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THEATRE
HEAR
TO-DAY TO FRIDAY
at 2,30, 6.10, 7.15 & 9:20 pm, Busting the Standing Broad Grin Record!
*"!
The Sucial Lion" Jumps into a new, more hilarious role with everything he's got And that means you'll get every laugh your ribs will stand when you sco andbear.
ACK OAKIE
אז
"The Sap from Syracuse
WITH
GINGER ROGERS a Garamount Gicture
Based on the Broadway * comedy-amash.
With
Ginger Rogers, ingenue
of "Toung Man of Man- hatten."
Also
Paramount Sound News
and Marry or Elsc
(Paramount Comedy)
-NEXT CHANGE-
You'll rear when you see it and laugh for montās. afterwards when you think of it!
For
LAUGHING CUT LOUD!
Charley's
Aunt"
with
CHARLIE RUGGLES
June Collyer Dunced by AL CHRISTIE Fromthe play bra Brandon Thamsa
Imagine the girls' eur. prise when they dit- covered that the sweet' little lady they had been embracing as "Auntie" turned our' to be a handsome col- lege youth!
IP's a riot--a wow!
COLUMBIA
picture
Look out for
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1932.
WAR DEBTS| EAST AFRICAN THE
TANGLE.
BRITAIN URGES CANCELLATION.
London, Feb. 2.
ROMANCE.
THE VISCOUNT ANNOYED.
(Reuter's Special Service).
Nairobi, Feb. 2.
DISARMAMENT
CONFERENCE.
ISSUE OF PEACE AND WAR
London, Feb. 2.
Aixty
In the House of Commons -to-day, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberland, declared the British Government's policy on the reparations question was that a comprehensive and permanent settlement should be reached as soon as possible They believed this could best be realised by a
■ general cancellation of re- parations and war debts. A# Boon
na the report of the
He nddot is imporative foreign experts was received, they A now stir was created when
nd urged the necessity of the the Viscount.sent the news that hesthut all the signatories Governments coming together im was returning hastily and issued Covenant and of the Briand- mediately to conclude a potmanent an advertisement to the local nowя- Kellogg Pact should make it their to onauro strict ob. settlement of the reparations paper that Rattray "has crased to business question on a baals of the facts be the white hunter to my safari servance of these two great safe- established in the experts un-and has no authority to order any-guards against acts of violence
thing on my account."
A surprins wedding between the Delegations from, over daughter of a British-peer and her nations were present when the father's European huntor, while Disarmament Conference opened Geneva this evening. Tho her father was away engaged in at a big game hunt, and her father's President, Mr. Arthur Henderson, aubsequent displeasure upon learn-before beginning his address,
to "the tragl ing of the match have excited the mado reference normally placid social life of fact that at the moment when the Conference, the very purpose of East Africa.
which is to take steps towards the Last week, Mr. Andrew Rattray, maintenance of peace, begins its a fifty-year-old Scotsman, married work, we are confronted with n Miss Averil Furness, the twenty situation of extreme gravity in the three year-old daughter of Via-For Enst." count Furness.
animous report.
It became apparent that the presunt juncture was not favour able to settlement on such a basis. They accordingly express- ed their willingness to agree to a postponement of the inter-govern. mental conference to May or June.
They also suggested that some provisional arrangement should be made covering the year ended July | lat, when the Hoover moratorium expired.
taken
CHEERO CLUB FUTURE.
CATHEDRAL HALL LOANED.
and war."
of the
Mr. Henderson declared that the task of the Conference was, Aratis, to reach agreement on the pro- gramme of practical proposals to secure speedily a aubstantia! {reduction and limitation of all
national armaments; secondly, to determine that no armaments be maintained outside the scope of that Treaty; thirdly, to plan a continued advance towards the ultimate goal, without detracting from the present effort, by agree- reasonably short intervala.
Temporary premises have beon An interchange of views had offered to the Cheers Club which
place with the French has had to vacate its rooms at the Ing to similar Conferences at Government. but as fuil accord City Hall, and on four nights a had not been possible among the week until other arrangements Governments chiefly concerned, it can be made. Servicemen will meet appeared best to leave the question in the Cathedral Hall.
The making of such a treaty in reality involved the whole lesue of peace and war. They must
for settlement by the Conference · By kind permission of the Dean, break the vlefoua circle of arma- when it meets-British Wireless. the Very Rev. Alfred Swann, the ments. The problem was vitally
OYSTER SELLER
TRICKED.
"CUSTOMER” STEALA
$35 WORTH.
Hall has been placed at the dis-relevant to the world's Onancial posal of the committee to transfer and
economic erlais. British
the Club there on Sundays. Mon- Wirriess.
days. Wednesdays and Friduya
from 6 o'clock until 11 o'clock.
