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CENTRAL THEATRE

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW ONLY

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20p.m.

A

bullet-proof

baby from the backwoods, gets forward with the boys!

DANGEROUS NAN MCGREW

Like the North-west. Mounties.

She gets her inan.

WITH

HELEN KANE

a Parcancunt Pictur

Showing Saturday,

Thrill-Shot Drama of Life and Love

EVELYN BRENT

and

REGIS TOOMEY

in

"FRAMED"

Stirring exposure of war to the death between the long arm of the law and its scheming enemies!

Booking at Anderson's mid

the Theatre (Tol. 25720).

LONDON SPIRITUALIST

PLAY.

(Continued from. Page 13

an unmistakably fleshly, and sentient "earthworm. A gorgeous curtain in. 'deed!

Mr. Huxley allows Hugo after- wards to soften the blow by talking vaguely of tkpathy and, thus in part to rehabilitate the odipus medium.. How Spiritualists will hata the medium!

Something In It? But what actually dues Mr. Huxley demonstráte? Not that spiritualism is a 'falsehood. Not being a Spiritualist-I offer Spiritu- alista, with all diffidence, that con solation.

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

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1 to 11.30 a.m.-Stock quotations, 11.30 am-Chiuese programme. 12.00 pm-European programme.

{ p.n.~Local Lime, weather report,

1:30 pln.---Rugby Press news, ete. 2 p.-Cluse down.

6 to 8 p.m.-Europeu programme Columbin records supplied

by Messrs. Anderson Music Co. 0,1 6.15 p.m.-

Band Selections.

Petticoat Lane". (A " Kosher "

Medley) (arr. Parry).-Debroy Souter's Band.

• Russian Pantagy" (arr. Lange and Somers).-Debroy Somer's Hand.--1830,

Ivan Cary Memorira" (Ivan Caryl)-Debroy Somer's Band. Paul Rubens Memories" (Paul Rakens)--Debroy Somer's Band,

---992.

4.14 1 7, p.m.—

· Concert Items,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1931.

Booking

at

the

Theatre

Phones:

Stang

Fairy Went A-Mar- keting (Fyleman and Good- hart).-Dame Clara Bail (Coo- traito).-PBS.

25313,

25330,

and

Violin Solo - "Sicilienne

(Francoeur-Kreis- Rigaudon" le)-Arthur Catterall.-0010, Song My Sweetheart When a Boy (Enoch and Morgan).— William Heseltine (Tenor).-

0397.

Chorn Loch Lomon " (arr. Williams). Barclay's Bank Male Voice Choir.

Chornt Studies in Imitation.""

Barclay's Bank Male Voice Choir.-0901.

Piano Solo-" Prelude in G Sharp Minor" (Rachmaninoff).

William Murdocir.-5167.

Soug She Wandered Down the Mountain Side" (Stephen- Sand, Clay).-Dorn Labbette (Soprano).-0377. Song" Simon" the

Cellarer "

(Bellamy and Hatton)-Nor- ma Allin (Bass).

Song" Roll On, Thou Dark and Deep Blue Ocean."-Norman Allia (Boss)-9807,

7 p.n-Stock quotations.

7.03 10 7.30 p.m.--From the Studio: Lecture by the Rev. Mr. G. T. Waldegrave M.A., on

"The Boy Scout Movement,”.

7.30 to 7.18 p.m.-

Planoforte Solos

•

**Marche Militaire " (Schubert,

Rr. Tausig).-William Mur doch.-2273,

(a) "Waltz in A Flat" (Brahma), (b) Spring Song" (Mendels- sohn).-William Murdoch.

"Lichstraum" (Dream of Love)

(Liszt).-William Murdoch.

0274.

M.-18 to 8 p.m.-

Octettes..

Memories of Tschaikowsky" (arr. Sear). The J. H. Squire Cele ste Octette.-19. Second Movement from

phonie Pathetique (Tschai kowsky, arr. Robertson).-The I. . Squire Celeste Oetette.-

999.

Sym-

8p.-Local time and weather

report.

9.02 to 10.25 p.ni-Chinese studio

concert.

FICATE,

10.25 pm-Rugly mid-day Press

10.30 p.m.-Close down.

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Mr. Eddy: No,

"Se one did slip out on this oc- casion," commented his lordship amid laughter.

