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ENTRAL
THEATRE
TAKE QUEEN'S RD., WESTBOUND. BUS
Advance Booking at Andersons and the Theatre Tel. 25720.
SHOWING TO-DAY
At 2.80, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
"LO MING YAU
PRESENTS
Miss CHAN YBN YRN AND
LAU KAI KWAN
IN
A CHINESE PICTURE
NEW YEAR'S EYE"
A UNITED PHOTOPLAY SERVICE CO.
PRODUCTION.
3
WEDNESDAY
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL PICTERK PRESENTS
BEBE DANIELS
IN
"THE SONG
YOU GAVE ME"
'WITH
VICTOR VARCONI A. B. I. P. SPECIAL.
NEW CONSTITUTION. FOR CHINA
Careful Deliberations Yield Fruit
Nanking, February 24. The new Constitution for China
is finally beginning to take shape
TO-DAY AT THE CINEMA
Klug'a
HONG HONG
The Power and the Glory" Queen's
"Indiscretions of Eve" "Broadway Revuo"
Central.
"New Year's. Eva"
(Chinese Picture).
Oriental
Melody Cruise"
KOWLOON
Alhambra
Star.
'Silver Dollar"
"When Ladies Meet" Majestic.
A Bill of Divorcement
Coming
Queen's
""Love Lles"..
"Day of Reckoning"
King's
*Walls of Gold
Central
The Song You Gaye Me"
Alhambra
"Ladies They Talk About"
"Her Bodyguard”
Star:
"Strictly Persona?"
Midnight Mary"
ANOTHER
BRITISH
SUCCESS
The Indiscretions Of
*
Eve
"The Indiscretions of Eve," wa British International Pictures, Ltd.
HONG
SHOWING
KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDẦY,' FEBRUARY 26, 1934.
TO DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15
& 9.30 P.M.
•KINGS!
The woman who loved him made him great. The wom-
an whom he loved turned his success to ashes.
THE
FBOOKING
AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313 & 25332
POWER
AND THE
GLORY
Stork drama told in a new way yo NARRATAGE
with
SPENCER TRACY COLLEEN MOORE Ralph Morgan Helen Vinson FOX FILM Presents
A Jesse L. Lasky Production Directed by WILLMM K. HOWARD
·Screen play by PRISTON STURGES
SHORTS ESPECIALLY SE ECTED FOR THIS PROGRAMME
SURAKE FOX
MOVIETONE
NEWS
FOR
NEXT CHANGE
LATEST CARTOON
“CINDERELLA "
SALLY EILERS IN -
OUTPOSTS
of
FRANOR
FOX
“WALLS OF GOLD”.. PICTURE
"THE POWER AND THE GLORY"
production, the feature attraction Excellent Fare At The elements in the filin, thus clearing
at the Queen's Theatre, opened to crowded houses' yestering.
The picture was described in the advanced notices as a snappy" and so indeed it proved to "be. The enbaret scenes gave Hongkong peo- ple an idea what cabarety really are like and the song and dance rumbers were extremely fascinat ing. Steffi Duna, Fred Conynghan Lester Matthews and Hál Gordon take the leading roles and together with well selected supporting cast they provide the audience with entertainment of a high order.
Preceding the feature film is the usual news reel and also a comedy entitled "Strip Strip Hooray" altogether an excellent programme and our recommendation is a visit to the Queen's Theatre during the ran of the present programine.
There was a matinee performance of The Broadway Revue "Hello
addition to Hongkong" in
the
+ o'clock show and again this talentexi company scored a huge success.
"THE SILVER
DOLLAR"...
Fine Film At Alhambra
"The Silver Dollar" now showing at the Alhambra Theatre with Edward G. Robinson in the leading rola, is a highly dramatic film of the thrill and romance of pioneer life in the mad gold rash days of Colorado's founding.
The story, in brief, coacerns the rise and fall of Yates Martin (Edward G. Robinson) at influential pioneer who played an important and spectacular part in the early history of the Ameri can nation.
When a rough minor he scars troos after months of careful delibera-poverty to wealth and power, but when tion by a special committee of the romance touches him, be discards the Executive Yuan...
wife who has stood faithful at his side
It is learned that the provisions in the struggle, and with a younger, include a Chairman oi the Govern- and more beautiful woman, starta on a ment clected by the National Peo-career of eccentricities that startled -ple's Congress, and also that no military man may be appointed as
within Provincial Governor
period of three years from his re- tirement from active service.- Reuter:
NEW MINISTER FOR "HOLY SEE
Sir Charles Wingfield Appointed.
London, February 24. Charles Wingfield, K.C.M.-
G., British Minister to Oslo, Nor- way, has been appointed Minister to the Holy Bee-Reuter.
