ENTRAL

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m...

ISLAND OF LOST SOULS

Ignoring the god Who Mate Then, They Bormed the Home of Dr. Mor=" ear, Braking the Out Who Was All-

-Human!...A Tale of

-Romanse," Atren-

tre and Terror as

Outy}.0.Wall Can”

'WITH

ACHARLES LAUGHTONAS.

CBELA LUGOSI. ZRICHARD ARLEN `LEILA HYAMS

Rad the

PANTHER · WOMAN

a Paramount Picture

More

Exciting; More Thrilling, More Amazing Than Anything You Have Ever Soon!

NEXT CHANGE

THOUSANDS EXPECT IT TO HAPPENI

EARTH

DOOMED!

DELUGE

world laid waste! Only a handful survive.

to "start over"

ONE WOMAN FOR TEN MEN

AND NO LAW BUT DESIRE!

RKO-RADIO Picture Samuel Bischoff, asso. producer

Raw passion rules the naked

land in this astounding imagi. `native spectacle!

With

PEGGY SHANNON LOIS WILSON SIDNEY BLACKMER Matt Moore, Ralf Haroldo Edward Van Sloan, Sam- - uel Hinds. Directed By Felix E, Foll

from the book by $. Fowler Wright HAILED IN ENGLAND AS ONE OF THE GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN

PICTURES!

MAJESTIC

JOKKFY

1933 MARCHES ON

to SCREEN GLORY

[Sylvia Sidney

Brings Her Passionate Ast to a Great Love Story! MADAME BUTTERFLY

STEVIA SIDNEY

CARY GRANT

CHARLES BOGGRES

TO-DAY ONLY

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.

A LOVE STORY FIRED

WITH THE PASSION OF THE WEST... AND THE EAST...A TALE LOVED BY MILLIONS.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1933.

Colony's Naval Volunteers

HEALTHY ECONOMICS.

BRITAIN HAS REASON TO 'CELEBRATE XMAS ·

London, Dec. 22.

Regulations Issued

People in Britain have good UNIFORMS SIMILAR TO

a

ROYAL NAVY

CAR PLUNGES IN HARBOUR

OCCUPANTS GET

A DUCKING

three in number, escaped with The driver and the passengers,

unpleasant ducking, nothing more serious than

An

reason to celebrato Christmas in a cheerful spirit, for conditions are

Pun Tal has reported to the now much better than a year ago

police that while driving a car and Indeed for some years past, and

from West Point to the Great there is general confidence that the Governor regarding the Hongkongthis morning, the vehicle skidded Regulations made by H. E. the China Hotel in the early hours of improvement will continuo.

This feeling is strengthened by in the current Issue of the Gazette, along the Praya, and fell into the Naval Volunteer Force, appearing when passing the Tung Shan Hotel, multiplication of encouraging.signs provide that, subject to the general harbour. from all. parts of the country.control of the Governor, the Force Trade has continuously Improve, shall be under the orders of the unemployment, although still large, Commodore in charge has substantially diminished, ro-Majesty's Naval Establishments at of His venue returns show the finances of Hongkong, country, compared with a year ago, have improved between sixty and by

The Commodore will be assisted seventy millions, the budget out- H.K.N.V. Committee of which he for and are not required to per Committee, termed The those who have no qualifications look is distinctly brighter, railway shall be, er officio, the President. form executive, engineering, medi- traffic returns, one of most reliablo The other members of the H.K.N.V. cal, accountant or chaplain's duties, Indicators, are high, and the tone of Committee shall consist of the Stock Exchange is unusually Commanding

the but who are required as speciallats Arm. Improvement in trade, par-H.K.N.V. (ez oflelu) and such engineerk,

Officer of the in certain subjects such as civil ticularly in retail trade, a borne other officers of the I.N.

chemists, designers, out by expansion in note circulation H.K.N.V. as the

ur the professora, artista, interpreters, which last week rose to £383,863,-sco fit to appoint:

Governor may fele. 915. This is the highest figure!

TRAINING AND PAY. publicly

The personnel of the force win recorded sinco the consist of two categories, which

The training of the Force is to Amalgamation of Treasury notes will be made up of Volunteers at-handling of boats, knotting, splic

comprise seamanship, with the Bank of England noto tending for instruction and Volun- ing both hemp and wire rope, rig Including issue. The total compares with teers borne on the list for ad-ging sheers and derricks, mines. £370,097654 last year--British ministrative purposes but not ne-weeping and mining instruction, cessarily attending for instruction,

Wireless.

