CENTRAL THEATRE
TO-DAY TO THURSDAY
At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.
Come and see why 'LADIES LOVE BRUTES
"DAMES"
be enlla them.
And how society's
Juscious Jadies
love him I
A
man's man crashes
the woumn world.
Hero's his
latest love thrill hit.
GEORGE BANCROFT
אז
"Ladies
Love Brutes"
A Guzzant Picture
NEXT CHANGE
The "IT" Girl's First
Musical Romance.
Bittin' on top of a mintful of pep. and personality!
A gay, loving time is "in
the bag" for you when you see and hear
CLARA
BOW
Love Among
the Millionaires
A Garawunt Picture
COMING SOON
TO-DAY'S WIRELESS
PROGRAMME.
BROADCAST BY Z.B.W. ON
355 METRES.
1 to 11.30 a.m.-Stock quotations. 11.30 .m.-Chinese Programnie, 19.30 p.m.-European programme.
I p.m.-Weather report, local time.
1.30 p.m.-Rugby Press news, etc.
2 p.m.-Close down.
6 to 8 p.m.-European programme of Victor records supplied by Messrs. Thang Fook Piano Co.
6 to 0.30 p.m.-
"Orchestral and Choral Items..
The Merry Widow" (Lehar}.-- Marek Weber' and his Orches. tra.-V-50007.
* St. Louis Blues" and gems from Blackbirds of 1928."-Warren Mille and his Blue Serenaders. ---33002.
Dollar Princess" (Leo Fall).- Nat Shilkret and his Interna tional Orch--V-30011.
**Ministrel Show of 1929,"-Victor
Minstrels-33001.
C.30 to 7 pan.
Paramount's Adventuro Film of Wild Animals
RANGO
Oporatic.
Song Barbiere di Siviglia" (Rossini) A Little Voide I Henr, Madame Amelita Galli-Curci (Soprano).
Song- Mignon " (Thomas) I'm Fair Titania. Madame Ameli-
Galli-Curci (Soprano).-
7110.
Accordion Solo - "Rigolotto “ (Verdi) Quartet.--Pietro.-V-19, Accordion SoloMignon
(Thomas, arr. Pietro Deiro). · Entr'acte Gavolle.---Pietro.
Song- Africana" (Meyerbeer) 06! Paradise! Beniamino
Gigli (Tenor).
Song" Martha" (Flotow) Like
a Dream."--Beniamino Gigi
(Tenor).-7109,
p.m.- Stock quotationà,
7.02 to 7.20 p.m.-
Taken in Sumatra by ERNEST G. SCHORDSACE the Producer of "CHANG."
Booking at Anderson's and the Theatre (Tel. 25720)..
Variety.
Humorous Song-"I'm Onte Mak- ing Believe."-Welcome Low in
92126.
Organ Solo How Am I Lo
Know ?" Jess Crawford. 42129.
Popular Melodies accompanied by Nightingales and Canaries from Reich's Aviary, Bromen.-V-1. Actual Song of the Canary Bird from Roich's Aviary, Bremen. Accordion Duct-"Rhapsody in Blue." Formeen Brothers. - V-5.
7.20 to 8 p.m.
Orchestral,
Lebariana? (Geiger), Marck Weber and his Salon Orch.→→ V:60002.
"Léonore "Overture (Beethoven)
-San Francisen Symphony
Orch.-6907. "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Grainger Schmixt ). - Vidor Symphony Orch: *Colonial Song" . (Grainger - Schmid). Victor Symphony
Orch.-30035.
From the Rhine to the Danube " (Rhode), Gerhard Hoffman's p.m.~Local'taine, weather roport,
Orch.-V-50000,
9.03 to 10.30 p.m.-Chiness Studio
concert,
10.30 p.m.-Close down.
UNSUCCESFUL OPIUM SMUGGLING.
HEAVY FINES AT THE MAGISTRAOY.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1931.
THEATRE
HONCKONG'S FINEST CINEMA
He knew those danger siguals tempting to disas ter, but he was a rockiess soldier of fortune, playing for high stakes in the game of love,
FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY
AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.16 & 9.30. P.M.
RENEGADES
FOX
PICTURES
S'HAI COLLISIONS. -
DAMAGE DONE TO SPHINX AND HSINGSHIH.
