What
HA/HA
Rol
no!
ROARS
Ob,Boy!
It's a
scream
Laughs
all the way!
/und 10
Biot
whoopee!
ROARS/
Two Hours of METRO'S TIP-TOP COMEDY & BURLESQUE
at the
NEXT SUNDAY. QUEEN'S THEATRE
Ha
Ha!
0000-ab/
Bell
Laughs
Ho Ho!
SWAN, CULBERTSON & FRITZ.
Investment bankers and brokers in securities and commodities Daily New York and London Stock Exchange Service Commodity Futures on the principal American markets
Members of New York Cotton Exchange,
Members of National Raw Silk Exchange Inc., New York. Members of The Rubber Exchange of New York, Inc. Members of The National Metal Exchange, Inc., New York. Members of Chicago Board of Trade.
Correspondents for Haydon, Stone & Co.
Telophone 27258,
Cable Address: Swanstock. Asia Lite Building, 14, Queen's Road, Hongkong.
HUNDREDS
and
THOUSANDS
You probably remember that when you were a small child you were intrigued by a form, of "sweets" known "Hundreds and Thousands."
35
Minute little sugary pellets--so small in fact, that you never really knew whether you got hundreds or thousands for your penny.
Of course this reminiscence has a moral ! Now that you are a grown man you are possibly an advertiser.
Do you get hundreds or thousands for your advertising expenditure?
It is all a matter of knowing your advertising circulations.
At any time, you may secure-certificates revealing the PAID SALES of the "Post" authenticated by and "Telegraph" Chartered Accountants-Messrs. Lowe. Bingham & Matthews,
For the Best
LOCAL VIEWS
and
PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS-
Co To
MEE CHEUNG
Studio, Ice House St.
ASSEUR R. SHIMIDZU
ASSEUSE S. KISAKI
Branch; 7. Beaconsfield Arcade.
MRS. MOTONO. Hand and Electric Massage,
Recommended for many years by Government Civil 17ospital, Peak Holder of Diploma and Certificate Hospital, etc., and by all the local of Tokyo Denki Ryoho Kenkyusho
(Tokyo Electric Care Institute). doctors.
318, Wyndham Street.
24, Wyndham Stroot. Telephone 24945.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
CINEMA SCREENINGS
NOTES SUPPLIED BY
THE THEATRES
Squ play, was his first
MONDAY, JUNE
1933.
COMMITTEES MEET,
BANKRUPTCY COURT
ASSETS OF $700 NOT CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT· ·
Dianissing the petition of Chen Ching-hin, of 63 Connaught Road, the Chief Justice, said the assets of $700 which debtor offered to cover liabilition of $110.000 were not suff cient
D-ORDINATION, OF PRODUCE
AND MARKETING
London, June 21. No meetings were held to-day of the sub-committees of the World Economic Conference, but a de tailed examination of the work before the delegates, which has been broadly surveyed during the past fortnight, will be continued on Monday.
Bir. D. L. Strollett, of G. K. Hau & Co., submitted that his client's in-
During the lull in the proceed- tention was to protect his own private creditors by making his polition. The ings several delegates, Including other creditors, who were really credi- the Dutch Prime Minister, Dr. tors to the firm of Wing Tung Cheung Colijn, and Monsieur Bonnot, the of which Cheng was a patner, had no French Finance Minister, ratura- standing yet as far as this petitioned to their capitals yesterday, but was concerned. -in-
Edgar Wallace was notable for his versatility. for the speed with which he produced his works, and for his popularity in the world of entertain ink literature. Towards the end of his life he entered upoh a now phinnu of activity that of Alm producing.
one of this most notablo, stagg venture in this line. Ho adapted it wrote the dialogue, chose the east, and It himself. The result is prodlend. It is an All-British Talkie -the first from the British Lion Studios.
Even if it were not remarkable for some characteris- Ite many thrills and the dry humour, it would be an outstanding example of the English language as sho spoke and it is a triumph for Percy Maront, Gordon ↑ sideration.
