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CENTRAL THEATRE
FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY
Dally at 2.80, 5, 10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.
FIRST TIME TO BE SHOWN IN HONGKONG
A WHOLE JUNGLE FULL OF LAUGHSI THE FUNNIEST OF THEM ALL!
Just imagine Cohens & Kelly bunting wild animals and wilder women in the darkest jungles of Africa - and with a couple of jealous wives along, Sure! They're back again in their funniest romedy.
GEORGE SIDNEY
VERA GORDON
CHARLIE MURRAY
KATE PRICE
Directed by Vin Moore
THE
COHENS ANDKELLYS IN AFRICA
Showing To-morrow
HERE'S THA MAN! Whom two throbbingly beauti
Wat call "The Man I Lova!"* The can who can't shoose bolwunu Mary Brian's lovely charms and Bac Janova's
ting basuly.
ovo ln
THE MAN
LOVE
---with
MARY BRIAN RICHARD ARLEN BACLANOVA HARRY GREEN JACK OAKIE
a Guramount Picture
COMING SOON
HEAR MARY
BRIAN Ding her
love to this, oung Lera.aviator
nun appeal!
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1931
ARNOLD BENNETT DIES A TYPHOID VICTIM.
are
akili.
AIRMAN'S LUCKY.
ESCAPE. ZA
SIX DAYS AFLOAT ON SMALL RAFT.
BISCUIT ONLY FOOD.
(Continued from Page 1.) A Realist. Bennett was much influenced by the French realists. His "herous" of anything but paragons virtue. His point of view is that of the middle class and the type
Buenaventura. Mar, 23. of society which he depicts has Rescued after having floated on never been presented with such the aca for six and a half days His fantasins, as he called after his neruplane fell into the them, are full of humour, obvious ocean. Mr. L. Harahman, American romance, folly extravagance and aviator who was making a fight of South the quality which one critic calls down the west coust provinciality and another boylah-America, arrived here to-day to BOAR and which makes Bennett tell a gripping story of his ex- Invest the splendours of modern pariences. Londen with the romance of the bazaars
of Bagdad. In 1923, however, he showed in "Riceyman Steps" that he could parallel in a picture of sordid London Hite his best achievements in depicting the "Five Towns." "Lord Raingo," which appeared in 1926, is a novel of war-politics and intrigue of very mixed quality. Important living personalities are to be found in disguise in its cynient pages.
Master of Comedy.
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Mx. Harshman arrived aboard the steamship Cerico which scued him at 12.30 o'clock on Sun- day afternoon.
IRISH "SWEEP.”
A TEST CASE TO BE ARGUED.
1
An application raising the ques tion whether the sale of tickola in the Irish Free State Hospital sweepstake la not legal in Great Britain has been made in tho King's Bench Division.
the
The Registrar of Companies has refused to register the Irial Hos pitals Sweeps, Limited, on ground that the object of the con- cern in not legal: and Mr. Beyfus applied for a rale nisi calling on him to show why he should not be ordered to register it.
It was generally contended by the police and the Home Office, said 'Mr. ro-Boyfus, that it was legal to sell lottery tickets in England and prosecutions wore taken under the Act. of 1823.
While lying over the weR on told March 17, Mr. Harshman nowapaper correspondenta, kia gaaoline supplies were exhausted. dencened on Howan forced to
the water.
A number of Acts of Parliament passed between 1722 and 1886, how- ever, had not been repealed. Dur- ing that period State lotteries were For eleven hours the aviator's conducted in England and Ireland aeroplane floated. Then, becom- as a means of revenue, and Section ing waterlogged and badly atrain-41 of the Act of 1823 was to pre- ed by the buffeting of the waves, vent comuetition by foreign lot- the fragile craft sank. Just 20-teries fore his ship went down Harshman took to a rubber emer- meney life raft which he carried. On the frail rubber boat he floated for six days until he was decks of the sighted from the
and latteries conducted Mr. within his Majesty's dominions but
unauthorised by the statuċ.
"Authorised by Parliament."
Mr. Beyfus submitted that lot- tery authorised by the Parliament of the Irish Free State was a legal
Lord
His plays showed him as master of modern comedy, but his sense of the theatre proved too strong to allow him to put forward original ideas. "The Great Ad- venture," dramatised in 1913 from his novel "Buried Alive" was a Cerico. brilliant success, as was "Mile- While he was floating, without lottery. He added that by an Act water, Aeveral nero- f 1802 the sale of lottery tickets stones" with Knoblock). What food and the Public Wants" was a clever planes passed not far from him,"not authorised by Parlianient" wRS satire on modern journalism. In Mr. Harshman said, but despite prohibited.
Howart (Lord Chief: "Judith" he gave a medernised his best efforts to attract attention version of the Bible story.
