the hill, Lincolns: 3 Lending Seaman motor launch that runs from Barton, H.M.S. Cornwall; 7. L/Cpl. Kityang to Miou. They hoped to Thornhill, Lincolns: 8, Pte. Prico, And the Kilyang magistrate on S.W.D.; 0, L/Cpl. Gibbs, B.WB. 10, board, but he wasn't; so, to make Pte. Strickland, S.W.B.; 11, Pie, Lan
g Class, Blue Star, Boxing Eve, caster, Lincolns; 12, Leading Seaman up for their disappointmont, they Kiley, H.M.3. Cornwall; 18. Pte. Brechin, Bright Star, Bright View, took off every passenger on the
Clapp, 9.W.B.: 14, Pte. Carroll, East Chatenu Bay. Daylight Evo. Electric launch. The nows however, Lancs.; 15, Plo, Windsor, Lincolns: Star, Flying Tourist, Gay Crusader, spread like wild-fire and the local 10, Thos. Goodrick, H.M.S. Verity; 17, King's Bounty, King's Warden; villagers were brave enough to Pte. Findlay, S.W.B.; 18, Pte. Bowen, Mayflower, Novy Hall, New Star, turn out at once in force, forcing S.W.B.; 19, Pto. Cregg, East Lancs; Pride of Tsingtas, Soldier of China.
Pte. The Tiger, Valorous. the bandita to beat a hasty retreat 20, Pte, Barry, Lincolns; 21
"O Class, Banquet Hall, Bayardo, and relinquish all their captives Robinson, East Lancs.; 22, Leading except the most important two. Seaman F. P. Middleton, H.3f.S. Cum-Bay View, Beta, Bistre, Bold Marshal, With these they cleared off back borland: 29, Pte. Jones (80). S.W.B.: Budge, Chief Seattle Chivalrous, to their wild hills and at night hid, McLencuchan, H.M.S. Verity: 25, Colombo, Copperfield, Diego, Ebony Cranston; 20, Ptc. Harris, Lin-Idol, Fair View, Fudge, Glad Eyes, colna; 27, Pte. Jones (2G), S.W.B. Gladiator, Glorious Sun, Gold Bullion, Gold Currency, Great Hall, Heart's Glory, High Life, High Speed. Hot Heels, Hot Sun, Jungle Jim. King's Fancy King's Worthy, Lemberg, Limelight. Macaroni, Marquis Hall, Midday Sun, Mike, Monoplane, Mor ning Sun, Morumain, Oak Bay, Ple Face, Poker Face, Prima Donna, a young financial wizard, and show- Ladies' Events.
Racing Boy, Racing Luck Racing ing on Thursday at the Queen's, The Under the auspices of the Royal Pluck, Racing Triumph, Ribblo, Itosa picture is a graphic interpretation of Hongkong Yacht Club, the Fourth Leaf, Royal Flush, Sandy Bay; the liver led by multi-millionaires, by Mr. F. Mason (Centralto). Extra Ladies Race was held over the Shaughraun, Solar Star, Soldier of their struggle for fame and wealthSongs
4 miles course. "," "ag Germany, Spinaway, Sporting Lle on the street supposed to be paved "Philomon et Bauela" (Gounod) and. "A" class yachts competed.
Street Singer, Sweet Life. The Redshank, Tillicum, Tso Tak, Tummel, The following are the results:
Vage, Vigilance, Wakefield, Waterloo, "H" Class
Wayward Stag, West Parade, What Willare Yacht Finished Corrected P'an. A Chance, White Jade Stag,
18,19.16 10.15.01 2
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Wonderful Stag, Zero, Diana
(Miss M. Whitham)
Class, Adam, Ajax, Amoy, Bold were Colleen.... 16.26.11
Banjoline, Hold Commander. (Mrs. B. Horne)
Lad, Borgomaster, Cavalcade, Cebu, Chesterfield, Chow Fan, Classic Hall, Copper Idol, Corrie, Dancing Butter fly, De Minimis, Festival Eve, FI-Fe, Gay Butterfly, Golden Dragon, Hell for Leather, Helter Skelter, Hey Tor, In Good Time, Iron Grey, Ironsides, King Salmon, King Willow, King's Company King's Parade, National Day, No Fear, Now's The Time, Orlando, Panama, Partnership, Philanderer, Powerful King, Racing Spirit, Red Fox, Sarabande, Smiling Faco, Snappy Eve, Soldier of Fortune, Soldier of Italy, Surprise, The Carp, The Crook, The Gadwall, The Panther, Tiny Star, Warrington, Wembly Stag, Widnes, Young Chap.
them in a small cave, themselves staying outside.
ONE GANG WIPED OUT. But the day's excitement had mude the bandits themselves tired, and even the appointed guards fail asleep. One of the two captiven was a Company commander, and he, perceiving this, decided on a bid for liberty. Perhaps his own familiarity with such means of detention helped, for before long he was able to loosen the ropes that bound him and slip away, Making a good mental note of the exact locality, he set off straight for Kityang, picked up his com- pany of soldiers, and brought them back with him, surrounding the hill on which the baudits
hidden.
LOCAL YACHTING.
Results Of Yesterday's
The hill was covered with long | Ariel. grass affording apparently an ex- (Miss B. Fair) collent refuge, but the soldiers set Dorothen 10.22.32
this on fro and forced the bandits
to dnal out. A few escaped but
(Mrs. Coote)
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"1" "Y" and "G" Class.
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over fifty were shot down. And Ailsa 10.50.49 16.50.49
(Miss Bilderbeck)
in the burnt grass were afterwards Robenn
found no fewer than four machine (Mrs. Marshall) guns. There are still one or two | Zephyr 10.52.10 10.40.85 bands about, but at least that band has been wiped out.
(Mrs. Wren)
Kingfisher 10.53.44 16.43.52
(Mrn. E. Estrange)
"A" Class. Oslo 10.19.21
(Miss M. Larsson) Wasp II. 16.15.52 (Mrs. Grifin) La Linda... 10.17.02
(Miss Johnston)
OTHERS MEET DOOM. Two other Individual bandits of note have also met their doom. Both had prices on their heads, but were so feared that they stili went openly about their districts. no-one daring to touch them. But fate overtook them when some Joan...... 16.14.65, enterprising young soldiers, in (Mrs. Stanton)
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need of more pocket-money, dress-True Blue ed up in ordinary clothes and got (Mrs. Adams) on to their tracks.
(Mra. Eillott)
One fitile group dressed up as geomancer, taking round two young Chinese to find for them the most suitable site for a grave, and In that role approached one of the bandits, offering him a substantial reward if he would take them to
Pat
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a spot likely to be suitable. He, COMMERCIAL TREATY
suspecting nothing and over-con-
fident, went off with them alone-
and the next thing that was seen
of him was only his head, brought
back by the trio as evidence of
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