JIMMY'S KITCHEN
te, D'Agullar St. & 42-48, Lockhart Ed., Wanchai,
THE PLACE TO EAT.
UNDER THE PERSONAL SUPERVISION OF JIMMY.
40 Years' Experience As Chef.
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HONCKONC'S FINEST CINEMA
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At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
A DOUBLE ATTRACTION!
SALLY
JAMES
EILERS DUNN
SWEETHEARTS OF HAD GREEN
Dance Team
POX PICTURS
ON THE STAGE
At 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m. only
THE CELEBRATED
AUSTRALIAN TRIO
JOHN PRIORA ..
NEXT CHANGE
COMMENCING XMAS DAY:
*"HOW TERRIBLE THAT I SHOULD LOVE YOU" MARLENE
DIETRICH
IN
"BLONDE VENUS”
Golden-Voiced Tenor
BERTINI
Vagabond Violinist
Faromapas PictuN
HARRY STORY
At the Piano
"THE BEST BIG TIME ACT"
TO PLAY THE FAR EAST SINCE THE VISIT OF
Sir Harry Lauder.
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CAILT
2.30-18
715-20
TAKE ANY TRAM OF HAPPY VALLEY BUS
Directed by
JOSEF VON STERNBERG
ORIENTALE
TO-DAY ONLY
❝ILL PAY ANY
PRICE FOR
A THRILLE
Rich enough to do what she wanted. Pretty
enough to get away with iti
DISORDERLY
CONDUCT
with Sally Eilers Spencer Tracy. El Brendel,
WANGHAI
TEL
00478
STARTING TO-MORROW
NIGHT WORLD
Yes-Drama-and THRILLS, and LAUGHS.. but always LIFE.. And it's al: in this glittering, gorgeous, different picture that shows you things you wouldn't believe possible!
MAJESTIC
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY AT 230, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.
Get Ready for
Shower of Joy!
The
China Mail.
EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION
HONG KONG, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1932.
H.K. Dollar May Rise
To 1/6 By March
(Continued from Page 1.):
For-
ward silver, quoted yesterday at 17, also declined 5/16.
It is considered unlikely that thej from 16 15/16 to 16 11/16. Government will take any action on the currency question, at least un- til after the Economic Conference.
The steady improvement in the Sir Samuel Wilson, Parmament Under-Secretary of State for the pound in relation to the gold dollar Colonies, discussed the matter dur-le again evident this morning, the ing bis visit,
It is stated that the economic London on New York cross rate im- slump is now being felt in Hong proving from £-G$8.32% to £-G$3.- Kong more coverely than before 83%. The New York on London and reason is attributed in part to
MR. H. G. ROBERTSON LEFT $96,200.
Chinese Student's $29,800 Estate.
-An estate to the value of $96,200 has been left by Mr. Horace George Robertson, late of Hill. Visw. Llanishem, Rhydypoansa Road, Cardiff, who died on July 18, 1931.
Resealing of probate of the will and codocils has been granted by the W. E. L. Shenton, who made the Supreme Court to the Hon. Mr.
application.
Letters of administration to the estate of Lo Kwan-man, a student, who died in Kong Moon, Kwang-
the low dollar value. The conse-rate rose from &-G83.33% to -G88-tung, in August, 1930, and left
quent cost of living in the Colony 84% has reduced the spanding-power of most of the residents as the great majority of wage earners are paid In dollars
DOLLAR AND SILVER DOWN
AGAIN,
Pound Still Improving In New York.
CHINA WILL TRY TO PLAY RAIL DEBTS.
(Continued from page 1).
fund to meet the arrears. Loan services were finally assured.
Sir Miles Lampson would contin- ue to make the necessary represen- tation to China.---Reuter,
Locomotives Ordered.
London, To-day.
$29,800, have been Li-ahi, the widow.
granted to Lo
Charlie Cheng, alios Cheung Ping-cheng, who died at Polk County, Stake of Iowa, U.S.A., in February this year, left
an estate valued at 86,400. Letters of ad- ministration have been granted by the Supreme Court.
On the application of the Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Sherton, resealing of the certified copy of the probate of the will of Mr. John Elliot-Elliot, late of 44 Preston Road, Wembley,: Simultaneously with the fall in
who left $8,400, has been granted. the price of silver, the local dollar
A similar application made by experienced a further drop and
An order for eight Pacific Type the Hon. Mr. Shenton, has been opened this morning at 1/3, a de-locomotive and tenders has been granted in the estate of Mr. James cline of % on yesterday's closing received by the North British Deekes, shipping and buying agent, Inte of Tuverton, Holders Hill Road, price.
Locomotive Company of Glasgow, Hendon, who died in March, 1930-| Both spot and forward silver de-from the Tientsin-Pukow Railway. Deceased left an estate valued at
$500. clined heavily, the spot price falling-British Wireless Service.
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AT 2.30, 5.15,
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CENTRAL
THEATRE
Men, Men, Men - - - and Only ONE She Wanted!
LEW AYRES
With Mee Clarke, Una Merkel, John Halliday, Andy Devine, Produced by Card Lecmmle, Jr. fram. (neval by Donald Hane derson Clarke. Presented
- by Cal Laemmle.
Directed by JAMES WHALE
PICTURET
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Love that armies couldn't trample! Heart- bents of a soldier echoing in the drum- beats of a mad world of war! Drowning the roar of battle! Crashing through laughter-life- love-fears to a resting. place in your own heart!
DOUGLAS
HOMICIDE FAIRBANKS JR.
SQUAD
Dedicated to the Police Force in Their War Against the Criminal, the Lawless,. the Evil
Chances
ROSE HOBART
ANTHONY
HOLMES
BUSHELL HERBERT.
-NEXT CHANGE
He was in the right - building but the wrong undressing room! A big doughnut dunker outwit. ung his pursuCÍS in the girl's gym: arshin
SAMUEL
GOLDWYN
¿presents
He was in hot kotikaupal
water with
bevy of beau
ties making sun bath?
Gorgeous Girls!. Loads of laught!
Sang Hilu!
EDDIE
CANTOR
PALMY DAYS
CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD
EDWARD SUTHERLAND
UNITED ARTISTS PIÓ
IMPATIENT MAIDEN
Cresival
Co-Starring LEO CARRILLO" → MARY BRIAN
A Universal Picture:
is indispensable in cough and
ather respiratory troubles.
This is the year's motion picture sur prise the amazing come back of one of the brilliant figures of the screen! As thril ling as of old
JOHN
GILBERT
in his own story
DOWNSTAIRS
AT THE
PAUL
LUKAS
STAR
TO DAY to SATURDAY
"At 280, 6:20,"|7,20.
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