1935-08-16 — Page 12

SHOWS

2.30-8.19

ORIENTALE

DAYS

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1936.

MR. F. A. M. BARRETTO

ROAD

3

2 TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

ONLY

A GRAND DOUBLE SHOW !.

UNTIMELY DEATH OF YOUNG

-- PORTUGUESE RESIDENT

SHIRLEY TEMPLE "GLAD RAGS Hongkong, Mr. F. A. M. Barretto.

AND THE BIG SMASHING THRILL PICTURE

TO RICHES"

OF DANGER, LOVE AND LAUGHTER.

DEVILS WITH WOMEN...DARE-DEVILS WITH MEN:

UNDER PRESSURE

EDMUND LOWE VICTOR MCLAGLEN

Horence RHD

Marjorie Rambeau

Charles Birklord

Siegfried Rumano

Summer Pricos Matinees 20c.-30c. Evenings 20c.-35c.-55c.

TO-DAY &

TO-MORROW

MAJESTIC

In the

At 2.30, 5.20,

7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

ANN HARDING ROBERT MONTGOMERY

IN

"Biography

of a Bachelor

Girl"

M-G-M. PICTURE

ROOF GARDEN

--HONGKONG HOTEL

on MONDAY, 19th August, 1935

commencing at 9.30 p.m. VIOLIN RECITAL

by the brilliant, young Chinese violinist

SITSON MA

Igraduate of the Paris Conservatoire) The One and Only from the Orient

Accompanied on the piano by the noted exponent

HARRY ORE

Admission: $4, $2 & $1 (including tax)

Rezervations at the Recaption Ofice, R. K. Hotel.

"

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.

FREE THEATRE SEATS.

Unusually distressing circum- stances surround the death of a young Portuguese resident of

who died from blood poisoning.

He had been suffering from a common summor complaint, bolls on the face, and was unfortunate enough to have infection enter. Despite the best medical attention he died in the Italian Convent Hospital at 3.46 p.m. yesterday.

SIR B. BLACKETT

KILLED IN MOTOR SMASH IN HESSE

Berlin, Aug. 16. Sir Basil Blackett was killed in a motor smash at a level crossing near Glessen In Hosse

rear of his car as it was crossing A local train crashed into the the lines.

Sir Basil was unconscious when he was taken from the wreckage and died in hospital-Reuter,

Basil Phillott Blackett, chairman of the Communications Company; was born in Jan, 1882, and educated at Marlborough and University College, Oxford, where he took a first in Litt. Hum. In 1904 be entered the Treasury,

His first

LUANTUNG MURDER

Com-

ARREST ORDER WITHIN

A WEEK

Peiping, Aug. 15. In view of the Japanese pressure for an early solution of the Luan- tung murder case in which Colonel

servation Corps, was assassinated Liu Tau-chow, the officer manding the Luantung Peace Pro by Chinese gunmen, the Hopel pro- the Pelping police officials and Mr. vincial government has instructed

Yan Yu-kang, of the Peiping Poll- tieal Council, sailants within seven days.

to arrest the

18-

Mr. Barretto was only 32 years old. He was a son of the late Mr. F. F. Barretto, formerly of

the Peiping officials will be severely The Hopel government says that Messrs. Shewan Tomes staff. He

dealt with if they fail to run down was employed in the Netherlands

the assailants of Colonel Liu, Tau- Indies Commercial Bank, where he

chow. A Chinese was held in high regard. Apart connection with Indian affairs was that the murderers have escaped to report states from his work, his great interest in 1913 when he became secretary the demilitarised zone. was the Catholic Union Club, of of the Indian Finance and Currency The Luantung authorities are which for years he had been Commission, serving in a similar soarching all hospitals honorary Treasurer, and by whose capacity on the Capital Issues Com-shan and Luantung for the guamen at Tang- members he will be greatly miss-mittee in 1915. Before the War one of whom was shot during the

he was for time representative attack.-Wah Kiu Yet Po.

ed.