Trilby Clark, Anne Grey, Alfred Drayton and Eric Maturir. whore acting In of the host.
Picturegoera will have the op portunity of seeing "The Squeaker" at the King's Theatre on Thursday,
"A Lady's Profession" One result of Roland Young's work with Alison Skipworth and Sari Maritza in "A Lady's Profession," comedy opening on Wednesday at the Queen's Theatre may be a new book of humorous verse and pictures.
Ruland Young won extra-curricular fame recently when a volume of arid skeicher of Jingles about,
"Not for Children," published. which he
and
ANTENOR
MENELAUS
THE
BLUE FUNNE
LINE
REGULAR AND FAST PASSENGER SERVICES
FREIGHT AND
6 July Marseilles, London, Rotterdam
& Glagow Quibland, London, Rotterdam, 12 July
Hamborg & Holl
Tripoli, Havre & Liverpool
Baton, New York & Baltimore via Philippines & Straits
Hia. Lordship replied that they had will be back in London Monday. been mentioned in evidence and he Dr. Bines is also sponding the would have to take them into con-week-ond in Paris.
The sub-Committee of the World The Official Regelver said the Economic Conference, which is manager, of the firm had chosen to considering the question of the have private administration and now, co-ordination of production not being satisfied, sought the pro marketing will have before its tection
of the court. The firm had bean trading here for 15 years and meeting on Monday a report of its LONDON SERVICE
Drafting Committee, In whch the Profits presumably they had made
however, broad principles to which any such During the last two years they had lost all of debtora ss-set out.
their profits and agreements should conform are $110,000. The
These principles are that any DIVERPOOL SERVICE sets after expenses had been met,
MACHAUN 30 June. ware given as $700. He submitted commodity must be one of world that it would be very undesirable to importance, in which there is such grant the petition.
excess of production or stocks as NEW YORK SERVICE.
TROILUS 7 July to
call for special concerted Examination Adjourned." Formerly proprietor of the Garden action. The agreement should be
comprehensive as regards Theatre, Lam Taz-kwong attended modities to be regulated.. animals,uthored, was
the Bankruptcy Saturday to Sophisticate' wore amused with the con Back up a Court on public ex should be comprehensive as re- PROTESILAUS 13 July Japan, Vienein, Sontle & Vancouver
themselves. IXION producers gards drawings, which he had gotten to-amination before the Chief Justice.
Debtor stated that he was former-Where necessary or desirable for INWARD gether in dressing rooms between scenca, polished up in odd moments, ly the sole partner in the Light Com-the success of the plan it should whone and combined, finally, into a single pany and had offices at China Build-provide for the co-operation of
Ing.
non-exporting countries volume.
Questioned by Mr. E. L. Agassiz, production is considerable.
It should be fair to both pro- as to articles which should have come into his hands as Official Reducers and consumers designed ceiver, but which had apparently to secure and maintain a fair and been sold by debtor, the latter denied that he had sold them, and said the remunerative price level, without alleged purchasers must have stolen discriminating against any parti the furniture from file office and made cular country, and should be out a blank sheet of paper signed by worked with the willing co-opera- tion of the consuming interests in who are him and left in the office.
The examination was further ad-importing countries journed.
Young's writing and drawing pro- clivities waned after publication, but his work in "A Lady's Profession" started them up again. Many of his scener were with a comic horse, Hamed Wellington," and in "Weiling- ton" Young seemed to find new observed with Inspiration. He was pencil and pad of paper, between scenes, busy at work, and those who knew him best predicted volume was in the making.
In addition to "Not for Children," Young has published another book, "Actors and Other People."
n news
RUSSIAN EXAMINED.
Man Who Lost Money In
Shanghai Trouble.
com PACIFIC SERVICE
It
equally concerned with producers in the maintenance of regular sup- plies and fair and stable prices. It should also be of adequate duration, and due regard should be had to the desirability of en- couraging emeient production. In ench country.-British Wireless.
