1931-05-07 — Page 12

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“LADIES LOVE BRUTES"

Ladies Thrill to his love making

GEORGE BANCROFT 'Ladies Love

Brutes

WITH

MARY ASTOR, FREDRIC MARCH

A Paramount Picture

Two-Fisted tautien win the women! Bancroft smashes into a woman's heart and breaks out again. You can't judge a man by the clothes he wears

Paramount.

Paramount Pictorial and Pulling &

r

Bone"

a man's heart by his maskers. Sec, why And get a bigger thrill than you got in

Comedy

+

"The Mighty."

Next Change

The "IT" Girl's First Musical Romance

Stanley Smith

Skeets Gallagher

Stuart Erwin

Mitzi Grena

as Clare's

sister.

You thrill when

you fe

CLARA

BOW

Love Among the Millionaires a Paramount Picture

Coming Soon

Paramount's adventure film of wild animals "RANGO"

Taken in Sumatra by Ernost G. Schoedsack the maker of "CHANG "

Booking at Anderson's and the Theatre, (Tel, 25720,)

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1931.

Printed and Published for the Proprietorn by FREDERICK PERUT FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria Hongkong.

HuHan-min for ZEPPELIN'S DASH TO

Peace.

NORTH POLE.

(Continued from Page 1.)

Message to Friends runners will press the submarine

in Canton.

NANKING ATTITUDE.

gently downwarde without shock, and there is n further protective device, a guiding arm, to save the Nautilus from crashing Into the ice.

The elevated conning tower, with its ice drilling attachment, is of considerable interest, together with tubes designed for drawing fresh air into the submarine when it is submerged deep beneath, the ice.

The drilla can cut through Goft. flee and the crew has equin ment to live 12 months ut a stretch

under the white roof if necessary.

Builder's Praise.

Nanking, May 7. The Government announces that Mr. Sun Fo has telegraphed from Shanghai denylag the, reports of his intention to go to Canton. Mr. Sun Fa indicated that he will return to his post at Nanking after i nendest rest in Shanghai,

Mr. Wo Tze-bul ngain confer Over £100,000 has been spent in red with Mr. Hu Han-min yester-equipping the vessel for its al- tempt to reach the Pole. Mr. day on the Cantin situation. At Simon Lake.

thr

veteran sub- the requeale of the Government, marine builder who completed the Me. Ho has went a telegram to als Nautilus originally for the United Canton friends asking them to States Navy during the war, de- elares he is confident that with military

ITL movements

the additions they had achieved the simplest and safest form of submarine navigation.

South China.

The Government claims that General Chan Chai-tong has sent a telegram to Nanking explaining the Canton attitude." No mention in made to whether Chan intends to support the anti-Chian,r Kai-shak factions in the South.

ZEN

Government aeroplanes sent to make investigations on the Kwang- tung-Kiangsi frontier returned to Nanking yesterday and reported

portion of the Canton

that a

THE AUSTRO-GERMAN UNION.

[

NEGOTIATIONS SUSPENDED AT PRESENT.

London, May 6. Asked for a statement regard-

Hankow Railway WAN bailying the present position of the damaged by the recent rafits, inut | negotiations for an Austro-Germūn no military movements

Customs Union, Mr. Henderson evidence in Northern Kwangtang

- Renska.

Wrte

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Nanking, May 6.

will

com-

The National Convention shortly issue a proclamation manting on the Canton situation. setting forth the attitude of the Government towards Messrs. Ku Ying-fan. Teng Tseh-ju and General Chan Chai-tong.

It Is semi-offeinlly announced that the Government bellaves that Genreal Chan Chai-tong has been influenced by subordinates who are discontented over the Nanking dis- bandment acheme.

MAN

FRANCE'S FUTURE

OVERSEAS.

MAKER OF MOROCCO. ON COLONISATION.

DISPLAY OF FORCE.

Parts, M., +Our future lies oversens," declared Marshal Lyautey, at the opening ceremony of the French Colonial Exhibition at Vincennes, which is to remain open until October next. The opening vere- mony was officially performed by President Doumergur this after noct.

Marsha Lyautey, the principai apenker, is the maker of moderni Mororco and the greatest living French colonial administrator.

In the course of a remarkable

speech, the Marshal summarised the polley on which his success in

Morocco has been founded.

Colonisation, he suld, must be ersentially constructive and bene-" De inl.

The

colonising Power

should display force to prevent its use, while the way to treat the native was to show him consider tionfleuter.

LABOUR'S LAND TAX PROPOSALS.

PASS. COMMONS BY A BIG MAJORITY.

London. Muy 6. The debate on Mr. Philip Snow- which den's land tax proposals,

said he understood the negotiations were suspended pending a discus-are embodied in this year's Finance sion which would take place at Geneva during the present month. -British Wireless.

PRINCE TAKAMATSU LEAVES OTTAWA.

+

FULL ROYAL HONOURS FOR JAPANESE VISITORS.

Ottawa. May 6. On their departure to-day for Prince and Princess Tukasa Là là were accorded fuil

A Government spokespinn that General Chan Ming-shu will Toronto. nol come to Nanking.

Hill, though they do not come in- to effect until 1933-34, concluded: to-day.

The division resulted in # for the majority of Afty-nine Government, 289 voting in favour of the proposal and 230 against.-- Reuter.

Royal honours, being given n milltary escurt to the Station,

The Prime Minister, Mr. R. B. Bennett, went personally to the station to hid the Japanese Royal couple farewell.--Renter

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He's the Beau

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MAURICE

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IN

Playboy of Paris

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Kathleen Norris'

A

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M.G-M'S

COLOUR REVUE

with

Raymond Hackett--Mary Doran--Brox Sisters.

NEXT CHANGE

"He.robbed mo

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Beyond Vellier'a Ilion).

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Joan

SAM WOOD

JOAN

CRAWFORD

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