6.00 A.M.
FRIDAY, April 20th sailing for
VICTORIA & VANCOUVER
via SHANGHAI-NAGASAKI KOBE-YOKOHAMA
ONE OF THE
BIG 4
"EMPRESS OF ASIA"
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
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3. F. Warren Eag Deputy Chairman,
W. II. Bell, Body.. K. 9. Morrison. Bec. A. FL. Compten, Egion. Mr.J.J. Patarvon, C. G. Ko EqT. E. Pratos, Zeg.,
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Fictures, will be the attraction at the Alhambra on Thursday. The wise- cracking Lee. Tracy is seen in the starring role, as a flip young reporter Reres Fundrais on a Los Angeles daily whose pro Beserve Liability of Proprietor... 9,800,000 | Reserve Liability of Proprietoru.. $20,900.000 penalty for hard liquor causes him to AGENCIES AND DRANCHERS1---- muff the biggest story of the year by ALOR STAR ILOILO sleeping peacefully through an earth-AMRITSAR qunke. As suitable punishment, his BANGKOK editor demotes him to the humiliating ATAVIA
DOMBAY - post of "agony" colunin conductor. | CALCUTTA Tracy attempts to retaliate by giving CANTON the wildest advice that ever appeared OAWNFORM
CEBU In a newspaper column, with the result COLOMBO that he brings down upon his head the DELOI wrath of frantic
and HAIPHONG mammas wronged ladies and gets himself em-HAMBURG, brolled in several highly melodramatle} HANKOW situations, some of which develop HONGKONG BANGOON comic, and some, alas, highly tragic|
Foreign Exchange and⋅ General and Beak-DASTON consequences. Pretty Sally Blane
lag bolos tressscieć. plays the sweetheart for whose sweet
Curfest Accounts opened rake Tracy tries to worm his way out Deposite prosired for the fear of shorter June 20 of the bumiliating job. Featured with perioda at mates whleb will be quoted on DAIREN
W. H. THOMAS, July 2 Sally are Isabel Jewel, Paul Harvey,;
Teting Manager July 18 Judith Wood and May Bolay. Ster-
Hongkong. Loth Fahruary, 1934. July 30 Aug. 3 Avg. Aug.14 ing Holloway, C. Henry Gorden, Jean
THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED. Aug. 18 Aug 25 Aug 31 Adair, Matt Briggs, Charles Levinson, Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept 12 Adalyn Doyle and Etienne Girardot, Sept.24 complete the impressive cast. AI Oct. 9 Werker directed this United Artiala Uct. 22
release from a xtory by Leonard Praskins.
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Apr. 26
Apr. 28
May 9
May
May 11 May 18
May 20
May 22
May 24
May 26
Jun 4
May 23
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June. 8 June16
June 19
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July 17
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Aug 1
Aug. 19
Aug. 16
Aug. 29
Sept. 11
Sept 13
Bept. 15
Sept. 26
Sept. 28 Oct. 4
5 Oct. 7 Oct. 9
Oct. 11
et. 13
TO MANILA
EMPRESS OF CANADA
...April 27th.
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LODE POONG BBAN,
"Design For Living" Filming a close-up of an intimate! Love scene between Fredric March and Miriam Hopkins In Ernst Lubitsch's! Paramount im version of Noel, at the world. Coward's "Design for Living", which is coming on Sunday to the King's Theatre, required the services of more than forty ether people behind the scenes: The writers, as originators THE MERCANTILE BANK of the Beone, were the first "unseen" factors in the making of the shot. These included Noel Coward, the play-i wright; Ben Heet, who adapted it for the screen, and Director Lubitsch himself. "Design for Living", which Paid-op Capliat also stars Gary Cooper and Edward Rrve Fund and Rest Everett Horton, la the amusingly
-1 entertaining story of three hearts that
..Wed., 18th April at 10 a.m. Wed., 9th May, at 10 a.m.
Wed, 23rd May.
Heian Maru (starts from Kobe) Mon., 30th April. Hikawa Maru (starts from Kobe) Mon., 21st May. London, Marsoillos, Antwerp & Rotterdam
Suwa Maru
Fushimi Maru
Hakozaki Maru
.Sat., 14th April.
.Sat., 28th April, .Sat., 12th May.
Sydney & Melbourne vla Manila & Ports.
Kamo Maro
Kitano Maru
.Sat., 28th April, .Sat., 26th May.
Bombay-via Singapore. Penang, & Colombo.
*Mayebashi Maru
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Ginyo Maru
South America (West Coast)
..Sun., 29th April; "
.Mon., 7th May.
...Fri., 11th May via lapan, Honolulu.
Los Angeles, Mexico & Panama,
Heiyo Maru
Now York via Panama,
"Toba Maru
Tsuyama Maru
Liverpool via Port Sald,
Genoa & Valencia.
*Lima Maru
.Mon.. 28th May.
