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NO, I SAID
MURDER!
BACK IN CIRCULATION
Werner Bren' undramingte bil, starring
PAT O'BRIEN "JOAN BLONDELL MARGARET LINDSAY
Dracând my Bay Bright » 2 Futa, Hotel Platine.
Pay Maron Bull - Youn & Carnapuštan (Magneton "Story by Kánka Regmi Ik Jokia.
FREDRIC MARGR Ceoil de Mille's "THE BUCCANEER'
with Franciska Gazl
GENERAL
Modern Music Festival In June
Sir Adrian Boult Chief Conductor
TODAY AT THE CINEMA
Hong Kong
KING'S:-
"The Bride Wore Red" QUEEN'S:~
"Back In Circulation" ORIENTAL:---
"Wells Fargo"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA
**The Go-Getter"
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WELLS FARGO
JOEL MCCREA. BOB BURNS FRANCES DEE
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BETTE DAVIS
Kid Galahad
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DORIS NOLAN
JOHN BOLES
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE
IRENE DUNNE BOBERT TAYLOR
"MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION"
AMERICA [JOURNALIST
RECOGNISES ANSCHLUSS
EXPELLED
FROM VIENNA
Vienna, April 7. Ival Cohen, Vienna correspon- dent of the Paris Boir, has beer given 12 houts" notice to leave the
Under the pseudonym of Yves
Berlin, April 7. The United States Government country. expressed. Its de facto recognition
Coming
"Madame X."
QUEEN'S:
The Buccaneer" "Bringing Up Baby"
ORIENTAL:-
"Kid Galahad"
ALHAMBRA: mai
STAR:
The Bubtanser" "Back In Circulatiori”
"Magnificent Obsession"
"Thin Ice"
MAJESTIC:-
Many Composers To DIARY OF LOCAL
Take Part
Preparations are in full swing
for the Festival of the Interna- ilonal Society for Contemporary Music, to be held In London from
EVENTS
TODAY
Anniversarion and
Holidays.
June 17 to 24, in conjunction with Our Lady of the Seven Dolours. the Dally Tekgraph and Morning St. Albert, Bishop. Past. The prospectus is now being Auctions-Household Furniture, complied and will be issued shortly at 35 Hankow Road, Kowloon 2.30
D.AL
to the public.
The BBC. is giving the services
of its orchestra, Section B, for the
two orchestral concerts to be held
Cinemas-(See Column 3 of this
Paze)
Dances-Annual Ball in Penin-
in Queen's Hall on June 17 and 24. aula Hotel, in aid of the Society Sir Adrian Boult is conductor-in-for the Protection of Children, chief of the festival. He, will be 9.30 p.m. assisted by Clarence Raybould.
Entertainments.--Concert in ad The Arst chamber concert will be of Hong Kong Students' War Re- given at Grotrian Hall on the lief Assen., at the Great Hall, given at Grotrian Hall on the HK University, 8 p.m. afternoon of June 18. The second, and the concert of works for chamber orchestra will take place in the concert hall at Broadcasting
House
At the second chamber concert Olivier Messiaen. the distinguished French organist, will play two cf his own works.
The B.B.C. Singers are also taking part in the festival:
Malls-(See.. Page 16)." Meeting-Helena May Christian Fellowship, 10.30 am
Moon. Moon, 8th. Day, Religious-Lenten Mission at Catholic Cathedral, 6 pm; Last of Lenten Meetings at 9 Duke Street, 8.30. p..
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Social Cheero Glob Bridge, 8 p.m.
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Sports. (See Page 10), Sunrise 6.10 am. Sunset.-6.41 D.11.
Tides-High at 04.55 and 15.15. Low at 07.23 and 23.15. TOMORROW
In addition to the Society's: official programmes, plans are be- ing made for the production of an early English opera in the Parry Theatre at the Royal College of Music. It is also planned to hold a special performance in West- minster Abbey" of English church music of all periods by the com- p.m
WANGER'S
VOGUES
OF 1938 bined
Moon-III Moon. 9th, Day. Sunrise: 6.11 a.m. Sunset:-6,40.
choirs 果 Westminster Tides: High at 03.20 and 18.80. Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral and Low at 06.30 and 21.53.
There's something new 11 screen musicals under the cinema the Chapels Royal. sun, at last!
It's "Walter Wanger's Vogues of
1938. the Technicolour-musica; which came to town last night and treated Majestic Theatre au- diences to the grandest evening's entertainment of the season..
Warner Baxter and Joan Ben-
There is also a possibility that
vited to see a demonstration at
members of the Society will be in SCHOOLBOYS TO English folk-dancing at CecilSTAGE CONCERT
sharp House, Regent's Park.
COMPOSERS TO CONDUCT
It is expected that several com- OWN posers will conduct their
FOR WAR RELIEF
nett head the dazzling cast of works, among them Lennox Berke D.B.S. Shoe Shining
izs a
Other
Club's Effort
screen, stage and nightclub stars leg. Benjamin Britten, Igor Mar- in this gay, romantic tale of kievitch, and the Czech woman Manhattan, which offers
composer. V. Kaprálová.
The scheme by which the boys glimpse of next years fashions in visiting conductors are expected fun girls, gowns, music, dances to include Paul Sacher and Dr. of the Diocesan Boys' School hoped and love, from the pens of Samuel and Bells Spewack, who wrote the success, Broadway sensational "Boy Meets Girl." And, inciden- taily, there's a thrill in store for you when you see what has been done with Technicolour.
