SHOWING
TO-DAY
KING'S
AT 230, 510,
7:15 & 9.30 P.M.
SHE WANTED HIM IN THE WEST WAY!
And Leap Year. or any other year
always gets her man!
MAE
W.C.
WEST FIELDS
My Little Chickadee
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Joseph CÁLLEIA • Dick FORAN Donald MEEK-Fuzzy KNIGHT
A NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE
NEXT CHANGE
A 20th Century
Fox Picture
4 SHOWS DAILY 2.30-8.20 720-9.30
Mae
"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”
with
BASIL RATHBONE-NIGEL BRUCE—IDA LUPINO
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
NATHAN ROAD KOWLOON
TEL 57222
(MATINEES: 20c.~30‹.° EVENINGS. 20..-30c: 50-70) FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
MUTINY OF MURDERERS ON THE ISLE OF THE DAMNED!
KING OF THE DAMNED
with CONRAD VEIDT
HELEN VINSON
PRODUCTION
Added Attraction :
LATEST MOVIETONE NEWS
Directly After Showing At The King's Theatre
• COMMENCING
TO-MORROW
THE SCREEN'S GREATEST STORY - ITS OWN!
-Romance Of Movies Filmed In Colour !
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 26, 1940.
Extraordinary Line For The Commons
London, To-day.
SATISFACTION AT THE RECEPTION of the Bud- get was expressed yesterday by Captain H. F. C. Crookshank, Financial Secretary to the Trea- sury, in the course of the second day's Budget de- bate in the House of Commons.
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Capt. Crookshank said: "Criticisms have not been very loud and have been on an extraordinary line for the Commons that we hadn't spent enough and that the taxes were not high enough because everyone wanted vigorous prosecution of the war.".
Alluding to
Mr.
a statement by L. M. S. Amery (Cons) that Germany was spending, three thousand millions sterling a year on the war, which was to- than Britain and France gether, Capt. Crookshank said he did not know the source of that figure but it might be part of German. propa- ganda.
more
Anyhow it was not only the Bri- tish and French figures that had to be considered but the whole Imper- ial figures, including the Dominions,
pire,
LATEST AIR FORCE CASUALTIES
London, To-day.
An Air Ministry casualty India and the whole Colonial Em list published yesterday con- tains 113 names, including an aircraftwoman who died on active service.
Moreover, our
war effort included
the potential production of other coun- tries which we could use on the cash and carry basis.
NOT POUND FOR POUND
The war effort of the Allies could not be measured with Germany's on a pound for pound basis.
On our side we had a great many imponderables which were of enor- mous value, such as the rightness of our cause, the undragooned belief of our people in freedom and justice, and the support of the whole Empire and the certain knowledge of all in- dependent nations that we are really fighting for their survival as well as our own.-Reuter.
U.S. BATTLESHIPS TO BE MODERNISED
New York, To-day.
Among those missing is Acting who Flight-Lt. R. P. A. Harrison, took part in the R.A.F. England- Australia formation flight in 1937.,
The woman Is Aircraftwoman D. E. Calder; who was killed in a motor-car-accident in England and was buried with military honours. The names comprise five killed in action; five others previously reported
injured in missing and now presumed killed in action; four wounded or action; 16 missing believed killed action; 55 missing; 11 killed on active service; one missing believed killed on active service; six, woundedor....
died injured on active service; two of wounds or injuries, and eight died on active service.-Reuter.
BERUSSIAN. DANCE
in
The House of Representatives naval committee yesterday approved the bill On May 2 the local Russian com- the modernisation of the munity is holding their annual Cabaret
"HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE" battleships, New York, Texas and Ar-Dance at the Peninsula Hotel, cele-
ALICE FAYE * DON AMECHE * CAST OF 1000 ! 20th Century-Fox TECHNICOLOUR Production
STAR THEATRE
HANKOW NO, KOWLOON, DAILY AT 2:30 5-20 720-920 TEL.57795
TO-DAY ONLY
VICTOR HERBERTS
NELSON EDDY
DONALD
NAUGHTY MARI
TO. MORROW
*Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ncroni
"IN NAME ONLY".
kansas.
brating the Russian Easter, which is The bill provides expenditure to traditionally associated with the ad- talling $5,725,000,-Reuter.
vent of Spring.
TAKE ANY TRAM or HAPPY VALLEY BUS.
CATHAY
MORROW
DAILYMATHIN2:30/518, 7:20,£9.30.P.M.
· SATINEER.–– 256, $56, 401, EVENINGS HÁBOR, JÓNA SOL” TOC, 80%..
...
TO-DAY, ONE DAY ONLY !• THE LAUGH HIT OF THE CENTURY ! M-G-M's $1,000,000 Comedy Sensation!
CHI-DEHARDO
BROTHERS
NIGHT
AT THE
OPERA
Mayer ROTURE
Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Chas, Laughton "The Barretts Of Wimpole Street”.