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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

Today's

UEENS Screenings

DAILY AT 2:30·5·15·7·2089-30 TEL:31453

TODAY AND TOMORROW AMAZING THRILLS! EXCITING ADVENTURE!

DID HE REALLY MAKE THE WORLD'S MOST AMAUNG MISTAKE?

See the "Inside story!' beklad kit flight in this flaming par-

DOUGLAS ✨ A Wrong Way CORRIGAN

*KO RADIO

sood bictory of the youngster who twisted the tall of Fata sod lived to laugh!..IT'S SWELLI

ReFLYING IRISHMAN

PAUL KELLY ROBERT ARMSTRONG GENE REYNOLDS

DONALD. MacBRIDE

HOOIK QUILLAN

PANDEO S. MERIAH in charge of production Directed by LEKIH JASON, Soman Pley

by Emas Pagora and Dation Trumbo.

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ADDED! Latest March of Time !

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JAPAN! MASTER OF

WEDNESDAY

M.G.M. Picture.

4 SHOWS

DAILY

7.15-4.30

THE ORIENT?

"KID FROM TEXAS"

Dennis O'Keele

TAKE ANY TRAN ON MARMI VALLEY BUS

"Florence Rice

ORIENTAL

THEATRE

ROAD WANGHEL

TEL 10472

ONLY TWO MORE DAYS-TODAY AND TOMORROW

HERE'S ANOTHER, WHIRLWIND OF LAUGHTER! Topper and his spocks race through the most hilarious story ever filmed.

HAL ROACH

prosante

TOPPER TAKES A TRIP

WED. THUR.

"6

CONSTANCE BENNETT ROLAND YOUNG

BILLIE BURKE BASE MOMBRAY VERBEL TLASBALE - FRANKLIN - PANOSORN ALEXANDER S'ARCY "MR. ATLAS"

PRISON BREAK" GLENDA FARRELL

MATINEES: 20c.-30€ EVENINGS: 20e.-30e.-50c.-70c, @

KING'S:

Hongkong

"Made For Each Other' QUEEN'S:

"The Flying Irishman" ORIENTAL:

2

"Topper Takes A Trip" CATHAY:

"Boys' Town"

Kowloon

ALHAMBRA:

"Man's Heritage"

STAR:

"Blind Alibi”,

MAJESTIC:

나

"Hold That Kiss"

KING'S:

Coming

"Highway Patrol”

QUEEN'S:

"Kid From Texas"

ORIENTAL:

"Prison Break"

"Garden Of The Moon",

CATHAY:

"Rosalie"

"Hold That Co-ed"

ALHAMBRA:

"Grand Jury's Secrets" STAK:

"She's Got Everything" MAJESTIC:

"Secrets Of An Actress"

CINEMA & GENERAL:

WATER STORAGE

Shumchun Rural Welfare Commemorates

Centre

Second War Anniversary

In the morning the students of the three schools supported and managed by the Shamchan Rural Welfare Centre formed the largest contingent at the memorial services at the Shumchun Market town. More than 10,000 of the local inhabitants attended the ceremony which was organised by the local Kuomintang Headquarters. Patriotic song, WORD FUNg. ·

At four o'clock in the afternoon the ceremonies of the Contre Itself were preceded by a prise giving for the best scholars Representatives of the Magistrate, and the Kuomin- tang were present-

With Mr. Percy Chen, Chairman

Hongkong." It is hoped that this may be done in the future. of the Centre, were Messrs J. M.

In the agricultural sphere the Tan, James Orr and Chan Sik. Greetings were read from different felde promise a bumper harvest the and in view of the fact that the Hongkong organizations to workers and students of the Rural market in Canton has been cut the cere off from the farmers of the neigh- Welfare Centre after mony of bowing to the portrait bourhood an application has been of Dr. Sun Yat Sen and the re-received by the Centre from the cital of the late Leader's will and farmers to petition the Provincial Government for permission to ex- testament.

port rice to Hongkong.

