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FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY
The Goofiest Feud That Ever Made The Mountain Ring... With Laughter! It's a Riot!
SWING
LADY"
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HUMPHREY BOGART FRANK MCHUGH LOUISE FAZENDA NAT PENDLETON PENNY SINGLETON ALLEN JENKINS
THE WEAVER BROS. & ELVIRY
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OPENING TOMORROW
The Greatest Picture of All Time
THE ADVENTURE OF ROBIN. "HOOD"
4 SHOWS
DAILY 2.30-5.15 7,15-9.30
A Warner Bros. Picture in Technicolour Starring ERRO1. FLYNN
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ORIENTAL
THEATRE
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ROAD WANCHA
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LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY✪
INNER SECRET'S OF SCOTLAND. YARD EXPOSED!"
See how they work when their ace detectives track down a master crook such as "The Squeaker".
'A·LONDOM.
FILM PICDUCTION
Produced by
ALEXANDER KORDA
EDMUND LOWE
6.
Squeaker
by EDGAR WALLACE
SEBASTIAN SHAW
ANN. TODD
TAMARA DESNI
PXTRA ADDED FEATURE ATTRACTION
SPECIAL
Tortoise and the Hare
DISNEY ACADEMY.
AWARD REVUE
-Three Orphan Hiitensj
Three CEL<
KING'S:
Hongkong
"Woman Chases Man"--
QUEEN'S:
"Swing Your Lady"
ORIENTAL.
"The Squeaker**
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA :
"China To-Day" STAR:
"Bungaree" 31AJESTIC ... "Deluge"
KING.
Coming
"The Goldwyn Folles" QUEEN'S:
The Adventures Of Robin
Hood"
ORIENTAL:
"Devil's Playground".
Wide Open Faces"
ALHAMBRA.
"The Adventures
Hood"".
STAR:
"One In A Million"
MAJESTIC:
"The Squeaker"
"Three Comrades"
CINEMA & GENERAL
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Robin
FAMOUS DANCER IN FIRST PICTURE
in
A glimpse of beauty as Zorina, famous dancer, poses In a scene "The Goldwyn Follies," which comes to the King's Theatre on Saturday.
NEW G.P.O. RADIO STATION TO COMBAT SUN-SPOTS
A
special
radio receiving station is to be built by the G.P.O. to combat the intense sun-spot activity which feared
seriously with world radio communica-
might Interfere
tions in 1940.
This was announced
It is
recently by the Postmaster-general. speech at Newcastle.
NEW GOLDWYN mainly operated on short wave-Incoming signals."
COMEDY
lengths." he said.
7
Major G. C, Tryon," la 2
"Our long-distance international of receiving aerials Juitably radio-telephone services are spaced in the direction of the
"It so hap- Major Tryon added that a site pens that short-wave radio. "tele- for the station had been found pliony is particularly lable to near Rochester од marshland. Miriam Hopkins and Joel Mc-serious interference on occasions Because of soft aud, the build Crea will race across the screen of of great sun-spot activity.
ing was being erected on a Ayx- the King's Theatre to-day to the
"The periods of maximum sum-tem of 150 concrète piles, cach spet activity occur in
cycles of 30 feet deep. approximately
accompaniment of incessant gales of laughter in the new Goldwyn comedy, "Woman Chase: Man.”
Those who have seen Mi Hop kins in her last few pictures will recall what a great flair for comedy that she has and will not need any recommendation to see this
picture
11 years. The It would accommodate six re- next period of maximum activity ceivers for 12 eircufts in times of is expected to accur about 1940. good radio conditions, and the aerial system consisting of 16 separate aerials. would be erected
NEW TECHNIQUE
"Atter long research and m-facing America. vestigation the Post Office and
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expect that the new the American telephone authori- station will be in use early next Others in the cast are Charles ties have come to the conclusion year," said Major Tryon. Winniger, Helen Broderick, Eric that the adverse effects of Rhodes and Eila Logan.
sun-
spot activity can be offset to A great extent by adopting an en-
ORIENTAL THEATRE tirely new technique in the DIARY OF LOCAL
ATTRACTIONS
re-
ception of short-wave transmis- sions.
