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KING'S
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CAGNEY RIDES....SHOOTS....KILLSI
Cagney as
you want him in the
toughest rola of his two-gun coroart
of THE
James Cagney OKLAHOMA KID
A WARNER BEZŐS Pichere Directed by Lloyd Boron
HUMPHREY BOGART ROSEMARY LANE
DONALD CRISP
ALSO Broadway Provities in Technicolour "SWING TIME IN THE MOVIES"
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2 MORE DAYS—TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
THE LATEST AND GREATEST OF THE HARDY'S SERIES I EVEN FUNNIER THAN "LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY" I SEE! Mickey Rooney as a rootin', tootin' terror of the
range
you'll how! as he moots his match! A Motro-Goldwyn-Mayor Picturo.
4 SHOWS
DAILY
230 -- 20
220-9.30
BAY-WAVINGNEWS? Another.. and even fannias adventure of that Hardy famby you love! Go West with them...for
a bowl-tour of the great open spaces!
WITH
OUT WEST HARDYS
THE
Lewis STONE Mickey ROONEY Cecilia PARKER Fay HOLDEN. Stanen Play Men Carave.
WEDNESDAY, ONE DAY ONLY
The picture you'il remember her for always!
Shelby
TEMPLE JEAN HERSHOLT
HEIDI
ARTHUR TREACHER
HELEN WESTLEY.
PAULINE MOORE • THOMAS BECK
MART MAIN - SIDNEY BLAGIMER
MADY CHRISTIANS · BIG BUMANN
MAJESTIC
NATHAN ROAD
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A Riot of Laughter, Excitement and Suspense !
WHO is she?
WHAT'S she got?
HAL ROACH piemiti
ZENOBIA
011
MARRI
HARDY LANGDON BURKE BRADY
ALECT
ELLISON PARKER - LANG - TETCHIT
The Hall Johnson Chait
TO-MORROW & WEDNESDAY
The Most Ingenious and Thrilling Mystory-Romance of 1939 I MELVYN DOUGLAS
LOUISE PLATT in TELL NO TALES”-
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor Picture
Bonds Drawn
In Shanghai
drawing of Telegraph Bonds wero
Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
HERE THEY ARE, the boys of the new brigade, happy and con- fident of the outcome of their struggle with Naxi aggression. Those Tommies are leaving the base for the front.
Clothing Stolen
From Roof
December 11, 1939.
APPEASING AMERICA
Washington, Dec, 0.
The spokesman "of a prominent group of businessmen to-day forecast) the failure of Japan and the United States to reach a commercial accord after the expiration of the current trade paet unless the Japanese alter some basle policies affecting Unlied States business in China..
Tokyo Press reports indicated that Japan hoped to "oppenso" the United itates by an offer compensate several hundred nationals of the United States for their losses in China, said the spokesman. If this
true, continued the spokesman, it only indicates the Japanese hope to create a favourable atmosphere In which the pact can be extended or ranewed without expiration.
There are no indications that the American companies in China would be fully satisfied with such an offer. Instead, Americans will undoubted- ly remain dissatisfied until Japan alters
her
fundamental practices
nimical
h
to the American's establish-
ed treaty rights to conduct business in China, said the spokesman. These practices include wide spread military-interferenco, with business i | operations in China and the Japanese uttempts to control the currency In 0 manner which is injurious to Į Americans.
He cited particularly the Japanese- sponsorship of the north China federated reserve yuan which, he
ness. The "artificial rata for
Yacht Keel Stolen sald, preclude some American busi-
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GILBERT & SULLIVAN'S
MIKADOR
IN
TECHNICOLOR
Starring KENNY BAKER, Jean Colin Martyn Green, Sydney Granville, John Barclay Ge D'OYLY CARTE CHORUS.Shundredel,
Recorded by the LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 'Adored, Conducted and Produced by GEOFFREY COVE
Deschede VICTOR ECHERTZINGLA
.1"
Furtwanie a sonančiam !” mantem WALLIS Nov "Catest thing in Technicolor since Snow Whi!”
POROTMY, KHNALLENKY JÁ
the
DAILY
AT
2.50
Mr. R. E. M. Devaux, manager of yuan" raised prices to an extent that the Far East Oxygen and Acetylene it has made exports to the United Clothing worth $35 was stolen from Co., Ltd. Tokwawan Road, reported States frequently impossible. the roof of 130 Argyle Street on to the Police yesterday the theft of a Saturday. A report of the theft was lead yacht keel valued at $200 from no official nor accurate knowledge The spokesman professed he had made to the Police by Captain A. S. the seabed close to the premises of what the. Japanese have offered but F. Wilson.
the Company.
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said the most surface indications are not promising for an early success.
Oulelal circles adamantly declined to answer questions regarding the progress of the Tokyo discussions or regarding the United States attitude.
United Press.
LETTERS
Broke Parole
To the Editor;
"Hongkong Telegraph."
Sir-With reference to an article in the Sunday Herald of 10th Decem- ber, 1939, concerning the adventures of a German Internce, Karl Joachim, who escaped from Hongkong.
I would state that this man was not in a Military Hospital but was taken to the Kowloon Civil Hospital after he had given his parole or word of honour not to attempt to escape.
A. B. THOMAS.
Brigadier, A.A. & Q.M.G. 1/c Administration, China Command.
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"THE RETURN OF SCARLET PIMPERNEL"
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LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY•
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ANOTHER UNIVERSAL EUROPEAN WAR NEWS SPECIAL SHOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HONG KONG)
Russian columns riding rough-shod over Poland. German U-Boats' desperate attempt to destroy British shipping. The Duke of Windsor to do his blt in the war. Innocent sufferers "in"' Naul's. campaign against Britain; Plane carrier Cour ageous torpedoed and sunk. The Duchess of Kent doing hospital work, etc, eta, PLUS THE BIGGEST LAUGH HIT OF THE CENTURY ! Most famous funsters in film history in a great novelty pleiurė 'that's s, riot of laughter,
WCFIELDS You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Edgar BERGEN
Charlie McCARTHY
A_Now_UNIVERSAL_Picture TO-MORROW AND WEDNESDAY
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S.P.C. MEETING
His Excellency, the Governor, and Lady Northcole will be present at the Annual General Meeting of the
CHUNGKING, Dec. 11. (Central). Society for the Protection of Children,
A Shanghai-bound
and Full.
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The eighth drawing of Consolida "20," "74," and "83" were drown andā!
tion Bonds "E" and seventeenth are due for repayment.
and at other :: tobacconists.
The meeting la open to the public.
bang, near Wush on the Nanking- Shanghal Railway, on Saturday, ac- rushing to the scene were attacked cording to a Shanghal repart. and thrown back by Chinese
Japanese troops in the vicinity guerilias,
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