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SHOWING

TO-DAY

Chale

KNEW

AN EVER DID:

LAUGHTON

REMBRANDI

UNITED

RELEASE

Also "TOBY TORTOISE RETURNS

NEXT CHANGE

Warner Bros.

4 SHOWS

DARY

2.30–573.

A Silly Symphony in Technicolour

JOE E. BROWN in

"POLO JOE'

ORIENTALE

THEATRE

SPECIAL! FOR TO-DAY ONLY.

THE SUPREME ADVENTURE FILMSK RIDE WITH TENNYSON'S DEATHLESS “SIX HUNDRED through splendor-splased scenes of oriental intrigue and cruelty fighting their way into the mouth of Hell

SURPASSING ALL SENSATIONAL STANDARDS

WHILE THE THUNDER OF THEIR

HOOF-BEATS „STILL RINGS

"ROUND THE WORLD

- LIGHT

THE CHARGES AGAIN! -

ERROL FLYNN CUVIA HAVILLAND "The CHARGE of the LIGHT BRIGADE

PATRIC

STEPHE

2 DAYS TO-MORROW & SATURDAY •

ONLY

THE SEASON'S BIG COMEDY SMASH HIT!

"Adapted from the Saturday Evening Post story

Its filled with langhing surprises.

MEN SO

The Old Timer

A Parcmount Pictuen well

FRED STONE

BILLIE BURKE Ernest Cossart

Grant Mitchell

MY AMERICAN WIFE

ULSTER MINISTER'S HOME RAIDED

BELFAST DAY

A NUMBER OF UNIDEN FIED MEN BELIE

MEMBERS OF THE IRISH PUBLICAN ARMY NA

THEIR

LAST NIG

INTO THE HOME OF THE NORTHERN IRELAND MINIS- TER FOR HOME AFFAIRS, SIR RICHARD DAWSON BATES.

After tying up the servants, the intruders ransacked Sir Richard's study.

OFFICERS

DIE IN CRASH

ashed

WIRELESS SET STOLEN BY A TRICK

Mr.

The assumption is that the were searching for certain ments relating to the plan for pression of the IRA

Pearne, of No. 14, Hankow Fortunately, Sir Richard, who has Road, Kowloon, placed too much always been particularly severe in trust in two customers yesterday and suppressing the IRA in Ukster, as a result lost a $100-wireless re- was out at the time of the incident (ceiving set in broad daylight

Trans-OceanE,

THUNDERSTORM FLOODS LONDON TUBE STATION

London, To-day.

High temperatures were recorded in London yesterday for the third day in succession and the weather brought severe thunderstorms.

In his report to the police, Mr. Pearne stated that about 2 yesterday, a Chinese couple enter- ed his shop and purchased a $100- wireless receiving set.

A foki was requested to pany the couple to No. 59. (first floor), Haiphong Road, for

tion of the money. From this house the foki was sent to No. 43, Shang hai Street in the company of an other woman to collect the $100. Arriving there the inmates the premises denied all knowledge of the couple who had purchased the radio set.

Tube traffic on the northern spur, of the Piccadilly Line, was brought The foki immediately rushed back to a standstill this evening follow to the house in Haiphong Road, but ing serious flooding at an Under-found that the man, the woman and ground station caused by the storm the $100-wireless receiving set had which broke over North London disappeared.

Water poured down escalators on to the line and the passengers who had alighted were marooned. The entrance to the station was flooded two feet deep-British Wireless.

CATHOLICS AND GEN. FRANCO

To The Editor, "China Mail']

Sir, It is a grand thing to find

at least one local padre who is pre-

YOUNG BRITON CONQUERS THE CHANNEL

London, To-day. 23-year-old Briton, Thomas

pared to speak his mind and speak Blower, swam the Channel from it plainly on the propaganda being Cape Gris Nez to Dover yester- circulated through Boman Catholic day in 13 hours 21 minutes.. publications in support of the re

Blower has been dubbed the "au- of his man torpedo" on account style of swimming high on the

like a rocket

bellion of General Franco against the Spanish Government,

No-one would resent it seriously face and cutting through the water if it showed any signs of a balan

The record time for the Channel ced attitude, but it is as virulently biassed and one sided as the anti-Swim remains to the credit of Catholic ravings of Dr. Goebbels, Georges Michel, the French which the Catholics naturally and mer, who in September, 192

SUN "WAIKIKI WEDDING" rightly condemn.

MON.

MATINEES: 20.-20c EVENINGS: 20:

CENTRAL

THEATRE THAI SHOWINGS TO ĐÂY

Daily at 230, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 p.

PRICES: 15 CTS. 20

30 CTS.

AL-JOLSOR

40 CTS.

-50c-70c.

For the information of the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is published

ISLAND

Victoria Peak

Signal Station

Parker

Tountain

Eyrie

Davis

Bower Bo (filter beds)

Yours etc.

SIDELINER.

Showery Weather

Yesterday's maximum temperature

of 91 degrees in the shade was fol- lowed by a drop at 10 o'clock this morning to 84 degrees. The min- mum last nigh

ed

the

total

across in 11 hours 5 minartes Renter

ADVERSE CURRENTS Trans-Ocean adds that Blower at one time seemed to have the record well within his grasp, but failing strength and adverse currents caus ed him to take several hours the last lap.

Briton To Be

Repatriated

ar-old

over

Police Com

MAINLAND

*Laimoshan

Peak

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