1932-03-24 — Page 3

THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1932.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

ATTRACTIVE TAILORING

The Latest in Gentlemen's Outßtting

AT PRICES TO SUIT ANY PURSE.

PERFECT FIT

AND RELIABLE BUITINGS. WING HING CO.

'Gentlemen's Outfitters

64. Queen's Rd. C. Tel. 21417.

DENTISTS.

HARRY FONG, Dentist,

Tat Boor, No. 71. Queen's Road

Central. Tel. 21256.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL

RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 855 metres (845 K.C.'s) :~-~

5-8 p.m.-European Programme. 5-5.30 p.m.-Orchestral. Sous Bole (Staub), Minuet (Boccherini),

Victor Concert Orchestra (20630). Over the Hills and Far Away

(Grainger-Schmid), Colonial Song (Grainger-Schmid),

Victor Symphony Orchestra (38035).

Hudson Waves (Pignoloni), The Swing.

Victor Orchestra (5876). High Waler (Brennan-McCurdy), Midnight Reflections

(Malneck-Signorelli),

Paul Whiteman & His Concert Orchestra (36992). 5.30-6 p.m.-Children's Concert from the Studio.

6-6.35 p.m.--Operatic.

THE CHINA MAIL.

ROUND HONG KONG'S CINEMA THEATRES

OFFICIAL SOURCES.

LAU PAK-WAI, DENTIST, has re-Triumphal March from "Sigurd Jnr./continues the adventures of "Tom

moved his Hong Kong Office

to

GLOUCESTER BLDG, 1st floor, Pel-

der St. (New Building next to Hang Queen of Sheba-Cortege (Gounod), Kong Hotel). Telephone No. 20488.

TANG YUK, Dentist.

Successors to

the late SIEN TING, 14. D'Agullar Street.

TERMS VERY MODERATE Consultation Free.

L

ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS.

salfar" (Grieg),

Victor Symphony Orchestra (35783). Faus-Le parlate d'amore (Gounod). Don Carlos-0 don fatale (Verdi),

Margarete Matzenauer (Contralto) (0618). Cavalleria Rusticana--Selection

(Mascagni),

Creatore's Band (35816), Aida-Celeste Aidn (Verdi), Boheme-Racconto di Rodolfo

(Puccini).

Giovanni, Martinelli (Tenor) (6505). W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.

6.35-7.19 p.m.--A Concert. Kowloon Bay. New Work & Repairs. Call Flag “L”

Solveig's Song (from 1st Peer Gynt Sole Agents for Kelvin Motors.

Sulte-Grieg).

HAIR DRESSERS.

LEE YEE,

Ladies' and Gentlemen's Hair Dressers & Booksellers, No. 12, D'Aguilar Street. (opposite Queen's Theatre).

OPTICIANS.

THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY,

'Phone 22232.

53, Queen's Rond Central

SHOES.

Fair

Black or Brown Shoes from $6.00. Black or Brown Boots from 18.00. Children's Boots or Shoes from $2.00.

Best styles, most complete stock

of all sizes. Repairing a speciality.

WONG SIU WOON

21, Pottinger St.

ALEXANDER

INSTITUT

DE BEAUTE

Phone 25169.

Pedder Building

(1st Floor)

Opposite Entrance to Hong Kong Hote!.

Phone 21474.

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CHARGES MODERATE

A VISIT WILL CONVINCE YOU.

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.

ACGT BSTORE

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DEHANDS

DUCT

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Song

Solveig's Cradle Song (from 2nd

Peer Gynt Suite--Grieg),

Lucy Isabelle Marsh, Soprano (4014). Violin Solo

Romance in F (Beethoven),

Vocal Duet-

Jacques Thibaud (6606) The Moon Has Rais'd Her Lamp

Above (Benedict),

Doug Fairbanks in a new type of film entertainment.

SHADOWS BEFORE

COMING EVENTS ADVERTISED IN CHINA MAIL.

