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CENTRAL

THEATRE

TO-DAY ONLY

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 0.20 p.m

Every girl in love- Every love lorn youth Every man and woman

will want to see this startling revelation of the love intrigues of the beautiful ladies of the most romantic court of Europe.

BOUDOIR DIPLOMAT

with

Betty Compson lan Keith

Mary Duncan Jeanette Loff

Lionel Belmore Lawrence Grant

The Spicy Affairs of

A Master Lover.

It's a 1931 Paramount

Attraction.

Sunday April 26.

S. S. Van Dina's Most Daring Philo Vance Thrill-Mystery.

Murder done before your eyes! Vaneo right on the scene! Fira

Baspecie dely you to pick tha guilty person!

That's

THE BENSON

MURDER

CASE*

with William Powell

HONG KONG SHARE

MARKET.

BENJAMIN & POTTS' WEEKLY REPORT.

Messrs. Benjamin & Potts, in their weekly report, slate:-

Business "has continued brisk daring the period under review and with few exceptions we have again to report a further improve- ment in prices.

Banks.-Hong Kong and Shang- hai Banks were placed at the out set nå $2,050, but the London rato has since receded to £107 (Middle). and they are to be had locally at $2,025.

Marine and Fire Insurances. Lalons were taken off the market nt 8025 and $30 and close firm. China Fires continuo in demand at $523. Underwriters were booked up to 85.20, but have since receded to $4.00. Cantons are on offer no $1,400. Hong Kong Fires have re-

mained steady at $1,200,

Shipping.-Hong Kong, Canton & Macau Steamboats have hardened and are wanted at 8271 'after sales at this rate, Douglas Steamships ean he placed at $21. Bearers have sagged Waterboats are inchanged.

"Shell"

10 50/3.

Docks, Wharves and Godowns, Kowloon Wharves were bought up to $105.90 but closed with sellers at 125. Whumpon Docks were realised again at 829. China Pro- vidents under persistent demand rose during the week to 83.80 and $2 for the Old and New shares respectively, and have been the meilium of a large turnover. Hong- kew Wharves are in request at Tls. 400. Shanghai Dooks have fallen away to T, 108j.

Lands, Hotels and Buildings. Hong Kong Lands showed consider able strength for a few days and as high as 888 was paid, but the market has since weakened and closes with sellers at 3874, Hong Kong Hotels are firmer and were placed to a fair extent up to $15.30, Reallys have not maintained the 'rise of the last week and have gone back to buying rate of 80.00 Humphreys Estates after sales at $17 are on offer at 817.45. Shang. hai Lands are wanted at Tla. 40.

Public Utilities. Business

Wis

recorded in Hong Kong Electries at the improved price of $701. China Lights were dealt in exten- sively at various rates up to $27 and closed with buyers at this rate. Hong Kong Trams have also stiff ened and were booked at $181. "Star" Ferries have advanced further to 801. Telephones (partly paid) have weakened and sales were annde down to 9411.

Miscellaneous.-A large business has been done in Green Island Cements (Combined) and the mat. ket cloned at 819.70, The recovery in Hong Kong Ropes made further progress and a strong demand for the shares lifted the price to 818:40.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1931.

THEATRE

KING'S

HONCKONC'S FINEST CINEMA

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30.

JACKIE COOGAN MITZI GREEN

Amorios farmpits geancer adormitior the d of the ivight and thrills in Mik Train's Joyas Osmily.

THE WORLD'S GREATEST

JUNIOR STARS!

JACKIE COOGAN

TOM

SAWYER"

A story unsurpassed

in all fiction for heart-

felt human drama and light-hearted fun I

{Garamount Picture

MITZI GREEN

Jackie Coogan, "The Kid," grows up! Now he talks for the first timel

And the most popular

Pert

girl on the screen. and pretty, Mitzie Green.

Mark Twain's immortal

classic for the first time on

the screen,

Booking at Theatre, Phones: 25313, 25330.

'STAND BACK!" TO certificate.

DOCTOR.

As I am not in the band.

