•KINGS
AST TWO DAYS
At 2.30, 5,10, 7.15, & 9.30 p.m. “I kissed him.......the first time we met. Maybe it was the moonlight. But I never said "Till death do us part." That was his idea...!
Joan, never so gorgeous, as the hard- to-get 'charmer who meets her match. Har Greatest Romanco!
Jones Crawford
with
LIVE MY LIFE BRIAN AHERNE
FRANK MORGAN • ALINE MacMAHON AW. 5. Von Dyke Production A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
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20th CENTURY FOX prosonta LAWRENCE TIBBETT
In
“METROPOLITAN"
ENTERTAINM
QUEENS
TO-DAY ONLY. At 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m. DON'T COME to the Queen's unless you are prepared to put in 2 hours of real good ontor- tainment, look at what there is!--
a. Paramount Newsrgel,
b. POP-EYE CARTOON,
c. "Hollywood Rhythm"-behind the scenes
with JACK OAKIE-LYDIA ROBERTI.
d. The Real Witty and Joyful
"ACCENT ON YOUTH"
with that delightful pair
SYLVIA SIDNEY
www.
HERBERT MARSHALL
AND FOR CHRISTMAS
"THE BROADWAY GONDOLIER"
DICK POWELL
with those favourites
JOAN BLONDELL
4 SHOWS
TAKE ANY Tramun marney VALLEY DỰN
DAILY
ORIENTAL
LAST 4 TIMES
TO-DAY.
SHE'S SOME LADY ! Struts into the best places and dares 'em to throw hor nitt.
MAE MAKES THE 400/
From saloon to salon in one Jumpi Society lovas Man but the fosling ain't mutuall
MAE WEST
GOIN TO TOWN
Paramnumi Parlamenta
FLEMING
NDAD
WANOHAJ
TEL. 28478
TO-MORROW WEDNESDAY—THURSDAY. SHIRLEY'S
GREATEST TRIUMPH. She's supported by an all star cast.
TEMPLE
GARY COOPER CAROLE LOMBARD
OW AND FOREVER
Paramount Picture with
SIR GUY STANDING CHARLOTTE GRANVILLE
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
CONSTANT
DANGER OF
ATTACKS
|MACHINE-GÚN HUNT, FORBIDDEN
PRICES: Matinces 20c.-30c. Evenings 20c-30c.-50c.--70c.
THE
Meals at their best !
CANADIAN CAFE (Confectionary G`Bakery) 16, Queen's Road Central (Taiping Building)
ITALIAN ARMY MORALE
Alexandria, Dec. 21, Hunting gazelle and hyenas with: machine guns
of. a pastime WAS
Italian officers according to a lorry driver who has arrived here from
MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1935.
ICE COMPANY
MEETING
AMERICAN- DUTCH
ECONOMY MEASURES TRADE PACT
DISCLOSED
`BETTER SALES: REPORTED
the
A nett profit of $1,984.54 on your's working was reported by the Directors of the Hongkong and Can- ten Ico Manufacturing Co., Ltd., at the annual general meeting of share- This sum morning holders held this has been added to
to the $8,032.72 from last year, forward brought making a total of $10,017.27 for dis tribution, and a dividend of 15 cents
Mr. S. 11. Dodwell
Eritrea for Christmas. The hunting por share is being presided at thei
GENERAL CUTTING OF DUTIES
INDIES WILL BENEFIT
(Special to "Talograph")
Washington, Dec. 22.
"A summary of the United States-"
the
and shooting has now been forbidden. I meeting, those present being Messrs. Netherlands trado pact, issued to-day, i
The troops keep up their spirits by T. E. Pearce. Ho Kom-tong, R. E shows that America grants
playing football and basket-ball on
grounds surrounded by armed patrols (Manager) and Mr. Chan Nai-pan.
to prevent surprise attacks by Ethio- plan troops.
Coxon (Directors), Mr. A. Stevenson Mr. J. D. Thomson Mr. Dod Addressing the
Netherlands concessions on sixty- three commodity types, including fifty on gin, cocoa, per cent, reductions chocolate, cordage, twines, and so on, present tariff rates and the import monopoly fee on canned pineapple.
wrapper
Mobile cinemas mounted on lorries follow in the wake of the troops and Well said:-GentThe report at the same time agreeing to bind the and accounts having been in your performances are given nightly.
