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ACTOGEN

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A Ne44% P.

USE

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Sol Agents

Tel. 277-1.

OPTIMISTIC NOTE.

BIG ECONOMIC BOOM TO FOLLOW DEPRESSION.

Sanking Mar: 26. Sir Arthur Salter, speaking at a tifin given by the informational Club, sounded an optimistical Bole in connexion with the work- wide depression. De

that the present crisis was due t overproduction and not due to gen eral poverty.

Once the crisis was over the

world wond experience

the

biggest economie boom in bistory,

a resulting from the higher stand- art of living and general pross perity all round.- Neuter.

STAR

TO-MORROW ONLY

MUSIC

FROM THE ETHER BOOK NOW!

URODONAL

THE DEFINITE' REMEDY FOR

RHEUMATISM

AND ALL

URIC ACID TROUBLES

SOLE AGENTS FOR HONG KONG CANTON & MACAU

THE PHARMACY

Aziatio Building, Tel. 20345,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1931.

CINEMA NOTES,

RADIO STAR IN "GOLD DIGGERS."

Nick Luens. the famous "erooning troubadour," who makes his talking motion picture debut in "Gold Diggers of Broadway," In Warner Bros. and Vitaphone 100% natural colour, sing- ing, talking, dancing pleture, coming en Tuesday to the Queen's Theatre. has mung to millions he

Reun

hos

novse

For the past four years Lucas har been under contract to one of the leading phonograph record companies us an exclusive record artist accam- panying himself on his familiar juitar. During that time over ten men of his records have been sold, while dur- ing 1928 alone three million records of Lucas' crooning voice were brought by an appreciative public.

SUGAR MARKET.

THE LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS,

The following cable at the clone of the sugar market yesterday has been recolved treath and Co.,

by Messra. Pen

London Terminals. March 1932 7/3 no change. May 1931 6/41⁄21⁄2 up d. August 1931 G/7% up d. December 1931 6/11% up d New York Terminals. March 1932 1.08 up 4 pts. May 1931 1.36 up 5 pts. July 1931 1.44 up 4 pts. September 1931 1.51 up 4 pts. December 1931 1.60 up 5 pts.

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21 YEARS AGO.

SOME EXTRACTS FROM THE "TELEGRAPH" FILES.

The following extracts are from: the Hongkong Telegraph for the week ended March 25th, 1910.

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Tho rate of the dollar 011 demund was 18. 9.1/16d.

His Excelloney Sir Frederick Lugard paid an official visit to Meno

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS.

220

28

an

45

5

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interesting work on the origin of typhoons.

10

Mr. J. I. Plummer, of the Kow- Icon Observatory, josued

In "Gold Diggers of Brundway." Nick Luras sings several original estimate coming crop as follows; Samagang (26/1/31). —- Trust songs written especially for this white Sugar 1,925,000, against Police

in which he appears with an all-star

慷

In Cricket League match, the bent Craigengower.

picture by Al Dubin and Joe Burke. last betual crop of 1,879,648; | Amongat the Police players were rast which includes Nancy Welford, Brown Sugar 791,000, against Mr. T. II. King, Mr. J. Ogg and Conway Tearle, Winnie Lightner, Ann756,012: mulasses Sugar 300C. drew with the Buffs, the Kow- Mr. E. R. Hallifax. Kowloon C. Pennington, Lilyan Tashman, William against 66,305 total 2,751,000; loon team including Mr. F. Sutton. Hakewell, Helen Foster and many against 2,702,865. other well-known stage and screeni players and a dazzling beauty chorus of 100. Rog bei Ruth directed,

Ballet Nuskera of “Madam Satan."

EXCHANGE RATES.

Apinten regarding: "Madame Satan." Cell 11 Mille's 12

musira! Paris production for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Geneva Beems to adfrate that this producers; Belin. rector, first in files to cater to the r parded clar desires of the pulille,

Zl

is it again in his present ojke-

"Madam Satan." raees only a wide variety of prolly girls cavorting in attractive masked tall costumes, but he also reverts hach to the type of "spectacle" which mule such earlier the Mills sucessos Munshaughter," "Mate Female and Forbidden Fruit"

This time a ball on a Zeppelin is elimaced by an reiden! ta the archip and the narachute derren! of all the Passengers,

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felsingfors.

