YOU
14
CENTRAL
THEATRE
TO-DAY
TO SATURDAY
At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m.
HEAR
THE SINNING LADY OF "THE DOCTOR'S - SECRET" THE FIGHTING, LADY IN
"MADAM, X" AND NOW
Beware a Laughing Lady, Men!
RUTH
Divaros, with manda?, Mrik et bar with a force that starrero bar. But the firbts back with the
Lower she can com→ And Abe laugh as the bat
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'THE LAUGHING LADY
CLIVI
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a Guramount Picture
Starting Sunday, April 19
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is NOW
The Great Emotional Actress!
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EVERY GIRL IN LOVE-EVERY LOVE LORN YOUTH-EVERY MAN AND WOMAN will want to see this startling revelation of the love intrigues of the beautiful ladies of the most romantic court of Europe.
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BOUDOIR DIPLOMAT
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with
BETTY COMPSON-IAN KEITH
MARY DUNCAN-JEANETTE LOFF
LIONEL BELMORE~LAWRENCE GRANT
IVERS
RETURES
The Affairs of a Master Lover.
IT'S A 1931 UNIVERSAL SUPER-PRODUCTION
Booking af Anderson's & the Theatre (Tel. 25720)
Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PEROT FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street, In the City of Victoria Hongkong.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY,
FATAL MOTORING
MISHAP.
AGED CHINESE KNOCKED.
DOWN BY EUROPEAN.
BRITAIN GRANTS
RELIEF.
AUSTRALIAN WAR DEBT PAYMENTS,
London, Apr. 15.
In response to a request by the UNLICENSED DRIVER.Commonwealth Government In view of the Commonwealth's finan-
His Majesty's)
201 aged Chinese. The
next.
of
APRIL
16, 1931.
TO SAVE RURAL ENGLAND.
PLANNING BILL BEFORE THE COMMONS.
TORY APPROVAL. Mr. W. R. Hawes, who recently clat diffleuities,
London, Apr. 15. Look
แก appointment as Government have agreed that the
In the House of Commons, the ground engineer at the Flying payments by the Commonwealth to Minister of Health, Mr. Arthur Club at Kai Tack, was concerned Grent Britain under the War Debt
Greenwood; · moved the second in a fatal motor neeldent yester-Funding Agreement
1921 reading of the Town and Country day, on the Saikung Road, when, amounting to £5,500,000 shall be planning Bill, which gives local driving
car, he knocked down reduced by over £1,600,000 during authorities control of the further victim each of the next two financial development of all land in Grent received injuries from which he years, beginning September 30 Britain and provides for the pre- died atmust immediately.
nervation of rural Amenities, The facts, as brought out by The period of the repayment of buildings and objects of beauty. police investigations, were that the principle of the debt will be He said In the next five years ale. Hawes was driving a car be extended by a period of two years. building expenditure would be longing to the Flying Club along This was announced in the perhaps £10,000,000 and with y the Sackung Rond.
House of Commons to-day by Mr. bulling
that programme of At a point near Sha TI Vu xil- J.fl. Thomas, the Dominions Serre-magalude the importance of inster, uvertank an elderly Chi-tary, who added that the Austra-planning ahead was evident. The bese proceeding in the same dires: ¡ian Government had expressed ap- economic loss of failure to or- tion me the car. What followed is preciation of the friendly spirit of gagise development would be not clear, but it appears that the the offer, which had been accepted, colossal. They must secure for moboris and some dilleulty in
|_| |--Reuter. nvoking the man whose my
nents, when he became aware of the approach of the ear, were erratic. Finally, he was knocked down and received hend injuries which proved fatal.
In un oficial report issued to- day by the police in connexion with the case, it is stated that Mr. Hawes does not possess a driver's
The man who was killed, was 71 years of age. He lived at Taiwan village, in the Kowloon City diss trket.
A REAL ROCKET PLANE.
ASCENDS 6,000 FEET AND RETURNS.
Osnabrueck. Apr. 15.
EXTRALITY TALKS CONTINUE.
NO STATEMENT POSSIBLE AT PRESENT.
London, Apr. 15. Replying in the House of Com mons to Sir Kingsley Wood (Cont. Woolwich West). Mr. Arthur Henderson, the Foreign Secretary, stated that the nexo- Lintions with the Nanking Govern- ment with regard
to extrality were still proceeding.
