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"THE VALE OF TEARS"
With TONY SHAK—LAM MUI MÜI
NEXT CHANGE
PRESENTING AGAIN TO POPULAR DEMAND
THE GREATEST OF ALL WAR DRAMAS !
The Story That Will Never Dio
ERICH MARIA"REMARQUE'S"
novel, with Louis Wol haim, Lewis Ayrai, John Wroy. Adoptation and Dialogue by Maxwell Anderson and George Abbolt, Á CAFL·LAEMMLE, Jr. production.
Is now the picture that will live foreverőga telling in towering postages of theer drama and crackling dialog the world's greatest, story of Youth's blind struggle får hoppines showing the HUMAN side of "war as seen through the eyes of Youth Fe smash- ing home to you its dramatic massage of hopelessness and hope!
Directed by
LEWIS MILESTONE
Presented by CARE LAEMMIS
ALL QUIET ON THI WESTERN FRONT
MAJESTIC
To-day & To-morrow at 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 8.20 p.m.
THE CLEVEREST AND SNAPPIEST MUSICAL OF THE YEAR!
HYING
$200 beautif
¡girls.. chosen) from 10,000!!
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Hong Kong. May 1, 1934.
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THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1934...
NEW PALESTINE LOAN
BRITISH GUARANTEES
PROPOSED ·
Landon, May 3. A Trenaury memorandum is issued explaining that a financial resolution is proposed to enable the introduction of a Bill authorls In the Treasury guarantee principal and interest of a loan not exceeding £2,000,000 to be raised by the Government of Palestine for the following, purposes!
Re-settlement Arabs, £250,000..
BRADMAN SCORES 206
EASY VICTORY FOR AUSTRALIANS
WORCESTER SOON OUT
London, May 3. Bradman to-day completed
EAST AFRICA TO CO-OPERATE
IN TEA AND SUGAR RESTRICTIONS
Nairobi, May 3.
Tea planters in Erst Africa have renched an agreement on the pro-
Rals of the International Ten Committee-for-the-nclusion of Enst Afrien in, the restriction schemo,
The sugar industry is prepared to join a similar scheme.
The proposals of both industries of displaced a double century, almost are at present under consideration by a conference of East African parallelling, his opening per-Governors. Reuter. Water supply and drainage formance in his last tour of schemes for Jerusalyn and fulfa, England.
water supply for "Hebron nnd
various villages surveyed for water He was dismissed aftor scoring}" resources, £933,000. Agrienitura) 206 runa. credits, £200,000.
Oldfield also batted brightly,] Construction of oil berth and compiling 67 runs in quick time.
Tho Australians were all out: reclamation scheme at Haifa, for 504, the only Worcestershire
£210,000.
TIBETAN MISSION
PAYING VISIT TO CHIANG
Nanking, May 4. bowler to achieve my auccess
Anchin Lama, head of the Pubße buildings, including being Howarth, whose four wickets Tibotan delegation, which is here Jerusalem Post Office and various cost 135 runs. educational buildings, and pur poses Incidentally to or connected
to welcome the Panchon Lama back Worcester, made 112 in the first to Tibet, declared that the delega
with any of the purposes mention-innings, were dismissed for 95 in tion will sail for Kiakiang en route ed in the schedule, including rais- their second, Australia thus win- to Nanking to-morrow in response ing of a loan, £407.000,--Britishning by an innings and 297 runs. to General Chiang Kai Shek's sum-
Grimmett again took five wic-mons: Wireless.
kets, his figures boing:
CHINA
AIR PLANS
NEW SERVICE TO KANGTING
0. M. R. W. 14 7 27 ច O'Reilly proved his effectiveness on English wickets by taking four wickets for 26-Renter.
TWELVE WICKETS
FOR FREEMAN
Good Start By Kont
London, May 3,
Besides valuable presents, he carries with him a letter from the late Dalai Lama,' which was ad-, dressed to General Chiang in con nection with the problem of the Panchen Lama's return to Tibet. -Central Neton.
in refreshing manner, taking 12 wickets for 108 runs.
Kent mude 302 on batting first;
| Ashdown scoring 109.
Glamorgan mode 95 (Freeman,
Shanghai, May 4. The China National Airwaya Ad- ministration has announced that preparations are being made for the extension of its West China nir mail service to Kang-Ting in Sikang. This line will subsequent ly be further extended to Llassa, cupital of Tibet.-Central News. Tich Freeman started the season|inninga.---Router.
TO-DAY
7 for 41) in their first venture, Kent to-day schloved the first and, following-on, were unable to county championship victory of avert an Innings defeat_though the senson by defeating Glamorgan they obtained 202 runs. Freeman by an Innings and 35 runs. took for 67 in their second
#KINGS 9
5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
Directed by JACK RAYMOND
Director of Productions HERBERT WILCOX
4 SHOWS
DAILY
2.30-5.15
7.15-0.30
RALPH LYNN
"UP TO THE
NECK
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BEN TRAVERS,
WINIFRED SHOTTER
RALPH LYNN IS A RIOT
OF LAUGHTER.
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America's electric 3tor in America's
best loved romance
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S
LITTLE WOMEN
JOAN BENNEIT APA ÜLLÜK A S FRANCES DEE JEAN PARKER
Edna May Olivery Dougloss Montgomery Henry (5)ephenson
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With EDNA MAY OLIVER - GUY KIBBEE Julie Haydon "Skeats"Gallagher
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FLEMING ROAD MANCHAI
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FAR GREATER THAN THE
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P the surging pathway of ▼・ the years they wont, hand hand, through panic, war, disaster and hardship, boholding the vision of a land reborn!
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THE LID'S RIGHT OFF!
is there an invisible Government at Washington that seeks to hamper the
President and Congress
Is this a government "of the people, by the people” and now almost
stolen from the people?.
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LEE TRACY
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THE OFFICE WIFE
The story of a new angle in the triangle! A busy man is thrown continuously into the society of a pretty and intelligent young secretary; a woman who understands his business, and himself--better than his wife does. DOROTHY MACKAILL LEWIS STONE
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menta expressed, one cannot but ndmire the craftsmanship, Es- pecially does the character of Nona Jart give one to think; it is "CHINESE NIGHTS”
is most unusual study of a beauti- ful woman who goes on a short "Chinese Nights" by J. van visit to Peking, becomes enamour- Dyke (Jarrolds, Ltd., London; 7/0 ad with the ancient city, stays on net) is, as its title Impiles, a atory Indefinitely, and fs by no means of the Far East. Set in Peking. Conventional In her outlook or | It is told in a most enthralling and Thore is plenty of variety in the convincing manner. Mr. van Dyko slory; the description of the is very outspoken, and at times is Foreign Legations, and the Smart not very complimentary, to his Set among whom the chief charac fellow white men, but the character, at first moves, and the grin ters are so excellently portrayed, are all so graphically described and pathetic events which follog and the scenes of modern Chinese that one reaches the end of the fe no deftly and entertainingly talo with regret. A novel which deseribed that although one may most decidedly should not ho not always agroe with the sent[-] mlased..