1938-04-13 — Page 5

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

QUEEN'S

DAILY AT 230-515·7-20&9:30 ·TEL 31453

SHOWING

TODAY

The Laugh Riot Of The Year With Versatile Katharine Hepburh As An Unpredictable Madcap & Cary (The Awful Truth) Grant Sharing The Fan

Laugh-Riddled Romance!

THIS IS "EASY"

RXO BADIO

ADDED:

KATHARINE

CARY

HEPBURN GRANT

in a HOWARD HAWKS Production

Bringing Up Baby

with CHARLE RUGGLES, Harry Fitzgerald,

May Robsen, Walter Catlett, Veita Inla

Walt Disney's BOAT BUILDERS"

with MICKEY MOUSE Tlowald Duck NEXT CHANGE

-

Bob Burns Jack Dakle Kenny Baker, Ann Miller in RKO Radio's Rousing Laugh & Rhythm Show RADIO CITY RĚVELS"

DAILY

7.15-8.80

TAKE ANY TRAM on Mappe MALLEY BUS

ORIENTAL

FLEMIN

ROAD WANGHAI

TEL SAITI

EXTRA SPECIAL! TODAY-TOMORROW

ANOTHER BIG DOUBLE SHOW!

EXTRAORDINARY COMEDE ACROBATIC DANCERS APPEAR ON THE STAGE AT "ALL PERFORMANCES.

KYRA-ROBY-HARRY

SENSATIONAL SUPER SOREEN PRODUCTION!

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The screen tears down the curtain hiding secrets the mountains have guarded for centuries, mysterious communities of child brides, lash law and witchcraft.

THE STORY THE WORLD WANTS TO KNOW!

Drama Thunders

From The Moun- tain Tops!

"HUTCHINSON

GEO. BRENT MOUNTAIN JUSTICE

GDY KIBBEE MONA BARRIE POBERT DARGAT

Directed by Wishes! Corkz A First National Plature

GENERAL

WEST CHINA NOW MORE ACCESSIBLE

TODAY AT THE

CINEMA

Hồng Kong

KING'S:-

"Madame X

QUEEN'N:

"Bringing Up Baby"

ORIENTALS

"Mountala Justice".

Kowloon

ALDAMBRA¦-

"Back In Circulation"

STAR:-

"Midnight Taxi"

MAJESTIC:

"Men Are Not Gods"

RING'S:-

Coming

The Hurricane"

QUEEN'S:-

"Radio City Revels" ORIENTALI

Szechuen Is The Pivot Of Vast Communications Projects And Extensions

(FROM OUR CHUNGKING CORRESPONDENT) Chunrking, the wartime capital of the Republic of China, on the upper Yangise 'River, is to be made more accessible not only to man and materials but also in the transmission of intelligencé.

Plans are now being put into erect by the Chinese Post Office to use more motor trucks for the transportation of mails Ironi Sze- chuen to Hunan. Yunnan, and Kwelċhow, in addition to the use of all outgoing air lines from Chengtu and Chungking.

bave

Both the Eurasia and the China Pressure has been such that even National Aviation Corporations prospective railroad Hues have regular stations at Chengtubegun reconnaissance' and survey- from which there is a daily returning work.

service to Chungking. A daily All repairing and reinforcing service is also being kept up by work on the highways and bridges the China National Aviation Cor-along the lines leading from poration between Chungking and various sections to Hunan, Kwel- Hankow. while twice weekly a chow and Shens, begun in Sze- plane, goes from China's wartime chuen last September, are expect- capital to Hong Kong. via ports. ed to be finished shortly. Many including Kwelyang, Kwellin, and bridges, formerly constructed of Wuchow.

wood, have been substituted by new ones bullt of stone, and those carrying only two-ton loads are being strengthened to bear a five- ton capacity.

The C.N.A.C. is soon to have a "Married Before Breakfast" thrice-a-week service to Klating, ALHAMBRA :---

more for mail than for passengers, and it is also considering building large aerodrome somewhere in north Szechuen besides making regular trips there.

"Alcatraz Island" "Raldio City Revels"

STAR:-

"Wake Up And Live" MAJESTIC —

"She Married Her Boss" "A Day At The Race"

The Chungking telephone ex- change is to be converted into an automatic system, while the long distance service between Chengtu. und Chunking will become more useful through the addition of more side-lines."

TELEPHONES NETWORK

The Szechuen-Husan highway will be extensively improved with- in the next two months. An or- der to this effect has been issued by the Military Affairs Commis- ston.

FAMOUS MACAO HOSPITAL TO BE RECONSTRUCTED king, will be covered by a network these three

!

Generous Grant By Government

Macao, April 11.

