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To
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Cinema Notes
"CHARLIE CHAN IN LONDON"
-KING'S THEATRE
Warner Oland makes a welcome return to the King's Theatre, as the famous Chinese detective, in Fox Film's "Charle Chan In Lon- don."
In his latest adventure, Charlie chan invades Sherlock Holmes' realm, and journeys to London to solve the most amazing mystery of ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS his remarkable career in crimino-
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A man is to be hung for murder. Kowloon Bay. His sister believes him innocent. Shipbuilders & Repairers. Call Flag "LShe pleads with Chan to take the Sole Agents for Kelvin, Motors. case and to bring the real mur- derer to justice. With only 65 hours remaining before the inno cent man must meet his death. Chan gets to work. He finds he is working against time and a mur- derer who has the cunning of a fox. With only eight hours re- maining in which to solve the mystery, Chan lays a clever trap, and snares his human fox without the aid of hounds or horse.
THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY,
TO RUSSIAN RESIDENTS! We are the only Firm in Hong Kong having still ready Xmas trees and Xmas Cards for the Russian Christmas, The "Star LET of Bethlehem"; Whiteaway Bldg. 2nd floor.
The "STAR of BETHLEHEM". 'Hell-' gious articles. We have. just removed to larger premises. Please patronize us as usual at No. 20, Des Voeux Road (Whiteaway Bldg.) 2nd floor.
TO LET
TO LET-Furnished European Dwelling House No. 11, Mountain View, The Peak. 6 Bed Rooms with Drawing, Bil- Hard, Dining, and Drying Rooms. Ser- vants Quarters. Available for occupa tion from 1st April 1935. Apply t Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co, P. & 0.) Building+
'Phone' 22232. 58, Queen's Road Central.
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MAN WO LOONG Leather Case Store 5, Pottinger SL
*Fashion follows the "feminine form even to the mountain, tops. And if pretty June Lang of the Blms has her say, smart catfits will be seen on every hand. This one is of white wool with a broad leather belt and black earseul fur trimming. A hat of the same fur, with a tassel, supplies that chic note.
Drue Leyton, who will be recall Leather Handbags, Buit Cases, Purses, Hated as the feminine lead in "Charlie Boxes, Collar Boxes Chan's Courage," again portrays Belts, Etc.
the role of the romantle lead op- posite Ray Milland. Others not- ables in the cast are Mona Barrie, Alan Mowbray, Murray Kinnell, Douglas Walton, Walter Johnson, and points and E. E. Clive, George Barraud, Madge Bellamy and David Torrence.
OUR STAFF OF
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"STUDENT TOUR"—QUEEN'S
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One of the most "Intimate" musi-
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Queen's Theatre,
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W.W. AHANA Regan and the loveliest co-eds in
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“UNNATURAL' CONTRACTS
by Ely Culbertson,
In an Individual Tournament Comedy, melody and pulchritude held at Crockford's Club in Now vie for supremacy. The cast in-York City, a hand was dealt on cludes Jimmy Durante, Charles which only one of the teams Butterworth, Maxine Doyle, Phil arrived at the best contract Since the game was being scored America, recruited from colleges, on the match point basia, many of the players made unnatural jand universities.
bids in an effort to score & picture introduces
However, all of "Howell Top." "Carlo," the new ballroom dance those players, with one exception, At least six new screen atara are instead of getting the top score fons parade and the tender romance that they were trying to attain, Coples PAID CASH IN AD-
and invite their former clients and all introduces a new team of sweet wound up very close to the bot- VANCE will be delivered from first of who desire high class tailoring at rea-hearts in the persons of Maxine bound up. The Publishers-3A, Wynd-sonable prices to visit them in their Doyle and Oil Regan possessor of ham Street.
alilting tenor voice. He sings several of the new songa.
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1935 EDITION of H.K. Directory now being printed. Will be on exle 8001.
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Stanley Gibbons
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2nd Part Foreign Countries
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Ivert et Tellier Champlan
beg to announce their removal on Jan. 15th to
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new location.
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CENTRAL
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SHOWING TO-DAY DAILY 2.30, 5.15, 7.15, & 9.30
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SPECIAL
MYSTERY
THRILLER
2 Big chapters
from a story by
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Ernie Never
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Codlila Parker, Caryl Lincolnáte An Adventure Berial, Directed by Henry MacRae
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"A DANGEROUS AFFAIR"-
ALHAMBRA THEATRE
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SEVENTY-FIRST PROVES BERG HIS DOWNFALL
Organ Solos d Sidney Torch.
Like to go buck in the Evening Lazybones
Layton and Johnstene,
In this picture Jack Holt, as *} It is easily seen that seven be broadcasted to-day from the police lieutenant, unravels a mur hearts is a laydown on the hand, Hong Kong Broadcasting Station der mystery; while Ralph Graves and the fulfilment of this con&R.W. ona wave lenato of 256 appears as a wise-cracking news-tract depends only on a trumpetres (845 K.C.'s) Vocal Dut paper reporter who unwittingly break... However, in a greedy1230-2.15 pm European starts it all. "A Dangerous Af-effort to secure the honour score, 12.30-1 p.m.-Recorded Music.
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Keyboard. Kapera. Mandoline Solo-t Mazor Me
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Temptation
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large sausages, washing them down with a gallon of wine. He Bing Crosby lost a bet that he could eat 80, 8.42-9.10 p.m.Band Music?
but was awarded the champion Hungarian Dance. (from Foreign ship as a consolution 1611715.
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ness of the mystery involved, at bid made by West and, as a re 1.15 p.m. A Relay of the Orchestra often borders on comedy, sult, reached either a game or from thd Hong Kong Hotel Grill Room Supporting Holt and Graves are slam contract in spades or a small by courtesy of the Management).
Sussan Fleming, slam contract in hearts. Only 1.30 pm Renter Press Bulletins, Sally Blane, Blanche Friderici, Tyler Brooke, one team bid the grand slam In Rugby Press News, etc
293925 – 215 pm --Close Down, An Sidney Bracy, Ester Hair, William hearts.
Violin Recital from the Studio. Naturally, those players who DE DEUS V Mong and others.
Dance PrograMMS, The story was written by He played the hand at a spade con- ward Green, who has adapted many tract received a diamond open- notable screen successes, while Eding, and the declarer immediately cert. ward Sedgwick is responsible for had to face a very serious pro-7 pm London and New York Stock (Bolalidian)
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opening is to discard one heart Valse in Major, Op. 84
(Moszkowski) and two clubs on the first three
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the direction:
THEATRE >
7-11 pm-European Programme.
Le Reve Passe (Krier, Helmer) The Caliph of Bagdad Overture
Silver Trumpets
Grand Processional March
-(Vivani, arr "Godfrage vid The Old Frog Pond (Alford) Parade of the Elephants." (Cinenette) 9.10-9.30 pmFrom the Studio. A Violin Recital by Professor N
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Winnie Melville (Soprano) 3 HEMP 96 Programme (42) duced
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