TO-DAY ONLY
•KINGS?
Nino Martini
At 230, 5.10,:- 7.15 & 9:30 pm.
THE GAY DESPERADO
IDA LUPINO LEO CARRILLO
ROUBEN MAMOULIANÁ.
ELEASED
THOU UNITED ARTISTS
TO-MORROW
DICK POWELL JOAN GLONDELL in
THE CHÌNA MAIL, FEBRUARY 18, 1937.
LABOUR ATTACKS PEACE POLICY
LONDON DISCUSSION OF GIANT ARMS PROGRAMME
(SPECIAL TO THE "CHINA MAIL")
Further extracts cabled from London on the reaction of British newspapers to Britain's colossal rearmament expenditure reveal general approval.
out
The "Daily Telegraph" points
that the armaments pro-
gramme can be adjusted to pre BRITAIN vailing conditions, so that it is
not improbable that the loan will TO HANDLE
"GOLD DIGGERS OF 1937" actually amount to less than
4 SHOWS
DAILY 230-520 720-930
First National Picture
MAJESTIC
THEATRE.
NATHAN MEROAD. „KOWLOON 161$$7222
(MATINEES 204 - 30¢ • EVENINGS. 20<-30c50e70c
TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW
THE FUNNIEST-COMEDY OF THE MONTH !
HAIL! HAIL! THE GANG'S ALL HERE!
Back to college...and back to arth- and -mad- ✨ ness.. you'll cheer the month's fanmiest picture!
WE WENT TO COLLEGE
WITH
Charles BUTTERWORTH
Weber ABEL HigÁ HERBERT UnaMERKEL-EditŁ ATWATER
-Directed by Joseph Santley
Produced by Harry Rapf
Caliwen Mayer
ED ATTRACTIONS: MEM NEWSREEL AND COMEDY.
SATURDAY, ONE DAY ONLY !
SPECIAL REQUEST!
"LAST OF THE PAGANS"
A METRO-GOLDWYN - MAYER SUPER-PRODUCTION.
STARE
TO DAY, ONE DAY ONLY!
THEELER
2027
SILLY BILLIES
DOROTHY LEE
GEORGE DOLORES COSTE TO MORROW RAFT:
YOURS FOR
*BARRYMORE;
$400,000,000.
the Terri-
Satisfaction is expressed in “Morning Post" that the torial Army is also to be brought up to strength and provided with modern equipment.
CONTROL PLAN
Organisation To Be Set Up In London
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Most Expensive In History
London, To-day. the fact Attention is called to
The work of the non-intervention that the naval construction pro- gramme, which calls for three fur-committee has progressed a stage ther large battleships, seven crui-further with the announcement that is the the organisation which will have sers and air-craft-carriers, most extensive since the World War charge of the prevention of volun- and the most expensive in Eng-teering for Spain will be set up in
London land's history.
"
The organisation will be directed The battleships alone will each cost about £8,000,000, being farby a prominent official of the Bri- more expensive than the "Nelson" tish Government: and "Rodney".
Capacity To Pay
It is calculated that in addition to the loan, the taxpayer will pro- vide- £220,000,000 annually for new armaments, or £40,000,000 more than last year.
Inspectors will be chosen from those nations who have been direct- ly or indirectly affected by the war.
Visa Control
The measures for prevention of volunteers for Spain will probably
Emphasis is laid on the state include strict visa control in all ment by the Chancellor of the Ex-countries who have signed the chequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, agreement.
in which he declared that taxation
Visas will only be issued after
will not exceed the capacity of the thorough investigation and will in ano case be given to unemployed per- country, which indicates that higher degree of prosperity is be- sons." ing anticipated.
Peace Policy Belied
The Labour "Daily Herald" raises
Should an application be made and refused, a statement to this ef- fect will be stamped on the appli-
As the first contribution towards
its voice in the only protest against cant's passport. the programme, asserting that the Labour Party would express the financing
view in Parliament that the pro- of £2,000+1 control plan; the sum
gramme belies any
constructive sador
peace policy on the part of the Trans-Ocean. Government-Trans-Ocean.
CRITICAL BATTLE FOR MADRID
Caballero Rushes Reinforcements
~ (SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL”) Paris, Yesterday.
the German Ambas- has been accepted:
APB. EXECUTIVE'S
WEDDING
Staff Presentation
Yesterday
A pleasant function took place yesterday afternoon when Mr. D. N. Parsons, Office Manager of The The big battle for possession of Advertising and Publicity Bureau, Madrid has got well under way, and Ltd., was the recipient of a present fierce fighting is proceeding on the from the A. P. B. staff on the occa- left bank of the Jarama Reversion of his coming wedding,'s without either side gaining the ad is to take place next Saturday.
JAX Galvin, Barketing Depari- vantage.
The Valencia Premier, Senor ment Manager, made the presents- Caballero, has rushed a forcee of tion.
10,000 troops from Alicante to Mad- Mr. rsons will marry Miss Bet- rid-in order to prevent the city from tý Jean Spaulding of No. 1 Lincoln. being entirely encircled by the in-Road, Kowloon Tong, at the Union
Church, Kowloon. surgents
The situation in the capital, state the Paris newspapers, is hourly coming more and more critical
<Supplies Mend
The chief concern of the loyalists is food and munition supplies, since the rebels hold a 16 kilometre stretch the Madrid Valencia hway, leaving only one-road
open
This road has been
shelling
columns.
ity in using
red by that
The P. and 0. Bs. Corfu left Shanghai for Hong Kong on Tues- day at 3 pm and is due here this afternoon at about 5 p.m..
The P. and O.. 8.8. Santhia left Singapore for this Port on the 18th instant and is due here on morning.
A whist drive for will be held in the We the YM
Monday
Servicemen Lounge of
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.