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THEATRE

TO-DAY ONLY.

HEAR

Daily at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 p.m. ́EVERY GIRL IN LOVE-EVERY LOVE LÓRN YOUTH-EVERY MAN AND WOMAN

the most

will want to see this startling revelation of the love intrigues of the beautiful ladies of

romantic court of Europe.

The

BOUDOIR DIPLOMAT

with

BETTY COMPSON-IAN KEITH

MARY DUNCAN-JEANETTE LOFF LIONEL BELMORE-LAWRENCE GRANT

120

CAL

ICTURE

The Affairs of a Master Lover.

It's A 1931 Universal Super-Production,

Sunday, April 26.

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

8.5. Van Dine's Most Daring Philo Vance Thrill Mys-. tery. Murder done before your on the eyes! Vance right scene! Five suspects defy you

to pick the guilty person:

That's

BENSON MURDER CASE"

A Paramount Picture

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, APRİL 25, 1831.

SHIPPING LAW AMENDMENT.

POWERS OF EXEMPTION EXTENDED.

DRAFT ORDINANCE.

ECHO OF GENERAL SOME UNEASINESS

IN NANKING.

STRIKE.

AN EMERGENCY, REGULATION

RESCINDED.

were

RUMOURS OF A POSSIBLE SHANTUNG REVOLT,

WATCHING' SUSPECTS.

made by the By-Regulation Governor-in-Connell,- and publish- latest bed in the

Government Gazette, some of the special Emer

Nanking, Apr. 2-1. The draft of an Ordinance to

The enforcement of martial law mend further the Merchant Ship.gency Regulations which ping Ordinance, 1899, is gazetted, made in July. 1925 (at the time at the Nationalist Capital, with It has been the practice of the general strike) have been spretal police and garrison units un duty at strategic positions, search- grant speetal exemption from the rescinded, or amended.

ing suspicious characters, continues. requirements of section 4 of the

On July 6, 1925, power was Merchant Shipping Ordinance, to

In appears that the Government is taking no chances of trouble from curtain small steamers holding given to two magistrates sitting Hongkong passenger licences ce- together to inflict summarily, for reactionary elements in view of the gularly plying between the Colony

and places not open to generally crime under section 4 of the coming National Convention when trade. The practice would seem Arms and Ammunition Ordinance. Provincial high officials and public

king. to require an amendment of the imprisonment with hard labour forelegations will be vlaiting Nan- section, which is relaxed by its any term not excceding ten years :|

the provise in

of CRAC

river and flogging. stenmers and trawlers and which was further relaxed in 1937, in the ease of river steamers, for a

period of Gig years, by Ordinance No. 13 of 1917 and Notification No.

B2 of 1923,

by Some This Regulation

aneasiness is ramsed prevailing rumours of piola ayninst dis- the Central Government hy

has now been rescinded.

On July 9 1925, it was promu!-contented military factions ruling. gated that any person who "prints, Shaffung and Honan under the publishes, circulates, distributes mud of General Shih Yo-shan. or has in his possession any For some time the question of Section 2 of this Ordinance aesiditinus matter, or by viointer or assigning funds to the Shanlung prevents any other per armies has proved a difficult prob cordingly adds a third provise to threats section (2) of the principal son from doing any act which teem to solve between theManchurian

Government and Gen. Shih. Ordinance. This reads:-"Provid-is legally entitled to do, or cam- the offence against n d further that it shall be lawful mite

the Following the receipt of the sen- and shall be deemed always to have provisions of section 22 of been lawful for the Governor in Summary Offences Ordinance ofsational news of an Intended revolt con-by General Shih, the Mary Gov- Conneil to grant spectal exemp-1835, shall, upon summary Tion, which may be subject to any viction be able to imprisonment ernor of Shantung, General Han feonditions he may impose, from with hard labour for any trem not Pu-chu, who rules part of this vast

two years. all or any of requirements of this exceeding

ol-section in the case of any ship fugging." This has

alving between regularly

the amended so that the penalty 'olony

Italy. and

Swabue a fine not exceeding $1,90 for any term Shami). Ping Hoi, Ma Kong, Shangri-ommen!