Mr. Barretto leaves to mourn of the British Treasury in America, Shot Fired In Demilitarized Zone him his mother. his wife (nee He went to the United States in It is reported that a member of Miss B. D. Vas) and two small Oct. 1914, 01 special mix-the Chinese Pence preservation children, little girl aged three sion, relating to exchange problems Corps has fired a shot at two and a boy, aged one; also a sister, arising out of the war and next Chinese junks flying the Japanese Mir. A. D. Sequeira, and two year was a member of the Anglo-flag and carrying a party of brothers, Mr. C. A. Barretto of the French mission which negotiated Japanese Consular and military Great Northern Telegraph Com-the Allied loan of $500,000,000, in officials from Chengteh. In Jehal, pany, and Mr. A. J. Barretts of 1916 he became a member of the down the Lwanho River, In the the Netherlands Indien Commer-National War Savings Committer. demilitarised zone. cial Bank,

Then from 1917 to 1919 ho again Nobody Was hurt but the represented the Treasury in the Japanese are again taking a seri-] U.S. On his return he was apous view of the incident-Buited pointed Controller of Finance and

Press. in 1921 knighted (K.C.B.).

The funeral will take place this afternoon, passing the Monument at 6.30 p.m. It is requested that no Howers be sont.

Mr. H. M. H. Nemazce News has been received in the Colony of the death of a former

he held the retired in 1922, and went back to Shiraz,

Indian Finance

Briton Arrested

Shimonoseki, Aug. 15. The Japanese police have arrest-

RUSSIA BUYS FLOUR

Payment for C.E.R.

ALHAMBRA

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The RIGHT

TO LIVE

JOSEPHINE HUTCHINSON GEORGE BRENT COLIN CLIVE: PEGGY WOOD HENRIETTA CROSMAN In a Warner Bros. hit by the Author of "Of Human Bondage"

QUEEN'S

THEATREONGK

At 2.30, 5.10. 7.20 & 9.30,

PUBLIC HERO

TO-DAY Blackett renewed his connectioned Frank William Lowe, aged 26, [well known member of the local with Indin, in 1922, when he was employee of a Melbourne firm, on Mohammedau community. Mr. H.M.made Finance Member of the charge of photographing the II. Nemazce who bas died at Shiraz, Executive Council of the Governor Chinkat Naval Ваке іп South Persin, at the age of 78.

Born in 1857, Mr. Nemazee rame most successful, When he presented

General-n post in which he was Koren.--Reuter, out to Hongkong in 1890 as prin- his last Budget in 1928, he had ciput af the firm of II. M. H. Nemazee and sons, a post which and placed the finances of India in Part

not only got rid of heavy deficits

a position of unassailable security, but had presented the provinces with large sums for development, and this without burdening the masses with any extra taxation that could be felt by them. Whereas be Mr. Nemuzee is survived by two fore his time India was borrowing sons, Mr. M. Nemazee of Hong on a 7 per cent. basis, he enabled kong and Mr. A. Nemazce of her to do so at little above the Bri- Shiraz, with whom grent Aytish Government's level. In spite of pathy will be felt in their loss.

However in 1927 and again in 1932 Mr. Nemuzee paid visits to the Colony and renewed old friendships made here.

MAKING GAS MASKS

CANTON ARMY TO OPEN ITS OWN FACTORY

Capton, Aug. 1. The First Group Army thorities have decided to establish a factory for the manufacturing of gas masks.

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A special site for this factory has been selected in Honam. Ac cording to the prospectus, alt maaks should be made with native materials, unless they cannot be obtained in China. The products will not only be supplied to the Army, Navy and Air Force but will be permitted for public sale. It is estimated that the factory will have a daily production of

300 masks.

No less than $600,000 has been appropriated for the building ex- penses and work is likely to be started in October.--Wah Kiu Yat

Po.

Military Secrets

great opposition from Bombay in terests he secured the stabilisation of the exchange at 1/6 to the general advantage of the trade and finance of the country. He sought to crown his work by his Reserva Bank Bill in which he provided for a central bank for India to be the currency authority In place of the Government, but it was very strong-

In Wheat

Tientsin, Aug. 15. Soviet Russia is reported to be purchasing large quantities of wheat flour from Manchuria. A treaty, recently concluded, provides for 100,000 bags of wheat flour at the price of Y260,000, which is to be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the Chinese Eastern Rail- way. As a result of this many idle flour mille have resumed opera- tions.-Central News Agency.

NAVAL CONFERENCE

ly attacked and was finally wrecked BRITISH PLAN FOR OCTOBER

by the Opposition and withdrawn in Feb. 1928. On leaving India Sir Basil Blackett made a tour of Australia, China and Japan.

