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The Year's Merriest Comedy Show Astounding in Sheer Spectacular Beauty.
THE
Topping
their success
in
"RIO RITA
Now in the Greatest Frolic of all time...
BERT
WHEELER
and ROB'T
WOOLSEY
CUCKOOS
A thousand gags
and every one
a riot-stupend-
ous cast of 1500
singers, dancers
and comedians—
iun show of the
age.
Ravishing Choruses of Gorgeous Girls Nine New Songs to Hum & Whistle Dazzling Scenes in Technicolor
A Super Production at Popular Prices.
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Booking at Anderson's & The Theatre.
NEXT CHANGE
A PARAMOUMT SOUND
RICHARD DIX in "REDSKIN
PICTURE
"
A Romantic Episode of the
GOLDEN WEST Photographed in Startingly Beautiful Natural Colors
A Stirring Picture which will not seen be forgotton.
MAURICE CHEVALIER
in
"The Love Parade."
An Ernst Lubitsch production.
with JEANETTE MACDONALD LUPINO LANE ..... LILLIAN ROTH
Hear Chevalier sings six song hits! See him make love. In the screen's orginal musical-romance- The roguish love-affair of a beautiful queen. Smart Mirthful! Melodious!
At
TO-DAY, at 2.30, 5.30, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
A MAJESTIC
The
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Bor Plan at Montrie's, and at Theatre.
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THE
'HONGKONG | TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, OCTOBER
ARMÍSTICE DAY OBSERVANCE.
RELIGIOUS SERVICE AT THE
HONGKONG CENOTAPH.
BRITISH EXAMPLE TO WORLD.
PRINCE TALKS ON THE COMMONWEALTH;
THIS YEAR'S CHANGE.; A LEAGUE OF UNITED BUT
official!
INDEPENDENT NATIONS.
31, 1930.
·LOCAL" MOTORIST CAUTIONED.
SPEEDING ON AN OLD MOTOR-CAR.
TIFFIN-TIME RUSH.
Mr. H. Kuhrt, of the China Export and Import and Bank Com- pany, was summoned before. Mr.
To `ensure that the observance of Armistice Day in Hongkong shall be as nearly as possible identical with that in London, a departure is being made CONFERENCE. REPORTS Butters, at the Kowloon Magi
London, Oct. 30.
stracy this morning, for having driven car No. 612, along Waterloo this year in the usual Cenotaph
Road in a manner dangerous, to at ceremony on November 11.
The British Commonwealth of the public on October 12, Instead of the ceremony being, confined to the laying of wreaths Nations was held up as an exam-1.15 p.m. after the Two Minutes Silence; ple to the world by H.R.H. the
St.
Traffic Sergeant Clarke suid the official religious services, which Prince of Wales at a dinner held the defendant turned into Water- has previously been held in in the Guildhall under the aus-loo Road from Prince Edward John's Cathedral, will this year bepices of the League of Nations Road. He noticed that the defen- included in the Cenotaph obser- Union, at which all the Domin-dant was speeding round the bend,
vance.
cycle up to near the railway .it
will be conducted by local ions were represented by emin-and followed him on his motor clergy, with choir and members of ent persons. the Philarmonic Society in atten- The Prince pointed out that the bridge, when the defendant slow- ed down. Witness's speedometer hour. singing. Im-gathering represented one-fourth registered 46 miles an dance to lead the
of of the eutire human race, com-Sergeant North was in his side mediately after the sounding "Reveille" by the Somerest Light prising different races, languages car. The road is very broad and Infantry, which follows upon the land conditions, maintaining their fairly straight. There were a few and one ΟΣ two Silence, the whole assembly will separate nationalities and pursu-pedestrians sing the hymn "O God our Helping their own method of develop-vehicles on the road.
The defendant said it was the This will be followed by prayer, jment. the pronouncement of the Blessing, They had, said the Prince.tiffin hour and he was in a hurry. and the singing of the National passed beyond, the stage at which He was driving an old Fiat car, it was the duty of a nation which was one of the first of its Anthem.
The other arrangements for the vehemently to assert its indepan kind to come to Hongkong, and it solemn observance take a similar dence. "They settle. their differ- could not exceed over 40 miles his He estimated table, and if a ences round a form to those of past years.
From a plan which has been quarter of the human race has speed at 55 kilometers (approxi officially drawn up. His Excellency thus proved the practicability of amately 33 miles an hour).. the Governor, accompanied by the true League of united but indepen-had been driving for six years and General. Officer Commanding, the dent nations, is it mero idealism had never been in Court for any Officer Commanding R. A. Fto hope that the remaining three- and the Commodore. R. N., A. D.fourths will be able to tread the C... Indian. Orderly Officers and same path?"-Reuter. Members of the Legislative Councils will form up on the South side of the Cenotaph
Executive and
Imperial Schemes,
London, Oct. 30.
an
hour.
He
Mr. Butters discharged the de- motoring offence. fendant with a caution.
IMPORTANT ARMY APPOINTMENTS.
NEW ADJUTANT-GENERAL TO
in front of the Supreme Court The bends of the delegations to whilst the Pipers and Bugiers, the Imperial Conference will meet together with Royal Naval Officers to-morrow to receive and consider and Detachments, Foreign Armies such reports as have been com-
THE FORCES. and Navies. Consular Services and pleted by the Committees catrust- Royal Merchant Navy will standfed with detailed examination of
London, Oct. 30. on the East side.
the questions on the agenda.