Sir Charles Wingfield, Joined the Diplomatie Service in 1901 after resigning his commission as Cap- tain in the Royal Fusiliers. He served in most of the European capitals, and was first secretary to the Tokyo Legation in 1915. Ho was British Minister to Bangkok from 1928 to 1929.
the world.
・the
The climax is reached when at peak of his wealth and fame his for- tune collapses with the adoption of the gold standard, and he is forced to die In poverty
in the streets of the city he ho has built.
Edward G. Robinson who was last scen here in "Tiger Shark" gives an- other of his usual powerful character- isations while the supporting cast which includes Bebe Daniels and Arline picture McMahon help to make the
very well worth seeing."
st
REPRISAL FOR TRADE BARRIERS
دس
Tokyo Drafting Legislation
London, February 24, Tokyo, Yesterday.
In view of the measures which some countries are adopting to check the imports of Japanese merchandise, it is learned that the Japanese Government is drafting legislation to control the export and import trade and to revise tarif rates-Reuter,
King's
The new Fox, film, "The Power and the Glory", which opened at the King's yesterday introduces
Narratage" to
the way for betting character deve- lopment and clearer retailing of the story, itself.
The plot concerns the evolution of a simple, poor, uneducated young trackwalker into one of the most powerful railroad magnates in the country. It shows him as he leaves the American a life of simple wants and small L. Lasky pleasure and enters a life of intrigue reen. It is the Jesse production that has been heralded and romance that for she first throughout the motion picture world time in the memory of say, of bla. as the flu that will revolutionize friends and enemies, side-track him from his main purpose-tha: of movie making.
becoming leher and more influen- tial. The story shows the love of woman-truc, sacrificing and
a triumphant return in the leading feminine role. Others in the east are Ralph Morgan. Helen Vinson, Clifford Jones, Henry Kolker, Sarah Padden, Billy O'Brien, Cul- len Johnston and J. Farrell Mac- Donald."
William K. Howard directed the production, using Preston Sturges" original seript as a direct guide in mounting the scenes:
PREFERENTIAL TREAT- * MENT FOR FRANCE
Paris, Feb. 24. Under complicated negotiations with endless delays Austria has at obtained the preferential the last
from France for treatment import of timber, the Senate hay- votes to 23. Though the quantity of timber involved is not a large proportion of the world trade this will greatly addisional possibility relieve the strained economic situa- tion of the Austrian Republic.-- Transocéan Kuo Min
Narratage is the technique evolved by Lasky from the original script prepared by Preston Sturges, atted one playwright. It is the method of narrow-and the love of anothering passed a Bill on Friday by 232 telling a story, that takes the high-more liberal but less strong.
Spencer Tracy, in what is said lights in a man's life and weaves them into a unified pattem without to be the outstanding role of his
to incidents a career, portrays the central charac" subjecting the chronologics order, It is this terization. Colleen Moere, absent technique that is said to place un-from the screen for the past three usual emphasis on the important years, makes what is reported as
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
The
QUELA'S
INDISCRET
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
66
CINEM
STAR
At 230, 5.10, & 7.20
AT 9.30 P.M.
THE FIRST BROADWAY' REVUE TO COME DIRECT TO HONGKONG
#
Henry Bellit's
"Hello Hongkong"
In
20 ACTS 20
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
TODAY
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
} Nathan' Rosi; Kowloon: Tel. 57222)
TO-DAY ONLY
of At 2.30, 6.20, 7.20 à 9.20 p.m.
Monday, February 28. Auctions-Lammert's Sale Household Furniture, 88, Nathan Road, Kowloon, 10.30 .
Cinemas.
King's: "The Power And The
Glory." Queen's:
Eve."
"Indiscretions
Ot
Central-The Fragments
Life."(Chinese Picture), Oriental:-"Melody Cruise." World: "Gallant." (Chinese
Picture),
Alhambra: "Silver Dollar."" Majestic:"A Bill Divorcement." Star:-"When Ladies Meet."
Miscellaneous.-Claims
against
Theoretical
the Estate of Walter Henry Grace, due; Entry closes for (Paper
Work) Examination of Trinity College of Music; Whist Drive for Service Men, New West Lounge, European YM.C.A., Kow- loon, 8.45 p.m.
Moon-I Moon. 13th. Day,
Principal Mall, Outward for Europe via Siberia by Bokuyo Maru, 10.30 am.
Sporto..
Billards.Wille Smith,
cham- Os- Hongkong,
plan of England Y. & J. mund, Champion Lane Crawford's p.m.
Restaurant,
Hockey-Hongkong Hockey Club. seconds v. East Lancs., 5.m.
Race Meeting Racing-Annual
Happy Valley).
Sunrise.-6.48 a.m.; Sunset.--8.25
p.m.
