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THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1938.
KING'S
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In Aid of the Chinoso Refugees
SHOWING TO-DAY, ONE DAY ONLY
2.30 P.M.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
IN
"LITTLEST REBEL'
A 20th Century-Fax Picturo 5.10 P.M.
GEORGE ARLISS
IN
"THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD”
United Artists Picture
7.15 P.M.
WALLACE BE EERY
IN
"TREASURE ISLAND"
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picturo 9.30 P.M.
GRACE MOORE
IN
"WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE"
A Columbia Picture
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Joan Blondell - Melvyn Douglas in "THERE'S ALWAYS A WOMAN”
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THE LAUGHING LOVE STORY OF THE YEAR I Two girls in love with the wrong man discover their mistake dust in the nick of time,
Myrna
Franchot
LOY
Rosalind
~ TONE RUSSELLE
MAN-PROOF
Z with WALTER PIDGEON
Directed by BICHARD THORPE » Predilverd ky LOUIS D, LIGHTON'
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"THE LAST TRAIN FROM MADRID" with DOROTHY LAMOUR, LEW AYRES, CILBERT ROLAND A Paramount Dramatic Sensation!
ALHAMBRA
NATHAN RO. KOWLO
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY CRASHING FROM UNCHARTED SKIES TO SET THE JUNGLE AFLAME WITH THRILLS !
FLAMING BULLETS
JACK HOLT
ta s katrorolslag, thritt-Thundering COLUMBIA PICTURE
PAGAINST POISONED ARROWSIN
Flight
INTO NOWHERE
TOMORROW “WALKING DOWN BROADWAY'
BREAD FOR STARVING REFRESS-Trucks, cach loaded with hundreds of loaves of bread, form a
fn refugees constant procession along the Talpo Road from Kowloon as they take food to
various Concentration camps in the New Ter:ltorics-Staff Photographer.
the
A 20th C. Fox Picturo
CLAIRE TREVOR - PHYLLIS BROOKS
LEAH RAY - DIXIE DUNBAR
Protest Against QUEENS
S.P.C.A. Cruelty To Birds
Birds Wreaths On
THE RECENT ARRIVAL in Hongkong of a large number of Australian birds and five kangaroos, and revelations that two emus, also consigned to captivity in this Colony, had committed “suicide” on the voyage, may have a sequel.
The Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Animale is "in- vestigating the matter.
Violent objection to the trafe iul animals and birds was made by the President of the Society when inter- viewed by the "Telegraph" this morn- Ing.
"The Society would like to stop this. trade in wild animals and birds not born in captivity," he said.
The S.1.C.A. in Hongkong have tried to induce the Government to ussist in controlling this trade in the Colony, even if they do not prohibit it.
CONDITIONS TERRIBLE
Battleship
In Canton
(Our Own Correspondent) Canton, Dec. 4. Floral wreaths were ob served on a Japanese battle.
Trading Spurt ship tied up alongs.de the On London
Stock Exchange
London, Bec. 6. Renurkable activity was witnessed during the first two hours of trading on the foreign exchanges to-day.
The market opened with a resump tion of the overnight trend in which sterling and the franc were very "As an example, take the trade in Drm in terms of dollars and other are old currencies. The sterling-dollar monkeys and wild cats that
quoted at 4.0007 brought here and cold for food. We rate was hallolly have asked the Government to stop compared with 4.0956 last night, and appreciated to 4.70, at which level this, but they will not take action.
the British authorities came into the market and absorbed a considerable of dollars. When the wave amount of dollar sales had subsided, the con- ral withdrew whereupon sterling bird shops where bird und animals reacted to 4.60.
Well-informed circles attributed kept in captivity. "So far, our auempts have been he volte face partly to a commercial demand for American currency, and unsuccessful.
are regularly partly to a covering demand from These wird shops visited by an Inspector of the S.P.C.A. speculators who sold dollars heavily and members of the committee, and with the rate at 4.70 in the mistalten taken on a whole, the conditions wit-beller that the control would not hold
the pound at this level. nessed are terrible.
Mean alle the demand
"We have also asked the Govern-
known ment to license what is
are
hty are much worse than the bird shops that dealt in this trade in
Cantun.
In Hongkong, the shops are and dark, having ittle holes corners where the animals are cd away,"
In further discussing the trade in wild animals in Hongkung, the Chair-
the recent visit to Hongkong of five
for the
Bund to-day, and it is be- loved these are tributes to the Japanese soldier who fell in battle during the capture of Canton, and that their remains
being kre iaken to Japan.
AMAZING CHILD ARTIST
8-Year-Old Chinese Astounds Critics
As reported in the Telegraph on November 30, Plato Chan, the son of a member of the Chinese
rat is still described as "tremen Embassy in London, gave an ex-
dous" and the authorities in Paris
Riant pandas, two blue steep, a musk-in a month's time command a prem- |
the
News-
He was born in New York, and at
small are reported to have acquired large hibition of painting in London on and amounts of foreign exchange again November 29, which drew the report mentioning the applause, as well as the astonish- tuck-to-day, one
acquisition of nearly £2,000,000 in ment of the leading critics. the space of ten minutes.
The following detalls about Despite rigorous offein interven eight-year-old artist are given in a man of the S.P.C.A. made mention of ton spot franc appreciated to 177.53 reccal Issue of the London
at the close Chronicle. compared with 177.03 yesterday, while francs for delivery
over spot.