Second Crop Preparations are now Tess for the planting of

in pro- the

In memory of those, both divi- Ilans and soldiers of the area who had been killed by the Japanese the students had erected a memo- rial tablet in the school grounds. This was unveiled by, the Chair-second crop. And seedlings of 18 man and wreaths were laid on it varieties of improved rice have by the deputations from the off-been planted in the fields liated schools and the surround-cultivated by the Centre. The seed, a member of were collected by ing villages.

the Centre who went as far afield as Tungkun and Walchow to ob- pre tain the pure improved seed rice the which had been distributed pre- schools. vlously by the Agricultural Bureau

Several Plays

Later several plays were

of sented by the members Dramatic Circle of the

These plays were composed by of Kwangtung Province:

one of the workers of the Centre,

now

It is feared that during the pre-

Miss Lee Tak-han. The youngest sent hostilities the pure strains

performer was five and acquitted or improved rice will become mix- 息 played with the ordinary seeds and

herself very credibly in

RETURNS FOR symbolizing the attempts of Japan all the work of ten years of seed

LAST MONTH

SUBSTANTIAL

INCREASE

A sustantial increase in water storage for the Island is revealed

in the returns for the month of

June.

million

the total being 2,287.33

to conquer China and the failure selection will be lost.

In order

work of the aggressor to fight against to carry on this valuable

Prof. Richard Lam is assembling the spirit of Young China,

improved seeds from as wide an nurseries ares as possible and have been prepared at Shumchun and Kamtin for the development ut this rice culture,

So excellent were the perfor- chil- mances of these village

effort. will be troupe for exhibition performances

dren that an made to bring a

In

gallons against. 1,308.41 COMING EVENTS Remarkable

million gallons for the

period last year.

An

.

3.

same

⚫estimated population of 560,000 consumed 569.49 milion

" BARTON MacLANE gallons at 34.5 per head per day as compared with 539.43 milion gallons consumed by an estimated population of 445,000 at 40.4 per head per day in June last year.

Villages' consumption was 21.43. million gallons as against 18.71 million gallons for the same period last year.

ISTARE

$77.95

FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY

RCO-RADIO 15cture

BLIND

ALIBI

Directed by LEW LANDIRS, Produced by CLIFF REID. Screen Play by Lional Hou#4 Hurry Segall, Ron Jaryuson.

TO-MORROW

-EKO Picture

WHITTLEY BOURNE EDUARDO CIADRELLI and ACE the Wonder Dog

GENE RAYMOND ANN BOTHERN

in

“SHE'S GOT EVERYTHING"

TAKE ANY TRAM or HAPPY VALLEY BUS.w

CATHAY

DAILY AT 230,5.15, 7.20,&9.30.P.M. MATINEES ---D06: 30%, 40%. EVENINGS: 206, 30%, 80%; T&c. 80%)]). TODAY ONLY-LAST 4 SHOWS! ONE OF THE TEN BEST PICTURES OF THE YEAR! More Laughs than "Love Finds Andy Hardy More Thrills than ...Spencer "Test Pilot... More Tears than "Captains Courageous"

Tracy's Greatest Role... Mickey Rooney's Finest Ferformance! THE "CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS OF 1934

TRACY ROONEY

BOYS TOWN

WED

MALL FINION - PEXMOLES

Special For To mor

SELAT

11 4 Cross Járn from life..."

·GREATER Loctite sarts your beat!

Crowning themph off.

ne Day Only 1

MAG-ME INCOMPARABLE MUSICAL TRIUMPH 1

ROSALIE

HOLD THAT

Lon EUDY Eleanor POWELL

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There was a constant supply the as was during the month. case last year, with the exception that water was restricted to hours a day from June 12 to 13 for the joining, up of the cross harbour mains at Queen's Pier..

new

JULY

10-Tides: High 3.10 am. and 2.15 p. Low 9.35 1.m. and 8,58 p.m. Sunrise 541 am, and 7.11 p.m. Crown Land Sale, P.WD. 3 p.m. Military Police Mess Whist and Tombola 8.30 pm.

