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CENTRAL
THEATRE
Advance Booking at Andersons & the Theatre
Telephone 25720. :(0):
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW.
at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
"
The Funniest Play Ever Produced
*Becomes the Most" Hilarious Picture Ever Screenedi
JACK OAKIE, SIDNEY FOX, Aline MacMahon, Russe!! Hopian, Loulea Fazenda, Gregory Ratoff, Zasu Pinte, Onslow Stevens. Producad
by Carl Laemmle, Jr.,
from the play by Mau Hart and Bourge Kayi. man, Directed by Russell. Med Presented-by Carl kommnis. à UNIVERSAL
PICTURE.
IT'S COLOSSAL!
ONCE IN A LIFETIME
FRIDAY
CLEMENCE DANE'S SENSATIONAL ENGLISH STAGE SUCCESS.
John
Every Woman's Blood will Beat! Strong Men's Eyes will Fill with Tears!
Barrymore pours his burn. ing genius into one of the most stirring human docu rents the stage has ever given to the screen!
BARRYMORE
An
RKO-RADIO PICTURE of course!
With three brilliant stars in Clemence Dane's magnificent heart-thrilling play
"A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT
With KATHARINE HEPBURN Billie Burke, David Manners... Dirased by George Cukor. David O. Selinick, Executive Producer
CHINA'S AVIATION
THE WORLD'S CRITICS HALL THIS AS ONE OF THE SEASON'S BEST PICTURES!
AMERICAN INTEREST IN NATIONAL CORPORATION
nounces that the Pan-American Airways have purehused 45 per cent of the stock of the China National Aviation Corporation.
This purchase foreshadows ex Lensive aviation developments in Mr. Bixby, a representative of China and one of the principal the Pan-American Airways, who objects is the eventual establish- arrived in Chinu a month ago and ment of a trans-Pacific air ser- who recently visited Canton, an vice-Renter.
Shanghal, Apr. 4.
Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3. Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria Hongkong.
THE SHÔNGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1933.
CHARGE AGAINST
SALESMAN,
defendant?—He did not hand the BATHING FACILITIES cheque over to me?
Is that your
endorsement
-FOR KOWLOON.
on
the back of the cheque?-It is not.
MOTOR CAR DRIVE AND A "Did you at any time attend th! REGULAR MOTOR SERVICE TO |
SUBSEQUENT MISHAP
CASTLE PEAK
American Express Company or any other bank to cash this; A long felt want on the maia- Hearing of the charges of theft
cheque? No.
land is to be met this summer by by bailee of a car, belonging to Ng Chung-w a rent collector ofj Cross-examined by Mr, Lo, wit-the inauguration of a regular Shamshulpo, and obtaining $1,000 ness said that as a business man motor service, in addition to the to present bus service, to and from with a forged. cheque at the be" did not authorise anyone American Express Company sign cheques, agreements or any Castle Peak, to cater for Kowloon brought against Kwok Hung-ki, a other business matters on his be residents desirous of making ex- cursions to the bathing beaches youdy salesman employed by half.
on the pealnaula, Messrs. Goeke and Company", "was continued before Mr. Wynne- Jones at the Central Police Court yesterday afternoon."
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Mr. LoDo you agree, al-f
The new facilities are being though you may not remember, that you entrusted your car to a made possible by the Whitta Car Hire and Drive Yourself Service 3r. Chan?--No.
and will commence as from Tues- .Defendant is alleged to have been the driver of a car involved Replying further, the witness day next, April 11. In addition In a fatal accident on March 11. said he did go once with another to the motor service, arrange-
about the car
ments can be made for reserva- resulting in the death of a school man to see
Messrs. Gocke and Company. letions in a matshed at Castle Peak teacher,
which is owned by the Company, Mr. J. F. Prentis is for the pro-j saw the defendant there. ̧ secution, while Mr. T. P. K. Kem-'
Mr. Lo put it to witness that and also for tea, ble is holding a watching brief on for nearly a month he had no en- Each afternoon cars will leave behalf of the purchaser of the deavour to get his car out from the Y.M.C.A. in. Salisbury Road car, Wong Chung-fui.
Mr. Hinshing Lo appears
the defence.
Witness Recalled.
P
the Fiat Garage. Witness replied at 1.45 p.m. and will return to for that he made many telephone Kowloon at 5.30 p.m. with the ex- calls and defendant had told him ception of Sundays. In the even- that certain parts were being ings cars will leave Kowloon for ordered from England.
Castle Peak at 5.30 p.m. and re- turn at 8.30 p.m.
Mr. Prentis asited leave to re-! Yu Yau, managing partner of call the first witness, Ng Chung- the Ah Yau and Company Motor wa. Witness, replying to Cour- Repair Service, 4, Canal Rond sel, said that from the time of Weat, said he had the car for re- issue of the license up, to the pro-pairs on many occasions. ceedings it was always in iis: The defendant, he stated, took tests. The last house. He did not apply for a the car out for duplicate licence.
occasion on which the defendant Questioned regarding the che brought the car back to the garage que, witness said he saw it at the was after the Chinese New Year.
