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MANAGER.

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TELEPHONE NO. 197.

TELEGRAPHIC Address "COMFORT,” Hongkong. Hongkong, 1st September, 3910.

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7 Brilliant Moving Pictures 7 POPULAR ARTISTS.

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ELECTRIC FANS THROUGHOUT THEATER.

For Full Particulars, See Hand-Bills.

Lessee and unger B. H. STEPHENSON Hongkong, 27th May, 1911. [1577