FOUR NATIVE CARGO JUNKS SUNK.
Serious damage was done in Shanghai harbour when the s.s. Isingshih collided with the stern of the French mail ship Sphinx, when the latter was swinging op- posite the N.Y.K. wharf, and four native cargo junks were sunk. Fortunately there was no loss of life and nobody was injured,
The accident occurred at 10.40 a.m., when the Sphinx, just arrived, was turning in the stream before going alongside. The Sphinx, of the Messageries Maritimes ne, is a big ship, and occupied most of the fairway in swinging. When the ship wna at right angles to the After the arrival of the 8.1. Suilians of the river, the small San Tai from Масло on Sunday, Peh 8.8, Haingshih, outward bound, revenue officers on duty at the Wing Lok Wharf made a timely discovery which prevented 300 tnels of opium being smuggled into the Colony, The drug was found in the false sides of a box, which a woman, was carrying.
approached.
Thinking that there was sufficient } room between the stern of the Sphinx and the N.Y.K. mail wharf for his ship to pass through com. fortably, the captain of the Hsing- ahih carried on. Suddenly realizing that he might hit the wharf, he put his helm over, but the ship failed Mr. EX. D'Almada, jur., wp-
to clear the Sphinx and collided with it. Then an anchor on the earing for the woman who was Haingshih was dropped and the charged before Mr. Schofield at ship checked, but not before it had Central Magistracy yesterday, said crushed three Chinese cargo junks between the ship and the wharf. that she was the daughter of a boat had capsized another. The ship was woman, paid to transport luggage, then moored, alongside the N.Y.K. and she had been given 82 to bring mail wharf, while the Sphinx com. pleted its swinging and went along. the cheat to Hong Kong.
side its wharf a hundred yards Defendant was fined $30,000, or away from the Hsingshil. twelve months hard labour,
In another case, R. O. Ward
stated that the man had his whole body tied mound with the drug which weighed out at 120, taels, man was walking out of a wharf when his acerat was discover ed by n revenue officer,
The
His Worship imposed a fine of. $14,000, or twelve months' hard Inbour.
The Damage.
The part of the Hsingshih that was damaged was the starboard side of the bridge deck superstruc ture. This came into contact with the counter of the Sphinx on the starboard side, and just below the railing around the deck at the stern of the ship-
For thirty feet the superstructure on the Hsingshih was crushed in, Three lifeboat davits were broken, two of them subsequently hanging
A FOX MOVIETONE DRAMA with
WARNER BAXTER MYRNA LOY
NOAH BEERY
Booking at the THEATRE. PHONES: 25313, 25330.
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TEL. 28151.
THE SILVER SCREEN.
QUEEN'S THEATRE.
"NEW MOON."
Can ano man be a whole quartette? Lawrence Tibett, celebrated barr tone, who is costarred with Grace Moore in New Moon," now play- ing at the Queen's Theatre, 'ncreto- plished sich, a fost during the film- ing of the new Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer production.
As an experiment he eang 'and recorded tenor, bass and first and #rcond baritone parts of is 'songi then superimposed them and made a few record which turned out to be
a perfect quartette, each voice being his own. Only Tibett's enormous rango mich such n fedt possible.
Both Tielt and Miss Moore are given an opportunity to sing number of beautiful songs
New
Moon," which version
of the noted New York stage sifecess. The
EL
in
a talkie
is
story, laid in Turkestan, presents an intriguing tale of romance and Adventure in which a flirting Rus- a princess and a fiery lieutenant play central figures.
Under the direction of Jack Con- way, every effort was made to create dramatic and pictorially effective acenes, some of them requiring the use of nearly 1,000 extris to provide a spectacular back-ground.
An imposing supporting east is hended by Adolphe Menjou, Roland Young, Gus Shy and Emily Fitzroy.
"PASSION FLOWER.”
Martin Flavin is one New York playwright who has not permitted. his playwriting touch to atrophy while in Hollywood studying the technique of talking pictures,
MOVIELAND
FOR.
THE WEEK
QUEEN'S
SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.16 & 9.20,
Drama!
Music! Romance!
TIBBETT
Lawrence
Grace
MOORE
NEW MOON
most glorious voices are now heard to The screen' gether for the first timel
Wait till you hear them sing "Lover Come
Back to Me"!
