16
QULEA
SHOWING TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 & 9.30
TARZAN'S CALL rings out again!
JOHNNY WEISSMULLER
A RACE FOR LIFE!
TARZAN
AND HIS MATE
SEE the clash with the hideous 'Lion Tooth Men!" SEE the wild elephant
-stampede.
SEE
SEE
the attack of 100 lions. ...the battle with the killer gorillas. Scores of other scenes you've never seen before!
wiad
MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN
His primitive love- call will bring you a new kind of roman- tio thrill For the jungle bares itsfangs In answer to bin challenge 1
onc
The rout--the and only Tarzan, mighty donle of Che *creen, now brings von be great. est adventure ro- mance of them all!
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Triumph -
CENTRAL
SHOWING TO-DAY
Daily At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
CHINESE PICTURE
"THE LOVE OF
THE
FAIRY LAND"
COMING ATTRACTION „'
EDNA MAY OLIVER
',
and
EDWARD
EVERETT HORTON
POOR RICH
MAJESTIC
TO-DAY ONLY at 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 8′ 9.20 p.m.
Bottoms Up!
HO-HO-and
And.
Heart-throbs and Songs!
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS
AUSTRALIA AIR SERVICE
Dr. Black Promoted Lieut.-Colonel
It is notified in the Gazelle that His Excellency the Governor has made the following appointments, promotions and transfer in the Hongkong Volunteer Defolien
Corps:
Captain.
PROMOTIONS.
Major G.D.R. Black, M., C.M Tor., to be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain M.A. Johnson, M.M.. to be Major.
Lieutenant E.G. Stewart to be Lieutenant I.F. Nicholson to be Captain.
Lieutenant G.S. Rodrigues to be Captain.
TRANSFER. Major G.D.R. Black, M.D., CM. Tor., to Reserve of Occre.
APPOINTMENTS.
Dr. HJ. Croot, M.D., B.S., M.R.C.S. (Eng). L.R.C.P. (Lon don), to be Licatenant in the Medien Section.
Mr. W.F. Murray (Flying Officer, Royal Air Force Reserva, to be Temporary Local Lizatemni for duty with Volunteer Ale Arm.
The following reliquishment za Commissions has been approved by His Excellency the Governor.- Major SJ. Jordan, M.C., Reserve of Olleers. Captain M.G. No, Reserve of OBeers.
Bottoms Up
-FROM SUNDAY.
Chevalier.
"THE WAY TO LOVE"
-SPENCER TRACY "PAT" PATTERSON JOHN BOLES
NEW CUNARDER LAUNCHING
KING TO RECEIVE WORKERS
PLANE LEAVING ENGLAND TO-DAY
for
LIQUOR LICENCE CHANGES
Local Law Being Amended.
22,
London, Sept. 21, The first of five air liners ballt apeetally
the Singapore. The Gazette, contains the draft Brisbane section of the Enginnd- of
an Ordinance to amenzi,the Australia air mail route is due to Liquors Ordinance, 1931. leave on the Grst stage of its Clause of the 'amended Ordin journey to
Australia to-morrow, ance substitutes for section 18 of and will be flown by L. J. Brian, the principal Ordinance a new Chief Pilot of Quantas Empire section the provisions of which Airways, which hold the contract have been found by experience to for the Australia-Singapore Mall be necessary. The law as it Service.
stands precludes the transfer of
The flight will be made in easy a licence without the consent of stages and may occupy about 15 the original licenses, and hence daya. The now air liners are the licensed nominee of a firm or equipped with four engines and company, owning licensed premises have a top speed, when fully could, it dismutased, bring the onded, of 173 miles hourly and a whole business to a standstill by ruising spoed of 144.6 miles per refusing his consent to any trans-
fer of the licence. Bour-British Wireless,
London, Sept. 21. Arrangements are practically complete for the launching of the glant Cunard-White Star liner No. 634 in the presence of the King and Queen next Wednesday. The Princes of Wales will also attend the ceremony and afterwards will return to Balmoral Castle with Their Majesties.
JAPAN'S NAVAL
MANOEUVRES
STRAITS OF FORMOSA CHOSEN
innounce
Shanghai, Sept. 21. The Japanese naval authorities that the Navy will commence the second park of the trand manoeuvres in the Southern Incifle at the end of this month.
