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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
October 2, 1939.
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AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M. He conquered the black slimoon "that ships might sail the desert
while the love of two women tore_at_his_heart!_____
SUEZ
A 20th Century-lex Picture with TYRONE
⚫LORITTA
POWER · YOUNG ANNABELLA
J. Edward Bromberg • Joseph Schildkrout, « Henry Siaphenson
DARKTL F. TANUCK In Charge of Production
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MR. LEWIS WORRIED QUEENS & ALHAMBRA
BY £2,000,000 'PET'
Earls Court Crisis
Mr. Frank R. Lewis, forty-one year-old exhibition expert, pondered! recently on the future of his, pet scheme-Earls Court, London's £2,- 000,000 exhibition centro,
Earls Court-Its twelve-acre bulld- Ing is the largest in the world-was it In opened two years ago. Now facing a crisis.
For a month
have
the company been in the hands of a receiver. Charges due for interest, insurance, ground rent, and wages arc mord than £2,000
week, 4
Bookings covered twenty-five weeks of the your. This week, It was announced that the Ideal Home Exhibition, which was expected to keep the centre busy for three and a half weeks next spring. will be! transferred to Olympia.
"SEVERE BLOW" Recently Mr. James Charteris Burleigh, receiver appointed by the court, described this decision as "a severe blow." Then he said:
"But there are other important} bookings the Dairy Shaw, the Royal Horticultural Society's Show, Motor Show, and the British Indus tries section next spring."
the
It has been suggested that Earl's Court would be useful to the Govern-
meril. LAST FOUR SHOWS!
The Most Talked-About Picture SHIRLEY Has Ever . A Picture That Wins You to Made For You
Its joyous Mood!
A GLORIOUS STORY FOR US ALLI
Shy TEMPLE JUST AROUND THE CORNER
JOAN
AMANDA
FARRELL DAVIS - DUFF LAHR - ROBINSON
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。
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GARBO MARCH
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Anna RENINA
• SHOWS
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Love
FREDDIE
BARTHOLOMEW
(a! "COPPERFIELD" toma)
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NATHAN
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MATINEES. 20ɛ •30‹ • EVENINGS" 20.-30:-50:70) FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY AN EXCITING CHASE AROUND THE WORLD IN WALTER WANGER'S NEW THRILLER !
THEY TRAVELED 10,000 MILES
TO TRAP THIS GIRL! ER
100,000 REWARD
WALTER WANDER
Prasanta
FREDRIC MARCH · JOAN BENNETT / TRADE WINDS
with
RALPH BELLAMY-ANN SOTHERN
SIDNEY BLACKMER, THOMAS MITCHELL
ROBERT. ELLIOTT -
'TAY GARNETTproduction:
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RETURN SHOWING BY SPECIAL REQUEST "YOUNG Dr. KILDARE"
LEW AYRES LIONEL BARRYMORE
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayar Picture
But although the possible value of the building (which normally seats 23,000 people) in time of wor has been considered, the Govern- ment are not likely to find a peace | time use for it..
When the receiver was appointed, counsel claimed that the security of the £650,000 Four-and-a-half per cent, First Mortgage Debenture stock, of which the Prudential Assur- ance Company was a large holder,) was "in serious jeopardy."
Bee Sting Caused
Major Anthony Eden, left, Secretary of State, for the Do-
toward of stiff policy
dictators, minions and advocate leads his battalion of Royal Rifles through London en route to Comp in Hampshire.
LATE
More Neutrals Victimised
NEWS
"Latvia's Time
Has Come"
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Oct. 2 (UP)-Tho
Two Road Deaths COPENHAGEN, Oct. 2 (UP)Exchange Telegraph" reports from
Further Nazi action against neutral Tallinn, the capital of Estonio: “It is A STATEMENT by a woman ships is reported.
the zeneral opinion here that Laivia's: Danish The 1,150-ton motorist that a bee was the Vendla, owned by the A/S Damp
steamer
time has come."
cause of her car swerving was skibssciskabet of Copenhagen, hus tion le Moscow within the next few Latvia is sending a trade delega- produced_at" an Inquest at been torpedoed without warning. Worthing recently.