He has done his best to habit of carrying the certifiente in keep her away from temptation, 10c, I was therefore unable to hut he does not seem to have been comply with this "intelligent" re-

very successful,"

A FURTHER ALLEGATION OF ❘ quest.

"BULLY-HANDLING.".

OFFER OF HELP REFUSED

DISCOURTEOUSLY.”

Dr. J. C. Ashton, of Choricy Wood and Hickmansworth, Heite, who alleged that he had been "bully-handled" by the polico while tending the dying and in jured at the Royal Scot express train wash at Leighton Buzzard, told a representative of a London daily that his attention had been drawn to a report of the inquest,"

"I have read that the foreman

of the jury said that there were no grounds and not the slightest

Baid.

Dairy Farms closed appreciably justification for my allegation," higher at 820h. Constructions spurted, to 80.00 ex the dividend of 30 cents just paid. Lane Craw- fords were taken off the market at the enhanced price of 25.80 and $3.05. Amusements (Old) after having risen to 274 have eased off to 820 buyers.

Mining. There are enquiries for Venezuela Goldfelds at $34. Ben- quels continue in demand at 801. Kailans are unchanged,

Cotton Mills.-Ewos were realis ed at Ts. 141 and Tls. 14.05 and elose at Tls. 14.20. Shanghai Cot.

Stand Back!"!" -

As he still refused to let us pass, I had to produce some papers which bore my name and title It seemed to me that this was a piece of unnecessary obstruction, but it was nothing to what followed.

On my return after weing Miss Lang, as I was going to the wreck- age had to pass through a group.

Mra, McArthur's nolicitor, Mr. Cinude Hornby, made an appeal for leniency for the sake of her husband and their two-year-old son. This was the first time she had gone shopping alone. Before this her husband had taken her shop ping in his motor-car.

Woman. Detective,

A woman detective said that she of officials and police. I tappel had seen Mrs. McArthur "acting a senior police officer on the should

THE SILVER SCREEN.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

"WHOOPEE."

The bends, millions of them, ye quired in the hundreds of costumes in "Whoopee," the picture at the Queen's Theatre čaus from prison factories in Navada and Idaho Because of special site as colour requirements, unobtainable where except in distant Italiaa workshops, the bonds were made and woven entirely by convicts and Indians. Samuel Goldwyn and Florenz Ziegfeld figure they saved six weeks' time and a great deal cf money for the Eddie Can- for screen musical comedy in this manner. The costumes were đu signed by John Hatkrider, of the Ziegfeld staff.

"BILLY THE KID."

Fiddling around the edge of the Grand Canyon on an old-fashioned side-saddle is not exactly, a treat; according to Kay Johnson.

Because of their danger on mouri- tein trails, side saddles for ladies have not been permitted at the Canyon for many years. Special Miss permission was granted to Johnson, because scenes in King Vidor's "Billy The Kid," which will open at the Queen's Theatre on Sunday, required her to be dressed and mounted as in the 50'. And girls fresh from Eng: Innd didn't ride cowboy "stock" saddles in those days.

CENTRAL THEATRE.

"THE BOUDOIR DIPLOMAT.”

Mary Dunean went to buy a house and compromised by purchas- ing a pair of Pomeranian pups! Attending the auction of a reaid- ends in Hollywood during the pro- duction of "The Boudoir Diplo mat," the sophisticated. Universal comedy which will be shown for the last time to-day at the Central Theatre, Miss Duncan inspected the house and decided not to bid, hut found herself strongly attracted to a brace of tiny pooches bolonging to the owner, and named respec tively "Ping" and "Pong."

Lionel Belmore, who playa (a

prominent rolo in "The Boudoir Diplomat," the daring Universal comedy, casily qualifies as one of the screen's leading transatlantic commuters, even though he has not crossed the ocean in the past 20 years. But during his earlier stage Career he divided his activities be. tween England and the United States, and made a total of 33 round trips. Across the Atlantic.

