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THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
12,
1938.
KING'S Fairy-Tale Writer Deals ALHAMBRA
LAST TWO DAYS
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IS A MELODY FOR TWO!
When two hearte bens in swingtime and the world is full of springi
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ROBERT DONAT in
"KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOR"
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HEAVEN HELP THE MAN OR WOMAN WHO'S CAUGHT IN THIS ISLE OF HATE !
A very thrilling story of dangerous women and desperate men. all fugitives from Justice on an isle of lost souls.
A PARADISE ISLAND FOR MURDERERS AND THIEVES !
FORGOTTER HER-
AND WOMEN WHO WANT TO FORGET!
with DICK PURCELL
JUNE TRAVIS
AFRACT METARIAL, SALIVAR
BLADI KERESEN » BORGARET HEYRI «VICTIN VARCONS » OLJE BOWLARI + TEMA SEN BOBO » Directed by john Villars farcer
EXTRA SPECIAL! FOR TO-MORROW ONLY MILLION DOLLAR PRODUCTION WORTH SEEING AGAIN ! Alexandre Dumas' immortal romance-a screen classic.
THE COU
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Robert
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STARK, DRIVING DRAMA ! ROMANCE !
With £1,000,000 A Year
NOW OWES £27,944 ICE QUEENS
By A Correspondent
Honry L'Estrange Malone, fairy-tale writer who dealt in £1,000,000 of insurance premiums a year, faced his creditors at their first meeting in London with £27,944 liabilities and no free assets.
TELEVISION AT 15 CINEMAS
CHALLENGE TO B.B.C. MONOPOLY
PLANS FOR PRIVATE TRANSMITTER
By L. Marsland Gander
The Assistant Oficial Receiver (Mr. T. Pollitt) expressed his sym- pathy, said, “I think it is n cuise en- due to misfortune." The Official Receiver Was appointed trustee in the bankruptcy.
ונז
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Mr. Malone, grandson at Queen Victoria's physician. Is descended through Kilmund Malone, Shake- spearian commentator and friend of Samuel Johnson, from Irish kings. Her told
how he sold up fifteenth-century Essex sion-The Maltings, Great Leigha his town flat, his 34-h.p. eur, dis missed his five malds, three
Hur- deners, his chauffeur, and his
page boy. then went to live in a Kensing tom dat with his wife, daughter, and | grand-daughter.
WILL START again - A etrallenge is being offered to the B.B.C. television monopoly by
Writing fairy tales is a pastime for the Baird Company, in association
the Gaumont-British Picture M Maline. His first book of them,
Bear,"
60.00 has sold "Nipping with Corporation. They intend to equip
in the London copies and is still selling. 15 of 300 cinemas
Gardening is another of his hop- of televi-
bies. Al
spent Great Leighs he area for demonstrations
Gau-
£10,000. He is president-elect of the sion programmes.
At the Palais de Luxe, a
Bromley,
Worshipful Company of Gardeners, mont-British cinema
When he returned from South the whole pro- night, I suw
B.B.C.Africa two years ago and read that televised by the
tive great, American insurance cum- the Alexandra Palace repro-
fortunes ing claims he guessed his duced for the first time on a full-y he represented had ceased pay- screen were crashing, although he was then sized cinema sereen. The measured eight feet by six feet comearning pared with the to inches by eight £1,000,000 of insurance premiums a inches, which is the average size
year. of the present home
He said: "Over coffee one day I This demonstration, which
Ocwrote a
The Shadow of the distance of 30 miles from Rope.
was a morbid thing: bat curred at
Just Kramme from
screen.
£10,000 and
dealing
The B.B.C.'s Alexandra Palace transit reflected my mood and it seld" smitter, was easily the most impres
would have
In
Then, disaster after disaster befell
sive I have seen. If the pictures had siz. iscen brighter they been as satisfactory 0. The definition was ingly good.
Among Mr. Malone's creditors is as a cinema his wife. She Jent him £5,000, surpris-She is been splendid," he said. "She and all my friends have stuck of
Mr. Isidore Ostrer, president by me.
are
the Gaumont British Corporation, "It is a little cruel and dimcult to and Mt. Mark Ostrer, the managing have to start life again at the age director, saw the pictures yesterday of sixty-five when most men afternoon and decided immediate retiring. But I will do it." to the ly to give demonstrations public. A meeting will be held this cinemas in werk to decide which the group will be equipped.