ACTIVE SALES
London, Dec, 0. French selling of gilt-edged stocks and Kirs, together with Mr. Oswald Firow's statement in which he voiced the opinion that Europe.
thero
ium of six centimes Reuter.
deer and a golden-haired monkey. They were en route from Szechuan
Whipsnade Zoo. The SP.C.A. felt strongly about' this particular part of the trade, he said. They used this visit us an ob- jeet leeson and took every opportunity to strongly disapprove of the whole trade.
"The only thing we can do," he was drifting Into war unless said, "is to prosecute for cruelly, was a complete change in outlook, Whicht we would do if necessary. But caused a generally lower trend in all what constitutes crusity is a matter groups on the London Slock Exchange of opinion.
to-day, although an exhaustion of the selling in the afternoon allowed the development of a steadier under-1 lone.
PLAY ON SYMPATHIES
In these bird shops a large part) of the revenue is obtained by play ing on the sympathy of tourists and soft-hearted visitors who call on the shops. In the main, they usually buy the animals merely to release them from their cramped quarters."
It is interesting to note that the S.P.C.A. In Hongkong is applying for iation with London. There is a projceted scheme for the joining up of the sociclics in the Far East in the nops of stupping this trade.
Canton Post Office Re-opens
(Our Own Correspondent)
Canton, Dec. 4.
but generally irregular, apart from Foreign exchanges were active, the French franc which appreciated strongly, despite omcial Intervention.
Wall Street was irrular, firm-Reuter Special.
then
TWO LADIES HAVE BAGS SNATCHED
PLATO CHAN
Two Indies were the victims of the age of three was taken to Cer- snatch-thieves yesterday when they
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An Appotizing Dish of Blackmail, Grand Larcony and Breach of Promise Spiced in Comedy, Love and Music I
She Fell in Love with the Man She Tried to Trim
With
BLOAT
CHEAT
JOAN FONTAINE - DERRICK de MARNEYA
Directed by Joseph Saniley. Produced by William Strtrom, Screen play be Charles Kaufvan, Paul
Viole Brothers Shore, Herry Segall, -
"BURNING OF CANTON"
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FRIDAY
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Zawies,
"DONALD DUCK'S NEPHEWS”
DEANNA DURBIN
in "THAT CERTAIN AGE" Melvyn Douglas - Jackie Cooper
HANKOW
STARE
SHOWING TO-DAY
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The Romance of a Diamond Thief
PRESTON WHITNEY FOSTER BOURNE
DOUBLE BAKHE
NEXT CHANGE
20th C. Fox Pictura
with DONALD MEEK SAMUEL S. HINDS
Date By Lee London, Sermon slap de Arter R.
Loretta Young Don Amocho
in
"LOVE UNDER FIRE”
LATE
DOCKED FOR
PAINTING
NEWS
RELIEF FUND NOW OVER $200,000
Headed by a donation of $100,000 (HLK.$54,495), from the Central Re- ller Committee of the Chinese Gov- ernment, subscriptions to the Hong-
lost their handbags containing money many, and from there to Paris, where and Jewellery to the value of $114. His futher, Mr., Yat-kwong Chan, la
Miss Auger of Kowloon Hospital, an Attache at the Chinese Legation. It is now learned that the two kong and South China Branch of the reported the loss of her bag in Water 18 months! One of his pictures-ot for "ainting and, when the Chinese trers in China to-day passed
Pluto began to paint at the age of trawlers docked at 8.30 nm. to-day British Fund for the Relief of Dis- loo Road
the containing Money and Jewellery valued at $53. The big hippopotami-was painted when he refused to touch the vessels, one of $200,000 mark. which was valued
at $15 was re was three. It will be shown at the them withdrew hack into the stream. Other
in- munificent donations covered near the scene
The other has not been able to leave cluded $10,000 from the Union Insur- of the in- exhibition. eident
vet. The men stood round in groupa ance Society of Canton and $2,500 Ills work shows a strong leaning but made no demonstration. A handbag containing $01 In' towards
each from the Hongkong. and Kow- caricature. He deplets Although it was believed that the money was snatched from Miss Chlu Hitler. Mussolini. Neville Chamber-ward trip, the trawlers called at the Canton Insurance Offer and
It is understood that called at the on Wharf and Godown Company. central post office in Canton would Hon-kit while she was walking along, lain (Oshing), and many others in a Talkoo Docks for the same job but kong Fire Insurance Company. The Le re-opened at the old Pearl Thica- | Nathan Road yesterday.
great circus of politieat personalities. Chinese there refused to work on Star Ferry donated $1,200.
Others of his pictures show the in- them. fuence of Bloke and Walt Disney, and all are painted or drawn with hii left hand.
Plato is unaffected by SUCCESS. He talks but little. Rome, Dec. d.
This
his exhibition, profits from Five hundred
Italian students which was held at the Cooling demonstrated outalde The new arrangements will be
the French Galleries in New Bond Street, will beneficial to the natives Lving in the Consulate at Genoa shouting "Tunis, go to the International Fence Hospital city, as hitherto there has been to Coralca, Nice". They wer dikin China. The show itself was under way to their getting letters to Hong-pered by Police without incident the nusplees of the China Medical kong.
Relief Fund.
from
tre, which Jo Elited far Shamcen, 'more central location has been found, and, according to a notification issued by the Postal Commissioner, the new post
ofice would functioning on Monday at the erstwhile Canton Theatre, which faces the Dund, and le just cast of the
| Talping Maloo.
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