Inter-Imperial constitutional will be the] Opposite to them
The War Office announces the clergy, choir, Army detachments, questions were referred to a Com- R. A. P. II. K. V. D. C., Scouts, cittee under Lord Chancellor appointment of General Sir Archi- Girl Guides and St. John Ambu-Sankey, and its Drafting Con-bald Montgomery-Massingherd to presented draft be Adjutant-General to the Forces, to General Sir. succession in lance, and on the north side will mittee to-day
reports on various aspects of its be the band of the S. L. 1.
All troops and representative work. The completed part of Walter Braithwaite.-British Wire- bodies are specially requested to draft report constitutes a lengthy less
[The new Adjutant-General has be in their positions nat later and highly technical document
sections dealing held the Southern Command since than 10.45. His Excellency will and includes arrive ten minutes later and after with the operation of Dominion 1928. He served in the South African Pipers of the Argyll and Legislation, nationality, the ques War, being wounded and mentioned in he was nine times mentioned in des- Sutherland Highlanders
have tion of channels of communication despatches, whilst in the Great War to be used between His Majesty's patches, given the C.B. and K.C.M.G. played the Lament "Flowers the Forest, the Silence will Government and Dominion and decorations, as well as French and observed, succeeded by the service. Coreign Governments, and ques- American honours. He was Deputy
to from 1920 1952 and Colonel- and finally the placing of wreaths tions affecting the position of Chief of the General Staff in India.
Governors-General. and tributes at the foot of the
The Sankey Committee has de- Commandant, of the R.A. in 1927.] menument by H. E. the Governor.)
Indian Appointment. ecided
to request further time and his attendants, who will
before its final report is sent on to followed by representatives.
His Excvijency will depart after the heads of the delegations. This ceremony, and after the clergy and troups have departed, civi- lians may then lay wreaths.
the
7
Alternatives to Tariff.
of
London, Oct. 30. The appointment of Lieutenant General Sir Kenneth Wigram ast Chief of the General Staff in The Committee on Inter-India, in succession to Lieutenant Imperial Economic Co-operation General Sir Cyril Deverell, with to-day approved the reports of effect from 21st March next, has sub-committees which have been been approved.-British Wireless.
the examining
possibility
[Lieut. General. Sir Wigram, C.B. employing methods alternative to C.S.I., has been commanding the | tarif, such as quota bulk pur-Waziristan District in India since chase, import boards and exten- 1926. His service includes the N.W. sion of the work of the Empire Frontier, 1897-98; Tirah, 1897-98; Athens, Oct. 30.
Marketing Board to specific com-Waziristan, 1901-02; Tibet (march to canned Lhasa), 1903-04; and the European General Pangalds, the former modities-canned fruit.
War: His service since the Great. Dictator of Greece, was arrested at fish, fresh fruit, and dairy pro-war has been entirely in India].
now The Committee is his residence in Eleusis to-day duce. following the discovery of a plot engaged on its general report to
REVOLUTION PLOTTED IN GREECE. FORMER DICTATOR PLACED UNDER ARREST.
The Water Authority advertises to restore him to power with the the Eends. aid of insurgent ferees.
The Overseas Settlement Com-that the Rider Mains in the Districts The police made arrests clse-mittee has completed its report, West of Eastern Street will be where, but a number of the con-which reviews the whole problem closed on Monday, November 3. A spirators escaped owing to a mem-of State-assisted migration within constant supply from fountains will be maintained from that date, in ber of the Government forces sur-the Empire.
these districts. rounding their headquarters, ac- cidentally letting off his ride-
Reuter.
Schemes Considered. Organisations set up both in the the training of intending over- Dominions and in Britain, and the seas settlers in England.,
There are three of the large The Eastern Extension Tele-measures taken to ensure that the
of migrants is of training centres in existence, in graph Co. has been advised by its settlement Head Office that the estimated advantage to themselves and to addition to five hostels for young traffic receipts of the imperial the countries in which they settle, women and eight for boys. This and International Communication have been closely examined. These elaborate system has been review-
which it Limited during September were include assisted passages, with ed, and the Committee has com-
employment, scheme pleted its report, in £424,138 compared with receipts assured
to the
et £483.985 in September last such as the 3,000 families scheme views are expressed as year. The aggregate receipts in Canada, the similar and more wisdom of keeping the machinery from January to September were recent scheme in New Brunswick, of the present economic condi- 54,080,171 this year and £4,599,485 schemes to encourage juvenile tions throughout the Empire-- in 1929.
settlers, and various schemes for British Wireless.
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TALKING PICTURE
The Star of the
Metropolitan. Opera in a thril-
ling masterpiece
of the talking
screen?
LAWRENCE TIBBETT
L
The ROGUE SONG
with CATHERINE DALE OWEN, STAN LAUREL, OLIVER HARDY. Directed by LIONEL BARRY. MORE Music by Franz Lehar and Herbert Stothart. Entirely in TECHNICOLOR
NEXT CHANGE.
DARING, ADORABLE JOAN IN A WESTERN SINGING
TRIUMPH!
JOAN CRAWFORD
Here's the greatest show- buy in town!
The thrillingest star in her most daring film
PLUS
1-Litting abg hits by the 'writers of 'Broadway Melody
and 'Devil-May-Care'l 2-Band of 30 cowboys in real prairie chants and balladı! 3-An all-star cast!'
JOHN MACK BROWN DOROTHY SEBASTIAN BENNY RUBIN
CLIFF EDWARDS
MONTANA MOON
ᎪᎢ
THE
Original, say and smernity by Speake Thalberg and Freak Butler. Dilogue by
Joe Paskam. Directed by Marain Si, Claw.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
ALL TALKING PICTURE
See AL JOLSON The Singing Fool
16 BETTY BRONSON and JOSEPHINE DUNN
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