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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MARCH 29,:- 1937.

21,642 QUESTIONS FOR A JURY!

This is a Legal Record !

JUDGES SET A TASK

FROM A CORRESPONDENT

PARIS, MÅR. 1.

A WORLD'S LAWSUIT RE-

CORD WILL BE ESTAB. LISHED HERE IN A FEW WEEKS WHEN A JURY OF THE HIGH COURT WILL BE LOCKED IN TO GIVE ANSWERS TO NO FEWER THAN 21,642 QUESTIONS!

These questions have been prepar- ed for them by the judges before whom the case, that of three men charged with forging and uttering share cerii- fleates, was tried.

The judges have taken wecka consi- daring the questions, which are printed on more than five thousand, foolscap sheets forming a volume twenty-four inches thick.

The previous record for the number of questions put to a jury in a French lawsult was 1,050 in the Staviaky trial, but on Thursday this record was pass- ed when a jury tackled 2,100 questions. That record, in turn, will be left far behind by the

the new affair with its ten Umes greater number of questions.

The Stavisky Jury took twenty-four hours, working night and day, to give their answers, and it is expeeled that the jury faced with the 21,642 ques- tlons will not get through in less than a month.

They will be locked up in specially prepared quarters of the Court, and will not be allowed to communicate with the outer world until their task is over.

HUGE COST

Each question will have to be read out by the foreman and then discussed. after which the foreman will write the answer of the question such as "Yes, with unanimity"

When the task is completed and the Jury asked for their verdiel the fore-

Members of the Russian community who participated in the National Concert held at the St. Andrew's

"

Church Hall recently.

GOLD CURE MADE HIM

WALK AFTER 13 YEARS

And Now His Invalid Chair Is. Up

Irene Dunne Named

Joint No. 1 Actress

By PAUL HOLT

mind will have to read out each ques-VISE men of Hollywood-members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are debating at this moment the destiny of a small gold statuette to be awarded to the actress Five stars are in the giving the best performance of the year.

tlon in its turn and give the answer of his colleagues.

final list-Norma Shearer, Luise Rainer, Gladys George, Carole Lombard and Irene Dunne.

Ireno Dunne.

The sum of money involved in the charges is about £5,000, but the trial will cost at least ten times that amount, and as the jury are mostly business men who will be obliged, to neglect their own affales during the days they will be wresting with these questions, their losses alone will probably sur- pass the amount at issue in the trial. THE CASE HAS BROUGHT INTO RELIEF THE CUMBROUS MACHI- Now I should say it's even money NERY OF FRENCH LEGAL PRO-

between the Misses Lombard and CEDURE, AND THE AGITATION | Dunne.

REFORM FOR DRASTIC

HAS

The last choice was puzzling me un I saw B new flm called

Theodora Goes Wild."

TAKEN A NEW LEASE OF LIFE This film makes news on two AMONG THE CLASS

FROM counts:-

WHICH SUCH JURIES ARE 1. It is high comedy of a mest un-

DRAWN.

MAKE BIG HAUL FROM THE SEA

Mounted Polico Have $100,000 Worth of Opium Recovered From Fraser

Vancouver, Feb. 28. Royal Canadian Mounted Police omers here had $100,000 worth of oplum in their possession to-night, but held ittle hope that the discovery of the narcotic would lead to arrest of anyone responsible for its importa-

The drug, in sacks,

Hon

from

Ustat brand. Unlike most comedies the fun is sustained to the very last moment. In fact, the curtain is better comedy than the whole,

2. The fun revolves around 11 actress who tas for years had

.

Dread Child Disease

Conquered

Stanford University,

California, Mar., 15.

the reputation of a serious and AFTER years of research by

sentimental songbird. This

teams of scientists and doc-

her first fling at fun and she tors, two experimenters here gives a performance that few believe that they have at last |

actresses in

the world could

better. If ever there were discovered the means of con- dark horse-a really dark horse quering one of the most terrify-

Does thing diseases in the world

that won a

· horse should bow politely to MİSS infantile paralysis.

Dunne.

W. The experimenters are E. "Theodora Goes Wild" carries the Schultz and L. P. Gebhardt. Follow- was hauled crazy comic craze of Hollywood a ing up the pioneer work of Charles the Fraser Hiver on the anchor good many steps further. The lass Armstrong, of the United States chain of Ss. Gyokoh Maru at New lives in Lynnfield-two stops west Public Health Service, they have dis- Westminster to-day.