LEGAL TEST
An Interesting situation has now been created! 'The B.B.C. has monopoly of television broadcasting. Owing to copyright dificulties nud other problems, no othelial permis- slon has been given for public de-
nonstrations, but they are not ac- wally banned. Demonstrations are regularly given in stores and other places.
be The legal position seems to
obscure, but the Cav- somewhat
in
To-day he is earning £350 a year |
insurance. He has started his new life by writing a book. Its title
Castle of Happiness."
U.S. COMMODITY
PRICES
LATEST CABLED
QUOTATIONS
New York, Jan. 11. mont-British Corporation-intend-The-following-quotations-on-the pul the matter to the test.
New York commodity exchange are Baird said recently issued by neuter: L. Mr.J. that he hopes to obtain the backing of the entire entertainment industry in an application to the Government
for permission to broadcast special January
to cinemas. March television programmes
The type of programme transmitted May- by the B.B.C.. he said, had not suf- July felent entertainment value for the, October average einemia audience.
December
Use of his apparatus would not Spot
New York Colton
Opening Closing
8.57/57
8.50/50
8.83/63
8.02/02
8.68/09
6.08/GB
8.70/75
8.75/70
8.84/45
8.82/82
8,83/03 8.35/65
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be confined to the Gaumont-British! The First Notice Day for March group. He wanted to provide enter Cotton is Feb. 23, with Delivery date tainment by the best available artists March 1.
from central studios and to build a transmitter entirely separate from j that of the B.B.C.
March
New York Rubber
14.08/08 ⚫ 14.00/00
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its Sales for the day:-2,040, tons. the
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20,108,000 bushels. Chicago Corn
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APPARATUS DEMONSTRATED May Pending the possible establish- July ment of this new central transmit-September NATHAN
the Gaumont-British Corporu Dreember...... tion proposes to reproduce in cinemas short excerpts from B.B.C. television programme which will be added to the news Alm.
Mr. Baird personally demons-July... trated his apparatus to me last night September nt Bromley. The pictures are pro- Jeeted by a special type of cathode- ray tube, the apparatus being the modern equivalent of the magle
July lantern.
Sept. Starling with a small picture men- suring 4in by 3in the images are passed through a magnifying lens May The July and projected on the screen. only drawback apart from a cer- tain lack of illumination, appears to be that at acute angles, the picture would not be entirely satisfactory.
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A HARD GUY, BUT SOFT ON DAMES!
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HAWAH DRINKS JAPAN'S BEEK
Honolulu.
Beer made in Japan, and imported here nccounted for a sübstantial part LEASED TERRITORIES [of the $1,107,304 customs receipts increase over last year. J. Walter ARE PART OF COLONY Doyle, U. S. collector of customs,
roid. War Minister Defines Hongkong Position
London, Dec. 23. Hongkong was again well for- ward in the news at question Ume In Ne House of Commons to-day.
L.
The Minister for War, Mr. Hore-Belisha, replying to questions put by Mr. Arthur Henderson to the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, sold that the territory adjaceni to Hong- kong held by the British Government under lease from the Central Chinese Government, Wna Harrisoned by British troops, but he should explain that the leased territory, was pro- perly to be regarded as an integral part of the Colony for the period of the lease.
No special Instructions had been given to the officers commanding with the object of preventing the uke of such territory by the Japanono forces invading any-other--adjacent Chinese territory-Neuter.
CECILIA COLLEDGE. Britain's ier work? of the and holder queen championship, photographed recently at Wembley Stadium. She is between Brenda Straud and Pamela Stephany.
STOP PRESS
TSINING CAPTURE REPORTED
Shanghai, Jan. 12. Japanese reports state that Tsin- ing was captured by assault on Mon- day. No details of the engagement have been received.-Neuter.
SEVERE 'QUAKE IN JAPAN
Osaka, Jan. 12. „An...earthquake of considerable severity occurred in western Japan at 12.12 a.m. to-day.
The shocks lasted 20 minutes, shook houses, awakened sleepers, many
of whom rushed into the streets.
The epicentre was only 70 miles south-west of Osaka. The maximum amplitude was 25 millimetres.
reported
No casualties have been thus far.-Reuter.
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My Heart's Desire" "My First Love to Lag"
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KATHARINE HEPBURN
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