The
heero Club will be con-
Cicero
dorted on similar lines as in the
past and the Arst night at the
Cathedral Hall will be next Mon-
An oyster seller of Kwai Han,dav, when the usual dance will be)
in the Pa On District, has reported held and light refreshments pro-
to the police the theft of $36 worth|vided.
of oysters which he and left at n
stall whilst he went with a would- be purchaser to secure the money for a anle which had been 'tran- sacted.
&
The dealer, Cheung Kan-shing, shopkeeper, atuted that whilat selling oysters in the Yuen Long Market yesterday an unknown Chinese bargained for the pur chase of 45 strings of oysters, which the seller was to bring into Hongkong. At the junction of Dea Vocux Road and Centre Street, the seller left the oysters at a stall whilst he accompanied the pur chaser for the money.
"
HOME FOOTBALL.
GRIMSBY TOWN HOLD ASTON VILLA.
WOBBLY SILVER
MARKET.
YESTERDAY'S RISE NOT SUSTAINED,
The Hongkong dollar is un- changed to-day, although silver is down both in London and New! York.
market The exchange locally is dull, with practically there nothing passing, although have been a few spusmodic
cn-
qulrics. London, Feb. 2. In the First Division of the In London, silver is down 3/8ths China banks English League to-day, Grimsby spot and forward. Town and Aston Villa played and speculators sold, but the mar- side netting ket was uncertain. After the om- drawn match, each
einl fixing, the market ruled easy, to sell with American Inclined twice-Renter.
1/16th under the quoted rates.
New York reports a decline of while futures are
also
In Second Street, the seller lost sight of the purchaser and then Quarantine restrictions have been returned to the stall, but found imposed by Hongkong against arrivals 3/8ths. that the oysters had disappeared. from Saigon on account of small-pax.
SHOWING TO-DAY
KING'S
A woasa sucking 10-man lov-
ing power meet and dheaver the power of love.
Pradsend
THE
1932 United Artist Pictures at The. Central Theatre.
Take note of the following :- "AGE FOR LOVE”
*with
Billie Dove
"Around the World in 80 Minutes"
with Douglas Fairbanks.
"Printed and Published for the Proprietora by FREDERICK PEZOT FRANKLIN, 401 and 3 Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoris
"Itu drums risa in tar- rific areas anda-and aranhou in a tromsadõus
tmax
VIRTUOUS SIN”
with Waller Huston, Esy Francis, Kenneth M sokeana.
A Paramosat Platers
down.
At 2.30, 5,10,
7.15 & 9.30 p. in..
NEXT CHANGE SATURDAY, sth. Fab.
Janet
Gaynor
Charles
Farrell MERELY MARY ANN
Pride bows to the command oflore -when two hearts are destined for each other.
QUEENS
Final Showings To-day at 2.80, 6,10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.
MARIE
POLLY
VOTE T STRAIGHTW LAUGH TICKET
DRESSLER X MORAN X
They give you the grandest laugh for your money you've ever had!
Marie enters the political gin, and how she makes
the grafters rua! Art!
POLITICS
AT THE
▲ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Retur
TO-MORROW
Gals, gangs, gun play and page in his funniest film ! VETER
KEATON
IN
Sidewalks of New York
STAR
Mara Gollages Mayer
TO-DAY TO FRIDAY · at 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 THE UNITED ARTISTS PRODUCTION
"LOCKED DOOR"
with
ROD LA ROCQUE-BARBARA STANWYCK.
MAJESTIC
Gray Cooper Bghting getti tre nonduus odds) for lita-and a Woman!
Lily Damita lovable little spit- Are in a land of ruchless Agb.ar
Ereset forran49
recallingthalaughs
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FIGHTING CARAVANS
HONGKONG
TO-DAY ONLY
Atỵ 2.30, 5.20, 7.20
& 9.20 p.m.
UNTAMED! an Untamed Girl in an Untamed Land! Thrilling Drama in the Great Outdoors!
A Love Story that
Surges from the
Past-and Lives!
10 A.M.
P.M.
AQUARIUM
OPEN DAILY
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MON, 8th
TUR. 8th
› BAT, 8th Feb. Piloo
STK. 7th
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OPEN
2 DOORS FROM WHITEAWAYS DAILY
LOCAL SOCCER,
The following will represent the Kowloon Football Club 2nd XI versus
The following have been selected to the Hongkong Football Club on the represent the Kowloon, Football. Club H.K.F.O ground on Saturday, kick- 1st XI verfus St Joseph's on the at 2.45p.mit Fowler Grid K.F.0. ground on Saturday, kick-off at Wall Evereat, Whitnalda 4.18 p.Eravitcht. London, Mar Nicholls Cotton, J. White? Un; Bilas McKelvie, Duncany Dominy, Phillipan & Ranazresim
Nooriek Hedley Gillott, Hill, Barman