Tides High at 9.54 and 19.46: Low at 218 and 12.48.
4 SHOWS DAILY. 230–519 7.15–1.30
JOHN
BARRYMORE
in a performance of much power, ball- macy and passion that you will be "swept away in the overwhelming tide
of Clemence Dassa's groot play
A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT
One of the most hearwatering hauran documents the stagi has ever given by the acres.
Wich
KATHARINE HEPBURN Billie Burke, David Manners Directed by George Cukor, David O. Selznick, Executive Procheter.. -An RKO-RADIO PICTURE, of couruel
TAKE ANY TRAM ON HAPPY VALLEY BUB
ORIENTALE
TO-DAY
O-MORROW
WANGHAI
TEL. 28473
A GRAND MUSICAL
COMEDY SHOW
Two innocent men want on
a maiden cruise.
They promised not to slip.. But...
SUP AHOYT
"MELODY CRUISE"
on 1XO-RADIO Picture of cove!
FIGHTING AT LINHO
Rebels Disarmed And Captured
Peking. February 25. According to a telegram from Wang Ching Kuo, Field Comman- der of the Shansi-Suiyuan expedi- tion, the vanguards of the expedi- tion clashed with the rear General Sun Tien Ying's forces to the westward of Linho, disarming the rebels and taking prisoners 1,700 officers and men,
ing
of
Wonderful music! Maddening girls 1 Oceans of lovel With CHARLIE RUGGLES
and
2 PHIL HARRIS
GRITA NISSTH, MARJORIE GATESON, HELEN MACK, Chick Chandler, June Seawater, Shirley
Chambers
Music and lyrics by Will Jason
BRITISH TREASURY..
ALLOTMENTS
5
London, February 23. A total of £67,820,000 was applied for in tenders for Treasury bills. The amount aliotted in bills' at three months was a maximum of £35,000.000.
The average rate per cent, was 17/2.92d as compared with 16/5.52d- last waak." The maximum amount of bills to be issued next week is
E £40 million.
The civil estimates and estimates for revenue departments for the coming financial year were issued this evening to a total amount of £408,676,222, compared with £417,- General Sun Tien Ying is rush- 051,151, including supplementary The civil estimates reinforcements to intercept estimates.
Ať 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
1les
METRO'S SUPERB. COMEDY DRAMA
When Ladies Meet"
with Rt. MONTGOMERY-ANN HARDING-ALICE BRADY
TO-DAY TO WEDNESDAY ALHAMBRA
THENTRE
DRAMA THAT WILL ECHO DOWN THE AGES!”
EDWARD G..
ROBINSON SILVER DOLLAR
with BEBE DANIELS ALINE KAOMÁHON
At 2.30, 5.20, 7 20 & 9.20 p.m.
NEXT CHANGE-
Barbara Stanwyck
'LADIES THEY
TALK ABOUT"
a
the further advance of the Shang-alone total £335,803,057, compared and hostilities on large with £345,145,468, but the latter scale are expected shortly in the figure included a supplementary vicinity of the Tengkow area- estimate for £25,872,167. The to- Reuter.
BRITISH REVENUE
STATISTICS
London, February 24 The report of the Commissioners of England revenue for year ended 31st March last shows increased revenue from death duties but
tal for revenue departments. Is £73,073,065 against £71,005,885 for 1933. British Wireless Service.
RAILWAYS IN CHINA
marked decline in a number of Increase In Revenue
persons paying surtax and in. total amount of surtax assessment, Revenue produced in the year froin' death duties was £76,:64,383, being an increase of £11,579,803 over the preceding year. Suriax ylelded 254,130,664, a decrease of £13,886,821.
The income tax amounted to 2250,559,973, being a decrease of £37,825,320. The number of sur tax payers fell from 102,428 in the previous year to 89,790. last year.
The estimated gross income of the nation during, 1932/33 Was £3,200,000,000, as compared with the actual gross income in the previous year, to 89,790 last year.
The number of persons with in- comes exceeding £10,000 annually was 3,616 last year as compared with 4,379 in previous year British Wireless Bervice.
Nanking, Feb. 12,
It is learnt that the revenue of the Nanking-Sharighai and Shang- hal-Hangchow-Ningpo Railways for the month of January totalled $1,534,575.44, the Nänking-Shangháf line earning $1,081,355 68,and the Shanghai-Hanghow-Ningpoline.
$453,219.78.
Of the receipts of the Nanking Shanghai, line, $784,301.11 were derived from passenger fares and $297,054.55 from freight. The re- ceipts of the Shanghai-Hangchow Ningpo line included $324,544.45 from passengers and $128,875,33 from freight.
Passenger fares on the two rat ways brought in 72.25 percent of the total revenue: freight contribu ting only 27.74 per cent.
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