1936-04-03

ENTERTAIN

AINME

UEENS

To-day & To-morrow At 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30.

od Musical Humming with Love!

Collegiate

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PENNER- OAKTE

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FRANCES

SPARKS LANGFORD

BETTY GRABLE - STRIKE OFFENAK

-NEXT

CHANGE

"HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE”

-FRED MCMURRAY.

with CAROLE LOMBARD

SHOWING

TO-DAY

KINGS!

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start the same l'avingué Manuel Martan zingtate the dat

Sasha Gabba Gale nad Sanen very formats all at ADA

MikeA Pink

AT 2.30, 5.10.

7 15 & 9.30 p.m.

SAMBEL GOLDWYIF 24.

SANTOR

ETHEL MERMAN SALLY EILERS

FAKTA — AM PLANLEY

and the green Gaidupe Părin

Added Super Attraction.

The Prize Winning Short of the Year

James Co

WALT DISNEY'S SILLY SYMPHONY in TECHNICOLOUK

SAGT

"WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN?"

DAYS

ORIENTAL

NANCHI

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FREE!

A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOUR CHILDREN. All children attending our show on Saturday, April 4th. will receive an order on the Hong Kong Studio which will entitle them to have their photo taken and re- ceive one photograph free.

THE PICTURE BEAUTIFUL! ENTIRE PRODUCTION IN COLOUR MAGNIFICENT ENTERTAINMENT LAVISHLY PRESENTEU A wonderous screen play depicting the private life of his- tory's most astonishing adventuress. A picture as deep as the human heart ... as big as the mighty events through which its drama surges !

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Becky Sharp

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BILLIE BURKE ALISON SKIPWORTH, NIGEL LNG • ALAN MO Why

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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 3,-1936

GOVERNMENT

DEFEATS

Equal Pay For Men And Women

AMENDMENTS CARRIED

London, To-day. Following the surprise defeat of the Government on Wednes- day night in the House of Com- mons' division on the amend- ment in favour of equal pay for men and women for equal work!

DREDGING OF

PEARL RIVER

TO BE BEGUN

Money To Be Sought

From Nanking

FREQUENT STRANDING OF RIVER STEAMERS

[From Our Own Correspondent) Canton, To-day.

ARRESTS IN RIGA

German Citizens Released

~ CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL

Riga To-day. Of the 35-Germans arrested in Riga during the last few weeks, as reported by Trans- Ocean, about 30 have been re- leased so that only five or six The still remain in custody.

Dredging of the shallow charge brought against them is in the Civil Service, the Govern- reaches of the Pearl River will the breach of police by-laws, it ment was twice defeated in the shortly be undertaken by the being alleged that they attend- Lords last evening on amend-River Conservancy Board in ed political meetings during the ments to the Agricultural Un view of the frequent stranding continuance of the state of employment Insurance Bill of river steamers from Macau (siege, the penalty in such cases The defeats however, have no and Hong Kong. The decision usually varying between a fine political significance.

to deepen the fairway is made of 100 Lats or 14 days' impri With reference to the Com-at the request of Mr. L. K.Jsonment and a fine of 750 Lats mons incident the Prime Minis-Little, Commissioner of Customslor two months' imprisonment. ter announced yesterday that he for Canton.

An appeal can be lodged with would present on Monday a mo- Owing to the lack of funds, the Home Minister. There has tion on equal pay for men and only small-scale dredging is pos-as yet not appeared in any offi- women in the Civil Service -sible for the time being. The cial statement, but is expected. upon which question the Govern-total cost of dredging the vari-'in the next few days, unless in ment were not prepared to dejous necessary parts of the Pearl, the meanwhile the five or six part from the present policy River is estimated at $3.000,000. Germans still in custody should and the Government would treat The South-west Political also be released. — Trans-Ocean the division as a vote of con-Council has designated its mem-Service. fidence. - British Wireless Ser-¡ber. Mr. Lo Yik-kwan, to go to vice.

DEVILMENT LED TO DEATH

Inquest On Young Undergraduate

FOUND DEAD ON RAIL TRACK

Nanking to secure funds for deepening the river, which be comes shallow during the win- ter months. The dredging pro-

cess will take three years.

TRIUMPH IN NEW YORK

Great Praise For British Actress

Coastal, steamers arrive at and leave Canton only at high! tide.

River steamers running on scheduled time cannot wait New York-Wendy Hiller, the for the tide and frequently go young Manchester actress, scored sground. This is the first timejan instantaneous success in her that Canton officials have taken Broadway debut in "Love on the action to keep the channel open. Dole" last month.

