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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1930,

OUR BUDGET FOR ROUND THE CINEMAS

1931.

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First Reading This Week.

OVER $231,000 WANTED.

MARY NOLAN HERE TO-DAY,

"YOUNG DESIRE."

WEDDING.

BRIDEGROOM FROM THE A.P.C.

PRISMALL HARRIS-WALKER.

Mary Nolan, the screen's exotin At St. John's Cathedral yester beauty, comes to the Queen's day the marriage took place of Mr. Theatre to-day, in "Young Desire," Alan Prismall, of the, Asiatic Pe At the meeting of the Legis- Universal's poignant dialogue drama troleum Company, Hong Kong to lative Council on Thursday there of the strugle of a girl for her soul. líks Jessie Elizabeth, daughter of will be introduced a Bill intituled 3lias Nolan whose rapid rise to Captain and Mrs. C. Harris- an Ordinance to apply a sura not stardom has been one of the sensa- Walker.

Ifia Excellency

the

Governor.................$

-Cadet-Service-

155,890 566,221

Senior Clerical and Ac-

counting Staff Junior Clerical Service. Colonial Secretary's De- partment and Legis- lature Secretariat for Chinese

Affairs

Treasury

exceeding twenty-three million tions of the motion picture world, The bride wore à dress of stiver three hundred and sixty-five thou-appears in a role ideally suited to lame, a copy of a Paris model from sand three hundred and thirty- her talents. 'She plays the part of Lucile Paray, made by Maison de five Dollars to the Public Service à dancing girl with a cheap carnival, Modes Mme. D'Abry, with a long of the year 1931.

and, imbued with a lave for finer tulle veil and train, with allver The expenditure is detailed as things, rises above her environment shoes to match. Her bouquet was under

only to find the shadow of her past of white orchid and Honolulu etretching across the road to hap- creeper. She was attended plness.

by her sister, Miss Joyce Harris- Young Desire" is one of the most Walker, Miss Edna Blackburn, and colourful pictures in which Miss Miss Eileen de Biere, who wore 334,113 Nolan, has appeared... Many of the Early Victorian Period white net, 916,050 scenes are laid in the bizarre atmos- frilled from waist to toe, the frills phere of a carnival. An appealing being edged with white tafelta. romance runs through the picture. The bodices were tight, finished 60,625 and the climax is a masterpiece of with boleros. Their headdresses

excitement and suspense,

wore of nasturtiums, and their 19,629 The great strength of "Young shoes, of silver. The bridesmaid 54,635 Desiro" lea in the exceptionally carried sheaves of orange shade 72,604 strong contrast of its lights and gladioli. 24,817 shadows. Its intense drama is The bride's mother was dressed 12,840 worked out against a background of, in cornflower blue georgette, with 408,405 supposed frivolity, of dancing girls a black hat, and carried a bouquet

and tinsels. 149,961

"THE MIGHTY.” 871,194 Hall the New Show World in all 1,164,394 talking pictures. Paramount has After the ceremony in the Cathe

154.568 put real old time action in the dral friends of both parties attend- 71,012 talkies! George Bancroft in "The èd the reception hold at 55, The 326,479 Mighty" at the Central Theatre this Peak. 173,364 week is a real thriller. Things we Mr. and Mrs. Prismall are stay- 47,226 had expected to wait years to see and ing at Repulse Bay until the depar 50,822 hear have been bundled into this picture of the Empress of Japan, 18,631ture in grand style.

when they will be leaving for 36,754 The cast is a real thrill, Just Japan for the remainder of the

2,399 read these names: George Bancroft, honeymoon. 1 2.100 Esther Ralston, Warner Cland, Ray- 2,710,962 mond. Hatton,

Audit Department

District Office, North District Olee, South Post Office Wireless Telegraph Ser-

Exports

vices

Imports and

Office

Harbour Department

Royal Observatory

Air Services

Fire Brigade Supreme Court Attorney General Crown Solicitor's Office Official Receiver Land Office

Magistracy, Hong Kong

Leave raw vegetables, except Magistracy, Kowloon salads, to the herbivorous animals

Police Force Frisons Department and let calories look after them- Medical Department selves. Fruit is not very nourish- Sanitary Department ing. Milk is bulky and bilious.

Botanical and Forestry Vegetarianism

Department ... harmless Education Department enough, although it is apt to fill Public Works Depart a man with wind and self-righte-

ment

Dusness."

