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The Turmortal.
CHARGE OF THE EIGHT BRIGADE
A Picture Any MAN Should See.
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Following this British super-production there will follow a list of latest productions.
TABU-A Paramount super-production just released. It's
a picture of exquisite tropical beauty, the last work of that master of the screen, Murnau,. director of "The Last Laugh," introducing a story of the South Seas, made with a native cast, It concludes with a veritable screen poem of tragedy.
PHANTOM of the OPERA-A Universal 1981 Special. A mysterious "Talkie" with every player in full dialogue, except the leading man
DON' CHANEY. It's the last of the man of a thousand faces in filmdom.
THE CAT CREEPS: - Universal's new production from John Willard's famous play "The Cat and the Canary,"
SOCIAL LION:-A 1931 Paramount comedy starring Jack
Oakie and Mary Brian.
RESURRECTION:-A Universal 1931 all dialogue super- production. It betters the silent film of the past. DRACULA: — Another Universal super-production. Superstition of yesterday may be a fact of the world of science of to-day is explained in this picture. It's mysterious all through.
RIGHT TO LOVE:-A 1931 Paramount super-production
starring the sweet Miss Ruth Chatterton.
FIGHTING CARAVANS;—A “Covered Waggon" type of picture of Paramount's starring Gary Cooper and Lily Damita.
STOLEN HEAVEN:-Nancy Carroll's best of the season.
QUEEN HIGH:-Another 1931 Paramount production.
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HONG KONG, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1931.
BROKE INTO TICKET
OFFICE.
Smart Capture by Taipo Railway Collector.
PASSENGER ARRESTED.
SOVIET'S WHITE
ELEPHANT.
Monster Tractor Factory
A Fiasco.
The monster Stalingrad tractor plant-one of the costliest of the "Industrial. Cathedrals" built under the Five-Year Plan-which was opened a year ago, is still doing badly, according to a frank article in Pravda which "sounds, the
The ticket office at Taipa Railway Station was broken into some time during. Inst night. When the booking clerk and Sta- tion Master arrived at about 6.30 a.m. to-day, they discovered that alarm."
was
someone had gained access to the Built by the American construc premises and had forced open the tional engineer, Calder, who ticket rack, taking eleven second-given virtually dictatorial powers, class tickets for the journey be- and then equipped with thousands tween Taipo and Fanling.
of American machines, with hun The ticket collector at Fan-dreds of highly paid American con- ling noticed that a ticket pre-sulting engineers, the plant was sented by one of the coolie pas-expected to make up' for lost time sengers alighting there from the by turning out 25,000 tractors 7.10 train was not stamped, and during the first half of 1931, but, arrested him. It later transpir- as Pravda gloomily remarks, ed that this was the individual "American plans are hopeless when who had broken into the Taipo habits and ways of working do not office.
sult them."
CHINESE CRISIS. CHIANG KAI-SHEK ELECTED AS PRESIDENT.
1
SUPPORT FROM MANCHURIA.
Nanking, Yesterday. The fifth plenary session of the Central Executive, Committee to- day re-elected Chiang Kai-shek as President.
Excessive Ambition.
The fact is that Stalingrad's dif- ficulties are due to excessive ambi tion and poor labour. The output plan for the first three months collapsed, and during the first five days of April only twenty-two trac tors were completed for delivery Instead of 285 as planned. During March only 419 of one pattern of forged parts were produced instead of 3,600.
Everybody is running about the factory looking for somebody to sign" Upon the recommendation of
papers, instead of taking respon- Chiang Kai-shek the plenary sessibility themselves. The American sion appointed Presidents and
specialists are rarely consulted, and Vice-Presidents respectively of have little to do. There are 1.500 five yua a, as follows:-
Executive Yuan, Chiang shek and, T. V. Soong.
Legislative Yuan, Lin Sen and Shao Yuan-chung.
Judicial Yuan, Wang Chung-but and Chang Chi.
Examination Yuan, Tal Chi-tio 'and Llu Lu-yiz.
Control Yuan, Yu Yu-jen Chen Kuo-fu.
too many workers on the plant. Kai-Stalingrad, of course, is an ex- coptionally bad case, for during the first two years at least the Five Year Plan did pretty well.
