1938-02-08 — Page 4

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LAST

TWO-DAYS

KING S

SHIRLEY MORE

GLORIOUS THAN

YOU HAVE

You

EVER

KNOWN.

Stih

pictures all of

wanted her to make!

THURSDAY

At 2.30, 5.10,

7.15 & 9.30 p.m.

Shirley TEMPLE HEIDI

writh

Jan HERSHOLT ARTHUR TREACHER HELEN WESTLEY

PAULINE MOORE - THOMAS BECK · MARY NASH SIDNEY BLACKISER VE MADY CHRISTIANS - SIG RUMAHN, Otechno by Allan Durčia DARRYL F ZANUCK...

4 Charge of Prodúchar

JESSIE MATTHEWS in

Gaumont British • "HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE”

4 SHOWS

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DAILY

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ORIENTAL

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FLEMING

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•LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY•

SEE THEM AS A PAIR OF DUMBBELL DESPERADOES!

They hitch-hiked their way in a stage coach to deliver a deed for

a gold mine but they gave it to the wrong girl. YOU'LL SPLIT YOUR SIDES LAUGHING, IT'S A RIOT!

Stan

Oliver

LAUREL HARDY Way Out West'e

DAYS TO-MORROW & THURSDAY

TWO LOVEBIRDS IN A MADCAP THRILLING ROMANCE!

A very elaborate production filled with comedy and the most sen- sational climax you ever saw.

A GREAT PICTURE THAT MADE FILM HISTORY!

WALTER WANGER

· presents m

Charles

BOYER ARTHUR

•

HISTORY IS

MADE AT NIGHT.

win Leo CARRILLO-Colin Clive Direczne Frank Borzage

● EVENINGSA

Released thru United Antista

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PICAMERAS

PHOTO

HON

ONG

HELMUT NOCHT

St. George's Bldg., Chater Road.

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 8, 1938.

JAPANESE ESTIMATE CHINA'S ABILITY TO RESIST FOR ONE YEAR

Tokyo, To-day.

During the discussion before the budget commit-

tee of the Diet of the financial aspect of the Sino-Japanese conflict, yesterday, a Foreign Office official, answering a question on finan- cial resources of the Chinese Central Govern- ment, said that China's war chest at the end of January amounted to about $600,000,000.

:

This sum, according to the view of Japanese econo- mic experts, should enable the Chinese Central Government to continue to import war

ial at the present rate for about anotheater-

Basis of the Chinese war chest, the official added, had been formed in November, 1936, with silver that has been get free when China changed from 'silver to paper cur-

rency.

About $830,000,000 · were at that time deposited in London and New

York.

**

MONTHLY DELIVERIES

$50,000,000

year..

PASTOR NIEMOELLER SLANDER CASE

Berlin, To-day.

The trial of Pastor Niemoeller,

the German Evangelical Church, one of the leading personalities of

Collections of metal at the out break of hostilities had brought about another $380,000,000, so that charged with having committed when the conflict began, the Nan- offences against the law concern- king Government has about $1,200,- 000,000 at its disposal for financing ing malicious slander and misuse

of the Pulpit, began yesterday be

the war.

fore a special court composed en-

Of this sum, deliveries of war material had up till now averaged tirely of professional judges. monthly from August to January, Pastor Niemoeller is being de- $50,000,000, making a total outlay of $300,000,000, while

fended by three Berlin attorneys. further $300,000,000 had been used to maintain the debt service.--Trans-

Ocean.

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CHANGE TRICK IN CITY

When the first session opened the court ruled that the public should be excluded for the entire duration of the trial, and only res presentatives of the Government will be admitted to the proceed- inga.

In view of the prospect of exam-

arkable fraud took place at ination of a large number of wits Messrs. Helmut Nocht, photogra-nesses, the trial is expected to tast phie dealers, of St George's-Build for two three weeks.

ing, yesterday when, according to Ocean.

a report to the Police by the man- ager, a man, probably an Indian or Portuguese, entered the shop and tendered a fifty dollar note in

in pay- ment for two rolls of film valued at |$1.40. -On receiving his change,

the man asked for some of the notes. to be changed. This was done se- veral times. He finally left the shop and it was later found that the sum of $35 had been paid in ex- cess of the correct change.

BRITISH PUBLICITY ABROAD

FRENCH NAVAL

NOTE TO TOKYO

Tokyo, To-day.

The French Note on Japanese naval construction was handed to

the Japanese Foreign Minister yea.

bassador

The Note is stated to be similar in contents to those already handed in by Britain and the United States.”

-Trans-Ocean.

ondon, To-day. The Prime Minister announced. in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon that a committee for supervising British publicity chairman and members included re- abroad. had been formed.

presentatives of the B.B.C., the Bri-

Sir Robert Vansittart, Adviser to tish Council and the British Travel the Foreign Office, had been named 'Association.—Trana-Ocean.