He was not, however, yet in a position to make any statement on the subject.-Reuter.
the nation wise economic develop. mont and proper conditions of healthy life and prevent the desecration of rural England by a conscious policy of national planning.
For the Conservatives, Mr. Neville Chamberlain gave generai approval to the main objects of the Bill-British Wireless.
AUSTRO-GERMAN UNION.
DR. CURTIUS TO EXPLAIN ITS MOTIVES.
London, Apr. 15.
AT THE
C. HONGKONG
QUEEN'S TO-DAY to SATURDAY
What right
have we to
romance
after marriage?
At 2.80, 5.10, 7,16 & 9.20 ·
Strictly Unconventional
In the Ilmuse of Commons, reply. ing to a number of questions on Nanking, Apr, 10. The Chihli Kuomintang Council the proposed Austro-German Cus toma Union, the Foreign Minister, has telegraphed lo the
sultation with the President of the Bourd of Trades, Mr. Graham, on the economic aspects of the propos
Nan-
king Foreign Ministry urging Mr. Henderson, said he was in con-
ex-
the
the Government to adopt Claimed by its inventor, an aerdrastic
mensurex in securing omutical engineer named Rein-
the relinquishment of hold Tilling, to be "real rocket trality by declaring the abolitioned Union. plane," because it returns near to of all such privileges.
A Genera telegram to-night says its starting-point, a
rocket new
Dr. Curtius has intimated to The Kuomintang officials regard League Secretariat that he will ex was tried out here to-day.
The rocket reached a height of the lack of an immediate and satis-pials the motives of the Austro- 6.000 feet, where it automatically factory reply from the U.S. and German agreement in the European unfolded two wings and glided to French authorities and the inop Committee on May 15th, in a dia the earth undamaged,
portune departure from China of cussion on the failure of the Com- The rocket is propelled by pow-the Japanese Minister as attempts mercial Convention drafted by the der, and the inventor contemplates to protract the negotiations to the Conference for concerted economie constructing one capable of carry-disadvantage of the Nationalist action, in March last year.)
Government. ing a man. --- Reuter.
British Wireless.
HONCKONC'S FINEST CINEMA
THE
LAUGH WEEK!
Monkey business is great! Smile stocks are booming! Only Ola Man Gloom is out of work! When the most delightful auta that ever escaped strait jackets come to town in their brand new cyclone of comedy. Funnier than "The Cacoanuta." The whole town will shriek with laughter when they ace the mer ty, mad new creations of
MARK
BROTHERS
"Animal Crackers"
A Paramount Pictur
Showing To-day
at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15
& 9.30 p.m.
PRICES Including Tax
Loge Seala $2.20 Drésa Circle $ 1.70 Back Stalla$ 1.10 Front Stalla 50
Booking at the Theatre only
Tel. 25313 & 25330.
Patrons are requested to call for reserved seats
Afteen minutes before com- mencementof performance. No reservations can be guaranteed after that hour,
with
Lewis Stone
Catherine
Dale Owen
Paul
Cavanagh
Eraest
Torrence
MOST romances that we see on the screen end with marriage-but here is one that starts with marriage!
An all-star, all-talking pro- duction of W. Somerset Maugham's "The Circle" which held Broadway spell- bound for two years as В stage play!
Its daring and truth will set everyone talking!
ADDED ATTRACTIONS
CHARLIE CHASE COMEDY
SPECIALETTE
Glaum
TALKING
PROTZELA
M-G-M REVUE
A Galaxy of Song Artists
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A $6.60 Attraction The laugh tornado that cost New Yorkers $6.60 soat now show ing at popular prices. America's loveliest beauties; the most dazz- ling of spectacles and comedy's paak funster in the merri-at myth ever told. A wonder of wondora i
EKORENZ ZIEGFELD
SAMUEL GOLDWYN
EDDIE
CANTOR
WHOOPEE
Founded upon the
One by WÄLTER DONALDSON
GUS KAHNE
stags playTMby' Owen WILLIAM ANTHONY MCGUIRE
Davis sufilled “THE NERVOUS WRECK " Based upon the story *** THE WRECK" by E. J. Rath 'in collaboration with Robert E. Davis Prodused on the slags hy Lawls * Gordon.
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HEAR THE SONG, HITS! MY BABY JUST CARES FOR ME": "MAKING WHOOPEE" "THE GIRL FRIEND