THE
THURSDAY, MARCH HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
KING'S Government
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY. AT. 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
Love Takes a Gamble
with romance, wealth and life itself the stakes! A beau- tiful spitfire tries to outwit a cunning killer... and finds herself in the tightest spot of her young life! Plenty of excitement and surprise, a howl with every thrill!
SINNER TAKE ALL
with
BRUCE CABOT Margaret Lindsay JOSEPH CALLEIA
TO - MORROW Warner Bros.
.SHOWS
DAILY
8.30-8.19
719=-0.30
Directed by Erol Taggat
Produced by Lucien Hubbard and Samuel Marx
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ICTURE
EIROL FLYNN - OLIVIA de HAVILLAND IN
"THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE"
TAKE ANY TRANÍ DR HAPPY VALLEY BUE
ORIENTAL
FLEMING
ROAD WANGMAI
LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY.
1000 GOBS LAND IN PANAMA CITY A gag-filled, rapid fire riotous laugh festival.
A Paramount Pictura +
with LEW AYRES MARY CARLISLE
Larry Crabbe Benny Baker GrantWithers
DAYS
2 ONLY
There's an epidemic
of lova..
In Panama!
Adelph Zyner protézis
"LADY
BE CAREFUL"
TO-MORROW & SATURDAY
2 BIG SHOWS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE GRAND VAUDEVILLE ENTERTAINMENT MAGNIFICENT SCREEN PRODUCTION
FAMOUS 5 GAETANO GIRLS
America's greatest whirl-wind dancers will appear on the stage at each performance in sensationul dances.
A THRILLING OUT DOOR SPECTACLE
An unequaled screen performance with thousands in the cast.
GEORGE
OBRIEN
DANIEL BOONE
2.
HEATHER ANGEL
MATINEES: 20c.-30c • EVENINGS: 20c.-30c.-50c, 70e.
CENTRAL
QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL CAR PARK JERVOIS STREET Take No. 4 or 5 Bus going west, 3 min, from stop opposite Queen's Theatre
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
AT SPECIAL TIMES:
2.30, 5.00, 7.15 & 9.20 P.M.
A GREAT DOUBLE BILL
TWO FULL LENGTH PICTURES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE !
SAVAGE GOLD"
16 FATHOMS DEEP"
Wind Pub
SUICIDE
Wins Two · ATTEMPTS By-Elections SUSPECTED
WITH SUBSTANTIAL PLURALITIES
(Special to "Telegraph")
London, Mar. 24. Government candidates retained scals for their party in
two by elections held to-day with substantial majorliles.
FARNHAM RESULT
There were no fewer than four candidates for the by-election at Farnham, caused by the elevation of Sir Arthur Samuel (Conservative)
The result was
to the Peerage. follows:
ព
Mr. Godfrey Nicholson
(Nat. Con.).... Mr. Peter Pain (Lab.)_... Mr. Linton Thorp, K.C.
(Ind. Con.)
Mr. Edwd. Milfer (Ind.) ..'
20,580. 7.702
2,327 154
Con, majority
12,788
CLAYTON BRIDGE
The vacancy at Clayton Bridge was caused by the death of Colonel Spender (Conservative), and the re- sult was as follows:
Sir Adian Baille. (Con.). Mr. Harold Smith (Lab.) MAT.
Lorinse Annews
(MID.)
Con. majority
18.802 8,147
6,075
10.655
Pensions For Ministers
AND LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION.
London, Mar. 24. The text of the Ministers of the Crown Bill, now issued, shows that the Prime Minister's salary will be doubled, at £10,000, whilst all other Cabinet Ministers will receive £5,000 o year, except the Lord Chancellor, who at present gets £10,000, includ- ing £4,000 as Speaker of the House of Lords,
The Leader of the Opposition and ex-Premiers-will-rosolvo-£2,000 per
annum.