There will be a twenty to fifty por The lorry driver stated that the hands for the prescribed period I will tion of petrol in Eritrea alone adopt the usual procedure and with
to 1,200,000 gallons daily, your permission take them as rend. cent. reduction on bulb, vegetable and but up to the present there has been in the first pince I must apologise for seed duties and of eighteen to thirty-
the dolay in holding this meeting. four per cent. on cigar
also guarantees no shortage.
Unfortunately, the closing of the tobacco. America The troops are being supplied with
Some outstanding or increase of duty on kapok, palm bottled mineral water as there is al: Company's books was held up pending there will be no application of duly
a danger that the wells have Buttlement of
may, however, that the Netherlands Indies. are prered with. Although they matters with the Ice agent. 1 amoil and tropical products from the
happy to with five blankets each matters in dispute have now been they still suffer intensely from the settled to our mutual satisfaction.
cold nt nights. New hospitals
wayk been
bitter have been built at Massawa and Asmara, and two hospital ships are always lying off Massawa.
Further supplies of poison gas have been unloaded at Massawa recently, but so far have not been used. Reuter.
AGENCY ABOLISHED
THE SEASON'S CHEER in ice sales this year.
CHRISTMAS AT HOLY SPIRIT SCHOOL Christmas at Holy Spirit School more than has been marked with usual holleny spirit this year for, in
ما
run
controls on other
In return the Netherlands reduces its import fees on a number of United States fruits and the quotas on many increased. Holland products Dre
or higher An will be seen from the Profit and
guarantees. against new Loss Account, the balance carricaduties or import
amounts 10 products. from working account
Jacl The Netherlands Indies' concessiona $20,082.00 which is approximately $0,000 less than was the year. The reduction is due wholy to the United States are chiefly under to the fact that there was a decline the quarantee against new or higher
I think it is dutles and quotas.
The United States asked for no generally admitted that business in Canton is in a far from satisfactory
ac specific concessions from the Nether condition, which is suffelent count for the reduction in sales. With lands West Indies and Gulana. All benefits of generalised clauses of the a view to making lee cheaper to the Netherlands' territories enjoy the
and
at the same time agreement, including "most favoured consumer-
earing in mind that such condition
we have dis- nnllen" treatment.-United Press. addition to the customary Nativity might stimulate sacs of an agent,
pensed with the piny, Christmas tree, crib, carolling, thereby eliminating the middleman!
his and party at the school, the students,
we are now proit, and of the Maryknoll and direction under the
organisation. Sisters, are carrying their message of ning our own selling
niny say that since this practice has peace and good will personally to been adopted sales have shown ani different groups of deserving poor.
On Friday, December 20, the girls improvement. Whether or not this can be attributed directly to the of the Upper Classes visited the Violet Peel Health Centre at Wanchat, where change made it is difficult to say. It they presented three scenes of the is our hope, however, that the im- assure you that the greatest economy has again been exercised by your Directors and General Manage.s in the running of the Company's Managers General
275 of $400 have again waived the charge of
'pk per month, they are entitled to make under the Company's Articles
and Association for offee expenses and the Directors half their. fees. When that on this subject I would say that your
recommended auditors have Article No. 80 of the Company a Articles of Association which dea.s be
In altered with the remuneration of the General Managers should
the
Christinna natory in dramatic form and sat will be maintained.
then distributed bundles of clothing, food, and toys to fifty mothers and their children
an
business. The
1
VALUABLE CONCESSIONS
Washington, Dec. 22. The most important single concen- alon made in the U.S.-Netherlands re- was the ciprocal tariif agreement United States' reduction of tariffa un wrapper tobacco. The duly on un- stemmed cigar wrapper tobacco is, eut June 30, 1936, whereafter I will be from $2.75 to $1.87 per pound until
$1.50.
