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CANTON WIRELESS.

TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1928.

LONDON & SPAIN.

HOW FIRST 'PHONE CALL WAS MADE.

- SCHEME TO LINK UP THE PROVINCE.

FURTHER TENDERS?

Further to the recent announco-

THE CHINA MAIL

CINEMA IN SCHOOL. QUEEN'S THEATRE,

HOW CROMWELL MAY REPLACE TOM MIX.

SAND WHAT IT COSTS.

AN AID TO STUDIES.'

Telephone communication be-The film has won its way to the ment that a network of wireless tween Spain and Britain, another class-room in London at last. Very stations had been planned by the link in the growing chain of Eure-soon, according to an official deci- Kwangtung Department of Recon-pean telephonic communication,sion just made at the County Hall, struction and recommended to the was inaugurated in mall week. Provincial Government for cons!- deration, more details of the plan are now available.

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The Madrid correspondent of The "Dail Mall" by this means an- nounced that the marriage of Gen- { eral Primo de Rivera, the Spanish Prime Minister, would take place in Catalonia on August 20. He and his bride will spend their honey- moon in the Canary Isles.

teachers will be turning on cinema- tograph films as an aid to the study of history, geography, naturs, and other subjecta.

FINAL SHOWINGS OF "ROOKIES"

TO-MORROW'S PROGRAMMES.

JTHB

“PSYCHIC HEALER

CURES ASTHMA,

Trls with great pleasure, tr

knowledge my sleep debt of gratitude to the "Farchic Healer" in completely curing me of "Rockies," the comedy which bas Asthma, from which I was suffer been delighting Queen's Theatre Ing since my childhood. I tried all audiences since Monday will be the best so called specifica during screened for the last time to-day my long stay at home and on the The action of the picture takes continent, place in military training camp. consulted the Mystery Man. Kari Dane, one of the heroes of Ife assured me that he would be "The Big Parade," has the role of abld to cure me and gave me The plan provides for the erection

No longer, when the teacher is rough-diamond sergeant, and Hawises with Instructions. Though of wireless stations in the principal

talking about a thinoceros, will the George K. Arthur, famous as a film I could not reconcile myself to be equipment to be of the latest type.

describe it as an angulate mammal comedian, is sean as the greenest lleve at the time that he could cure A tender. for the supply of the

and leave it at that.

of recruits. Complications arise me of my chronic ailment, when the necessary equipment is reported to

Battle Pictures.

when both fall in love with a beauti- beat European specialists falled. have been made by a foreign firm. The correspondent's voice was He will show "close-ups" of the Day. It is an original story from them as direct by him, and Lot to ful girl, a part played by Marceline I took his "Tawises' and burat the tender including the supply and heard at Northcliffe House, Lon-beast in the regions where it live the pan of Byron Morgan, author my surprise I find since I took his erection of about fifty stations. The don, with perfect clarity. Communi- He will do the same thing with of many pletures which combine Tawises the attacks of asthmas total cost as quoted in the tênder is cation passed over the cable the elephant, or even the British first class comedy with plenty of have become few and far between. believed to be in the region of through France via Biarritz, Bor-badger and the common or garden thrills. €.$300,000. Payment is asked for deaux, and Paris, and was farroble

Verily India is the land of mys- in monthly Instalments, to bo de superior in audibility to that with

Norma Talmudge's big pleture, taries and mystics. Roundheads and Cavaliers will "The Bove will eqramence a four posited in a bank mutually accept able to both parties, the instalments

bulary or a still more inadequate p.m. performances, Misa Cherie to be of such value as to clear the The "Daily Mail" Madrid corres-Juve imagination. They will Valentine and Miss Tomasita entire cost in fifteen months. To pondent said that the day was n march and fight on the screen be- balance these instalments, the ten-glorious one of magnificent sun fore the assembled class derer proposes to supply the wire ahine, and that the Spanish less gear in fifteen shipments, one Ascot was being held with great each month, to correspond with the success. Calle to Madrid cost 14s. monthly payments.