-A verdict of Death by Misadven-although the süting-up of the Cheers of the first nighters were ture was returned at the inquest river has been going on for the not quietened until Miss Hillar at" North Mimms, Hertfordshire, past six years. last month on Harold Smalley, the! 18-year-old Cambridge graduate who was found dead on the railway near Brookman's Park.

(made a curtain speech. Her recep tion was likened by the critics to here

under- ROAD ACCIDENTS Elisabeth Bergner's debut

It was suggested that "pure de- įvilztent” might have led him to juimb out of the train while it was!

moving.

IN ENGLAND

Detailed Analyses Being Made

Smalley, whose home was Crowborough, Sussex, was, a sec-

London, To-day. ond-year undergraduate at St. As from Wednesday the Minis- Catherine's College, and secretary try of Transport are receiving of Cambridge University Gymna- detailed police reports on the cir-

Įtic Club.

|cumstances and causes of every

last year.

The New York Times praised her for playing the part with "pulsing beauty of high spirit.”

The New York Tribune critic wrote: "She knows almost as

Elisabeth! many stage tricks as Bergner or perhaps Helen Hayes, which I suspect is all of them."

FATHER AND SON

Film Plans Of The Two Fairbanks

John Askell Smalley, a civil en-road accident involving personal gineer, of Oakridge-avenue, Rad-injury, whether fatal or otherwise. lett Herts, said that his brother The enumeration and analysis of kad no troubles.

-the information thus obtained will, "Stiff" Rock Climbs

it is hoped, yield valuable results They had gone rock climbing in the determination of the main together, and negotiated some factors of road safety. very stiff climbs. It was consis Beginning next week, the week- tent with his brother's high-ly accident statistics compiled by

Douglas Fairbanks sen, on spiritedness that he might have the Ministry of Transport will be the other hand, is returning to climbed out of the train while it issued in amended form British Hollywood shortly, and is. after- was moving.

Lewis Whitcomb Harding, aged

21, of Jesus College, Cambridge,

Wireless Service

said that he had known Smalley ROYAL AIR FORCE UNIFORMS since last May, and had seen him daily. On

New York-Douglas Fair- banks jun. left for England last acnth to make three pictures. there.

wards going to China. to direct 3 film there

The two Fairbanks were stay- ing in New York last month Air They arrived by air from Holly-

wood.

Thursday, February London, To-day-The 20. they met at a Cambridge Ministry announces impending public-house. Smalley drank mild changes in the service uniforms of officers and airinen of the beer.

WEATHER REPORT

A weak anti-cyclone lies over

"We left Cambridge together by Royal Air Force, the most im- the 3.30 p.m. train," said Harding. Portant of which is the aboli- "We arrived at King's Cross at tion of breeches and puttees in China; the depression has be favour of trousers for all ranks. 4.45 pm and went together to a club in Victoria-street, S.W. I-British Wireless Service. hour. Heft Smalley for about an

We had just a few beers in the club."

Another Beer

(come more intense and has. moved north-eastward, covering Korea, South' Japan and the neighbouring seas.

The Pacific! depression is still indicated to

“If one is to take any inference the east of the Visayas, but its! from the evidence of his brother position and movement are un-

North-east They left the club at about 8 and Harding as to how he got out certain."

winds, i of the train, it does seem as if he moderate; fine to cloudy, was p.m, and had another beer at restaurant. They caught the 3.55 did so for pure devilment, and in the forecast for to-day as issued p.m. train from King's Cross, and doing so a young man in the prime by the Royal Observatory this were the only two in a compart-of life met his death."

ment.

The Coroner (Mr. T. Ottaway):

-What was his condition when?

he got into the train, drunk or] sober?-Sober.

-Soon after the train left Lon- don, Smalley climbed out of the compartment

"He opened the door, and when I saw him he was just about as good as out," added Harding. “He***** shut the door behind him. He was away two or three minutes. When he came back I told him to be careful. I was alarmed until he came back to the compartment: safely."

Harding said that he was away from the compartment for four or five minutes.:

"When I returned," he stated, "Smalley was not there: Both doors were closed. I looked out of the window on one side and could not see him.”:

Playing A Joke

On arrival at Cambridge he waited at the station in the hope of seeing Smalley, then went home.

Mr. Ottaway-Were you at all] alarmed at Smalley absence?--- No, air. I thought that he was playing a joke!:

Mr. Ottaway said:

(Continued in Next Column)

morning.

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"Charlie Chan" WARNER OLAND

in the Supreme Shocker of Motion Picture Thrillers,

Corl Loemmie presents A Universal Picture

WEREWOLF

OF LONDON

with

HENRY HULL WARNER OLAND VALERIE HOBSON

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