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THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, MAY
CENTRAL THEATRE KING MAKES GOOD
TO-DAY to TUESDAY Daily at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m. THE YEAR'S BIGGEST LAUGH SENSATION !
SEE AMERICA
THIRST
T
The Biggest Laugh
in 10 Years!
SMILE Day.. GIGGLE Day CHUCKLE DSG 1, AUGH Day ROAR DAY „THRILL DO ... That's the day you see this play
HARRY LANGDON SUIT SUI MERVILLE
BESSIE LOVE
! Durned by
Willips Jus Crof
Also
*
Oswald, the Rabbit.
in
"Wicked West"
Charlie Murray &
George Sidney
in
Discontented Cowboys '
A Universul Comedy,
Starting Wed, May 6
GEORGE BANCROFT
10
ladies love Brutes
HARY ASTOR. FREDRIC MARCH A Garamount Picture
Two-Fisted taction win the women Bancroft amasban into a woman's heart and breaks out again. You can't judge man by the clothes he wears or a man'e heart by his manners. Boo why! And
get a bigger thrill than you
got in his other pictures.
COMING
A Universal Parbon
Thrill to his
love making!
SOON
Paramount's adventure Alm of wild animals
"RANGO"
Taken in Sumatra by Ernest G. Schoedsack the maker of "CHANG "
Booking at Anderson's and the Theatre, (Tel. 25720)
PROGRESS.
ANOTHER WALK IN CASTLE GROUNDS.
London, May 1.
EUROPEANS ATTACK RAND CLUB.
¡Continued from Pape 1.)
off quietly all over the country. In Waran, there was scarcely 11.at, the King, accompanied by Red murmur, the Queen, was again out in the Castle grounds at Windsor to-day,
FRANCE.
In bright sunshine before lunch, Everything was quiet both they took a walk, In the course of whlels they met Princess Elizabeth the capital and the provinces in out on her pony.
The King continues to make good progress.
were
"
2. 1931.
LONDON TRAFFIC
SCHEME.
UNDERGROUND APPROVES THE TERMS.
London. May 4
By a large majority, the share holders of the London Underground Rallway group have approved the proposed terms upon which the
in companies will be acquired under the scheme for the co-ordination of London's passenger transport the morning, though forly arrests under Public Board appointed by made in Paris of people the Minister of Transport.
distributing seditious caught
The terma were strongly re pamphlets. The afternoon too commended by the President, Lord Thes Priner of Wales to-day
passed off unusually quietly, the Ashfield, who, replying to critic iams, pointed out that the proposed receive the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Henderson, and the Dominions only incident in any way serious Board would be quite free. Secretary, Mr. Thomas, at York being a sctifle in the suburb of political interference.
Negotiations are slow in pro. House, and discussed with them Bezons, between Communists and his four to South America. The police. In the course of a melee, grean between the Transport Minis Prince, it is expected, will return to Police Commissioners, two try and the other undertakings in- to Windsor to spend the week-end constables, and several demon- with Their Majestica--British)
Wireless,
TRAIN COMEDY NEAR CAIRO.
WAFDISTS SAVED LONG WALK HOME.
strators were slightly injured. SOVIET RUSSIA.
Two days of May Day celebra- tions opened with a parade of Soviet troops in the Red Square. HUNGARY.
Elght thousand people partici- pated in an orderly demonstration and the day passed with no casualties and no trouble with thef police.
Cairo, May 1, The Wardists who rushed on a train bound for Tanta (the Wafd stronghold), in defiance of a Giov erament prohibition, and were, in- BULGARIA.
volved in the scheme.
froni
It is estimated that the Under- ground group carries nearly 2,000,- 000,000 passengers each year.- British Wireless.
CONSERVATIVE M.P. RETIRES.
SIX BYE-ELECTIONS NOW PENDING.
.
London, May 1. A bye-election at Stroud (Gloucestershire) is necessitated
by the retirement of the Conser vative member, Sir Frank Nelson.
atent, taken to a desolate region Despite intense Communist near Mokattam Hill, did not, as agitation-directed at the Diete- who has represented this constitu- at first reported, have walktorship of King Alexander-nos since 1924,
1924, he was a member of the
hortie
serious attempt Wit
to made
After a five hours' hait at Mokal-disturb the peace though one er tam Hill, the train proceeded to two minor incidents occurred, Mandi, a few miles from Cairo, AUSTRALIA.
Police Commandant, where tre Russell Pasha, induced the travel- lers to drtrain,--Renter.
Printed and Publlabed for the Proprietors by FamLICK PEROT FRANKLIN;-at-1--and 8.- Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria.
Hongkong.
WORLD'S TALLEST
SKYSCRAPER.
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING OPENED.
Twenty persons were arrested xt Brisbane while attempting to atage a denonstation forbidden by the authorities. INDIA.
Three thousand strikers demon- strated in the Bombay mill area. The remainder of the country took i little notice of May Day.--Reuter.
thereby switching on the lights throughout the skyscraper.-Ren- jeza American Service,
New York, May 1. The tallest skycraper in the world, consisting of 86 floora and known as the Empire State Build- ing, was opened to-day by Presi Illustrations of this mammoth dent Hoover, who pressed a button skyscraper appear in our Pictorial at the White House, Washington. Supplement to-day. J
KING'S
From 1922 to
Legislative Council of Bombay, being formerly a partner in the Arm of Symons, Barlow and Co.. Bombay.
At the last General Election, Shr Frank Nelson retained the sent by a majority of 6,972 in a three- cornered contest,
There are now six bye-elections pending-British Wireless.
NEW RECORD FLIGHT ATTEMPT.
AIRMAN LEAVES CAPE FOR CROYDON.
.
London, May 1. Mr. Tommy Rose, who left Cape- town early to-day in an effort to break the record flight to Croydon, reached Bulawayo this afternoon.
British Wireless.
THEATRE HONCKONC'S FINEST CINEMA
SHOWING TO-DAY.
at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
He knew those danger signals, tempting to dis- aster. But ho W&E reckless soldier of for- tune, playing for high atakes in the game of lova.
RENEGADES
Booking at the Theatre.
WARNER BAXTER
MYRNA LOY NOAH BEIRY
IN. -
FOX MOVIETONE DRAMA:
Tel. 25313 & 25330.
AT THE
Final Showings To-day
QUEEN'S At 2.30, 5.10, 7.16 & 9.10
That Laugh Riot with the Paris Label!
charming FIFI DORSAY
handsome BEGINALD DENNY
and this
grand cast!
Cili Edwards Yola d'Avril Sandra Bavel. Gos. Grossmit)
Farmsins, Diane and Madelon
Lore-making, laugh-making
son Dee! And when they meet those
throu Amirloom boyul. Teu
over!
4 Metro
MET
TALKING.
PICTURE
Those THREE
FRENCH
directed by \___"*.4. Harry BonuEGKÉ
Comopolitan GIRLS
Toduction
ADDED ATTRACTIONS
GUS VAN-JOE SCHENCK
NEWSREEL
TO-MORROW
You've heard beautiful voices on the screen before
BUT
Wait till
Lawrence
ARRONSON
·Never two
such
marvelous
voices in
one
picture!
TIBBETT
Grace
MOORE
sing “Lover Come Back
to Me” in the Ro- mantle Drama from the
Broadway Sinastı Hit-
NEW MOON
directed by JACK CONWAY
ADOLPHE MENJOU Roland Youn
Metro Goldwyn
TALKING