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CENTRAL

TWENGRIE VAL

SHOWING TO-DAY

2.30, 5.10. 7.15 and 9.20 p.m.

THE SILVER SCREEN.

"QUEEN'S THEATRE.

REACHING FOR THE MOON.”

Douglas. Fairbanks has a strictly modern, fast-moving, dushing róle in his now picture for United Artists Reaching for the Moon," now showing at the Queen's Thon-

ROMANCE OF THE tre, while the humour and charm

OPERA"

AN-ALL-TALKING,

SINGING. DANGING CHINESE PICTURE.

FIRST SOUND-ON FILM PICTURE PRODUCED IN CHINA.

Featuring

Nur Mei Young

Foremost Chinese Film Star

and

Violet Wong

Known as

Tze Lo Lan

And An All Star Cast

Produced by

UNIQUE FILMS, SHANGHAI.

NEXT CHANGE

CHARLES (Buddy).

in

ROGERS *Young Eagles

Paramount Picture

BUILDING REGULATIONS IN

NEW ZEALAND,

of Bebe Daniela are given full leeway in her capacity na fominine Tend:

Edmund Coulding wrote and directed the vehicle which is up to the minute and is fully ns romantio as any

picture Fairbanks has made: Edward Everett Horton and Jack Mulhall have ungortant parts: Lavish modern settings were created by William Cameron Menzies,

"ONE ROMANTIC NIGHT.

Conrad Nagel, who is one of an all-star cast supporting Lillian Gish in United Artists" "One- Romantic Night" coming to the Queen's Theatre on Sunday, is a reader in the

Christian Scienco Church. The noted actor has as sociated himself with most of the civic and motion pictura organiza- tions in Hollywood, and is in grent demand as a speaker,

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1931.

PICTURE

THONGKONG'S FINEST ONE

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.30 P.M.

WILL ROGERS

A Connecticut

Yankee

Thrones fotter and villains tremble when

Sir Rogers unsbeathes his sword in a big way and fores forth to adventure.

ALSO

LATEST FOX MOVIETONE; NEWS

Stool Takes

A Drop

Will Rogari, the Big Shot of "Camalot, puts the cowboy sign en a brava kisight and giver him the merry vonokaround. One of the 1001 laughs In this @whirlwind of comedy....The funct niest platura iyauramhuman, 'zpoctacular, thrfiling, uniquat v

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT !

There will be Special Showings on WEDNESDAY, 14th OCTOBER

when

The Entire Proceeds are to be given to

He portrays the role of Dr. THE YANGTSZE FLOOD

Haller in this all-dialogue film version of Fereno Molnar's stage. classic Supporting Miss Giali, with him are Rod La Rocque, Marie Dressler and O. P. Heggie,

KING'S THEATRE..

A CONNECTICUT YANKEE."

Will Rogers, the Oklahoma "cow puncher, who conquered Broadway and went on to become the intimate

RELIEF FUND

The Programme will be as follows:

2.30p.m. "Charlie Chan Carries On" 6.10 pm. "Dishonored ""

7.15 p.m. Vagabond King

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9.30 pm. Don't Bet On Woman

These popular piatures have been kindly lent for the occasion by

Messrs. PARAMOUNT FILMS OF CHINA, Inc. Messrs. THE FOX FILM CORPORATION.

Booking at the Theatre. (Prices as Usual). Telephone 25818.

CHINESE STUDENTS

CHARGED.

POSSESSION OF INFLAM-

MATORY LITERATURE.

LETTERS FROM GAOL.

YOUNG FILIPINO FINED.

The case against Bonifacio Diana, the young Filipino who was charg

Charges of possession of inflamed with attempting to convey letters matory literature and importing ed before Mr. Williams at Central out of Victoria Gaol, was conclud-

ARCTIC SEARCH

ABANDONED,

ני

BROTHER ENDS QUEST FOR LOST AIRMAN..