3d. for three minutes,

It has not been divulged what the opinion of the Canton Government is with regard to this tender, but it is rumoured that tenders from other suppliers are being invited.—"Con- *ton Gazette.".

GOLDEN WEDDING.

'HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH AN, M.P.

Two noted parliamentry figures, Sir Harry Foster, M. P. for Ports- mouth, and the Rt. Hon. Sir Harry Samuel, former M.P., for Norwood, celebrated their golden wedding last month.

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Sir Harry, and Lady Foster were "At Home" to many of their intim- ate friends on the afternoon of their golden wedding day in their flat ati *Buckinghamagate. In gold letters inside the invitation to the reception the following reproduction of am

old notice is inscribed:--

:On:Thursday, June 6, 1878, by Bishop Billing, Harry, Seymour Foster. second son of S. G.

Foster, of Tulse H, to Amy, second daughter of John Sparks, of 'Eastbourne.

'Sie Harry, a wonderfully netive man of seventy-three years of age said to a "Daily Express" repre- sentative:"

parts of Scotland and Ireland, not be left to an inadequate vaco-day run to-morrow, and at the 9.20"

14 Countries,

Britain is now linked by telephone with 14 European countries. Some, long-distance calls which can be made from London and the cost of a three minutes conversation are:

Cadiz, Spain

The boy who said a desert was a large patch on a map that was usually painted yellow may have a camel ride across the Sahara with a camera without leasing his seat, and the screen again will show him glaciers and volcanoes and the tribes of many countries.

Birdwell will give a further selec tion of novel, dance Items. Usual prices will be charged.

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STAR THEATRE.

AN E PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM NOVEL FILMED.

A Hard Struggle.

"Millionaires," a picture suggest- Already in many schools in Eng-Novel "The Inevitable Million+ ed by the E. Phillips Oppenheim 17/0 land Alms are in daily use, but the aires, is the feature attraction at Budapest, Hungary

.15/6 struggle of the advocates of film the Star Theatre to-day and to- Konigsberg, Eastern Germ- aid for the elementary school chil- .16/3, dren of London has been long and Lulea, Northern Sweden ..20/- hard. Oslo, Norway

.18/6 Vienna, Austria

any

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It tells the story of a simple Jewish family. transformed into overnight. Their

Even now the triumph of recogni-millionaires

14/9tion is qualified. No money is to be allowed for apparatus. So the Sims will be restricted to schools where the teaching staff can raise the funds for the necessary equipment by subscription.

BLONDE AT 140.

MONKEY-GLAND HOPE FOR

WOMEN.

DIFFERENCE FROM MEN,

Dr. Serge Voronoff, who' claims

that human beings should live to 140 by his grafting of monkey

glands treatment, has said that re-

sults similar to those obtained with men are only got after three mon- key glands are grafted into a wo- mán.

He added:

"A peculiar difference between the effect on men and women is that women regain the natural colour of their hair, but the hair which grows again on men's heads re- mains grey."

"The life of a monkey gland, 41eap only say that happy mar-after being grafted into the human rlages are questions of give and body, le between three and six take, bear and forbon and all the years. A person can easily be re- rest of it. I do not believe that it grafted. is possible to go through 'married Tife without occasional quarrels, unless people are extremely anaemic find without personality.

"Quick Half-Century," "The whale of my half-century of married life has passed so quickly 'that it seems more like three years than fifty," said Sir Harry 'Samuel, who is at Brighton.

"Although 1 am nearly seventy- five, I cannot bring myself to a feel- ing respectable old age. Marriage, fifty years ago, was a serious under- taking, and it was entered on with Infinitely more thought than now- allays, when people seem to jump in and out of marriages with little thought.

marriage."

