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MAJESTIC

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.80, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

In Tune With Life Today!

and his bant in

Paul WHITEMAN

Presented by Cart Loummis. Directed by John Murray An duron. Produced by Carl Loommis, Ji

"KING OF JAZZ

THE musical drama of the birth and growth of jazz -a comival of cleverness --a miracle of beauty- a gorgeous entertainment starting in its brilliance and thrilling in its offer. vescence... An oll-Tachni- color production... A never-to-bo-forgotton pic- tuse that will make the sen- tes raval in luxury... and including the first drama- tization of George Garth-

win's "Rhapsody in Blue."

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1931.

BYNG'S NEW BROOM.

RADICAL CHANGES AT THE *

YARD.

CINEMA NOTES.

"WHOOPEE" AGAIN AT THE QUEEN'S.

The greatest nume of

Its star,

SHARE PRICES.

TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.

The following is the list of local

Banka.

Hongkong Bank, $2025 n. Chartered Bank £13 n.

Mercantile A. and B., £221⁄2 n. East Asia $120 b.

Insurances.

Cantoo Ins., $1416 b.

Union Ins., $638 h.

Scotland Yard is undergoing an intensive spring-clean" following screen combine in the widely-herakaharo, quotations issued to-day:

the the return of Lord Byng from his fed production of "Whaopec",

Ziegfeld Samuel Goldwyn-Florenz holiday in the South of France.

the which returns Although the Commissioner has musicni riot

Queen's Theatre next Wednesday, only been back at his desk for a Its nors are respectively the short time two important appolat-greatest pioneer of the motion picture ments among higher-placed officers in America and the musical comerty have been announced.

king of the American stage. Chief Inspector Prothero, one of Eddie Canter. is known wherever the most-distinguished detectives there are thontres ns n comic artist stage form, produé. at Scotland Yard, has been appoint-of genius. In ed Superintendent of "R" (Green-ed by Mr. Ziegfeld in New York, with wich) Division of the Metropolitan Cantor in the lead, I ran over a year Poller. He was responsible for the arrest of Podmore, who was hanged For the murder of Mr. Vivian Mesuiter in a Southampton garatge in 1929,

Revolutionary.

This is one of the most revolu- tionary changes mak by Lord Byng during his three years of of- Bée. H is the first time in the history of the Force that a highly placed Yard detective has been pro- moted to a higher position in the uniformed branch.

and a huif.

Included in its east are Eleanor Hont, the redhaired benuty whom Samuel Goldwyn considers one of his greatest finis, Dorothy Knapp, famed most beautiful girl in the work" Paul Gregory, $25,800 tenor. Ethel Skutts, and such famam Ziegfeld glorified girle as Jeanne Morgan, Muriel Finley and Virginia Bruce, Thornton Freeland, brilliant young director who is known as one of the fastest rising people of Hollywood, directed this pleture.

stage

The stage production of "Whoopeer mate New York gasp by its Invish benuty. In the freer medium of the Superintendent Bertrand Rober- talking serien. "Whooper" bas out-

Jone

its rven

incarnation. on has been made the new Chief

Sach internationally famous beauty at Vine-street.

These changes 11 the fore-apola is Zion National Park furnished the back-ground for the outdoor runners of a great overhaul of the.

scopes. All the technical brilliance machinery at Scotland Yard and of

of the Goldwyn and Ziegfeld staffs the personnel of the outer Divisions combined were used to make euch de- which Lord Byng will carry out in tail breath-taking

loveliness. the next few

Every Scures of beutiful girls selected from months. branch of the Metropollina Police among Ave thousand applicants by Mr.

come under his personal re-

Goldwyn and Mr. Ziegfeld personally, view inelating the mounted pedicelars, and months of careful pres the expenditure of nearly two million women police, told the mobile force

paration make "Whoopee" murk a used in traffic control.

new era in picture spectacle, Volour is used lavishly throughout to enrich 1}i6& 311i]itralfoJe! !Tsrt༥.

Particular attention will be des voted to the Flying Squad and the organisation for combating motor- bandits.

Radieni changes are to be expect- el by the outepti of representa

to be maile to the Home Secretary, Mir Cynes, by the Corn- Inissioner, when his report in edm- pleted,

A large increase in the strength of the Force, which al present «rands at 204,00, is boring consider Leid.

in

Seventy-four clinhges of scenes, 512 different changes of esstume, scenes in which four and five hundred people were concerned, are fitures which give some idea of the male with which the Goldwyn Ziegfeld have gone about bringing the fruit of their different experiences into biens for this one pleture,

combination

"Rango" Draw Big Houses. "Rango" is drawing crowded houses at the Central Theatre. antl JLL each performance many school chil- dren are attending with their school inunters to see the kind of pleture

under the heading that comes

If

"More fun than a barrel of mon

Another important appointment to be made in the near future is Assistant-Commissioner. that of Among the names mentioned are educational.

Sir Charles Tegart, Chief of the keys" in literally, filmienlly true in Calentta Police, who is now on leaveRange" the Paramount adventure- in England, and Mr. Howgrave-

story epic. For in this amazing Grabant, the secretary at Scotland | show there are not only more mon- Yard,

LAWN BOWLS.

