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THE GREAT HOTEL MURDER"

- KING'S THEATRE

Screen players are much young- er and better looking to day than they were 10 years ago "Many of the people whose "voices are ad- mired for their clearness and die- tion now would have failed to pass the first test a few years ago.

This is the opinion of Ernest

GENERAL NOTICES Palmer. AS. C, one of Fox Film's

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NOTICE

THE WORLD STATE

FELLOWSHIP

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that The World State Fe lowship was established on the First Day of June, 1935, by its Members in accordance with its Constitution.

The World State Fellowship

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Secretary. Hong Kong, 14th June, 1935.

NOTICE

lace camera, Ken-

"When Edmund Lowe first came to work at Fox,” says Palmer, his hours for close-ups were between five and six o'clock. Whatever

scenes he was enacting stopped. when that time arrived, and the technical crews made ready for what we used to call the "face scenes". Of course, by that time the player, tired from his day's work, usually showed it on the

screen.

· Edurend Lowe and Victor Melaglen are together" "agai Great Hotel Mystery,” which is showing to-day at the King

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

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ALLEGED BRIBE FOR PASSPORT

Story Of Payments To Official

BRIDGE NOTES

MIXED

BIDDING

To-day's band illustrates a Inumber of good, bad, and amus-

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RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME

ing hids, but very few of the The following programme wil first named. However, many he broadcast to day from the lessons can be learned by study-Hong Kong Broadcasting Station ing bad bids as well as good ZBW. on a wavelength of 355

|metres. ($45 K_C*3)__ Jones

ONE ACT PLAY THE BOT COMES HOME"

East Dealer

North and South vulnerable; both sides part-score 80

North

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West:-

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Bast

-BOW STREET - CHARGE.

Capt. Leonard Mülington, M.C.,

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"In the matter of sound record- ling, many players who failed in That there is real need for the their first tests before a micro-establishment of children's hos- phone are returning and fadingpitals in Hong Kong and Kowloon 38, migration officer at South-South:-

was the opinion expressed at a ampton living at Gloucester House, Mr. Palmer photographed The recent meeting of the Executive Brwick-place, Southampton ap- Great Hotel Murder", Fox Film's Committee of the Society for the Peared recently on remand at Bow-street Court, London, on a new mystery comedy which opens Protection of Children.

success.”

He was accused 23

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D-Q J 9 542 C÷A54

LANE. CRAWFORD, LTD. to-day at the King's Theatre. The Committee also passed a re-warrant issued under the PreveN-

The bidding; (Figures after Lowe is co-featured with Victor solution stating "That in the tion of Corruption Act, 1906.

opinion of this Committee, a suit-serving, ander the Crown or has tory paragraphs).

a person bids refer to numbered explana TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN McLaglen in this film. -

that the

"They portray two rival sleuths able and adequate part of the THIRTEENTH

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Dance Maxie Frem Studio: 1230-2.15

- European- "Pro-

12.30. p.m.-Becorded Music. 1pLocal Time and Weather Report.

115 pm-Hong Kong Hotel On- chestra.

1.30 pm- Reuter Press Bulletins, Rurby Press News, ete

9.15 pm-Close Down.

pm-Chinese Frogatime. 7-11 pan-European Programme. *~30

p-Light

Orchestral

Selections.

Fortissime (Feigel) -

An Evening with Liszt (Urbach)

Shepherd's Hey (Grainger)

Holly on the Shore (Grainger

Maruschka (de Letry

Cuban Serenade (Midgley)

739-8 pm A Recital by Raie da Costa and Albert Sandler.

1. Piano Solog-

Goodnight Vierna Medley Sunshine Susie Medley

2. Violin Solon:-

Song of "Paradise Always

3. Piano Solos

Raie da Costa

Albert Sander

What are your intentions -

I'll string along with the

4 Violin Solos- Remembrance

Rais da Costa.

Grinsing. Abert Sandler

5. Piano Solo

Just one more chance

Raie da Costa. $ pm-Local Time and Weather

8.03-8.15 pm-From the. Stud50;

8.15-8.45 pm-Variety Items.

diamond Vocal Deet

1-One heart would probably Report

be a better bid on this hand-So this is Hong Kong" by Tourist However, the East player anticipated response and. expected to be able to show his heart suit! at the level of one-odd. He felt that his hand, was shade weak to bid one heart

on a site equally accessible to the Mr. Vincent Evans, for the public."

The "Society is making represaid that Millington's duty as an sentations to the Government immigration officer was to inspect This picture is a fearless er-

along these lines.

passports of persons desiring to pose of the methods employed by

The report of the Society's acti- land in this country. head-line seeking criminal lawvities for April shows that 99

Croci had made a statement to America, new cases were dealt with during Chief-Inspt. Sharpe, of Scotland with Jack Holt in the stellar role the month, in which the welfare Yard. In this he said tht he met travesty the of 205 children was involved. In Millingtor in the Italian Corpora- It makes a methods of justice in some the families concerned, the avertion Club, Soho, in 1934.

