1937-06-08 — Page 2

SHOWING TO-DAY

2ONDITIONIC TH

At 2.30, 5.10, 7-16 & 9.30.p.m.

A ́ DOUBLE ATTRACTION !

ON THE SCREEN

THE LEGION SMASHES THROUGH! JACK HOLT

Trouble in

MOROCCO

MAE CARKE

VORDON

COLUMBIA PICTURE

NEXT CHANGE

M.G.M.

* SHOWS

DAILY

2.30-5.15

7.15-8.90

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AT ALL PERFORMANCES TO-DAY & TO-MORROW ONLY

THE WILHELMINE

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MAMA STEPS OUT”

with GUY KIBBEE

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ALICE BRADY.

ORIENTA

LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY

- PRETENTIOUS SCREEN-

SPECTACLE

Grand novelty laugh show.

20

One

Million

1937's SPECTACULAR

MUSICAL SMASH!

SONJA HENIE ADOLPHE MENIOU: JEAN HERSHOLI

NED SPARKS

RITZ BROTHERS

FLEMING

ROAD WANOHA TEL. 28472

TO-MORROW & THURSDAY

A MAGNIFICENT PRODUCTION

The screen's artistic triumph.

Greta GARBO Robert TAYLOR

LOVES

Camille

with LIONEL BARKYMORI Macbeth Allen » - Josila Rafək Häney Deniall » Lonere · Utrie Laura Hope Crowe Directed by George Cukor

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DAILY

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The Jones Family

OFF TO THE RACES

SLIM SUMMERVILLE,

AMERICA'S FAVORITE FOLKS

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 8, 1937.

US HONG KONG

AIR SERVICE MARKS NEW ERA

"The inauguration of scheduled air service between the United States and Hong Kong by Pan American Airway marked the beginning of a new era în the history of transportation: service →→ an era in which frictions engendered by disputes over landing facilities will have much to do in making for strain- edor amicable relations between states"-according to the "Far East- ern Survey" of the American Council Institute of Pacific Relations. ·

Appraising the significance of exist- Far ing commercial air lines in the East, which include routes of nearly 75,000 miles with American and Euro- pean connections, Russell E. Hall, research associate, points out that “in 1936 alone the planes in this area flew more than 9,000,000 miles, carried in excess of 100,000 passengers, 300 tons of mail and 12,000 tons of freight.

"Direct communication with Europe is already established: in the north by Russian service to Moscow, in the south by the routes of Imperial Air- ways, Air-France and the Royal Dutch Airlines (K.L.M.), together with Pan America's new line from San Francisco.

"

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Unique Phone Call To Shanghai

"New York calling Mr. Ber- this was the mes-

line greeted the startled

sage

manager of the Metropol Thea- tre in Shanghai, Mr. Jack Brez- nick, when he picked up kis "telephone to answer its persis- tent ringing at 10.45 o'clock. Mr. Berliner was paged through the theatre, and was found watching the picture "The Dark Journey". The call was answer- ed and the New York to Metro- pol Theatre connection provided the medium for an important consultation. The recipient is a guest at one of Shanghai's leading hotels, through which the-international operator trac- ed Mr. Berliner's whereabouts. It is believed that this is the first time in Far Eastern his- tory that such a call has been successfully put through.

CORRESPONDENCE

"Projected services from Honolulu to Auckland, from Auckland to Sydney, from Netherlands India to the Philip- pines and from Japan to her mandated islands in the Pacific will weave more closely this network of air-routes now

(To the Editor, “China Mail') running from Tasmania in the south to Manchouli on the Russian-Manchurian

Sir On behalf of the Society of border. The materialisation of dis- cussed plans for lines from Moscow to St. Vincent de Paul, I wish to ex- the United States from Formosa to press publicly, through the medium Manila, and from Canada to New Zea-

of your esteemed paper, our grati- land would further strengthen interna- tional communications.

tude and appreciation to Professor E. Gualdi and the Choral Group N. and to Miss Prue Lewis, Miss

Reverend Father A.

GOVERNMENT, CO-OPERATION

"Advances in air transportation have Hyndman, been possible only through the co-oper- Riganti, and Dr. Harry Talbot for ation of the governments of the na- the excellent concert voluntarily tions involved, for the enormous costs

of launching and maintaining these given by them on Saturday... night, airlines make this government co- June 5th. The purpose of the con- operation necessary. With an eye on cert was to raise funds to relieve national prestige each country, with distress among the poor of this Co- few exceptions, has put into operation

or proposed elaborate schemes for ex-lony, irrespective of race or creed, St. Americans and in particular to extend panding its air service. can proudly. look at their flying clip- Teresa's Home, located at Nos. 20- pers now crossing the Pacific over a course for which their government has 22 Nam Kok Road, Kowloon City, spent or appropriated millions of dol where shelter and food are being lars. Britons are, eagerly awaiting the given to destitute women and child- establishment of an All-Empire and ren, including many aged persons.

Dutch planes now reach far corners of

the earth. Germans have been press-I would like to mention here that ing negotiations for through Berlin- a pressing need of further means connection Shanghai service. Russians are hop- hampers work in this ing for scheduled flights from Europe and donations, however small, will to America.

be gratefully received for the Home. "With the building of new lines dis-All donations should be forwarded cussed in legislative halls and the pri vilege of flying over alien territory de-to the Hon. Treasurer, Society of termined by international agreement, St. Vincent de Paul, and marked air transportation is now intimately "St. Teresa's Home.” associated with world politics. Reci- Hearty thanks are also due to the procal pacts govern the right to, land

on foreign soil. Refusal to grant land- Club de Recreio for placing their ing rights reflects the policies of na-hall at our disposal, Mr. A. K. Dia- tional governments. And this refusal mond, manager of the Peninsula is not unrelated to other problems mak-Hotel, for the loan of a stage plat- ing for strained or amicable relations

between states, as well as possible tac-form, and the Press, the Star Ferry tical questions of military science. It Company, Limited, the Kowloon is even a moot question as to whether Motor Bus Company, the Tsang or not the frictions engendered by dis- putes over landing facilities will not in Fook Piano Company, and the Añ- themselves become major subjects of derson Music Store for valuable controversy.

publicity and to all others who in any way rendered their assistance to the concert.

P. Y. T. LO,

Hon. Secretary.

Honan Famine Toll

Kaifeng, June 2. The serious famine now raging in Honan has claimed the death toll of at least 730 in Kunghsien alone, according: to a recent estimate.

Upwards of 90,000 people in that district are now on the verge of starvation

15,000 others

Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

Hong Kong Aquarium

Society

Ofsted to the neighbouring will not be holding its month- The Hong Kong Aquarium So-

districts.

ly meeting on the second Wednes- Thieves ransacked Weybridge Rifle day of this month, June 9, as usual, Club's premises at Brooklands and on account of the King's Birthday stole a telescope, 200 cartridges and holiday. The next meeting will be some targets.

held in Miss Daisy O'Keefe's Academy in the Bank of East Asia Byfleet, Surrey, Chamber of Com-Building on Wednesday, June 16, merce made twopence profit on its an- nual dinner.

at 8.30 p.m.