16
CENTRAL
THEATRE
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
At 2.80, 6.10, 7.16 & 9.20 p.m.
A GRAND DOUBLE ATTRACTION!
STRANGEIT ROMANCE EVER FIMEDI
The Loves the Loves—the Vengeance and Triumphs of the People of the Truchless Congo. A Panorama of Country, Soni ruality and Amazing Fours of Healm.
Africa Speaks!
COLUMBIA PICTURE
THRILLING I SENSATIONAL DIFFERENT !
THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, : DECEMBER 22, 1931.
HERE is mysteri
Afrion brought to you audibly as well an vually For the Arst time you actually hear the roaring lionst,rupat ing olephants and barking zebra. la imagination you join in the woird rites and customs of straugo peuple of the trackles jungios. You'll never forget this amazing
uus, glamorou
The Smartest Entertainment of the Season. DICK LEUTERIO and HIS CAPITOLIANS
(A Piramount Picture Orchestra in Hollywond.) PROGRAMME:
1. SHOOTIN STARS
2.
The intest bit in New York with something
different aelody.)
CAN YOU READ BETWEEN THE LINES ́(A sweet music with violin duet)
3. AY KALISUD——JAZZ Music
(Arranged by Paul Whiteman of New York)
4. CHINESE JUMBLES-MODERN MUSIC
(Arranged by Dick Louterio himself Lyric by
Apolo Arevalo.)
5. BOUNCIN' AROUND
(Rocord arrangement and play by Dick f.cuterio's
Capitolians Columbia Records.)
The Combination of the Orchestra:
Mr. Apolo Arevalo,
Mr. Isabelo Sevilla,
Piano, Mr. Dick Leuterio,
Isb. alto saxophone, Baritone, clarinet and eigger.
2nd. Tenor saxophone, Baritone, clarinet
and singor.
Mr. Wonoosiao Tobias Urd. alto saxophone, Baritone, clarinet
Mr. Santos Mondez,
Mr. Bernardo Guerra,
Mr, Moises Expoleta,
Mr. Gregorio Alberto.
Mr. Larry Ruli
and violin.
Trapet and guitar player.
2nd Trumpet and singer.
Trombone ad Tenor saxophone.
Buss, Tuba Jelienne, and Counter Busa. Drumm, Traps and singer.
PRICES AS USUAL!
BOOK EARLY! Telephone No. 25720.
Note: -Music programme completely changea with the change
of pleture.
HONGKONG
SILVER SLIGHTLY EASIER.
HONGKONG DOLLAR
DECLINES.
There are signs of cusier con-
ditions on the silver market, but when the market opened, thi morning these were not reffect-1 -ed in to Hongkong dollar, which
remained unchanged at le, G.9/10d.: on demand.
Later in the morning, the local dellar dropped a farthing, the de- mand rate being 18. 5.5/10d. This
step followed generally easier con- ditions on the market.
Prices are unchanged in London,
but silver na dropped a quarter. to 31.1
in New York, from 81% Fatures are also down.
There was no special feature on the London market yesterday'. Small businers was reported after the market had opened quietly steady. Later, the market ruled very quiet, with Amerien inclined to sell.
The cross-rate has im, Ved to 304
The Shanghat rates were 03⁄4d. and 28, 0.19/16d, with the market easier, at the opening.
TRADING
JUNK
PIRATED.
CARGO WORTH $340 CARRIED OFF.
A report has reached the paffee of a piracy in Chinese waters can- cerning a locɛl trading junk, No. 5979, of 87 piculs capacity, trading at small Chinese conntal ports in the vicinity of Hongkong,
Round for Shomei the junk yer, terday morning passed Futaumun when it was overtaken by six men Armed with chop- in sampon. hers, these men came aboard and ferred the crew to sail their craft | to Taishawan, in the Sajkung dis-i trict.
Here cargo was landed from thei
captured vessel, consisting of 18 sacks of sugar and six bundles of medicine root. The value of the merchandise is placed, at
$340. Personal effects belonging to the erew, and valued at $20, were also: Laken by the robbers, who later relenstil the crew and allowed them; to return with their junk to Hong kong.
BRITISH BANTAM
CHAMPION,
DICK CORBETT BEATS JOHNNY KING.
1ondon. Dec. 21.
U.S. CHINESE STRIKE AT JAPAN.
救
肥
同胞合
Chinese in America are not sitting idly by during the squabble Over Manchuria, as the pictures above show. At the top in a window at Chinese Nationalist Party headquarters for North and South America in San Francisco's Chinatown. It shows Japan, pictured as the devil, chopping Jown the Chinese far. The posters shown on the sido call upon American Chinose to boycott Japanese goods. In the lower picture, Chinese-American youth is shown taking the examination required of the 10,000 Chinese pilots sought in the United States. It is planned to train tham in America and send them to China as combat pilota.