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amusing difficulties trying to break into high society border on tragedy when the wife is convinced she must divorce her husband if she is COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED to continue be a member of the magic circle. However, mutual affection and common sense save the day, and together they return to "Rookies." their little tailoring shop, much the

To-day - Queen's Theatre;

To-day-World Theatre; "Win-

Once it has been provided, the Council will not mind paying for upkeep, any more than it does many privately presented gramo-wiser for their hard-earned experi-ners of the Wilderness." phones.

As for the films, two rules are Inid down.

They must bo non- inflammable and bought without any increase of the allowance for

hooks.

The Lucky Six.

The teacher who bays films will. have to cut down his requirements in new lesson books.

ence. Louise Fazenda leads a large east of players which includes, George Sydney, the amusing part- ner of "Potash and Perlmutter," Vera Gordon and Helene Costello,

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Lammerts' Auctions.

July 4-At 121 Des Vœux-rd. Weat, ground floor, goodwill; sign- board, rice mille, etc, etc. of the Tai Yau Fung Firm, noon.

July At 3, Waverley terrace,

hold furniture, 11 a.m. Kowloon Dock, Hunghom, house-

Indian War, when the Engilsh Stirring days. of the Fronch and

French, make an ideal sitting for a colonies were menaced by the romantic love affuir la "Winners of the Wilderness,"

July 6-At Sales Room, 4 Dud- comes to the World Theatre to-day p.m.

a picture which dell-st., household furniture, 2.30

Meetings.

"Only about five or six schools have equipped themselves as yet with cinematograph apparatus," said an official of the Education Committee to "The Evening News," "but there is little doubt that a large number will follow the exam- ple before long. One of the dif- ficult!es hitherto has been to obtain films that were not inflammable. "I am afraid surgeons here will be handicapped, owing to your anti-lowed the inspection by a committee posed of prominent figures in his- the Theosophical Society

"The decision just reached fol- { The cast of characters is com- To-day-Committee meeting of vivisection laws. Grafting can of about 100 educational films, all, tory, and include, George Washing Lodge, 6 p.m. only be carried out in England of a special non-inflammable make ton, as a young major of militia when the glands are taken from a whith were offered by a City firm of human being. Monkeys are not allowed to be operated on unless

publishers. one holds a licence.”

A SCREW DRIVER.

CHINESE SUSPECIOUS

SILENCE.

300 Subjects. "The films are prepared for class- room ase and give a picture on the aereen measuring about 4 ft. by 3 ft. "About 300 or 400 different films are available in eight groups, rang- ing from travel and nature studies to the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie and sport. In various parts of the world."

With three previous convictions against him, a Chinese was this morning, at the Kowloon Magis- "SUEZ CANAL SCRIP." dracy, charged with the unlawful possession of a screw-driver.

The facts of the case are rather

INGENIOUS PLOT THWARTED.

and to-morrow. +

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of H. E. Football Aasen., Volun

July Annual general mesting

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Miscellaneous,

in the Service of the British Crown, Captains Cage and Gates, the former a British General during the American revolution, and the July 4-American Community latter destined to become a famous "At Home” to its friends, at Lane revolutionary patriot of Bunker Crawford's lounge, from 4 to 6.30 Hill. Tim McCoy the popular new p.m. western star, is the leading player, July 5-Lecture on "Moderri Joan Crawford is the heroine, and Motor Transportation" by Mr. Roy D'Arcy of "The Merry Widow," Walton Schmidt, in the Rooms of fame appears in support. "Winners the Institution of Engineers & of the Wilderness," fa an exciting Shipbuilders, 5,80 p.m. picture with a thrilling climax.

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THE CITY OF PEKING.