Hapilots failed to see him, Several
Justice) That meant the Parlla- near Mr.
ub-ment of this country. other plays include The Love vessels alno sailed
not Match", "Body and Soul". "The Harahman but he was
the Borved until
Cerico came Mr. Beyfun: In my submission, the In an Act of 1787 are Honeymoon", "Cupid and Common-
along. sense" (dramatised from "Anna of
Rain and poor visibility caused words "whereas all lotteries not the Five Towns" and "London many searchers to fail to sight the established by Act of Parliament
plight in Great Britain
Ireland." distressed aviator, whose He met his future wife, Mme. was hourly growing increasingly When there were two Parliaments Solie in 1908 in Paris where he serious. When he was found Mr. between 1787, and 1800-one in moved among musicians and Harshman's distress signals were England and the other in Dublin- artists, the former
including almost exhausted. His only ra- I can show you, by reference to Ravel. He himself was R
Acts passed in those years, that fine tion was a plece of hard biscuit, pianist. made watercolour And
any decision of the English Parlia- black and white sketches,
ment directed against the sale of wrote a beautiful engrossing hand
tickets in foreign lotteries did not prohibit the sale in this country of which dated from his legal days.
tickets in lotteries authorised by the Irish Parliament.
Life" (with Knoblock).
The flier was on the verge of and complete exhaustion when he was found but he recovered rapidly aboard the rescue ship.
A horn organiser, he was for a time a director of the Ministry of Information during the war. In- terested at one period in theatri enl management he called his theatre the "Regent" after that in the book of the same name. Like Wells, he lived in Essex. While he thought work the only thing worth living for he loved luxury und knew how to make the best:
NO LICENCE FOR A PRINTING PRESS.
COMMUNISTIC DOCUMENTS
SEIZED.
On a charge of being in ponses-
of life. He could only write in sion of a printing preas without tidly surroundings and wherever a licence, a Chinese of 15. Hee Jie went carried a notebook' to.ro. Wong Terrace was fined $300, with cord impressions. Reuter and the alternative of three months' hard labour, by Mr. Williams at the Central Police Court this morning.
1.B.S
ANOTHER MUI-TSAI
PROSECUTION.
GIRL WHO COMPLAINED OF ILL-TREATMENT.
no.
от
Lord Hewurt: You may take a rule nisi at your peril.
AMERICA'S BEER.
£96,000 TAX APPEAL
The Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council recently dealt with tion of bear exported by a Cana- question arising out of the taxa- United into the dian brewery States.
The Supreme Court of Canada Chief Detective Inspector A. N. Reynolds, who appeared for the had ordered the Carling Export London, Company, of police, told his Worship that the Brewery documents seized had been trans- Ontario, to pay £95,000 in taxes, lated but contained no sedition, al-interest and penalties on beer sold though they were highly Communia. between 1924 and 1927.
"Goods manufactured for ex- tic. A raid was carried out on the third Hoor of 15, Hee Wong Street port" and "goods exported" are A Chinese woman was charged at 6.45 am. on Friday, March 20 exempted from tax but the Cana
under
sedition warrant. The po- dan Government contended that this mean goods exported through before Mr. Schofield, at the Central lice had to break down the door to
with Magistracy this morning,
gain admission and two of three the normal and lawful channels of keeping an unregistered mui-tsai.
men who were on the premlees at-trade, and not the transportation It was stated that the girl was tempted to escape by the roof, but of goods in violation of the laws
of a friendly State. originally sold 13 years ago to a they were subsequently caught.
Their lordships were of opinion man who in turn sold her to the de The printing press and the docu- fendant, this being about seven ments seized were found in a rear that the company had established
Since then she had room and on the defendant admit their claim to exemption been living with the defendantting that he was the principal ten-garded 83 per cent, of the amount. helping her to repair shoes-that ant, he was arrested. being her occupation-and doing general household work.
vuara
ago.
of the press, but denied
『
Wings"! Floar Baclanova's
Richard-
delici. II eur Arlet
The defendant admitted posses sion The girl ran away yesterday ownership. morning owing to alleged ill-treat- ment. She went to her aunt, and they both reported to the Anti- Mui-tsal Society which informed the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs,
arow his devotion! Hear the screaming Harry Green-Jack Oskia fun!
Galaxy of British Stars in British
"TALKIE."
Produced in a British Studio.
"ALF'S BUTTON
A Gaumont British All-Dialogue. Production
Directed by W. P. KELLINO
featuring
TUBBY EDLIO, AGF GODDARD
NORA SWINBURNE & POLLY WARD
Sued on WA, DARLINGTON'S
Famous Fares Extravaganza.