Meanwhile party orators and the party Preas are already talking of the next Five-Year Plan, which is "going to put the finishing touches to catching up and passing the most advanced capitalist countries," abolishing the distinction between brain and brawn, between village and city. Molotof has already begun referring to the "Ten-Year Flan."
and
Upon the recommendation of Chiang Kai-shek, Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang was re-appointed Vice- Generaliseimò,
Peking, Yesterday. Although the dispatch of 50,000 Manchurian troops to the vicinity of Peking is officially stated to be. merely a "routine replacement" movement, it is generally regard- 'ed as an indication that Man- churia is determined to support Nanking, and prevent any north- ern military leaders from giving assistance to Canton.-Reuter.
SURVIVORS” TALES.
DISASTER TO AN EXCURSION" STEAMER.
NO FURTHER RESCUES.
Nantes, Yesterday, It will probably be several days before details will be available as to the victims of the disaster, to the St. Philibert, which was 189 tong, but it is feared the dead will exceed 400. There is no news of further rescues.
KING WINS RACE.
BRITANNIA'S VICTORY OVER
SHAMROCK.
NEW BERMUDA RIG...
CROWN LAND TO GO
BACK TO PUBLIC.
Botanic Gardens to be Open Free of Charge.
TREASURY'S RESOLVE.
Rugby, Yesterday: The First Commissioner of Works, Mr. George Lansbury, announced in the House of Cóm- mons to-day that it was proposed to open the Botanic Gardens to: the Public free of charge and maintain them មន part of Regent's Park. This decision fol- lows the resolve of the Treasury that all Crown Land in Regent's Park except the Zoological Gar- dens shall revert to the public as the leases fall in.-British Wire- lesss Service,
'PLANE CRASHES.
WELL KNOWN AMATEUR PILOT
.KILLED.
ACROBATIC STUNT.
Rugby, Yesterday. Nowa, was received by the Air Ministry last night that an aeroplane owned and piloted by Mr. Harry Brock, with Mr. John Robertson as a passenger, crash- ed in France yesterday, and burst into flames, both occupants being
burned to death.
was
Mr. Kenneth Murray, well known
ful amateur pilots, was killed at a as one of the first and most care
private air display at Cambridge on Saturday. Mr. Murray finishing an acrobatic exhibition, and was beginning to dive from about 1,000 feet when the sta board wing broke, and he spun int the ground.-British Wireless Ser-
vice.
SAFETY AT SEA.
AMENDMENTS POSTPONED UNTIL LATER DATE.
REPLIES DELAYED,'
Rugby, Yesterday. Amendments in International Regulations for preventing col- lisions at sea, which were to come into operation next month, havel been postponed until a date to be announced later, as replies from all Governments concerned, which number over 60, have not yet been received, British, Wire-
Rugby, Yesterday. The King's cutter Britannis,less Service. equipped with a new Bermuda rig, won her first victory of the season at. Cowes to-day. She beat, the Shamrock by 82 seconds.-British Wireless Service.
POSEIDON TRAGEDY.
SALVAGE OPERATIONS NOW ABANDONED.
Chefoo, Yesterday," Salvage operations on the sunken submarine Poseidon have been Survivors confirm that the de- abandoned; on Admiralty Instruc ciding factor was the action of the tions, owing to the Poseidon being passengers in crowding to the covered with twelve feet of mud. starboard side. A twenty-one year All units have returned to har- old Nantes cabinet maker said bour from the scene of the dia- most of the passengers went to the aster-Reuter. starbaard side to shelter from the storm. He reaileed the danger suddenly disappear, drawing every when huge waves enveloped the one down with her. ship a number of times, and being A young factory hand supported an excellent swimmer he dived as his wife for an hour, but then,
ACTRESS ATTACKED.
Tendon Severed By A Sheath-Kuffe.
Mme. Huguette, the former wife) of M. Rafael Duftos, and one of the most beautiful and ⠀⠀ popular actresses in Paris, was attacked by A woman with a sheath-knife as she was entering the Theatre St. George, where she plays the lead in Henri Jeanson's new play "Tout Va Bien,"
Mme. Huguette closed with the woman, who tried to stab her; and escaped with a wound on the hand. The assailant was overpowered by Mme. Huguette's chauffeur and a passer-by. At the Lariboialere hos pital, to which Mme. Huguette was driven for treatment, a tendon of her little finger was found to have been severed.
At the police station the sesailant the ship turned over. exhausted, was forced to let go. showed signs of mental derange
under, and wife
of a
when he came to the surface he mother and daughter. Anked if office official at Melun. saw a swarm of human beings des he wished his family to be notified Mme. Huguette is, the star in the perately clinging to the ship, of his rescue, he said, "It is not film version of "The Mystery of the which was floating keel up worthwhile. My family in at the Tebow Room now being shown all
Next he saw the vessel bottom of the sea"-Reuters over: Einupe, S
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