Asked if it was Still Alive,

Mr. Charles Edward Bence, at whose office the parties had an in- terview, said that Mr. Nash said his terms would be 5 per cent, on the proceeds of the ticket. first thing I asked," added Mr. Bence. "was if the horse was still

Mr. Eddy added that Mr. Shop heard, having obtained the ticket, desired to be advised as

to his position, and was put in touch with Mr. Nash, a man of atand-alive,"

The winner of £5,500 in the ing in his occupation and a memo- Stock Exchange Mutual Subscrip.ber of the Beaufort Club. They tion Fund in connection with the met on May 20. Mr. Nash advised Derby last year was the defendant Mr. Shepheard to sell a half-share in an netion heard by Mr. Justice in the ticket. Charles in the King's "Bunch-Divį. sion.

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Mr. John Simpson Shepheard, of Lanarkmansions, Pennard-row, Shepherd's bush, who drew lind, which was second in the race, was

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Sold Half Share for £550.

Mr. Nash was employed by Mr. Shepheard to act for him with regard to the sale of a half share, and Mr. Nash was to receive & per cent. of any value the ticket might

"The

Mr. Justice Charles: You are an

insurance broker. (Laughter.)

Mr. Binneo White said it was

pleaded that the fand was a lot tery, and that the alleged agree. ment was consequently illegal. It was beyond argument, counsel ad- ded, that the Stock Exchango sweepstake was an illegal lottery, and it was therefore illegal to sell a share of the ticket or a share of

sued by Mr William Thomas Nash, I have, On Derby Day Mr. Shop. the chance in that lottery,

a turf commission agut, of Ful- heard went to Epson and had the hain road, Fulham, for £277 108 decommission on the sale of a half.

Many valves, whilst functioning perfedly well as amplifiers or tectors are apt to give trouble on Mr. Huxley says the "interpreta- account of the microphone noisea tion does not fit the facts. But if which arise owing to vibration.

share of the ticket.

Judgment was given for Mr. Shepheard with costs.

Tho, defence was that it was not Mr. Nash's duty to sell any part

of the ticket

Mr. J. P. Eddy appeared for the plaintiff, and the defendant was represented by Mr. G. H. Blanco White.

satisfaction of seeing Iliad come in second. Before his departure Mr. Shepheard did not.inform Mr. Nosh that he (Mr. Shepheard) had sold a halfshare in the ticket for £350..

Mr. Shepheard said that he shared the ticket with some rela tires Ho asked if the commission was on the total prize money, and Mr. Nash replied: "No; only what the balf-share is sold for." He did not ask Mr. Nash to protect his interest in the ticket or to act

as his agent.

THE SILVER SCREEN.

QUEEN'S, STAR AND WORLD THEATRES.

"TRADER HORN."

Segren celebrities in Africa are known by nanes far different from those Hollywood calls them. The natives rename them all. For in- stance, when W. S. Van Dyke and. his Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer troupe invaded the DarkContinent to Alm "Trader Horn," now playing simultaneously at the Queen's, Star and World Theatres, they soon' found themselves re-christened..

Van Dyke became known to the natives as Bwana Mocuba," which, literally translated, means "Big Boss," far he was chief of the motorized safari shoving into' the jungles.

Duncan Renaldo, the Peru of the cast, was known as " Bwana. Toto," which means "The Young One," and Edwina Booth, the heroine, was nicknamed by a native appelln- tion that meant Miss Fow Clothes," Her costume accounteil. for that. Harry Carey, who played Trader Horn, Wak

Bwann Kiboko," or "Mr. Hippopotamus," because he was the largest man in the parts.

In the villages, where natives sometimes ser an ancient moving picture exhibited by a traveling showman, other names were picked up. John Gilbert is known s "Bwana Kidogo," which means "Black Hair," and the late Lon Chaney was known as "Bwana Simba" (Lion), because he played savage roles, Buster Keaton is call- ed Kufanoo," which "wild" or "crazy"

cas

CENTRAL THEATRE,

"DANGEROUS NAN MCCREW,"

'Dangerous Nan McGraw" ia coming to the Central Theatre to- day. Helen Kane is the title-róle player in this picture of wild and wooly. Klondike clowning. It is the first picture in which she, has ever been billed as the leading person. ality.

She

attained the distinction through her good work in her three earlier Paramount comedica- Nothing But the Truth" with Richard Dix; "Pointed Heein" with William. Powell, Fay Wray and Skeets Gallagher: and "Sweetie " with Nancy Carroll

| and. Jack Oakie. ·

"Dangerous Nan McGrew "is an original story by Charles Bealinn and Garrett Fort. It has a multi- tude of uproarious comedy, situa- tions and a nice balance of thrills and romance. Then there are the songs that Helen Kane sings along with her inimitable buffoonery.

