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HWAR

THE PARAMOUNT GREATEST PICTURE THRILL OF 1931.

PLENTY OF TIGERS, AND LEOPARDS AND ORANG-UTANGS.)

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NOTtion picture

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An ERNEST SCHOED.

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A Garamount Picture.

STRANGER THAN FICTION AND TEN TIMES MORE THRILLING."

Hooking at Anderson's and the Theatre (Tel 23720),

Thursday, May 14, 1931,

Third Moon, 27th Day.

ESTABLISHED

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大英伍月十四號 禮拜四 中華民國辛未年三月廿七日

HONG KONG, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1931.

AIR CONTROVERSY. FRANCE MAKES BID

TESTS OF BIPLANES AND MONOPLANES.

WING AREA SIMILAR.

Rugby, Yesterday.

A practical test undertaken by the Air Ministry may provide au- toritative light on one of the old- Test and most debated controversica | in aviation, namely, the rival ad- Vantages of monoplanes and bi- planes.

Two medium-sized air liners have been ordered, one being a monoplane and the other a bi plane, each to carry the same load and have the same engine power. the only differences being in the structure of the wings and con- trol surfaces. These will under- go an exhaustive series of tests.

The machines are being sup- plied by the Blackburn Company. and ench will have three Arm- | strong-Siddeley Lynx Major air- cooled radial engines. The mono- plane will have a considerably greater space, but the wing area will be almost the same for both machines. These craft will under- take experimental flights in both landplane and seaplane form, and the data will be carefully studied. -British Wireless Service.

DIRECTOR KILLED,

TRAGIC DISCOVERY IN A

WAREHOUSE.

CULPRITS' CONFESSION,

Amsterdam, Yesterday. Two men have been arrested In connection with the murder of Herr Eschauzier, and are alleged to have confessed.

more

The police state that Eschauzier had recently been negotiating with an inventor regarding a certain Invention, and apparently became distrustful and refused to supply

The money.

inventor and persisted in his request,

alleged to have rented empty warehouse under

asaumed

name. The owner of the warehouse entered last night and saw a shoe pro- truding from a packing case, and then discovered the millionaire's body tied with a rope and leather strap.-Reuter.

an

an

BANK BILL.

DEFEAT FOR AUSTRALIAN

PRIME MINISTER.

Canberra, Yesterday.. The Senate by a vote of 21 to 4 has rejected the Commonwealth Bank Bill-Reuter.

[The purpose of the Bank Bill was to enable the Government to draw on the Commonwealth Bank's gold reserve for overseas debt payments. The House of Representatives adopted the Bill on April 28. Mr. Scullin obtain- ed their assent after an impasalon- ed speech declaring that unless gold was sent to London Immedi- ately, Australia would default on Treasury Bills.]

ALLEGED MURDER.

CRIME ON UNLICENSED

· PASSENGER BOAT..

Brief Intimation of a murder having been committed in Cheung | Chau harbour reached Police Head-'.

quarters this morning.

I

FOR TOURISTS.

Vexatious Taxes to Be

Abolished.

CINEMA FIRE.

WOMEN AND CHILDREN BURNED

TO DEATH.

EXIT BLOCKED,

Tokyo, Yesterday. Sixteen people were burned to death and 30 others injured in a fire which broke out last night in After one of the worst Winter tourist

the village of Shimamaki, in Hak- seasons on record, kaldo, during a cinema exhibition France is preparing for a bump-in a temporary shack. er harvest of Summer trippers and visitors. Special fares and facilities are offered tourists by the French railways and hotel- keepers, large and small, have made arrangements to handle full houses.

The film suddenly burst into flame and the terrified nudience of about two hundred people, started a wild stampede for the exit.

The flames spread with auch rapidity that the panic-stricken audience was rapidly engulfed in them as they made their mad rush to escape from the burning build-

The Government has abolished many of the irritating and vexa- tious hotel, port and "stranger" taxes, and many other formaling. tics are to be waived.

The casualties in the fire are now put at seventeen dead, al women and children.

