CENTRAL THEATRE
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30.·
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1932.
FOOCHOW HIT BY
CHOLERA
WORST OUTBREAK FOR TEN YEARS
Foochow, Aug. 23. Unfortunately Foochow's free- dom from cholera did not last. Ten or twelve days ago the foll disease broke out with a violenco unparalled during the last ten
CONSTANCE BENNETT'S GREATEST TRIUMPH ON THE SCREEN. years at least, and the daily death-
LOVE BROUGHT,
HIM FAME .
LOVE
HER SHAME!...
BROUGHT
The secrot
woman in a great man's life.
Her love made him
and unmade herl
Constance BENNETT THE COMMON LAW
"Y TOKEN W. CHANSERS & CHARLES W. HOOKES PRODUCTION'
DEL MUČEZ24kw Le dy • Robert Williamsco Hedda Hesper Marion Sin
SHOWING SOON
ROLAND WEST & CHESTER MORRIS, THE WINNING COM- BINATION THAT CREATED "ALIBI," NOW TOGETHER AGAIN IN A SURGING, FAST-MOVING DRAMA OF THE HIGH ́SEAS,
Bolara
WETE ORSAIN
United Artists Picture
Chester Morris
ALSO
THE STAR OF STARS IN A STARTLING STORY.
ANN
I HARDING
DEVOTION
MAJESTIC
HUSBAND'S HOLIDAY
QIPEROUN ACTON
with
Clive Brook Charlie Ruggles Vivianne Osborne Sullette Compton Harry Bannister
TO-DAY ONLY
At 2.30, 5.20, 7,20 &
9.20 P.M.
He had a good wife, two adorable kids, a nice home. Yet he decided to take a Husband's Holiday!" It's all so REAL! This man might be that neighbour they're all talking about!
GRAND OPENING
31st AUGUST, 1932.
Performances.
Prices.
2.30 P.M.
Dress Circle
80 Cts.
5.30 7.30
Back Stall
50
..
Front Stall
30
"
9.30
"
TAX INCLUDED.
TAI PING THEATRE
QUEENS RD, WEST, TEL. NO, 27170
MAN HING
TAILOR PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED,
No. 9; D'Aguilar Street.
Tel. 20780.
roll has been very large ever since. It is a pity that no reliable statistics are obtainable, but it is generally belloved that from ten to forty, are dying daily in Footbow alone, And in the vil-i lages round the disease is spread- ing, the lack of modern medical knowledge helping to increase the number of fatal cases,
arc
Auth-cholera inoculation is being administered free in most of the hospitala, and many taking advantage of it, but บ course there is a fur larger num- ber, and that comprising the people most exposed to infection, who do not understand the value of such precautions, The wea ther tends to become cooler, and one hopes that the epidemic will soon exhaust itself, but for the present it forms the chief sub- ject of conversation and lips like a dark shadow over the whole neighbourhood.-Our Own Corres- pendent.
Picture taken at Yat Fu Strast this morning showing rearch in progress for the body of the victim of yesterday's landslide which wrecked two houses and badly damaged a third. The hauses collapsed like a pack of cardi.
COOLIES CATCH
HOUSEBREAKER
MAN SENTENCED AT
KOWLOON
Three charges of housebreaking and one of malicious wounding were preferreil against an unem ployed Chinese before Mr. Fraser
BOAT CAPSIZES IN at the Kowloon Magistracy this
SHELTER
!morning.
Detective Sergrand Lamont said on the last house-breaking ALL ON BOARD attempt, defendant went to the
RESCUED
first floor of No. 83. Prince Ed. ward Road. ile was fumbli During a sudden squall shortly with the door when he was seen after geven o'clock yesterday by the tenants of the second floor, morning, a passenger boat which and attempted to get away when was taking shelter in the Yaumati they questioned him. typhoon shelter capsized, butrying a piece of iron at the time He was car fortunately there were no casual-and when he was caught, hit one ties.
of bis captors on the head and According to a report which has been made to the police byl the master, Lai Ching, the boat.
am.
the
con-
He escaped and can inte of about 30 piculs capacity, was rond where the chase was lying in the shelter when it was tinued. He did not get far, how struck by a sudden squall, and ever, before being caught by capsized. Willing hands rescued number of coolies. the crew and the boat was lateri towed ashore,
His Worship imposed sentences
SNATCHER SENT TO PRISON
KOWLOON LADY VICTIMISED
Sentence of nine months' hard labour with 12 strokes of the birch was passed on a man named Wong Wing at the Kowloon Magistracy before Mr. Fraser this morning when he was charged with snatch- ing a handbag from Mrs. John Pinquet at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
Inspector Elston, stated that Mrs. Pinquet was walking along Cameron Road towards Nathan fendant eume Road on Saturday night when de- gave her a push and snatched her up from behind, handbag. He ran off with Mrs. Pinquet came on the scene at this Pinquet shouting after him. Mr. moment and joined in the chase, catching the thief after some dis- tance. By the time he was caught, defendant had discarded the bag, but he later pointed it out to the complainant.