*The new method is bound
up
The management of the Oriental Theatre announces the following chiefly with the use of a number
PrORTATEME of pictures for October
J
The Squeaker (5th and 6th), The
Devil's Playground 17th and 8th), Cocoanut Grove (14th and 15th Wide Open Faces (9th and 10th). Merrily We Live (16th and 17th) Smilin' Through 11th and 12th), and Thoroughbreds Don't Crv The Devil Doll (13th only),(18th and 9th),
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
The best of
wit the color! Cartoons
2 DAYS ONLY! TOMORROW & SATURDAY"
MEET THE FIGHTING MEN OF THE NAVY. - And a doll frons, Danceland who started a maritime scrap that en led on the bottom of the seaf
DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND
RICHARD DIX
DOLORES DEL RID
CHESTER MORAIS
A COLUMBIA PICTURE
● MATINEES: 20c-302 • EVENINGS: 20c.-30e.-50c.-70c. O
1 Radius of a
wheel
6 Variety of
22 Certain days
in the
STAR
"TOMORROW
A 20th C. Box Picture
TODAY ONLY.
ROAD KOWLOOM
TEL
57795
IRENE DUNNE
in
"STINGAREE**
: with
Richard Dix
RKO Radio Picture.
Sonja Henie “ONE IN AI
MILLION”.
14
NO. 126
112
16
10
12
ruby spinel
16
11 Fragrant
JA
19
20
24
balsam
12 Plens of hay-
127
23
125
ing been
elsewhere
20
127
2027
14 Correlative
of either
30
15 Hallowed
33
35
17 Note of the
scale
38
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मा
18 Edge of a
42
43
wound
20 Eradicate
HỂ
4 47
21 Japanese
.coin
31
Roman
calendar
24 Bind
25 Be in pro-
Ceas of ad- justment
28 Alluvial-de-
posits at
mouth of a river
22 Deals with..
or handles 30. Of small
stature
31 Possesses 33 Hebrew
money 35 Muscular 38 Detest. 30 Henze negan 41 Selze And-
denly with the teeth 47 Prussiau re
"43. Loses colour 45 -Familiar
nume for a female rein-
tion
Part of "to-
NO
53
1551
47 Hanging
ornament
49 Behold!
50 Distant
52 Ornamental
> headband
54 Appraised
55
Discovered
at a dis tance
DOWN
1 Long step
2 Italian
zivez 3: Sphere 4 Cabbage
5 Puts in
vigorous action
8 Variety of
small hound -
7 On the shel-" tered side.
8 Cover
Month in the Jewish calen-. dar
10 The turn
11 Mrm
13 Beaches
10 Monkey, SOLUTION TO-MORROW.
-19 Balls used
as missiles
21 Divisions of
the year
23 Tend, a
furnace
25 Fruits 27 Inspire with
reverenTM tial fear
29 Greek letter 32 Clip. 33 Implement for driving .: nails 34 Inclined 35 Steps 36 Passed by. water
37 Town in England 40 Find the
sum
43 Festival 44 Cut off at
one stroke 47 Cooking
*utens!!
48 Linguistic
stock of .. Indo-China 51 Mother
63 Predix: down
EVENTS
TO-DAY
ANNIVERSARIES & HOLIDAYS,--- St. Bruno. Faith of Acquitaine, V. and M. c.304. AUCTIONS. Collection of Old Chinese Porcelain, Pottery and Pictures from the Tong, Sang, Yuen, Ming`and Ching Dynasties, at 2 Connaught Road Central, 2.30 p.m
CINEMAS.—(See Column 3 of this
Page).
LECTURES —Talk by Miss Freda Utley, at Helens May, 5.30 p.m.; Theosophical Society, HK, Club Annexe, 6 p.m. ›
MAILS-(See, Page 18). MEETINGS-Victoria Chess Club,
at Gloucester Hotel, 5 DA Kowloon Chess Club, at Penin- sula Hotel 5.30
St. PJT.: Andrew's Women's Fellowship Charity Games afternoon; Ani nual, of Hongkong Ladies Hockey Assen., at Gloucester Hotel, 5.15 p.m. MOON-VIII. Moon, 13th Day. REHEARSALS.
www
"Ruddigore,"
Hongkong Philharmonic Society
at China Fleet Club Theatre, 8.45
p.m.
