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TODAY AND TOMORROW

THE LAUGHS BEGIN WHEN MARION BECOMES PLAYBOY BOB'S SECRETARY

IT'S HILARIOUS!

IT'S A PANIC!

MARION DAVIES MONTGOMERY

To pretty to balda

joh... but how she

could bald » man!

EVER SINCE EVE

FRANK McHUGH

PATSY KELLY

ALLEN

JENKINS

A CORIOLITIS

As anther full of

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Presented by Warner Bros. · A. Pirat National Plecare • Diranted by Lloyd Bang Buses Play by Lausanne' Riley. Earl Kakiwin & Lille Havanad »Pom a fancy by Alvogeni Leo & Dunn Talen

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LILY PONS

JACK OAKIE HITTING A NEW HIGH

with Eric Blore - Edward E. Horton

"LONESOME GHOSTS"

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FAKBANI YRAM ON HAPPY VALLEY BUB

VLEKING

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COMEDY RIOT OF ADVENTURE, THRILLS AND ROMANCE!

. in a Royal Rave!

The Crown Prince of Howlarity,

BROWN

FIT FOR A KING

HELEN MACK PAUL KELLY

An Edward Sedgwick

Production,

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HIS LATEST SMASH HIT

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STARTS SUNDAY

EDDIE CANTOR

“ALI BABA GOES TO TOWN'

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The PRINCE and the

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PAUPER

K MƏHK TWAIN with

ERROL FLYNN CLAUDE RAINS HENRY STEPHENSON BARTON MacLANE TH. MAUCH TWINS

DILLY A HOSHY

George Arliss

THE KING'S VACATION

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1938.

TODAY AT THE

CINEMA

Hong Kong

KING'S:-

"The Firefly"

QUEEN'S:—

"Ever Since Eve"

ORIENTAL:-

"Fit For A King."

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:~.

"The Perfect Speclmen"

STAR?—

"Prince And The Pauper"

MAJESTIC:—

"It's All Yours'

KING'S:-

Coming

"Bad Guy"

QUEEN'S:-

·

ORIENTAL:

HAILSHAM SUCCEEDS RIBBENTROP'S TRIP

HALIPAX

British Government Changes

London, March. 9.

It is officially arinounced that

TO LONDON.

POLICE FEAR OF DEMONSTRATIONS

A

"Hitting A Now High"

"All Baba Goes To Town"

ALHAMBRA:—

"Hitting A New High"

'STAR:-

"The King's Vacation"

MAJESTIC:

"Elephant Boy" "Love On The Run"

RUDOLF FRIML

15

OPERETTA

"The Firefly Showing Today At King's

#Warren William and Jeanette MacDonald in "The Firefly"

SAFEGUARDING

WILD LIFE

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TODAY

Anniversaries and Holidays.- Ember Day. Bagdad captured by British Troops, 1917. St. Collette.

Auctions-Postage Stamps. at Lammert's Sales Rocm, 5.15 p.m.

Cinemas. (See Column 3 of this Pagel

Dances-Royal Army Medical Corps Assen. final Dance of Sea- son, at Peninsula Hotel, 9:30 p.m.. Special Empress of Britain Dance at Sailors' Home and Seamen's In- stitute, 9 pin.

Malls (See Page 18).

Meetings. Annual, of Hong Hong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., at Messrs. Jardine Matheson's Office, 11 a.m.; Helena

May Christian Fellowship. 10.30 a.m. Central British Assen. Com- mittee, at Raliway Pavilion, Chat- ham Road, 5.45 p.m.

Miscellaneous. — Claims against Khek-khlan the Estates of Gaw late of Singapore; and Horace Charles Pratt, late of Stanley Prl- son. due: Volunteer Nursing

Mr. Julian Huxley's Detachment, Practical First Aid, at

Appeal

The Royal Institution regained

Churches.

Social. Cheero Club Duplicate and Contract Bridge. 8 p.m. Sports. (See Page 10).

P.W.D. Offices, 5.30 p.m.

Moon.-IF Moon, 10th, Day. Religious-Christ Church Lenten its normal calm recently. TheThe Way of the Cross" at Cathelle *eeting. 3 Duke Street. 8.30 p.m.; animals came out two by two more or less), and with them came the "juvenile auditory" and Mr. Julian Huxley. He had been cheered to the echo, formally and Informally, as he brought the last Sunrise.-6.37 a.m. Sunset.-6.31 of his Christmas lectures to a close. ip.m.

"Rare Animals and the disap- Tides. High at 06.50 and 16.59 pearance of Wild Life" has an in- Low at 08.40. "The Firefly," which comes to teresting subject, but it has made, the King's Theatre "today. Is 2. on the whole, a sad story. Mr. combination of music and drama. Huxley promised that he would Jeanette MacDonald' playing the leave the gloomy tale of des- leading part. is more romantic truction and extinction for the and far more talented than ever, more cheerful one of what is The picture also features Allan being accomplished by way cf Jones, brilliant young tenor, who has accomplished in "The Firefly" what Nelson Eddy did in "Naughty Marietta."