The duty on stemmed wrapper to bacco has been reduced from $2.95 to $2.625 and later to $2.15 in order to preserve the 65 cent differential be
The reductions benefit the Java and tween stemmed and unstemmed. Sumatra wrapper tobacco trade.
in Goorgia, Domestic growers
hareto- fore
fore always resisted the reduction of Florida and Connecticut have tariffs in Ella direction, but the cut has been supported by some American producers of Linder iller tobacco and
On Sunday, a group of the Inter mediate Classes added colourful cheer to a Christmas party given to a group of needlewomen at the Blaryknoll Convent, Kowloon, by the presentation On Nativity of a Chinese
play. Monitay afternoon, the whole school went on a picnic to Iloney Villa, Mft, Davis Rand, where they regaled forty blind orphans with
amusing Chinese one-act play and distributed boxes of candy, cakes and oranges to
The U.S. has cut the tariff fifty per frum vach sightless child.
on rope manufactured of-Cluson-1-and 2 will visit about payable to them on
lent to from
_nd. 30-percent. 24-to- seventy poor boat people at Yaumati profits should be assessed previous to istal, and the present duty is equiva and take them: food and clothing. the deduction of depreciation. I may
in Manila, to cordage manufpines product. The students' own party takes place say that this has always been done; valorem. The duty does not apply nt the school on Monday morning, and I am sure it was intended that it
be so. However, in order to which la chiefly
duty on hard fibres, cord and twino in cut in half, to twenty pur School reopens on Friday, January 10.
adopt the auditors' recommendations and to call an extraordinary me.t.ng cent. ad valorem.. previcus to the next annual general meeting
1
The day after Christmas, the girls to make it clear that the concigar manufacturers.
to
when the Christmas holidays begse the matter it is proposed to
POLICE RESERVE
cont.
ent
The
The U.S. has agreed to bind palmi oil on the free list and has also guar- The expenditure on repairs has anteed that the processing tax on this commodity, now three cents, wili not been greater this year. The expense be increased, unmanufactured tapioca
also bound on the
free list, with ORDERS FOR CURRENT incurred was practically all on plant
and improvement and I am, WEEK
of: casava, kapok, unground pepper, un oll, citronella bark an
and various other pro duest, imports of which at present King, Inspector General of Police, In good order and is working satis-originate in the Netherlands Indies factorily. The buildings have niso, but which could be produced in the been well maintained and are in
Philippines United Press.
Orders by the Hon. Mr. T. H.
state:
upkoo say that theer has
e plant in good
profitable as the plant
is still red rattan,
same
very sound condition. Deprecation has been carried out on the
and your Directora | on scale as last year
MINISTER
Flying Squad Instructional Patrol.-The instruc- tional patrol for members of the Flying Saund will tako placó Friday, December 27th 1935. All are of the opinion that the scale be EDEN NAMED FOREIGN members will fall in at the Central you have no doubt noted that the
ing followed is adequate. Police Station at 17.15 hours. "Dress --Blac Uniform, and Cap with White Accounts Receivable figure is higher
than usual this
The increase is Cover.
dobtors. I may Emergency Unit ReserveC
mainly on trad Defendu. Defondu Instructions will say that the greater part of the sum take place in the basement of the oustanding was secured and has been Sailors' Home and Seamen's Institute liquidated since the closing of the on Friday, December 27th 1935. All books. members are requested to be present at the above mentioned place at 17,20 hours,
D. L. KING,
D. 6. P. (R).
THIRTEEN FEARED
DROWNED
MOTOR-BUS PLUNGES INTO RIVER
Hopawell, (Va.), Dec. 22.
It is believed that at least thirteen people were drowned when' a motor. bus crashed through the guard gate at an open swing bridge here, and rolled into the river-Reuter.
JAPANESE NAVY ADDITION
Tokyo, Dec, 23. At the Kure naval yard to-day, the launching took place of the new 10 000-ton aircraft-carrier Saryu
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The Health bulletin of Eastern ports for the week ended December 16 shows the following cases of Infect ous diseases: Plague Bassein 1 ense, Colombo 4 cases, 4 deaths. Cholera. Calcutta 29 caser. Madran 5 cases, Bangkok 6 cases. Small-pox. Bombay cases, Calcutta 18 casce, Moulmein 1 donth, Vizagapatam. Í { case, Shanghai 2 casos.
INTEREST ITEM
(Continued from Page 1.). ·
her candidate. He has represented the district ever since.