The German U-Boat made no effort days as a result of demands from A verdict of "Accidental death" to save the erew, eleven of whom the Soviet.
The Russian demands are under- was returned or Mrs, Aanle Tur- were killed outright. Six were saved, stood to include a non-aggression nock (78), of Weybridge, and Mrs. and the remainder are missing. Faith Whitworth (75), of Rugeley, Staffordshire, sisters, who
BEE IN HANDKERCHIEF '.
recently
garrison
The German watch-ship BX, which past and the right for Soviet war- were is operating in the minefield between ships and Soviet soldiers
the town of Libau. ΑΠΟ Moen. violated killed while walking along the main Falsterbo
The despaich
Also states that London road at Findon.
Swedish territorial waters in order to
stationed on the They were on holiday at Worth-capture the Luvia steamer Imants, twenty divisions of Soviet troops
1,233 tons, and owned by the Latvian Estonian frontler have now
were
been ing.
Government,
Despite the fact that she was well moved to the Latvian frontier. In a statement made to the police, Inside Swedish waters, the BX order- Mrs. Mary-Armerod said that a bee ed the Imania to follow her, and boil flew into her car. She picked up ships proceeded in a southerly direc she thought, throwing it out of the tion, presumably bound for a German window, tucked the handkerchief is harbour, the left sleeve of her frock.
with her handkerchief and after, as
slutes that the countries have now
The Swedish newspaper "Nyal Later she felt something stinging Daglit Allchanda" her left arm and realised that the Scandinavian had inadvertently put the bee into lost 42,000 tons of shipping
of the result her sleeve with the bandkerchief.
Tugging the handkerchief with Thirty-four neutral lives have been
Jer right hand, she felt another lost. sting. She then had her hand off the steering wheel and found herself swerving across the road to the off- side.
She say the two women and Jammed on the brakes in un attempt' to avoid them, but falled to do so.
"It was the horror of seeing the two women just in front of me thai; must have been the cause of my] lasing control of the car," she said.
as a
U-Bont campalgo.
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GAYNORA
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TO- MORROW
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FLEXINS MOND
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Formerly Or
WITH A DOZEN OTHER TOP-NOTCH COMEDY STARS AND AN ELEPHANT WHO NEVER FORGETS
"Don't tell your friends the
big secret "about"Zenobia!""
HAL ROACH puner
ZENOBIA
(21 NOBIA WAS UNTRIES
OLIVER HARDY - HARRY LARGUOK BILLIE BURKE ALICE BRADY
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the
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Refused To March
Slovak Troops Disobey
German Overlords
London, Oct. 1.
FAILS TO ARRIVE
Japanese Plane Bolioved Still in Taihoku The Japanese plane, Morning Wind arrive from (Asakaze) failed to Talhoku on Sunday as expected.
The. platio arrived at Talhoku at and stayed 2.33 pm, on Saturday How the whole of the Slovak there, overnight. She was, expected regiment flatly refused to go and to leave for Hongkong on Sunday
is described fight Poland
by an and arrive here at 11 am. American newspaperman who has
Imperial Airways Duo been touring Slovakia., He said that The Imperial Airways plane "When war was declared the Slovak Dorado left Hongkong for Bangkok troops were ordered to be ready to yesterday with two passengers and march. A rgiment of 3,000 men with mails. The
Mr. G. passengers were full equipment Hned up on the parade!
Witherspoon for Bahrein and Capt. ground but refused to march off to D. M. Shean for Gwalior, India. the front and sang the old Slovak The Imperial plane dus yesterday National
been delayed Anthem, They were from Bangkok Has threatened with court martial, but and is due to-day. eventually the Slovak. leaders inter- vened and the regiment was disarmed.
Not Discouraged
New York, Sept. 30. Pan American Airways have an- The newspaperman said there had been open revolt against the Germans nounced that commencing. October in many Slovak spheres of ille and 7 they are doubling the almall and that is one of the reasons why the passenger service, to Europe, vla Azores United Slovak army was demoblitsed and Bermuda and the
Press, disarmed.--tenter. Bulletin,
Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY-FRÀNELIK, at 1 and 3. Wyndham Bircel in the City of Victoria, Hongkong,