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WHAT GIRL WOULDN'T TAKE A CHANCE to escape the small town

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JANET

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RINNIE

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LEWIS STONE

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JOAN

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1936.

BIG DRUG

GANG TRAILED ALHAMBRA

ARREST GIVES

CLUE TO VAST

ORGANISATION

A GIGANTIC INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND

OTHER DRUGS ON AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE SCALE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED AS THE RESULT OF THE ARREST IN FRANCE OF AN OFFICER IN THE MERCANTILE MARINE WHO IS SAID TO BE THE BRAIN BEHIND THE ORGANISA- TION. :

HIDDEN IN LINING

Bourges, in the South of to trap some of the other tramckers. France, is said to be the head-oplum in the night resorts of London, Many of the agents who sell the quarters of the gang. The ar Parks, Berlin and Brussels are women. rested seaman armaged with agents not only all over France, but in England, Germany, Bel gium and other countries, for the handling of supplies of oplum and other drugs he had been receiving from a secret source in the East on a scale never before attempted.

After questioning the officer im- pleated the Bourges examining inagistrate authorised the arrest of 14 other individuals, including two Englishmen and an Englishwoman for

Some of the women couriers use clothes, where the drugs are hiddert för smuggling specially prepared in the lining. Detection is next to impossible unless the Customs of ficers or detectives have been warned specially of the activity of these tlon by women women and order a special investiga- searchers at the various Customs offices.

The quantity of opium already seized is considerable.

The magnitude of the traffic can be deduced from the fact that the banking account traced in Paris In the nione, for the use of the organisation,

whom the police are searching and runs Into many thousands of pounds, 1

underworld of Paris,

in other parts of France.

This number represents only a very snall proportion of the persons Impli-

ented in the affair.

WOMEN COURIERS Names and addresses of

Agents operating in Britain, Germany and Belgium have been obtained and will be furnished to the police of those countries who are being naked to us sist the French Suceté Generate is prabing the affair thoroughly.

The oplum is carries by air, sea or Inad by means of specially con- structed trunks and suitcaseй pro- rided with secret compartments. An army of couriers, including many

MR. STANLEY BALDWIN leaving No. 10 Downing Street for the flouse,

Dietrich Slams Door,

Injures £200,000 Leg

New York, July 1.

ONE of film star Marlene Dietrich's legs, which helped

to bring her contracts worth more than £200,000, has

women, are stated to be employed by been seriously injured. The accident occurred during the

the organisation.

are

For the present

the police keeping secret the name of the ar

rested "sennan officer as it is hoped

ALBERT HAS

GONE AND

GOT LOST!

TROUBLE AT ROYAL

OBSERVATORY

filming of "The Garden of Allah.”

Doctors are awaiting the de- velopment of X-ray photographs to decide whether the leg is fractures.

Marlene was working in a mob scene at the time at Chatsworth, California. The scenaria requires her to hurry through a crowd of Arnbs-grease-painted extras-to a desert train.

She hustled too well.

In hurriedly slamming a door she caught her leg and a hand in it. Marlene went into films be- cause of injury to that hand. She wanted to be a violinist, but the The Eros of the skies has al-accident prevented her. ready attained fame. Another In an attempt to prevent dis- minor planet, little Albert, hasfigurement of the precious leg, it lately attracted attention by was packed in lee all day. getting lost. Nay, according to Charlie Chapin, his leading lady. Also victims of an accident were the annual report of Dr. H. Paulette Goddard, and Mr. William Spencer Jones, the Astronomer Rooles, the motor-car manufac Royal, on the work of Green- turer. They all suffered bruises wich Observatory, Vesta, Juno, In a road collision at Hollywood, Hebe, and Pallas nre coming

into their own.

Dr. Spencer Jones' report was pre- sented at the annual visitation

the observatory-on-Saturday.

DEATH

OF WAR -VETERAN

It shows that, just as a recent near approach of the little planet Eros Is

London, June '27- being used by astronomers to

A Veteran who took part in three determine the scale of the universe, Babington of Pinnacle Hill, Kelao, Wars, Lt-General Sir James Melville

I the

astronomers with a more check on the position of

so the only slightly bigger planets Colonel of the 16/16th Lancers, has Vesta, Juno, Hebe and Pallos may just died in his 82nd year. provide accurate

He took part in the Bechuanaland the celestial equator--the extension Expedition of 1884-3, in which he was of the carth's equator among the

honourably mentioned for his services. stars.