London, October 5.-The "search

of rulers of men, in as well-known Chinese pamphlets without the per Magistracy yesterday when the de. for the two American airmen Mr. professionally as any living man, mission, of the Secretariat of fendant. was fined $40 or four Parker Cramer and Mr. Oliver

weeks' hard labour, le

But the real Rogers, the family Chinese Affairs were preferred man, the private citizen, is as little against two Chinese students at

It was stated that the letters had known as the details of the EinKowloon Magistracy yesterday, he letters for which permission to been translated and were found to stein theory.

when Mr. Fraser bound the defen- despatch could have been secured dants over in the sum of 8200 toon application to the Superinton come up for judgement in twelve, dent. months:

Pacquette, who disappeared after leaving Lerwick on August 9, is to be abandoned. Mr. Cramer's brother William, who arrived in Lerwick on Saturday after a three- thousand miles journey from New York now has no doubt the airmen perished in the North Sea. The number of fishing and consting bunts daily passing islands off the would be dealt with depart-albility of the airmen having land- mentally,

ed in a remote place

Rogers is the ideal type of father, for instance. The sort of a man who takes an unfeigned interest in the mental and physical growth of his children. But there is a Spar tan-like streak in Papa. Rogers, that entered a plea of guilty on behalt Prisoner who had written them 1 Scottish coast rules out the pos

guides the recreations of his off spring into the more robust sports No ping pong or croquet playing for them. Each of the young Rogers, as soon as he was able to toddle about, was placed astride a horse'and taught to ride.

Will Rogers, Jr., under the tute lage of his parents, has become one of the outstanding polo players on the Pacific Coast. The daughter and young Jimmy are also expert at the gaino and the Rogers family, father, daughter and two sons, fre- quently put on practice skirmishes on their private polo feld.

Reading and writing are Rogers two chief diversions when he's not out of doors. He writes all his own

One of the letters naked friends to convey them out of the releas Mr. Mossop of Messrs. Johnson,of the writer. There was nothing Stokes and Master, for the defence, objectionable in: the letters, but the

of both men.

Inspector Elston, prosecuting, and that the police had had a lot of time to investigate the case and they were satisfied that the defen- dants. did not intend to distribute the pamphlets in the Colony. They were really not so bad as some of the pamphlets which had been seized "previously. So far as the second. defendant was concerned, he was the son of a responsible con- tractor, and it was not at all like- ly that he would be one mixed up in political troubles. Inspector Elston concluded that this was the first case of importing they had

had.

Mr. Mossop remarked that he

inaterial and picks it out painfully agreed with Inspector Elston's re Building construction in New with two fingers on a portable type marka and asked the Magistrate to writer. He never keeps a carbon treat it as a technical offence. Then England will be brought under a

copy of anything. If a manuscript followed some discussion, Dominion code, if the recommendnis last, he has to do it over again. tiong of the huilding regulations Rogers, the private citizen, is which sentence as above stated wna

passed.

committee are adopted. The com- however from the conventional pat typical outdoor American, varying

mittce recommended comprehensive torn in his exhaustless fund of legislation providing for more con-humour and his insatiable curiosity tral by the State over fooal build. about what is going on in the

world. ing rogulations, also authorizing Jound bodies to demand a higher standard of construction in areas comedy is Mark Twain's "A Con- subject to earthquakes

nections Yankee," with Maureen The committee was unable to O'Sullivan, Myrna Loy, William rmuch a unanimous opinion on all Farnum and Frank Albertson,

Rogers' Tatest starring

Fox

phases of brickwork construction, directed by David Burtler, now al but its findinge in this connection the King's Theatre.

"involve the elimination of brick construction in commercial build

inge of more than three stories. For buildings over that height a

"HOUSE OF THE ARROW."

framework of steel or reinforced. Whenever I get a chance honestly concrete is recommended. Addi- to applaud a British film whole- tional Iracing in the foundations of heartedly, I seize it; and this is one wooden structures is also recon- of the occasiona The House of mended.*

the Arrow, the picturisation by

The problem of an earthquake- A. E. W. Mason's famous murder. resistant chimarg was not solved, yarn, of which I was priveleged to but the committee is proparing a pace a preview the other day, is un- draft regulation under which it be-doubtedly rattling good entertain- lieves that a stocossful; type of ment. Amyatory-thriller," it chimney construction may be both mystifies and thrills, though T evolved,

must admit I was chiody thrilled

"Intelligent and Responalbis."...

