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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH.

THURSD

SEPTEMBER

6, 1934.

THE

DRINK

FOR A

LORDLY THIRST

A BEAUTIFUL LIGHT LAGER.

Sole Agents:-

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO., LTD.

The Leading Wine & Spirit Merchants.in the Far East.

Prince's Building,

Telephone 20075.

QUEEN'S

AIR CONDITIONED THEATRE

GALA OPENING Saturday 9.30 P.M.

A Unique Opportunity to See THE CHINESE CLASSICAL PLAYS. The Marlin Chinese Opera Co. starring

Miss EVELYN CHEN CHINA'S DANCE QUEEN & R. C. A. VICTOR STAR will present

A SERIES OF CLASSICAL OPERAS

PRICES: $3.30, $2.20, $1.10 & 55 cts. Booking Plans Open

· HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE

PROTECTION OF

CHILDREN:

WOMEN'S AUXILIARY.

OF

ONE HUNDRED MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION OF $ WILL MAINTAIN THE WORK THE S.P.C. FOR ONE WEEK. WOULD YOU CARE TO BECOME A MEMBER?

Hon. Treasurers:

H . KHÁC Y K Chow, 22, Shousan

HIN

Mrs. L. W. Amps, 517, The Poak.

The little lady who to be the focus of interest in the artist's conception of the cast of Daman Runyon's "Little Miss Marker", coming on Saturday to the King's Theatre, is five-year-old Shirley Temple. Featured with Adolphe Menjou, Dorothy Dell and Cltarios Bickford, she acis, the title role in this whimsical story of

the real Broadway and its people.

AFTER 27 YEARS

OPIUM POSSESSION

HEAVY FINES ON THREE

CHINESE

Revenue Ofcer Grimmilt, be-

MR. JOSEPH. MORRIS

RETIRING

When he leaves for Home on fore Mr. W. M. Thomson, at the retirement by the P. and O. liner Central Magistrasy this morning. Corfu on Saturday. Mr. Joseph charged three Chinese with pos-

OLD WOMAN VICTIM

INCIDENT AT KOWLOON RAILWAY STATION

When Ng Ching, 24, unemployed, appeared before Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy today. charged with obtaining $1.20 by a

session of varloun quantities of Morris, Chlef Accountant of the trick, it was said that he chose as

opium.

possession of 110 taels of

TAW

Kowloon-Canton Railway, will be Chan Choi was charged with Avering 27 years' nasociation with the Colony, during the whole opium on board the steamer of which time he has served the Kwongsai, and was fined $2,200 rallway. or in default twelve months' hard Inbour.

Ho Lin. charged with possos gion of 98 tuels of raw opium on board the same boat, was fined $1,960, or in default nine months' hord inbour.

a victim a 71-year-old peasant woman, Lal Kiu, who was waiting in a queue at the Youmati railway Station yesterday.

of

a

He offered to make the purchase ticket on her behalf, but An interesting fact in connec vanished after taking the money. tion with Mr. Morris' retirement is An early hue-and-cry led to the that it will mean the departure of man's arrest, and recovery of the the last official still in the Colony aum in the man's pocket. who was on the construction staff of the railway. It was in 1927 labour was passed.

A sentence of two months' hard

appointed Lau Ki was fined $1,900 or In that Mr. Morris was default nine months' hard labortion staff, and when the railway Chief Accountant of the construc- for possession of 24 tacle of pre- Fared opium at the Tai Hing The opium was tied round his waist in a pigskin.

wharf.

POLICEMAN HELD IN THEFT CASE

YOUNG WEIHAIWEI CONSTABLE

Tsang Shiu-chu, aired 23, constable in the Weihaiwei con tingent of the Hongkon Police Force, was charged, before Mr. Macfadyen in the Central-Police- Court this morning with stealing $25 from Mak Šik, a private watchman in the employ of the Hongkongd Shanghai Banking Corporation

Mr. C. E. R. Sanderson, of Russ and Company, appeared for the dofence and asked for a remand. Detective Sergeant Fowlie

| stated that Mr. Calthrop, A.S.P.,

I would be prosecuting.

Dafendant was remanded to to- morrow in Police custody.

