1937-01-15 — Page 5

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY,

JANUARY 15,

1937.

9609

55%

BOY JAILED,

THEN TURNS

DETECTIVE

Paris, Jan. 1,

MARIUS MILLION, & Lyons errand boy; at first might appear to have no reason for being happy.

Twice he has been arrested and 1/0 failed, once for stabbing, once for

Os7a theft. But Marlus has brains.

CASE NO. 1.

Marius was charged and falled for .1/3.5/32a stabbing affair in a Lyons back 1/3.7/32 street, Bailed out, he started de- tective work in slum cafes.

had

A pretty girl told Marius about nome friends of hers, who escaped after killing a man in a highway robbery. Marius inquired, told the pollee. The criminals con- fessed. Marlus was freed.

U.S. COMMODITY PRICES LATEST CABLED

QUOTATIONS

The following quotations on the New York commodity exchange are issued by Reuter.

New York Cotton

January

March

Alay

July

October

December,

Spot

March

Mny

July.......

September

12:41/41

12.40/47

12.30/37

12.20/31

12.30n 12.41/43 12.35/35 12.28/20

11.00/90

11.93/02

13.00

11.02/03 11.02

13.01

New York Rubber

22.12/12 22.086/01a

21.05/05

7.84/05

14.73n

December 21.64n

Total sales:-2,060 tons.

May

July Sept.

Chicago Wheat.

21.02 /03 21.43n 21.730

21.89n

135/135% 134/1337% 115%/115% ... 117/117

11234/11244 1114/111% Wednesday's sales:-33,150 tons.

Chicago Corn

Chicare Corn

New Contract New Contract

Opening Closing

RULES 1,500 MALAYS WITH STICK

London, Jan; t.

MR. SIDNEY CLUNIES ROSS,

Demand

EXCHANGE

Beting

T.T. Shanghal T.T. Singapore T.T. Japan T.T. India

TT. U.S.A T.T. Manila tall, lean, bronzed, athletic TT. Batavia ruler of the 1,500 Malay inhabi-

102% .42%

.163

81%

Bangkok

140

.6.01

.76%

..132

tants of the Cocos Islands, 800TT. Saigon

T.T. France miles from Java, arrived at TT. Germany Southampton yesterday on hid first visit home in six years.

Mr. Ross is the sole owner of the Islands. His mother was a Malay. He is half Scottish and half Malay.

In 1086 Queen Victoria granted to the Ross family a 099 years' lease of the islands.

Mr. Ross told the News Chronicle yesterday, that, the islands had no police and no prisona.

TT. Swilzeriand TT. Australia | TIT. Lisbon

Buying

4 m/s, L/C, London

4 m/s. D/P.

do

4 m/s L/C. U.S.A.

4 m/s. France

BD d’E. Indin

U.S. Cross rate in London

..31 .6.77 03% .4.01

EXCHANGE RATES

"All the ruling that has to be done is done by me with a short, polished wooden stick.

The nativesore Paris. natural liars, but are easily controlled..

Geneva: "There are only 10 other white Berlin men on the islands, all employees Athens.

Milan. of the Eastern Telegraph Company.

"Three times a year we are Copenhagen. visited by a boat, which brings.Į

Stockholm. mall and slores and takes away Shanghal,

which forms our sole New York.

Amsterdam. Vienna..

Jan. 13. .105.0/04

Jan, 14, 103,0/64

21.30

12.21

54745

5471⁄2

03.0/32

934

May

July Sept.

103%/103%

100%/100% -109%/100%

104/%/104

22.40

19.30

103/103

103/103

1/234

1/24

May

1114/112%

112/111

July

107/107% 107%/107

Winnipeg Wheat

Moy

July

the copra industry." Twice a year Mr. Ross 'receives a large consignment of books, and he now

possesses a library of 5.000 volumes.

Mr. Ross was met here by his wife, 1284/128 1274/1274 and is to stay in England for six 12314/1235 12234/1224 months, during which he will visit October. 112/112% 111111 London and Exeter, where his four

children are at school.

0.97

0.00%

2614

281/2

The thief left behind an old over- coat with a front-door key in the pocket. Marius, on bail, again traced the man he suspected, went to his home and found that the front-door key had recently been lost,

.1404

14074

.Nom.

Nom.

110

110

Hongkong. Bombay.

1/211

1/2

1/0.5/32

Montreal. Brussels.

.4.01%

.20.11

1/0.5/32 4.01

20.11

1/2

Monte Video. Rio. Ro.. Bucharest.

30%

1979

913

Ai

.14

444

.670

670

Silver (forward).20% Silver (Spot)....21 War Loan.

20%

The forthcoming wedding is an nounced of Mr. Alfred Victor Alvares, architect, residing at 0, Cameron Hood,

Socarto and Miss Mario Botelho, of 30, Granville Road, Kaw- loon.