to find 100 per cent. British pro- duction so well produced, lit, staged, acted and synchronised,

Dennis Neilson-Torry would have towered above an average castin

"Much as I regret to have to he is worthily supported by Denita | say it, I never thought to hear a Hume, who gives a remarkable per body of intelligent and responsible formance, Barbara Gott, Bella men addressed in the way we were Freeman and Richard Cooper, that day."-Mr Waller Citrine thoroughly funny in a silly ass It is just as well that Mr. Citirno parts

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ha tet u know that the General The Đ House of the Arrow " is Council of the TU.C. is intellcoming to the King's Theatre soon. gent and responsible, otherwise we Look out for the opening dats. might have overlooked the fach

after

"People Who Matter

PEOPLE WHO

MATTER, to the advertizer are the people who can afford to buy his goods. Most of those people buy. and read the

Hong Kong Daily Press,

PRINCE'S THEATRE

SHOWING. TO-DAY At 2.80, 7.18 and 3.15 pm. Special Matinee at 3:15 on Saturdays and Sundays.

M.G M. Picture

LEWIS STONE and PEGGY WOOD IN

"WONDER OF WOMEN"

"Wonder of

Women"

Added Attraction

For Movietone News

NEXT OHANGE- For super production: "HOT FOR PARIS”–—–—–

An amatour photographer bast givon Mr William Cramer a cinema film of the lost men in their denarture from the Shetlands,

Mr. Cramer and his companion, at the time they met their death, were endeavouring to blage a trail for a new air mail service, from America to Europe, by way of Greenland, Iceland, the Farces and Scandinavia.

They reached the Faroes safely aud in good time but when they were forced into Larwick, in the Shotland islands, by bad weather. They got off from there but never were heard of again,

Parts of their seaplane wore taken from the son by boats but it was thought there was hope the air. men had landed on the ser, off a lonely island along the Scottish cosal and vessels were asked to keep. Mokout. All hope of finding them, hus now been abandoned,

GREAT BEAR RADIUM PROVES TO BE RICH,

Twenty tons of radium ore from Great Bear-like district are boing brought to Edmonton, Alberta, Samples already assayed showed radium content valued at 28,500 a ton. The deposit recently discover ed is believed to be richer and more extensive even thau that in the Bel gian Congo, at present the principal aqurce of supply.

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LOCAL WEDDINGS.

CEREMONY AT ST. PETER'S CHURCH.

HARRISON MALLET.

A pretty wedding took place at St. Peter's Church yesterday when Miss Macd Blaunch allot, daugh (er of Mr. C. J. Min.les, of Jersey, Chanael Islands, became the bride) of Mr. George William Harrison, The ceremony was performed by the Rov, N. L. Watkins.AN

The bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr. E.. A. Mallet. looked charming in an ensemble of blue printed georgette and picture hat to match. She carried bou quet of pink gladioli.

Mrs. H. Hall, matron of honour, wore a dress of brown and yellow with hat to match.

Mr. Ralph Dormer discharged tho dution of best man

A reception was held after the ceremony at Mosara Lano, Craw ford's Restaurant where rusny friends toasted the health of the. happy couple. They left later on their honeymoon, which, is being. speut on a yachting tour.

D'ALMADA-PEARSON,

At the Rosary Charoh, Kowloon, on Saturday, Miss Elizabeth Cathe rine Pearson was married to Mr. José Maria D'Almada Castro, the Very Rev. Father Spada officiating. The bride in a daughter of the late Mr. H. Pearson and Mrs; Pearson, the bridegroom's parents being Mr... and Mrs. J. F. D'Almada e Castro, Given away by her brother (Mr. G. W. Pearson), the bride was at tired in a dress of georgette and French lace,made by Madame Blanche, of Shanghai, and carried a bouquet of Honolulu creeper and maiden-hair forn.

Bridesmaida in attendance were the Misses M. and A: D'Almada e

QUEEN'S

THEATRE

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY AT 2.30, 510, 7.15 & 0.20.

Greatest of Modern Entertainments!