LEAGUE ADVOCATE
After three years, he took a private secretaryship in the Foreign Office, and in 1929. he became private
For the first time in the Company's, history, interest appears on the credit side of the Profit and Loss Account In September last, application fur
'n. GO $1,000
4 per cent, debentures in secretary in Sir Austen Chamberla
With the arrival of the National the Hongkong Land Investment and Gomecretary. of Forgive Affairs
Έτσι,
ho moved to the post of Ltd. was made and hair Agency that number was allotted to us. The
rily regarded as small Job, interest collected on these debentures but Sir John Simon, his superior, sent
orginarily is responsible for the credit shown. him to Genevs, and his work with the The purchase was made in order to
League of Nations showed such pro- make the most of the Company's mire that he became England's travel- liquid funds and I trust the step has
ing ambasador of good will to the your approval. The debentures shown in the balance sheet under the capituls of Europe. heading investments.
profit for the year amounts The nett to $1,984.54 which, added to the gum of $8,032.78 brought forward from last year gives a total of 810,017.27 for distribution and although the nett In determinetlen to avoid it by all profit mado this year is small t mons. It has come into much pre-
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Whereever he went, Capt. Anthony Eden preached disarmament, in which he thoroughly belleves. In fact, it is said of him that he approaches the Socialists in fervid hatred of war, and
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All the Western Stars
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In
POWDERSMOKE
The greatest RANGI
round-up of Western Stars
that ever came
a shootin'!
HARRY CAREY
Directed by WALLACE-
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RKO
RADIO
HOOT GIBSON
· with "Basta” Mallery, and Bob Stools, Tam Tylor, A Run Wittkärron, Willame Vernum, William Desmond, “Buza” Barton, Wally Walvo, Art MLL, Bukala EN, Jr., Buddy Massevelt, Franklyn Farrsity, Sans Hardy, Ray Mayor. Directed by WALLACE FOX CHERIki, Azrociato Producer'
1/
CHRISTMAS DAY ATTRACTION "WAY DOWN EAST”
with Rochelle Hudson & Henry Fonda
AMERICA'S
STAR
¿4 Plan Bacterial pianure olh
GREATEST
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MELODRAMA.
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You Can Bet Your Neck They'll Thrill You THEY BET THEIRSI
Every scene filmed at the risk of a staps life in this three-mile-a-min ute romance of the speedwayal
RED
HOT TIRES
TO-MORROW
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TO-DAY.
.
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MAJESTIC
THEATRENSDAG
At 2,30, 5.20,
7.20 & 9.20 p.m.
BOB and JOAN ARE IN LOVE AGAIN!
It's their gayest
Robert
romance!
CRAWFORD
NO
MORE LADIES
with
FRANCHOT
TONER
Merro Juan CHAS. RUGOLES": Maver
EDNA MAY OLIVER
MONTGOMERY
with
HELEN GAHAGAN. RANDOLPH SCOTT,
TUESDAY
"SHE"
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, HONGKONG
ANNOUNCES A
FREE LECTURE
ON
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
ENTITLED:
felt that the position warrants pay-minence during the past year, culmi "CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: THE SCIENCE OF HARMONIOUS BEING" ment of a dividend and it is propcaed nating in his appointment as Minis to pay 15 cents per share on 40,000, ter for League of Nations Affairs.
shares absorbing 30,000 and to carry Throughout the present crisis, he forward $4,017.27. I trust the pró han stond firmly for enforcement of posed allocation will meet your the Covenant provisions against Italy. approval.
the declared agresssor in the war now propose that the report and gainst Ethiopia. accounts-as-presented be adopted, When this has been seconded, I shal."
be pleased to answer to the best of matirlag directors, Messrs. TOE ability any questions which share Pearce and Ho Kom-tanz, be re- holders may wish to ask.
elected. This was carried unanimous T. E. Pearce and carried unanimously
The proposal was seconded by Mr. ly
• OTHER BUSINESS
Proposed by Mr. Coxen and second-
Kam tana
A comma; ed by Ms FA Ferey Smith, Seth and Fleming were Mr. Chan Naipan proposed and re-elected auditors for the ensuing Me.Stevenson seconded that the year..
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DR. HENDRICK J. do LANGE, C.S.B. OF NEW YORK CITY.
Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusettas IN THE
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