KING'S
TO-DAY ONLY
2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.
DRAMA ROARING RAW OUT OF BEAUTY BAITED
MURDER TRAPS!
Exposing thos0 "B" gals of the "clip" joints... where it's death If you squawkl
HOSTESS
TO-MORROW
A
Now Universal
Picture
4 SHOWS]
CDAILY
2.30-3.15
7.15-0.30
with
PRESTON FOSTER ANN DVORAK
Wynne Gibson. Peggy Shannon Screen Ploy by Harold Shumate Directed by SIDNEY SALKOW A COLUMBIA PICTURE
Wednesday,
"LA CONGA NIGHTS"
HUCH HERBERT
FAKE ANE TRAN OR HAJET VALUES BUG
CONSTANCE MOORE
ORIENTAL
FLEMING ROAD. |WANCHAR
TB. 28472
•20AYS TO-DAY • TO-MORROW.
ONLY!
A SWELL CAST STARS IN A VERY FUNNY COMEDY.! Hora's a grand successor to last year's comedy riot "Brother Rat" it's the same cast with a now baby star that starts the fun by swallowing a diamond ring, this leads to hundred surprising complications.
DUST OFF THOSE
WELCOME MATS,
HERE COME THOSE
BROTHER HATS Again!
Brother Rat and a Baby
PRISCILLA LANE WAYNE MORRIS JANE BRYAN EDDIE ALBERT JANE WYMAN RONALD REAGAN
and
PETER B. GOOD (Brother Mouse}
Directed by RAY ENIUGHT A WARNER BROS.~First National Picture Original Screen Play by John Monks, Jr. and Frod F. Tinkleliöit@
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH February 12, 1941:
STOCK EXCHANGE ROME FASCISTS WILLKIE'S PLEA
Continued Firmness
Of Indians
LONDON, Feb, 11 (Reuter)-On
Among foreign bonds, Belgian four per cent, advanced from 84 to 00. which is now 60 per cent. above the figure at the end of the year, but the Greeks receded a triße.
Wall Street was easy;
WANT PEACE
FOR US. AID
FROM PAGE ONE
the Stock Exchange to-day, part 'LONDON, Feb. 11 (Reuter). from the continued firmness of India-At a meeting In Rome on dustrial towns. Damage to produc- Blocks, mostly
Tintless conditions January 15 dissident Fascists tive. facilities was however, small. prevailed with Dalkan uncertainties decided to send Count Grandi If the United States isolates her- stifling buying interest.
Gill-edged securities were steady to England to sub for peace self, he said, Britain may have the but home ralls, Industrials and oils according to a “reliable report" greatest difficulty in surviving. No were dull.
broadcast by the Athens Radioman can say at this time whether or Britain can win the war without to-night.
our assistance in supplies, ships
dad The meeting is said however, armaments, but we do know that it la defeated the totalitarian to have been denounced to the she
Powers
the world. They will control police who made many arrests, will
not only Europe but pro- The participants were court bably most of
of Africa. They may martialled and heavily penalised, also control the Atlantic Ocean,
Germany would
then
probably drive either economically or militari- towards Latin Amerien. Perhaps Japan would also drive southwards to the East. Indles, Then the United States and Canada would be sur- rounded by the totalitarian Powers. They would so cripple and hinder and Infringe upon us that we should be forced to fight. We should be fighting alone in the same war whichi Britain is now fighting..
STOCK MARKET. REPORT
Hongkong Stock Exchange Official) Summary, Jested yesterday, says:
The market was featureless,
Buyers
H.K. Govt. 34% Loan
(1034) 03.25.
Ik. Govt. 34% Lonn (1940) 03 II.K. Banks $1,405
Bank of East Asia $70
Canoon Ins. $215
Union Ins.
H.K. Fire Ins. $170
20.
$17.50
Dock" $17
Docks "N"
dents $5.00
Providents
Lands 4% Debentures $97.50
Ferries $56.50
Lights "O" $6 Cements $17.50 Roper $8.50
Entertainments $7
Constructions "0" $1.60
Sellers
H.K, Banks $1,425
Providents $5,80 Realties $3.75* Trams $10,20
Salce
¿
Docks "O" $17.75 Docks "N" $17 Trams $18.05 Lights "O" $0.15 Electrics "O" $10.25
Y.M.C.A. Film Night
For the benefit of members and their friends, a Film Night will be held In the European Y.M.C.A. on Thurs- day, at '9 p.m. The following pro- gramme will be shown free of charge: Dominion Monarch, Five Faces of Malaya, Air Enterprise Part 1 and Part 2 Somerset Idyll, Sheep Dog Part and Part 2, and two films from the Filino Depot.
These films are shown by kind permission of the Director of Educa- tion.'
The Y.M.CA. Discussion Group meeting will be held on February 10 at 9 p.m. in the West Loungo. The speaker, will be the Rev. E. Moreton,, and his subject "The man who didn't know the meaning of can't."