.Wed., 18th April. ..Fri., 11th. May. Beyrouth, Istanbul, Piraeus,
Mon., 16th April.
Calcutta via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,
*Morioka Maru
*Penang Maru
*Muroran Maru
Shanghai, Koba & Yokohama.
..Mon 16th April. Sun., 29th April.'"
Tues., 8th May,
Kitano Maru (Nagasaki direct) Fri., 20th April.
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MARITIMES
UNZEN!....
1934 Holiway Season
The Messageries Maritimes Steamers will call at
NAGASAKI as follows:
Leave Arriva Hong Kong Nagasaki
Juña 15 June .24
July 2 July 15 July 29
Aug.
12
Aug. 24 Sept. 9 Sept. 21
Sept. 16 Sept. 30
INDIA LIMITED.
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DANKERS.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
The Business of the ahors Bank is coo- dusted by the Hopkong and Shorba! Dank the Corporation. Rules may be obtained on
FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI DANKING CORPORATION.
OFpilation,
£1.000.000 1,800.000 1,050.000 1,248,755
bent ng two. It's an intimate, en The Bank of England & Midland Bank, lightening picture of a woman who loved two men.
"Meet the Baron"
Ltd.
V. M. GRATOURN.
СПІВР MANAGER. Hongkong, 26th February, 1934.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE
BANK, LIMITED.
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The famous voice of "Baron Mun-Colambo chausen", familiar to millions of radio Delhi fans, takoa onto itself a corporeal Galle being and for the first tinte in the history of the screen "The Barn" is seen as well as hoard. This occurs: in "Meet the Baren" showing at the Oriental Theatre on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday in which Jack Pearl, the famous radio "Baron", makes his pic-1 ture debut. He cavorts with Jimmy intereal allowed In Current Accounts and Durante, Zasu Pitts and others invited Deposits at ilates that may be ascer blarious adventures in B girls' taled on application.
Travellers' Chaques issued.
TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSKIPS UNDERTAKEN.
e:llege, This Baron Munchausen in
a light, handsome fellow with an
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Manager.
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Hongkong
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Srette
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7,000
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7,000
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Manager. Hongkong, Ith Aprli, 1914.
aristocratic face, who uses misilt clothes to make himself lock as funny. Kaufman-westo_the_original story of Oklahoma... un he sounds. He is a clever actor Eidle's adventures. Willam Anthony
too. There are real heart throbs in!
his love-making with Zneu Pitts
"Roman Scandals"
responsible for "The Kid Hej BleGuire.
From Spain," "Whoopee" and earlier
Scandals,
"The Last Trail"
has that Chaplin-like trick. Of put Cantor successes, did the adaptation. George O'Brien and Zane Grey join ting just a touch of human nature Dubin and Warren wrote the songs. forces again in "The Last Trail", the into comedy. The story deals with Another lavish Samuel Goldwyn Pro-new Fox Film production showing at Julius, the valet, being forced to im-
"Koman ducten.
hus! the King's Theatre. It is the latest persurate the real Baron, trying to lecture for him, and getting into among its most spectacular features story by the dean of adventure hilarious trouble, alded and abetted by a great Slave Market scene, where aj authors, and presents O'Brien with hundred of the Emperor's beauties what is said to be one of his best "Western" apin and strut in a alirringly martial vehicles. The film is a dance, their silver mesh costumes, only in that its iceala represents the Jimmy Durante as his "manager","
glittering in the moonlight, as the plains of the West. But the plot has Eddle Canter in "Roman Scandals," senators and the rabble look up at the a central theme that involves adven is to be seen to-day at both the alabaster bodies of the captive slaves ture and intrigue of a'iruly cosmopolit selecting Viarie Trevor Queen's and the Alhambra Theatres. for sale to the highest bidder. Eddle an nature.
wistful, dewy-eyed lad in as his leading lady, O'Brien pays This is the pop-eyed comic's fourth plays a annual sergen musicni comedy for West Home, Oklahoma, whose imag- tribute to her performance with him:
recent "Life in the Raw Samuel Goldwyn. Ruth Etting. Gloria ination carried him back to the aid in the Stuart, David Manners, Edward of beauty in distress in the Romg of "The Last Trail" has a twin keynote Arnold and Veree Teasdale are his the Caesars to fantastle complica- romance and comedy. While the companions us he froiles among the tione in court, intrigue, ending In annance is in the hands of O'Brien thase, with the and Miss Trevor, the comedy is re gorgeous slave girls gathered for the stirring charit pleasure of a Caesar; in and out of Emperor's soldiers in hot pursuit of ported, as capably handled by such prison. dungeons or flying over dusty Eddie who has gained possession of veterans of the laugh parado as El ronds at the reins of a thundering a court secret. Of course Eddie en Brendol, Matt McHugh and Lucille chariot, with lives at stakes. George i capen-back, in fact, to West Rome, La Verna
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