1930-10-30 — Page 4

NCENTRAL THEATRE

Elaramount's Sound Pictures R

TO-DAY, at 2,15, 5.10, 7,15 and 9,20 p.m. ̈

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A

THE YEAR'S MERRIEST COMEDY SHOW ASTOUNDING IN SHEER SPECTACULAR BEAUTY

Mad wage of "Rio Rita" hurl giant

bolts of laughter in

the dizzlest rice of slapstick fun YET! brought to the

screeni

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BERT WHEELER ROBT WOOLSEY

The

· World's Greatest Comedians in a Juggernaut of Joy

CUCKOOS

With HUGH TREVOR

DOROTHY LOB MITCHELL LEWIS JUNE CLYDE and 1,000 others—alt

NINE

GREAT

Rabo

FICHETS

SONG

HITS

GORGEOUS

GIRLS

· LAVISH

SCENES IN TECHNICOLOR

RAVISHING CHORUSES OF GORGEOUS GIRLS NINE NEW SONGS TO HUM AND WHISTLE

DAZZLING SCENES IN TECHNICOLOR. A Super-production at Popular Prices.

Bookinge at Andersons and the Theatre (Tel. 25720).

NEXT CHANGE-

A PARAMOUNT SOUND PICTURE RICHARD DIX

in

"REDSKIN"

A ROMANTIC EPISODE OF THE GOLDEN WEST, PHOTOGRAPHED IN STARTLINGLY BEAUTIFUL,

NATURAL COLOURS.

A STIRRING PICTURE WHICH WILL NOT

SOON BE FORGOTTEN

H. K. Benevolent Society.

A Jumble Sale will be held at the City Hall on Wednesday, November 5th, at 2 P.M...

Clothing and Household Goods will be gratefully accepted at the City Hall on Monday or Thursday from 10.30 to 11.30 A.M.

Speakers,

Singers,

Athletes

TRY

VALDA

PASTILLES

the rasnit with delight you

On Sale of all Chemist & Drigge INSIST on the boxca bearing. the name VALDA.

MAINTAINING

APPEARANCES

WHATEVER

ASSEMBLY ONE ENTERS, THE PER- BONALITY OF A SMARTLY ‘DRESS D MAN IS FELT AND BRSFRCTED.

TO BE WELL" DRESSED IS A SOCIAL DUTY. AND THIS 18 HABILY OÁRRIED OUT AT

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1930.

SNAPSHOTS OF A MAN JOTTING DOWN A NUMBER

By GLUTAS WILLIAMS

ANSWERS TELEPHONE

SEARCHES DESK.

DISCOVERS THAT PENCIL HAS NO POINT

18-30'

THE SILVER SCREEN.

COMEDY IN "THE CUCKOOS.”

SAYS JUST A SECOND, HE WANTS TO MAKE A MEMO OF THAT NUMBER REACHES FOR PEN

EXPLAINS THAT HE CANT FIND HIS PEN BUT HE THINKS HE HAS A PENCIL IN ONE OF HIS

POCKETS

-SAYS HE'S SORRY BUT WILL

HE GIVE THAT NUMBER AGAIN HE'S FOUND HIS FEN UNDER SOME REPORTS

CANT FIND PEN IN ANY OF

·HIS VEST POCKETS.

FINDS PENCIL AND SAYS ALL RIGHT HE'S ALL SET

WRITES NUMBER DOWN, HP 6 UP AND PROMPTLY LES THE MEMO

(Copyright, 1930, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)

In

Director Paul Sloane had many beautiful sets built, Radio Pictures' dancing chorus gracefully proceeds through intricate ensembles, Doro thy Lee executes clever specialty dances, and Marguerita Padula "The Curkoos,” opening to-day virtually every scene Wheeler and

sings colourful gypsy songs. at the Central Theatre, offers a new Woolsey are active with their clown- theme in talking pictures of theing anties and wise-cracks, anusical comedy type. The comedy is the keynote and is featured above singing and dancing.

SEVERAL STATIONS” ON”

ONE WAVE.

IMPORTANT EXPERIMENTS IN RADIO SYNCHRONIZATION

(UNITED PRESS. ]

DOGS THAT STOP MURDERERS.

ALSATIANS MAKE GOOD

DETECTIVES.

'ALMOST HUMAN.

The Alsatian, like mahogany side. boards and good manners, has gone out of fashion

You no longer see him drenrily watching the traffic from the inside. of closed.car or tread on his un-

happy toos as he is dragged through" a shopping crowd at an elegant Woman's heels

He has become a really serious dog in England-a dog with a

career, who is happicat, wheu he is working for his living.