It is notifled in the Gazette that Major L. Cassel, O.B.E., intends to transfer the business of The Critic to Mr. R. T. Barrett on January 25th,

1934.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT,

Mrs. Ho Loung wishes to thank all those friends who sent messages of sympathy, flowers and for their attendance at the Funeral.

TO-DAY

ONLY

At 2.30,

5.10, 7.15 €

9.30 p.m.

signalling and telegraph, navigation and pilotage, gunnery, including depth charges and instruction In squad and rifle drill, torpedo and the recognition of ships by day and night,

THE UNIFORMS. The uniform of officers of the Force will be the same as that of officers of corresponding rank and branch of the Royal Navy, with certain exceptions In respect

All members of the Force when distinction stripes, while the uni-also when undergoing or attending of called out on actual service, and form of ratings will be of the same cruises or courses of instruction or pattern as for naval ratings, with training, will be entitled to certain exceptions.

such

of

There will be a special branch Pay and allowances, if any, na may the Force, which will consist

be prescribed by the Governor-in- of Council.

KINGS

A DOUBLE ATTRAGUION!

HIS

ON THE SCREEN

. WEIRDEST

MAN-HUNT

CHARME CHAN'S

greatest

CASE

ON THE STAGE

with

WARNER -OLAND

and

HEATHER ANGEL

From a novel by Karl Derr Olggera

TO-DAY ONLY

AT 2.30 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P. M.

REX STORY Presents

THE NINE O’CLOCK REVUE

9

Talented

Artists

in the

Flesb

NEW SONGS

4 SHOWS

DAILY

2.30-5,18

.7.15-0.30

LAST

4 TIMES

TO-DAY

Α

Big

Comedy that Keeps you Screaming with Laughter.

6.

Beautiful

Eye

Dear.

NEW

DANCES

RK

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25315, € 25332.

-Commencing TO-MURROW- INTRODUCING

Jilian Harvey

A fascinating new star

and

LEW AYRES handsome, tendar...at the pock

of his popularity

-In

the gayest, giddlest, snappies! musical romance by the greatest of all musical pro

ducers.

My Weakness

TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BURB

#.0.Difyira Production

Dirated Ly

David Restor

ORIENTAL

THE HALE | NAKED TRUTH

A million-laugh- power romance in the world of bunk

With

LUPE VELEZ and LEE TRACY

Segans Pallette Peak Motgun

by Crepity Le Co

4

DAYS

FLEMING

ROAD

WANCHAI

TEL. 28473.

ONLY Starting TO-MORROW

*

STUPENDOUS MIRACLE PICTURE

Extra

Special Morning Matinees

'at

12

O'Clock.

big?

battleship

is loose

KING KONG

WAN TAY WRAY

A» RKO-RADIO Picturu,

QUEEN'S

Final Showings To-day at 2,80, 5,10, 7.20 & 9,30

THEA

12ad

STREET

14 GREAT STARS!

. More than 50 featured players! Most lavish pro duction ever con ceived by the miracle minds of Hollywood!

"A grand show?"

-KATE SMITH

*A really great musical?"

-PAUL WHITEMAN

You are missing

a whole lot · If

you miss this.

ROBERT

TO-MORROW

HELEN

MONTGOMERY

, as the lovers on troubled seas

of matrimony.......

another

Language

From the play by Rose Frankon

It ran a year Broadway, and naiv it reaches the screen with all its laughs and thrills intact! Disected by E. H. GRIFFITH

TO-DAY ONLY

BA STORY THAT BEGINS AFTER

THE

HONEY MOQN.

HAYES

(STAR)

THRILL TO WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN 1940.

MEN

MUST FIGHT

Meun Gjoklyn-Mayet netum,

PROTUKS

with

DIANA' WYNYARD

PASSENGER PLANES. MACHINES FOR SHANGHAI-

CANTON SERVICE' -

At 2.30 5,20,

1.20 € 9.20

vessel into a lighter and taken to the flying field at Kal Tak for assembly.

The machines are destined for servico between Canton and the Two largo passengers aeroplanos (north. They were built by the wore brought to the Colony on Stinson Aircraft Corporation at. Thursday by the Dollar, liner Michigan and are consigned to President Hoover. They were the China-Amorica Airways Com- discharged ovor the side of the pany of Cantos,

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PESOT FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria Hongkong.

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