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"THE ORIGINAL AUTOMATIC"
AND
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OF GUEST
TICKETS
TO WIN THESE PRIZES OF THE
TEST PILOT FOOTBALL CONTEST
OPENING
SUNDAY 23rd.
DONATED BY THE KING'S THEATRE
"I'm the kind of a woman
who must be loved!”
LUISE RAINER
The Joy Wife
Micryn DOUGLAS - Robert YOUNG Barbara O'NEIL H. B. WARNER
OPENING
SUNDAY
COMMENCING THURSDAY 27th
All you have to do is to name the winners of the first and second division football games shown below to bo hold on Saturday, November 5, 1938. You must also designate what you believa will be the approximate goals scored by each winning team.
FIRST DIVISION
St. Joseph's
Middlesex
vs. Royal Scots
VS.
K'loon F,C. VS.
H.K.F.C.
YS.
S, China "B" Polica Kwong Wah
SECOND DIVISION
Middlesex
VS, R.A.O.C.
Kwong Wah
South China vs.
K'loon F.C. H.K.F.C.
VS. Polico
Engineers
VS.
St. Joseph's
VS.
Royal Scots
THRILLS WITHOUT END! Tho greatest romantic triumph of three great slars!
GABLE LOY Spencer TRACY TEST PILOT
LIONEL BARRYMORE.
Screen Play By Vincent Lawrence
· and Waldemar Young
Uriginal Stery by Frank Wood-
My
<Directed by VICTOR FLEMING
記 庙西
namo
23rd.
RULES
There is no entrance foo to this contest. Each guess must be submitted on 3 sheet of paper with your and and address mailed to the King's Theatro "TEST PILOT FOOTBALL CONTEST" not later than Thursday, Nov. 3, 1938. Each guess must also bo accompanied by the counter- foil of the ticket to sco either ono of the pictures TOY WIFE or TEST PILOT. Each entrant can submit as as desired. many gues508 This contest will not be -open to any ono associated with the motion picture industry.
"THE ROMANCE
of the
WESTERN CHAMBER"
(Dialogue in English. Ancient Chinese Costumes)
to be presented
by the
Hongkong Chinese Women's Club
at the
QUEEN'S THEATRE
ON 1st. 2nd, and 3rd. NOVEMBER
at 9.30 P.M.
i
PRICES: BOX $50, (6 SEATS), $5.50, $4.40,
$3.30, $2.20, $1.10 and GALLERY 55 CTS.
ALL PROCEEDS TO BE DEVOTED TO
RELIEF
WORK IN
CHINA.
Count the "TELEGRAPHS" everywhere
OCTOBER
24, 1938.
Part Of
Parents Refuse To Sell
Baby's Sweep Ticket
Kathleen Dunnett Diplomatic Still Stands To Win £30,000
Re-Shuffle In France
PARIS, Oct. 23.
A
SMALL BOY INJURED
serious motoring accident occurred outside the gates of the Toyal Naval Dockyard at two o'clock this afternoon when a small sports car, driven by a Chinese, ran into a Chinese boy. He was struck with such
force that one of the mudguards
An Important diplomatic re- FTER careful consideration during the week-end, Mr. and Mrs. shuffle is announced as a result of the car was badly buckled.
The child sustained very serious injuries to the head and was taken G. Dunnett, of 178, Nathan Road, Kowloon, have decided to of the transfer of M. Francois
M. Erik Laboane, at present Am-into the Dockyard by his father, who refuse an offer received from London to sell a share of their Poncet from Berlin to Rome. daughter Kathleen's ticket in the Irish Sweep on the Cesarewitch.bassador to Barcelona, has been op-witnessed the accident. The cond!- pointed Resident-General at Tunis. tion of the child is slated to bo On Saturday morning, Mrs. He will be succeeded by M. Jules critical.
chief private secretary to M. Dunnett received a cable from Hence,
pointment of M. Massigil, Director of Dublin Informing her that her
M. Paul Noggiar, Ambassador to Political Affairs at the Qual d'Orsay, little girl had drawn Olympus China, is being transferred to Moscow, to be Ambassador to Turkey.
In some quarters these changes aro which stands a 20 to 1 chanco in where he takes the place of M
Coulondre, who has been appointed regarded as a sign of France's now totalitarian towards the altitudo the race on Wednesday.
"We have decided, however, not to Ambassador to Berlin.