"Dangerous Nan McGrew". is the atory of a singer in a travelling "medicine show" who doubles in Annie Oakley obligatos on a re- peating rifle. Marooned at the hunting lodge of a wealthy family in the wilda of Canada's royal Northwest, the show personnel is pressed into the domestic circle as talent for a grand masked ball. It is at this brillinut jambores that Helen Kane captures an escaped criminal and wins not only the reward of $10,000 but the heart of Stuart Erwin.

KING'S THEATRE.

THE BIG TRAIL."

Raoul Walsh, Fox film director. bringing to the audible screen the supreme effort of his directorial life, "The Big Trail," a re-enact ment of the perils,, the courage, and the romance of the pioneers of the Mr. Justice Charles, giving judg-West. specializes in doing, the un- ment, said that he could not rely Shop-upon Mr. Nash's account with any certainty. No advies given by Mr. Nash could affect the unsold half

"As a result of drawing Ilind Mr. Shepheard became possessed of £5,500," said Mr. Eddy.

Counss) added that Mr. heard declined to remunerate Mr. Nash for the part he had played in giving advice and selling & half share in the ticket, and that re, fusal 'led to the present action.

Mr. Nash, giving evidence, said ho was introduced to Mr. Shop-

of the ticket. The term attached to the earning of Mr. Nash's con

telepathy is his explanation of This noise is not always due to the authentic messages from the manset being touched, but may arise who came back, what is his ex- from other sound waves impinging planation of the messages presum-upon the glass walls of the valve hly conveyed by the same method or owing to vibration. The trouble from the many who do not so un- might be overcome in many ways luckily return. We remain just as which can be improvised. For in-

Mr. Eddy said that Mr. Nash before, both as to the interpretation stance, a strong spring faced with based his claim on a vábal agroo electrician's rubber tape may be mont between Mr. Shepheard and And the naked truth according to clipped upon the valve, the two himself. The claim areas out of Huxley? Surely the truth which ends of the spring gripping one what was popularly called the breaks down the barriors of thin each side; or another dadge is to Stock Exchange Sweepstake of heard, who knew nothing about vital part of the contract.

rlationships is something different place the set upon four pieces of 1080, but was known as the Stock from telling a woman in love with sponge rubber. Very often a valve you that you and her physically res becomes unduly microphonic when pulsivo. Mr. Huxley is rather too the filament in overlonded, and this literal-minded..

and as to the facts.

But, apart altogether from donnay be overcome by reducing the nish quips and its know-nothing brightness to the lowest point ut philosophy, this is a dramath and which gaul meration is obtainable profoundly interesting pixy.

Exchange Mutual Subscription Fund, which was confined to inem bors of the Stock Exchange,

"Bincs vien ?" asked Mr. Justice Charles

racing, and so far as witness know. had never made a bet in his life. One of the conditions was that nobody but witness would act with regard to the disposal of half share in the ticket.

Cross-examined, Mr. Nash said Pie Lordship Mr. Shepherd is ally to coll half a share of the

that his business was: not specific not a member of the Stock Ex.ticket for Mr. Shepheard, but to

The Inst ton or twelve years,” replied Mr. Eddy, ・

And all Spiritualists will spit Also reducing the high-tension

voltage is some times helpful. change!

upon it.

advise and protect him.

mission was that he should do some. thing. He (the judge) believed tho advice given by Mr. Nash to be absolutely negligible, and not a

It did not become necessary to say whether the Stock Exchange Mutua! Subscription Fund was n sweepstake or lottery. "It has got a very good mame," added, the judge amid laughter.

His lordship found that the should sell this half ticket, and agreement was that Mr. Nash that he never did wil-it, and wis

not entitled to be remuneratod.

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oxpected.

During his long career, Walsh has "What price Glory;" produced

Thief of Bagdad," "The Cockey: ed World," "The Honour System,' "Loves of Carmen" and fifty other notable successes. "The Big Trail" vividly re-enacts the stirring in- cidents in the lives of the early settlers in North America as they fought their way west in search of a new and more fertile homeland. fore than 20,000 players enact this

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ADVENTURE BOUND Trader Horn's party navigaten river infested with crocodiles. Arrival at cannibal village. Find skeleton of tortured victim.

(20-9:10)

THE WILD "JUJU** Bruma of "Juju*' witchcraft set: tribe in blood-last frenzy. The escape. Boat almost upset when wounded alligator attacks it.

(3+48-9:45)

THROUGH SAVAGE AFRICA

To the rescue of Nin.. White - Goddess of the Blacks. Wild anti

mali impede their progress Leopard and hyens in death gripple.

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Rhinos smell humán flesh. The attack Nailve trampled by charg.” ing rhino. The shot that saved! human life

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AFRICA Beautiful white girl raised by can. nibala. She rules black tribe with bestial cruelty. Arrival of white) men. The escape with White Goddess!

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