Previous Day.

Athens..... Huenos Aires,

Shanghai. New York. Amsterdam, Stockholm Viat

Madrid. Buchared

19.12 .19.7416

Yesterday, 124.0214

25.25 20.3812

124.17M .25.26

20.90%

18,15

100%

39,LAG .:175

18:16 793% 39.5/32 273 1/05

4,885,29782 4.86.29/32

12.12 1743-81%

.38.56

3-166

55

15

817

MIT

Mantevites. Hongkong. trussels.. Milan Copenhagen

36

1201

10%

34.901

34.91

18.10

18,IG!

12.7519.

92.751

147.1 148,25 3037/32 1/6,27,32

8.17/16 1762227/322 2/0.83/32

132 184

the top of the thrills Indiented, and spectacular ballet munheta directed Praze. by Legos Jerome Prinz of the Earl Liston Carroll "Vanities." De Mane

gains io..... added laughs by the plures where the Bombay.... docending passengers

Kay Yokuham.270,13/32 Johnson lands in the sumble seat of Silvre (mt)...13% a peiter's nat Roland Young is: (forward) 137 snagged on a tree in a lions den. A six-armed girl decends into a gro

A En hoy Intula on frama in park, and Lillion Roth erashes through the skylight of Turkish baths.

The featured players of this eye and en entertainment are Kas Jahn- n. Reginald Benny, Roland Young. Lian Roh, with Theodore Korloff an the reptier dancer. Tha Story was written by Jende M

with dialogue be Gladys ger and Elsie denis. Eight song numbers are provided by Herbert Frothnet and Clifford Gross of the Rogue Song and Jek Wise and Ptain Joini Ahe Farman's band is men and heard.

"Cohens and Kellys la Scotland," A Cohen is always a Sidney, but Kolly is everal people. This Poli tiren was revended whina "The foien and KeBes in Scotland". rollicking trid-Jewish comedy coming to the Queen's Theatre on Sunday, went int production at Universal City.

-British Wireless.

OIL RATIONING.,

11-1

EFFORT TO SECURE TEXAS CO-OPERATION.

Austin, Texas, Mar. 26.

A conference is being hell here in an effort to secturn the rationing of the new East Texas oilfield. East Texas oilmen say they will arret to rationing when oil im- [porta;

are eut to 16,000,000 barrels VOR.

The Standard Oil Co. of New Jorter anteed that it would cut importa from 60.000 to 45.000 hermde dally for three months as a fell from April 1. The Dutch Shelf Co, has ordered ents of fifty the Gulf Commny

For the fourth the George Sidney from con! and we Cohen and Vera Gordon was Mrs. Truts of twenty-five per cent.~~Reù- PAN-A An for the fourth time Kute

Phong Mer, Kaffe, But she found on Aurriran Service,

herself married again' to her test hus- brunt in the bes Irving Ben

form of the my Kinek Theatre on nd Kollys"The Allier led the argumente welder to tw ther Kellys In the interim.

the contingent of the on! be foul by

Pealeg

Für Charlie Mareny, the Role of The Cohens and Reflv", The Best Donald,

of the four serien, ng din aprel

Moe

Buskanen in the Enri mien!

in the role of Kelly. In the wanted all who expen to New York

påtor fodens md Kels in

P M Peine fd I Parratt MacDould for space. In "The Come and Keltes in All the City", Mek Swain hagyod than moje,

Which of all the Ky de prefer

hund?" restted M Price in any wer to a question. "It's bor taste in a weanta mulans! aubons amar bor bookends, peed or prosent, Boride, RA intodito 1 ye ah Kelly". In addition to the Famens Colon not Rolle metetto, the cast of The Cahen and Kellys in f Scotlan!" include nach well-known

ployers ns E. J. Relife, Colvin and Lloyd Whitlock.

William James Craft, in chary of the "Cal nad Kan their ! Attie 45% Trodie.

directed their Selland vili. The my was written by Jelm MeDersanti i sad the dialogus by Alert bet

"Monte Carlo."