Both Lawrence, Grant and Andre

Universal's scintillating comedy Beranger, who appear in important roles of "The Boudoir Diplomat," are true cosmopolites, having lived for varying periods in many wide- y scattered parts of the world. Mr. McArthur told the magistrate Grant has lived in London, New that she had been a good wife and York, Monte Carlo, Boulogno-and mother and had no real need to Hollywood; while Beranger has been "at homo” in London, Paris, steal, for she had access to plenty-Berlin, Amsterdam and Sydney

passing through and said "Excuse bags." She followed the woman to er to indicate that I intendal suspiciously with customers' hand. me, I'm a doctor, and I would other shops and put other detee like to get through."

tives on to her.

His reply was "Stand back!” I protested and said that I was anxious to get back to give such assistance as I could, but he again replied "Stand back!" and adne i My orders are that no one is to go through,

th."

of money.

"But I repeat that the police al-

Once more I protested and paint- titude was very bad, I am perfected out that he was unreasonable. ly willing to attend the inquest to but his reply was a sharp and dia. give evidence.

courteous "Stand back! I w18 HONG KONG METEOROLOGIDAI 85 amazed at this extraordion "y treatment that I simply turnel away.

"Indeed, I had already sent a letter to the Chief of the Bucking hamshire police before I saw the newspaper account of the inquest."

The letter reads:

SIB, There have been references in the Press to the bullyhand

"Public Incensed,”

This incident has received wids publicity, and from communic tions I have received I learn that

REGISTER,

Hong Kong Observatory, April 91,

Previous On Dato;Un Date

Day

at

at 4 p.m. 10 a.m.

ling" of a doctor by officers of the the public are incensed that a loc Barometer... 29.04 Buckinghamshire Constabulary. !

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39.01

73

at.

4 p.m.

29.05

72

83

HHH

yes, and Hollywood, too. The duration of thoir residence in ench of these cities was at lenzt a year, in every case.

KING'S 'THEATRE.

TOM SAWYER."

America's greatest trio of child actors were all born to the stage. Evidences of their inherited gifty are apparent in "Tom Sawyer " the Paraniount filmization of the Mark Twain classic now showing at the King's Theatre with Jackie Coogan as Tom, Mitzi Green as Becky Thatcher and Junier Durkin As Huckleberry Finn. Highest open-air Temperature, 23170 Jackie's parents are both 'staga Lowest open-air Temperature, 24:63falk. His father, Jack Coogan,

Direction

# am the doctor referred to, and I tor's offer of assistance at this Temperature tons are offering Tla, 108. Zoong foel it is only fair to you that deplorable accident was perem- Humidity .... Sings have lapsed to a nominal you should be in possession of the torily questioned and discourteous Wind quotation of Tls. 113.

facts at first hand. The circacay refused by the police. Rubber.-Rubber touched tho stances of the incident aro briefly new low record of 2.13/16d. per lb. these. during the week. The latest tabled quotations from the North aro given below:---

Angio-Javan Anglo-Dutch Batu Anams Chemors Consolidateds Kroewocks

Tls, 480 Buyers

3.00

25

a Amasound Plater

.78

31

1.20

1.10

"

*

Repahs

"

40

Tanah Meraha

1+

.75

Tobongs

1

1.30

Zinngber

1.50

with

WILLIAM POWELL

as PHILO VANCE

Booking at Anderson's and

the Theatre (Tel. 25720).

Forward Settlement Daya.-April 28, May 28 and June 4, 1031.

DIVORCE ACTION.

-F-M:8-OFFICIAL GRANTED DEOREE NÍSI.

Tended Dying Girl.

I would like, however, to nd that the extraordinary treatment moted out to me by membera of your force will not deter me firm offering my services at any other in similar circumstane's should they be needed. But I do feel that some assurance should be given by you that other doctors will not run the risk of similar t struction and humiliation at the hands of your body of police.

I am Dr. Ashton. I live Rickmansworth. About one o'clock | time on Sunday afternoon I heard that there had been a terrible railway necident. Feeling that the services of medical men might he needed. I drove straight over to Leight Buzzard. I spoke to a doctor; understand that his name is Dr. Cooper. He appeared to be in charge and I learned from him

At the offices of the Chief Con- stablo of Buckinghamshire, at Ayles. bury, it was stated that no state- that any help that could be givon|mont could be made in reply to Dr. would welcomed.

