1936-07-15 — Page 24

IR-CONDITIONED THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30. 5.10. 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.

SAMUEL GOLDWYN:

MIRIAM.

Hopkins

SPLENDOR

Miriam Hopkins, who gave such a vivid and striking performance in "Barbary Cool"

now appears in a contrasting dramatic role that will win the applause of qudiences and critics alike as one of the finest characterizations of the yearl with

JOEL MCCREA - PAUL CAVANAGH LORETTA YOUNG FRANCHOT TONE in THE UNGUARDED HOUR

NEXT CHANGE M. G. M. Picture

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QULLA'S

SHOWING TO-DAY

11

At 2.30, 5.15. 7.20 & 9.30

Murder Stools the Show! Famous star found dead at gala

picture premiere... murdered in

his seat! How? Why? By whom?

Adolph: Zukor

peasants

The

PREVIEW Murder Mystery

A-Paramount Picture with Reginald Denny - Franca Drake Gail Patrick · Rod LaRoque

LATEST

PARAMOUNT SHORTS

NEXT CHANGE

"Boys, You Sleigh Me!"

WELCOME

The one and only Miss West as the spell

of the Yukon, the call of the wild, the

bird cry of the frozen acres, the gal who

kids the face off the barroom floor...

Adolph Zukor prassule

Mac West

"KLONDIKE ANNIE” with VICTOR M¿LAGLEN Directed by Raoul Walsh. A Paramount Picture 4 now hit songs with Mao singing "I'm an Occidental. Woman", "Mr. Deep Blue Sea" and "Little Bor Butterfly"

AT THE

"LIDO"

Summer Night Dances Wednesdays & Saturdays

REPULSE BAY

DINNER DANCE

TO-NIGHT

Dinners obtainable a la carto

In the event of inclement weather this dance will be held at the Repulse Bay Hotel,

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1936.

Messboy Goes Gaming

WITH PRIVATE JONES' WATCH AND MONEY.

Employed by a folder at the Shamsulpo Military Camp us a musa-bay, Wong Yuk, aged 23, stole his employer's wrist watch and 301 In money, which he took to Shum- chun where the watch was pawned and the money lost in gambling, He was brought before Mr. Q, A, Macfadyen at the Kowloon Mugis- tracy this morning, charged with the theft, which he admitted. The com- R.A. Dental Corps.

FITTER FACES Mistress Spent THREE CHARGES Girl's Dowry

LARCENY AND FALSE

PRETENCES ·

PROMISES. TO REPAY YOUNG MUI-TSAI

Tang Tung, 32, a fitter living nt 4 Ping On Lane, was brought before Mr. W. Schoteld at the Central Ma Mak Chu, a widow of 17 Second gistracy, this morning on a triple Street, was summoned before Mr. charge, two charges involving simple Schofield at the Central Magistracy larceny and the other the obtaining of to-day for failing to report the in-

Лесиве money on false pretencer.

was allowed 48 hours formal romandeded marriage of her registered in police custody on bail of $100. mai-tsai, 17-year-old Chan Fus

Inspector I W. Fraser, of the that on July 2 of this S.C.A., said that defendant made a was slated year, defendant stole from Wong Tak, report on June 13 that the girl had who owns a shop located at 163 Hen-been married to Chu Cho. 26-year-old unemployed truck driver four days act and

IL

недву

plainant was Private Jones, of the thead, one mah Jonghe de-before. Defendant had received a

accompanying the set. fendant stated that he had been seni dowry of $90, hut had used only $30 by several fokis to hire n mah-jongg on the girl, spending the rest herself. ret and table and that he had done so. This roused the suspicion that the In the morning before he went to girl, had been married merely to raise work, he advised the men to return some money for her mistress who the set and table and to pay the rent. needed it, if the intention of mar When an apprentice came that mern would have seen that the girl had got marriage had been reported, the S.0.A. ing for the money, the set and table, he found no-one at home, and found her full dowry, also that the property of his master As defendant promised to refund When the defendant the money to the girl at a later date, had been stolen. returned home, he was arrested for she was fined $5. the theft.