STRENGTHENING BRIDGES In January of this year, a high- way and bridge commission for? the mes passing Hunan. Kwel- chow, and Yunnan was appointed to All towns and villages within the by the Central authorities third district, including Chung-direct heavy construction 'work in provinces. Before of long-distance lines with a cen-May, at least three long bridges; tral exchange at Yungchwan, All spanning the Chungankiang. Sze- larger towns within 105 to 155 pingho, and Punklang rivers are kilometres of the local centre will expected to be of service. soon he in communication with ...(Continued on Page 13) one another;

In the meantime, construction. Founded by Bishop Belchoir In Improvement. and extension of

1741, the San Raphael Hospital in highways in Szechuen. Yannan, DIARY OF LOCAL

Macao is shortly to underge re-Kwelchow, and Shens are being. construction. The work, which will pushed, some sections working commence in May, will take about both day and night' under military eight months to complete and will supervision. convert the present buildings into "The section

between Chisulho.

EVENTS

TODAY

a modern and up-to-date hospital. and Weining in Kwelchow, on the Anniversaries and Holidays:—

The scheme is being made pos-east Szechuen-Kwetehow highway. St. Hermenegild. Joseph Butler sible by a large grant from the is now under construction and will born 1823. Hilary Law Sittings local Government through the be completed in June. according to end. efforts of HE, the Governor, Dr. a report from Kwelyang. Artur Tamagnini Barbosa.

Established for the purpose of Bording medical relief to the poor, the San Raphael Hospital, which began its existence 190 years ago in a small house, has always been financially supported by the Santa Casa de Misericordia. was Luis Coelho, the head of the latter institution in 1747, who who directed its establishment,

It

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Page).

Dances:Cheero, Club 8.30 p.m..

Dance,

Goods. Auctions: Millinery Even before the Sino-Japanese Fancy Goods and Sundries, at Lammert's Hong Kong Sales conflict and as early as 1935, when he made frequent visits to differ-

Room, 10.30 e.m.

Cinemas.--(Bee Column 3 of this ent towns in Szechuan, Generalis- almo Chiang Kai-shek gave no lit- the attention to the local com- the munications problem, and Chungking once of the Military

Malls-(See Page 18), Meetings:--Annual, of Unión In- Affairs Commission had then, as ow, been given standing orders to

surance Society of Canton, Ltd.. supervise the extension of all Sze-11 am; of The China Fire Insur chuen pricincipal roads to other provinces, including all those borace Co., Ltd., 11.20 am.; and of

Tradera Insurance. British

Co.. dering this vast west China pro-

Ltd.. 11.25 a.m.; at Head Office, especially Yunnan and

Union Bldg.; Annual, of Hong Kong Engineering and Construc- ROAD CONSTRUCTION tion Co., Ltd., and Extraordinary, at Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Since the beginning of last sum-Matthews Offices, Mercantile mer, road construction has been Bank Bldg, noon and 12.15 p.m. It is also interesting to note that second only to milltary operation

respectively: Kowloon Union large numbers of Hong Kong re-in the minds of the local authori

Church Women's Guild, 10a.m.: sidents report at the San Raphael ties, while to the Miltary Coun- Social and Fellowship Club, 8.45 cil it is a part of the war service..m.; Christ Church Committee, & Hospital regularly for treatment.

MANY PATIENTS Present statistics reveal that vince, annually 10.000 In-patients and Kweichow. 18.000 out-patients attend the hos- pital for treatment, only 30 per sent, of whom areʼat all able to

ROBERT YOUNG pay:

E. "HARRIED BEFORE BREAKFAST FLORENCE RICE

Sat.

●MATINÉES: Z0c-30c • EVENINGS: 20c.-30c.-50c,-70c.

DAILY

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9.30

520

720

920

FRIDAY

HANKOW

STARE

TODAY AND TOMORROW.

THROTTLE WIDE

TIRES SCREAMINGI

BULLETS WHINING!

MIDNIGHT TAXI

BRIAN DONLEVY FRANCES DRAKE ALAN DINEHART SIG RUMANN GILBERT ROLAND

20th: U. Fox

*

Picture

KOWLOON

5.7795

Walter Wincholl Een Bernie Alice Faye WAKE UP AND LIVE"

HEPBURN SHOWS COMEDY TALENT

IN NEW FILM

Playing opposite Cary Grant, sometimes ridiculous. efforts of who established a new reputation Miss Hepburn to retain the affec- for comedy in his recent film, "The tons of an archeologist, which Awful Truth.". Katherine Hepburn, afford many situations for hearty "the" storing petrel of the screen, | comedy,

makes her debut as a comedienne A splendid supporting cast ind in the new RKO-Radio, picture, cluden Charlie Ruggles," "May "Bringing Up Baby."

