1937-03-04 — Page 2

SHOWING

TO-DAY KINGS:

A COMPLETE TECHNICOLOUR

4 SHOWS

DAILY

230-$20

220-9.30

PROGRAMME

Of how Marlene Dietrich and Chacina. Pryor kiaulie their romantic fire for the first time together on “Shin.

· screen it bibus all the micelle Beauty of richnicolor be depict the greatest somation since'ile Görden of Eden, SILENİCE INTERNATIONAL prevents -

』

MBIETRICH CHARLES BOYER

The Garden of Allah

IN TECHNICOLOR Proded by BAYID O EELZNICE

Jeg the band by LÖSERT RICKENS

Bombed in SICKAED SOLESŁAWECI Astand the UNITED ARTISTE

A 2.30, 5.10,-

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 1, 1937.

JAPAN'S EXPORTS TO H.K.

75 & 930 pm GREATER THAN WHOLF

Technicolour "Mickey's Rival

Disney's Mickey Mouse

In Technicolour

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN

ROAD KOWLOON

TEL 57222

MATINEES 20-30€ • EVENINGS. 20% #30e50×70)

TO-DAY, ONE DAY ONLY!*

ANOTHER GEM FROM OUR TREASURE CHEST

OF OLD FAVOURITES ”

SAMUEL GOLDWYN

preside

RONALD

OLMAN Arrowsmith”

HELEN HAYES

FROM THE NOVEL BY SINCLAIR LEWIS

JOHN FORD PRODUCTION UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE,

TO MORROW, ONE DAY ONLY!•

IRENE DUNNE

GINGER ROGERS

FRED ASTAIRE IN

"ROBERTA"

AN OLD FAVOURITE”” FROM RKO RADIO.

STAR

TO-DAY AND TO MORROW

OST REVEALING STOR

ED ABOUT

OF-GOVERNME

BETTE BRUIS.

SPECIAL AGENT

GEORGE BRENT

CARDO 1

HUGE ALL STAR

BRITISH EMPIRE

UPTURN IN TRADE OF COLONY SEEMS DEFINITELY CONFIRMED

Japan's imports into Hong Kong during Jan- uary were greater than those of the entire British Empire.

SIGNS OF A STEADY IMPROVEMENT IN THE COLONY'S TRADE, WHICH RECAME APPARENT TOWARDS THE CLOSE OF LAST YEAR, ARE AMPLY CONFIRMED.

These are the principal facts to be gathered from the Colony's trade figures for January, 1937, officially released yesterday.

Imports during the month were

up by $6.200,000 in terms of local!

dollars and by $300,000 expressed HIGHER WAGES

in sterling, while the exports show-

ed an even sharper rise by $10.- SHORTER HOURS

000,000 or £600,000.

Foodstuffs were represented by $2,500,000 of the rise both in im- perts and exports.

Piecegoods importations were up by more than $1,300,000 to $5,120,- 000 during the month and exports

U.S. Steel Costs

To Rise

New York, To-day. Higher wages and shorter hours

in this sphere increased by some now adopted by the entire steel in- dustry are reliably estimated to be $800,000 to $3,170,000.

Especially interesting are figures costing nearly $150,000,000 a year. This huge figure is expected to showing that Australia's imports to Hong Kong during January were increase the cost of production by nearly 200 per cent. greater than an average of $4 a tou.

An increase in prices is expect- in the same month of 1936, that Canada's imports were

nearly ed on Friday-Reuter.

doubled, East Africa nearly doubl-

ed, the United Kingdom up by some CHINESE AND $200,000, India by $50,000 while JAPANESE ARMY Malaya's exports rose to $606;500:

A commensurate rise in Hong

MISSIONS IN

Kong's exports to Empire countries TURKEY was also noted.

Istanbul, To-day. Japan also showed a great im-

Both Chinese and Japanese mi- provement, her exports to Honglitary missions have arrived here Kong being up by some $2,000,000 on a visit to Turkish military insti-

cent. increase.

Biggest sufferer in the figures is the United States, a fact chiefly accounted for

by

tutions.

to over $5,500,000, while she took more than $1,100,000 additional

The Chinese mission is composed imports from Hong Kong, repre of General Chen Chi-tang, former senting more than a hundred per Canton war lord, Colonel Wen Tai- hua and Colonel Chi Kwai-leung, while the Japanese mission consists of Colonel Takeyu Murakawa, Cap- the shipping and tain Seiichi Kabayashi and Captain motor strikes, which kept Hong Tadataka Miyamoto. Kong's import figures considerably lower than otherwise they would Among the institutions they will have been. The exports of the Unit visit is the military academy at An- kara, where Kemal Ataturk and his obtained ed States to Hong Kong totalled

military collaborators only $1,784,480 during the month, their military education. as compared with $4,685,000 Last

The missions are chiefly interest- year. Her imports from Honged in the reforms introduced by the Kong in the same period rose from Kemalists in the Turkish army, navy $2,379,623 in 1936 to $2,783,141 in and air force, as well as the mul- titude of military schools through- out the country and various flying

1937.

Official Statement.

The Imports and Exports De-and gliding schools Reuter.

partment (Statistical Branch) re- ports that the combined values of

imports and exports of merchan dise as declared during the month

of January, 1937, totalled $74 mil- lions (£4.6 millions) as compared with $57.4 millions (£3.7 millions) in January, 1936.

FIRESTONE TYRE FACTORY SHUT

Action By Company

Akron, To-day.

In terms of local currency the

The number two plant of the Fire- total visible trade of the Colony increased by 28.3 per cent in stone Tyre and Rubber Company January, 1937 as compared with has shut down, rendering 2,000 January, 1936, and by 24.3 per cent. workers idle.

in terms of sterling.

The Company states that produc-. Imports of Merchandise totalled tion has been interrupted by some $39.9 millions. ($2.5 millions) as of the employees attempting to force

thers to join their organisations compared with $33.7 millions (£2.2 millions, and exports $34.1 millions Reuter.

(22.1 millions) as compared with $23.6 millions (£1.5 millions)

Treasure during the months Imports increased by 18.4 per January, 1937 and

in terms

local currency,

in terms of-

by 44.5

loca cent m

1936:

209,205.

SATURDAY

BERT MARSHAL

IN HARDING

RKO-RADIO in THE LADY CONSENTS

PICTURE