After American Express Company.
further evidence had been called, the hearing was again adjourned.
Mr. Prentia. Was that cheque at any time landed to you by the
TO-DAY
ONLY
At 2.30..5.10,
7.15 8 9.30 p.m.
น
During the moonlight nights additional excursions will be made at 9.30 p.m., returning to Kow- loon not later than 1a.m., thus catering for moonlight picnics.
In addition to the regular ser- vice, cars can be ordered and ang licensed driver with a party of three or more may drive one of the Company's cars by arrange-
ment.
HONGKONG'S FINEST CNEMA
THE LAST OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING THESE SCREEN-LOVERS TOGETHER !"
A NEW ADVENTURE
IN ROMANCE......
LIVE AGAIN THROUGH THE ECSTASY OF YOUNG LOVE.
4 SHOWS DAILY 2.30-5.13 7.15-9,30
The world will love these lovers more than ever in this delightful story of the New England coast.
Janet
*..
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313, 25332.
TO-MORROW
All who have read a Sher- lock Holmas story must see Arthur Wontner as the great detective.
ARTHUR WONTNER
and
ISLA BEVAN
IN
THE SIGN
GAYNOR OF FOUR
more adorable than
ever as Tess
and
Charles
FARRELL
as a carefree young
millionaire
in
TESS
of the STORM COUNTRY
Diracted by Alfred Santall
SOX PICTURE
Conan Doyle's
Greatest Sherlock;
noimes
Adventure
TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS
AN ASSOCIATED RADIO PICTURE. Released by The BRITISH FI H 00 Borsk ng.
ORIENTAL
FLEMING ROAD
HANGHAI
TEL. 28473
2 DAYS ONLY TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW Gambling dens wide open: every citizen armed: shooting on the corners : lynchings at the lamp-posts: law-breakers in power: in the wild-at city the world has ever known and into this walks a lone officer to clean it up with two fists and two guns.
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Harry Carey, Raymond Hation, Russell Hopton, Ralph Ince, Andy Deveine. ALL APPEAR IN A PRIZE PERFORMANCE OF BREATH TAKING ADVENTURE:
LAW
AND
ORDER
QUEENS THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20
TOGETHER
GREATEST STAR of TODAY GREATEST STAR of TOMORROW.
Master of a thousand emotions creates his most amazing role !
JOHN
BARRYMORE
MARIAN
MARSH TRILBY
IN
SVENGALI
Never such strange enio- tions lie hypnotizes! He thrill! he cummands! Any ‹. woman caught in his spell MUST obey!
Hypnotist T Genius! Lover! Whose evil power makes women his slaves !'
Warner Bros.
& Vitaphone hit.
NEXT CHANGE
GREATER THAN PA MOTION PICTURE
SPECTACULAR
A daring, timely, original theme! A drama of tremendous power thunders across the screen and finds in every-» one an answering echo,
A dramatic thunderbolt challenging the world, it hurls a smashing answer to the burning question of the hour.
Cavith
WALTER HUSTON Pat O'Brien Kay Johnson Constance Cummings Gavin Gordon
AMERICAN
TO-DAY and
MADNESS
TOMORROW STAR
At 2.50 5.20,
7.20 & 9,20
ARTHUR WONTNER GORDON HARKER EDMUND GWENN in
CONDEMNED to DERTH
Adapted from “JACK' OʻLANTERN””
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
WORLD At 2.30, 5.15,
7.13.8 9.20
The British Musical Romance "HARMONY HEAVEN"
CHILDREN'S HEALTH. CONTEST AND SPORTS MEET
will
be performed by the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kolewall, On April 22, the closing day of the contest and exhibition, ♫ children's sports INGS ARRANGED
meeting at the South China athle- April 4, which has been pro- tic field, Caroline Hill, will be claimed by the Nanking Govern held, and Sir William Hornell. ment as Children's Day, was duly will give an address on this oc- observed in many cities in China casion,- Entries for the health yesterday. To fall in line with contest should be made at the the National Child Welfare Asso-Chinese Y.M.C.A. or South China ciation in Shanghai, the Chinese Athletic Association, and leaders in Hongkong, including close on April 12.
Canton Celebration. several prominent doctors
Aholiday was proclaimed yes supporting this movement for the promotion of children's health, terday for all primary schools and ") and in future April 4 will be obe kindergarten establishments, in Canton, and special parties and served as Children's Day here,
The celebration this your in-concerts were arranged for the cludes a children's health contest entertainment of children in the and exhibition at the Hop. Yat municipal schools throughout the Church on April 19 at 7 pm. city. The school authorities also when the opening ceremony will! prepared gifts for the youngsters.
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