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MOTHER'
THE {FERDINAND
GULL
1939
RELEASES
TOMORROW
DOLF GAME
THE
BILAYE
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BAY
ALL IN
TECHNICOLOR
Mary Carlisle & John Howard
A Faramount in "TOUCHDOWN ARMY”
Picture..
Screenings
KING'S -
Hongkong
Butler"
QUEEN"..
\ CINEMA & GENERAL
Baroness And The
"A Galaxy Of Ten New Colour
Shorts"
ORIENTAL·
"Everybody Sing"
Kowloon
ALHAMBRA
"The Mad Miss Manton” STAR:
"Madame X" MAJESTIC:
"The Adventures or Tom
Sawyer"
KING'S:
Coming
"Love Finds Andy Hardy" QUEEN'S)
Touchdown Army"
ORIENTAL:
"Mad About Music"
ALHAMBRA:
"White Banner." STAR:
"Divorce,Of Lady_X" MAJESTIC:
"The Little Tough Guy"
THE BARONESS AND
TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY WUB
4 SHOWS
FLEMING
!
THE BUTLER
The gay, dignified-
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A.A. GUNS MADE AT HIGHEST PRODUCTION RATE ACHIEVED
A bush-hush light anti-aircraft run that was hauled through London's streets in the Lord Mayor's Show is soon to come off. the secret list and will be issued to all Territorial units. Its job will be to make power-dive bombers keep on diving-right to earth. Its sting is in its light, high explosive shell, rapidly fired. Thus, when this Little Brother of the mighty 3.7 A. A. gun is handed round the drill halle much of the muddle over air de- fonces that sickened even the General Staff at crisis time will he straightened out.
BROUGHT UP TO FITCH To-day the Territorials, guar- dians of home defence, are the War Department's "peta."
The 3.7 anti-aircraft gun, king of alkits kind, is now being manufac- tured at the highest rate of pro- duction ever achieved in artillery pleces.
To-day there are at least three
引
AMBULANCE BRIGADE
Ralph's Shield Competition
in every drill hall, with full re: The annual competition for the placements. (It's no Official Secret award of the Ralph's Shield has that the 9.7 fires a 28ib, shell, been arranged for Sunday, Jan-
twelve times a minute, 40,000 feet into the air).
uary-29 and February 6, on the
In January 1936 the A-A units open naval ground opposite Head-
quarters. of the Territorials totalled 10.169 |
Divisions will "fall in" under officers and men. To-day they the command of their respective muster 65,870." Since October 24,570 |
Tomcers at 9.30 8.10. 20d be ready have joined up. The War Depart to receive the inspecting officers ment has blessed them with the title First A-A. Corps. A call is soon to be made for a second Corps.
P
COLONY TO HAVE DOG SHOW?
It is learned
from
at 10 am. The order in which- Divisions take part will be
drawn on the ground.
The conditions regulating the Competition remain the same as
in previous years, save, that the mininyun "number of men repre-
a reliable seating a division must be not saürce that efforts are being made less than 70 per cent. of the ef-
Company
and
to stage a dog show in the near fective strength of the division.
CA larger proportion may be en- future of peerage
for the It is hoped to stage the show intered and its coming a cropper in a St. John's Place on March '11 and Stretcher Drill if considered de- middle- European New
Deal for the convenience of those en- sirable by the Divisional, Officer) A delightfully exciting tercd from Kowloon. it is expect- Jan. 29 (a) Company Drill (b) theme for "The Baroness and theed that special permission will be Stretcher Drill-Stretcher closed Butler." which is showing at the forthcoming from the Colonial and open.
LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY || fors
Go Gay! Go Goofy!
GREAT HIT SONGS AND HILARIOUS LAUGHTER1
ALLAN
JONES
JUDY
GARLAND
FAIRY BRICE
EVERYBODY SING
REGINALD OWEN BILETE WORKE
RECHALS GARDNER - LYINE CANYEF.
"Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Prodead by HARRY RAPE
King's Theatre. This Darryl F. Vetinerary Surgeon - for all dogs Feb. 5 tal General Inspection— Zanuck production for 20th Cen-participating, to be transported Uniform. Equipment, Haversacks. tury-Fox co-stars William Powell across the harbour without the (b) Treatment of Cases and Col- and Annabella. in a blithe screen usual permits. version of the stage hit that had half Europe agos.
The supporting cast of **The Butler" "fea- Baroness and the tures Helen Westley, Henry Stephenson, Joseph Schildkraut.
J. Edward Bromberg, Nigel Bruce and Lynn Bart.
..
ALLEGED ARMED
ROBBERY
lection of Wounded.
I
Professor Gerrard has kindly agreed to provide Examiners.
Friends, Vice-Patrons and 'others Interested in the work of the Bri- gade are invited to witness the Appearing before Mr. Q. A. Aproceedings. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Court Mok Cho Chuen Trophy-Sun- on Saturday on a charge of high-day, February 12 at Headquarters way robbery. Ip Wah, 19, and Lo commencing 9 a.m. Ka-fu, 20, were remanded for 48
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Meiro- Gjohtuen Mayer
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John BEAL
Warren WILLIAM
A Sara Kard Production
Merle Oberon •
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Radio Programmes
(Continued from Paɛo 3)
Chorus and Orchestra (Sung in German),
10 London Relay-In Town To- night.'
Introducing personalities from every walk of life in interviews with Lionel Gamlin, flashes from the news of the week, and Stand- ing on the Corner (Michael Stand- "ing interviews the man in the street). Edited and produced by C. F. Meehan.