! In the bag was $30 in money, lund other articles to the total
value of $150.
A two-year-old baby girl was totalling a year in respect of the After Mrs. Pinquet had given taken to the Kwong Wah Hos-three house-breaking charges and evidence of the bag-snatching in- pital suffering from immersion, another concurrent sentence of sixcident, sentence was passed but her condition is not serious. mouths on the wounding charge.
LAST TWO
DAYS
At 2.30, 5.10. 7.15 8 9.30 p.m.
The romance
of a 'quack'
and the girl
he cured.
LAST TWO
DAYS
AT 2.30, 6,15, 7,15 & 9.30 p.m.
Inhove.
KINGS THEATRE
DOROTHY BLANDON'S INTERNATIONAL STAGE THIUMPH
Ouiisider
Directed by: HARRY LACHMAN
BLA
HAROLD HUTH
JOAN BARRY
FRANK LAWTON
NORMAN MCKINNEL
GALLA" Niet cleat
ratum on the Stage- paula, densation, in the
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313
NEXT CHANGE Wednesday, 31st AUG.
A Page of Love Torn from the Book of Lifol
After
QUEENS THEATRE-
SHOWING TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20
ROBERT
ALSO SHOWING-- M-G-M'S COLOUR REVUL
MONTGOMERY
in
FREDERICK LONSDALE'S brilliant
LOVERS Courageous
Merry Goldwyn Mayer Herum
1
A
ROBERT L. LEONARD production
with Madge Evans Roland Young
AT THE
NEXT ATTRACTION
Garbo the unrivalled, and Novarro, the Prince of Romanos, bring you now a drama that will remain forover in
mind and heart!
Ramon
A greater bruimph than any before this romance of the spy who died for love, will be the year's
sensation!
Greta
GARBO NOVARRO Mata Hari
Maro Gallyn Mayer neturi
with
LIONEL BARRYMORE
Tomorrow STAR
with
Chartos Farrell
Marlon Nixon Minna Gomboli From the long-run Broadway SUCCRIS by John Golden and Hugh Stange FRANK BORZAGE Production
FOX Picture
ORIENTAL
THEATRE
GEORGE
BANCROFT
IN
"Rich Man's Folly"
„Paramount Picturej
FLEMING ROAD, WANUKAI, TEL. 28478
NEXT CHANGE Wednesday, 31st AUG.
CAROLE
LOMBARD
in
"No One Man"
with
PAUL LUKAS RICARDO CORTEZ JULIETTE COMPTON A Paramount Picture
MARIE
LEWIS STONE
TO DAY & TOMORROW at 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9,20
DRESSLER
POLLY
in
MORAN POLITICS
ELECTION STORY
MR. EDGAR WALLACE
AND A DEPOSIT
R.A.F. MAN'S SONG
PLAYED UKELELE AS PLANE WENT DOWN When the late Mr. Edgar Wai- Six survivors from the R.A.F. luce stood at the last General | flying-boat, which sank in the Election as Liberal candidate for Irish Son, have been landed. from Blackpool, he stretched his bank the Greek steamer Nicos at Barry overdraft to the extent of £150 for | Dock,
deposit with the returning officer. None of them was seriously in- On repayment of the money hejured, but three were immediate- went to a race meeting with it. y removed to the local hospital
This is story related by Mr. for treatment.
Nicos'
wore
"Bob" Curtis, sacretary to and "The Inst thing I remember," close friend of Mr. Wallace for said one of the crow, "I was sing- nineteen years, in "Edgar Waling the song: "Played the ukelele, lace--Each Way" (John Long, 78, as the ship wont down,' and then 6d), published on July 29.
along came the ship, which was more acceptable than a palace and The Conservative majority was all the riches in the world. over 33,000 and on the morning
"Actually the flying-boat sank after the declaration of the poll five minutes before the Mr. Wallace said, the author boat arrived. Four men writes, "Well, we have saved our washed off the tall as the machine deposit, any way. Find out what submerged," he added, "but hung time the returning officer comes on like grim death to a lifebuoy on duty and go aid collect it.”
and portions of wreckage." Mr. Curtis continues:
An officer of the Nicos said that Beyond the sightest elevation of one of the R.A.F. officers told him his eyebrows at what must have that the flying-boat crashed into seemed our almost indecent haste the son at a speed of 60, miles'an: to recover the money, the official hour. It crumpled up badly, and made no comment, but handed Mr. was almost in three pieces whon Wallace three £50 notes.
tho men clambered on to the upper "Thanks, Bob," he said when part of the wreckage.
gave him the money. "Now I can
go to Newmarket and see the Cam-long yellow Rolls and was driven. bridgeshire." He stepped into his
away.
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