The Formosan Stralts and the Southern Sea will be the region. A number of destroyers belonging o the Third Fleet stationed in China waters are proceeding to Formosa in order to participate in the manoeuvres.-Central News.
BRITISH STOCKS
BOOMING
NEW HIGH RECORDS REGISTERED
Again, if a leensee leaves the Colony in breach of a condition of his licence the some impasse arises, since the Ordinance makes no provision for forfeiture of a leance except under section 85 on in second or subsequent conviction
of the licensee by a magistrale.
NEW POWERS.
the
1934.
The new section by sub-section (1) empowers the Board on good cause shown to direct the transfer of a licence; by'sul-arction (2) further empowers the Board, on the breach of a term or condition thereof, to order the cancellation of a licence: and by sub-section
3) the right of appeal to Governor in Council against a decision of the Board nader this section is given to (a) an aggriev ed applicant for transfer under sub-section (1); (b) a licenseo whose licence is directed Lo he cancelled under sub-section (2)) and (c) in either case, to twenty interested householders Rying near the licensed premises affected.
The House of Premier Showings of the Best Pictures at the most Popular Prices.
ALHAMBRA
THEATRE:
'NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON, SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5:20, 7.20 & 9,71
MADE TO TOP THE BIGGEST! CREATED TO TOP THE BEST!
KAY. FRANCIS
DICK
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DOLORES
DELRIO
WONDER
Linguam University are giving two series of concerts in Swasey Hall during the course of the coming reason. Each series will have three london, Sept. 21.
concerts, with almost certainly one The general undertone on the or two additional concerts on ather Stock Exchange to-day was good, Saturday evenings. If talented At the King's express wish, and home industrials, notably mo- artists of whose coming they have veteran workers in the Clydebank tors and rayons, showed advances. no information now, Visit Canton shipyard who have been engaged Gilt-edged prices made further during 1934-35, efforts will be made on building the 634 and other headway, 3 per cent. War Loan to have them appear on the Swasey great vessels launched from advancing to 105%, Consols Fourseli platform. Artists expected to annas ielieto Conrado dự In Benin, slipways will be to 1139% and Funding Fours to Harry Ore. N. Tonatt, S. Maklezo, introduced to His Majesty.-Bri | 116-all new high records.—Bri-¡ Ernesto Vallejo and Julio Esteban
tish Wireless.
the
samme
Fish Wireless.
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y
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DAILY
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Together for the firs: "time—a great lover, a lady of divine aliurz in the Year's most glamorous romance!
GABLE
CLAUDETTE
COLBERT
It Happened One Night
Wolter Connelly-Roscoe, Kainija
· from the Cosmopolitan Mungsine Store by Samuel Hopkins Allums Screen play by N ROBERT RISKIN
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STAR
At 2.30, 5.20 7.20 & 9:20
The Picture You'll Want to See Twice
LADY FOR A DAY
withi WARREN-WILLIAMS:
CROBSON - GUY KIRBEE
Farrell Ned Spar
·TO-MORROW -ROBERT-MONTGOMERY
in the most entertaining mystery-comedy-drama ever "MYSTERY OF Mr. X"
TAIKOO SUGAR
PRICES
FOR
HALF CUBES & FINE GRANULATE
SUGARS
WILL BE REDUCED
ON AND AFTER MONDAY, 24th SEPTEMBER.
TAIKOO ́SUGARS ARE OBTAINABLE FROM ALL STORES AND COMPRADORE SHOPS.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
.GENERAL AGENTS,
THE TAIKOO SUGAR REFINING CO., LTL
STERLING WEAK
U.S. DOLLAR ALSO ON DOWN GRADE
London, Sept. 20. The weakness in sterling, which set
Prospects for sterling in thị Į future are not considered
The law intarest level hore wi most certainly lend to further drawals of franes to Paris for Mmunerative investment. French loans will be one o attractions for French capa The sonsonal demand fo
continue,
in yesterday, was accentuated to-day by a continental demand for dollars: is cortain to
British control started to support adverse change in the t sterling by buying frabes when the for August constitutes 4. rate. touched. 74.76. As a result, the strain sterling N rate Intor Improved to 74.78.
Events in the United 522 The dollar, on the other hand, con- Franco which would causo tinued on the down grado uninter of the present trend, ard br
sidered likely. in: thô, nom ruptedly.
Printed and Published for the Proprietors by, FREDER FRANKLIN, at: 1, and 3, Wyndham Street in the City of Hongkong.