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FAIRBANK

REACHING · MOON

• •The. "Dong"" ven have asked farmen. Fürbunks of Today, Carmelch, Wall Straj:

(and ramanes shoal":

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Castro and C Botelho who were we build dressed in pastel shades of geor- zette and carried bouquets of Honolulu ereeper The flower girls, Missos Vivian nad Elaine: Rull and Margaret Xavier, wore

· promte: włumphs1 0.

dresses of pale yellow georgette, BEBE DANIELS and their bouquets were of white posies,

Mr. M. A. Xavier and Mr. F. J. Brown discharged "the duties of "best men.”.

Mrs, M. F. Rull, the, matron of honour, wore a dress of flowered chiffon. The bride's mother was dressed in beige orêpe-de-chino with hat to match, while the bride- black flowered georgette with hat groom's mother chose for her dress

to match, T

A reception was held at the resi dence of the bridegroom's parents, 4 Granville Road, and the couple Inter left for Macao on their honey moon, the bride travelling in a costume of green crêpe-de-chine with hat to match.

SANTOS TONNOCHY!

On Saturday, St. Margaret's Church, Broadwood Road, was the seeno of the marriage of Miss Hermilita Tonaochy and Mr. Del- fino Eduardo dos Santos, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. dos Santos. The Rev. Father Page offeinted at the ceremony.

The bride was dressed in white. georgette, with veil trimmed with orange blossom and carried a spray of white lies.

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"Miss Hilda Laurel, the brides- maid, wore white" georgette, and had a bouquet of roses. The flower girl was Miss Nydia Laurel,

Mr. T. F. Silva, and Mr. F. P. Laures were the gronamen

the Church: ceremony, During Father Riganti was at the organ, with Mr. Fred Abraham accom- panying on the violin,

NEXT CHANGE

JOJEJU M. SCHENCK prezente

LILLIAN GISH: One Romantic, Night

-ROD LAʼROCQUE CONRAD NAGEL MARIE DRESSLER. O-P-HEGGIE

Drised by PAUL L. STEIN Sumarhalay Divuchner

JOHN W..CONSIDINE,M,

STAR

After a reception held at 2911, Wanchai Road, the couple left ont their honeymoon at Canton, the bride'r going away costame being TO-DAY & TO MORROW of blue printed georgette.

ALLEGED THIEF TORTURED

TIMELY ARRIVAL OF POLICE.

A charge of assault on a young Chinese nt the Kung Ping Iron and Stool Works, Hennessy Roud, was preferred against four men at Contral Magistracy yesterday.

It was stated, that the police werd first attracted to the scene when they heard cries of Bave life" and on bursting open the door, the police party saw a young Chinese in an erect position with bia thumbs Two Grass Blades for One,

tied together behind his back, and In the Empire's grasslands there his arms being pulled up as far as they could by, two others pulling on le a vast store of untapped wealth, and the problem of how to make ropes passed over a beam in the two blades of grass grow where cockloft. Two other Chinese were there is now only one is engaging facing the victim, holding bundles the attention of agricultural scien-of-lighted joss-stick tists.." The importance of the quest in realised when it is stated that overy man and woman in England consumes 210 worth of grassland products a year. Grass is the raw material of milk, butter, cheese, ment, mutton, wool, and hides and is consequently the Empire's most important crop. The products of gross form 97 per cent, of the total Regarding the lighted joss sticks exports of New Zealand, 00 per the indications were that they were cent from Australia, and overused merely to give solemnity to half from the Irish Free State. About 70 per cent of the total res of the British Isles consists of glassland, and it is estimated that the British grans drop thee is the home production of grassland pro- ducte.in. worth £125,000,000 a year,

Detective Sub-Inspector loreakwy. said the victim was a Ningpo man, and be was scoured of having stolen $128. from the shop. The scene witnessed by the police party was thought to have been concerned with all attempt to force him to reveal thie, whereabouts of the ing money,

an oath required of the victim.

All four defendants who ware represented by Mr Hugh: Jones, were bound over. One of them wan further mulcted in a fine of $25 and ordered toiphy 825 as compensation "to the victim.

AT 2.30, 5.20. 7.20 & 9,20.

William

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