12
QUELS
SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30
JOAN
BLONDELL
in
S
SHOWING
TO-DAY
The Convulsing Confessions of the Confidante of Debutantes
SHE SAW ALL..HEARD ALL..AND TOLD EVERYTHING
Personal Maids
SECRET
MARGARET LINDSAY - WARREN HULL
NEXT CHANGE
HUGH HERBERT
GLENDA FARRELL
ALLEN JENKINS
MISS PACIFIC FLEET"
RICHARD ARLEN VIRGINIA BRUCE
LET EM HAVE IT”
THEY MET MACHINE GUNS
WITH MICROSCOPES..
IN
AT 2.30. 5.10.
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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1936
DIVORCES IN
GERMANY
Large Total Shown For 1935
"CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL
Berlin. To-day.
A record number of divorces in Germany has been counted in 1934 by the Reich Statistical! Bureau in a report just publish- ed here, according to which nearly 54.500 marriages were dissolved during that year. or 28 per cent. more than in the preceding year.
The bureau interprets this rise in the number of divorces. jas a result of the improvement lof economic conditions in Ger
many, which in its opinion en- jabled a large number of per- ¡sons to seek relief from the in previous who had courts years been prevented by their unfavourable economic position from doing so.
the
above, screen comedian, from
Charlie Chaplin. world famous arrived in the Colony Haiphong this morning by the sa. Canton. It is understood he will be remaining here for three
returning before dark. America
to
ENGLISH IN SCHOOLS
First Foreign Tongue In Germany
“CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL
Berlin, To-day.
of Education,}}
decree
The Minister
Herr Rust, has issued s
se
that from the beginning of the next school year English instead! of French must be taken as the first foreign language in all condary schools in Germany, ex- cept in the purely humanistic es- tablishments, whose number will, however, graduaily be reduced. — Trans-Ocean Service.
BY-ELECTION AT PECKHAM
Labour Wins Seat From Conservatives
London, To-day.
The by-election at Peckham due
This view would appear to be DRESS REFORM to Viscount Borodale succeeding
confirmed by the fact that this relief attained. there was
fall of some 5,000 in the num-
IN CANTON
the late Earl Beatty in the Peer- age resulted in a win for Mr. Silkin (Labour) with 13,007 votes, Harvey (National Conservative) with 12.907.-Reu-
ber of divorce cases for 1935- Vigorous Protests By against. Mr.
& 7.15 pm. only Trans-Ocean Service.
BRUCE CABOT with ALICE BRADY .
UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE GALA PREMIERE — TO-NIGHT AT 9.30 PM.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN in “MODERN TIMES”
* SHOWS
DAILY 2.30-213
7.16.2.20
RELEASED THEN UNITED ARTISTS
TAKE ANY TREN OR HAPPY Valsky BUB
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BUDGET SECRETS
LEAKAGE
Enquiry Opening On Monday
London, To-day.
Women
REGULATIONS TO BE "RETIONALISED”
[From Our Own Correspondent} Canton, To-day.
The relentless persecution of fashionable ladies conducted
ter.
J.
“SOMEONE MUST SPEAK"
Dean And Need For Political Sermons
In the House of Commons yes by the police authorities, has Manchester.-The Dean of Man- terday the Chancellor of the Ex been somewhat relaxed to-day, chester, Dr. Garfield Williams, chequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain,
of the Women's preaching in Manchester Cathe as a result announced that Mr. Justice. Por Rights Association's vigorous drai last month, challenged the ter would preside over the budget protest against the absurd po-view that the Church should not leakage enquiry, assisted by Mice rules prohibiting fashion-interfere in politica Gavin Simmonds and Mr. Roland! able clothes.
"It is quite time," he said, "that Oliver, both King's Counsel. The While public opinion is somebody who has the right to against extravagant dresses, speak for the people of this coun- there is no support, except by aty should say to France, Italy and few high military officials, of Germany that our people have not the new regulations banning the remotest intention of being stylish clothes, which are worn drawn into war through an in- alike by well-dressed women in fraction by Germany of the Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tientsin Locarno Pact and elsewhere.
enquiry is opening on Monday. Reuter.
