16
CENTRAL
Advance Booking at Andersons & the Theatre Tolophona 25720.
FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY at 2,30, 5.15,.7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
WEIRD! THRILLING I COMPELLING !·
BUT WHAT WAS NOBODY BELIEVES IN WITCHES .. THE STRANGE SORCERY WROUGHT IN THEIR LIVES?
IS ANY WOMAN, SAFE FROM THE SPELL OF SUCH A WOMAN?
THIRTEEN WOMEN
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPII SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 1933.
TOBACCO PREFERENCE
NEW ORDER BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT
"
TEN PER CENT. Under a resolution which is to bo introduced in the Legislative Council, and which has already been given the full force of law under order made by the Governor. Empire tobacco, cigars and cigarettes are to be given a preferance of approximately ter per cent.
On
Excepting for a slight incronse in respect of cigarettes, the duties on non-Empire products remain unaltered.
Exports to have been substantial ly manufactured in and consigned from the British Empire, as de- fined above: Provided that no tobacco shall be deemed to be sub- atantially manufactured withlu the British Empire unless, in the opinion of the Superintendent of Imports and Exports, at least one quarter of its valuo is the result of labour within auch Empire..
NEW DUTIES.
The revised table of dutice, per pound weight, is as follows:
Unmanufactured Tobacco. (1) If unstripped:
100
(a) containing 10 pounds or more moisture per pounds weight thereof:
I. If of Empire Origin
60 cents.
II. Othor tobacco 70 cents. (b) containing less than 10 pounds of moisture per 100 pounds weight thereof:
I. If of Empire Origin
72 cents.
II. Other tobacc» 79 centa. (2) If stripped:
(n) containing 10 pounds or more of moisture per 100 pounds weight thereof:
1. If of Empire Origin
76 cents.
EMPIRE ORIGIN DEFINED For the purpose of the
ro solution, tobacco is deemed to lo of "Empire Origin" if it is proved to the satisfaction of the Superin- tendent of Imports and Exports, to have been grown and consigned from the British Empire, which for the purposes of this Table shall be deemed the United Kingdom. the Dominion of Canada, the Com- monwealth of Australia, Dominion of New Zealand, Union of Sonth Africa, the Irish Free State, Newfound- land, India including Burmnh (1) Cigars: any British Colony, any territory under His Majesty's protection, the Mandated territories of Tanganyl- ka, or Cameroons under British Mandate. or Togoland under British Mandate.
the the
EMPIRE MANUFACTURE. Tabacco shall be deemed to
be of "Empire Manufacture" if it
is proved to the satisfaction of
he Superintendent of Imports and
|
11. Other tobacco 84 cents. (b) containing less than 10 pounds of moisture per 100 pounds weight thereof;
1. If of Empire Origin
84 cents, II. Other tobacco 93 cents, Manufactured Tobnero:
I. If of Empire Origin &
manufacture $1.50.
11. If of Empire manufacture!
only $1.80.
11. Other elgara $2.00.. (2) Cigarettes:
1. If of Empire Origin &
manufacture $0.81.
Il. If of Empire manufacture
only $0.90.
II. Other Cigarettes $0.99.
LEAGUE PUBLISHES
REPORT
(Continued from Page 1)
the same article. The Report Is lengthy document of Rome 15,- 000 words,
The Assembly recommends the evacuation of Japanese troops with the Negotiations Committee charged, as its first object, to or ganise the ovacuation and deter- mine the stages and the time Hmits thereof.
NEW REGIME. It is further recommended that there should be established in a reasonable Manchuria, within time, an organisation under the sovereignty of and compatible with the administrative integrity* of China, which would provide wide measure of autonomy in har mony with local conditions and | respect the rights and Interesta
of Japan and any third party.
As has already been reported, the recommendations provide for the Negotiating Committee to bo set up after China and Japan have accepted the recommendations, the United States and Russin being invited to participate.
The league Assembly will meet on Tuesday to take note of the failure of conciliation, and on Friday, it will be asked to accept the report and recommendations which it will undoubtedly do.- Reuter and British Wirelesa.
(3) Other manufactured tobacco, Including snuff and elgar cut- Liners:
Origin &
I. If of Empire
manufacture $0.81.