William

pel verse in Cherbe revue

4.1 Gommele Med ha h mention

U Bel foron and ine

Captus emma

сой

1 to famous Ryna

Mi Molins

Ceeling craintes, Buchanan

veling thinke I am

And then throughts.

Chers and Rellyn Code Murray. Univeral's famous Ban, who has signed his name extatranh cookngs many thousands Coste at Beltonte. of times, played a reverse role when the Inger1d Woh Transatlantic fliers. virket the Universal Studios on their revent Tom. the United Stat

Murray was extrendy timid aliut ling the diers for their signatures on the studio Inn menu.

"It is an old! American custoin."

Claid ADA, P. charlee eledian he witistered to the daring birdme who rose reply to saveen in Great out their autographs, tales through rile in • Bulldog Murray and his equalis famous The Love Chaste? engele wartner, George Sidney, may "Slightly Searlet" and "Ladies Lave

byeon at the Central Theatre in the Bru! E to be gen in "Montellorious niversal feature Carl, which

*The will his the

pering fohena and Kalipa in Afrien."

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

RGİROVEHING LON IN THER CANCE, FRECKLES AND THE OLD HERMIT SUDE

INTO THE SHALLOŇ/ OPENING

OF BLACK CAVERN, TRUSTING ONLY TO

LUCK....

GOOD OR

BAD!!

WE'LL JUST ABOUT CLEAR IT.... KARO TELLIN'

•HOW LONG WE'LL HAVE

TO STAY IN THIS

POSITION.... KEEP

DOWN!!

AS LONG AS I HAVE TO LIE DOWN LIKE THIS I MIGHT AS WELL BLFEP A LITTLE...WAKE ME UP IF ANYTHING HAPPENS!

Mr. C. W. Jeffries, Mr. J. P. Robinson and Mr. A. O. Brawn.

SHARE PRICES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

The following is the list of local share quutalions issued today:

Banks.

Hongkong Bank, $2015 1. Chartered Book 10, n. Mercantile A. and B., £241⁄2 . Eat Asin $118 b.

Insurances.

Canton Ins.. 2105 2.

Union Ins.. $625 s.

China Underwriters, $3.66 A. China Park, Şark n.

H. K. Fire Ins., $1300 = X Div.

Shipping.

Douglas, $25 1.

H. K. Steamboats, $251⁄4 n. Indo-Chinas, (Def) $30 n. Union Waterboats, $37 n.

Mining.

Benguets, $10. b.

Kallans, 35/- 1.

S'hai Explorations, Tis. 5/1⁄2 n Raube $39 b.

Docks, etc.

Kowloon Wharves, $161 n. Whampoa Docks, $20 b. South China Motors 40 1. China Provalents, $5.25 1). Hongbows, T. 297 8.

New Engineers, Tls. 5% b. Shanghai Docks, Tis, 108 b.

Cottons.

Ewo Cotton 714, 1455 h. S'hai Cotton Tls. 105 b.

Lands, Hotels, etc.

II. and S. Hotels, $14 b. 1. K. Land SX444 h Shri Land Tls. 404 b. Homöhreys, SIG.70 1. Realtirs, 39.85 b.

Public Utilities.

Tramways, 317.70 11.

Peak Trums, (old) $141⁄4 n. Star Forries, $38 h.

Chian Lights, Cold) $24.60 b. I. K. Electrics. $77 b. Telephones, $47 L. China Busca. Tls, 18 n. Singapore Tractions, 6/6 s.

Industrial

China Sugars, 80-eta, n. Malabons $40 b. Canton lees, $3.30 *. Comenta Comb.) $16.40 b. Ropes, $14 b.

Venz: Goldfields $3.60 h.

Stores, etc.

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Dairy Farms, $21% 11. Watson, $12.60. Der A Wings Lane Crawforda, $1.25 8. Mackintosh. 820 n. Sinceres, $13% »

Miscellaneous,

Amusements, $20. Constructions. $6.50 1. B'que Ind. G. Bonds. $68% b.

Black Cavern!