He brought with him presents of Turkish delight and dates for the children.

MORE RECNUFTS

London, Jan. 14. During December, new recruits to the Territorial Army numbered 2,840, cent, over an increase of 120 per December, 1935. Recruiting for the Territorial Army was heavier last

21.38

20% .1054

105 British Wireless.

EPIDEMIC IN ROME

The many friends of Mrs. H. A. (Janot) Taylor will regret to learn of her serious, illness. Mrs. Taylor was taken ill on Sunday fast and re- moved to the Victoria Hospital, where year than in any year since 1925.-doing for some weeks past in England, she was immediately operated upon. | British Wireless.

KINGS

Rome, Jan, 1,4. An epidemic of influenza is causing many deaths in Rome, as It has been

France and elsewhere.-Renter.

COMMENCING

SUNDAY

A GRAND DOUBLE ATTRACTION!

ON THE SCREEN

NOT SINCE "MIN AND BILL".

such a picture rominiscent of the laughs and heart-thrills of that great triumph! The stars of "Ah Wilderness" together

again in a grand enter-- fainment...the hilarious story of the world's laziest man whose troubles begin when he finds $100,000!

WALLACE BEERY

Old Hutch

with ERIC LINDEN CECILIA PARKER ELIZABETH PATTERSON ROBERT M.WADE Directed by T. WALTER RUBIN Produced by HANRY NAPY

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer PICTURE

ON THE STAGE

BOOKING at the

THEATRE Tel. Nos. 25313, 25332.

AT ALL PERFORMANCES

VERA LOVE

AND HER

10 PARAMOUNT FOLLIES

CASE NO. 2.

Marius was arrested and necused of stealing a new overcoat.

There's your man," he told the police. He was right.

And now, "I would like to catch DIA criminals and save innocent people," says happy Marlus' Million.

“TELEGRAPH" ART

SUPPLEMENT

To-morrow's Picture

Features

ар

Amongst illustrations pearing in to-morrow's larue of the Telegraph Pictorial Supplement will be soveral taken at the New Territories Agricultural. Show last Sun- day.

Other pictures will include local wedding groups, Prefects of Queen's College, 1936 graduates of Hongkong Uni- versity, and members of Happy Valley Sunday School photographed at a party held last Saturday.

The Supplement will also contain a half-pago aerial pic- ture of the City of Victoria, Hongkong, re-published en the request of several readers, TC- sults of last week's Children's Competition, and details of a new contest for the kiddies.

Protest Against Taking Oath: St. James Quoted

-St-James- was quoted-In-Dartford- police court when a inan und woman. objected to taking the oath on re- Ilgious grounds. They said they were Plymouth Brethren.

The man, to support his conten- tion, read a vers from the Book of Jumes, Chapter XII.

A

Aldernun J. White, the magistrate, said: "This is not a religious court.

It is a court of justice. I don't think your contention applies to this."

The man and woman were then allowed to affirm.

*

The verge in the Epistle of James is as follows:

But above all things, my brethren, scar not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other onth: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest we fall into con denination,

·

80 m.p.h. ROAD FROM CITY TO AIRPORT

Paris, Jan. 1.

DESIGNS for an express road

route from the heart of Paris direct to Le Bourget Air- port, cutting down the air route time between London and Paris by thirty minutes, have been. completed by a group of air- minded French Government engineers.

Plans include one and a half miles of underground road beneath the most congested parts of Paris and its suburbs,

Trafic running both ways should be able to travel safely at speeds up to 80 m.ph..

MILITARY TOURNAMENT

London, Jan. 14. The Royal Military Tournament will be held at Olympla again this year. Performances. will be given. between May 27 and the 12-- British Wireless. ·

B0TH BIRTHDAY

Londo", Jan. 14. ?The King and Queen have sent con- gratulailors to Prebendary Carlisle, founder of the Church Army, who to- day celebrated, his 90th birthday [British Wireless.: +

At the HONG KONG HOTEL

DINNER DANCE

TO-NIGHT

In the ROOF GARDEN

With:-VERA LOVE and her FESTIVE FOLLIES.

MAURICE DUFOUR. and his ACCORDEON ART CARNEIRO'S BAND

Cover Charge: $1.

SATURDAY in the ROOF GARDEN (Extension till 2 a.m.)

Entertainment by the above Artists.

Dinner $7.

Non-diners $2.

AND on SUNDAY, 17th JAN. (from 5-8 p.m.) SPECIAL FAREWELL TEA DANCE

to VERA LOVE and her FESTIVE FOLLIES with MAURICE DUFOUR and his ACCORDEON

and NORMAN BROOKS' BAND

Cover Charge: $2 per person

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