CENTRAL
THEATRE
SHOWING TO-DAY-4 SHOWS DAILY At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
A CHINESE PICTURE
The Management wishes to notify all our Patrons that as from To-day the Theatre has been engaged for the Showing of the Sensational Cantonese All Talking and Singing Füm
"THE WHITE GOLD
DRAGON"
FEATURING
MR. & MRS. SIT KOK SIN
THE POPULAR CANTONESE
STAGE STARS.
PRODUCED BY UNIQUE FILM CO
NEXT CHANGE
YOU'RE SUMMONED.....to testify to the funniest show in town!
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, OCTOBER
CORRESPONDENCE
Christmas Cards,
THE FLEET RETURNING
PROGRAMME FOR
SQUADRON
Sir.-In a recent issha of your, paper a correspondent who signed || himself "Local" wrote advising the public to think twice before ordór. ing Christmas Cards "from the Chinese hawkers from Shanghai,"
During the coming two months ilo argued that these men from the practically all units of the China North, who do not even posacas Fleet will bo returning from their
hawkers Hcences" aro maling summer cruises' in the North. good living, and came hero and
with trade in competition
the Colony's shops, who have to pay taxes, etc.
1
Now, so far as I know, mino in the only Chinese concern engaged In the business, and your corres- pondent's letter may unjustly do us great harm.
The destroyers Keppel, Veteran Wron and Witch return from Japan to-morrow, and the expect od dates of arrival of other war- ships are as follows:--
H.M.S. Barwick, October 4 from Tsingtao;
H.M.S. Bruce, October 13 from Shanghai;
II.M.S. Eagle, October 27 from Japanese Cruise;
H.M.S. Falmouth, November from Japanese Cruiso;
H.M.S. Modway and submarines, November 9 from Japaneso Cruise;
H.MLS. Sandwich, November 16 from Nanking;
H.M.S. Kent, November 20 from Japaneso Cruise;
H.M.S. Cornflower, December 2 from Chinwingino;
I am not a hawker, neither, do I sell imported Christmas Cards from Shanghal. My company la the Tall Chung Wah Company, 199 Hennessy Road. At that address we have our studio and works, where we make fancy Chinese hand- painted Christmas cards and em- broidered hand-painted talendars. It is true that I came briginally from Shanghal, but we have noẶv been established 'in Hongkong for three years. Oura is therefore now a Hongkong industry. We have only a selling agency in Shanghai. Wo use paper Imported from Eng- land, and all the work upon it.is done hers. Therefore we are en- titled to claim the support and therefore that your correspondent encouragement of the local public vil retract his aspersions and -perhaps even more than -shops beg that the local public will con- which import their cards ready tinue to support our local industry.
nade. We pay all local taxation
the same as they do.
I repeat: I am not a hawker. I go around taking orders. I trust
SHOWING TO-DAY
At 2.30,
5.10, 7:15 8
9.30 p.m.
H.M.S. Cumberland, December 18 from Shanghai; and
H.M.S. Bridgewater, January from Shanghai.
J. C. C. PENG,
The Tai Chung Wah Co., Head Office, 199, Hennessy Road,
Hongkong
AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRES
OH! Look At Eddie Fighting Bulls!
1933.
TRAVELLING RUG
THEFT
MAN ARRESTED ·AT-
PAWNSHOP
"If I may say so, this man waż arrested a month ago, but I was obliged to let him go," stated Do tective-Sergeant Fowlle before Mr. Schofield in the Central Police Court this, morning, prosecuting Tsang Ching, 48, unemployed, for the theft of a travelling rug from the Man On Boarding House,
Defendant was caught at a pawnshop whore the pawnbroker refused to take the rug inte pawn because it bore the name of the hoarding house.
A fine of $50 or six weeks' hard labour was imposed,
:
KOWLOON GOLF
RESULT OF SEPTEMBER COMPETITION
During the month of September ja popular golfing competition was played at Kowloon Golf Course. The competition was for St. John of Jerusalem Red Cross Trophy. Competitors were allowed to take out as many cards as they wished during the months and no fewer than 114 cards were taken out. The competition was over 18 holes medal play and the results are as under: 11. 11. Mundy net 67; 11. II. Mundy had the next best card of 69 not. The' not two best scores were made by D. C. Wilson and A. T Braley each 79.
BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313,
€ 25332.
NEXT CHANGE
A BRILLIANT TALKING PICTURE VERSION OF Į. B. PRIESTLEY'S FAMOUS
NOVEL.
THE HOUSE OF BIG HITS
QUEENS
AIR CONDITIONED THEATRE.