RUBBER PRICES

LATEST SINGAPORE QUOTATIONS

Mesir. Benjamin and Potts have received the following Straits eur- rency quotations (buyers) front Singapore to-day for raw rubber: Spot

Oct/Dec:

Jon/Mch:

20th cls. up

26rk ets. up

27 cin. up Ap!/Juno ....

28 eta. up. Market: Steady. •

et

was brought into operation three years later his servlees were re- [tained. He has ever since been the Chief Accountant, in addition to which he has on two ocensions acted as chief storekeeper.

IN WIRELESS TOUCH

ex-.

The following, ships are pected to be in wirelcas come munication with Hongkong to- day:Tuskania, Eldon Park, During his lengthy residence in Tascaluas, Wing

Lee, Luchow the Colony, Mr. Morris has made a Ward, Morlok Maru,

Dalveen, host of friends, amongst whom hẹ

Aldita Maru. Calcutta Mart, Takada, Con Mining, General Sherman, President, Jackson, Diomed, Lyons Maru. Nagar Maru.

Bette Davis and Pat O'Brien' show. {their feelings rather visibly in this Interesting scone from "Bureau of Missing Persons," First National'a powerful drama of disappearing people. It is now playing at the King's Theatro,

con of his sterling qualities and has won much popularity by rea- this unassuming nature. The good et. wishes of all who have enjoyed his friendship will go with him in his retirement, in the hope that both he and Mrs. Morris may enjoy- many years of happines and prosper-

Shure Quotations Mesars, Carroll Bros. lave re- ceived the following quotations of Singapore rubber shares, dated Augurt 30:

Allenbys Alor Gajah

Sellers 11.04

1,04

2.13%

2.10

Buyer

$1,97

1.80

Ayer l'ann

2.05

Changkat Seniau

4,40

6.50

Connemara

1,00

Clenenly

2.55

Juma

Kedah

3.BA

Lun

2.45

2.53

Mataka Pinda

1.175

1,82%

Now Serendah

2.50

5.41

l'aJuma

2,43

5.86

1,63

1.6 C.R

1.00

2.00 C.D.

1

Hitam

4% Bunest Way

Punzel Ungu

Tejuk Anson

Uhfied Halaten

Kuala Skim

Tapai

Rubber & The Diridends

Linted Malaren 3% dual & Interim

in the Old Country. Mrs. Morris and two aaughters are already in England. Mr. Morris has taken a |keen and active interest in sport, especially golf and tennis, whilst for many years he has been lon, Treasurer of the Railway Recrea tion Club.

CHINA PROTEST

20% JAPAN'S PROGRAMME

OF DEPORTATION

Nanking, Sept. G.

Mr. Chiang Tao-pin, Chinese

Д

MRS. C. A. LINDBERGH. Minister to Tokyo, has been in- structed to lodge a protest with the Japanese Government against the maga

Chinese deportation of labourers from Japan.

EXPECTING A CHILD' THIS

MONTH

Now York, Sept. 5.

According to the Hoston Post,

The latest batch arriving in Shanghai on Tuesday complained that when passing through Moji) Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh is ex- thirty-one of them were roughly pecting a child about the third handled by the local police week of September-United Press. Central News,

Whiteaways

SPECIAL

DISPLAYS

OF

NEW GOODS

OVER 100 CASES

JUST UNPACKED

The present Exchange has enabled us to mark these

goods at lower rates, so take advantage of the exchange and Shop, at Whiteaways.

EXCHANGE UP-PRICES DOWN QUALITY HIGH-PRICES LOW

Inspection Cordially Invited.

WHITEAWAY LAIDLAW & CO., LTD.

WATER LEVELS.

FOR WEST, NORTH AND

EAST RIVERS

The River Conservancy Commission for Kwingtung Province notifies that the height of water in English feet in

the West, North and East Rivers Is as follows.

Sent, 4 Sept. 5' West River at Shlubing 17.6 17.2) North River at Tring-

6.7 North River at Samshul 10.2 East River at Sheklung 3.0

yuen

50.000.000

FIFTY MILLION

"BURLEIGH"

CAN'T BE WRONG!

These figures, representing the sales of "BURLEIGH" Cigarettes in China alone during the past year, definitely prove that smokers appreciate the fact that they

TASTE BETTER

AND

COST LESS!

20

for

CENTS

TWENTY

5,0

9.0.

3.0