II. If of Emre manufacture
only $0.50.
II. On Chinese
tobacco 30.90.
prepared
IV. Other varieties $0.99.
QUEENS THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20
A
W rner
Bios.
8
Vita, &ione bitt
FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN
/11
in
Billicot
}atural
Celeur
BUBBLING. WITH LAUGHTER
-STARTING TO-MORROW
GET YOUR SHARE OF SWEEPSTAKES !
THRILL TO THIS WHIRLWIND
THE TURF !
MELODRAMA OF
EDDIE QUILLAN
TO-DAY
ONLY
At 2,30, 3.10,
7.15 89.50 p.m.
HONCKOND'S FINEST CINEMA
... DIZZY!
time
Why every I take my hat off I hand myself a dime...and it's breaking me!
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313, 25332.
TO-MORROW
Opening
of new
CANTON BRIDGE
Real guffaws that start
in your shoes OLSEN & JOHNSON with a hundred hand-picked Franch Beauties.
ALBO ADOWING ADENTURES in AFRICA
Cartoon-
**Svengarlic"
FROM
THURSDAY
SWEEPSTAKES
WITH MARION NIXON, LEW CODY
AND JAMES GLEASON.
COMING!
COMING !
BRITAIN'S MIGHTY MUSICAL ROMANCE
"THE BLUE DANUBE"
WITH DOROTHY BOUCHIER, JOS, SCHIldkraut AnD ALFRED RODE & HIS ROYAL TZIGANE BAND.;
COMING TO THE CENTRAL.
Strange! Terrifying. the story of the man who hunted ment
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME
With JOEL MCCREA
FAY WRAY LESLIE BANKS ROBERT ARMSTRONG
David D. Balakk, Leon Prideos A Dupper-Schoolcock Production RKO-RADIO Pidure
Keinten nua Puoisted for the Proprietors by FREDERICK Fræci FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street, In the City of Victoria h-ca
Long.
From
the novel by Rion James
HAT
Sally
EILERS CHECK
Ben LYON
Ginger ROGERS Arthur PIERSON Monroe OWSLEY
4 SHOWS
DAILY 2.30-5.15
7.15-9,30
GIRL
Directed by Sidney Lanfield
A FOX PICTURE
TAKE ANY Tram or HAPPY VALLEY BUS
Six Hours to Live
Six hours to love. Six
hours to fulfill a life- time's hopes and desires
SIX HOURS TO LIVE
Warner
BAXTER
Miriam Jordan
John Boles
From original story "Auf Wieder schen" by Gordon Morris and
Morion Barteaux
Directed by William Dieterle FOX Picture
ORIENTALE
LAST 4 TIMĖS 10-DAY GIGANTI AMERICAN CIRCUS STORY FULL OF ACTION AND THRILLS Daring Aorialists, Acrobata, Clowns,
Riders and Trained animals all appoaing in this Great komance of the Lilo of a Fravoling Cirous.
DAVIES GABLE
with Clark
IN
Polly
the
Circus
TEL. 26473
STARTING TO-MORROW
ROBT
WHEELER WOOLSEY
IN THEIR LIDOIST GRIN
AND GIGGLE SENSATIONI......
PEACH O RENO
DOROTHY LEE ZELMA O'NEAL 'JUSIEM CAWTHORN
LAUGH
AND GET
Directed by Gregory La Cava
An RKO Radio "Picture
AT THE
STAR
BRIMMING WITH
HEART
TUGS
FLOODING A MILLION
HEARTS WITH SUMMER SUNSHINE
DOROTHY LEE EDNA MAY OLIVER
HUGH HERBERT
RICH
O-DAY ONLY
at 2.30, 5,20, 7.20 & 9.20
ANITA PAGE in "NIGHT COURT"
AT THE
with
WALTER HUSŊON
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Drama
WORLD
in
II P.M.
TO-DAY ONLY
at 2.80, 5:15. 7.15 & 9.20
LAWRENCE TIBBETT 'The Cuban Love Song'
A Metro-Goldwyn-Maver Picture.
MARINA
HAWAIIAN
HULA QUEEN Males her initial Debut
re
II P.M.
TO-NIGHT at the MAJESTIC.
22 DES VOEUX ROAD, C