Writing to "The Times" on the

A Hungarian, Sebastian Schmidt, has arrived in Llabon, on his way round the world on a bicycle, hay- ing left Budapest on September 7

last year. He has already cycled 36,000 miles, and has arether

"I won't say "that in every way marriages in those days were' hap- pler, but there was certainly more perculiar, in give and take, and that is an absdefendant met

that on Sunday, the Paris.--An, Ingeniaus scheme by city of Peking, Dr. Lionel Giles lutely essential factor in a happy Jordan-road, and apparently re- Netter, alias Roger Husson, hop certainly occupied approximately 12,000 to do.

a detective in means of which, it is alleged, one states: A number of cities have cognising the latter threw down the ed to raise considerable sums from the same site, but their history is screwdriver and took to his heels. credit establishments has been far from being continuous: after An exhibition depicting the pro- After a hot chase lasting about 6. nipped in the bud.

the destruction of Chi, for instance, greas of Czecho-Slovak civilisation minutes, the man was caught and Some time ago Husson called in 221 B.C., the site remained de- has been opened at Brno (Bruna) taken to

the station, where he upon, a certain printer and, pro Bolate for nearly three centories: in celebration of the anniversary of could not give

a satisfactory ex-ducing a Suez Canal share certi- a small town was then built some the establishment of the 'Cacho The Medical Officer of Health for planation of the possession of the ficate, sald he required 5,000 simi- three or four adles farther south. Slovak State ten years ago. High Wycomble, Bucks (Dr. Ban- implement.

lar forms which must be absolute. The present city, dates.only from nerman) states in his annual report Before Mr. Schofield this morn-ly accurate as regarded engraving the early 15th century, when the Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, founder that there vaccination returns for ing he admitted that he had the and colouring. He is said to have Ming Emperor, Yung Lo, found it and superintendent of the Labrador 1927 show that 93 per cent. of the screw-driver, but refused to give explained that these were urgent wards in order to direct operations honorary degree of Doctor of Laws necessary to shift his capital north- Medical Mission, received the children were exempt from being any explanation regarding it. ly wanted, but that the Suez Canal vaccinated. By the recent exten- In sentencing the defendant to 2 company's regular printer was too against the all formidable Mon. at McGill University convocation in sions the population is about 26,000 months hard labour, Mr. Schofield busy to be able to execute them in gola.

"At this rate," he says, "Wycom made an additional order for ac-time. The printer's suspicions be will soon be an unvaccinated cused to be kept under police were aroused, and they were town, and I dread to think of the supervision for 2 years, at the strengthened when he learned that. disastrous results should smallpox expiration of the sentence.

get a hold in the town. The stamping out of it would be exceed-" Angly difficult, and the expense would be very great. I sincerely regret that the exemptions are so easily obtained; and perhaps the town may have to pay dearly for it.

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SERIOUS CHARGE.

ALLEGED ARMED ROBBERY.

he would-be required, to place the other printer's name on the forms. He accordingly informed the police and when Husson called on another printer he was received by a de tective posing": as an employee. The detective promised to execute the order, but when Husson "TO- I hold no briof in this matter; it is Four Chinese were charged at turned later to collect the gooda purely on“ public health grounds the Central Magistracy, before he was arrested. It is alleged that that I bring before the Council Major C. Willson this morning, his scheme was to deposit forged what in my opinion, is a serious with armed robbery at the pre- certificates with various banks as state of affairs.” Penemises of Cheung Yun, medicine security for advances, and "that The medical officer adds that of dealers, at No. 84, Des Voeux-notes found in his possession show- 194 children born in 1927, only road West, on June 30.- ed In detail his plans for placing

The defendants were Li Ching- them."

twenty-six were vaccinated, (26) Chan Chuen (22),

dra. Silan H. Strewn of Chicago, Cheng, Wa-fu (26), and Tam The Belgrade Cabinet, has an=" wife of the Chier) American dele- Ping-yuen (24), all unemployed.thorised H. Marinkovitch, the Min- ate to the Chlon Tariff Conference They were also charged with be- later for Foreign Affairs, to place |_ Feking___ In 1925, has been ap- Ing in possession of three revol- the Nettuno Conventions before the pointed President of the Chinese vers and a dagger Chamber. The Nettuno, Conven- 'branch of a national organisation: One week's formal remand tons, which are ... suppl

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