While all other salaries will be liable to Parliamentary discussion, the salaries of the Opposition leader and the pensions of former Prime Ministers will be paid from the Con- soldated Fund and will therefore not be raised in Parliament.
The Bill involves increased expen- diture totalling £37,000.-Reuter,
ITALY OUSTS SPAIN FROM H.K. MARKETS
(Continued from Page-d.)
Hongkong goods to the value of $3,- 075,852, as compared with $2,268,655 for the same period last year. Hong- kong purchases from the United States, however, showed a decrease from $2,065,146 in February last year to $1,703,108 last month.
Australian Trade
The biggest increase in export to Hongkong was made by Australia, which leapt from $450,410 in Febru- ary last year to $1,208,000 last month, an increase of almost 300 per cent.
Honkong's trade last month showed
a substantial increase over the figures
Two cases of alleged attempted ucide Fre contained in Polles re- |ports this morning.
kan Chiu, male aged 30, of 20 Tung On Streat, is stated to have attempted to end his life by jumping off the Yaumati Ferry. He was pluckily rescued by a seaman, who jumped into the water after. him and held him up until, help brrived. The
“TELEGRAPH”. ART SUPPLEMENT
Saturday's Picture Features
of
Numerous Illustrationa topical Interest will appear in Saturday's issue of the Tele- graph Pictorial Supplement.
Weddings illustrated will be those of Mr. E. Marschall and Miss It. W. M. Tillery, Mr. R. Woodcraft and Miss Doris Egan.
There will be some excellent pictures of the Boy Scouts rally, whilst other events illus- trated will be the Defence Ocrps Inspection and Quarry Bay School, aports. Among groups will be one of the staff of the Kowloon Magistracy, and another of lady golfers at the recent annual meet at Funling.
TEBOOKY
25,
1937.
Entertainers Return-But
On Vacation
SANDS AND DAWN IN EAST FOR VISIT
By "FIRST NIGHT"".
Twe entertainers who broke all- Shanghai and Hongkong records for the length of their stay in the two elties, are back in town."
They are Morty Sands and Mildred Dawn. Under the stage name of Sands und Dawn they played here two yeurs azo at the Hongkong the Hotel, and were undoubtedly most popular couple seen at that social rendezvous.
Sands and Dawn are not accepting jengagements on their present visit to the East at least, not for the time being.
"We felt the call of the Orient after twelve months back home in the States, and decided to visit all our friends again," Marty told me.
They are remaining in Hongkong until to-morrow, when they will leave by Cariadian Pacifle liner for Manila. During their previous tour, Sands und Dawn introduced to Hongkong twa song hits that became the ragea of a season. Dawn is best remem- bered for "This, Little Piggle Went to a song that was as popular Market", In Hongkong as its counterpart on the screen,
Walt Disney's "Three Little Pigs,
Sands'
was "Flying song hit Trapezo", Introduced to Hongkong in ja specialty number that probably had the best reception aver given by a Hongkong Hotel audience, to any
man has been admitted to the Kow- entertainer. loon Hospital..
Thousands of people in Hongkong Disinfectant figured in the second know Sands and Dawn as best enter- case, in which a girl. Su Tai-rauf, talners, and hundreds know them as red 16, was Involved. She was personal friends. They were, during rushed to the Government Civil their six months In Hongkong, among Hospital in a semi-conscious condi- the very select circle of stage enter- tion, but is stated to be out of dan- [tainers to be received into that holy,
of holles-Hongkong society!
ger now.
ROSE ROOM
PENINSULA HOTEL
Reservations phone 58081
EASTER EVE
DINNER DANCE
SATURDAY
ALHAMBRA
NATHAN RD. HOWLDOT DAR
TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW
●Love's a funny thing... you never know where It's going to hit youl
“ALONGE CAME LOVE"
A Para Phering with Irene Harvey. Charles Starret Doris Kenyon H. 8. Warner Irene Franklin • richard, A.--.