Detective Surgeant J. M: Forrest stuted that up to duty 4, defeurlant had been employed by complaint asa mesa-boy at wages of $3 a week. About 4.30 p.m. on that day, com- plainant returned to his quarters and went to get his watch from n chest of drawers, but found il miss Ing. He immediately looked for his wallet which was kept under adme books in the same drawer, and dis- covered that $31 had been taken, He looked for defendant but could not find him, so reported the matter at the Shamshulpo Pollge Station, at the same time supplying the Police with a photograph of defendant

About

1.30 pan.

on July 13, a detective saw defendant in Yee Kuk Street and arrested him. When questioned, defendant admitted hay Ing tuken the watch and which he said he had lost gambling in Shunchun, He had also the watch there for $2.40 to nese arged with having taken the meal

money

In another case, Cheung Tau-sunt, The prosecution intimated that they could not hope to convict the failing to notify the S.C.A. of the married woman, was fined $20 for defendant on this charge, but that change of dress of registered they put more weight on the last two-tai, Au Sui-ching. Insp. charges.

Fraser mentioned that the girl was very well, treated, and had recently been married,

The recund charge alleged that de fendant had procured a sum of $3.15 by false pretences. The prosecution sinted that defendant was sent to the an Ah Restaurant where he ordered ment to the value of $1.15. He was

to his house where he and his friends finished it, absconding without paying | for the food and taking all the uten

la except the diales, Involved in

MILITARY LORRY MISHAP

and had given the pawn- ticket to the master of the Tai Tung bonnititig-house in lieu of money for his night's lodging, A Chinese de- tective was sent to Shumchun and

this theft along with the others was THREE SOLDIERS SENT. recovered both the watch and pawn-

a man named Chen who at present is Bat

at large, and the reason for the res ticket, for which articles

mand in to search for this missing

ant hirself paid. $2.49 in Hongkong son. Larceny of the utensils, five!

nuaney. Defendant only find $1.39 in

his possession wher

when arrested. His Worship sentenced defendant

hard labour to a month's

on the lorreny change, and ordered him to repay $30 amends to complainant or perve Another three weeks hard labour In default. The $1.30 WOS ordered to be returned to complain-

fint.

ECONOMIC SIEGE ENDS TO-DAY

ITALY CELEBRATES SANCTIONS DEATHI

Rome, July 14. "The 21st, nnd last day of the economic siego" will be celebriter throughout Italy to-morrow,

Il Duce has issued a special order directing that the national ng most be flown from all public buildings, offices and private houses, from dawn to dusk, to mark the end of sanctions.

The order recalls that the introduc tion of sanctions was similarly grovt- ed-Reuter Special.

Hongkong Government Gazelle Extraordinary issued to-day contains notification of the abrogation of sane- tions as from to-day.

BRITISH OVERSEAS

TRADE

IMPROVEMENT STILL. CONTINUES

London, July 1-4. Board of Trade returns of overseas trade in June, and for the first half of 1956, show continued improvement. United Kingdom Imports in June totalled £67,611,065, exports £32,064;- 54 and re-exports £5,008,039, the

ing figures for May be

correspon.336. £36.390,327 and £6,-

ส

034,654.

the

In June, 1985, imports tatal- £57,829,113, exporta $32.914.119 and re-exports £5,221,599,

"For.

first six months, of this year, imports totalled £402,801,318, an Increase of £130,034 on.

on. last

year, and £40,614,082 en the corresponding period of 1994, Exports for the six monthe were £207,980,14, an increase of £1.415,208 on last year and of $18,196,664 on the first six months of 1934. Re-exports tutalled £32.400,- 959, un increase of 43.683,185 mi Jast

1934.- year and, or £3,400,749 un British Wirelena,

WOMEN HAWKERS'

TACTICS

GIVE POLICE MUCH TROUBLE

Women hawkers often gave the police trouble by lying on the road and refusing to go to the police station, said Sub-Inspector Subey at the Cea- trai Magistracy to-day. When ar rested they created a scene, threw tromsslves on the ground and attract- ed a big crowd. Invariably another constable had to be summoned to re- move them to the station.

