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BROTHERS STARVE TO DEATH

GRIMSBY.

FOR a year three Grimsby brothers lived on nine shillings a week....

One had an Army ponsion of eight shillings a week, one had 3s. 6d. n week from his club-the other had nothing.

They paid 28. 6d. a week for medicine-and the rest had to buy their food,

The only other means of support they had was 378. they received twice a year as Freemen of the Borough,

They lived on bread. mar- #arlac, potatoes, and milk--and did not get enough of those,

Their mtogre tallons lowly

POSED AS AN EARL

LESLIE Franels Collier, nged 26, who, it was stated, had posed as an earl, was sentenced at Surrey Quarter Sessions nt Kingston to three years' penri servitude for false pretences.

A constable said that Collier, who had five previous convictions, was the ron of an Army officer.

He joined the Army in the ranka, and later entered Sandhurst for a cominission, but failed to pass the examination.

was

He was married at Norwich, and

arrested on

a false-pretence charge shortly after the ceremony,

Mr. C. G. L. du Cann, defending, wald Collier did well at Sandhurst until his mentality underwent some change which no one could under- stand.

sapped their strength. They began to starve slowly to death.

DEAD IN BED

Recently one of the three, Colvery McUrich, was found dead in bed at the home in Kent-street, where he lived with his brothers.

His brother, Albert, was lying In the same bed. Albert was taken to the infirmary, where he died,

At the inquest on Colvery Inter- a doctor said that death was due to prolonged under-nourishment.

Albert's death also is said to have been

to contributed

by under- nourishment.

The third brother, Charles Edwin, was asked at the Inquest If they hadi never had public assistance.

He repiled: "I was told I could not get it," but a P.A.C. officer sald they could have had medical atten- on as well as relief by asiting for it.

·

FIGURES MATCH

BRISTOW, Okla. Amazed was the word to describe

AT

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 8, 1939.

Here is one of · America's nowest bombers, an all-meint nttack plane, taking its Initial-flight over Downey, Cal., before delivery to the army, Carrying a crew of tiree it can attala a speed of 230 miles an hour. It is designed to carry 000 pounds of bombs.

£250,000 To Use Oil

Club Has Lamps

some 400 houses for studio workers

Now barely a dozen employees of the studio occupy those houses. The black of studio workers's flats la

Mr. Boot turned it into a luxury T six o'clock every, night Bill been aelther central heating nor

electric light.

country club, and built Use £750,000 Pendor, barman, trims the He went to Belgium, where he did;

Bill Pendor is one of six out of afflm studios behind K. some extraordinary things, and his the post-office staff here. Employes wicks and lights the two oll staff of forty-two club servants who

MODEL VILLAGE father brought him back to this checked and rechecked figures, but lamps on either side of his cock-remained on to keep the club open He also built a model village of

last resident, the film star Nils country after paying his debts. their first total was correct. Receipts

He disappeared and went to Bir- for the Bristow post once for the last tail bar in the great drawing- Asther, left a week ago, because he mingham, where, at a cost of £5, he quarter of 1038 were exactly to the room of the Pinewood Club, could no longer see to read in the sent a enblegram of congratulations to penny-the same as for the Onal a famous altman in Australia, al-three months of 1937. The total was Iver, Bucks, the £250,000 mil- though they were not nequainted. $7,022.43.

Illonaire's mansion which for the last two years has been a coun- try club for British film stars.

His customers wear overcoats, for during the last ten days there has

BABIES TEST GAS

BAGS IN

LONDON Spinach Canners

The Home Office have tried out gas bags for bables on some of the familles living in the 800 London County Council flats on the Bourne Estate, Holborn, E:C. Some bables thought the bags were new tops; others, according to mothers, nearly choked in them.

TRAGEDIES STRIKE

Sir John Anderson, A.RP. chief, has said in the House of Commons that it is proposed to Issue 1,200,000 bags to familes with babies under two years.

State College, Pa. College students are not, immune to the tragedies of life. Arthur R. Warnock, dean of

al the State's 0,000 students are absent from Pennsylvania State College. has classes because of deaths in their found that each week 18 of Penn immediate families.