Sixteen houseя In the vicinity were destroyed before the con- Another point that the Gov-flagration was finally subdued. ernment has seen to in that for-

Tokyo, Later. eign visitors will know exactly what their trip will cost them. Every hotel in Paris has issued a stated list of prices. The cost of food and rooms has decreased, and in the majority of cases in clusive prices for a stay are be ing clearly quoted.

It is also understood that Signor Mussolini intends shortly to create the post of Secretary of State for Tourist Traffic. The new department, which will have the entire control of the tourist traffle in Italy, both home and foreign, will conduct a big publi- city campaign.

PRESIDENT OF

FRANCE.

(Continued from Pag: 1.)

The uproar continued while M. Doumer read out the statutory articles governing the election, and the notec was redoubled by the Socialists trying to shout down the Communists. M. Doumer, how- ever, continued unmoved, and pick ed out at random the letter L in the dictionary, signifying that voting would begin with Senators and Deputies whose names begin with

that letter-Reuter.

Parla, Yesterday.

When the film caught fire the only exit became blocked, and the death roll would have bean heavier had not many jumped through the windows to safety.-- Revier.

KAYE DON.

ATTEMPT TO BREAK OWN

RECORD.

WEEK-END THRILLS.

Rugby, Yesterday. Kaye Don, who, is at Lake Garda, Italy, and will attempt in the next few days to break his own world's record for speedboats. hopes to make the first trial run with Miss England II. to-day.

At the week-end he will com- pete for the Garda Shield and D'Annunzio Trophy, given by the famous poet In memory of Sir Henry Segrave, the first man to pilot Miss England II. Condition? on Lake Garda are excellent for

high speeds, and Kaye Don expects to make a considerable advance on the 108.49 miles an bour world's record he established at Buenos Aires a few weeks ago.— British Wireless Service. 2

The first ballot for the Presidency STOWAWAY BRITON resulted:

Doumer

432. Briand

391

However, a second' poll is urged. -Havas.

ASSAULT CHARGE.

BORDERERS REMANDED IN CUSTODY,

VICTIM STILL ILL.

WARRANT ISSUED FOR HIS ARREST.

Henry Lee, the Briton, who at- tempted to stow away to Rabaul on the s.s. Bremerhaven, and who was remanded on bail, pending his being sent Home, falled to appear at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning.

The Magistrate, Mr. E. Hamilton, issued & warrant his arrest,

W. for

Free Trip from Shanghai. Presenting a grimy appearance, Edward Yaroms was charged with having stowed away. on the .. Foo Shing from Shanghai.

The Chief Officer said the man was found in the coal bunkers, where he had been hiding for four days.

On the charge that they unlaw. fully and maliciously wounded, or inflicted grievous bodily harm on Detective P.C. Chau Kiu in Pedder Street, on the night of May 3, Private P. J. Brian and Privato H. James, both of the South Wales Borderers, made their second for- Pending being sent back to mal appearance before Mr. E. H.Shanghal, he was remanded for Williams, in the Second Police three days in Police custody. Court this morning.

For the prosecution, Inspector Members of the Saskatoon Herd K. W. Andrew said: "The position Improvement Association have been to-day is this. The detective is awarded 88 certificates of produc- still not out of danger, but, his tion by the provincial dairy branch condition is slightly better. That since the beginning of the year, is all that can be said. He can- reporta J, N. Wilcox, recorder of not appear with any degree of the association. These include plain safety for at least another two | certificates for cows, producing over weeks" at jeg

The report, which is lacking. In detail, states that the victim is Wong Chik-yau, aged 75 years, | and lived on an unlicensed passen- ger boat. It adds that a chopper was used by the alleged assailants, The Magistrate accordingly

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HELL'S ANGELS

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The Startling Picture

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"No theatre-goer who is decently grateful for the divine gift of eyesight should 'fail to see 'Hell's Angels'.

"Besides the sheer magnificence of a part of this picture, all stage spectacles and colossal circuses become puny."

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-October Theatre Magazine

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* SAMUEL GOLDWYN

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QUÍS KAIN

Muster Comedy

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