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WITH BYRD
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CHARLES *BUDDY”
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Safety in Numbers
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EASTERN NEWS IN CANADA'S PREMIER
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The engagement is announced be tween Miles Creighton, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Halton, of Etterby, Carlisle, and Edna May; oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Cock, of Shangliņi.
The Political Affairs Committee of Manchuria is contemplating the constraction of a railway between Taku and Chilchiachwang Tientsin, reports the native Press. It is estimated that the now rai. way will cost 88,000,000 and the Committee has requested the Minis try of Railways to contribute 'one- fourth of the money. The Feng. tien and Chilli Provincial Govern ments, the Committes suggests, will Assume responsibility for the con. tribution of the balance.
UNEMPLOYMENT IN GERMANY
NEARLY 3,500,000 PEOPLE NOW OUT OF WORK.
ON WARPATH.
PROVOCATIVE EXPRESSION BY DOMINIONS" SECRETARY.
(Tnnova¤ neuren'S AGENCY.]
LONDON, Dec. 1. Mr. J. II. Thomas' use of the word "humbug" in connection with the Canadian propusnis at the Imperial Conference in the course of a debate in the House of Com mona on November 27 has elicited a very foreglul reply from Mr. I. B. Bennett, Premier, who says –
"Mr. Thomas has condemned
beyond the possibility of further direussion and in language which in deeply resented by the Govora ment of Counds the proposal made in a sinogre, desire to meet,
TREATMENT BY
RADIUM.
STILL EXPERIMENTAL. .
THE SILVER SCREEN.
"WITH BYRD AT THE SOUTH POLE."
NOT ESTABLISHED AS CURE. tails of the gigantic South Falo Busy as he was with all the de
expedition on his shoulders, Hoar In its first annual report imod Armiral Richard E. Byrd, whose recently the National Radium uchievement in circling the South Trust' statos that up to March 31 Pole by scroplane and exploring fast it had in hand 9.215 grammos the ice-covered territory nt "tho ci radium, which had cost £94,770,bottom of the world" has stirred The Trust nived £100,000 from a worldwide acclaim, was never the Thanksgiving Fund for the too preoccupied to take note of the King's recovery and £100,000 was interesting human-interest sights voted by Parliament. The Trust's which occurred during the stay of administrative exponzos wera £730.the xpedition in the Antarctic.
Willard Vaador Veer, Paramount Following the report of the Trust comes, that of the Radium
camera-inen. with the axpedition, Commission. Dosling with the 12 saya the intrepid leader was in- national contras soloted for the defatigable in calling the attention himself and his co-worker, distribution of radium, the report o
our individual and comsion needs. If Mr. Thomas' staterpont indicates states that progress in organisa. Joseph Rucker, to interesting in what will be the attitude of the tion had varied considerably, but cidents he`ran neross; a battle bo- United Kingdom the conference all centres alike had shown a roadi-tween seal and sledge dog puppies; in Ottawa, then I have little hope
He concludes:— `.
that any agreement which Canada 14ss to give effect to the policy of a roundup of the solemn penguina may reach with other
overses the Commission. Additional sup-whose insulted dignity made one Doininions will include the United
plics of radium had been obtained at the funniest scenes in the on- Kingdom.".
by the Trust. By the end of tire film-record; the ontêre persun- August 18 grammes had been ornel lined up, including the admiral dered (or approved to be ordered), himself, each man shaving the hend and of this 18 grammes had been of the man in front of him in pre- provisionally allonted to nationalparation for the long winter night. contro
** I§ Canada's proposal is thus to he contemptuously rejected, Cana. dians can only accept and act upon the rejection by embracing other menna at hand of further strength- Berlin, November 25.-Unemploy.ening her economic position in the ment returns for November 15 show
world," a further alarming increase of the jobless with now aftogether 3,434,000 out of work, which is fully 101,000 more than on November. 1 and 207,000 more than on October 15,
Roughly, two-thirds of the total are drawing doles while the remain. der are being supported to a cortain degree by the municipalities whose resources are now completely ex- hausted BO that their position must be regarded as extremely pre- carious inasmuch as no improvement of the labour situation is in sight for at least several months to come.
