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RKO RADIO'S MILLION DOLLAR SPECTACLE I
The Play that Swept the World
is the Triumph of the Screen!
Richard Walton Tully's matchless stage success...
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KING VIDOR'S
BIRD OF PARADISE
RKO
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PICULIS
RKO-RADIO PICTURE
with
DOLORES DEL RIO and JOEL MCCREA John Halliday, Creighton Chaney, Richard''Skoots"Gallagher, Bart Roach. David O. Selznick, Executive Producer NEXT CHANGE
IT HELD THE NATION
BREATHLESS
WITH
LAUGHTER
AND TEARS
CARL LAEMMLE presonts
STRICTLY
DISHONORABLE
with
PAUL LUKAS
as the opera
singer
SIDNEY FOX
as the tweet young thing
LEWIS STONE
as the kindly
Judge GEOROS MIEKER
as the boy from Orange WILLIAM RICCIARDĄ
as the waiter
SIDNEY YOLER
as the Irish cop
Directed by
JOHN STAHL
A UNTY.
Produced by Carl Laemmle Jr. from the Brock Pomber- fon stage hit by Preston Sturges
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Wheat
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47
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47
0.30
COTTON & WHEAT
LATEST NEW YORK QUOTATIONS
January March May
July October December
Monara. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz have received the following
Spot
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Colton
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tions on the Now York cotton and whost exchange for gasterday:
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPII. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1933.
· INFECTIOUS CASES
CONVEYANCE ACROSS THE
HARBOUR QUERIED
vey a cass from No. 49 Hankow, THE FLOWER SHOW. Road to the Victoria Hospital. As the caso was then auspected to
THIS YEAR.
be one of diphtheria the Fire Sta- INNOVATION INTRODUCED tion was requested to arrange for a launch to convoy the patient to The fortnightly meeting of the Hongkong, and for an ambulance
The Hongkong Horticultural to meet the launch on the Hong-! Sanitary Board was held yester- kong side. The ambulance did Society has issued Its schedule for day in the board room with the not arrive at the residence until this year's Flower and Vegetable| now President, Mr. T. Mogarry, in 11.30 a.m., 1.d. after the lapse of Show, and a full list of classes the chair, others present being 311⁄2 hours. On a complaint being in which competitors may enter the Hon. Mr. R. M. Henderson, made to the Fire Brigade the
lay.
Vice President, Dr. G. W. Pope, Honourable the Inspector General is given. The date for the holding M. O. H., Mr. Wong Kwong-tin, of Police stated that it was use of the show has been fixed an Mr. M. K. Lo, Mr. F. C. Hall, Mr.less to send the ambulance at the. Thursday, March 2, and the venue 1. C. F. Bellamy, Dr. Li Shu-fan, time of the original call as there will in all probability be the Vo- Mr. C. H. Basto, Mr. J. H. Gelling, was no launch available to take lunteer Headquarters, as in past secretary, and Mr. Ng Muf-kal, the case across the harbour, and years. The weather so far has assistant secretary.
Mr. M. K. Lo asked-Will the that this was the cause of the de-, been kluder than some horticul
turlata can remember it, and It Hond of the Sanitary Department,
is hoped there will be a big en he kind enough to
The President. Yes, Inform the
try of exhibits, and a fine display. Board:
Mätter Investigated. Whether the Sanitary · Depart-
There is a special feature this ment is or is not responsible for Mr. Lo further queried if tho your, an innovation so far as local providing launches for conveying Sanitary Department is respon- shows are concerned, in the form infectious or suspected infections sible for the provision of launches, of a competition for a vase or bowl cases across the harbour, and if wil the Head of the Sanitary De- of "Ikebana", which is the Japa- not, whether the Head of the partment investigate the matter neae art of placing flowers accord- Sanitary Department can find out mentioned and state the cause of ing to traditional artistle precepts. from the proper Authorities which the delay for providing the launch As most people know, the Japanese Department, if any, is so respon- in question?"
place great store by this art, and aihto?
The President.--Tho mattor ladion of Nippon taks a series of The President:-Paragraph 88 was investigated in November lessons from professors in the of the Public Health and Build- laat year. The cause of delay was subject, and are awarded certif-| inge Ordinance debars any infect that the tug which is usually em- eaten of which they are justly ed person from entering any ves: ployed for conveyance of cases of proud. It is hoped that Japanese ael other than such as may be Infectious diseases across the har. residents will enter for this com- specially provided for the purpose bour was out at sea towing repetition, which is in the class of by this Board. In practice the fuse barges. In cases when general exhibits, open to ovory- Sanitary Department has in the urgency is mentioned a special one. past endeavoured to provido launch is engaged; in the pre- facilities for conveying infectious, sent instance the case was not re- cases across the harbour but there presented as urgent and to keep has hither-to been no guaranteed, down expenses it was considered better to await the return of the tug. It may ho added that the Medical Omeer of Health offera no Mr. M. K. Lo asked whether the objection to the cross-harbour Head of tho Sanitary Depart, transportation of infectious enses fectious diseases cases across the ment's attention had been called on private launches provided | harbour has been provided in this satisfactory arrangements are year's Estimates and it is hoped
service.
A Complaint.
to the following complaint:
At a recent committee meeting of the Horticultural Society, finn arrangements were approved, and strong and representative body of judges is being appointed.
A local medical practitioner, at made in advance for prompt dis- that when this launch la ready 8 a.m. on the 24th November infection by the department after all possible contingencies in the 1932, urdered an ambulance from use. The cost of a special whole future will be adequately provided the Kowloon Fire Station to con- time launch for conveyance of In-for.
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The British Drama'
"The Outsider"
MAJESTIC
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• with
Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell.
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