It is possible that in the near future he may become a regular : member of the Locdon police force. "His immediato ancestors were. regular police dogs," Mr, C. E. Rattee, chairman of the Alsatian Sheep, Police and Army Dog Bo- ciety, said to a Press representa tive, and, he has been bred for courage," obedience, and intelligence: for generations.

Helping Policeman. "The polios in England are be inning to realise the value of the Alsatian bath in tracking criminals and in personal defence, Молу policemen in the suburbs. and out- lying districts of London are using Alsatian dogs at night. I think it will not be long before they are officially adopted."

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The Billericay murder could never have been committed it the policeman, Gutteridge, had a police dug with him. A trained Alsatian Will face gun-dre without flinching, and will get his nati down before he has even time to pull the trig ger."

Washington, Oct. 20.--Members of the Federal Radio Commission June Clyde, a the niece of the to-day learned that experiment, in

The pick of the dogs, as Mr. wealthy Jobyna Howland, is kid synchronization of sending stations Nattee spoke, were being put napped by gypsies. Hugh Trevor has demonstrated that it is pos- stakes, which demand superb self- through the trials for the open plays her sweetheart. Wheeler and sible to operate more than one st-control and courage from the almost Bert Wheeler and Robert Wool-Woolsey appear as fortune-telleration on the same wave length. human Alsatian. 30y, famous funmakers of Rio who use their paychic powers to locate the gal." Their efforts Kita," are headlined. Jobyna How-

along this line are the last word in land, six-foot comedienne of Broad-

comedy. way fame, was brought from New York especially for the picture | OUR DEBT TO MERCHANT Mitchell Lewis, na a gypsy chief, instils drama into the plot with his diabolical plans, which are foiled by the antics of Wheeler and Wool-

sey.

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TO-DAY:

At 2.30, 5.30, 7.20 9.20 p.m.

CHEVALIER

The Love Parade

ANOT

LUBITSCH

FRODUCTION

STAMETTE MADOMALIS.

Qezinaunt Pictur

Gay with melody! Spiced with fun! Hear the man everybody loves sing six song hits!

See the roguish love-affair of a beautiful queen I'

AT THE

BROWN'S MAJESTIC

7. Duddell Street, 2nd floors

Opp. Gaspal Hall

Tel: 23956,

Hathan Rand

Phi 1992

SEAMEN."

A MANCHESTER APPEAL.

This my prove of tremendous He meets tempting friends and a, importance to radio broadcasting. dangerous enemy on the open sporta tice to allocate only one station to pieces of meat by strangers, and as heretofore it has been the prac-ground. He is offered succulent a given wave length, thus automa- must entirely refuse them. He tically limiting the number of sta-

must find a hidden "criminal," tiens possible,

give tongue, and hold him although his quarry attacks him with a stick and even fires blank cartridges in his face.

BIRDS TO REFILL DEPLETED

WOODS.

HAWAII ORDERS PLACED ABROAD,

If, however, the "criminal" de eides to go quietly, the dog loosen his hold, and sits on guard until help comes.

A series of concerts was giveż inst month in Lewis's Hall, Man--

Two "criminals," well padded, chester, in aid of the British Sai

served as victims et the Crystal Palace. One of them makes it his Iors' Society. Representatives and

Acclimatization cages for wild regular profession, travelling to dog supporters of the society held birds that are soon to be imported trials all over the country. being public meeting in the hall to 4p. into Hawaii in an effort to encour-hunted and brought down continu- peal for funds. The Mayor of age bird life in the islands, will ally by the best dog detectives. Salford (Councillor Finburgh), who birds from the mainland and rough encounters.

soon be completed, and orders for The scars on his arms speak of some presided remarked that, as citi

zeus of the fourth port in the Em-from the Orient have already been piro, sailors had great claims up

placed, it is announced by Dr. Dai You Chang,, supervisor in on them. Everyone knew how res

charge of parks. ponsible the mercantile services were for our lives in securing for us the foodstuffs we needed. Ap pealing for money, sympathy, in fluence and support, he said that

is

Hui Manu, local bird society,, ceremony when the first shipment planning an elaborate opening

STIPENDS OF SCOTTISH MINISTERS.

of birds arrives, it is stated by. 300 MINIMUM NOT ASSURED.

they were the least that sailors all rs, F. J. Lowry, president of the zociety, Birds brought here are to

There is a danger of the mini-

over the world could expect of be under the care of David John.mum stipend of £300 of the minis them.

