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CENTRAL

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A VAN BEUREN PRODUCTION Directed by Armand Denis

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PICTURE

NEXT CHANGE

"WHAT A BREAK FOR MEI"

He had been through

fire, food and sex-

phion, but the pr

ph of the life came when the girl who kred bim termed him town!

the yelled as buildings

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This earthquake scoop would thrill the whole world!

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A heart-grippany drama at a nexwed are wah

RALPH BELLAMY JACK LA RUE Gregory Rate, Wallace Ford, Rabt. Dankiry Directed by Ollo Brower Merida C Cooper, zacvlive producer.

THE

HONGKONG

1934.

DROUGHTS TOLL

TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY, MAY 28,

"DESPICABLE" ACT

RECORD BREAKERS

MAGISTRATE'S JUDGMENT · IN SORDID CASE

NON-CTOP. FLIGHT TO SAN DIEGO

Paris, May 20. "I consider the defendant a youth of despfenble character who The French nirmen, Codos and has disgraced himself and his Rognl took off at 6.10 a.m. to-day family. I am extremely sorry for in an attempt to break their own the girl, but I cannot feel she was world's record for a non-stop flight entirely blameless in the matter." along a straight line.

With these words, Mr. Hamilton Flying in a westerly direction, on Saturday discharged Chan Suf-they hope to cross the Atlantic and tim, whe was accused with having the American continent, landing at procured unlawful carnal know- San Diego-Nextcr. ledge of Cheng Yuk-yim, a girl of

18 years of age, by a false promise

of marriage as a kit fat er first wife.

Fight Commences.

i

ALARMING POSITION IN

BRITAIN

London, May 26. "Active co-operation between all consumers and the authorities is needed in view of the exceptional drought," says a special warning lasted by the Ministry of Health and forwarded to all local authori ties.

The notification draws particular attention to leaky pipes and drip- ping taps. It declarea that twenty- per cent of the water can thus be saved without any inconvenience,

During the past twelve months,

Parin, May 27. Iloss and Codos hupped off at During the hearing of the caso.10 am. to-day, bound for the

a distance the rainfall overywhere in Great throughout last week, the Central United States, on Magistracy was packed by a record-breaking attempt. They are Britain has been below normal. morbid crowd of spectators, who, travelling in a monoplane named in some parts of the country, the drop has been as much as 40 per to cont. on several occasions, were warned Joseph Lebrix. by the Magistrate. On Saturday; Mr. Hamilton ordered a portion of the court to be cleared, and threatened the remainder of the spectators with arrest If there was any disturbance.

The plane soon disappeared the west after a successful tuke- off. It is believed they will take

northerly route.

Even parts of Lincolnshire and However, that all rural parts of Cambridgeshire a dependant upon conditions. If are suffering severely, they travel as expected they will fly over Newfoundland and then head for Callfornia,

In his indgment, the Magistrate

The machine carries a load of said that the wording of the

a mile section as he understood it de-nine-tons and travelled manded that the inducement to before it could rise for a take-off. connection be

false t the time --United Prean.

it was made.

Section Innpplicable?

Over The Ocean.

London, May 27.

|

Ramsey in Huntingdonshire, a town with a population of 5,000 is wholly dependent on water earried from outside centres.

In Buckinghamshire, engineers boring for water found that a tunnel, twenty, fect in diameter. which should have been full of water, was bone dry.

Many

farmers report heavy losses of sheep.

No alarm is felt in London at

"I am indeed somewhat doubtfulį Cados and Rossi were sighted if it applies to promise of high above the Scilly Islands at marriage, except perhaps in the 3.30 pm, They are due over Nova case of a promise to marry mnde Scotia at 8.15 a.m. G. M. T. Mon- by a man who legally could not day. They are broadcasting their present, although the flow perform his promise, for example, position hourly and expert to be the Teddington lock is one-third of a man married by the Church of in California on Tuesday at 7 p.m. normal. England or Romm: Catholic rites.United Press. whose wife was undivorced from

him or undivorceable from him"

he said.

unable to convict.

over

Since June is usually a dry month, the general situation has become alarming. Weather re-

"In this case I am unable to find; "I must, however, point out that ports are not hopoful. They in- that the defendant did not centem-defendant is only clear upon the diente continual anti-cyetes, while I express no the supply of depressions from plate a correct form of marringo criminal count.

with the complainant, that a, opinion as to what further action Iceland, usually accompanied by correct under prevailing Chinese might take place." concluded Mr. rain, scenis to have failed

|plately-Our Own Correspondent. customs. I therefore find myself Hamilton,

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THE KING'S CUP

CLASSIC AIR RACE PREPARATIONS

London, May 26. The King's Cup Alr Race, the most important annual event of its klad in Britain, promises to be this Interesting exceptionally

with

MADGE EVANS UNA MERKEL ALICE BRADY

It has a speed of over 200 miles an hour. A Comper Streak has been entered by Lord Wakefield and a new British Kiomm Eagle has been by Mr. Gandar Dower. entered Among the new engines will be a 200 horsepower Gypsy Six, a Pobjoy Wolseley Alt.. Cataract and a The performances of thiend now entrants will be closely compared by aviation enthusiasts with the longer established types. The race, Thirty-eight entries have been which takes place on July 13 and recalved. They include several new 14 overs an 800 miles course, is types of fast civil planes and en-divided into four rounds, with pro gines. There is among these new-bably eight heats fa the first round, comers the Tony Percival New four in the second and two in the Gull, entered by Prince George. third.-British Wireless..

year.

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