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October 2, 1939.

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRE MR. LEWIS WORRIED QUEENS & ALHAMBRA

SHOWING TO-DA" AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 PM.

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He conquered the black simoon that ships might sail the desert aswhile the love of two women_tore_et_his_heart!TM

SUEZ

A 20th Century Fox Picture with *TYROHI

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POWER YOUNG ANNABELLA

J. Edward Bromberg Joseph

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BY £2,000,000 ‘PET'

Earls Court

Crisis

Mr. Frank R. Lewis, forty-one year-old exhibition expert, pondered recently on the future of his pet scheme--Earls Court, London's £2,- 000,000 exliibition centre.

Earls Court-its twelve-acru butid- ing is the largest in the world-was. opened two years ago. Now it is facing a crisis.

For a month the company have been in the bands of a recelyar. Charges due for interest, insurance, ground rent, and wages are more than £2,000 a week.

Bookings

covered twenty-five weeks of the year. This week, it

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Exhibition, which was expected to keep the centre busy for three and a half weeks next spring, will be transferred to Olympia.

"SEVERE BLOW"

Recently Mr. James Charteris Burleigh, receiver appointed by the court, described this decision as "a Bevere blow." Then he rald;-

"But there are other important bookings the Dalry Show, the Royal Horticultural Society's Show, the Motor Show, and the British Indur-. tries section next spring."

It has been suggested that Earl's Court would be useful to the Govern- ment

But although the possible. value of the building (which normally sents 23,000 people) in time of wor has been considered, the Govern- ment are not likely to find a peace time use for IL

When the receiver was appointed, counsel claimed that the security of the £850,000 Four-and-a-half per cent. First Mortgage Debenture sinek, of which the Prudential Assur- ance Company was a large holder, was "in serious jeopardy."

Bee Sting Caused Two Road Deaths A STATEMENT by a woman motorist that a bee was the cause of her car swerving was produced at an inquest at Worthing recently.

A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned on Mrs. Annie Tur- nock (78), of Weybridge, and Mrs. Faith Whitworth (75), of Rugeley, Staffordshire, sisters, who were killed while walking along the main London road at Findon.

They were on holiday at Worth-

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BEE IN HANDKERCHIEF

In a statement made to the police, Mrs. Mary Armerod said that a bec flew into her ear. She picked. It up. will her handkerchief and after, ns) she thought, throwing it out of thei window, tucked the handkerchief in the left sleeve of her frock.

Later she felt something stinging: her left arm and realised that she had Inadvertently put the bee 'Into! her sleeve with the handkerchief.

Tugging the handkerchief withi her right hand, she felt another sting. She then had her hand off thei steering wheel and found herself swerving across the road to the off- side.

She saw the two women and] januned on the brakes in an attempt to avoid them, but failed to do so,

"It was the horror of seeing the two women just in front of me that must have been the cause of my losing control of the car," she said."

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remanded twice in Police custody and I do not see how any good pur- pose will be served if they are fur- ther remanded without ball. This Is a proper case in which ball should be granted. This is a technical offence against them," concluded Mr.

Illegal Radio Is Alleged Bail For Seven Men sin

Opposed

"Nothing Of The Kind"

Mr. Abbott: Mr. Sin mentioned, that it was a technical offence and I When Mr. M. J. Abbott, Assistant should like to say here and now that Crown Solicitor, appeared for the my instructions ore that it is nothing. prosecution in an illegal wireless at of the kind. Mr. Sin nisa mentioned case before Mr. E. Himsworth at that the maximum dae, was $1,000, Kowloon Magistracyto-day, but in any case it does not seem to sirongly opposed an application for have anything to do with the question ball made by Mr. Peter H. Sin: of ball.. representing six of the seven, men charged.

Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones, the Post master General, was in Court.

Defendants were Yuon Lap-kwan,

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"There is every reason why all these men should be remanded agun In accordance with my application. Investigations are not yet complete and may take sometime yet, and my 29, "unemployed; Li Yuk-Jan 21, Instructions are very definitely to houseboy: Tsui Pak-ming, 30, clerk; oppose, ball as strongly as I possibly Chien Chi-fong, 23, secretary: Sum can,"

Kim-chow, 35, clerk, and Chan Sze,

20, unemployed. They were charged Mr. Himsworth: Mr. Sin, I think with establishing, maintaining and that the Crown is probably correct working a telegraph station without In' asking for an opposition of bail if * Government licence.

investigations are not yet complete. In applying for bail for alk After Mr. Bin had asked whether ellents, M., Bin said the maximum he could renew his application In fine in a case of this nature was three days, all defendants were TES $1,000. The defendants have been manded for 48 hour

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