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CENTRAL

THEATRE

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

AT. 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M. BROUGHT TO THE HONGKONG FILM-GOERS FOR THE FIRST TIME AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES➡

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with 100 Oergeove Showgirls!

A Pozokoyma Raisose Produced by Lovrenca Schwob ossociation with William Bowload and Moria Brice

SPECIAL PRICES

DRESS CIRCLE .. 80 cts.

BACK STALLS.. 40 ct..

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

CONGRESS IN REBELLION

FOUR-TO-ONE-VOTE TO

OVER-RIDE VETO

BUDGET ISSUE

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1934.

HONGKONG

SLUM PROBLEM

OVERCROWDING

CONDITIONS

ANOTHER CASE

EXPOSED

SPIES!

CZECHO-SLOVAKIA

ALARMS

THREE HUNDRED

ARRESTS

Prague, Mar. 27.

The greatest.spy case in Washington, Mar. 27.

the history of Czecho-Slova- The inclination to insurrection against President Roosevelt noted ditions. which obtain in Chinese paper, Narodny-Listy,

An idea of the appalling con- kia is revealed by the news. latterly in Congress took aj tenement houses. was revealed more definite form to-day when at the Kowloon Magistracy this

Already three hundred people the biggest vote against the Ad-morning when Chang King-hop, participation in a great espionage have been arrested for alleged ministration since Roosevelt as the principal tenant of the third organisation, according to the sumed office occurred in the floor of No. 46 Yen Chow Street, Journal, which states that a num House of Representativos.

Shamshuipo, was summoned be ber of employees of the famous The quarrel "ls over the In- fore Mr. Wynne-Jones for allow Skoda Armaments Works at Pilsen dependent Offices Supply Billing his floor to be overcrowded. which was passed by Congress

[are included. yesterday and later vetoad by the who prosecuted, said there were police investigations into the rami- Senior Sanitary Inspector Reid, also been detained as the result of Workers at other factories have President.

The Bill removes practically all 29 adults and four children on the fications of the organisation,

economy measures in the floor, whereas only. nine adults Economy Act of 1933, restoring were allowed. The rent of the being carried out in Czecho It is alleged that capionage was veterans' compensation, - the floor was $7, but defendant let out Slovakia by two different groups, Federal employees' pay cuts from a bed-space for $1.50, a cubicle Nazi group for Germany, and n February 1 and authorising an for $2, and 12 bunks to coolies at Communist group for the Soviet increase of pay from July 1. 30 cents ench. He and his family

The President vetoed the 'BIII of five occupied two cubicles.. on the ground that the increased allowances to war veterans and to Government employees would greatly exceeti the Estimates.

Budget

the

Reuter,

ACKNOWLEDGMENT. -

It was not a case of there being insufficient houses in the vicinity, because defendant's floor was the. only occupied floor in the building. Department was

The attention of the Sanitary Mts. Edward Stone and Mrs. L. T.

drawn to this particular house following the. admission into hospital of a cano of small-pox and one of cerebro- spinal meningitls from the same!

The House of Representatives voted more than four to one. 310 votes to 72, to override the Presi- dential veto. The Senate will vote on the measure to-morrow and the line the members will take is floor. highly problematical-Reuter.

Inspector Reid said the Sanitary The wedding between Rev. E. Knetion in removing bunks and bed Department in at present taking Quick, Headmaster of the Cathedral School, Shanghai (formerly of St. Pates from overcrowded houses, Stephen's College, Stanley) and Miss and only in the extremely bad Doria Barber of Kobe, will take cases were prosecutions brought, place at Kobo on April 3

A fine of $5 was imposed.

SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.30,

5.10, 7.15 &

9.30 p.m.

Woolley desire to thank all friends for kind expressions of sympathy tendered in their recent bereavement and through out, Mr. Stone's illness.

DEATHI.

MACONACHIE At the Manse,

Dawlish, Devon, England, on 2nd Maroh, 1034, the Rev. J. Kirk Anconachie, dearly beloved husband of Kate Maconachie,

KINGS &

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