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Presents
"OVER THE BILLOWS”
with
·LAI CHEUK CHEUK and WOO AI SING A CHINESE PICTURE
DIRECTED BY MOON KWANG Produced in Hongkong
NEXT CHANGE
DO THE DEAD STILL LIVE?
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY
NUARY
U.S. MONETARY HAVANA POWER VINES TURNS THE
EXPERIMENTS
President's Next Steps Forecast
New York, Jan, 14:
STRIKE SWIFT ACTION BY
GOVERNMENT
In order to forestall a probable MEN ORDERED
attempt by the House of Represen- tatives and the Senate to check the Administration's monetary pro- gramme, President Roosevelt is likely to noon announce plans for
TO RETURN
Havana, Jan. 14. Drastic action has been the more extensive purchase of taken by the Cuban Goyern
gold or control of the gold market, temporary de facto stabilization of ment to meet the crisis
!
TABLES
CONVINCING VICTORY OVER TILDEN
New York, Jan., 14. Ellsworth Vines turned the
tables on Tildan in their third
professional exhibition match, which was played at Philadelphia to-day.
Vines was in wonderful form. He swept. Tilden off the court In the first sat, which he won without back to win the second sat, but conceding a game. Tilden came Vines afterwards dominated the play.
of the dollar in foreign exchange caused by the lightning in his matches in New York, and expanded use of silver is strike of the electric power Wines lost the first in straight sots partial monetary base, accompanieil
and the second after capturing the neither by free coinage at a fixed Workers, plunging the city second set, and taking Tilden to railo to gold nor by bimetalliam.
into darkness. Government neizure. of gold in the Federal Reserve Banks Is also expected to take place,
sixteen games in the third.
To-day, Vinca bent Tilden, 6-0, Colonel Batista, the commander-5-7-6-2 6-2-Reuder. in-chief of the Army, is virtually [in control of the situation.
The impending governmental
Troopa
with machine-guns have financing which It la expected will been placed, round the power sta reach $10,000,000,000 is causing notions and are supervising the em great concern. The new farm ployees as they resumo their nor- mortgage and home mortgage mal working.
WOMAN BEGGAR
OVER $12 IN SMALL COIN
schemes which nre considered This action followed a warning highly inflationary are likely to by Batista that the operation of the Arrested in Taimshatsui over be legislated by February-Per power plant was cascatial to the the week-end begging for copper Swan, Culbertson and Fritz.
maintenance of the peace and cents, an old Chinese woman was order and that the Government Cound to have $12.72 hidden i11 would act strongly if the workers different parts of her clothing. did not return to work thla after-- Charged before Mr. Wynne- Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, she said she had come to Hongkong to look for her son, and falling to find him, she had to resort to begging in order to get money for food.
CLOUDY WEATHER
noon.
The Anticyclone remains centred to the north of Shantung and has
They are complying. decreased in Intensity. The de-i The Government simultaneously pression remains to the north-east has issued a decree, announcing of Hokkaido. Local forecast:-that it is provisionally taking over NE, winds, moderato; cloudy. all the Cuban Electric Company's His Worship:-But you bad
work and will operate themselves $12.72 on you! - according to the workers' de- Defendant:- mands, the Company paying all the money to buy food, expenses involved until the work- ers and officials agree to have power restored.--Reuter,
Szo To-chat, aged 18, was rescued from the harbour yesterday, half- drowned, after he had leaped from the Praya at Wanchal.
LAST TWO
DAYS
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wanted some
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FROM WEDNESDAY: 50 GREAT WAS HER LOVE
NOT ONE WORD WAS SPOKEN
GULLN'S
SHOWING TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 & 9.30
"HOW'M I DOIN'?"
It's a dance of the Midway! You throw discretion to the winds and your hips North, South, East and West!,
MAE WEST
in
I'm no
angel
with
CARY GRANT
A Paramount Picture
Directed by WESLEY RUGGLES
SUPERNATUNAL
CAROLE LOMBARD (BY THE PRODUCERS OF WHITE ZOMBIE'} RANDOLPH SCOTT, VIVIENNE OSBORNE
H.B.V
WARNER
What strange, unknown power took pomenion of her soul as she sought to bridge the gap between life and death? The buming answer to the question,Will millions now living never die?"
"HALPERIN PRODUCTION A Paramount Picturë
Smoke SKIPPER
BRAND BRITISH NAVY CUT
KNOWN EVERYWHERE
SMOKED EVERYWHERE
SOLD EVERYWHERE,
Obtainable from
The Graeco Egyptian Tobacco Store,
Poddar Streat,
"MANAGER DISAPPEARS.
- BELIEVED TO HAVE SAILED TO SHANGHAI
A.P.D. &
Evidence was given that Sanjeevi booked a passage on the s.s. Proaidont Coolidge.
Mrs. Sanjeevi and her husband sal good-bye to hor on the day the President Coolidge sailed, and she
The disappearance of Paranjothi had not heard from him since, Sanjeevi, trading as Pioneer Com Further. ovidence was given mercial Co, the Karis Silk Store, and by Perunkolam Anantasubramanya the Columbo Jewellery Store was re- Krishna, and a Receiving Order was parted by Mr. P. G, Nigel, appearing, then made.
for the petitioning creditors, at the Debtor is believed to bo in Shang- Dankruptcy Court on Saturday. hai,
Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PEROT FHANKLIN, at 1 and B, Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria Hongkong,
A MAN of the present -- looking backward
A GIRL of the past
looking forward
"A"LOVE-STORY that
spans time to live through eternity.
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JESSE L. LASKY Production
BERKELEY
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LESLIE HOWARD HEATHER ANGEL
In the most distinguished performance of his career
HINTYPES
"TWIN DUKES AND
A DUCHESS,”
4 SHOWS
DAILY
2,30-5.15
7.15–8,30
ALSO
The loveliest
the
FOX
ADDED
MOVIETONE
ATTRACTION
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TODAY
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At 2.30 5.20.
7.20 8.9.20
Robert MONTGOMERY Sally EILERS MADE ON BROADWAY
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Piolure
MAJESTIC
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SPICY-ROMANTIC=GAY
Lilian Harvey
MY LIPS BETRAY
JOHN BOLES EL BRENDEL
Directed by John Blystone;
•from the play "Der Kopálíky Anija Detsk
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