Blg Interests

SESSION

informally told the

Tokyo, Aug. 15. The Foreign Office refused to say "anything whatever" regarding the Yomiuri Shimbun exclusive London In Jun. 1929. he WOR ap report to the effect that the Bri- pointed chairman of the Com- munications Company, the huge tish Foreign Office on August 11 wireless and cable combine which Embassy in London that Britain Japanese merged the British Government and Intended to summon the main naval Imperially-owned cables, the conference in October in the event Eastern Telegraph group and the of the British, French, and Italian Marconi. Company, the capitalisa-preliminary conversations produc- tion being about £53,000,000. His ing results. salary was £8,000 a year. A. few The Fomiuri Shimbun report in- days later he was made a director dicated that Britain desires a con- of the Bank of England. He had ference in order to avoid spending also been appointed a deputy mem- £200,000,000 on its naval construc ber of the Expert Committee on tion programme. Meanwhile the Reparations, which involved him in Foreign Office doubts that reports much work that had to be done in were ever circulated at Washington his spare time at night, but fortun- to the effect that Japan would wel- An Important and secret order,ately he regarded it as a sort of

come a conference-United Press.· signed by General Chan Chal-tong duties

recreation after his organising

British Invitation on the Communications has been circulated to all military

Tokyo, Aug. 15. Company.

Japan has received an invitation |authorities, in which General Chan

The most noticeable things about from strongly warns that military secrets

Britain to attend

a five- rolating to National defences such him was his charm of manner and as the exact number of military his smile which explained his great forces, position and plans of difpopularity with his subordinates. ferent strategle buildings, arsenals, ammunition depots, important schemes and documents of different military organisations, are strictly prohibited from leaking out to foreigners. Any one who gives, out such informations to foreigners by General

Canton, Aug. 15.

will receive punishment of death.

This action taken

made following a report submitted

REGISTRY WEDDING

BRIDE ARRIVED BY N. D. L- POTSDAM

The N.D.L. liner Potadam become

after

may

Power naval parley in London in October-Reuter.

LOCAL ESTATES

CANTON MERCHANT LEAVES $75,000 WORTH

Property

on

Number

Lionel Barrymore. Jean Arthur Chester Morris · Joseph Calleia Paul Kelly • Lewis Stone

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NEIL HAMILTON HE TOOK THE DARE And went to jail while his Bride cooled her

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SUNDAY: "KING OF JAZZ”

ASSAULT CASE

SUBPOENAED WITNESSES FAIL TO GIVE REASON

and of

The Hong Kong Brewers & Distillers, Ltd., have pleasure in announcing a novel competition.

Local estate amounting to $75,000 All you have to do is to forecast the number of Chan Chal-tong, yesterday was waintains the record It Wong Hong-youk, alias Wong Hong was left by Wong Jal-hong, alias stalls tickets sold at the King's Theatre 5.10 p.m. by the Military Commission, who created on its maiden voyage

Yeuk-tong, alias Wong Mo-hon, late show on Thursday each week on the forecast recently returned from Europe. disembarked

Two young feminine travellers who of 122 Kung Yat Road West, Canton,

who died at the above address st Singapore

wers December

Shop. They left with a fakt, coupons issued for this purpose and obtainable foreign authorities possessed mill-arrival thero.

The report states that certain married immediately

1884. A petition by their Wong So-shi, widow, for grant of

21,

whilst crossing a vacant plece from the office of H. Ruttonjee & Son, 7, Duddell tary secrets of this Province, which

land, about twenty men, including five Another charming traveller who has been allowed

letters of administration to the estate,

of the defendants, set on complainant Street.

they believed to have been suppllod landed here on Tuesday from Europe

It was light enough for witness to by persons in very close connection was married at the Registrar's Office,

Lam Shiu-ming, alias Lam Yap-1

recognise them. He saw the fourth with the Military Authorities. Supreme Court, yesterday morning.

defendant yue, alias Lam Heung, merchant, who

holding complainant whilst Forecasts must reach H. Ruttonjee & Son not proclaims rigid regulations prohibi Bonee) who became the bride of Mr, floor on December 16, 1034, left local yesterday afternoon, in the case in ant with scissors and ammers and

Meanwhile the Government also

She is Mr. Edna Bebenin (nee died a 39 Pottinger Street, ground Thomson at the Kowloon Magistracy fendant advanced towards, complain

Further evidence was taken by Mr. the first, second, third sad sixth de- later than 10 a.m. on the previous Wednesday.ting persons taking photographs The

Claude Geoffrey FitzRoy Lloyd of 65, astate to the value of $12,800.