Sibition of Paintings by Miss

Pao Tze at St. Francis Hotel, ངལ་

HKFA Annual Mtg 5.30 pm Wedding at St Andrews-Monks Turbett 10.30 am.

Mtg. Volunteer Sports Committee Нага

Progress

JAVA - AUSTRALIA

AIR SERVICE

On Sunday, July 3, 1938, a re- gular bi-weekly service between Batavia and Sydney was inangor-

ated by the KNILM. (Royal Netherlands Indies, Airways). On the morning of the same day the "Emoo" of the KLM. had arrived, 4.m so that the first Lockheed of the Mrd. Swimming 6 pm. Badminton K.N.ILM. to fly to Australia, in 830 pm

EK & New Territories Ferry Co. Lid Mtg China Bldg. 12 noon,

YALOA Whist Drive 3.30 p.m. YMCA. WA. Bridge 10

connection 11-Tides: High: 3,51 am, and 3.45 regular service also established (London) Sydney HK, Rotary Club, Ladles Day, Amsterdam P. Low 11 am and 936 pm. the first through Speaker: Mr. C. B. Brow

ELK. Telephone Co. Interim Divi- within the short space of eight

days. dend payable.

Aus- The following rainfall was It

Gardens 7.43

The inauguration of the corded-Botanical

Special Mtg. of HK, Promotion

Chinese Indus. Co tralia Line signified a milestone inches: Tytam Tuk 832; Tytam committee of 11,23; Wengneichung 9.54; Pokfu-operatives, Chinese Merchants' Club, in the history of the development lam 5.96 and Aberdeen 7.10

KOWLOON FIGURES

On the Mainland the storage for last month totalled 3,474.40 million kalloons as compared with 1,245.57 for the corresponding period last

year,

Jubilee reservoir was only 2 feet 9 inches below overflow while last year, in June, it was 65 feet below overflow..

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at Rosary Church, Xavier-Gill, 8.30 pm YMCA Mahjongg 10 am

of the Royal Netherlands Indles Airways. bka

Now that the first year of this 13 Partwell Dinner to Kir. . .international service has elapsed Heltao, Club de Recreio.

the KNILM, on the basis of the Cathedral Women's Fellowship

Available figures, is able to deter Bridge and Mahjongg Drive 3 pm,

YMCA "Keep Pit Class 10.30 mine to what extent its Australia

Mrd. Swimming & pun

Bedmin Service has realized the expecta-

pita.

ton 8.30

Paul's Girls Bch, Speech Hons at the time of its inaugura-

tion. ∙Day' 5,30 p.m.

The Lockheed airplanes, par- Women's Health League Classes for Children start at Kowloon 0.0. 930 chased specially for the Australis

+

Service, have proved in actual An estimated population of 500,-

practice that they indeed develop Crown Land Sale (D.O. South) 11 000 ecnsumed 392.09 million gallons at 261 per head per day sa com-

French National Fete: Reception at the enormous speed that con pared with an estimated popula- French Consulate, Peak, Rose 11.30 stitutes the strongest point of tion of 380,000 with a consumption am

at Painting 15 Exhibition of 362.23 million gallons at 324 per

tze. head per day for the same period Cathedral Hall by Miss Liang Pao

last year

of

this air connection. The service

regularity. was maintained with remarkable"

Was

16-7's Men's Club Launch Plenic,

When on June 16 the plane As during June last year a con-17-Military Police Mess Whist and left for the one hundredth fight

Tambola, 8.30 p.m.

between Batavia and Sydney from 18-Kowloon Thion On Mahjong Tillitan aerodrome it stant supply was maintained on

Drive. 3. p.m. the mainland.

20-Crown Land Sale (D.O. Ping found with justifiable pride that the statistics covering this air shan), 4120 am,

China

regular curve.

