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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
QUALITY
OFTEN EXPENSIVE
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1924.
If walls could
“only speak, what
a tale those of
an Arabian harem
might tell!
A Nightmare after reading
Arabian Nights would be apt description of
ONE
ARABIAN
NIGHT"
The Screen version of the famous spectacio Sumurun " With
KOWLOON HOTEL.
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First Class Billard Room & Saloon Bar.
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FRANK L. COOKE, Proprietor.
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ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING,
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HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERS.
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THE EUROPE
SINGAPORE.
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HOTEL.
DANCING AFTER DINNER,
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TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS,
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IN "Three Castles" CIGARETTES
THE TWO ARE HAPPILY COMBINED
POLA
NEGRI
POLA
NEGRI
As the Dancing Girl
It is showing Today till Saturday
at usual times and prices at
THE
CORONET
It is NOT for Children
STAR THEATRE
Commencing TONIGHT at 9.15
The Celebrated Continental Entertainer
ROBERT BORES
and his
WORLD FAMOUS VARIETY COMPANY "THE SHOW THAT IS DIFFERENT
A fitile bit of everything in Variety
QUICK CHANGES IMPERSONATIONS
SPECTACULAR ILLUSIONS
NE
ARTHUR E. ODELL, Manager.
Queen's Theatre.
PLEASURE HOUSE DE-LUXE;"
TO-DAY,
at 2.30, 5,15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m. Miss Genevieve Felix
-'in
The LADY of MONSOREAU"
in 7 parta'
A Beautiful Colour Photoplay adapted from the French Novel by Alexandre Dumas
USUAL PRICES
To-morrow Change Programme,
METRO presents MILTON SILLS
IN
The Forgotten Law
Booking at Theatre.
TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY. Newman, of whom she has many Baecdotes to tell. She enjoys ro- Perhaps the most notablo oon-markable health, is in possession tamarino in London to-day of all her faculties, and has a Elizabeth. Underwood vigour of speech and an alertness Lasie, of Goorge-street, Portman-that would be romarkable, in a mikaro, W.1, who is 103. Miss much younger woman. She ente Lilo is descended from an old and sloops well, and until last year country family, and was a woll was able to enjoy a daily stroll known figure in Society in the in the quister of the adjoining ly Victorian days. She was streets. When she reached ber poented, at Court, and came 100th year she received slotter ut contact with many of the of congratulation, from the El cussat ones and, women of her, and Queen. She passes most of her Among them, Disraeli, timelooking' si the passers-by or How, Dlokens, Cardinal roading books, Shakespeare's
WEATHER REPORT.
EXCHANGE.
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May 15d. 11h. 10m.-Pressure has dooreased considerably from Vladivostook to contral and N.E. Dimaad Japan. It has increased slightly 60 d/a...... from Shanghai to Foochow, and to d/t... is nearly stationary from Hong kong to N. Indo-China and over the Philippines.
The northorn depression has moved into the Sea of Japan.
A wedge of rolatively high prossuro lice over the Yangtze Valley
Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day, 3.12 inch. Total since January lét. 15.14 inchos. against an average of 16.22 inchos.
FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.
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moderato
3 H'kong to Gap generally
. Rook..............overcast,
4 South coast of
China between
H.K. & Hainan
rain.
T. F. CLAXTON, Director,
Hongkong, May 15.
works she is very fond of
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intended for anothar lady, came Japan.
Jipta
to her by mistake..
Miss Lisla's advice to peoplo who would live long is to be moderato in all things.
Gabriele D'Annunzio, whose promotion to princely rank has just been announced, pays groat attention to his dross, and some timo ago a Noapolitan paper published an amusing inventory
0.4.A. Japan ♣ Shanghai
For Shanghai, Japan, Canada, 0.9.2
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JUGGLING
ACROBATICS
Surrounded by gorgeous stage settings aud beautiful costumes. Conceded by press and public
'THE MOST VERSATILE COMPANY-IN-THE-WORLD” POPULAR PRICES: $3, $2, & $1 Booklog at The Star.
—————Picture at 5.30.
PRISCILLA
DEAN
"DRIFTING"
Metro's Big Game Picture
...
NONE OF IT WAS TAKEN IN A ZOO
FROM
TO-DAY till SATURDAY AT THE
WORLD THEATRE
Mr. and Mrs. MARTIN JOHNSONS
Trailing African Wild Animals
IN 7 REELS
IN VIVID CONTRAST TO SO MANY, AFRICAN GAME PISTURES BEING SHOWN, II 16 A REAL NATURAL HISTORY PRODUCTION WITH NO BUNK OF ANY BORT CHOCK FULF OF BEAUTY, AND THRILLS.
IT MERITS A GREATER SUCCESS THAN ANY AFRICAN PICTURE HAS EVER HADAN-
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