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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1932.

"WICKED" AT

KING'S.

DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS IN THE REALMS OF

HONG KONG STOCK

EXCHANGE.

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with what was alleged to be a "poisonous hand." The baby had died. She pleaded guilty but ask ed how could she help it if babica did die sometimes when she pick- ed them up

That which perplexed the lecturer more than anything was what he called "clair-audition and clair- [$1,410 | voyanen" instances of each of which

he illustrated. $476

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Telophones (fully pd.)

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310

3803

$100

Dotton Milla

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Alter the lecture, which lasted about an hour, lantern slidos wore shown representing fortresses of solid blocks of stone laid one upon the other with galleries from which it appears stones can be hurled

down upon assailants, men, women and children all nssisting in a truly communist manner in fetch- ing stones to build these fortresses.

The audienco was also shown various pictures of the "yonag blades" of villages, one in parti. cular wearing three feathers in his headgear to indicate three scalps| he had collected. These people have not yet passed the stone age and wonderful slides of standing stones were shown, and the man- ner in which these Oriental stone- honges are erected was explained.

Stones are of enormous height, moved by harnessing possibly as many as 600 persons to a sledge to drag it to its foundations.

EWO COTTONS.

INTERIM DIVIDEND

ANNOUNCED.

Massra Benjamin and Potts have received a telegram from their Shanghai Office stating that the Ewo Cotton Mills, Limited, are paying an interim dividend of 35 candareens for the year 1932.

"A blonde in your arms is worth six in your address book," muses Spencer Tracy as he hugs Jean Harlow in the Fox pro- duction "Goldie," in which he is starred with Warza Hymer.

T

'SHE WANTED A

MILLIONAIRE."

BEAUTY CONTEST DRAMA

A trade notice states:- He started out to bo. Doctor

such notables as Una Merkel, James Kirkwood, Dorothy Peterson, Doug las Cosgrove, Donald Dillaway, and Lucille La Verne, not to men tion the many famous beauties who appear in the beauty parado se

quence.

SARAWAK.

Tracy, but ended up by being MARRIAGE OF TUAN

Killer Mears, St. Louis,"

Billy MUDA'S DAUGHTER. "Bugs Raymond" and Kelly," locomotive engineer. The gentleman in question is Spencer Tracy, who, with Joan Bennett is GIVEN AWAY BY RAJAH OF

Fox romantic featured in the drama, She Wanted A Million- aire," which opens next Sunday atį the King's Theatre and the above sobriquets are the characters he has portrayed on the stage and screen "The Last Mile." "Up the River," "Quick Millionaire" and his current production.

in

It was his sensational perform. ance na Killer Hoare" in "The Last Mile" that first brought him before the attention of moivedom, and after some spirited bidding for! his services he was induced to sign a Fox contract and enact his first screen role, "St. Louis," the ro nowned jail-breaker in the riotous comedy, Up The River." "Quick; Millions," "e Cylinder Love" and

London, Aug. 4.The marriage has taken place of Elizabeth, the second daughter of the Tuan Muda and the Dayang Muda of Sarawak, and Liont. Terzance A, K. Maun soll, R.N., eldest son of Capt, and Mrs. Ernest Maunsell, Dennistoun, St. Albana.

The bride was given away by H. H. tho Rajah of Sarawak.

The engagement was announced in May of this year.

The "Tuan Muda is Capt. Ber- tram Brooks, brother of the Rajah, Sir Charles Vyrar Brooke. He married a Miss Palmer, daughter of one of the members of the famous Goldie" followed in quick sue. biseiut frm of Huntley and Palmer, cession, and now comes what is re- Reading, and they have four child- ported to be his finest characterizaren, Joan, now Mrs. Maunsell, tion in "Bho Wanted A Million- Anne and Antoni. aire."

This film which was directed by John Blystoas from the sorcen play SAIGON-M'LLES AIR of William Anthony McGuire, tells the dramatic side of beauty con test, both national and interna ternational. In addition to Miss Bennett and Tracy, its cast includes ously.

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The Dayang Muda recently created a sensation by embracing Islam in spectacular fashion in a cross-Channel neroplane, after ronouncing the Roman Catholic re ligion to which she became a con- vert only a couple of years previ-

THE

STORY OF A WOMAN'S PRISON.