At the commencement of the Boer The odds at the moment are en general on the staff of the Cavalry War he was employed as a major- Brigade, and he afterwards did duty which services included the command as A.A.G. for Imperial Yeomanry,

a mobile column.

of

MARLENE DIETRICHI Her Legs Aro¬Lamona¬

Catholics Converging On Manila

BIG EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS

Vesta.

The objective is to find a sultable planetary body whose path round the sun can be accurately calculated and whose position at any time clin be accurately observed. The bigger

He also took part in the advance on Kimberley and planets are unsatisfactory because Magersfontein. they cannot be treated as points. So He left South Africa to command national Eucharistic Congress to

Juno, Hebe and Palins are the New Zealand defence forces. being given a chance.

the action at

San Francisco, July 1. - Several hundred California Catholics will attend the Inter-

In the Great War he served on the be held in Manila, February 3 to The difficulty is to obtain an ac- Western Front and in Italy, and was 7, 1937, the United Press learned curate enough formulation of their mentioned in despatches eight times. bore to-day. paths round the sun. Unfortunate- He was also made a Commanilor of Passage for ly. their behaviour shows a large the Legion of Honour and an officer measure of the eccentricity supposed of the Military Order of Savoy, and of their nex. he was decorated with the Croix de Meantime, while Russian astrono- Guerre and the Croco di Guerra. mers tackle the necessary mathema-1

to

be characteristic

their

ues, Greenwich is keeping movements under observation.

1,162 PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES Eros, in proportion to its size, is

the Royal giving

Observatory an even greater amount of trouble.

On

measurements

ents of its distance from the earth, at its last near up- proach in 1931, will depend future estimates of the distance of the sun and planets, indeed, of the whole scale of the astronomical universe,

that

Pin-in-Lung

Baby May

the religious pilgrims has been booked aboard

the Tatsuta Maru of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha line, which is scheduled to sail from San Francisco carly next year.

The Japanese vessel as a mark of courtesy will fly the Papal flag with that of Nippon, stopping en route to the Philippine capital at Honolulu, Yokohama, Kobe, Shang- hal and Hongkong.

Help Science Special arrangements

"

Although several hundred Call- formia Catholics have already signified their intention of attending the Manila sall from San Francisco is expected to congress, the number of pilgrims to

be much larger.

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LAST OF THE PAGANS

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POLICE RESERVE

FAREWELL TRIBUTES TO MR. D. L, KING

AUDIOSCOPIKS Comedy Mystic Novelty.

Tape, Dr. S. N. Chau, Mr. W. N. Thomas Tam, Dr. Li Shu-fan, Mr. Peter Sin, Me, E. H. Williams, Mr. Y. T. Pun, Mr, W. M. Thomson, Mr. 0. Euger, Mr. Fung Heung-isun, Mr. M. Hodgson, Mr. Eu Tong-sen, Mr. Alok Kor-sáng. Mr. Tang Shu kin, MẸ Kan Tat-choi, Mr. Li Jow. son, Mr. Li Sing-kul, Mr. W. Keith At the Hongkong Hotel Roof Gar-Robinson, Mr. E. Grimble, Mr. Ngan den yesterday, Dr. S. W. To'o was Shing-kwan, Mr. Ng Wah, Mr. Kwok the Chairman at a farewell ten-party Chat, Mr. Bau Man-cho, Mr. Ngan by the Chinese Section of the Police Gan-hol, Mr. B. Thorpe, Mr. Lo Reserve in honour of Mr. D. L. King, Wing-kit.

the ex-Deputy Superintendent of the

Hongkong Police Reserve. Two Messrs. C. G. Perine, W. R. Scott, presentations were made, a carved A. R. S. Major, T. Munhy, W. La amber junk by Mr. B. C. Randall, B. Sparrow, L. A. C. Calthrop, A. S. P. (R), on behalf of the Flying. Thompson, P. Grant, G. S. Wil

J. W. Franks, T. G. Stokes, Squad, and an address from the 30,

Chief Inspecter I. HI.. E. Marks, Chinese Section.

