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CENTRAL

THEATREL

IWAR

To-day at 2.15, 5.10, 7.15 &9.20 p.m.

The Year's Merriest Comedy Show Astounding in Sheer Spectacular Beauty.

THE

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Topping

their success

in

RIO RITA"

Now in the Greatest

Frolic of all time.

BERT

WHEELER

and ROBIT

WOOLSEY

CUCKOOS

A thousand gags and every one

a riot-stupend-

ous cast of 1500 singers, dancers and comedians- fun show of the

ig..

Ravishing Choruses of Gorgeous Girls Nine New Songs to Hum & Whistle Dazzling Scenes in Technicolor

A Super-Production at Popular Prices.

Booking at Anderson's & The Theatre. Tel. 25720) NEXT CHANGE

A PARAMOUMT SOUND PICTURE RICHARD DIX in

"REDSKIN"

A Romantic Episode of the GOLDEN WEST Photographed in Startingly Beautiful Natural Colors

A Stirring Picture which will not soon be forgotton.

MAURICE CHEVALIER

in

"The Love Parade."

An Ernst Lubitsch

production. with JEANETTE MACDONALD

LUPINO LANE.....LILLIAN ROTH

Hear Chevalier sings six song hits! See him make love. In the screen's orginal musical-romance The roguish love-affair of a beautiful queen. Smart! Mirthful! Melodious!

TO-DAY, at 2.30, 5.30, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

At MAJESTIC

The..

Nathan Road, Kowloon. Phone 57222.

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Box Plan at Moutrie's and at Theatre.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1930.

Printed and Published, for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY 'FRANKLIN, at 1 and S. Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria Hongkong.

EMPIRE PARLEYS

CONTINUE.

PLANS TO SPEED UP THE DELIBERATIONS."

PETROL QUESTION.

London, Oct. 31.

PRETTY NAVAL WEDDING.

MISS JOYCE THORNHILL AND LIEUT. F. W. N. BASSETT,

A MACAO HOTEL SOLD.

1

SUM OF FOUR LAKS SAID TO BE PAID,

AT THE

TO BE RENAMED.

The blue and gold of naval uni- forms were prominent at a fashion- able wedding at St. Jude's Church, ¡Southseu, on October 4th, when Lieutenant F. W. N. Bassett, R.N.,

Macao, Oct. 31. son of the Rev. and Mrs. C. S. Bas-

A transaction which must bei The heads of the delegations to sett, of Margaret Roothing. Essex. the Imperial Conference had two was married to Miss Joyce MeCoan almost a record for Macao has been Thornhill, daughter of Captain and concluded by the sale of the build wetings to-day at which inter-In-rs. A. M. Thornhill of Hongkong.ing known as the President Hotel. The amount involved in the trans- perial constitutional questions

The service, which was fully questions were considered.

choral, was conducted by the bride-action has not been disclosed, But, At the morning meeting they groom's father, the Rev. C. S. Ban generally believed to exceed

$100,000.

This building is the tallest had before them the report of the sett. assisted by the Vicar, the Rev. Drafting Committee of Lord San-JC. F. Ayerși.

edifice in the Colony and, built of

concrete, towers key's Inter-Imperial

The bride was given away by her reinforced Committee, which had had insuffi-

that are clustered cient time to review and put the uncle, Mr. V. MeCoan Thornhill, of hundred feet into the air, over the

Kenya. She looked radiantly pretlittle houses draft report into final form forte in a gown of ivory lace with altogether in the centre of the city. to-day's meeting

It was built. about two or three of the heads.

Her only ornaments The sections drafted were there tulle veil.

were a diamond naval crown brooch, years ago and was formally opened fore sent on for information of the the gift of the bridegroom, and in July, 1928, since when it has heads of the delegations, accom-pearl necklace and earrings, the been functioning as a hotel under panied by a request for further gifts of her father and mother. the management of the President: time for their consideration by the She carried a bouquet of lilies. Hotel Co., Ltd., of which Mr. Hee

Sankey Committee.

Relations

Cheong is the managing director.

a

the

formally

The Misses Maree Nolan, Stella Negotiations relating to the sale Discussion, however, showed that the overseas delegates are M. Bussett and Sheila Mackenzie of the building had been proceeding eager to complete the work on the were the bridal attendants, and for several months, giving rise to Conference, as early as possible, they were in georgette dresses of rumours of all kinds, but they were and General Hertzog had provi pastel shades of pink, mauve and concluded yesterday, when

to blue, with hats of crinoline straw feeds in connexion with the sale sionally booked his passage South Africa for wext Friday. In in beige and gloves to match. Their of the building were

Luder the new management some view of the amount of work that bouquets were of hydrangeas and signed. still remains, he has postponed his earnutions. The bridegroom's gifts sailing, but the heads of the de- to the bridesmaids were pearl and small changes will be effected, including the change of the name legations considered means by platinum brooches. which the business could be speed- Mrs. Thornhill was in a gown of of the hotel, which will be known in future as the Great Central black georgette with beige hand-

propose to effect any radical At close of this afternoon's made lace. She also wore a black Hotel. The purchasers meeting of the heads it was an-coat with Kolinsky collar and cufls, change in the business, which will nounced that considération of the fand a black hat, whilst she carried a continue to function as a hotel.

Mrs. Ван- Our Own Correspondent.

of up.

report of the sub-Committee of the bouquet of red roses. Sankey Committee was continued, sett was gowned in black silk with Some sections were referred back a fichu of grey."

to the Main Committee for com Mr. Stephen J. Bassett, brother pletion of their consideration of the bridegroom, was the best Other sections were reserved for man, and he received from the immediate consideration by the bridegroom gold naval crown cuff heads, who will meet again Men-links. day morning.

do not

STREET & NIGHT NOISES.