Capt 2 Courts. and its greatest asset is age income per month per person Millington tod him that he was an was $1.68 During the month.

immigration officer, and he (Croci) As Matt Mitchell, the brilliant the Society's Inspectors paid 526 asked how he could get a relation, though unscrupulous lawyer, Holt visits to homes and altogether

a man named Costa, from Italy! into this country, is most convincing. His strong. 2.433 persons" concerned in cases of the silent man type of humour is recalled at the Society's Centres.. finest foods in markably effective, while as .a Finances for the six months

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Capt. Millington said he could lover be demonstrates that he has ended April 30 show that ordin-help and suggested that he could your lost nothing by the passage of ary receipts, including the Govern-be paid for his services. An ment grant, amounted to $10,960, amount of £80 was arrived at, and Romance comes in the form of while expenditure totalled $12-Croci paid him £20 that day and the balance in £10 notes on the an idealistic young law student, 404

Just before Christmas (Croci portrayed by Jean

went on), he received a letter by |post from” Capt. Millington aug-

gesting arrangements for Costa to: come to England on December 22.! Arrangements were made, but through some misunderstanding Costa came to. Newhaven, via Desirable," the dynamic and sion to land and then returned to Havre, and was refused permis- colourful drama of Broadway Italy. Croci explained to

Capt. theatrical life and its contact with Mington in London what had

Arthur, who Mr. L D. Skinner has been ap-following day. tries, not entirely unsuccessfully,pointed as Hon. Secretary of the to convince Holt of the error of Society's Eastern Centre, in suc-

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"THE CRIME DOCTOR":" ORIENTAL THEATRE

"DESIRABLE ALHAMBRA -

THEATRE

New York's social set, comes to

Find the motive for a murder, the Alhambra Theatre to-day with happened. On that occasion be handed him £25 ostensibly as a and you have gone a long way to-lan all-star cast headed by Jean

Joan. ward finding the killer.

Muir. George Brent, Verree Teas-

Landing Cards That is an axiom of the mandale and John Halliday.

On April 14 Croci visited Capt. hunting business which figures Miss Muir plays the part of a importantly in the plot of The sincere and unspoiled girl who Millington at Southampton and Crime Doctor." now showing at has been hidden away in a finish asked if he could "fix things up." the Oriental Theatre with Otting school by her mother, a reign-Capt Millington said he would do bia best, and on April 30 he wrote Kruger. Karen Morley and Nils ing beauty of the Broadway stage, Asther in leading roles. :

who selfishly fears the loss of her to Cross, giving him instructions In the murder case of the story own popularity if it should become what to do. As a result Crocí met Costa in Paris on May 2 and a motive is definitely established known that she has

travelled with him to London. On and it threatens to hang an inno- daughter.

Another motive, the Verree Teasdale has the role of the boat from Cherbourg to South- real one, is carefully

domineering ampton Capt. Millington stamped¦ ›

cent man.

concealed the self-centred,

a grown

a

I'm on a See-Saw ("Jill Dabing") Louise Browne and John Mils. Instrumental'

fist Elnes

Basin Street Blues

Nat. Gonella and his Georgian

and then respond to the anti-Vocal-Limehouse Blaes

The Mill, Brothers." cipated two-diamond

res-Vocal panse with two notrump. Take ma Boots off when ah dies

A very doubtful vulnerable

I hate myself Love in Bloon Vocal

overcall, even at the level of Crean Solos one. However, South's bid, although risky, was justified in view of the part-score situation.

dia-

The Hill Billies.

Sidney Tom

You oughta be in Pictures -

Derickson and Brown.

Orchestra Songs of Home

8.45-9.15

from Opera "Prince Lecr

pum Band Selections

Ballet Dances (Borodio, arr. Str

Dan Godfrey) "Mefsiaiele" Prologue (Beito) "Tales of Hotmam Selection

3-West's double is very bad. Admittedly West has good diamonds behind the mond bid. but the fact that the West hand contains six cards of the partner's suit makes the double a very bad one indeed. West should have known for a certainty that the North player must have a rescue of one diamond doubled in one of the majors, Celeste Octet

(Ofenbach)

“Traviata” Selection (Verdi)

9.15-9.45 pm-From the Studio. A one Act Play "The Boy Corner Home" by A. A. Milne cast by Local Amaters

J. H Squire

and accordingly the double Memories of Tschaikovsky (azz.

Sear) would do no good except

9.45-10 p.m.-The

(arr. Willoughby)

possibly to warn the oppon-Silver threads among the gold -ents of the distribution.