Shut Down

eveninus.

CLOSED DOWN

་

The heated indoor swimming poolienantless. New Year of 1938, bathing at mid- In which stars and guests saw in the

Mr. Boot hopes that the studios will be working again by July. night under sun-ray lamps, has He leaves for Greece, where he become a cold plunge; the £100 us 3,000 men working on civil en- television set is dark and the six-gineering projects. leen acres of ornamental

of his gardens, Asked about the future wired for Blood-lighting, will not £1,000,000 enterprise

nims, he said:

light up.

iri British i

The club has been dark because "The British film industry needs a the £750,000 studlo buildings mun to organise production. behind it-buildings in which "The ciforts of many of the "Pygmalion, Smiling."

"Stolen Life" "The people responsible for organisation and are erratic and feeble, they are Mikado," SAN JOSE, Cal.

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It is presumed that a cry of joy will go up from American young- sters fully as great as the groan of woe Unt came out of Santa Clara Valley when spinach farmers were V informed by several carming con- cerns that there will be no conning of spinach this year. March is the height of the season for canning spinach, but the carryover from last year is sufficient for the coming year.

An Urgent Appeal to the Hongkong Public

TIL 33400 à 33500.

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HONG KONG EMERGENCY REFUGEE COUNCIL

香港您救濟民合辦海

May-1st to 6th, 1939.

Sample Room No. 3, Gloucester Building. 1ST FLOOR.

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REFUGEE CAMP SCHOOLS CAMPAIGN

President:

Rt. Rev. Bishop Valtorta

Chairman:

RL Rev. Bishop Hall

Honorary Campaign

Committee:

His Honour Sir A. MacGregor, Kr.

Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau.

Hon, Sir Showson Chow,

KL, LL.D.

Professor L Forster, MA

Miss Irene Ho-tung Ph. D.

Mr. Ho Kom Tong, O.BE.

Sir Robert Ho Tung, Kt. LLD.

Hon. Sir Robert Katerwall, Kt, CMG., LL.D.

Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo

Mr. D. J. Sloss, CBE'

Dr. F. C. Woo, M.B.E

Please and donations t

Dear Sir or Kadam,

We have more than five hundred childron in oach of the Urban and Rural Camps, and of this number, there is only room for two hundred in each school.

It is our earnest desiro to raise auf- flolent funds to build and equip wooden huts, so that all the unfortunate children may be given a chance to learn Bomothing, which would enable them to become self-support- ing and worthy adults oventually.

Without your help we shall not be able

to do this, Please send in a donation immediately.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Ethom.

(Miss) B.Thom, H.A.

Voluntary Manager of Rofugoo Schools,

Please Help Us

"REFUGEE SCHOOLS,” EMERGENCY REFUGEE COUNCIL OFFICE,

Gloucester Bullding. Ist Floor, Hong Kong...

"This Man Is News were made quite unable to realise the forces last year-have been idle since available, they fall to discern be- December, and the power plant tween the good and bad, they strike which serves

them and the club the thing in casual way and let has been closed down to save ex-in too much that is uncertain und

extravagant." pense.

Denham and

other weak-

When Pinewood

Mr. Boot lists iho studios were amalgamated recently nesses of the industry as: I was agreed to the studio floors (1) Wealthy distributing concerns too little concerned with the need Denhom first- The Pinewood Club, which has for encouraging British productions, 1,000 members, is being kept open at content to take profit from diatribut-

£100 a week personal loss by Mr.ing American films Charles Boot, the sixty-five-year-old (2) Brlugh technicians and work-

building and civil engineering men who have taken full advantage

magnate, who bought the estate of the incompetence of studio man- when it

hold them up for was Heatherden Hall, agements to country residence of the late Colonel higher wapes and oxtravagant extra

allowances. Grant Morden, millionaire M.P.