# Annual Mtg. 4 D. connection presented a remarkably

Close

fox All-Cycling

Rainfall recordings were: Royal Observatory 8.645 Inches; Shing Mun (No. 1), 11:33; Bhing Mun (No. 2) 11,12; Shing Mun (No.MUS. 3 9.30; Kowloon (No. 4) 9.30 la Maitary Police Meas Whist and The KN.LLM. announces-of- ches; Shek L Pul (No. 5) 6.71; Talpo 11:13; Fanling 6.94; Un Long 4.87; Tal Lam Chung 668 and Shing Mun Catchwster (No. 1)

*9.03.

Tombola, 8.30 p.m. 28-H.K.V.D.C. Sports, VROUE

Agusto Annual

The total rainfall recorded by QUARANTINE the Royal Observatory from Janu--

ary 1 to June 30 was 50.000 riches as compared with 14.336 inches for the same, period last year.

“EVERYMAN'S LUXURY HOTEL

Lord Stamp, chairman of the LM, S., stood in the ring recently with Eddie Philips, the heavy weight borer

But it was only for

at the omcial oper Istest Holiday North Wale training at

ogra

cially that the distance Batavia- Sydney is covered within 21 days. new a Lockheed from Sydney to 91 Rates for Third Qtr. payable in Fight-commander School, who Batavia within a total flying time advance, A

of 18 hours 57 minutes. This means that the average speed of RESTRICTIONS his plane on this homeward voyage amounted to not less than Quarantine restrictions have 340 Allometres per hour, a result been imposed by the Tsingtao

that was obviously due in part to Municipal Authorities against ar

vals from Hongkong on account a favourable and constant wind of cholera Passengers and crews back of him will be subjected to examination for the detection of vibrio carriers

PASSENGERS

MONDAS

M

JULY 10, 1939-PACE

KIT

CONDITIONED THEATREY SHOWING TODA DAILY AT 2.30, 16.10,

COMING SOON

"HIGHWAY "PATROL

with ROBERT PAIGE - JACQUELINE WELLS

A Columbia Picture

ALHAMBRA

SHOWING TO-DAY

AN INTENSE HUMAN DRAMA HEARTACHE...

JACKIE

LAUGHTER STRUGGLE !

FREDDIE

COOPER BARTHOLOMEW

MAN'S HERITAGE

A New UNIVERSAL Picture

NEXT CHANGE.

"Paramount

Picture

K'SHOW' -DAILY 2.30.6.20

720 9.30

"GRAND JURY'S SECRETS"

with

John Howard Gail Patrick

MAJESTIC

ETHEATRE S

NATHAN ROAD KOWLOON TEL: 87232

MATINEES. 20•30; • EVENINGS. 20, 30% 50%-70% SHOWING TODAY

THE FUNNIEST KID. IN PICTURES IN A -RIOTOUS COMEDY !

KAY FRANCIS

-Jadga Hardy's fanny kid...... "Tank At Oxford's sweetheart...the Eghting men of Bad Man of Ed

all in one riotous rONARDS!

Md that kiss

WREEN O'SULLIVAN

MAMIČKRY

KEEFE ROONEY

„Oziginal Blogy and Serwen.

Play by Sauley Rank

- Directed by Edwin i„Mazin,

Produced by John WeConsidine, It...

M.G-M

NEXT CHANGE

GEVEGE BRENT IN SECRETS OF AN ACTRESS"

A Warner Bros. Picture

mail, seeing that the KNILM, don Jenner is not allowed to carry mail from numerous others

The possibil Australia.

Numerous very well known per-rupid, air conner sons avalled themselves of the by the fact that Batavia-sions passengers

tion K&N LM

In the course of the frat year KNILM connection of its exploitation of the Australia Sydney or vice versa. Line the KNIL.M. transported all of them

but along this route 304 passengers, ble

been appointed physical instructor.7748 kg, of freight and excess bag- gage, and not less than 5166 Kg. at the camp.

Fetween Netherlana

He hopes to improve the physical of mail Atness of the 50,000 people who have already booked acconsmods Hon Lord Stamp described the THE EAMD **Everymkn' g Lux

Hotel

and the

belindjesces baggage, but no

service

Bydney

These

#the two days from

thence byRN Baigon where they the Air

where the

Franspac

cupper planes.

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