UNITED STATES AND
DISARMAMENT.
HALF MILLION FOR COSTS OF DELEGATION
Washington, Dec. 21.
KOWLOON Y.M.C.A.
THEFT.
SOLDIER CHARGED THIS MORNING. Private Arthar Price, of the Borderers, WAB
I'resident Hoover has asked Congress to initial an appropria-South Wales tion of G$450,000 towards the cx-brought before Mr. Fraser at the penses of the American delegation Kowloon Magistracy this morning is the Disarmament Conference-on charges of theft of a dinner suit, a pair of boots and a necktie, the property of Mr. T. A. Ellis, from the European Y.M.C.A. Kowloon, between 14th and 20th December, and of unlawfully pawn- ing the property,
Reuter.
STEAMER DELAYED.
TERUKUNI MARU DUE TO-NIGHT.
Inspector Elston, who pro- secuted, applied for a remand of At Manchester to-night, in a
The N. Y. K. Terukuni Maru, 24 hours for further enquiries. Afteen rounds contest for the
His Worship granted the British bantamweight champion-rom London, which was expected
ap- Phip title and a Lonsdale Belt. arrive here late this afternoon, plication and adjourned the ense Mick Corbett (Bethnal Green) has been delayed a few hours, Aes until to-morrow morning. defented Johnny King (Manches-rding to a wireless message from
the Captain, she will arrive ter) on points.-Reuter.
at be alongside Kowloon Wharf be- tlonskonx at. 9 o'clock te-night, and:tween 9 and 9.30 p.ni..
FINAL, SHOWINGS TO-DAY
At 2.50, 5.10, 7.13-
9.30, p.
ALWAYS COMFORTABLY COOL!
KING'S
BOOKING
AT THE THEATRE Telephons No, 18313.
GAYNOR'S GREATEST
Just a little Miss Nobody, she smiled her
way
into the heart of a lonely bachelor, who bad shied at the maids of wealth and society.
with
JANET GAYNOR WARNER BAXTER Una Merkel Directed by ALFRED SANTELL
FOX
PICTURE
"DADDY LONG LEGS"
with
10 A.M. 9 P.M.
famara Geva
Sue Conray
AQUARIUM
OPEN DAILY
DAILY
2 DOORS FROM WHITEAWAYS {OPEN
Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREEZIOR PAROY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street, In the City of Victoria Hongkong
Commencing To-morrow
"SURE
I'll marry
You!
"The GIRL HABIT"
Starring CHARLIE RUGGLES
A Garamount Picture
Final Showings fo-day
A THE
QUEEN'S
At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20.
"Excellent Entertainment"
Sunday Referee
Jack Hulbert &Cicely Courtneidge, THE GHOST TRAIN
A THRILLING MYSTERIOUS RAILWAY DRAMA.
-TO-MORROW
AN EPIC OF LOVE and HORSE-RACING!
PORTING
S' BLOOD SPOR
AT
THE
with
CLARK GABLE
MAUGE EVANS
STAR
* Metro Gold!
TO-DAY #TO-MORROW At 2.30, 9.20, 7.30 8-9,20.
-GLORIA
SWANSON
"The TRESPASSER
MAJESTIC
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW at 2:30, 5,20, 7.20 ̄&ˆ9.20 p.m. John Wayne, Virginia Cherrill, Marguerite Churchill
IN
Girls Demand Excitement
A MINER AND HIS DAUGHTER.
THE TWO HOSPITALS,
FOX
£55,000,000.
GERMANY'S LIABILITIES TO LONDON,
It has been offfeially ascertained
A pathetic story of the Bentley Colliery disaster has just been re-that the total amount of London vonled.
*£55,
credit facilities held at the dis- One of the heroes of the
posal of Germany by London plaston, Arthur Kirkland, of West der the "Standstill agreement exhunks and Accepting Houses un- End-avenue, Doncaster, with his at the end of October was wife, had regularly visited their 000,000, and that approximately eloven-year-old daughter, Mary, half of this amount was based on" who was dying in Doncaster New documento necessitating definite Infirmary.
proof of shipment of goods.
This official statement of Ger-
Then, when rescuing a comrado in the blazing mine, he was badly many's short-term: llabilities to injured and taken to the old in London is well under general NË firmary.
timates. The fact that nearly Mary had been promised a gift half of these credits were granted by her father on the day of the to fantastic, allegations made at Anance current trade siaposos
explosion, and when her mother of visited her the next day the girl's the time of the General Election first question
WHE
"Where is that London financial houses had, Daddy
made easy-going loans to Garitisa The mother evaded the ques- houses without socurity, tion, but Mary then naked for tha
gift her father had promised her.
Mrs Kirkland did her best to "Daddy never came, and find out from Mary what the gift died without receiving was to be, but the girl only remised
plied. You will see when Daddy
comes with