1939-05-08 — Page 26

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 8, 1939.

BROTHERS STARVE TO DEATH

GRIMSBY.

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

One had an Army pension of eight shillings a week, one had 38. Od, a week from his club-the other had nothing.

They pald 2s. 6d, a week for medicino-and the rest had to buy their food.

The only other means of support they had was 878. they received twice a year as Freemen of the Borough,

They lived on bread. mar- garine, potatoes, and milk-and did not get enough of those. Their mengre ration slowly

POSED AS AN EARL

LESLIE Francis Colller, aged 20, who, it was stated, had posed as an carl, was sentenced at Surrey Quarter Sessions at Kingston to three years' penal servitude for false pretences.

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

had

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

napped 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-strect, where he lived with his brothers.

Its brother, Albert, was lying ill in the same bod. 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 contributed fo by under- nourishment,

The third brother, Charles Edwin, was asked at the induest if they had never had public assistance.

was married at Norwich, and not get it but a P.A.C. officer sold He replied: "I was told I could was arrested on a false-pretence they could have had medical atten- charge shortly after the ceremony.

Mr. C. G. L. du Cann, defending,tion as well as relief by asking for it.

said Collier did well at Sandhurst until his mentally underwent some change which no one could under- stand.

BABIES

FIGURES MATCH

BRISTOW, Okin.

their first total was correct. Receipts

TEST GAS

KITH

Here is one of America's newest bomours, an all-metal attack plane, taking its initial" flight" over Downey, Cal, before delivery to the army. Carrying a crew of three it can attain a speed of 230 miles an hour. It is designed to carry 800 pounds of bombs.

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AT six o'clock every night Bill been neither central heating nor Mr. Boot turned it into a luxury Hong Kong Depot, Tel. 21279, Gloucester Bldg., 2nd Flr., Tel. 28098..

country club, and built the £750,000 |Peak Depot, He went to Belgium, where he did Amazed was the word to describe Pendor, barman, trims the electric light.

Bill Pendor is one of six out of a film studios behind it. some extraordinary things, and his the post-office staff here. Employes wicks and lights the two oil 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. country after paying his debts.

Their last resident, the film star Nils He also built a model village of He disappeared and went to Bir- for the Bristow post office for the last tail bar in the great drawing-Asther, left a week ago, because he some 400 houses for studio workers mingham, where, at a cost of £5, he quarter of 1930 were exactly to the room of the Pinewood Club, could no longer see to read in the

Now barely a dozen employees_of sent a cablegram of congratulations to penny-the same as for the Anal

evenings.

the studio occupy those houses, The *** CLOSED DOWN

block. of studio workers's flats is a famous airman in Australie, al-three months of 1937. The total was Iver, Bucks, the £250,000 mil-

tenantless. though they were not acquainted. $7,022.43.

Ilionaire's mansion which for the The healed Indoor swimming pool

Mr. Boot hopes that the studios last two years has been a coun-in which stors and guests saw in the

New Year of 1938, bathing at mid- will be working again by July, try club for British film stars.

night under sun-ray

He leaves for Greece, where, he lamps, hos His customers wear overcoats, for become a cold plunge; the 100 has 3,000 men working on civil en- during the last ten days there has television set in dark and the six-gineering projecta.

teen acres of ornamental gardens, Asked about the future of his 15 British not £1,000,000 enterprise wired for flood-lighting, wh light up.

films, he sald: The club has been dark because The British film industry needs a the £750,000 studio buildings man to organise production. behind it-buildings In which "The efforts of many of the "Pygmalion," "Stolen Life," "The people responsible for organisation Milendo," "Keep Smiling." and are erratic and feeble, they are "This Man Is News" were made quite unable to realise the forces Inst year--have been idle since available, they fail to discern be- December, and the power plant tween the good and bad, they strike Sir John Anderson, A.R.P. chief,

which serves them and the club the thing in a casual way and let TRAGEDIES STRIKE has said in the House of Commons

has been closed down to save ex-in too much that is uncertain and tint it is proposed to issue 1,260,000

extravagant,' pense. State College, Pa.