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speech tending directly or in- As the happy couple left the directly whether by inference, sug- The most important section of church they passed beneath an arch-gestion, allusion, metaphor, impii- the draft report which has been referred back for the Committee's way of swords formed by the bride-cation or otherwise to encourage groom's colleagues in the Senior or incite any person to interfere consideration deals with the re Service. The reception was held at with the maintenance of law and

The order." commendations on last year's the Queen's Hotel, Southsea,

Loiterers Dealt With.

with ation for Section 26, which dealt with the arrest of loose idle and dis-

port on the operation of Dominion honeymoon was spent in Paris, and Class 8 substitutes a new Sec- Legislation. The sections reser the bride's travelling dress was a ed for immediate consideration by blue three-piece costume. " the heads include those dealing blue felt hat to match. with the proposed Commonwealth. Photographs taken at the wed-orderly persons disturbing the pub- tribunal, channels of communica-ding appear in our Pictorial Supple.lic peace or found loitering at night tion between the Dominions, and ment to-day. foreign Powers, the Merchant Shipping Acts, nationality, the system of communication and con- sultation between different parts of the Empire in relation to' foreign affairs, the form of com- mercial treaties, and questions It affecting Governors-General.

ed.

The

31-OUNCES BABY.

FED WITH FOUNTAIN. PEN FILLER."

and suspected of having committed or being about to commit offences; but which did not appear to create any specific offence.

The new section creates an offence punishable by fine or impri- sonment. It reads: Any person who is found between sunset and G a.m. loitering in any highway, yard for other place and who cannot give

is hoped that by this division of work considerable time will be say- A baby boy weighing only a satisfactory account of himself 1ib. 15oz. and only 10in. long was shall be liable to a fine not exceed- other Committees of the born at the Twickenham Nursinging two hundred and fifty dollars Home. Middle-sex, early this or to imprisonment for any term Conference continue to make good| month.

not exceeding three months." progress with their reports. The

Regulation Powers, is being fed)

Ordinance is terms of the report of the Arbitra- The tiny baby

The principal tion and Disarmament Committee every half hour with one drop of amended by the addition of the were to-day settled, and it has brandy diluted with water through following new Section at the end gone forward to the heads of the a pipette-similar to a fountain- thereof: delegations.

pen filler.

+

"

The 52.--(1)

Governor in The General Economic Commit- Mr. and Mrs. Cudmore, of Bea-Council, may make regulations for St. Margaret's, the issue of permits under section. tee, to which some sixteen ques-consfield-road, tions were referred, have complet-Twickenham, the parents, are aged 3, for the dressing of stone under ed several reports. One of these 21 and 22 respectively. questions is that of what steps Mrs. Margaret Ellis, the matron under sections 12 and 13, and

section 4, for the control of noises

generally for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance.

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might be taken to reduce the Em-of the nursing home, said to a "This is easily the pire's dependence on foreign reporter: sources of supply of petrol. Three smallest living baby I have ever

(2) All.regulations made under lines upon which they might pro-seen. He is being brought up of this Ordinance shall be laid on reed have been considered-a new system that dispenses with the table of the Legislative Coun- firstly, a larger proportion of the old-fashioned incubator.

means

wool and

Empire requirements might be re- "He was wrapped in a special cil at the first meeting thereof held after the publication in the the Gazette of the making of such re- fined within the Empire; secondly, kind of cotton increased production of oil from placed in a cot the temperature of gulations, and if a resolution be coal; thirdly, development of which is kept constant at 86 de-assed at the first meeting of the' geophysical methods of prospect-grees by

of hot-water Legislative Council held after minerals

oil bottles.

such regulations have been laid on ing

"When he was born his head the table of the said Council was little bigger than tennis resolving that any such regulation ball, and I could easily hold him shall be rescinded or amended in in the palm of one hand."

any manner whatsoever, the said Jean Whiteman, of Elstead, near regulation shall without prejudice is now to anything done thereunder, be

and for deposits.British Wireless.

The C. P. R. Office has received

a cable from Shanghai stating that Godalming, Surrey, who

£1

the deemed to be rescinded or amend smallest baby. She ed, as the case may be, as from has been delayed, and she will not weighed only 10oz. at birth, and the date of publication in the arrive in Hongkong until 2 p.m. on when three weeks old a wedding Gazette of the passing of such Monday.

ring passed easily over her hands. resolution.

on account of bad weather, cargo nearly two years old, was work on the Empress of Russia world's

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TALKING

PROTURE

The Star of the

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LAWRENCE TIBBETT

The ROGUE SONG

with OATHERINE DALE OWEN, STAN LAUREL, OLIVER HARDY. Directed by LIONEL BARRY- MORE, Music by Franz Lobar and Herbert Stothart. Entirely in TECHNICOLOR

NEXT CHANGE.

DARING, ADORABLE JOAN IN A WESTERN SINGING

TRIUMPH!

JOAN CRAWFORD

Here's the greatest show

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The thrillingest star in her most daring film-

PLUS

1-Lilting song hits by the writers of 'Broadway Melody' and 'Devil-May-Care'l

2-Band of 30 cowboyɛ in

real prairie chants and ballads! 3-An slutar cast!

JOHN MACK BROWN DOROTHY SEBASTIAN BENNY RUBIN CLIFF EDWARDS

MONTANA MOON

Original story and crnimaity by Sylvia, Thilders and French Butter, Didone by For From Diercied, by Mofculin Jis Clown

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

ALL TALKING PICTURE

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AL JOLSON The Singing Fool

AT THE

STAR

BETTY BRONSON JOSEPHINE DUNN

W LLOYD BACON

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