The authorities are completely at à loss how to deal with this situa tion na even the Government's finan- cial reform bill will not fill the empty colors of the Treasury.
TO-DAY TO THURSDAY At 2.30, 5.30, 7.20 & 0.20 p.m.
GARY
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BERYL MERCER
The talkie's big be-man hero, in a role that sur- passes for human drama, love and laughter, any. thing in which he has ever appeared,
AT
CRIMINAL COURT OF
APPEAL.
QÜESTIONS TO BE ASKED IN
COUNCIL.
At the meeting of the Législative Council to be held to-morrow the Hen. Mr. J. P. Bragn will ask the fellowing questions relative to the establishment of the Criminal Court of Appeal in Hong Kong:
Owing to the complicatial and long process of filling the contain ers with radium, some 14 grammes only had hon received from the manufacturera, and not more than eight had been actually delivered to the centres. It was hoped that not less than 18.grammes would be in full clinical use by the end. of this year.
These are only a few of the heartily humorous incidents in the picture. "With Byrd At The South Polu," which will be shown at the Central Theatre for the last time to-day. From the moment the expedition landad in Little America until the final trek for home, the moving piture document shows the hardships, the amusements, the dramu and romance of the forty, rouen who braved the perils of the unknown..
"SAFETY IN NUMBERS"
My Future Just Passed" is the big hit song of Charles "Bud dy" Rogere lateat starring picture, Safety in Numbers," tuneful and merry musical confection, which
radio-therapy, an indiscriminato In spite of the paradoxical title or wen a wider distribution of na-of the smg, Mr. Rogers is,20 en- tional radium would be highly ungaging in this picture that there desirable.
isn't anyone who would deny that
Caution Necessary.
"The Commission must
again
He sings severat songs, plays the trombone, fights with his love-rival
in a whirlwind fistic encounter and I'makes love-to five different girls,
three of them the most bewitching. of Hollywood's younger hond oon- tingent, Josephine Dynn, Virginia Bruce and Carol Lombard.
for, radium, insufficiency of sup
With regard to outside demands ply is an obvious and sulficient ex planation, but, even if an unli- 1-Has the attention of the Hon.mita stock of radium had been the Attorney-General been available, it would still be the view drawn to the leading articles of the Commission that, in the comes to the Contral Theatre to- in the Hong Kong Telegraph present state of knowledge of morrow. newspaper of November 15 and in the South China Morning Post of the November 17 ad- vocating the establishment of a Court of Criminal Appen!
"The dangars, both to operator he still has a most distinguished in Hong Kong.
and patient, attendant on the und future which will probably take a 2-Kas the suggestion veen von-of this now and potent weapon are long time in passing.
sidered by Government bo}not only roal ad serious, but there "Buddy" has a way with him. forel
is much popular misconception, ex. He's bandecme, spirited, oapable 3-If the reply to question 2 betending sometimes even to the me-nnd sparkling with youth.