The Japanese of Mr. Decits' Mandrake Falls--and covered harmless chemical solution,: vessel had anchored in the stream she writes, under an assumed name, which, when sprayed correctly into while walling for dock space.

a lurid novel called "The Sinner." the nose, renders monkeys Immune Investigators said It was the cus-

from infantlic paralysis Infection. tom of smugglers to cast their catch can. A metropolitan arrives

It was discovered that the bundles of oplum Into the water, in Miss Dunne's village to teach her

germs of this disease could pene where they were recovered by ac- the

trate the nervous system only by facts of life-and Miss Dunne complices dragging from small boats. arrives in the metropolitan's village

the exposed ends of the nerves of smell, high up in the nose, WEATHER DETERRENT (Manhattan) to teach him a coupin The present cache, apparently rules of living he never could have! Jost when tossed overboard, might caught up with by himself in a de- have been submerged for more than cade.

From that point on, it's catch as

Armstrong, experimenting with weak solution of picric acid and nium, found that he could galvanise these nerves in monkeys, After · solution The whole thing is nutty and wild he poured in deadly doses of the in- cold weather and lee on the river and woolly and thoroughly enter-fantile paralysis virus. would net as a deterrent to drugging taining. Probably the comedy of the operations, they declared.

a week, R.C.M.P. officers said. Recent

the

Officers and they did not bellove

narcotle had been dropped over- board from the Gyokoh Maru.

The oplum, a long bundle of eleven sacla tiod together, each sack con- taining between fitty and sixty tins, valued at $200 each, was brought

afternoon.

year.

CHINESE TIE UP STREET TRAFFIC

to R.C.M.P. headquarters here this Thirty Jobless Sit Down On

Calgary Intersection To Register Their Protest

OPERATION ON COUNT

COVADONGA

Third Illness In Twelve Months

Another

Calgary, Mar. 12.

The monkeys lived,

THOUSANDS SAVED

Last year, when an epidemic of Infantile paralysis broke out in the southern States Armstrong was call- ed in and the experiment had a great measure of suCCESS,

Thousands of lives were saved. But the solution was not perfect. It did not always prevent the secess of the discaso zerms.

Now, at Stanford University, tests have been made with a weak solution of zinc sulphate.

FOR

for Sale

OR thirteen years the people of Ashford, Middlesex, have seen and pitled Mr. Maurice. Hollands, aged flity, as he was wheeled around, helpless in his invalid choir.

Their pity turned to emizement yesterday when Mr. Hollands,

unaided, strolled along the streets, in and out of shops, happy as a sand

.boy.

After almost every man, woman and child in Ashford had congra- tulated him, Mr. Hollands said: "This is the first time I have walked for thirteen years.

All

that time,

· suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, I have tried every known cure I could afford.

"I was almost drugged to dealli to alleviate the pain. At inst don-

RADIO BROADCAST

Governor's Cup: Football Match Commentary

Z.E.K. PROGRAMME

Radio Programme rondcast by Z.B.W. on wavelengths of 365 metres (845 .c's), 31.40 metres (9,52 m.e's).

H.K.T.

12.30 A Variety Concert,

Organ Solo-Berceuse de Jocelyn (Godard); Melody in F (Rubinstein). ....Edward O'leary; Vocal-When I grow too old to dream; Lovely to look at......Irene Dunne; Accordeon,

Solos Sedibat: Dell Ringer

Maurice Alexander; Vocal--Ohi Leo; Rock and Roll......The Ameri- con Eton Boys; Humorous-A Perfect Lady.....Doris Palmer,

1 pm. Time and Weather.

1.03 Creatore's' Band,

Mellstofele-Prologue; Selections from Alcfistofele (Bolo, дут. Creatore); "Traviata" - Selection (Verdi); "Cavalleríu Rusticana"- Selection....(Mascagni).

1,30 Reuter Press: Weather. Time and Announcements.

1.40 p.m. The Russian Balalaikn Orchestra.

Pass D'Espagne-Waltz; Down the Mother Volga; Russinn Potpourri; Caucasia (Iwanoff); Polka "Ojra"; Rondo a la Turka (Mozart),

2 p.m. Turner Layton in Songs at the Piono.