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Six cases of measles, three each of dysentery and diphtheria, two of enteric fever and one each of cholera and chicken-pox were re-
ported to the Health Authorities for the 24 hours ended at midnight
on Friday.
TUBERCULOSIS
tive-Bergeant J. Johnston, who was
tr charge of the case.
Defendants were alleged to have been responsible for the robbery of $ilu from a woman, Tam Mul. the Yaumatt district on Decem-
ber 29.
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CROSS HARBOUR PIPE LINE
It is notified in the "Government Gazette." that the Governor in
It is notine in the "Govern- Council declares Tuberculosis to be ment Gazette" that on January included within the expression "In- 24 (to-morrow) and until further fectious disease." The effect, of notice. dredging, diving and rub. this notification and declaration is ble depositing operations will take to make Tuberculosis a notifiable place within two areas in the disease,
harbour pipe line:
CROSSWORD
NO. 215
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of Arabla
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sweet-son
13 Back Art
14 Medley
15 Pinch
16 Procession on horseback
18 Move 'Ar
action
20 Fertile spots
in a desert
21 Possessive
pronoun
22 Inland sea
of Russia
24 Foot covering y 26 Let it stand 27 Bense organ 30 Up-stroke of
violin bow
32. Put aside 34 Affirmative 35 Confined 37 Vessel 38 Bark of the
paper mulberry 39 -Unit of
weight
40 Savoury meat
Jelly
43 Enters
quickly
47 Lizard 49 Beverage
ed by Henry Hall with Vocal 10,30 Dance Music,"
Chorus. Fox-Trots-Wah-Noo. 1'Se Fox-Trots I'm An Old Cowhand | A-Muggin-Roy Fox and His Or (from Rhythm on the Range') chestra with Vocal Refrain, Waltz 50 Ripped Empty Saddles (from Rhythm on Alice Blue Gown Rumba- 51 Sea eagle the Range")-Ambrose and Els Or- Flower of my dreams-Henry Jac- 52 Make lace chestra with Vocal Chorus, Paso-ques and His Orchestrá. - Tangos—| 53 Hastened Doble-Le Touquet, Fox-Trot—The Madrecita De Pompeya Mi Musa 54 Watched Merry-Go-Round Broke Down Campera-Orquesta Tipica Fran- The B.B.C. Darice Orchestra direct-cisco Canaro.
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2 Auditory.
3 Fault-Anding
4. Grampuses
5 Tidy
é Legal writ
7 Period of
~8 Oral
9 Exclamation
of despair 10. Faction
11 - Digits
17 Reluctant
19 Members of
23 Respite
24 Discover at a
distance
SOLUTION TO-MORKOW
implement
26 Percolate slowly
27 Lengthen
28 The Kava
29 Steep ina.
moisture.. 31 Room 33 Very black
38 Table linen
38 Clocked
39 Bounded in
harmony
40 Performs 41 Retail store 42 Cut the outer
part from
44 Bolitary 45, Dash
46 Places
48 Sheltered
side
...
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
TO-DAY
ANNIVERSARIES and HOLIDAYS
-The Espatial of Our Lady. St. Raymund. AUCTIONS.-Crown Land, at P.
-W.D. Offices. 3 p.m CINEMAS.(See Column 3 of this
Page). DANCES.-Cheero
Club Dance,
8.30 p.m.. LECTURES.-Dr. French Oliver on "The Pace That Kills" (men only), at Kowloon Union Church, 7.45 pm; First Ald, Ying Wah Boys' College, 8 p.m.; at St.
Hqrs., 7.30 pm.
John Ambulance
MAILS. (See Page 16).
MEETINGS. Kowloon Urion
Church Fellowship, 8.45
p.m.;
Fi
· Annual General, of the Ouild of Martha and Mary, at Christ Church, 3
5.30 Duke Street, St. p.m.;
Andrew's Church Medical Reller Working Party,
10.4.
MISCELLANEOUS.—St. Andrew's Church Teachers' Preparation Class. 7 p.m.
| MOON.-Chinese XII Moon, 4th.
Day.
REHEARSALS.-Hongkong Sing-
ers, Union Church, Kennedy Road, 5.30 p.m.; H.K. Philhar- monic Society, Orchestral Sec- tion, at Seamen's Institute, 8.45. D..
RELIGIOUS.-Bt. Andrew's Church
Fellowship of Youth, 6 p.m. SOCIAL.-Y.M.C.A. Bervice Whist
Drive, 9 p.m.
SPORTS.(Bee. Page 2..
BUNRISE.-7.05 am,
8.05 p.m.
SUNSET.—
TIDES.-High at 11.57 and 22.40.
Low at 05.20 and 18.32.
TO-MORROW
MEETINGS.-St. Andrew's Church
Brownte Pack, 330 p.m. MISCELLANEOUS.—St.
Joseph's
College Annual Prize Giving, in the College Hall, 5.30 p.m. Youmati
Government School
Annual Prize Day, in the School Hall, 11 a.m,
MOON.-Chinese XII Moon.
Day,
5th.
| RELIGIOUS,—St. Andrew's Church Boys' Choir Practice, 6.30. p.m. ROTARY MEETING.--At Hong- kong Hotel Roof Garden, 1 p.m. SOCIAL-YMCA, Women's Bec-
tion Bewing Bee, 10a.m. SUNRISE 7.05
.6.04 p.m.
a.m. SUNSET-
TIDES.-High at 11.35 and" 2214.
Low at 04.48 and 15.58.
MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1939. —PAGE
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