Maolagon, though a

poor role for that cheerful swashbuckler of the scrcon) and he sees her through, even to the point of recovering the child that a she-dovil in the pori- tion of a head of a charity" institu- tion, had tricked Elisan into ro nouncing for good and all:

The film tells the same story as "Wicked," the film with Elissa

Galsworthy's "Escape," showing Landi in the lead, which is show. [

that a non-criminal person may, by. ing at the King's Theatre, is an

an unthinking net, commit a crime example of fine acting, capable for which society exacts vengeance.

story-telling and skilful directing.

It is a terrible, problem, for, after On the other hand it is not every-all, the laa must place a heavy one's film, being a somewhat tragic penalty on such offences, as long as picture of an American prison for

human nature remains what it is, 'women.

and, also, prison has got to mean punishment. "Wicked," jorks one up had against reality with a very exciting story.

The horaine, in an attempt to help her crook hushinnd shoots policeman and is duly sent to prison where her bady is born. The prison is humanely managed and both the oficials and her fellow convicts are as kind to the unhappy heroine na circumstances allow, One scene where a cynical shop-lifter tells the eards and expresses her philosophy in life leads up to 'an incident of real dramatic power.

Our heroine has better fortune than most, for she has a devoted lover (adequately played by Victor,

Miss Laura Guerite.

Miss Laura Guerite gives a numm- ber of her popular songs and some amusing patter. At the 7.20 p.m. house she showed what a fine artist she is, for the audience, 3 little largely Chinese, puzzled and subdued. Miss Guorite, however, gave of her beat, and her, impersonations of "George Bel- cher Indios" soon had the house in roars of laughter.

WAL

Joan Bennett, who empener in Fan Morielone Productions.

THE WING ON CO., LTD.

ANNOUNCES

THE ALTERATION OF

BUSINESS HOURS

R.B.

WEEK DAYS,

FOL

FROM G.P.O.

FROM SHKUNGWAN BRANCE P.O.

From G.P.O.

PROX SHEUNGWAN BRAXOX 2.0.

Samshui and Wochow (B5) 4,00 p.m.

dirocs steamer) ...

7.15 am. & $7.00 1.10. ( 7.15 mm, & } ƒ 7:00 am &

17.00 p,m

(8.00p.m.

17.00 p.m. 0,00p.m.

4.00 pa

WEEK DAYS: 9 A. M.

TO 8.30 P.M.

Macao & Teinshan

Kongmon (azoept Saturdays)| Kakong (orupt Saturdays).

Fabihan and Wanbow (By 2:

Train)

Tai O

Tai Po

Shamchan

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1.00 p.m.

*** 18.00 pm.

6.00 ..

(7,15& (7,80 m. ....11.15 p.m.

11.30 p.m.

1,00p.m. 6.00p.m.

4,00 p

('8,15 mm. &] ('8 30 sm. &

1.15 p Sundays 8.15.10.

9,00 8.01.

To Rangoon (Bur

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1000

To Calcutta (Bri

180 Pa Bandaya

tish India.).... 2000

0.30

0.72

To Karachi (Bri-

7:18-Apr

Lonly

5.00 pm.

7.10.4.1-

(10 p.m.

8,30 am. Lonly

600 p

tish India).......

6400

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To Djnsk (Persia) 8400

1.54

To Boukir (Persia) 7300

1.75

To Bagdad (Irak) 8300

2.00

To Bayrouth

———(Syria)-—-verander

-1200.

-2.21

To Custo roano

11.00 mm

(Asia Minor)

9000

9.38

1000 a.m. &

9.00 mm,

To Athems (Greece) 10500:

2.52

2.79

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11.00 A

18,00 pm

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$11.00

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(France)

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1 & 6.00pm.

15.00 p.m.

8,00 1,1

12.80 px 8.30.10.

8.00 1.10.

11.00 8,80 2.2.

10.80

Aberdeen

Stanley

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Pingatan Santia

Shatin,

Sistankok and Shoung-

3.30.

Salkung Mantan. Brétis & Tairing

4.30 0.111

10.80 8.m.

7,00p.m

To Naples (Italy) 11000

12300-3,00

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SUNDAYS: 12 NOON TO 8.30

COMMENCING

15th August, 1932.

8.30 P.M.

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