Alone again; I feel like a feather in the breeze; When G Mummy smiles; Lancashire Lass; A marriage has been arranged.

2.15 p.m. Close Down.

A run-

4.10 The Governor's Cup, ning .commentary by Frank V, Rend on the football match between the Hongkong Football Association and Amulcur the Hongkong Chinese Athletic Federation.

5.45 Dance Music

L

Fox Trot-My Red Letter Day; I'm in a Dancing Mood; (Decra F6006) Serenade in the Night; When the Poppica Bloom Again; (Decca F0007) Lavely to Look at; 1

Won't Dance; (Decca F5044) Life Begins when You're in Love: I Feel Like a Feather in the Breeze (HMV BD 5042) Waltz-When You're in Love with someone (Parlo F555),

6,30 Grand Opera.

"Madame Butterly" (Puccini)— And with His Heart So Heavy (Butterfly foretells Pinkerton's re- turn "one Ane day").

"Madame Butterfly" (Puccini)...... Butterfly is alone with the faithful

HMV D638.

tors sald they could do no more for Rosina Buckman and Nellie

mc.

"Der Rosenkavalier Sulte (R..

"But a year age a Harley-street Strauss, arr. Nambuat)-Presentation specialist put me on the cold Atandard. I have an injection of _gold_once a month. This morning,

when I

of the Silver Rose, Victor 11217/8 Ochs Waltz....Esquisast Scene and Trio Closing

I walked; I thought my wife and Bons would $0 mad with Philharmonic Vienna "La Boheme" (Fuccini)-Ah Mimi, false one....Beniamino Gigli (Tenor) and Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone).

excitement.

"I have not worked all through my liness," he added, "but if the improvement continues I'll soon be back into harness. My invalid choir is already up for sale.”

7 p.m. De Groot and His Concert Orchestra and Howard Jacobs (Saxophone)..

Orchestra-The Temple Dells (Amy Woodforde-Finden); Saxophone Solo -AL YOUR ‘SCOTCH' WILL Dawning (Cadman); Down in the Forest (Sir Landon Ronald); Orchestra-Les Millions d'Arlequin

BE DANISH!

"Scotch" whisky is year's likely to be very much Danishi Practically all the home-grown burley that would normally go to the distilleries of Whisky Valley, on Speyside, has been used to feed farm stock.

With the whisky industry boom- ing, the Scottish Malt Distillers, Lid., are ready to buy anything up to 20,000 quarters of home, barley at 40s. a' quarter.

Old Spanish Song (Louis bert); Saxophone Solo-I love the moon (Rubens); From the land of the Sky-Blue Water (Cadman); Qrches- tra-The Waltz Dream-Selecllon (O, Strauss).

7.30 p.m.. (Soprano)."

Lucienne Boyer

La Barque d'Yves (Tranchant); Ne dis pas toujours (Lenoir); Dans la fumee (Bos); Parlez-mel d'anour (Lenoir).

7.43 p.m. Harry Roy and His

Tiger-Ragamuffins.

Rockin' Chair; Georgia on my

But the response has been so poor that they will almost certain-mind; Lazy Day: Sweet Sue, Just ly be forced to go abroad for sup plies.

Farmers say they have not got the barley in their leffs. Had they been offered 40s, a quarter earlier in the season they could have met the de- mand,

Not foreseeing, though, the dis- tilling Industry boom, and expecting only the comparatively low prices of the pust fow yours, they used. the barley for feeding stock,

"It is wrong of the distillers to Bay we are holding back our stock of barley,"

a Speyside farmer told the Sunday Pictorial. "A 40 it would be well worth our while to let them have th

The

we

you; Heevie Jeebles; I wonder where my Baby is to-night; St. Louis Blues; Some of these days; Dinah; After you've gone; Nobody's sweet- heart: Gershwin Fox-Trot Medley.

8 p.m. Time, Weather and An-

8.03 Relay from the Ko Shing Theatre (Chinese).

nouncements.

11 p.m. Close Down. 8.06-11 p.m. European Program- me from Z.E.K. on a Frequency of 640 kilocycles,

8.05. p.m. Peer Gynt Suite, No. 2, Op.85 (Grieg), played by the New Light Symphony Orchestra, conduct ed by Eugene Goossens.