Public Works, Recur

rent Public Works, Extra-

ordinary Kow: Jon-Canton

way

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Under the heading of over- anxiety, Dr. Hutchinson included the too-careful mothers. The

Corps

Rail-

infant, he said, seemed to be re- Volunteer Defence garded as a job for the combined knowledge of the chemist, the Miscellaneous Services psychologist and the public officer Pensiona

Charitable Services

of health. Some persons laid to this super-care the decline in in-

Total

fant mortality, but, if he had to, he could make out a case for its ECONOMIC being the result of the replace- ment of horses by motor cars or

food,

chance."

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of African daisles.

Mr. L. J. Blackburn gave the bride away, and Dr. J. W. Anderson acted as best man.

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DORNIED DO-X.

A SUPERSTITIOUS CERMAN WAR ACE.

0. P.. Heggle.d 713,389 Dorothy Revier and Morgan Farley, 1,446,585

The story is that of a pre-war .954,276 gunman who smiled at the law, was forced into the war, and emerged a 119,587 national hero without a past. -1,739,708 is made Police chief of a crime- ridden city, but his old gang find 2,038,928 im and they plan a grand raid, with his aid. Growing tired of waiting 1,536,150 they hold up three banks while

The giant German flyingboat Bancroft and the Police force are at Do X, which will soon fly from 2,500,000

a picnic. Off goes deep-chested George at the head of filty motor will carry three journalists as he Cadiz or Lisbon to New York, 947,547 cycle officers, riding at break-neck only passengers,

103.660 1,490,955 142,295 1,228,000

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speed firing as fast as their au- tomatics will shoot! What a thrillaire, Mr. W. B. Leeds, who, made The younger American million- Thence on the action is so swift the Zeppelin world fight, has ab that we are told six cameras were plied for permission to go in the required to catch it, and you won't Do X, but has been informed that doubt, this statement in the least he can be accepted only as postal $23,365,335 when you 合格 and hear "The

freight: Mighty" at the Central Theatre.

OUTLOOK VERY DARK.

(Continued from Page 1.)

The rate for a letter is 4s. 2d. per twenty grammes, and he would have to pay a fare of about the varied vehicles £1,000 for the journey.

"REDEMPTION.”

Among through which John Gilbert has

The Dornier works at Fried- stormed his way to acress success richshafen, deny the reports that were two pictures adapted from the trans-Atlantic flight of the the works of the renowned Rua- giant air-liner, scheduled for

which

flight.

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of the invention of dried milk. "Give them happy homes," he said, "the companionship of other Governments can help to create sian novelist and playwright, Lyot this month, has been indefinitely children and plenty of plain simple conditions in which real progress Tolstol, which received more than postponed on account of the Do not take too much can be made; they can also help the usual acclaim from critics alleged intention of the New York to remove obstacles; they can in who search with zealous eyes for customs authorities to levy a high notice of them. Send them early spire a spirit of confidence and anything approaching art in films, duty on the machine. to bed and leave the rest to lend guidance to the efforts of These pictures were "Love," In

The American authorities have, individuals. But we haat not which Gilbert starred with Grata it is declared, denied any such Diet in a Colony like Hong forget that it is on the efforts of and "The Cossacks," in intention and, moreover, have China Mail in which was repro- Kong cannot cursorily be dismiss-prosperity of the Commonwealth Parade's fame, again played or everything possible to assist the Renee Adoree of "Big emphasised that they would do industry itself that the economic duced the now well-known ed in the manner that Dr. Brown largely depends, and one of our

posite the star. eighteen days' diet at Hollywood. apparently would prescribe for chief tasks will be to find the same spot, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer who is designated to be the chief Having scored twice In the The German war-ace Foehr, Although that necessitated a Western countries. We might and to ensure that they shall Gilbert's second all-talking pro-Atlantic flight, refused to accept

means to encourage those efforts in looking for a vehicle search of our files for the past six even go so far as to reverse his prove fruitful.

for pilot on the forthcoming frane months, it was testimony that process in the tropics and say:

duction, again had recourse to the the commission unless the air Outlook Dark. to-day people are more than ever "Let us ensure good health and when the economic world outlook left its mark

The Conference meets at a time choosing a play which had already charged from 1930 to 1929, be-

famous Russian writer, this time liner's licence number devoting themselves to the ques-character (and all else that is dark-darker indeed than it

on the New York cause the digits of the first num- tion of diet rather than to the matters) can look after itself. has been for generations. Yet it age in two brilliant perform her totalled 13, remedying of illa caused by errors One's diet in the tropics must be aculties are so great that the Hopkins and the other by the cole

is just because our economic dif- under the direction of Arthur the request.