Academy

Award

winner.

preservation.

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TRAINING OF SERVANTS

SCHOOLS COURSE

COMPULSORY

Certificates For Proficiency

The more cheerful part of his story began with a dim of wild animals living safely and happily Hunt Stromberg and "Robert in one of the national parks of Leonard, who respectively pro-Canada. Racoons, bears, Rocky duced and directed Inst year's Mountain goats, and others came ""The into this happy picture and Mr. Great Ziegfeld," collaborated in Huxley explained how these nature A proposal that domestic selence the production of "The Firefly."

reserves have led to an increase in should be a compulsory subject for The music is by Rudolf Frimi, the number of animals and at-girls in the school certificate and America's best known composer oftracted wild animals, from outside.matriculation examination is made operettas, with musical direction by Herbert Stothart.

IT'S ALL YOURS"

Comedy at Majestir Madeleine Carrol loves Francis Lederer: Mischa Auer adores Madeleine Carroll and Francis Lederer abhors Mischa Auer in

Columbia's zestful new romantic comedy "It's All Yours," which will head the new screen bill at the Majestle Theatre starting to- day

Directed by Elliott Nugent from a screen play by Mary C. McCall, Jr.. the film romps riotously though more romantic complications than ever floored Cupid with one fatal blow.

He had seen in Africa animals in a comprehensive scheme dealing i cross the road when a car approa-|with the servant problem. “ ched so that they should be on The scheme, walch includes suz- the right side of what was the gestions for Improvement of gen boundary between their reserve eral conditions, will be considered und the unreserved country. He by the London Area Conservative showed another film of a lake in Organisation. northern Uganda with vast, num- | Is is one of many being for- bers of flamingo round its shores. mulated throughout the country There were. Mr. Huxley sald, about which may receive official co- 250,000 flamingo by the lake, a operation.

real abundance of wild life such as It is also proposed under the there used to be almost every-scheme that overy school under

where,

the Board of Education attended by girls should have a domestic Science department and that the subject should be compulsory.

The training would include: 1. Domestic housecraft.

2. "Physical training. 3. Citizenship.

COMMON GOLDFINCHES The lecturer urged that there were ways in which we could all do something to help in the pre- servation of wild life. Bird boxes could be put in gardens and one could join one of the societies for protecting animals and birds. It was largely due to their work that the child of today could find a

whereas easily,

Mr. Huxley in his boyhood days had to age go far afield.

Three classes certificate would be granted for proficiency.

A "O" certificate would awarded to girls of school-leaving who have taken the course. They would be encouraged

be

first

Speaking specifically. Madeleine 19 a mouse-like secretary to an goldfinch umpty-millionaire who brings his foreign-bred nephew, Francis Leder- er. to the States. Five years later Legislation, due to the propa-to go to a household where the Lederer's escapades are the scandal | ganda" of such societies had done householder, is willing and qualified of San Francisco. On his death much in this country to save birds to take a girl for further training. bed, Lederer's uncle leaves his and animals from being destroyed Time would be set aside for study entire fortune to Madeleine with for their plumage, and others had at classes for a "B" certificate. instructions for Madeleine to make been protected by the action of

TRAINING HOSTELS Lederer fall in love with her and landowners. There was Lord Tches- marry the fortune instead of in-ter's heriting it

"

swannery

The minimum wage, lving - in,

at Abbotsbury: for the Class C girls would be 10% there was the island of Skokholm, a week, plus insurance contribu- Madeleine goes wild. To prevent, which were the home of thousands tions.

to

her from spending the fortune of kittiwakes, guillemots, and cor- A minimum of two terms at a while hé tries

recoup It) morants.

recognised training hostel would equip applicants for Claas-"B" cer- tificates

through the courts, Lederer goes Mr. Huxley also saw hope for along as her private secretary. the future in the return of the Thus begins one of the wildest bittern, the rapid increase in the

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2. Cookery and everything re- lating to 11.

