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SHOWING

TO-DAY

SWORDPLAY! HORSEPLAY!

SONGSI

DON AMECHE

and

THE RITZ BROTHERS

A Musical Comedy Version of ALEXANDRE DUMAS

At 2.30, 5.10,

7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

THE THREE MUSKETEERS

BINNIE BARNES - GLORIA STUART

PAULINE MOORE

A 20th Century-Fox Ficture

F

ALSO LATEST LEW LEHR'S COMEDY “WHAT EVERY BOY SHOULD KNOW”

• SHOWS

DAILY 2.30 - $ 20 7.20 -9.30

NEXT CHANGE

"INSPECTOR HORNLEIGH”

with GORDON HARKER—ALASTAIR SIM A 20th Century Fox Picture

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

'NATH AN

ROAD KOWLOON

TEL $7222

(MATINEES. 20‹ - 30c • EVENINGS. 20. ·30c:50c70.

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

TWO HEARTS ‘AGAINST THE WORLD . . IN A FLAMING- DRAMA OF MARRIAGE-ON-A-SHOESTRING !!!

Love... Laughter and melodrama!

Carole

James

LOMBARD STEWART Made for Each Other

Produced by DAVID O. SELŻNICK ́ Directed by John Cromwell Screen play by Jo Swerling Presented by Selznick International

Released the United Artists

TO-MORROW AND WEDNESDAY

A Thrilling Action-Drama !

BARTON MacLANE

GLENDA FARRELL in "PRISON BREAK”

A New Universal Picture

YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO DISREGARD

The China Mail

WHEN PLACING YOUR ADVERTISING

EARLIEST WITH THE

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 7, 1989.

Grandmother Flying To Colony From America

London, July 24.

Mr. Frank O. Anderson, typical American businessman, and pre-- sident of three hotels in the New York district, stepped ashore from the Pan-American Airways' Yankee Clipper at Southampton yesterday on a two days" visit to England the first week-end tripper by air from the U.S.A.

He was one of 24 passengers who had crossed the Atlantic in Yankee Clipper from Botwood, Newfoundland, to Foynes, Ireland, in 11 hours, 31 minutes.

The air liner returns on Wed- nesday, and Mr. Anderson will be in it.

Countess

Apponyi, aunt' of

Queen Geraldine of Albania, was one of the four women passengers. "The flight was truly marvel- lous," said the Countess.

ROUND WORLD AT 72

Carrying only a small suitcase

and a handbag, without a coat,

HONG KONG

EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS

"St..

The author”

Hong Kong education is th Mrs. Virginia L. Pfuderer, 72-year- subject of comment in old grandmother from Chicago, John's Review.” also arrived in London yesterday. She is flying round the world in 30 days.

She has travelled by air from Chicago via the Southern At lantic route to Paris and on to Rome, Cairo, Delhi, Calcutta, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Manila, Honolulu, San Francisco, and so home.

see,'

"It wasn't Europe I wanted to Mrs. Pfuderer told the "Daily Sketch" in her London hotel last night, "but the Orient.

"Ships bore me, so I fly. Won- derful at 72? Nonsense!"

IN THE HARBOUR

says:

One of the difficulties of life is to get a hearing for causes which improve the mind, but which can produce no tangible evidence at once that such an improvement has taken place.

We are

so constituted that effect must quickly follow cause, and be visible to the eye if we are to be convinced of the value or merit of a movement. We: appreciate the need for feeding starving refugees, since the penalty for not doing is quickly provided in the way of disease: and death.

FEW CONVINCED

In most countries the state in its own interests has assumed the responsibility for Elemen- tary Education, and m、ny rich

(MAIL-CARRIERS IN BOLD TYPE) | men

ARRIVING TO-DAY

Canton, M.M., arrived Haiphong.

from

Chaksang, I-C, arriving Shanghai at noon; West Wharf.

from Point

Gaasterkerk, JCJL, due Europe at noon; Holts Wharf.

from

have subsidised higher Education, but it is very difficult in Hong Kong to get anything like adequate support for this work, since few are convinced of its urgency.

Yet there are splendid oppor- tunities here for philanthropists. to establish cheap buildings, such as the excellent huts in the urban camps, which could be used by day as primary schools, and after school hours as boys' or girls' clubs, and at the same time provide accom- Rheinland, HAL, due from Japan modation for health clinics. If this morning; buoy A-2.

Hosang, 1-C, arrived from Miike; Kowloon Dock Buoy-2:

such were distributed over the city, it is obvious that great Soochow, CNC, arrived from improvement would follow, since: Bangkok.

Taisang, I-C, arriving from phong at noon; buoy B-2.

past experience in every similar case has proved, the splendid Hai- value of such work.

Yatshing, I-C, arriving from Shanghai at noon; buoy B-9,

SAILING TO-DAY

Chinese Prince, Prince, sailed for U.S.A.

Haj Lee (Thoresen), sailing for Rangoon at noon; buoy B-11.

Potter, AP, sailing for U.S.A. at noon; buoy A-1.

Rheinland, "HAL, sailing for Hamburg at 10 p.m.; buoy A-2.

DANCING IN 6 HOURS

Rapid easy lessons. Bo ginners A specialty. Advanced courses. Mo

Tango,

JANCI TUDIO:

STRANGE FACT Education for some strange reason is still regarded by many as a luxury, some thing to which the individual is not entitled unless he has got pri- vate means to obtain it; but even Adam Smith who left prise urged the importance of most things to private enter-

view of the state, which cannot Education from the point of

cally healthy without schools, be morally, spiritually, or physi-

nor can it be ever efficient agri-- culturally commercially or in....... standard - dustrially without them. The

of living in state: corresponds with the standard of education, prevailing...

There is no justification for the policy of clothing, shelter- ing and feeding the body of the poor while starying "the mind, since good citizens cannot be trained in this way.