ances-one by John Barrymore The authorities complied with in diet. In a lecture at the annual viewed at from quite a different work of the conference is so eager-brated German actor, Alexander conference of the British Medi-angle from that at Home. It is ly anticipated and so much is ex-Moissi, under the guidance of cal Association, held in Winnipeg even questionable whether we pected from it. At any rate the Morris Gest.

month ago, Dr. Robert should accept Dr. Brown's dictum greatness of the crisis is the mea- The original title of the play Hutchinson read a paper on "The that likes and dislikes should be

sure of the opportunity."

was "The Living Corpse." When Pursuit of Health," in the course listened to. They are not always which, it is thought likely, may be ed to "Redemption" and It is Several inter-Imperial questions Hopkins produced it, It was chang- of which reference was made to Nature's indication of, what prob-examined at the Conference, were under this title that the picture diet faddists.

ably agrees or disagrees with us. Thomas. He said that the project Queen's Theatre.

informally discussed. by Mr. will be presented on Friday at the Too often they may merely be an for setting up an Empire Court indication of good or bad habits to which individual unite COUNCIL MEETING. of diet that we never think of of the Empire might have combating or encouraging.

He said that he considered health was more likely to be found

News in Brief.

in an easy-going life that acorned worries about being fit, than in a life that was as a succession of physical forks, calory-counting and germ avoidance, "What we need as fidividuals," he said, is the Commercial Banker" will be de A lecture on "Some Functions of not more knowledge, but a change ivered by Mr. M. A. Cooper, B. Com of heart Describing as cant (London), on Thursday at 8.80 p.m such catch phrases as, The University. All interested are cor

In the Union Assembly Room of the nation's health is the nation'sdially welcome wealth," he added: The coun

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QUESTION OF JUVENILE COURTS.

Ten Years Ago.

[From the China Mall of Eeptember 20, 1920) -

To-day's dollar is worth 4/3 d.

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Much excitement was caused this morning by a shooting, affray in which two Indian soldiers were wounded.

guard duty, rushed out of the guard room with his rifle loaded. uddar en parade. Ten, sepoya with the intention of shooting the

two were wounded in the attempt. it once went to disaim him and

access for the settlement of differ- ences that were internal and domestic to the British Empire would probably be discussed at

It is alleged that while the 22nd. the Conference, British Wire-

At Thursday's meeting of the fold Barracks as usual in the Punjabis were paraded at Whit less Service,..

Legislature Council the motion re London, Yesterday

garding voting $100,000 in con-

morning, a haviidar, who was on Addressing journalists to-day nection with the vehicular ferry regarding the Imperial Confer-will again be brought forward to the recommendations of the C.M.G.; LL.D., pursuant to notice, ence, Mr. J. H Thomas referred. The Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotewall, Legislation Conference of 1929, will move the following which will be discussed with a That in- the opinion of this try's greatest asset is character. Kowloon Inland Lot. No. 1406, con tional relationship and, showing by this Government to instituto At the Land Office yesterday view to simplifying the constituCouncil steps should be taken Let us cultivate character and let sisting of 16,000 square feet, at the Dominions in form as well as health took after itself. The diet Lalchikok, was knocked down at the in fact that they are by no means faddist is perhaps the commonest upset price of $4,500, to Messrs and most malignant crank or

Yam Wal and Yam Hung, No. 185 Tai Nam Street, faddist The scientific truth About all this diet business is to eat moderately, taking an ordin ary mixed

about anythingy dislikes,

listened to.

Indica

disagrees

not worry

SINGAPORE'S EXODUS.

subordinate to Great Britain,

Ten Years Hence

(From the China Mail of September 30,1040.1

under the age of sixteen can be Juvenile Courts where offenders

separately tried with a view to Great Britain was not going to the early establishment the Conference with a predeteror some training institutions mined policy. One of the tonfer- where such offenders can be At the annual meeting of the ence's chief tasks would be to dis segregated after conviction, K.0.0. aproposition to engage cover a means to encourage in-

Don Bradman as professional dustry's efforts to restore econo- State character and perhaps the coach was defeated..... mic prosperity, day affairs of individuals. He under

A fine of $50 with the alterna tive of one month's hard labour was imposed by Mr H. R. Butters The economic outlook as stood that the Imperial Confer A Third Court is to be catab

day on each of four unemploy darker than it had been for genance committee appointed for lished to deal only with eplum, od Chinese, who admitted having erations Mr Thomas said that foreign policy and defence mat-heron and gambling enses, thus Brived at Hong Kong from Singa the question of an Empire appeal tors was specially to consider the permitting the existing two Magle pore as stowaways on the Dutch court would be debated. It would question of the future of Singa trates to devote their whole time

adjudicato con matters of inter- pore naval baso-Reuter.

to more vital cases and inquests.

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