1931-04-21 — Page 12

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SINNERS-SAINTS!

She toyed with them-laughed at then-Until she was caught in the web of her own emotions!

The Charming Comedienne

is NOW

The Great Emotional Actress!

A new ther Names Carroll faty. She aà this

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NANCY CARROLL

The Devil's Holiday

LDMUND GAMPULÞING

who met "This from

2. Thats

HOBART MONWORLDS

JANE KATLA WAGON

Armen

Gutur

IT'S A 1981 PARAMOUNT ATTRACTION

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EVERY GIRL IN LOVE-EVERY LOVE LORN

YOUTH - EVERY MAN AND WOMAN will want to see this startling revelation of the love intrigues of the beautiful ladies of the most romantic court of Europe.

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BOUDOIR DIPLOMAT

THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1931.

EERIE SCENES AT ·

NIGHT.

(Continued from Page 1)

fumes arising from u cauldron. The electric

witch's torches

that shot through the darkness, and the flickering Humination given by the oil lanterns reflected, uniforms, women in cretonne dresses, blood-stained bandages and; perspiring faces.

Contrasts.

I was an eerie sight, for there was a surprising silence consider hug the enormity of the catan- trophe. Hoarse shouts in Can-| tones and English punctuated the silence, the rasp of sows and banging of hammers sometimes brake out to contrast with the gentle lapping of the waves the other skle of the line. Groups of curious spectators gazed on silently: wailing women brought back the realisation that tragedy had just stalked by,

There was no confusion: no panicky nutbursts, and no inter- ference with the work of the resetiers.

When the train plunged into the raving it carried with it the tele- phone cable that runs alongside. and difficulty" was experienced' in conveying the news to Kowloon. Villagers were first on the scene but evald de Hittle. The first medi

cal man to arrive was Dr. Farr, whe

despite the unnerving experience of having his car disappear benenthi him, walked the three miles to thei svene and began frumediately on the f task that called for his labours, i He was later followed by Dr. Smal- ey and other medical men.

Supervising the railway operze tions was Mr. G. A. Walker, Tra

SCENE OF THE TRAIN DISASTER.

TAIPO

TAIPO ROAD

SHATIN STATION

ROAD

BEACION HILL TUNNEL

STATION

CAS, NONOKOMC coming

WHERE -ACCIDENT

OCCURRED

TUNNEL

AT THE

QUEEN'S

SHOWING TO-DAY At 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.§

a $6.60 attraction The laugh tornado that cont Now Yorkurs $0.00 sest now show ing at popular prices. America'e loveliest beauties; the most daze. ling of spectacles and comady's poak funster in the merriest myth over told. A wonder of wonders

TIDE COVE

ROAD BLOCKED

BY WASH-our

The map illustrates the region where yesterday's terrible train disaster, the worst in the history, of the Kowloo Canton Rathway, odenrred. Just before the point where the mevident happened. Here is a waterfall running under a trishn

This was swollen by terrific ralne and the water wirling out of its normal course undermined the railway

embankment.

ille Manager, who is acting mana the road, as he lives in the vici ger in the absence of Mr. Baker, nity. Together with Mr. C, D, Lambert, chief mechanical engineer, he mar rballed his gangs of workmen and aided much in facilitating the work of the medical men..

Police Work.

The stretcher heurers had no first through the tannel. easy task. Their way led them

strewn with boulders and loose metal, with their only illumination the pin heads of lights that the police torches asked.

Special Bus Service.

The . G. P.. Mr. Walfe, rived about 10 pm, as also dil Mr. 17. Barlingham, and organis We are informed by Mr. L. C. F. ing the European, Chinese and In-Bellamy that the Kai Tack Bus dian police, they did valuable Company are to-day putting on a work in escorting the ambulance special emergency bus service be- men along the pitch black railway tween the Star Ferry wharf, Row. line to the Taipo Rond. where Mr. fogn, and Shatin, for the convey- A el Areulli, the solicitor, made auce of people residing pear Sha- many trips to Shatin station, con- tin, the railway service having veying the injured. His was the been suspended by reason of yes only motor car on that section of terday's disaster.

The bases will leave Kowloon even half hours, and the last will depart at 8 pm.

Fine First-Aid Work.

Tributes are paid to the work of the men of the Railway Division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. whose training proved of the gre test value in the rendering of Ursi. ait. The services of Mr. A el Arculli, who lives at Shatin and rendered mach assistance, are also com-f mended, and it is interesting to note that he is an offlcer of the Ambulance Brigade,

Regarding ambulance service, it is pointed out that even had the rond been open, there would not have been sufficient ambulances to attend to the injured.

LORENZ ZIEGFELD #KAMUE. GOLDWYN

EDDIE

CANTOR

WHOOPEE

Fiided jupon the

by WALTER DONALDSON Grady GUS KAHN Fehn the blaszol Gmody by

stage play by Owen WILLIAM ANTHONY MCGUIRE Davis entitled “THE NERVOUS WRCCK" Based upon the story "THE WRECK " by E. J. Raib In

collaboration with Robert Davia BOOK TO-DAY

Produced on the stage by Lawis & Gordon.

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NEWSREEL

KING GEORGE Wilmassas Football Final.

MUSICAL

Mussolini's Daughter Waḍu,

AN IRISH FANTASY AN UNITED ARTISTS' FEATURETTE

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Romance Lives Again !

with

BETTY COMPSON—IAN KEITH

MARY DUNCAN-JEANETTE LOFF

UNIVE

LIONEL BELMORE-LAWRENCE GRANT CTURE

The Affairs of a Muster Lover.

IT'S A 1931 UNIVERSAL SUPER-PRODUCTION

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BILLY THE

The

KID

be great American talkie by the great director of "The Big Ferado," Dare-devil, “bad man," Don Juan, Billy the Kid will aboot his way into the heart of America!

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KAY JOHNSON KARL DANE

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