1938-03-15 — Page 4

TO-DAY KING'S

305.10

ONLY

TO-MORROW M.G.M. Picture

4 SHOWS DAILY 2.30-5.15 7.15-9.30

Jeanette MACDONALD The

FIREFLY

*** ALLAN JONES

WARREN W-CUAN

"BAD GUY"

with BRUCE CABOT

AKE, ANY-FRAM OR

VIRGINIA GREY

ORIENTAL

FLEMING ROAD WANCHAL

28423

THE GHENA 34

HONG KONG LAND INVESTMENT

CO'S GOOD YEAR

substantial increase in fit as the result of the influx refugees to the Colony, was re ported by the Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, chairman, at the an nual meeting of the Hong Kong Land Investment and Agency. Company held this morning in the Board Room of Messrs. Jar- dine Matheson and Company.

"I feel I ought to tell you that in no instance has this company taken unfair advantage of the situation," Mr Paterson remarked

The chairman said

You will see that the amount at the credit of the Profit and Loss Account is $100,691.73 more than for 1956 and this is due to a great extent to the unhappy war in China which has brought to the Colony a great number of people requiring office, hotel, and tenement dation. In view of various written and verbal statements that have been made, I feel I ought to tell you that in no instance has this Company

LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY taken fair advantage of the situa

THE BIG LAUGH HELLMUSICAL SHOWTM

comedy with beautiful! giris, exotic dances and great son

A magnificent combination of side-splitting

A MOST LAVISH COMEDY MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA!

YOU'LL GO

BANJO-EYED

· WITH JOYI

DAYS

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Eddie CANTOR

ALL BABA

GOES TO

TOWN

ONY MARTI!

AND YOUNG JUNE LANG LOUBE HOVICK JOHN CARRADINT-

SCOTT QUER.

TO-MORROW & THURSDAY

THE STRANGEST DRAMA THE SCREEN EVER PRODUCED! Surging with emotional fury fired with the inspired acting of a dozen great stars. THE SCREEN'S MOST IMPRESSIVE CAST OF STARS!

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YOU DON'T "SEE" THIS PICTURE YOU LIVE-IT!

MARCH BAXTER BARRYMORE

GLORY

JUNE LANG GREGORY RATOFF

O MATINEES: 20c.-30. ● EVENINGS: 20c.-50c.-50c.-700.

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THOMAS COWAN & CO.

White Ant

Queen's Bldg. Hong

tion

NEW DEVELOPMENT During the year under review "Holland House" at No. 9 Queen's

Road, Central, was

BCH 15, 1938.

AUSTRIA

DISAPPEARS FROM DIPLOMACY

SOVIET TRIAL CONDEMNED: APPEALS FAIL

Moscow, To-day.

The appeals of Bukharin,

Bykoy and Yagoda and fourteen others of the condemned in the mass treason trial, have been re- jected, and it was expected that they would be shot last night.

The fate of Rosengolz is uncer tain Reuter

speedily proved a completed and BRITAIN

2

a popular office

SUPPORTED

PLEBISCITE

building. It is really necessary now to redevelop ML 278 (1A Chater Road and 2 Connaught Road) also M. L 20 (12 and 124 Des Voeux Road, Central) at an early date and sketch plans are already being con- sidered but it is doubtful if any- thing can be done until there has

London, To-day. been a considerable drop in the pre-i

Mr. Chamberlain disclosed dur- sent high costs of various building ing yesterday's statement on Aus- materials.

tria that Lord Halifax supported The Gloucester Hotel shews a very the Austrian plebiscite and told satisfactory result and apart Herr von Ribbentrop on March 10 from the unusal demand for that His Majesty's Government at- accommodation to which I have tached great importance to all mea- referred previously, I think sures being taken to ensure that it can be safely said to have reached the plebiscite should be carried ont a permanent position of attraction to without interference or intimida- both local residents and transients tion.

On the debit side you will notice Late on Friday, Sir Nevile Her that Donations appears as a sederson, in Berlin, made strong re- parate item having hitherto been in-presentations and pointed out that corporated in “Charges” and this is the German action was bound to thought advisable owing to the produce the gravest reactions. growing number of requests for con- British Wireless. tributions.

TYPHOON DAMAGE

The particularly severe typhoon of last September caused a great deal of damage throughout the Colony and our Company's properties suf- fered together with others which ac counts mainly for the increase of $13,838.38 în “Repairs.”..

MARINE STORE BLAZE

A wooden shed, with corrugated

Turning to the Profit and Loss iron roof, used as a marine store Appropriation Account, you will see depot by Tsui Yin-sin, in Cheung- that a Final Dividend of $1 per shawan Road, caught fire last night, share is proposed which, together creating a blaze that could be seen with the Interim Dividend, makes a for a considerable distance. total of $2 per share for the year

STARHEMBERG'S 1937.

ARREST

Vienna, To-day.

is now definitely known that Prince Starhemberg, former Vice- Chancellor, was arrested by the Austrian police while attempt cross the frontier into Czechos kia, because he had pted to smuggle money contrary to the Aus trian exchange regulations.

He is now in a Vienna prison.

An official stated late last night that he thought Dr. Schuschnigg

now in Hungary."

Ocean

deal-

The

The Fire Brigade and the Em- ergency Unit were called out and Having regard to the excer they had little difficulty in tional profit shown by the Working with the outbreak.

The

mises were gutted. ing Account of the Gloucester Hotel and recognising the advis

lamage was estimated at $1,200. ability of carrying hotel assets at as conservative a figure as possible, it is recommended that the sum of $50,000 is appro priated to write-down- Furnish ing, Fittings and though the full scale depreciati

on the proposal of Mr.

by Mr R Bars. Percy Smi ing and Messrs.

were

Whe