3. Housework.

4 Nursery work.

5. Laundry work.

6. Needlework (mending, making, &ö.).

KING'S

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JEANETTE MACDONALD The FIREFLY

* ALLAN JONES - WARREN WILLIAN

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MADELEINE

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LEDERER IT'S ALL YOURS

A COLUMBIA PICTURE

with

-MİSCRA AUER

·Chaco Bradley

SUNDAY AND MONDAY RUDYARD KIPLING'S FAMOUS “JUNGLE STORY" AN ALEXANDER KORDA UNI

PRODUCTION

"ELEPHANT BOY"

A UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE

EAU DE COLOGNE

Man's Cursed Craving"

32 To 37 The Best Age

A man without domestic, trou-

A man who said that he had drunk eau de Cologne, bay rum, dress- | methylated spirits and Lisbon bles, between the ages of 32 and

The subjecta would include: husband-hunts in all screen his-number of great crested grebes. 1. Personal hygiene and physical DRANK BAY RUM AND THE SAFEST DRIVER tory, with Mischa Auer, a penniless and the extending range of the exercises. Baron. Joining in the fun.

fulmar. The comma butterfly, like Supporting the principals is an the white admiral, had become Imposing cast of fan favorites in-more common. cluding J. C. Nugent, Grace Brad- Holland had done excellent work ley, Victor Killan, George McKay for the protection of wild life on, and Charles Waldron.

some of her islands, where- avocets, ruffs, and spoonbilla flourished as they once did in England. In Ger-

7. Practical many and in the Belgian Congo, tap repairs, &c.). too. protective measures had been

8. Dietètics and catering. introduced. Finally, a fim of the

Holders of this certificate, it is Kruger National Park in South proposed, should command £ Was Victim Of Flying Africa was shown by Mr. Huxley minimum living-in wage of 18 a The appointment of Lord Maug- Foreign Minister, arrived at Vic-

Accident

as the perfect example of a Gov-week plus insurance contributions. ham, & Lord of Appeal in Ordinary toria Station.

Class "A" would be for those who since 1935, to be Lord High Chan- The platform was cleared of all Unsettled estate worth £65,537 ernment preserving game before

wished to train for the higher (n.). cellor in place of Lord Hailsham unauthorised persons.

£65,115) was left by Lt. it was too late.

branches of domestic science. has also been approved.

Among those who greeted the Patrick Randolph, 3rd Bn. Grena-

this certificate

London, March 9.

the King has approved the ap- Fearing communist demonstra- pointment of Viscount Hailsham as tions, police took extraordinary Lord President of the Council in precautions when · Herr sucession to Viscount Hall'ax.

Joachim

von Ribbentrop, new German

GUARDS' OFFICER LEAVES £65,000

housewifery

It is understood that Earl Stan-former Ambassador to London dier Guards, of March Court, near Home Farm, Sherston, "as a token Women holding hope, president of the Board of was the Austrian Minister. Large Sherborne, who died on Oct. 12 or my gratitude for the kindness would' command a minimum wage Education, will relieve Lord Hali-crowds watched

the result departure last as

of a flying which she has always shown to of 2 a week plus board, lodging.

and insurance contributions. fax of his duties as Leader of the from the station, but there were accident at Jaipur, Rajputana.me." House of Lords.(British Wireless). no scenes(Reuter).

India. He gave £3,000 to his aunt,

wine was sentenced at the Old fr.Bailey recently to six months' im-7, above are feet 10 inches in height and weighing anything prisonment

He is Thomas Ward Spray, 66, o from 12 stone two Ibs, to 12 stone seaman, of no fixed abode, and he 12 lbs makes the safest car driver, was charged with having stolen according to Dr. A. R. Lauer, a bottle of lavender water. A paychologist and traffic safty re- Spray said that he drank to search expert of Iowa' Blate Col- forget his “misspent life.”

[lego."

....... Det.-Bergt. Hearn Baid that

Dr. Lauer reached this con- Spray had 47 previous convictions, clarion after carrying out tests dating from 1889, for minor offeri

on 15,000 drivers from many States. Mr. Herbert Metcalfe, the magis- trate, said that he gathered from “yke, person, "who is above the One-third to his. Honour (the In regard to time-off, the stan- the doctor's report that Spray was average mentality, physique and Mrs. Christopher Turner: 4.000 late) Judge Randolph, K.C. (his dard suggested for certificate-a confirmed alcoholle and a hope pesonality, or at least is neither less drunkard. He had been drink- brute nor shrimp, Ph.D. Zor to the Hon. Lionel Lambart, £2,000 uncle), as a token of my gratitude holders 18;

Two weeks' holiday with paying all kinds of muck.

ignoramua, routine bookkeeper nor. pending another appointment at a to the Earl of Cavan, and the for so kindly looking after my

business affairs." and

alternate Sundays; one half-day The only hope of salvation for scientific genius, has a pretty good It is felt in political circles that later date when the Prime Minis- residue as to

him was to put him away. for a chance of being a good driver," he Cabinet One-half to his

One-sixth to his mother, Faffron per week; one "short evening' per aunt: Mrs. the appointment of Lord Maugter has decided

week; and two hours daily.

while

declared Adelaide Douglas Lambart, of Duberley.

ONLY TEMPORANY

London, March 9..

the

on

ham is of a temporary nature, reshuffle.--(Reuter),

D.

ces,

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