SHOWING TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's
THIRD BIG ALL-COMEDY PROGRAMME
STAN
-Including-
OLIVER
LAUREL
and
HARDY
ANOTHER FINE MESS
AN OLD SPANISH CUSTOM Bull Fighting in Mexico
OVER THE SEAS TO BORNEO Traveloguo
-Zasu Pitta and Théima Todd ------
in
"ON THE LOOSE"
·CHARLIE CHASE-
in
"THE TABASCO KID"
COLOUR SCALES
in Gorgeous Technicolour
FROM THURSDAY
RULING AN EMPIRE...
Grand Jury of Blup-Rib- bon Comedians Finde You!...You!.......... and You! Gulity of Snick ers,Howis,Bull-Roarsf
LADIES OFHE JURY
(It's a Crime to Miss It!) “Edna May OLIVER ROSCO ATES
Rampaging comedians of "Cimarron”
JILL ESMOND RKO RADIO KEN MURRAY
PICTURE
Asband-of-marry-makersTM guilty of every gag on the calendar...
MAJESTICA
They Kissed
While
Their
Fathers
Cussed
Fox Film Presents
BEST OFF
ENEMIES
Hilarious
with Buddy Rogari Marlan Nlicon Frank Morgan Speeph Cawthorn Oreta Nissens
PARTICULARLY MEAN THEFT
FOKI ROBS COLLEAGUE "
OF $17.50
TO-DAY ONLY
At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 &. 9.20 P.M.
All's Fair in Love and War!
The Youngsters Loved. While the oldsters
Batlled.
stealing 817.50 from Chan Fu.
10
The officer sald that complain- ant and defondant were both fokia in the shop on the ground floor of 207, Jaffer Rond. On Saturday morning, complainant awoke And that the defendant had gone away taking the money from his coat pocket. The defendant was theft because the defendant knew turned from Maeno.. He had arrested yesterday when he rc- that the complainant kept his gambled away all the money in money in his pocket" remarked Macao.
"It was a particularly menn
Sub-Inspector Nolloth when pro-
SAMUEL GOLDWYN
Production
EDDIE
CANTOR
Se 200 people in the glittering Faia da Berkilo dancing to ore lovely song! See preol bull fight in a crowded arena, with Bidney Frankila, Tomave Americap molador, fighting savage bullsi
"FATHER NOAH'S ARK "
A Silly Symphony in Technicolour.
4 SHOWS
DAILY
2:30-5.15
7.15--9.30
MICKEY MOLIS
in
The KID
J.B. PRIESTLEY'S
FAMOUS NOVEL
FROM SPAIN THE GOOD
Screamingly funny"?
You know it! Bu! here's a musical ro-
'mance that scales a
COMPANIONS
new pook of dramatic -with
Starring
JESSIĚ MATTHEWS
thrills and swooping, EDMUND GWENN MARY GLYNNE breathless beauty! A.W.BASKCOMB JOHN GIELGUD
with
LYDA ROBERTI The Willowy Se* Menace and The GorgeoUS GOLDWYN GIRLS
Most Beautiful This Side of Heaven)
UNITED ARTISTS PICTURA
~~AND
MICKEY MOUSE Prosents "THE MAD DOCTOR"
Directed by VICTOR SAVILLE
Gaumont-British - Welsh - Pearson- Picture.
"The Good Companions' is unquestionably far and away the best production in ovory. way"
TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS
-News of the World,
ORIENTAL
ONLY 2 MORE DAYS.
TO-DAY TO-MORROW
THE BIG COMEDY SMASH HIT!
FUN
FAST and FURIOUS!
2 HOURS
of
Mr. Schofield remanded the de-
SOLID LAUGHTER!
secuting Chan Hung, a shop foki, fendant until to-morrow to enable before Mr. Schofield, at the Con- 'him to raise the amount he had tral Magistracy this morning, for stolen.
THEATRE
FLEMING
ROAD
WANGHA),
TEL. 28472
THE SCREEN'S GREATEST COMEDIANS
ROBT WOOLSEY
BERT WHEELER ROOT.
EDDIE QUILLAN DOROTHY LEE
MITZI GREEN ARLINE JUDOB
GIRL
CRAZY
RKO RADIO
JOHN ETHEL
LIONEL
BARRYMORE
FIRST SCREEN APPEARANCE TOGETHER! of the Theatre
The Royal Family
RASPUTIN ANEMPRESS
with
Meu Goldwyn Mayer notum
DIANA WYNYARD
TO-DAY and
TO-MORROW
STAR
BEAT
WHEELER*
DOROTHY LEE
ROSCO ATES TOO MANY
COOKS
RKO RADIO PICTURE
of "Cavalcado".
At 2.30.5.1
7.20 8.9.2
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