SOCIAL-YMCA 'Ladies' Games Morning, 10 am.. and Badminton 8.30 p.m.; Public Wörks Recrea- tion Club Whist Drive and Tom- bola Causeway Bay, 9 p.m.; St. Andrew's Club "Open Night," 9 p.m.; Cheero. Club Bridge Night. SPORTS(See Page 10). SUNRISE 6.16 m.
6,07 p.m.
SUNSET ––
TIDES.-High at 08.42 and 20.05.
Low at 00.52 and 13.29.
T TO-MORROW
| MOON,--VIII Moon, 14th. "Day,
SUNRISE.-6.15 a.m. SUNSET-
6,08 p.m.
TIDES High at 65.48 and 20.00
Low at 12:35:
Mass military training for stu- dents of senior standard will be- gin in the seven assigned areas in Kwangtung province as from Octo-"" ber 15. Men students will have to undergo three months' training, and women students two months
Solution No. 125. REPE.B. ERT TAAR OARIT AMERIPSI ORATOR 18 AF PHO STION 1 TEPEE 11 ELSETH OTILA B-T VIE PART AERIE ET TREMORBEM.N LEMUR.IN.L.P.1.CON TRAMETAJWANE·
1 ROMEOSPAN18: FAIRERIWASTES. ERNIRILETTORE DEE LEADS 1 NEE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1938.-PAGE
CONDITIONED TH
SHOWING TODAY AT 2.35, 5.16, 7.18 AND 139
WILD, WILD WOMAN
120 cmung ban ramanen win the
Samuel Golden
PRESENTS
WOMAN CHASES MAN
zez MIRIAM HOPKINS · JOEL M'CREA
CHARLES WINNINGER · ERIK RHODES
SATURDAY
UNITED ARTIST
"THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES ·
with Adolphe Menjou-The Ritz Brothers
IN TECHNICOLOUR
ALHAMBRA
NATHAN DO, KOWLOONADERY, 27. 2,30-320-220 6 930 STARRS 8 8.50
FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY " UNDENIABLE FACTS REVEALING THE DEFENDEES STUB- BORNLY RESISTING THE BLOODTHIRSTY AGGRESSORS
TO-MORROW
· Warner Bros.
Picture -
130 $30
720-830
"CHINA TO-DAY FIFTH EDITION
WITH FULL
ENGLISH
SUB-TITLES
FILMED ALL IN TECHNICOLOUR ERROL FLYNN & OLIVIA) Do HÄVILLAND
"The Adventures of ROBIN HOOD"
MAJESTICE
THEATRE
(MATINEES, 20««30«• EVENINGS 20,30%-50%
TODAY, ONE DAY ONLY! RETURN OF AN "OLD" FAVOURITE {} ! An Astounding Imaginative Drama of the Destruction of Our Modern World 1.
DELUGE
RKO RADIO Picture
wi
GRIPPING SPECTACLE OF THE AGES!
PEGGY SHANNON LOIS WILSON SIDNEY BLACKMER Matt Moore, Edward Van Sloan,
· Ralf Haraldo, Samuel Hinda
TOMORROW AND SATURDAY
EDGAR WALLACE'S THRILLING DETECTIVE DRAMA Į
EDMUND LOWE in "THE SQUEAKER
A London Film
Production
Also WALT DISNEY'S FIVE ACADEMY AWARDS WINNKES |
SIR ANDREW
- CALDECOTT
Sir Andrew Caldecott, Governor
MAN POSTS HIMSELF AS A PARCEL Packed neatly in a large and of Ceylon, was the guest of honour correctly labelled case, an Englan- át a private luncheon, given at man whose name was given as Mr. the Bavoy Hotel recently by the WM Edwards arrived safely in delegates of the Ceylon National Amsterdam from London by alr Congress, Messrs. George de Silva, parcel post on board a machine of H W. Amarsuriya and E. A P. the International Air Freight, Wijeyeratrie.
Auced to account for hu behavi
Kimited,
The other guests included Lord our, Mr. Edwards explained that, Enell, Sir Howard D'Egville, Mr. having mined the regulă, pursen FW. Pethick-Lawrence, Dr. Hugh ser plane, he hit upon this novel Dalton, and Mir. G. R. W. Perera, method of arriving in Amsterda the Ceylon Trade Commissioner in in time to keep a pressing London
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