TRIBUTES TO LORD WILLINGDON Ex-Viceroy Calls On Premier
"It will be perfectly useless for! In deference to the wishes the nations to manoeuvre Britain of the Women's Association into a position where she would London, To-day- the South-west Political Coun- be forced to break the letter of Lord Willingdon, ex-Viceroy of c has instructed the provin this Pact or to go to war."
TO-DAY—TO-MORROW – SATURDAY India, called on the Prime Minis-cial Government to "rationalise" Enforcement
THE FUNNIEST PAIR OF COMICS THAT EVER GRACED THE SCREEN! Two comedians that conquered the world with their fantastic buffoonery.
Here's a picture that has more real laughs to the foot than any you've seen in ages.
BERT..
ROBERT
WHEELER WOOLSEY
Rainmakers
TADIO
They're cornered the
shock market in a wat drama Full of dry wit,
with
DOROTHY LEE Directed by Fred Guial
OMATINEES: 20-30c ◊ EVENINGS: 20-30c
TO-DAY
то
SATURDAY
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
THEY MADE HIM CAPTAIN
SUNDAY:
At 2.30, 5.20, 7,20 & 9.20 p.m.
OF A DEATH SHIP I
JACK Holt
DANGEROUS WATERS
DA UMAVERAL FACTURE
"LES MISERABLE” with
MAN LOONG
Frederic March Charles Laughton
Preserved Ginger and Fruit Manufacturers,
NEW SEASON PRESERVED GINGER. Best Quality Prompt attention to Exporters, Office and factory-Bedford Rd., Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon Tel. No. 57088
ter, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, at No. the regulations.
10, Downing Street, yesterday of the rules may be suspended
an hours in the meantime. morning and had half conversation with the Premier.
The people of this country, add- ed the Dean, were convinced that! since the war all the signatories had been guilty of such sina of tomission and commission as to
Lord Zetland paid a tribute to BADOGLIO'S PROMISE make it positively ridiculous. The
Lord Willingdon at the London] Chamber of Commerce dinner on Tuesday night, in which be stated! that while England had men of
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Jerusalem: The Negus, Haile:
the calibre and far-sightedness of Selassie, is expected to arrive in Lord Willingdon, then the foun-Haifa to-morrow morning aboard dations of the British Empire the British destroyer Enterprise. could never be shaken-Reuter's The Abyssinian Consul here stat Bulletin Service.
KING FAROUK IN EGYPT Enthusiastic Scenes Greet Arrival
:
jed to pressmen that the Emperor will immediately after landing. proceed to Jerusalem, where he i will stay as the guest of the Bri- tish High Commissioner.
spirit of the Pact had been broken; again and again by France and Italy.
USE ARMOURED LORRY
Coffee Smugglers' Drastic Steps
Berlin.Armed conflict is "inl
progress between Customs officials Concerning the Negus's plans and smugglers on the German- the Consul said that His Majesty Dutch frontier at Niederbusch, intended to go to London, but
and machine-guns and even might possibly travel to Geneva armoured cars are being used.
For lin order to attend there in the j Cairo, To-day.
the third time within a Scenes of the greatest enthus-capacity of observer the League short period a heavily armoured iasm marked the arrival of King Council negotiations on the sub-motor-lorry has dashed across the Farouk at Cairo, yesterday. Aject of Ethiopia. salute of 21 guns thundered out!
land enormous
crowds applauded
Jas the King emerged from the
railway station.
frontier, followed by heavy fire! from the Germans' machine-guns and rifles.
SOUTHERN ADVANCE Rome: After the Abyssinian
The car was not stopped and one collapse, the Italian advance on Customs official was knocked into! The King's first act was to drive the Southern Front progresses a ditch by the car and severely to the citadel and pray at his without encountering any notable injured.
Storm Troopers went in pursuit| father's tomb.-Reuter's Bulletin resistance, and it is expected that
General Graziani will occupy on their motor-cycles. They dis-j Service.