Robson Walter-Catlett and Vir The story concerns the desperate. sinia Walker.

Goes Definitely Hilarious

Katherine Hepburn, sketched above, tires, a rousing demon- stration of rapid-fire comedy in "Bringing Up Baby,

is showing at the Queen Theatre today.

p.m.

Moon:-III Moon, 13th. Day.

Ad- Religious:Evensong and dress The Day of Retirement,” at St. John's Cathedral, 5.30 p.m.; The Office of the Tenehme, at Catholic Cathedral, (first day) 5,30 p.p.; and Closing Sermon of the Lenten Mission, 6 p.m.

Social:--Garrison Bergta, Megs, weekly Whist Drive and Tomobola, Queen's Road, 9 pm.

Sports-(Bee Page 10).

- Sunrise:-0.08 am Sunset;—6,42°

p.I.

Tides: High at 08.40% and 21.08 Low at 02.12 and 14.35.

TOMORROW..

Moon.—-III- Moon, 14th- Day,

Sunrise--6,07 a.m. Sunset -8.42

D.I.

Tides.--High at 08.10 and 20.16. Low at 01:40 and 13,50.

·Y.M,C.A. ACTIVITIES

The following is the programme of activities at the European YMCA for the coming week:-

Bunday, April 17: Discussion Group-Rev. F. Short will conduct a special Easter Service.

Monday, April 18: Servicemen's Whist Drive in the West Lounge at..

Tuesday and Friday: Badminton jarid Mixed Swimming,

Tuesday, April 10: A.D.C. Re- hearsal, 9 pm.

Murde

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1938-PAGE

KING'S

"SHOWING TODAY AT 2.30, 5.10. 7.15 & 9.30 PM.

THE WORLD KNEW HER ONLY AS "MADAME X" -.

Why had she been exiled fram society,.. and why, years later, had she refused to speak when a single word might have saved her? A heart-stabbing drama

...... and an acting triumph!

GLADYS

GEORGE

Madame

NEXT CHANGE

UNITED ARTISTS

2011N BEAL

WARREN

Also "OLIMPSES OF

WILLIAM JAVA AND CEYLON"

THE

CARTOON & COMEDI- AM-IN THORNICOLOUR

HURRICANE

with Dorothy Lamour, Jos Hall, Mary Astor

ALHAMBRA

NATHAN RD. HOWLDOR BRILY AT 9,30°520-720 & 9,30 -TEL: 500

TÖDAY AND TOMORROW

The Thrills of "MARKED WOMAN"... The Action of "G-MEN". The Panch of "KID GALAHAD ".

All combined in one Picture!

DID YOU SAY MARRIAGE?

FRIDAY

Warner Bros. Picture

• NICK'S

DAILY

1.30 & 30

730-10

NO, SAID

MURDER!.

BACK IN CIRCULATION

Warner Brez" smolle-a-mincita bit, starring

PAT O'BRIEN JOAN BLONDELL MARGARET LINDSAY

hed by ay taudt i E Pet)

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Barson They by WF « Désaczatkan' 2 Magazon Story, by kluby Exama ĜI. Jum

'ALCATRAZ ISLAND"

John Litel Ann Sheridan

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MATINEES. 20,#30«• EVENIN6%, 20%*30c50<700

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY -THE MOST UNUSUAL-TRIANGLE STORY-

EVER TOLD!

Korda presenta

Miriam

"

HOPKINS MEN ARE

not GODS

with GERTRUDE LAWRENCE Sebastian Sken, A. E. Matbers, Rax Harrison

Zja Brition and directed by Walter Moloche

· A London Fila....... · Released ten Catfod Artists

• TOMORROW, ONE DAY ONLY !

RETURN SHOWING BY SPECIAL REQUEST I CAULDETTE

COLBERT in.

SHE MARRIED HER BOSS

AN OLD FAVOURITE “ ́ FROM COLUMBIA }

“MADAME X” STARS FAMOUS

GLADYS GEORGE

Conveying all the unforgettable If anything, the new screen qualities of the original stage play, version is an improvement. The the screen version of "Madame X" memorable court scene is more opens at the King's Theatre today dramatic on the screen because of with Gladys George in the title the advantages In Alm-making role,

which are not possible in the Although the setting of the story theatre. Wednesday, April 20: Swimming Meeting at 15 p.m. and Old has been advanced to the present, Members' Dinner at 7.30, p. the various aspects of the play Miss George is supported by Thursday, April 17: Ladies' Night, remain essential the name as John Beal, Warren Willam, Re-

Alexandra. Misson's original.

ginald Owen, and Luis: Alberal Dinner, 7.30 p.m.

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