Film Director Fined

Smuggling

For

FARQUAR --G-RAY remember whether or not duty had

GEORGE TINN,

film director husband of a Russian ballet dancer who has appeared at Drury Lane, was fined £300, with ten guineas costs, at Croydon re- cently for smuggling jewellery.

been paid on it

A Safe and Good INVESTMENT

is $2.25 put. into each suit for

ZORIC

ODOURLESS AIR CONDITION DRY CLEANING then store in Free "Windo" Moth

Proof

Bag

throughout the

.

Summer.

It will be thesa

"WINDO"

STORAGE BAGS.

that will keep

the Moth's away this

Summer.

THE STEAM LAUNDRY CO.

Head Office & Works 57032

Hong Kong Deport, Tel: 21279, Gloucester Bldg., 2nd Flr. Tel. 20038. Peak, Depot,

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ANGHA

BEER

BEER AT ITS BEST

Mr. Willson, cross-examining, ask. W.R. LOXLEY & Co., (China) Ltd.

ed him: "Are you so wealthy that

you might forget the payment of a sum like £25?"

"Yes," he replied.

Prize Dobermann

Acquired

The

Carol

van

SCHENECTADY, N. Y. He tried to evade duty on n An Internationally famous Dober- gold and ruby wrist watch, valu-mann pinscher dog has been ne- ed at £80, a honeymoon present quired by J. L. Baptiste, of Sche-

dog. nectady. to his wife, a gold dress clip, Oevanes, is believed to be the only and a man's steel wrist watch, Dobermann ever to hold champion- countries, each worth £11.

ship awards of three

In America, France and Belgium. Mr. Douglas J. Willson, prosecut addition, Carol has won many police, ing, said that when Tim and his war and Red Cross dog training wife arrived at the airport from awards..

Paris he declared only some Russian books, some medicine and a small box.

Mr. William J. Brooks, Customs

Vigour Restored,

officer, suld he found the gold ellp Glands Made Young

In a trunk beneath hanging dresses.

In another bag he found two watches. In a third was the steel! wrist watch, an old one.

TM IN A HURRY'

·

In 24 Hours

theas troubles."

It is no longer necessary to suffer from tons of vigour and manhood, wealt memory and body, nervousness, Lopar Mr. Alfred Stueft, assistant pre-blond, sickly skin, depression, and paor. ventive ofleer, said Tinn told himleep, because an American Doctor han he had Imported the gold cup last covered a quick, easy way to end This discovery is in plonsant, one- year, and paid duty on it in Folke-

to take tablet form, is absolutely harm- stone. He was asked to produce, leas, does away with giand operations the slip, and then said he had and is bringing now youth and vigour. brought in 600 other things at the thousands. It works directly on the Blande and nervos, and puts new, richi same time.. He made a declaration. blood and energy in your velos, In 20 which he signed."

hours you can see and feel yourself Tour eyes sparkle, "When he was asked to make a getting younger. second declaration about the gold rizo feel alive and full of youthful

vigour and power,

And this amazing, new gland and auld Mr. Stucrt,

vigour restorer, called Dr. Nixon's Vi-

and ruby was of am in a great Tabr, 14 guneantood. It has been proved

I

**Tian repiled,

by thouannds in, America and is now hurry to attend a conference. will pay

£30 for a phone call to distributed, by chemist here under n

You may anywhere.

check up and guarantes of watisfaction or money bhole, Dr. Nizon'a Vi-Tabe must make do what you wish.

you feel full of vigour, and energy and, Mr. J. Sutton, chief preventiva from 10 to 20 years younger, or you officer, sold when he pointed out to merely return the empty package and get your money back. A special, double- Tinn that the declaration was incor-trength bottle of 18 Dr. Nixon's Vi rect, he said, "I treated the form Tabs costs ittle, and the guarantes pro- like one would treat an application

driving licence."

clip

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Geate you. If your cbeinist is out, write 'lo Muller." "&" Phippé, ̈(China), "Ltd,

inn said he had to admit he did 20, Queen's Road C, Hongkong.

tell

but

the truth about the gold}

he meant to declure · the steel watch. He bought the gold and ruby, one for his wife while they were on their honeymoon in Connes Ju July,

They returned to England in Sep-

·tember; and his wife wore the watch then. She also wore it when they went abroad again. He could not.

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