When Pinewood and Denham Mr. Boot lists the bags to families with babies unde cerna that there will be no conning studios were amalgamated recently inGases of the Industry as:-

other wenk- College students are not immune two years, to the tragedies of life. Arthur R.

of spinach this year. March is the it was agreed to the studio floors

(1) Wealthy distributing concerns Warnock, dean of men at the State's 0,990 students are absent from height of the season for canning at Denham Ars

too little concerned with the need Pennsylvania State College, hoh classes because of deaths in their spinach, but the carryover from last; The Pinewood Club, which has for encouraging British productions, | year is sufficient for the coming year. 1,000 members, is being kept open at content to take profit from distribut-

£100 a week, personal foss by Mr. Ing American films Charles Boot, Lie sixty-five-year-old (2) British technicians and work- building and civil engineering men who have taken full advantage masmate, who bought the estate of the incompetence of studio mon- when It

Heatherden

up Hall, agements to hold them

for country residence of the late Colonel higher wages and extravagant extra Grant Morden, millionulre M.P. allowances.

The Home Office have tried out gas bags for babies on some of the families 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.

found that cach week 18 of Penn Immediate families.

SAN JOSE, Cal. It is presumed that a cry of joy will go up from American young- sters fully as great as the groan of woe that came out of Santa Clara Valley when spinach farmers were informed by several canning con-

An Urgent Appeal to the Hongkong Public

TEL 33400 & 33500.

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was

Film Director Fined

Smuggling

For

FARQUAR GRA Y

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.

He tried to evade duty on a gold and ruby wrist watch, valu- ed at £80, a honeymoon present to his wife, a gold dress clip, and a man's steel wrist watch, each worth £11.

remember, whether-or-not-duty-hed |--- been paid on it.

KINGHA

BEER

BEER AT ITS BEST

Mr. Willison, 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 £257"

"Yes," he replied.

Prize Dobermann

Acquired

SCHENECTADY, N. Y.

An Internationally famous Dober- mann pinscher dog has been ac- quired by J. L. Baptiste, of Sche- nectady. Tho dog, Carol van Ocvanes, is belleved to be the only Dobermann ever to hold champion, ship awards of

three countries, Amerien, France and Belglum. In Mr. Douglas J. Willson, prosecul- addition, Carol has won many police, ing, said that when Tim and his war and Red Cross dog training wife arrived al the airport from awards. Parls he declared only 'some Russian books, some medleine and a small, box.

Mr. William J. Brooks, Customs| officer, said he found the gold clip

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'

Vigour Restored, Glands Made Young

In 24 Hours

It is no longor, naceanary to suffer from loss of vigour and inmihood, woakt memory and body, norvouminga, impuro Mr. Alfred Stuert, assistant pre-blood, sickly sitin, depression, and poor ventive officer, said Tinn told him by an American Doctor has

discovered a quick, easy way 10

end he had Imported the gold clip last then troubles. year, and paid duty on it in Fofice-to-take tablet form, is anotutely harm- discovery in in pleasant, easy. stone. He was naked to produce fasa, does away with gland operations the slip, and then said he had and is bringing new youth and vigour brought in 500 other things at the to thousands. It works directly on the glands and norver, and puta, new, rich same time. He made a declaration, blood and energy in your veing, In. 21 which he signed.

hour you enn deo and feol yourself "When he was asked to make a Fou feel, Clive and full of youthful getting younger. Your eyes Aparkle second declaration about the gold vigour and power and ruby watch," said Mr. Stuert, And this amusing, new gland and Tinn replied, I am in a great rabe, to suaranteed. It has been proved vigour restorer, called Dr. Nixon's Vi- hurry to attend a conference. I by thousands' in Amories and fe now will pay £50 for a phone call to distributed by chalets hers under

guarantee of satisfaction or money anywhere. You check up and fuels Dr, NIXONG VICTAUN must ranks do what you

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you fast full of vigour and energy and Mr. J. Sutton, chief preventive from 10 to 10 years younger, or you ofcer, sold when he pointed out to get your money back. A special, double- merely return the empty package and Ting that the declaration was incor strength, botils, of: 41: Dr. Nizon's Vi rect, ha sald, "I treated the form tects you. If your chemfat is out write Tabs costs little, and the guarantee pro- like one would treat an application to Maller & Phipps, (China),, Lidl, for a driving licence."

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tina and he had to admit he did tell the truth about the gold clip, but he meant to declare the steel watch. He bought the gold and ruby one for His wife while they were on their.

their honeymoon in Cannes July They returned to England In Sep tember, and his wife wore the watch then.. Shia, also wore it when they went abroad ornin. Ifo could not"|

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