It is understood that M. George States since the Munich agreement. morning sell," said Mrs. Duanett this when interviewed by a representa- Bonnet also recommended the ap--Reuter, live of the "longkong Telegraph." "If the horse doesn't
Magistrate On Prehistoric Hongkong
Πα
FINDS IN HONGKONG of great scientifle importance were described by Air. W. Schofield, the Hongkong Police Magistrate who is now on leave, in a recent broadcast from England entitled "Prehistoric Research in Hong- koor." said that discoveries of stone adres found in Hong- kong have helped to reveal culture unknown till the last pre- year or two, that of the Chinese tribes of the south- cast coast of China. They de- monstrate relation to the classic China and culture of North Indicate a connection between the mainland civilisation and the leland world of the Pacifio, said Mr. Schofield.
FIRST BRITISH REFUGEES REPORT
MACHINE-GUNNED
(Continued from Page 1.)
and as soon as the goods have been r.fled, the building is set on fire.
It was in the light of lurid siames and under a denso pall of anoke that the two men set out in their launch, covered with Union Jacks, and headed for the moush of the river.
Shortly after leaving the city, Japanese plants swooped low over- head, and intermittent firing could be heard.
come
In
Kathleen if it does come in, then sho
will all have £437, and, of course.reat deal of money"
will have
It Olympus wins, Baby Dunnett vill receive £30,000.
the
Kathleen is a bonny curly headed baby of sixteen months. This morn- toddling round her ing, she was parents' home in a cheerfully colour- woolly rab- ed overall suit, hugging a b.t, offering it to
to nil and sundry saying "Wow-wow." That
ticket. Her name given on her
they mother explained that chosen this name as Kathleen
woolly toys "Wow-WOW all her whether they be dogs, rabbits or cats.
Mr. and Mrs. Dunnett are
lucky
ughter.
their
had
ex-
proud, have made no plans
as to what they will do with the money. They are returning to Scot- land in six months' time but state that the money will not ranke any difference to their present plans.
JAPANESE CLAIM FORTS OCCUPIED (Continued from Page 13
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from Lungmoon in westward operation with other Japanese units which are driving northward from forces On Saturday night, these advanced to a point 25 miles east of Canton, the communique concludes. According to Chinese reports from
Canton.
Throughout the whole journey. the travellers were scarcely ever out of hearing of the roar of, aeroplanes: Chungshan district over 1,000 Japan- However, the and once were they the actual objectese landed on Tengkawai and Lau- of altnck.
A lone ralder apparently decided to have some fun and spattered the water round the launch repeatedly, narrowly miss.nt the launch.
have
The flags were so conspicuous that the aviator could not avoided sering them,
LEVELLED RIFLES
halled to stop by a The men were large junk manned by Chinese, who appeared from their accoutrements to be deserted soldiers.
They levelled rifles at the launch but Mr. Frost and Mr. Lisaker shouted them down and by repeated Ly pointing to the flug, bluffed them into desisting.
yesterday. mon Japanese are still encountering re- distance from Chinese alf-defence corps, which frustrated the Japanese land.ng attempt on Menkingsha yes- terday morning.
tions
Extensive Japanese serial opera- the it is reported, aided Japanese landings.
те Tamchowiakong have been duced to a heap of ruins by numer- cus Japanese incendiary bombs,
Despite the Japanese menace, to its security Shekkal is quiet and peaceful.
WARSHIPS OFF AMOY
Chuanchow, Oct, 24. The number of Japanese armed after remodelled mostly it vessels,
Later on the Inunch passed dozens of junka similarly med anu was obvious that the whole delia was merchant craft, has been increased had to about thirty of Amoy, Quemoy, swarming with deserters who
ships taken to the water to get what loot Tungan, Haifeng and their vicinity, they
One of the Japanese could while their comrades carried on depredations in the city. Tungan hurled over nine shells to Late in the evening, the launch the shore yesterday without indict- reached Shokki where Japanese ing any damage. Central News. neroplanes, which had come and gone
over their heads the whole journey, had begun sentiering Icadets over
the countryside stating "Canton has fallen."
The natives were tremendously exclled and there were fugees.
many
rt-
were
to
Mr. Frost and Mr. Linaker faced with the problem of covering several miles acrosa country Macao and they were fortunate to persuade a driver of a motor car to tuke them-for a consideration.
The equivalent of $85. Hongkong money was paid for the short journey after which the travellers' troubles were over.
POPPY DAY FUND
Opening Contributions Received
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FIRING PRACTICE
An adjournment of three days was granted Detective-Sergeant J. Allen. by Mr. 11. R. Butters at the Central Magistracy on Saturday, when he
It is notifed by the Military au- prosecuted a postman, Chau Yu, 37.
thorities that firing practice will be on two counts of destroying mail..
Fort Chau was alleged to have destroyed | carried out from Pakshawa letter on October 18, and two between 6 p.m. and midnight to-day, letters and a' newspaper on October and from the same fort during the
same hours, to-morrow,
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