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DREAMING LIPS

RAYMONG MASSEYG ROMNEY BRENI

PAUL CZINNER

NINOM MARTINI “MUSIC FOR MA DAME”

Hong Kong

KING'S:

"Paradise For Two" QUEEN'S:'

"Wives Under Suspicion" ORIENTAL:

"Hollywood Hotel"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:

"Go Chase Yourself" STAR:

"Dreaming Lips"

MAJESTIC:

"Dead End"

'KING'S:

Coming

"Love And Hisses".

QUEEN'S:

"Tropic Holiday" "Over The Wall"

ORIENTAL:

"The Good Earth" ALHAMBRA

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MAJESTIC:

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JOE PENNER'S

QUACK FILM

If Mr A. P, Herbert's Law of Libel Amendment) Bil} re- aches the Statute Book the Hability of writers, publishers, and any other defendants in actions for libel will be limited to cases where there has been Wrongful intent or negligence.

EVENTS

TODAY

Anniversaries and Holidays- St. Clara. First Anniversary of the "Shanghai Volunteer Corps' 1937 Mobilisation.

That is laid down in Clause I of the measure, the text of which was

Auctions Crown Land, at Dis Issued recently. The clause stand for. 11 am.: Postage Stamps

triet omce. South." Queen's Bldg...

tes:-

at 2 Connaught Road Central, 5.15

It shall be a good, "defence | plin. (without prejudice to any other Cinemas-(See Column 3 of this ground of defence that may be Page). open to him) for a defendant in į

Entertainments-Variety

Con-

an action or other proceedings for cert at St. Andrew's Hall in Ald of libel to prove.

1-That in publishing or procur- ing or joining in the publication

Hong Kong Refugees. 3 p.m.

Lectures.-Air Raid Precautions, Maryknoll Convent School, Kow-

of the alleged libel he had no in-icon, i p.m.; YW.CA, 38c. Bonham tention of referring to the plain Road, Hong Kong. 8 p.m. tiff: and

-Either

a-That at the time of such publication as aforesaid he had no knowledge of the existence of the plaintiff and there was no want of reasonable care on his part in failing to know of the existence of plaintiff; or

That at the time of such publication as aforesaid he did not foresee and there was no want of reasonable care on his part in falling to foresee that the libel might reasonably be understood to refer to the plaintif

JUDGE'S DUTY

The Second Clause imposes a. | duty upon the Judge, where several defendants are lable in damages

Mails (See Page 16). Miscellaneous—A.R.P.

Exhibi-

tion: Talk by Wing Cmdr. A. H. Steele-Perkins, at Union Church Hall, Kennedy Road, 118.m Demonstrations by St. John Am- bulance Brigade, 11.30 am, and 3 p.m. Talk by Wing-Cmdr. A. H. Steele-Perkins, 5.30 p.m.; Demons- tration by St... John Ambulance Brigade, e p.m.

Moon.VII Moon, 17th...Day.

Religious.—Bible Conference in Cheung Chau

"

Social. Whist Drive and Tom- bola in the R. E. Warrant Officers and Sergeants. Mess, Wellington Batracks, 9 p.m.; Cheero Club Bridge Evening.

Sports. (See Page 10). Sunrise.-5.59 a.m. Sunset.-8.58

p.m.

A case of mistaken identity for 2. libel, to apportion the causing the police to suspect a damages between the various de-

Tides. High at 09.30 and 22.53 nitwit bank clerk of robbing the fendants and to enter separate Low at 03.15, and 16.30. bank where he is employed be-Judgments for such apportioned cause he has disappeared is the amounts according to the Judge's plot of "Go Chase Yourself," in estimation of each defendant's which Joe Penner has the starring degree of responsibility.

role and which is showing today

at the Alhambra Theatre.

The popular comedian, whose goose antics are famous, is seen as a crackbrain who.. unconsciously reveals Important secrets to a trio of bandits, and is then kidnapped by the robbers after they success- fully crack the vaults.

Lucille Ball is cast as the hard- bolled wife, while Richard Lane June Travis. Fritz Feld and Tom Kennedy have other important parts.

"DEAD END”

Before he began work in Samuel Goldwyn's "Dead End," Humphrey Bogart took "Baby Face" Martin apart and found out what made him tick:

Like a psychiatrist, he sat back and analyzed, the gangster he plays in the Aim veraton of the Sidney Kingsley stage hit, starring Sylvia Sidney and Joel McCreà at the Majestic "Theatre, and when he was through he knew all there was to know about him.

lr. "Dead End" Bogart heads an Imposing supporting cast, includ- ing Wendy Barrie, Cláire Trevor, Allen Jenkins and the Dead End kids from the original New York stage cast. Dead End" was direct- ed by William Wyler for release through United' Artists.

BLIND SINGER

1)

Where several persons will be liable and only one is selected by the plaintiff as a defendant;" the defendant is able to have the other persons who would be liable joined as defendants and the action then proceeds

(Continsed on. Parë 13)

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Aloon.-VII-Moon, -18th. Day. Sunrise.-5.58 a.m. Sunset.-8.59

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Tides. High at 03.56 and 22.36; Low at 02.36 and 15.58,

SUMMER DANCE

A summer dance will be held in the Hotel Cecil tomorrow from 8.54 p.m. to 1 am.

CROSSWORD

NO.79

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FOR SINGAPORE 18 Who laid the

Miss Annie Landow, the famous blind kronchong singer, will be appearing soon at the Happy World, Singapore short- İy.

She was born in 1913 in Java, and has since become blind. Her voice, had been extensively record- ed on Columbia records.

Her father Anton Landow, was also a singer of repute.

first subma-

rinė telegraph line in N.Y. harbour?

19. Having a

central position 21 Baseball team 23 Partiality

"4 On the ocean 26 Culmination

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River in A U.S.A.

Annie Landow, as she is popular- ly known, has broadcast from Nirom on many occasions, and her 12 Chinese voice is recognised by those who measure really know Kronchong, as one of 33 Bellef

the most beautiful ever brought to 35 Death notices Singapore.

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county

42 Wind the sum 44 River in

Africa

45 Combining form: dry 48 Tumult 50. Give for

temporary

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52 Unruly crowd 53 Pungent 55 Flesh of a

calt

57 Myself 58 Time of the

day

60 King wha

den touch

62 Hebrew name

for God

63 City of So- viet Russia

64 Mineral

matter

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DOWN

I Mouth-like

opening in biology

2 Where is the Sorbonne?

3 Three-toed

sloth

4. Writing ffuld

Inert gaseous element

6 Spanish

leader

7. Exclamation

8 Precious

....stone

a One unduly

conscious of social position

10 Violent

attack

11 Who is the reputed

founder..of

Greek

drama?

14 Part of the

eye! Geological

Derlod

- tive unit of

ancient Attica

22 Australian

bird

25 Assists 27 Greek god of

love

30 In a short

While

31 Old World

wild goat

33 Puzzle acted

.out

34 Extreme

36 Newspaper

paragraph

J.

39 Unit in mea-

suring wire

40 Football

team

41 Titular king

of Bicily

43 Flat-

bottomed ..boat 45 Native of

Rome*

47 Fat 49 Small Bouth

American

monkey

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flow of water

54. Obscure.

58 Illuminated

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Mother

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