Sub-Inspector Sabey was prosecul- ing Cheung Nam, 24, for obstruction and hindering the police. Mr. C. B. Burgess fired her 31 on the first charge and $15 on the second.

"FORBIDDEN IN NIPPON"

New York, July 4. The American publleation, Current History, announced to-day that the Kobe Post Office had einfiscated copies of the, May issue as forbidden in Nippon," and the editor, Mr. M. E. Tracy, is trying to ascertain the reu son through the State Department. United Press....

TO HOSPITAL

?

ALHAMBRA

NATHAN RO, HOLDIQUN

© TO-DAY

WHEN A misogyn

MEETS A misoga

THAT'S FUN!

Gayromantic comedy... when the two meanest kids you over met... decide to frame their parents- Into a wodding/

and so

THEY WERE MARRIED

NEXT

Misogynist

A follow who holes all

women. (An ex-husband!)

** Misogamist

CHANCE

~-

Three members of "C" Company of admitted kniver, one fork, and one sponu hethe Royal Ulster Rifles wi longing to So Tang, proprietor of the to the Military Hospital, Bowen Hond,

yesterday, with slight injuries comprises the

third

ceived when a lorry ran over an ein- bankment at Shaukiwan.

restaurant, charge.

TURNS AGAINST ROOSEVELT

BRECKENRIDGE ` GIVES LANDON

SUPPORT

Kansas, July 14. Colonel Breckenridge, former De. mocratic candidate in the presidential | primaries, to-day announced he would support Governor Alfred Landon, the Republican presidential candidate, against President Roosevelt.-Reuter

LORD ALLENBY'S

WILL

DECORATIONS FOR INSTITUTIONS

The

ירות

A damsel who loathes the

very idos al marriagel

MELVYN DOUGLAS MARY ASTOR Edith Fellows Jackie Moran' Directed by Elliot Nugent D. P. Schulberg production

A Columbia Pictura

"THE LONE WOLF RETURNS”

Melvyn

DOUGLAS

Gail

PATRICK

-

Tala BIRELL

are

Lance

TAKE ANY TRAN QA HAPPY VALLET BUS

• SHOWS

The injured Casporal Matthews, Rifleman Smith and tifleman Jackson.

They were riding ju n military Berry yesterday afternoon and were thrown out when the vehicle ran over the embankment coming down Shu- kivan hill..

TRADE LOSS IN JUNE

COMPARED TO MAY FIGURES

London, July 1. United Kingdom imports for June toinlled £68,000,000 and exporta were £32,000,000.

Those figures are respectively £1,400,000 and £1,300,000 less than in MayRenter Special.

ANGLO-EGYPTIAN TALKS

London, July 14. London, July 14. The continued progress of the dis- will-of-Field-Marshal-bordssions in Cairo, with a view to the Allenby has been proved at £29,545,negotiation of the Anglo-Egyptian The will provides that on his wife's Treaty, was confirmed in the Housa death his Field-Marshal's baton, his of Commons at question-time by Lonl swords, decorations and his copy of Cranborne, who said they had now lawrence's account of the Palesting | ronched a point when it has been campaign="Seven Pillars of Wisdont found possible to set up a Drafting -shall pass to the Royal United Committee, composed of representa- Services Institution.-British Wire tives of both parties.-iviting Wires Joas,

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WHAT A NIGHT!

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fun they had!

Ernst LUBITSCH'S

TROUBLE IN PARADISE

with MIRIAM HOPKINS KAYFRANCIS HERBERT MARSHALL

Chadio Ruggles · Edward Everett Horton.

A. Paramount Picture

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