Chief Inspector J. Murphy, Inspector His Excellency the Governor, Sir G. A. Stumaan, Inspector C. F, Ale- Androw Caldecott, was present, and xander, Sub-Inspector A. L. Hopkins, terminated the proceedings by award- Sub-Inspector ft. J. Hunt, Sub-In- ing the Sir Atholl MacGregor Inter- spector S, C. Saunders, and Sub-In- Platoon Attendance Shield

and spooter W. Nolloth Individual medals to the winningi De Two began with a short hia: unit. He sympathised with Mr, King and the Police Reserve on their tory of the Police Reserve and the mutual loss, and hoped that he would Chinese Section for the benefit of the Governor. He spoke of Mr. remember Hongkong as long and King as the guardian angel of the affectionately as Hongkong would re- Police Reserve, and regretted that it member him.

had to bid farewell to film. A trans- lation of the address was then rend out, after which it was presented to Bir King.

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The following were amongst these present:

His Honour Sir Atholi MacGregor, Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, Hon. Mr. R. A. C. North, Hon. Mr. W. H.

are being made by N, Y. K, officials to provide As a preliminary towneris calculat was recently

A post-mortem examination altars for the celebration of mass

aboard the ship. ing the distance of Eros at

on performed time, Greenwich lins so far examined Thomas Custy, the two-year-old some 1,162 photographic plates, the baby with an open safety pin in 7.20 & 9.20 p.m. distances on them connecting Eros his lung, who died in King's

with the "background stars" and the College Hospital, London: "background ators” with one another being accurately measured up in Mr. Thomas Cusly, the baby's This port is expected to become, a racil case. And the work is still far father said that he had agreed to clearing house for many of the digni- from Anished.

the examination because he felt taries of the Catholic Church and From the point of view of equip-it would be in the. interest of pious Cathoiles from all over the world expected to attend the congress. ment, this year's visitation of the science and of other children.

Because mony pligrims fron observatory was noteworthy for the Doctors and nurses fought for nine showing of the new "transit circle, weeks to save Baby Thomas's life.rope and South America are. ex-..Boll, Hon. Mr. A. G. W. Tickle, Hon.

pected to come to San Francicso for a special form of telescope which He iny in a special oxygen tent. embarkation to Manila, a Eucharistia will be used, like its predecessor, for But his parents were sent for from bureau of Information has been measuring the positions of important their home at Oldliam, Lanes. Tom-opened in the elty at 605 Market-st. stars. Following are other

life was ebbing.

Arrangements at present are being" itemamy amazing story of Baby Thomas mode by congress officials enabling from Dr. Spencer Jones' report.

Big Ben was discovered to be as was told in the Hongkong Telegraph trans-Pacific liners to act as "floating much!

as 20 seconds in error on last month.

hotela" during their stay in January 17 Inst, owing to the ac Early this year he was taken to the Philippine port.. cumulation of snow on the hands. Royal Manchester Children's Hospi The thousands of pilgrims from all The temperatures of more than 90tal suffering from pneumonia. An over the world sure to attend the con- stars were taken during the, year, X-ray, revented an open safety plugress, are expected to pick Manila's The biggest speed of movement in one lung. An operation to close limited hotel and lodging house ac- observed during the year in the gases and remove the pin had to be stop-commodations to capaelly, necessi which form the giant "prominences," ped for fear the baby might collapse.tating other arrangements for the | regularly secí around the sun's sur- Two more operations failed. Then convenience of the visitors.United

face, was about 120 miles a second, the baby was taken to London. Press.

RADIO

THE THREE MUSKETEERS

- With Walter ABEL, PAUL LUKAS, Margot Grahame, heather' ~

ANGEL, IAN KEITH, Moroni Olsen, Onslow Stavens, Rossmend Pinchot

SUNDAY: SHOW THEM NO MERCY'

the

Mr. W.. 3. Carrie, Hon. 9ir Shou

from

The Hongkong Society for the Pro- son Chow, Ilon. Dr. R. H. Kotowall, Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau, Ilon, Mr. Mtection of Children desires to acknow- Rum of K. L, Hon. ir. T. H. King, Hon ledge with grateful thanks

the Accountancy- Mr. E. Taylor, His Honour Mr. Jug- $200.80, tlee J. J. Hayden.

Secretarial Institute, being proceeds. from the Accountants' Ball held on Col. II. 1. 1. Dowbiggin, Mr. T. Juno 30 last, and to express its high M. Hazlerigg, Mr. V. M. Grayburn, appreciation of the success of the Mr. W. Schofield, Mr. J. H. B. Lee, function, due to the excellent work Mr. H. R. Butters, Mr. G. R. Sayer, of the organisers in the interests of Mr. E. H. P. Lang, Mr. B. Wong the Society.

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