AND, NEAR

THE OTHER

OPENING

OF BLACK

CAVERN, MILES

| AWAY, RILEY

AND UNCLE

CLEM

HANG

SEARCHED

AND

WAITED

FOR

FRECKLES

IN VAIN

ACTORS

1 Fish go in Companipa of the

Walrus,

Just a hurried line, with a sharp ending.

10 This froble-minded person would be no better if he lived in France.

1 More of this is given than taken. 31 The workshop of an artist.

14 The character of a sound that

carries its own note.

15 On the voyage over the poor viene got a blessed rest (hilden). 14 Good for bruises.

18 The patron saint of swineherds, 21 There is none better than ex-

perience.

24 Although Captain Cattle believed strongly in this, a little aspira- tion maken nothing of it.

Ed The devil, it is.

30 Common to good turns and bad

turns alike.

31 A convenient deafness is sup.

posed to accompany these re marka.

32 Termagant.

34

Verbally, what one may expert from 32 across,

hope this little sangster may always escape its own tail,

5 On the road to Coventry people

after this.

Down

This sounds like an injunction to a girl to become warlike. but she could not expect to be invin- cible,

What poem should be,

He news a hammer to drive the first part home.

5 le (or she) pats Guvernments in

their place. SA

right angle is--thon obtuse nagle.

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U. S. CUSTOMS..

THE RE-ADMISSION OF AMERICAN CARS.

modified.

7 This form af nourishment is

named after a noble earl. HA bewitching Queen of Egypt. 11 Half of 34 across.

1 This fanwux censor

probably

}}} ૧૫s•c! good innny plètures in his time, but he certainly never passed a "talkie,”

17 iligh jinks,

10 He who undertakes this must be

a 21 acruaS.

20 It makes one groan, Gerald, to

ce such crimes committed in the name of art (hidden).

22 Interjection expressing grier. 23 Well describes'n skull.

25 What the "forty-ninera" hoped to, and frequently did, And, A hose hanging eng, that with another head would suit a come dian.

28 After hitting the pavilion, it ricochetted. I umpired no more (hidden).

29 Parts of a flower.

Yesterday's Solution

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DEUSPHUNAZARET EASTSTURING BACH

THYSELF, SCENT N

JARSMARISCARAVAN

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Yesterday's Solution

1 OLAANOPOTIA 2 DIMANCHOTIA 3 MOAANC

4 MELANCHQTIA

5 MELANCHOLIA

The five steps from the Greek word philanthropia to the English word mel ancholis are shown above Two aday cont letters are changed in each step.

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of

rendmission is accompanied by the We have reerived from the Dollar ted without entry, other than baggage

owner or his agent, it may be admit Steamship Line and the American declaration upon presentation of the Mall Line an extract from the latest customs certificate of registration, or U. S. Customs Regulations governing in the ease of an automobila the slate the re-admission of American automo-registration card or in the

lles into the United States. The aircraft the certißente of registration extract is as follows:

of the Department of Commerce, "The regulations governing Te provided these certificates satisfac- admission of automobiles taken abroad torily Identify the article. If the for non-commereint use have been article is not accompanied by the owner or his agent, or when it has "Article 441, Customs Regulations received additions alterations of 1923, has been modified. This abrand, it may still be admitted upon article covers automobiles and other baggage declaration if covered by vehicles, boats, teams, and saddlen customs certificate of registration,

for horses tukun abroad

non-cumor in the case of an automobile the mercial use. They may be rendimialate registration card, or in the case ted without payment of duty upar of aircraft the certificato of registra- compliance with certain regulations, tion of the Department of Commerce, as follows: The owner may, before Repairs or additions not incidental to the article goes abroad, have customs use abroad made abroad, are duttabla collectors examine it and issue A upon their value at the rate at which certificate of registration on Form the article itself would be dutiable if 4455. If no additions or repairs have imported and must be covered by an been made, and the article upont entry or baggage declaration."

-I TELL YOU I OVERHEARD FARBAR AND BINKLEY SAY HE'LL NEVER, GET OUT OF

KEEM RNER, WITH ITS

SWIFT CURRENT..

WALL, LET'S

LOOK ONCE

MORE!

By Blosser

I NEVER HEARD OF

·ALYQUÉ DISAPPEARING GO

COMPLETELY... THIS HAS

ME STUMPED I/

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