Admiral R. S. Cuming said that, bird expert, who has been ad- he was trying to make the people vising the society in its work,

of this country realise the tremen- dour debt they owed to the men of the mercantile mariae through the war. This appeal for money was

ters of the Church of Scotland be

ing reduced unless the income in An order has been placed on the the remaining five months of the mainland for a large number of year is largely increased.

The Rev. Dr. Boglo (Edinburgh),

red cardinals, a bird which has both orilliant plumage and pleas

That represented in de

for no charity, but for a debt ing song. These birds will be here stated at the meeting of the Assemb

in the autumn. Another largu ly Commission in Edinburgh that When the war broke out, he went shipment of birds will come from the situation was not very promis on,«the crown of the armed yachts.

ing. The total income of the fund were fishermen from round the Japan and will be brought here this year at the end of July was coasts. These were the men who by David T. Fullaway, entomologist £94,210. brought troops from all parts of for the board of agriculture aud the Empire, who conveyed food, forestry, who is now in the Orient. crease of shout £8,000 from the in gune, and ammunition neross the In this order will be the White seas. They had a blockade up in Eye, Yanagara, bush warbber, By Arctic waters to prevent food from catcher, Japanese robin and brown reaching the enemy, where, despite gales, heavy seas, snow, and sleet, every ship that have in sight bad to bo boarded. They had manned

tårush.

some of the previous year. agains this there had been a considerable decrease in expenditure, but unless the Church faced the situation in Song birds were practically ex. the remaining five months of the year they would have to begin their terminated in Hawaii a number of yrs ago when the mongoose reduction of the minimum alipend carcer as 'a 'United Church with a imported from India to kill rats

the trawlers and minesweepers, and which infested cane folds. Thereof £500. He was quite certain that

blown up.

if the people realized that, they would make an effort which would #ccure that no such result took

QUEEN'S

SHOWING· TO-DAY Ar. 2.30, 5:10, 7:18 & 9:20,

Laurence

TIBBETT

in

The

ROGUE

SONG

arità Catherine "Dale Owen

Laurel & Hardy

Directed by Lionel Barry?

more, Music by Frant Lehar & Herbert Stothart.

ENTIRELY in TECHNICOLOR

A Miracle of the Talking Screen!

The great Metropolitan Opera Star in a singing romance without equal! Entirely in Technicolor!

COMING SHORTLY

VILMA BANKY

A to

Lady Love

Godwyn

TALKING

STAR

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY

At 5,30 & 9 20.

AL

JOLSON

place. He appealed to the Church The Singing Fool"

jeften had not known they were

over a minefield until they had been greedy little animals also made war on birds, and only the noisy myne Many of the men of the mercan bird, which travels in great Blocks tile marine had had three or four has survived.

to see that, instead of having a ships sunk under them. They had

decrease, they advanced towards mo inflated wages, no Victoria

the Church's ideal of a minimum of Crosses, no widows' pensions, and A remarcable, radio Hookup was £400. no war gratuition. In every in achieved recently when two-way The Rev. Dr. Donald Fraser dustry there was a strike for higher communication was established be(Edinburgh) outlined a forward wages, but in the mercantile marine tween the White Star Liter Majes movement on the part of the Church, there was pover any trouble. They tic, then some 400 miles from Eng. Already, he said, the Church simply got on with the job of sav land, and an airplane flying 3,500 had committed itself to a vast num ing the war from being lost Teet over Buenos Aires. The combor of enterprises, but what they through starvation. The society munication was not by Morse but had to do now was to engage in had clothed those who had lost by two-way telephony. The reces

some enterprise which would widows and children, z

radio stations at Buenos Aires and proposed to set up a number of Captain Froggatt, who support- | Madrid.. the Spanish telephone commissions which would look into rd the appeal. said they wanto lines, the French and lines the the emraitments of th

the Church, to get a bigger and more modera submarine cable across the Chan their opportunities and their building in Manchester, so that nel, British land line to Rugby and powers of service. The whole sors would have a decont hog. Inally by Font Clicq shots. 41 Lauren of Brockhus FAN SUDAing vi to ga to. The society had homes ship". radio,

some 8,000 such an enterprise as the rESUJE, OF all over the world.

the Union last yest.

WORLD

TO-DAY to SATURDAY

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.20, -

their effects and had looked aftersary connections were made videti the untapped resources interpreter at All Performances.

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