Social Functions. The queer admixture of antiquity To-day-Ten Dances at Hong "HUCKLEBERRY FINN."

and modernism which pervades both Kong Hotel and King's Restaurant; "Huckleberry Finn" is now show-the customs and commerce. of the Dinner Dances at Hong Kong, Hotels and King's ing at the King's Theatre, Mark Orient, is brought to view in this and Peninsula

While the Restaurant. Twain's rollicking comedy of youth, new adventure film.

Entertainments. young and old and medium aged film is mainly concerned with Doug's

Theatre; To-day King's days" exploits in far-off lands, the film is the "good lived again with Jackie Coogan as Tom Sawyer, interesting too, from the sociologi- "Hackleberry Finn"

To-day Quean's Theatre; Junior Durkin as Huck Finn, and cal view, for it takes the spectator

into the homes and factories of the "The W Elan." Mitzi Green as Becky Thatcher.

The contrast between Today Central Thotens Again the cast of young featured natives.

burdened

ancestor- "To-night or Never." by players who wun auch fresh China.

Theatru To-day Majenti screen worship, and Japan, which while response from American audiences tired of gangster movies ravering antiquity is quick to adopt "The Madonna of Avenue A."

Today Star Theatre: and problem pictures, portray the modern machinery and Ideas, is immortal characters of Mark strikingly emphasised by Doug's "Whoopee."

Land Sale. Twain's story. "Huckleberry Finn" camera.

"THE SPIDER."

March 29-At P.W.D. Ofces, one lot of Crown Land, at Mount! Sawyer." More than two hundred

Although Gordon Wiles is credit- Cameron, 3 p.m. lovably old-fashioned youngsters

ed with the art direction of "The

Home Mails. are seen in the picture.

To-morrow-Inward from Ameri- Luckily the proficient adult cast Spider," Fox mystery drama open-

the King's ca (Pres. Madison) from Europe. via seen in "Tom Sawyer" has not been ing next Sunday at

Clara Blandick Theatre with Edmund Lowe and Siberia (Rajputana); Outward for tampered with. again grumbles and groans through Lois Moran enacting the leading America and Europe via Vancouver the trials of Tom's Aunt Polly, and roles, the strong influence of Wil B.C. 10a.m.

Saturday Outward for Europe the Jolly Jane Darwell placidly am Cameron Menzies who, with adapts herself to the strange moods Kenneth McKenna, co-directed the vla Suez (Rajputana), 10.30 am.

Meetings. ot Huck. Two notable additions to picture, is discernible in

To-morrow-R.A.0.B. Club, Bank the adult cast, Eugene Pallette and scene.

According to Menzies, who is of China Bldg., 6 p.m. Oscar Apfel, seen as a pair of desperadoes from whom Tom and ranked as the leader among the Huck rescue two defenseless girls, newer school of "Impressionistic background" art directors, the add a new note of comedy.

March 29-Hong Kong Automo- Little Jackie Searl again wins symbolical settings used in hearts with his impudent portrayal Spider" are the most illustrative blle Association, Messrs. Jardine form yet to Matheson's Board Room, 5.80 p.m. of Sid, Tom's annoying little example of the new

March 30-Hong Kong Fire In- come out of Hollywood,

This is particularly noticeable Insurance Co., Ltd., Messrs. Jardine's "Huckleberry Finn" is staged and;

offices, noon. directed with painstaking care for the stage set, the main scene detail. Norman Taurog, maker of action in the unique drama which credited with the direction. the recent juvenile hit, "Skippy," is takes place entirely upon the stage and in the aisles of a modern theatre. The dominating motif, in

brother.

The

every

**The

of

March 29 Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, Chartered Bank Bldg., 5 p.m.

March 30-Society of St. George, Messrs. Jardine, Matheson's Board Room, 5.80 p.m.

March 30--Union Waterboat Co., |

3 p.m.