LATE NEWS
WAGES UP
IN ENGLAND
-Goot Figures LONDON, Feb. 11 (British Wire- lesa) —Nearly 800,000 work people in industry received in hele wage rates during 1940 Increased equal to more than £101,000,000 annually. This
Invasion Chances estimate given in the January A Mr Willklo declared, "For what it Issue of the Ministry of Labour re-
turns. The estimate dot's not cover may be worth, my belief, is that farm workers, shop assistants and Germany cannot successfully invade Government employees who have also Britain. If her northern ports can be kept open and the supply linea gained substantial improvements,
feel confident The new national minimum of can be kept moving, 483, for agricultural workers resulted that Britain will survive the shock
of the in Increases of 99. to 17s, weekly for
spring and summer campaigns. That is also the belief in high men. That represents a gain of some £1,700,000 a year for 500,000 work people.
quarters in Britain, and if Britain can stand through the summer, the tide will turn. Reinforced by our gigantic resources Britain may be able to achieve that effectiveness
China Clipper Due which the democratic peoples have
February 19
wa
temporarily
# Nazis Got R.N. Mr Wilkie expressed the opinion The "China Clipper" which scheduled to arrive in Hongkong, in reply to a question, that if England yesterday, has been waiting In Losfell to-morrow and Germany obtain Angeles for termination of the uned the Royal Navy the United States favourable weather conditions exist would be in the war in a month or ing between Los Angeles and Hono- two.
He quoted Mr Winston Churchill
tulu.
The Clipper flow from San Rs saying that Britain's greatest Francisco to Los Angeles five days needs were destroyers, big bombers ngo as It was anticipated that Eying and merchantmen. conditions would be more favourable from that port than from the Clip- Francisco.
per's usual starting place in San Nomura Arrives In
The "Chinna Clipper" departed Los Angeles yesterday but was forced to return to Los Angeles after being in the air sixteen hours. It scheduled to arrive in Hongkong on Wednesday, February 18.
Ja now
Clipper"
The "California scheduled to arrive in Hongkong few days after the "China Clipper."
Awards To Gallant
Washington
· SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”*
Upon his arrival here to-day, the WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UP),
new Japanese Ambassador, Admiral by 100 members of the Japanese Nomura, was welcomed at the station
communities In New
York and Washington, as well as members of the Axis Powers Embassies, and members of the State Department.
The reception was strikingly differ- Lord Halifax recently. ent from the 'welcome extended, to
To Present Credentials
British Seamen.. LONDON, Feb. 11 (Reuter-The exploit of the British destroyer Kimberley in torpedoing the Italian j destroyer, Francesco Nullo, In the Red Sea last October in an action WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. (UP) — which followed an enemy attack on a President Roosevelt was asked to- convoy is recalled by nwards nn-day when he intended to receive the
in the
arc
Gazette." credentials from the new Japanese Servico Ambassador, and he replied that
Sherbrook n der John
Admiral Noniura would probably
Order Order
to
the Distin- visit the White House next Wednes- guished Service Cross to Engineer day or Thursday, Lieut-Commander Gordon Edward One reporter asked, "Do you think Sedgwick; and the Distinguished there is danger of a war in the Service Medal to Chief Engineroom Pacific?" to, which the President re- Artificer William Henry Dállison, all piled in the negative, but declined to of the destroyer Kimberley.
elaborate on it.
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DRAMATIC I SPECTACULAR
From China's Rich Treasura-house of Great Romances comes the Thrilling Story of Beautiful, Horoic Haih-shi !
"THE BEAUTY
OF BEAUTIES"
A Chinoso Picture'in Mandarin I
FRIDAY
JUDGE HARDY and SON
Lewis STONE Mickey ROONEY Cecilia PARKER Fay HOLDEN
Pay by Larry Wee
Directed by REPUSCH. 30777
A Metro Ginkluger Mayer
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TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
NEW ADVENTURES! DANGEROUS ROMANCE !
30
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EDWARD ARNOLD
Rox Stout's famous comedy detective story
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CHILL-JAMMED TALE OF A MONSTER ! ! !
KARLOFF LEARNS THE SECRET OF
IMMORTALITY,
as his victims lie
cold in death!
His brain discovera
Chow man may livo.
forover, as his Clonda make men die bulore their time! BORIS
KARLOFF
BEFORE
I HANG
se Evelyn KEYES · Bruc BENNETT
·Sormen pins by Rebel 1. Labours BUGAT
KICK BRIRTE. A COLUMBIA PICTURE
• FRIDAY, ONE DAY ONLY
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"DESTRY RIDES AGAIN“ MARLENE DIETRICH - JAMES STEWART An Universal Supor Production
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TO-DAY ONLY
EBB-TIDE
starring RAY MILLAND
FRANCES FARMER
with OSCAR HOMOLKA
"STEVENSON'S GREATEST SOUTH SEAS ROMANCE comes to the screen in
Technicolor
A Paramount Picture
TO-MORROW: "ONE NIGHT OF LOVE"
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C. INGENOHL'S CIGAR STORES
“La Perla del Oriente”
ŞOĞLU MEDICIDES
FRIDAY
JUDGE HARDY
SON
with
Lewis STONE Mickey ROONEY Cecilia PARKER Fay HOLDEN
Origi Stary and Screen - Play by Carry Wilson
Directed by GEORGE B. SÜTZ
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CATHAY
DAILY AT 2.30, 6.15, 7.20.&9.30.P.M.
MATINEZ -29%, 30%, 30% EVENINGS 1-20m 30%. 60%, TÔL, 201
TO-DAY, ONE DAY ONLY
Thundering over the plains! Swooping through the sky! An idol of the screen becomes the terror of the range
as the guns of gangland roar!
GEORGE O'BRIEN
TO-MORROW
ONLY
STARTING SATURDAY -
Dine,
-in`the-story of a movie alar who became the - terror of the plains · · ·
HOLLYWOOD COWBOY
CECILIA PARKER
A GEORGE HIRLIMAN PË duction Directed but Eswing Seat. Ariostatų, producer, Loonasá
BEQ.RADEO
"NINE DAYS A QUEEN”. Cadric-Hardwicka - Nova Pilboam
'"'B'WAY MELODY OF 1940"
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