Harrar within the next fortnight. covered the lorry at Schleiden, but its occupants had fed. It con- tained two tons of coffee.
FORMER SUFFRAGE LEADER PASSES
Vienna, To-day. Frau Marianne Hainisch, one of the first women in the Austrian suffrage move- ment and mother of the first President of Austria, Herr Michael Hainisch, has died here, aged 98-Trans-Ocean Service.
BRITISH LADY NOVELIST PASSES
the
DR. MELLY PASSES Addis Ababa: The head of British Red Cross in Abyssinia. Dr. Melly, who was gravely wounded during the disorders last Saturday, died as a result of his in- juries yesterday.
On each of the three occasions: when armoured cars have been ¡captured by German frontier guards the booty has mainly con- sisted of coffee.
"HINDENBURGH'S" FLIGHT TO EIGHT-PAGE PAPERS
NORTH AMERICA Rome: The decree restricting the volume of newspapers to six
Friedrichshafen To-day. - pages, which was issued zome
the command of Dr. months ago as
a defensive mea- Under
and Captain sure against the effect of sane- Hugo Eckener London, To-day-The authoress tions, has been suspended for the Lehmann, the new airship Field Beatrice Harrader, whose novel limited time of two weeks, allow-Marshal von Hindenburg start- "Ships That Pass in the Night" ing the papers four days in the ed last evening on its first trip
North America. made a vogue in the nineties, has week to appear with eight pages.
Ocean Service, died, aged 72 British Wireless
AIRMAN RELEASED
French aviator AMY MOLLISON GOING STRONG] Service.
Paris: The Drouillet, formerly aeronautical
WEATHER REPORT
to
Trans-
jadviser to the Negus of Ethiopia, Banguela, To-day. - Mrs. Amy as reported, was compelled to land Mollison passed Bengeula at- 2.40 | The anti-cyclone has moved in Italy while attempting to fly p.m. G.M.T. yesterday and landed into the Eastern Sea, and the from Paris to Abyssinia with an as Mossamedes at 4 pm Reuter's depression has deepened and aeroplane which the French au-Bulletin Service. passed into the Pacific to the thorities had sequestrated. Drouil-
The usual monthly "Get To- east of Japan. East and south-let was kept since his forced Printed and. Published for the Proprietors, The Newspaper Enterprise Ltd, east winds, moderate; cloudy landing in Rome as a prisoner of gether" at the Australian and by DAVID CHRISTIAN WILSON, Manage, at 3A Wyndham Street, generally, was the forecast for war, but has now been released by New Zealand Association club to-day as issued by the Royal order of Signor Mussolinirooms, Gloucester Hotel, was held}; Victoria, Hong Kong
yesterday afternoon. Observatory this morning. Trans-Ocean Service.
ALHAMBRA
•
TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW
The Screen's Dramatic Firebrand
KATHARINE
HEPBURN
Salvia
Scarle
CAREY
GRANT
in the story of a reckless girl, foot- loose on the trail
of adventure.
HERNE,
EDMUND GWENN
She died at borg to play o
- hand in a danger
on me with
gong of this:
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SUNDAY: JACKIE COOPER in "TOUGH GUY”
ESTAR
4 SHOWS DAILY
at 2.30, 5.20, 720 & 9.20 p.m.
TO-DAY, TO-MORROW, SATURDAY
•
AN AGELESS STORY OF ETERNAL LOVE!
The greatest love story
in all modern literature.
Adakah Zuhur permetto.
GCOOPER CHARDING Peter Ibbetson
A Pirement Prowe with Lła Lupinu Jahan Halliday -Danginos Dumbelle Virginia Walker Diakia Mare Diesered by Barry Basheway
ADDED ATTRACTION: Popeye The Sailor Cartoon
SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY DICK POWELL - JOAN BLONDELL
in "BROADWAY GONDOLIER
ANOTHER WARNER BROS.' MUSICAL SENSATION!
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