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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

OLE

Arrangements for the observance of Armistice Day on November 11 are already in hand and contributions the Poppy Fund have been received as below;

's Excellency, The Governor $100 loucester Hotel

E. D. Sassoon Banking Co. Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels, "Toc 1" Ho

Hongkong The following quotations are re-3. 11. Gompertz ceived after the close of the morning sir Vandeleur Grayburn session through Reuters:

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Funless Bane

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Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Edmondston T. C. Monaghan

Oct. 2. Det, 24.

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Ung. 33

Bagulo Gold

Benguet Cons.

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The following is Swan, Culbertson

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Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hall

G. A. Pentreath

G. G. N. Tinson

Andrew Nicol

Cavamally & Co. .............

Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Baskett

Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga

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E. C. Treglus

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MAIL DESTROYED

flongkong.

Chequer should be made payable

to Thomson & Co., and crossed FULL

"Poppy Day Fund."

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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