In "A Lady's Profession," Young and Miss Skipworth are cast as a pair of titled Britons, brother and gister, who, discovering that the family fortune has been exhausted, set out for America to recoup. They open up a apeakeasy in New York, and im mediately proceed to get themselves in one after another amusing difficulty. Their principal troubles are not with the law, but with the bootleggers who supply them with their stock, for the at the thought of
Debtor said his present address
London, June 23. leggera, terrified
Sir Herbert Samuel, the Liberal joining the breadline after repeal of was 10, Kent Road, Kowloon Tong. prohibition, insist that they take He was born in Russia but fled
leader, speaking at Manchester more liquor than they can possibly from his native country with his this afternoon, referring to the dispose of. The Englishmen, unused family at the outbreak of the Re
The misfortunes of a Russian recounted when Victor were Strijevsky, trading as "Marnac," at the Peninsula Arcade, under- went his public examination.
LIBERALS' VIEWS. Unanimity Not Essential For Success.
to American methods, nigunge never-volution. Arriving in Harbin progress at the World Conference theless to come off victorious over the with a large quantity of jewellery said that, with this conference,
rocketeers.
+
the Disarmament Con- which represented his entire stock unlike "The Woman Between"
in trade, he disposed of it, and ference, unanimity was not essen-
tial though it was desirable. largely in Russian "The Waman Between", concludes invested
If a group of countries 'ngreed its showing at the Central Theatre roubles which to-day were value- to-day. The picture tells the story of less, and later went into partner-to lower the obstacles to their a young and beautiful French modiste, ship in a jewellery business in mutual trade that would be an
Lily Damita, who
Eventually he went to important step in advance- marries ||Japan..
Britial Wireless.. wealthy widower and incurs the Peking and opened a dress-making unrelenting hatred-of- his establishment. He started-a daughter. The now wife is sub- branch at Tientsin, which did not
to social jected to evil in and heart-pay, and it was.closed down and
played by
спас
Secgar,
The picture, which was adapted from the Broadway play by Irving Kaye Davis, was directed by Victor Schertzinger as his first assignment on his Radio Fictures' contract.
intrigues stracism, secret
opened at Shanghal.' less campaign of degradation. The a branch
Includes Lester Vail, O. P. When trouble broke out in Shang- Heggle. Linenin Stedman, Blanche hai he lost all his money. Frederici, Ruth Weston and Miriam He next made a vain attempt to work up a connexion at Manila; and In 1930 he came to Hongkong and was helped to the extent of $1,000 with which he started "Marnac" at the St. Francis Hotel. Later he moved to Pedder Street, and in 1931 a limited company was formed with a cash capital of $10,- 000 and a share capital of $6,000 worth of shares belonging to debtor.
"itomo Express"
A grin, but a very unpleasant grin, is one of the most striking features In the character. studies of "Rome Express" now showing at the King's Theatre.
The company, he said, was con- In the days of allent films, Conrad Veldt starred in the title-role of "The stantly, in difculties, and after Man Who Laughs." He represented moving from Gloucester Building
man whose Ince had been carved to the Peninsula
a
Arcade, they
into a horrid grin and the general went into voluntary liquidation in
comment was that Veldt's grin was a masterpleco of inake-up.
Conrad Veidt In "Rome Express" plays
the part of the villain of the natural this time, piece and his grin, in every bit as horrid as in his pre- vious effort.
May, 1932.
Debtor started again by himself
a few months later, but although the business went fairly well, he was over-burdened. by debts, thic total of which was $4,720. At the "tome, Express" is the first really present time he was working at the last pur- Lig picture from the giant new "Marnao" under Gaumont-British Studios and it is a credit to all who had anything to do chaser.. Mrs. Petroff, who was cm- with its production. It matches any-ploying him.
The examination was closed. thing that Hollywood has produced:
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
COMING TO THE CENTRAL,
THIS MARBLE IMAGE ONCE HAD-LIVED!
.. and a deod By on the pedestal led the police to the To Jon of the grum some riddle
o thrilling oraha, *based on the ecol memoirs of H.Ashion Wolle.
RETS OF THE FRENCH POLISH
With.