in the affirmative, will the dial profession, with regard to Government plate the reasons the efficacy of radium and the for not adopting the precedent technical difficulties of its clinical in England for creating nues."* Court of Criminal Appeal in Hong Kong If in the pega- tive, will the Government con- sider the advisability of createpasiso," states the report, that ing such a Court in the rat caution is necessary in esti-
"Buddy" is seen as the young Colony 1
mating the value and efficacy of American boy with music in his radium in the treatment of malign vains and an inheritance of 350 ant disease, and it onanot Log million dollars in store for his ap atrongly deprecate the creation of proaching 21st birthday. But his false hopes by means of sensational, uncle and guardian, deciding to or even optimistic dataments. discipline "Buddy" and to ac "As a result of world experience, custom him to the wiles of the extending now over many years, world, entrusta him to the custody the best that can be said is that of three Follica girls in New York. somy Tosulta, under certain oon-Of course "Buddy" falla in love ditions, are very satisfactory; that with the girls and many complica others for no clearly established tions ente-principally of a high- reasons, are less so; and that in
ly hilarious nature, considerable proportion of cakes the wults are either inconclusive
“A LADY OF SCANDAL" or definitely disappointing. M. Mandel, a National Republican This does not justify a pensi deputy, pointed out that he bad to mistic, outlook, as many problemi
Only 16 out of every 300 op. Flicana land chorus girl job in consider out of a total credit of which yet remain unsolved may
talking pictures, according to Frs. 680,000,000, the expenditure of yield to experience and rosearch. Frs. 450,000,000 for modernizing the But time is an essential condition Sammy Loe, noted revue producer, army. He expressed regrets that of success, and it can only be after who directed the dancing onsomblo, the Government did not envisago-a several years of pioner work that for "Chasing Rainbows," Metro
.DOW Goldwyn-Mayer's general plan for arrangement and there can be a sufficient supply of the general organization of froutier statistical and scientific data to movie which is now playing at the defence, and declared that the con- enable positive ponclusions to bo Queen's Theatre with Charles King trol of manufactures relative to enched and published to the world. Iand Bessie Love featured, national defence was insufficient. "Finally, the Commission fools This small percentage is due to He added that the best guarantee bound to repeat its warning, that the rigid demands of the talking of peace was, a policy oriented to- radium is not yet established as a picture, the chorus girls having to wards that cod. But the Briand euro for
look poppy and pretty in close. entwor; that whilst it
ups as well as long shots,
the
FRENCH NATIONAL
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SPEAKER ON NECESSARY
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Charles F. Riesner directed the demanded the unanimity of the sent a very dangerous weapon, and Powers against the aggressor."
To these points of views had to which unless us with the backstage romance with the sup greatest skill, care, and pressu-porting must including Jack Bonny, be added, he said, the fact of the tion may mally be productive of Marie Brassler, Polly Marin, Gwen German armaments. Germany was more harm than good."
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"A LADY TO LOVE."
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Vistor Senstrom, noted Swedish soreen director, reverted to his former days on the legitimate stage in filming Vima Banky's first all- talking picture, "A Lady To Love," which will open on Tursday at the Queen's Theatre
The Metro-Golwyn-Mayor director rehearsed the entire play an a'com- plate unit so that the cast was per-
SAN FRANCISCO, Deq., 1. What is regarded in Labour fect in every line and detail before circles, in the United States as an the cameras turned on a single foot other Sacco Vanzetti affair, is the of fl case of Warren, E, Billings, : who
"On the stage one never rehearses was imprisoned in 1916 for acdition scenes piecema), Seastrom stated it in along with a man named Moonoy.
but in picture, recently, customary to rehears a scene-rake Tho caso came up at the Supreme it and then rehearse the next Court of California, which rojoeted
actare nuk Some directors say Billings appeal for a pardon ticipate action if they know what's The Court, which investigated coming On the other hand, ap the circumstances of the conviction, actor performanos wil be spotty recommended to the Governor by unless he knows his whole story,
aarticularly when dialogue"
refused.
with CHARLES
SIELL
KING BESSIE LOVE JACK BENNY MARIE DRESSLER. POLLY MORAN EDDIE PHILLIPS
directed by: CHARLES RIESNER
STARS of
FOLLOW the crowds
is this glorious suc cessor to "The Broad. way Melody." The same starring pait, Charles King and Bes ale Love, in vital,
glorful love story, against a backstage set- ring, with lifting wongs, gorgeous girls, eye-filf ing Technicolor scene.
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Corinne
GRIFFITH
Garden of Eden
LOWELL SHERMAN TOUISE DRESSER. CHARLES RAY
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