Royal Dadmus & Lambert picture presents one of the few opwhich Wiles followed closely the Ltd., Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Ltd., |

Murphy.

to

portunities for unadulterated en- Know a Bank Whereon the Wild tertainment the movies give

screen-viewers of all ages.

Vocal Duct--

Thyme Blows (Shakespeare & Horn).

Olive Kline & Elgie Baker (4085).

Piano Solo-

La Campanella (Pagunini-Liszt), Nocturne In F Sharp Major

(Chopin),

Ignace Jan Paderewski (6826).

Song-

The Two Grenadiers (Schumann), Midnight Review (Glinka),

Feodor Chaliapin (Basy) (6619). 7.18-8 p.m. Variety. Vocal Duct-

Red Lipa-Kiss My Blues Away.

Aileen Stanley and Johnny Marvin (20714).

Impressions of London

(Westminster),

ideas of Menzies, carries out a com- bination of a spider's web and a sor-i cerer's tower, than which no more suitable setting for Edmund Lowe's activities as a magician could well be imagined.

"THE W PLAN." Brian Aherne, who, in the old

Menzies is still young enough to days scored a big success with Mar- jorie Hume in "The Squire of Longbe listed in the new order of mo- Hudley," is as well known in the lion picture workers, but his artis- Hetry has been gleaned through years stuge world as on the screen. played opposite Madeleine Carroll of experience and from accepting in British International's "The "w what the old order bad given.

His advance into a directorial Plan"-the screen adaptation of Gra- ham Seton's famous novel, which is capacity was made possible by Fox showing at the Queen's Theatre, and Films who signed him to co-direct which was directed by Victor Always Goodbye," with Kenneth MacKenna. The success of that Saville of Burlington Films.

In this production, Brian Aherne Elissa Landi vehicle earned for the is seen with closely cropped hair team the direction of "The Spider,” and a moustache—he takes the role based on the sensational stage play.

St. Margaret's Chimes Westminster,

Stanley Roper (20829).of

Song-

Sweethearts on Parade,

Band-

Johnny Marvin (Comedian)

(21820).

The Jolly Coppersmith,

Don't be Crase,

Arthur Pryor's Bund (20318).

Humorous Song-

He's So Unusual,

I'd Do Anything for You,

Helen Kane (22080).

Duet for Two Pianos-

Kagamuffin,

Д

German Officer.

Heatherley,

Clifford

Gibb McLaughlin, Norah Howard, Mary Jerrold, and Austin Trevor of "Bitter Sweet"

"HOOK, LINE AND SINKER."

Of course it's funny-this Radio fame, and who made a decided hit Pictures" "Hook, Line and Sinker," in the talkie, "At the Villa Rose," which is coming on Sunday next to are also in the cast.

ROUND THE WORLD IN

30 MINUTES,

the Queen's Theatre.

It goes without saying, with such

a battery of professional fuamakers contributing to the story's hilarious Buccess!

In the starring roles

are

Bert Many world-famed personages ap- pear before the camera in the new Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, who Dance of the Paper Dolls,

Vietor Arden & Phil Ohman adventure film, "Around The World can point to four positive "hits" in 80 Minutes" with Douglas Fair- since they entered the talkie field-- banks at the Central Theatre. "Rio Rita," "The Cuckoos," "Half

Chorus--

Evenin', Comin' Home,

(21929).

The Revellers (21807). 8 p.m.-Local Time. 8.03-10.30 p.m.-Chinese Studio Concert.

In the Phillppines, General Shot at Sunrise" and "Dixiana."

In the leading feminine rola is Aguinaldo, the fiery leader of the insurrection, makes his first camera Dorothy Lee, who combine charm, appearance for Doug. Others are rare beauty with comedy flair. the Maharance of Cooch-Behar, Indo Jobyna Howland, with a comedy 10.33 p.m.-Close Down.