Ingeld's foment; Arablan Dance; The return of Peer Gynt; Solveig's song.

8.22 p.m. Four Songs by Danny Malone (Tenor).

poor prices offered during the distilleries lean years mado warley-growing a bad proposition up here, and a smaller acreage is now being sown. This, sprayed into the noses of

"We could supply all the needs of She is far from the land (Hughes); "sit-down" protest by monkeys, has proved effective in; the distilleries overy year, but should The dear little Shamrock (Jackson); darlin'; (Kahn & Calgary was staged to-day.

on unemployed relief in preventing infantile paralysis in 100 like-

that it would be Sweetheart guarantee per cent. of cases.

bought and at the some price as is Stothart); Love's Roses (Broones).

8.35 Pan, Sonata in F Minor, Op. Now the research workers are offered for foreign barley of the

120, No.. 1 striving hard to perfect their attacks same quality, qua

(Brahms), played by in time for the deadly epidemic "It doesn't make any difference to Lionel Tertia (Viola) and Harriet which strikes each summer.

the whisky, but it would be just as Cohca (Pianoforte). well to have it, all Scotchl

Chinese

Shortly after 2 p.m., thirty Chin ese, protesting relief grants of $1.12 Havana, Mar. 28.

a week, marched to the corner of Count Covadonga, eldest son of Eighth Avenue and First Street, busy King Alfonso of Spain, underwent on downtown Intersection. Some gat operation on his thigh to-day. He is between

others the ear tracks;

stated to be resting comfortably, in squatted on the rails and a few lay

spite of the haemophilia (bleeding) face-down.

from

which he has suffered in tho

The Orientals halted tram and

Robot Serviette

Blackpool, Mar. 15, - Hotels and boarding-houses here are adopting a new idea the ser- viette pochette, or automatle ser- viette sorter,ska zama

Haile Selassie Loses Friend

Washington, Mar, 15. The death is announced here to "This table "gadget" has become all day of Mr. Everett, A. Colson, who, the rage on the Continent, with General Virgin, the Swede The pochettes ensure that guests and a Swiss, was one of the viciles. They can be supplied with of Abyssinia during the Abyssinian

The operation

was performed at the motor traffle and attracted scores of of some friends, where the shoppers. Count Joy 11, by the same doctors who "One-by-one the demonstrators attended him during his previous ill-were dragged from the tracks-one néas in Cuba;

Ako police constable handling the job In the coures of twelve months and when officers arrived from will always receive their own ser- principal advisers to the Emperor. Count Covadonga har now, bean beadquarters the demonstration was seriously it three times Reuter ovativ No prrests, were made,

the guest's name and address, of War Reuter

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Mario 1st Movement - Allegro

'de Pietro Everything I have is yours; Singa passionate: 2nd Movement-Andante

(Mandoline); Vocal -With all my little low-down tune; I had to change un poco adagio; 3rd. Movement- heart; Bird on the wing....Robert the words; 1 bring to you sweet Allegretto

Ashley Plano Solo-The Charm musle Movement

School-Selection; Vivncerazioso, 4th

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10.30 p.m.. Dance Hits of to-diny. band-Selection.....Carroll Gibbons Fox-Trot--I wasn't lying when 1. and His Bay Friends: VocalSome suld love you; Midnight Blue; of these days... The Mills Brothers. Goodbye, little dream, goodbye; When 10 p.m. Dance Memorice of Nota woman smiles; I heard a song in so-long-ago.

la táxi,

8.55 p.m. London-News and An- nouncements, and

9:16 p.m. Quentin MacLeon nt the Cinema Organ.

Rhapsody In Blue (Gershwin, arr. MacLeon); Free: Night must fall.

9.30 p.m. Variety, patch Vocal- A little dush of Doubling Kiss me goodnight, Anna Nengle;

Instrumectal Keyboard kopers:

Fox-Trot-A little white, gardenia;

Fox-Trot-Breakfast in Ho

In Harlem Be careful, young lady; Now moon is Bojangles of Harlem; A fine romance; over my shoulder: Slow Fox-Trot Peter's Pop, koopa a lollipop shop, Smoke gets in your eyes; Slow Fox-Wallz Musle in May, an Trot-FS. I love you; Fox-Trot 11. p.m. Close Down.