MENJOU ADOLPHE
ROLAND
YOUNG
directed by
While doing the adaptation of Kathleen Norris' best-seller, Passion Flower coming shortly Lo the Queen's, for Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer, Flavin found time to write and produce two new plays.
Both of these, Spindrift" and Dancing Days," were presented by the Pasadena Community House, leading unit in the so-called Little Theatre Movement." "Passion Flower," initial talkie attempt of the man who wrote tha New York stage hit, "The Crimin- al Code," was directed by William de Mille, and contains an import- ant cast including Kay Johnson, Charles Bickford, Kay Francis. Lewis Stone, Zasu Pitts, Winter Hall and Dickie Moore.
over the aide of the ship, while the of the crew. The break was made third caught on to a rail on the two feet away from a sailor's burk,
HONG KONG POLICE RESERVE.
[ORDERS ISSUED BY THE HON, MR. E
D. C. WOLFE, C. M.G., INSPECTOR- GENERAL OF POLICE.]
Police Training School.. The weekly classes for Police Reservists at the Police Training School, Kowloon, will be held as usual to-day at 5.30 p.m. All mein- bera of the Chinese Company and of the Flying Sqund who have not yet passed Part. I. of Training Course should attend.
Chinese Company.
Badge: Constable 1.57 Wong Man Ying has qualified for the Police Reserve Badge.
Training Course Part II. :-The following members have been pass- ed out as efficient in Part II. of Training Course (knowledge of Police Duties and Regulations) :— Constables R.16 Chan Kwan Yiu and R.70 Wong Yat Ping, 2
Commendation: Constable R.23 Ho Shut Yu of the Chinese Com- pany, H.K. Folice Reserve, is com
JACK
CONWAY
"NOTUBE
ADDED ATTRACTION LAUREL AND HARDY in
'ANGORA LOVE
“NEXT CHANGE
mended by the Hon. I.G.P. for zeal Lovely,
and alertness in arresting one Tsun
Yuen, who was sentenced to mine languorous, months' hard labour and 15 strokes made for loveÏ With the birch for larceny
Could any man Squad DrillAll recruits of the rosiat bor? Chinese Company will attend: Cen- tral Police Station for Squad Drill on Thursday, May 7, at 5.30 p.m. under L.S. R.43 Tso Chi On.
Flying Squad.
Squad Drill:-All recruits of the Flying Squad will attend Central Police Station for Squad. Drill, on Thursday, May 7, at 5.30 p.m. under L.S. R:333 A. W. Mooney,
The weekly instructional patrol of the Kowloon Section will take. place to-day. Fall in at the Tsim- tsa-taui Fire Brigade Station at 5.30)
p.m. sharp. Dress: Khaki uniform
and cap with khaki cover,
The weekly instructional patrol of the Hong Kong Section will take place on Friday, May 8. Fall in at the Central Police Station at 5.15 pm. Dress: Khaki uniform and cap! with khaki cover.
Sharpshooters Company,
Rifle Club Meeting:--The mem bers of the Rifle Club are notified that a meeling of members will be
held at the office of the O.ife. Co.
to-day at 5.15 p.m.
Sphinx and was pulled clean out. which was fortunately not occupied
Revolver Practice: Revolver It remained dangling over the at the time, stern of the Sphinx when the ships The cargo junks that were hit practice will be carried out by, all inembers of the Company on.Sun. Members pulled clear, and was immediately by the singshih all carried sugar,
day, May 10, at 10 am. made fast by the French sailors. which has been lost. Two of the will assemble on the Range at that On the Sphing the plates on the junks carried 150 bags, another 140 hour with their bella, holsters and
Miraculously, rovstiers Uniform optional counter were broken in, there being and the fourth 85.
(Sgd.) D. L. KING, / gash, ten feet long and several in this case as well. nobody was
·D.§.P. (H..). inches wide in the sleeping quarters injured or hurt..
A thrilling love drams from the novel sensation!
KATHLEEN
NORRIS'
PASSION
FLOWER
with
KAY: FRANCIS CHARLES BICKFORD
„KAY JOHNSON-
Metro Coklipyn Mayer ALL TALKING MOTORS
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