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Ship's Dramatic Trip From Hongkong To Scattlo

Seattle, Nov, 0. The American Mail Line states that Mrs. Arthur K. Espennt, wife of naval Lieutenant on the US.S. Mindanno in Manila, has disappeared

ITALIAN WHEAT FOR LOYALISTS

300 Tons Said To Have Been Shipped

Perpignan, Nov. 9. Usually reliable sourcen state that 300 tons of Italian wheat were loaded into 10 freight cars and transmitted to Perpignan en route for Barcelona. There is no explanation as to how

Loyalists are to obtain the

mysteriously, aboard the President the McKinley, which is due in Seattle on Italian supplies. November 10 from Hongkong and Manila..

Mrs. Espenns was Inst seen on Saturday,

It is reported that the · cars originated from Bologna, Cesaua and one other point. They cleared, the Customs at Cerbero.

Additional train loads of food con- Strangely enough Vernon Tenney of Honolulu, whose late father, Mr. signed to the Loyalists are expected Edward Tenney was head of the to enter France through Modane and clear through Cerbere.-United Matson Navigation Company, almi- to jurly disappeared on the McKinley Press. last Thursday-United Press.

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1937.

Fire Destroys

Chinese City Easy to In California

Five Known Doad; Many Missing

Walnut Groves, Cal., Nov, 0.

At least five are dead as a result of a mysterious fire which burned down 180 dwellings in the Chinese quarter of this town.

Chinese Many of the 2,000 habitants are still unaccounted for Reuter,

REWARD OF CRUELTY

In the senior court of the Kowloon Magistracy this morning Mr. K. Keen dealt with two cases of cruelty to animals. The offenders were

Chan Lai, 30, married woman.

STABLEMEN WANT Chan Hung, 48, shop keeper, and

MORE PAY

RACE HORSE GROOMS FORM UNION

London, Nov. 9. Stabiemen at Newmarket, impor- tant centre of English borse racing, are wanting more pay.

Mrs. L. Warrington of Almal Villas, Kowloon, had her purse snatched from her yesterday evening. She was standing with friend near King's Park Mansions, Austin Hond,

They held a meeting last night and when a Chinese man went up to her decided to form a union under the from behind and grabbect the bag. auspices of the Transport Workers The thief was thused and arrest- Union, in order to begin negotiations ed in Hillwood Road with part of with employera for an increase in the contents of the purse in his poc-wages-Reuter. kets. Ils

name was Wong Yik- chung, 23, and for the offence he was sentenced to six months hard labour

Inspector K. W. Andrews prosecut- ed and dealing with the Arst case sald that Conn Hung was the proprietor of a soup store. Yesterday, said the Inspector, he went to the shop in Pubile Square Street, and saw a big crowd watching some animals in three cages; two holding civet cals, and one a lizard. The enges

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just big enough for the animals to turn around und their noses and feet were cut as a result of attempts to free themselves. The presence of the

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Was near the snake in captivity cages and this fact alone was enough to cause the cats great torment, 15 the two creatures were deadly enemles. There WILI

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The woman defendant, continued Inspector Andrews, had in a cage two The following ships are expected bats, a clvet cat, a lizard, a mongoose to be in wireless communication with and two quails. These animals too, ANOTHER CASE

the Hongkong radio station: lund no food and had injured them-

to trying With a previous conviction, Lo Gleneinins, Sarpedon, Haldis, Sagres, selves Shu, 28, unemployed, was sentenced Willy Cree. Syma, President Adams, mongoose and the qualis should have Empress Of been kept apart as they did not agree to three months' hard labour by Mr. Hosang, Minoo Mart, Orchestra.

Keen at the Kowloon Magistracy Russia, President Grant, President with one another.

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