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CENTRAL

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At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m. UNITED PHOTOPLAY SERVICE presents

“ORPHANS OF THE STORM"

A. CHINESE PICTURE WITH ENGLISH TITLES. NEXT CHANGE

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Cornered by the deadliest enemy of; man... he met the fanged destroyer single handed and unarmed and brought it back ativa!

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TIMBER IMPORTS

INCREASE

BRITAIN'S BUILDING

ACTIVITY

London, May 24.

Timber imports to Great Bri- taln have been considerably in- eroased by activity in the build- Ing trade.

FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1934.

NEW EXPLOSION JAPANESE TROOP

VICTIM

WOMAN'S DEATH IN HOSPITAL

RELIEF FÚND ·

WITHDRAWAL

GOING OUTSIDE THE GREAT HALL

Tientsin, May 25,

It is officially announced that as a result of further negotiations Clubs, firms or individuals between Mr. Yin Yu-kang and the Japanese authorities, arrangements Nearly ten million tons of un- intending to contribute to have been reached for the complete manufactured timber, valued at the Telegraph's Fund about £30 million, was imported the relief of sufferers last year, a riae of 20 per cent.

for withdrawal of the remaining

innlong the Grent

Japanese troops from all the passes

Wall.

The arrangements become effee-

on the previous year, and sub-the gasworks disaster are tive on June 10, when the Joannous stantial further increases are exreminded that the Fund Barrack outside the Great Wall are pected. About 95 per cent, nt Britain's timber supplies conic definitely closes on. Thurs-completed. The Chinese Govern- ment will bear a portion of the from overscas, montly

from day, May 31st. Further expense incurred by the withdrawal foreign countries.

assistendered utterly useless, causing appreciat- of the Japanese troops-Central

New

sociation meeting of which he is ed, as the need for At the Empire Forestry Adonations will be

in

at

the

them to borrow from friends and rélatives.

A grant was also made to a widow who has a son and a daigh-

President, the Prince of Wales referred to the immense wealth of ance still exists.. the Empire in timber, and urged

Another victim of the disaster that forestry services should be

Another cuse in which assistance maintained at their full strength. uccumbed to her injuries at the He said the total area of forest Government Civil Hospital yester was given was that of a man who

the Empire was

day. She in young woman, 20 has been out of regular employ- 2,300,000 square miles, and these were ad-years of age, named Chan Sze.ment for five years and has been The death of Chan Sạc brings the earning livelihood by hawking ministered by some 1,600 forest

total fatalities to 39, and the on ships. He has a wife and four officers only.

children.

All their possessions. number of those who Have The most extensive area of

were lost in the fire. burns Buccumbed to Empire timber is in Canada. Next hospital to 25. comes India with about 300,000

A further st is to hand from ter and whose daughter-in-law quare miles under timber. Nigeria and the Gold Coast have about the St. John Ambulance Brigade and three grand-children were distributing centre giving details living with her in Clarence Ter- 250.000 square miles of forest, while other great areas are found of the second batch of cases in race. The son works as a casual in British Gulana, Bhodesia and which cash grants have been made, labourer. In this ense, all cloth- Australasia. In all, the Empire's

One enso assisted was that of ing and other possessions were forests are together about forty A family of eight, residing in lost. times greater in area than Eng-Chung Shing Street at the time of In all these cases, and in mony land and Walen combined the disaster, all of whose posses- others as well, full investigation vero destroyed or badly was made before rollet tras damaged fire and water. For granted.

British Wireless.

sions

A youth of 17, Yu Cho-chi, who fear that the house might collapse Already acknowledged. . $4,106.50 entered a shop at No. 220 Des Voetix the family has not been permitted J. W. Franks Road on the pretext of purchasing to return thereto;

G. D. S.

St. John, Ambulance

knives, was seen to lift П cotton Several Instances are reported, Mrs. Lau Kwong-shi (per

drawer. ainglet out of a

He was in which the applicants not only caught, and on his appearance before lost all their possessions, but even Mr. Macfadyen in the Central

over.

Magistracy this morning was bound the clothing that they were wear- ing at the time of the dianster was

Brigade

Totul

10.00

5,00

6.00

$4,126.50

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