COLOURS TO DEFEAT INSECT PESTS
They Have Their Preferences
The colour preferences of in- sects will be to used to keep these enemies of mankind under control in the near future, according to Mr. J. K. Ellsworth, a scientist at the University of California:
In a report to the American As- sociation for the Advancement of Science he said that insects were attracted to certain colour in just the same way that human beings prefer blue, grey, brown, or other colours in the suits and dresses. This discovery of colour preference can be used to lure various insects
Smetácek.
o raise funds by means of "Nug- the shoes of fellow * Bacher, it expected, will getting" direct the performance of frag-students has been even more suc- Burkhand's Cessful than these energetic pro- ments from Willy
Bo many students have wished oratorio, "Dis Gesicht Jesayas," noters dared to hope. in which Sophie Wyss will sing
the soprano solo. Dr. Smeticek to have their shoes' properly "Nug- will conduct "Music for Radio" by getted", that $500 has already been F. Bartós and a group of songs raised for the wounded in the pre-
sent war in China, with wind quintet by I. Krejel.
Flushed with, this success, mem- Alan Rawsthorne's "Tema con variazical" for two violins will be bers of the D. B. S. Shoe Shining played by "Jessie Hinchcliffe and lub arc to embark on a more Kathleen Washbourne, of the ambitious project by holding
:harity concert at the School Halt B.B.C. Orchestra.
The pro A group of Danish musicians will 'omorrow, at 7.30 pm. play a quintet by Franz Syberg.ceeds of this concert, which are and a Danish conductor, Thomas for buying medical supplies, will be anded over to the National Wo- Jensen, will conduct K, Riisager's concerto for trumpet and strings. men's Relief Association.
FIVE KILLED DURING WEEK
IN ACCIDENTS
Weekly Traffic Returns
The Trafic Department reports
into traps, where they are electro-that there were altogether
cuted.
traffic accidents in the Colony
In the near future plagues of during the week ended 8 am, on grass-hopper, moths, beetles, and Saturday. As the result of these other insects may be controlled at accidents, five persons were killed much less cost and with greater and 34 were injured." effectiveness.
It has been estimated that in sects cause annual loss of more than two billion dollars (£400,- 000,000) to farmers in the United
Up to date, over $1,000 worth of ickets has been sold. Judging rom the programme, which in- ludes Chinese and English sket- ches, choral singing and band nude, a treat will be in store for 'he audience.
I
LIKED A GAY LIFE
The Man With 15 Fiancees
A "brain wave"-which led him to become engaged to 15 girls, at
Of the persona killed, a Chinese the same time was mentioned in male, aged about 23 years, was the Air-la-Chapelle-court in the knocked down and killed by a case of a 31-year-old man charged tramcar whilst running across the with obtaining goods under false road
pretences,..
States, Mr. Ellsworth said, addition A British male, aged 25 years, He liked a gay life, it was stated." to the anestimated loss in human private car driver, died from in- and was fond of spending money life and human illness because of juries received when his vehicle in bars, restaurants and night their ability to transmit malaria collided with a public car. and other diseases."
""
clubs."
in this fashion on money "bor- rowed" from friends,
A Chinese boy, aged 6 years, For a time he was able to indulge The loss to farmers alone is as was knocked down and fatally in much as that spent for the na-jured by a motor lorry whilst rün-
Then came his "brain wave.". ning across the road. tional defence" he added
He promised marriage to 15 A Chinese boy, aged 14 years, bicycle rider, died from injuries young women-meanwhile he car- received when his machine, was tied on with the help of sums of struck by a motor. lorry.
money presented to him by his numerous fiancees
ACKNOWLEDGMENT The Chairman of the Hong Kong of the union of Austria and Ger Franck, Cohen is said to have Travel Association acknowledgea many yesterday, when it informed sent a story, to his paper that ex-with thanks the receipt of the the German Government of its Chancellor Schuschnigg had gone following subscriptions to decision to dissolve the legation in mad and was in an asylum. Association for the period 1937- and were struck by vehicles.
!Transocean), Vienna and requested exéquatur
for the American, Consulate-Gen- eral fri that city.
1938--
Chiria Navigation Co., Ltd. General Teng: Hat-hou assumed The Blue Funnel Line charge as Pacification Commis-Australian-Oriental Line
Co.
Of the persons injured, 23 were pedestrians who were either walk- the ing or running across the road
One girl gave him' £200. All the girls, who lived in differ ent places (there was one in Am- Four bus 'passengers and 2 tram-sterdam and another in Brussels). $500 car passengers were injured while gave him something...
250 alighting from moving mator
250 buses and tramcars respectively.
`One tricycle driver. 1 public ce
The American Government also stoner of Szechuan on March 18. Peninsular and Oriental BN.
500 driver. 1 rickshaw driver and two expressed the expectation that He declared his adherence to Germany would continue the debt General Liu Halang's will regard-Eastern and Australian 8.B. Chinese. males were injured as 250 the result of collisions between service
Austrian loasising military- Affairs of this pro-
130-
(Transocean
vince
Cp., Ltd. Comp |British-India B.N. Co; Lad.
250 vehicles.
Then he put up at a leading hotel in Essen, ran up a Mill, ̧ was { brought to court and the whole story, has come out.
For the next 18 months this promising” young man will be housed at Government' expense,
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1938. -PAGE 5
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