While waiting for the breakdown men to remove the debris which was pinioning Miss Lang (one of

Ashton's lotter.

STEALING.

HUSBAND'S PLEA,

Богра Weather Rain....

3

0.11 0.00 0.03

B-Blue sky; C-Cloudy; Das one of the best soft shoe, cecen. tric dancers of the vaudeville stage. Drizzle; F-Fog; L-Lightning is mother was Lillian Dolliver, M-Mist; O-Overcast: P-Passing who at the age of five was known showers; Q-Squalls; R-Rain; T~ as Baby Lillian in Little Lord Thunder,

Fauntleroy ** and was later in vaudeville with Rena Rogers,

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE. From April 26 to May 1, 1931. HIGH WATEE. LOW WATER,

Hong

A woman who has plenty of money was ford f20 at Marylebone | Sat, 25 for the theft of a customer's hand- bag and a cost and skirt from Oxford Street shop.

the victima, who died Inter] and WIFE WITH A MANIA FOR hor mother, I chatted with the sup erintendent of police, After Miss Lang-bad doon rescued and takon. to the waiting room an official ran up to me and said: "Doctor, we want you to attend to Miss Lang." London, April 18.In the Divorce I attended to the girl, and, fecid- Court to-day a decreo nisi wasing that her condition was serious, granted to Mr. H. C. F. Rodda, ordered her immediate removal to Assistant Commissioner of Police, the hospital.

I supervised her removal, and F.M.B., on the ground of the mis-

then thought that my services might conduct of his wife, Gertrude Marguerite Rodds, with H. F. be needed at the wreck, and went Coleman, an offloor of the Sherwood back. Previous to this, at du faof Foresters, in which which Mr. bridge, a policeman declined to al-Rackmount Bond Upper Norwood, Wed 29 Rodda served.

low me to pass, and when I told B.E.

Obviously this woman has a Thur 30 The suit was undefondod-The-him I was a doctor, he said How Court approved of an agreement am I to believe that He would mania for stealing," the magistrate by which the corespondent will not accept my word for, 'it, and (Mr. Bingloy) declared. "She has Fri pay £2,500 damages, to be settled eventually demanded that I should seven previous convictions.. on the wife.

produce my motorcar insura scolam very sorry for her unhappy hus

The woman was Mrs. Mary Me Arthur, the 28-year-old wife of a fact, 28 London business man, living at

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Mitzi's father and mother aro Joe Keno and Rosie Green, woll known as a vaudaville team. Ior Mitzi mother, whose last name has adopted, was once Ziegfeld specialty dancer and was featured with Fannie. Brice and Mag Mur-

ray. Mitzi's father began with an Arab troupe of his own through Amorien and Europe, making ap pearances before King George and King Alfonso.

Junior Durkin's mother Florence Edwards, well-known in stock and New York actress before

́ ́13 28 - | 0,4 -- 29 80 − ̄| 0·9 · her marriage. Junior, haa, two sisters, Grace and Gertrude, both 100 of whom have been in numerous 40 stage productions. Gertrude tour ed in vaudeville with Junior in The Little Vagabond for n soason after Junior's success on Bill, the boy in

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"The Mighty." "Street of Chanée," 1441 18 The Texan,"

and For the

Defense,

MOVIELAND

«THE WEEK

QUEEN'S

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

AT

230, 5,10, 7:15 & 9,20%

Marvellous .Snappy

Gay!

EDDIE

CANTOR

Whooper

Powalion

EN KANN

PIAM ANTHON KÜRE of TECHNICOLOR

Ziegfeld has outdone himself

in this, the most gorgeous of all spectacles !

Added Attraction **AN IRISH

FANTASY"

UNITED ARTISTS'

SPECIALETTE.

SPECIAL GRAPHIC SCENES

OF

LOCAL TRAIN DISASTER

- TO-MORROW

KING

VIDOR

who made "The Big Pa rade," now brings the talkle's mightiest drama!

BILLY the KID

John Mack

BROWN

Wallace BEERY Kay Johnson Karl Dane

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