My Sweetheart when a Boy 4Here is the soundest rescue

(arr. Willoughby) I have ever seen. North -is of four practically sure hearts in his own hand, even

10 pm-Renter Press Bulletins. 10.05-11 From the Studio Dance Music by the Band of the with a continually, passing and Battn: The East Lancashire Re-

giment by kind permission of Lieut partner, and South, of Col. A. C. Marsh and Offers. course, has over called when 10.30 p.m.-Rugby Mid-day Press vulnerable. North's deci-News.

Sons

sion to bid only one heart is very good for strategic rea- With his freakish. distribution the North player knows the Bidding, probably will not die at one heart, and that he may get a swing in his favour by starting off slowly.

By the expert cunning of a "mag-mother who, after reluctantly ad-their landing cards, but did not 5A slight overbid with an

ter mind".

the killing.

"RAFTER ROMANCE”.

11 pm-Close Down.

with a bad bid and now de- cided to keep up the good work As a matter of fact, West by his previous bids had trapped himself and knew that if he now bid five clubs his partner would not possibly bid sir, even with a Aceless hand. However,

fairly strong hand, since the West feels that with his clubs had not been supported previously. West therefore partner's opening club bid there should be some chance

decided upon the most m for a slam in clubs and at

wise gamble of bidding six clubs himself... the worst a game, t North became panicky at South from the bidding de this point. In my opinion!cided that his partner must North should have passed have some strength in spades the two hearts to await and opened the spade six instead developments:

of the singleton heart. The de East's double is quite fense accordingly was able to natural He does not know take three tricks and the con- that his partner's hand is altract was down two. freak, and feels certain off· Incidentally, South, in going taking at least three tricks over the hand afterwards, was by himself

thunder-struck to find out that 8-It would be worth some the contract of four hearts

thing to have seen South

doubled copld have been fulfilled face at this point Southi

by the corre naturally did not know

lees. With a club opening. his partner had a tremere

essed ad spades could be dous freak for his par mediately and with a diamond had made only a sin

even though: Nor rescue of one heat on

chave to lead spades out

ww hand he with the kiss of but

trick the followed >

the Ace with the play

mitting to the girl's existence stazap their passports.

Before the case of Capt. Milling- A man and his sister were! Kruger will be seen in the role tries to marry her off to the scion found dead and another sister of the world's greatest detective of a snobbish family whom the ton was taken an adjourned charge against Attilio Croci, 38, cafe pro was found unconscious in the who plays a most amazing part girl does not love

George Brent portrays a man of prietor, York-street, Covent Gai- isame room, all of them showing in the strange murder. Miss Mor-

signs of starvation, when aley portrays his alluring wife, and the world, once devoted to the den, and Catherine-street, Strand, house in King-street, Aberdeen, Nils Asther has the part of a mother, who falls in love with accusing him of landing in this country without leave of an in was entered by the police yes-young author wrongly accused of the unspoiled daughter.

Charles Starrett is the rich migration officer, was withdrawn terday.

socialite who is intrigued Mr. Evans said that Croci-and by the charm and beauty another man, named Costa were

· MAJESTIC THEATRE of the girl,but whose family originally charged together. It7

unconven-had been found that they were‡ is shocked by ber Ginger Rodgers, whose unforget- tionality and frankness. Others given permission to land by an table performances with Fred in important roles include Joan immigration officer, although the The bodies appeared to have Astaire in "Flying Down To Wheeler, Pauline. True. Barbara permission was quite irregularly been there for months, and were Rio," "Carioca The Gay Leonard and Virginia Hammond given The charge against Costa previons clothed in. Tags:

The uncon-Divorcee, and more recently, scious sister, scantily clad, was Roberta" does not need to be re- found lying on a board with a commended She is one of the straw mattress. The police most versatile actresses in pie discovered 518 in the house..tures to day, acting, singing Miss Symmers, who was re-dancing with equal muccess.

The man was Frederick Sym- mers. 61, the dead woman his sister May, 71, and the other woman their sister Margaret. 163

and

“THE HELL-CAT STAR hear

THEATRE

Ann-Sothern the beautiful pass star, is seen in her finest role

moved to hospital, stated that "Rafter Romance is one of her since going to Hollywood in The, her brother had been a law earlier pictures, and although she Hell Cat" which opens at the Star student at Aberdeen University, has improved considerably since Theatre today The family were afraid to spend it was produced even then money on food it case they was Fon the would not be able to pay the Her co-star. this rent

Foster, one of the be

Miss Sothern has her finest on- portunity of proving that she

emotional actress on

QUALITY

PRINTING

first round However, was nothing Soutir conk but pass

West died

He had started off the

df a small card