China, King Pradjhipok of Siam,history of more than twenty years, All records in the above Euro- Mei Lan Fang, and So-jin of China Inspires bursts of laughter when- poan programines are kindly sup-and Duke Kahanamoku of Honolulu. ever she appears on the screen. She

There

of sacred is six-foot-three in her French heels. Are plied by the Tsang Fook Piano Co.

monkeys and elephents of Siam and Hugh Herbert and George Marion films, collaborated with Whelan on India, the Taj Mahal, the colossal contribute fun mixed with, vigorous the lines; and Eddie Cline, a gradu. tomb of Sun Yat Sen, various characterizations.

Bringing Up Father.

scenes

And last but not least, Tim an exciting ate of the Mack Sennett comedy oriental sports, and

in It's hunt school, directed the picture.

which Doug from Whelan, the humorous writer, la claimed to be the best yet by the the Howday of an elephant shoots responsible for the story, "Hook, screen's funniest pair and those who his first leopard.

Line and Sinker"; Ralph Spence, have seen Wheeler and Woolsey will Humour and excitement alternate one of the best known "wise-crack-}

minutes agree that plenty of laughs are during the eighty

ofers" and dialogue specialists, in guaranteed.

screen adventure, which presents (Continued at foot of Column £.)

BOY I'VE HAD A FINE NAP-1 JUST DREAMED MAGGIE WUZ MAD AN"

REFUSED TO TALK TO ME-

GEE! I'VE BEEN ASLEEP

FER TWO HOURS: 1 NEVER WUZ ABLE TO DO "THAT BEFORE WITH ALL THE NOISE AROUN" "THIS HOUSE-

BY GOLLY! IT'S SO QUIET-! FEEL AS THOUGH, I'M NOT

HOME!]

March 31-Hong Kong & Wham-

poa Dock Company, Ltd., 2, Queen's Building, 11 a.m.

March 31-Green Island Cement Co., Ltd., Exchange Building, Des Vœux Road, noon.

KING'S

THEATRE

COMING SHORTLY

"SUN SHINE SUSIE"

A BRITISH PICTURE.

RENATE MULLER

with Jack Hulbert, Owen Nares.

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music you'll adore,

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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

(This cross-word puszis has been made by an expert dui our readers are warned to look out for oorastonal phonetis spellings, such as karbor, plow,und altho.)

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12-A game played on

horoback

13-A unit

14-A single voice 15-Dirt

16-God of the woods

(Gr. Myth.) 17-Competent. 18-One of the British

*lutes (abbr.) 21-A farm animal 22-At variance with

bellafs 27-A bird-dag 29-Examined 32-Half an am 83-Musical note

84-One having charge

of a publication

35-Ascended

43-Talo

45-The whole 47-ili-bred person 50-One who tells a

falsehood

52-Large monkey

| HORIZONTAL (Cont.)

4-The hard part of

the body |55-River of Tuscany,

Italy

80-An alcoholla

bevarage [57-Feminine name [68–Bald. (Scot:) 59-Lyric poem 60-Hebrew month

VERTICAL

60

VERTICAL (Cont:) 24-Comparativa diffic 25-Pronoun

26-While

27-Look

|28-Pirial

30-Beförs 31-Lair

36-Tract of land

surrounded by weter 35-Towards -37-A grain

1-A racons in a church 2-Bhartiy

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4-The sun

B-Bummit

6-Perform

7-Even (Post)

8-Man's name

38-Ragius Professor

(abbr.) |89–Preposition

44-Decay [41-Into

|42–Measure of time

44-Savory

45-Having winga 146-Goin of Italy

9-A tough, staal-gray.[48-Girl's name"

matailla elenient

similar to nibkėl 10-Misfortunsa

|11-Accomplishes

19-Exist 20-Franze

23-And (Latin)

49-A ruminant with

antlers

81-Pluh ogge 52-Part

58-Point of compare

(abbr)

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