GWILI ANDRE GREGORY RATOFI FRANK MORGAN David O. Selznick, Executive, Producer.
RKO RADIO picture.
Cool as a Cucumberl
3 Aug. Japan, Vidoria, Seattle & Vancouver SERVICE DARDANUS Due 30 Jnue MENESTHEUS Die 7 July
SUMMER CRUISES.-Special B Trip Ratos from Hong Kong to Shanghai. North Chin Ports and Japan
and roturn from June to Betomber.
Irom U. K. via Bingapore Bom-U. E. via Bingapore
Specially reduced fares are quoted forcargo steamers with
limited passenger accommodation.
For freight, passage rates and information apply to the
under-mentioned. All bookings are subject to the provision of the Company'
Bill of Lading,
:
BUTTERFIELD &
Agents
WIRE.
PRESIDENT LINERS
SAN FRANCISCO, NEW YORK ATT LE....
THE SUNSHINE ROUTE Via Shanghai, -- Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu, San Francisco, Balboa, Havana
· Vorfäightly kallington Wednesdays Pros. Taftly 6 Pres. Hoover July 19 Pros, Grant...........Aug. 2
VICTORIA
} THE ̈· EXPRESS "ROUTE TO"""
Seattlo Via Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama and Victoria
Fortnightly exilings on Bulurdays... Pres. Jackson July 8 Pros. Jofferson ....................July 22 Pres. Oloveland.ceres. Aug, 12
EUROPE. NEW YORK M
Via Manila, "Singapore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Suez Canal, Alexandria, Naples, Canga Marseilles
Prez. Hayes
Pree. Fierce
Pres. Monroe
July 0.
July 22 Aug 5
...
Pres. Fan Buren...Aug. 19
ANILA:
THE MOST FREQUENT: SERVICE
Next Sailings Pros. Jackson...............June 27 Pros. Tali
Jane 29
Pres. Hayes.... ......July B Pros, Hoover ...July 11
MOST FREQUENT SIVICE ON THE PACIFIC
President Liners offer you unusual values in their new reduced Toit Class rates-Hongkong to Seattle: G$200 Hongkoto San Francisco: G200.
All Tourist Class cis on President Liners are out- side and most of them pmmodate only two porsens.
S.S. "President idge" and S.S. "President Hoover" offer Special accommodations. Fare G$230 from Hongkong to Sanjancisco. Let us tell you more about this inexpensive fel opportunity.
LINES
DOLLAR STAMSHIP AMERICA MAIL LINE
FEDDER BOING-HONGKONG. CANTON BRAN-No, 4 Bhakob Street.
By Blosse
SPECIAL
JUST ARRIVED 100
COTTON KIMONOS
Washable cool & very handy
'for
BATHING BEACH
or
HOME
·Prices $2.50 & $3.50.
KOMOR & KOMOR
Chafer Road:
York Building.
EALIZING THE DANGER OF RESCUING
FRECKLES BY MACHINE ÓUN FIRE,
UNCLE HARRY SWINGS HÍB
SEAPLANE
OUT OVER THE BEACH-
WE'LL COME DOWN AND PULL INTO THE
SHORE......WE'LL
HAVE TO TALK IT OUT WITH
THEM
'TH' BLOOMIN' SERIS CAN'T UNDERSTAND OUR LANGUAGE, CÓMMODORE!
THEY'LL UNDERSTAND OUR FISTS, THOUGH
AVE.... AVE. AN' MINE ARE-
HARD AS STEEL
INCENSED OVER THE
TIDAL WAVE THAT WRECKED!! ONE OF THEIR VILLAGES,
·THE SERIS BLAME THE WHITE MAN,
'AND'·
PREPARE TO OFFER
FRECKLES, LAS SACRIFICE,
TO THEIR NATIVE GOD.
GEE. I CAN'T MAKE OUT AW THEY'RE SAYIN, BUT THEY MUST THIM A GREAT GUY, LOOKIN', AT MË THIS....
I WONDER WHAT HAPPENTO
UNCLE HARRY 'AN' HIS}'
SEAPLANE?
Page 10Page 11