· ROWLAND'S Production • Pripina Scrven May by Austin Stang (Author of "Sevanih Heaven") • Directed by Bret Lyte!!
ADDED COLOUR SPECIALTY
His first ALL-COLOR ødventure!"
Acalan Zuber astmes
SINDBAD
POPEYE THE SAILOR
THE SAILOR Mecta
SATURDAY
20th Century- Fox Picturo
Á Max Fleischer Cartoon
A Paramount Picture
By auangement with King Fraturen fyndicate, Inc. and Segal
“LLOYDS OF LONDON"
■ with Freddie Bartholomew - Madeleing Carroll
QUEENS
DAILY AT 2·30-515·7′20&9:30 TEL.31453
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
Those "Pixilatad" Sisters Get the Drop on Eddiel
"LET'S MAKE A MILLION"
& Faramount Fulgre with
EDWARD EVERETT HORTON Charlotte Wynters Porter Hall Cenced by Tay Mitrary
"LOVER'S PARADISE" in Technicolour
ADDED ATTRACTIONS
BETTY BOOP in "YOU'RE NOT BUILT THAT WAY" SATURDAY..
·THE ONE PICTURE YOU CAN NEVER FORGET 1 "LLOYDS of LONDON"
DAILY
AT
2:30
27th MARCH
520
720
for the same manth in 1930. Total THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.
Imports were valued at $39,308,028,
compared with
$35,003,170
February, 1936, while exports were £33,132,851, compared with $31,- 753,900.
Woman Who
Has Slept For 70 Years
Rome, March 15.
N Italian girl named Betting Piert! AN
went to bed in 1864, when she was Afteen years old.. She has not left it
since...
She has slept all the time, except for rare "spells of wakefulness, when her mind is very clear. WAL
Bettina le now aged eighty-eight, and her home. la at Massactuccoci, rear Via Reggio.
The me newspaper, Triouna states · thất "scores "of superstitious peasants and villagers have viited her. She is credited with miraculous powers during these intervals.
Bettina's skin is like silk, and her hair is snow white. She is very thin and has been nicknamed "the human shadow."
[In America a pirl named McGuire has been asleep for six years.)
NAVAL CHANGE
As from Sunday, March 28, LL Comde, N. do C Waymouth R. N., HM. S. Tamar, will take over the dütlen oly Flag-Lieutenant « to the Commodore. He & swill-déal with÷a}l- for the Proprietors by BENJAMEY WYLIE social engagements, calls and ap
pointmentsoris customary
stim Bireet in the City of pria, Hob-kong.
• SHOWS
DAILV 1.10
& 20
720 9.30
MAJESTIC
THEATREG
NATHAN ROAD KOWLOON TEL-STERR
MATINEES:20¿. 306.o EVENINGS, 20%.-305070
TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW THE STORY OF THE G-MEN'S NEW JOB I THE SCREEN'S *SENSATIONAL & NEW
Little Caesar" Blasts His
Way Back To The Dictator.
HIT!
EDW.G.ROBINSON
ship of Modern Gangdom BULLETS BALLOTS"
JOAN BLONDELL BARTON MacLANE HUMPHREY BOGART FRANK MCHUGH
Hutiamut PiETWOR Up Way Kap
COMMENCING SATURDAY".
'M-G-M's DAZZLING SUCCESSOR TO "THE GREAT
ZIEGFELD"
THE MELODY-PACKED WONDER SHOW OF ALL TIME LA
BORN DANCE
Eleanor OWELLY
A 20th Century Fox
Picture
STAR
LAST TIMES TO-DAY
With
HANKOW ROAD KOWLOON
TEL
57795
Crime doesn't pay in this man's town!
in
Fred STONE GRAND JURY
Davis, 31. Louise Latimer
Directed by Albert; 5. Rogell) TOMORROW.
RKO Picture
"EKO, RADIO, PICTURE,
Katharine Hepburn - Herbert Manhall. in "A WOMAN REBELS"
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