Yu Chung, Nam O. Tip Fuk, O Tau Jexceeding one year.

* ALTIN sther non-Areaty port if the master and mate shall inve passer special examination be fore the Harbour Master and shall be approved lge him for service an (such voyages.

4

to Province and districts along the haum natt been Tsinanfu-Kinochow Ralway

shall been instructed to keep on the alert. Honan ditary officials have re- and

instructions Tram ceived similar Nanking.

FRENCH LEGATION

APPOINTMENT.

LIEUT.-COL, -BONAVITE AS MILITARY ATTACHE.

Paris, Apr. 24. Lieut. Col. Bonavite has been up- potated Military Attache to the French Haras

COTTON FEDERATION

CONGRESS.

Section 3 amends section 44 of the principal Ordinance by sub- stituting the words "such fee as the Governor in Counell prescribe" for the words " fee of one dollar" which is considered: an inadequate sum to charge for the informative abstract which, is to be supplied under the section. Section 4 of this Ordinnace is

The delegates will total between the suspending clause usual in the

500 and 600 representatives of the case of an. Ordinance relating to Merchant Shipping. It reads: not to disallow the same and there-twenty-one members of the Inter- ThOrdinance shall not rome after it shall come into operation national Federation, while the Juto operation unless and urill the upon such day as the Governor United States-which is not a Governor notifies by Proclamation shall notify by the same or nay member---will also be represented.

His Majesty's pleasur. other Proclamation."

A BIG INTERNATIONAL GATHERING,

Paris. Apr. 24. Twenty-two countries will bej represented at the Congress of

Legation in Peking the International Cotton Federa- tion which opens in Paris on June 23.

thrt

--Renters

HONCKONC'S FINEST CINEMA

SHOWING TO-DAY

at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.

"THE KID" GROWS UP! NOW HE TALKS FOR THE FIRST TIME!

ANDREMBAT

AT THE

HONGKONG.

QUEEN'S

Final Showings To-day At 2.30, 5.10, 7.16 & 9.20

A $6.60 Attraction The laugh tornado that oost New Yorkers $6.00 saat now show ing at popular prices. America's lovellent beaulins; the most dazz- ling of spootsoles and comedy'a poak funster in the merriest myth over told. A wondor of wonders l

FLORENZ ZIEGFELD

SAMUEL GOLDWYN

EDDIE

CANTOR

WHOOPEE

2

aleb WALTER DONALDSON

KUS KAHN Founded upna the Fira de Proval Comely by

atage play by Owen WILLIAM ANTHONY MCGUIRE

Davis entitled “ THE NERVOUS

WRECK" Based upon the story

"THE WRECK "' by E. J. Rath in

collaborating with Robert H. Davis BOOK EARLY

Produced on the slaga by

& Gerdon.

Lowin

ADDED ATTRACTIONS

SPECIAL

GRAPHIC SCENES

of

LOCAL TRAIN DISASTER

TO-MORROW

» Romance Lives Again!

BILLIE

DOVE CAREERS

with WILLIAM POWELL

as Philo Vance

MAJESTIC THEATRE

Nathan Road, Kebeloon.

TO-DAY ONLY

at 2.30, 5.20, 7.20

& 9.20 p.m.

HER GREAT SECRET

She dare not tell it to bor own busband. See it and hear it exposed!

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PEROY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street, In the City of Victoria Hongkong.

The most popu-

lar boy in the World as "THE

KID" of Charlie

Chaplin's great

Picture

And the most popular Girl on on the Screen!

Pert and Pretty

Mitzi Green.

The most hilarious comedy of boyhood ever written, Mark

Twain's.

TOM ZAWYER"

JACKIE COOGAN MITZI GREEN

KING VIDOR'S

epic production of the

saga of

BILLY THE

The

KID

be great American talkie by the great director of “The Big Parado.” Daredevil, "had man," Don Juan, Billy the Kid will abnot his way into the heart of America!

woich

JOHN MACK BROWN WALLACE BEERY

KAY JOHNSON KARL DANE

directed by

KING

VIDOR

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE ONLY.

Phone 28313 & 25830.

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