Peak

Letters of administration to which Chung Ngal-sal. Chan Shuan, stabbed him. Witness shouted for No competitor may send in more than ONE fore-forts, barracks, and nerodromes, last wook at the Presbyterian Church estato have been granted

and surveying of strategic places The two brides who were married

Lam Muk-chun Ching Lam-kun, help and ran aWAJ. cast for any one performance.

Young Lam-tal and Chan Kong are

Defendants' Denisie summoned by Lau Mo-lung, Chair Second defendant denied having man of the Chinese National Athletic Association, for alleged assault.

been present at the assalt as ho Mr. M. A. da Silva appeared for the spent the night at Shaukiwan. Fourth prosecution, and defendants were not afraid to assault complainant as he defendant said he would havƏ boon represented.

The eight competitors sending in the correct or nearest correct forecast of the official figures as supplied by the courtesy of the Management of the King's Theatre, will each receive a ticket voucher for the back stalls King's Theatre 5.10 p.m. show on the following Monday.

without permission from reapon sible authorities.-Wah Kin Yat Pa.

TIMELY DISCOVERY

TUNNEL LEADING FROM TEXAS PENITENTIARY

Huntsville, Toxas, Aug. 15.- W. W. Wald, warden of the Toxas Penitentiary, to-day dia-

Those ticket vouchers will be accepted at the covered a tunnel, thirty yards in Theatre Box Office.

length reaching almost as far as the penitentiary wall. He has thus belloved to have frustrated a

Orchard Road, Singapore, by the Rev. William Murray, Are Miss Diana Violet Deighton daughter of Mr. and A. Deighton, of Croydon, England, and Miss. Carla Mawa, of Haarlem, Holland.

Misa Deighton was married to Mr. Otto Richard, of Messrs. Gammeter and Co. In Singpaore.

Miss Moan married Sgnr. Gustavo Enrique Musteller, Consul General of Cuba and Dean of the Consular Corps at Batavis.

|

the

toLam

Mali-shi, widow, on her petition.

CINEMA BAN

NOT FOR THOSE UNDER SIX YEARS OLD

was a boxer. Sixth defendant said Three subpoenaed witnesses, Wong he worked at Tsimshatsul and rarely Fook-yu, Wong Pak-heung and Han visited Kowloon City. Kam-chuen, failed to give any At the conclusion of the case for Nanking, Aug. 15,

evidence as to the reason why the the prosecution, the first defendant, children the Ministry of Interior da Silva treated them as hostile wit said that on the night of the Kasauit In order to protect the health of On Mr. Thomson's suggestion, Mr. evidence from the witness box. Re

complainant was allegedly assaulted. Chung Ngai-sal, elected to Issued circular orders to all motion nesses. picture theatres through the local

ho did not leave ble house, authorities prohibiting juveniles nephew, said in evidence that at 8.80 spoctor at the Kewicon Police Station. Lau Hun Kwon complainant's morning, he was sent for by an In- below the age of six to attend p.m. on July 8, he was at complain- After being questioned he was sent movie shows.

ant's business address when he and away, complainant were asked, through the

After telephone, to visit the Chu Hop Rice da Silva, the case wis' adjourned" FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3, Wyndham Street in the Cit Printed and Published for the Proprietors by

Harbin, Aug. 16. Seven prominent Russian omi- grea have been arrested and Ticket vouchers will be sent to the eight plansed wholesale prison break.

charged with Intrigue -- against The order was issued to the successful competitors each Saturday.

Manchukuo and with retarding various provincial and. municipal wood pile in the centre of the emigres association. Further ar- police by the Welhalwal adminis- The tunnel entrance was under a the reorganisation of the, Russian authorities of the Metropolitan prinen yard-United Presi

resta, are anticipatod.-Reuter. tration-Central News Agency. ·

Hongkong

cross-mxamination

of Victoria