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Booking at Ander i's & The Theatre. Tel. 28720)
~Printed, and Published for the Proprietors by Fammick Por nikam Street, in the City of Victoria FRANKLIN, at 1 and
EXCHANGE RATES.
Mr. Schofield:-Is there anything | Paris..
In the girl's allegations?
Geneva.
The S.C.A. representative replied Berlin. that there was not enough to bring | Oslo
Athens.
Previous Day. Yesterday.
.124.224
.25.25%
a charge. The girl had been ex-Helsingfors. amined, but only small bruises, or Buenos Aires...39.6/32 marks were found on her which might have been caused by any- thing.
Shanghai. New York. Amsterdam. After being informed that the de- Stockholm. fendant was on a balt of $50, his Vienna. Madrid. Worship inflicted a fine of $40.
Rucharest
VOLUNTEER DEFENCE
CORPS.
PROMOTIONS NOTIFIED IN "GAZETTE.”
The Gazette notifles that his Ex- cellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following pro. motions in the Hongkong Volun- toor Defonco Corps, in the follow ing order of seniority:
Second Lieutenant J. H. Bottom ley to be Lieutenant,
Second Lieutenant H. G. Wil Hams to be Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant L. F. Nichol Ron to be Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant E. G. Stewart 10 ba 'Ideutenant.
Second Lieutenant D. M. Richards to be Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant J, F. Wright to be Lieutenant,
SUGAR MARKET.
As re-
THE LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS.
The following cable at the close 124.22cf the sugar market yesterday has 25.25 been received by Mesara, Pen- 40.38% treath and Co.
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92.76
Montevideo. Hongkong Brussels...
Milan
.3.11/10 Rio.... Bombay
.1/6.27/32 Yokohama. .2/0.10/82 Silver (spot)...13%
(forward) 18
1/01%
108.25
London Terminals.
March 1982 7/4 up 1%d. May 1931 6/5% up 1d. August 1031 6/8% up 1d. December 1931 7/-up 16.
New York Terminals. March 1932 1.68 no change. May 1981 1.30 no change. July 1981 1.44 no change. July 1931 1.51 no change Decomber 1931 1.00 no change.
3.25/12 The annual Inspection of the long- 1/5.27/02 kong Police Foree by Hills Excellency 2/0.13/32 the Governor will take place on Mon-
13% day afternoon at 9 p.m., 13.7/10
-British Wireless.
Included In Volunteer Orders, published elsewhere in this issue,
The Kowloon Football Club aro giving a dinner danco at the Peninsula Hotel on the 15th inst. Members are requested to book their tickets im mediately.
should be a notification to the effect The Nursing Division of St John that all members of the Corps who Ambulance Brigade. Overseas wish to compete in the flongkong conducting a street meciation cam Tufo Lengue and revolver match paign for children on Sunday morn should forward their names at once ings, commencing March 29. to the Adjutant.
"A brown and white Pekinesa dog: The forthcoming wedding is an was found straying in Nathan Road, nounced of Mr. Frederick Hardy and near Haiphong Boad yesterday. Neale, Repulse Bay Hetal, to afternoon. It was taken by the Anna Iris Maria Assarett, s/o Lloyd Police to the Talm-tea-taal Station, Triesting Navigation Company, Kiu where the owner should make applica klang Road Shanghai,
tlon for its recovery",
AMUSEMENTS
AT THE
OF HONGKONG.
QUEEN'S
A NIGHT OF MAÐ
REVELRY--
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY:
At 9.30, 8.00, 7.15 # 9.29.
MADAM
SATA
Silken
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awakening of Love!
darlog
CA GERED
love triangle as revelrios modera as to-morrow... riotous comedy .. al played against the spectacular setting of a mask. ed ball on a Zeppaiin which is wrecked
'Talkie worthy of
De Mille! CECIL B.
De MILLE'S
amazing production
by JEANIE MacPHERSON
toith
KAY JOHNSON, REGINALD DENNY, LILLIAN ROTH.- KOLAND YOUNG
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer ALL TALKING PICTURE
TO-MORRÒW
COHENS KELLYS
SCOTLAND
- UNIVERSAL PICTURE
£2 with Charlie
MURRAY
and George
SIDNEY VERA GORDON
and KAXIERICHTE
THEY'RE together agala
the world's ・ "most" famous comedy troepe. The original Cobens and Kellys.. the folks, who, made the whole world langh in the first "Colema and Kelly". › Chert in the biggest, bort sind funniest of them all. Can you imagine them all in klits?. Trying to outsmart zwart ? Scotsmen? · Each trying to put it over-om the other? It's the "fuumlest Sectch story of them allow told in w: sorsamingly hilarious picture that has moments of drama pethod that wi· the finest
WILLIAM
CAR
Bebe Daniels
SWIM GIRL SWIM
a Faramount pwiare