CLUB DE RECREIO TEAMS

FOR SATURDAY,,

The following players will re- present the Cub de Recreio in Lawn Bowls League matches on Saturday:

keye thun a barrel-full in evidence, but there is actually a point in the nction where great numbers of mon- keys provide unbridled amusement by their anties in and about a barrel of provisions in Ali's bamboo cabin jantry during that intrepid old tiger- hunter's absence.

"Rango" is an natonishing drama of primeval life with ample elements of comedy intermixed with ita trakudy,

"Hell's Angels."

Full houses postering viewed the first acrenings of the much-advertis-

Alen in its humunity. are so many pygmies and their pri vate sorrows of so little account when, they are

Chinn Underwriters, $6.00 b. China Fires. $600 b.

H. K. Fire Ins., $1300 u.

Shipping.

Douglas, $25 b.

H. K. Steambonts, $28 n. Indo-Chinus, (Def.) $30, h. Union, Waterboats, $28

Mining.

Benguets 30% n. Kailans. 27/6 A. S'hai Explorations, Tis, 114 m. Raubs, $3834 n.

Docks, etc. Kowloon Wharves, 1634 b. Whonpon Docks, $34 n. South China Motors 310 n. Chlua Provident, $6,80 b. Tiongkews. Th. 282 n. New Engineers, Tls. 6 n. Shanghai Docks, Tls. 112 n.

Cottons.

Ewo Cotton, Pls, 13.86 n. Shai Cotton Ts. 15 b. Zoong Sings Tis. 11 n.

Lands, Hotels, etc.

H. K. and S. Hotels, $16.50 1. B. K. Land 91 M.

Shai Lind Tls. 39 L. Humphrey's $17.25 m. Rentties, $133, 1.

Public Utilities. Tramways, $1.

Peak Trams, (old) $141⁄4 0. Star Ferries, $941⁄2 China Lights, $25.75 b. HK. Electries, $80 b. Macao Electrics, $23 m. Telephones, 858 n. China Buses, Tis. 18.60 1. Singapore Tractions, 6/6 n.

Industrinis.

China Sugars, 80 cts. n. Malabons $39 n. Cantou Ices, $3.60 n. Cement, Ceomb. $18,80 b.

Ropes, $22.30 4.

Stores, etc.

Dairy Farms, $267; b. Watson, $13,90 9.

Der A. Winga, 31 n. Lane Crawford, $61, sa. Mackintosh, $18 n. Shaceres, $141⁄2 n. Powella, $4 n.

Miscellaneous. Amusements, $26

n. Construction, $7.40 b.

B'que Ind. G. Bonds, 70% b.

SUGAR MARKET.

THE LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS.

Te following eable at the close

Led Glis “Hell's Angels" at the Queen's of the sugar market yesterday has j 1st Division Versus Kowloon Theatre yesterday, and were impress-been received by Messrs, Peutronth Dock Rec. Club at 4 p.m. --Dr.ed. The theme is a dramatie story of und Co. R. A. C, Basto, A. H. Basto, C. A. the Great War-conceivably

CHLE OF Lopes, C. G. Silva (Skip); E. many which were hidden in the im- Barros. P. A. Yvanovich, 1. A. thesis of the conflict-and poignant- Gutierrez, C. P. Marques (Skip); | ly gripping A. S. Gomes, R. R. Robarts, L. 4. R. Souza, R. F. Luz (Skip).

2nd Division Versus K... start at 8.30 p.m.. away.-F. Prata, 1. M. S. Rosario, P. V. Ribeiro, . G. Ozoriu (Skip); A. Xavier 4.4. Basto, E. M. Remedies, F. X. Silva (Skip); F. Xavier, J. M. M. Alves, A. V. Barros, F. X. Soares (Skip).

WORLD RECORD WITH A SPEEDBOAT.

KAYE DON PREPARES TO BETTER HIS OWN.

London, May 13. Kaye Don, who is at Lake Garda, Italy, and will attempt in the next few days to break his own world's record for speedboats, hupes to make the first trial ran with 5fiss England IF to-day.

At the week-end he will compete for the Garda Shield and D'Annunzio Trophy, given by the famous poet in the memory of Sir Henry Segrave, first man to pilot Miss England II. Conditions on Lake Garda are excel- lent for high speeds, and Kaye Don expects to make considerable nd- on the 103.49 an hour

Aires, a few weeks ago

A Corner of Home!d's creard he established t

Refresh yourselves at the

St.

where

FRANCIS

you are amid home-

like surroundings, listening to

old time melodies.

HONGKONG'S POPULAR RENDEZVOUS

Managed by Alphonse.

British Wireless.

►

EASTERN FOOTBALL CLUB SPORTS.

in the succeeding scentrum of shown as caught in the the struggle and are but so many pawns serving the purposes of the makers of war, It is then that the colossal nature of the productiune- the impressive expansion comes apparent. There is no denying of the theme. The spectator of a verity not only sers and hears-he nisu obtains a thrilling sensation being at close

quarters to these epic air gifts. A Zeppelin attack and the subsequent destruction of the dirigible by defend- ing planes is a spectacle portrayed with much realian, and is in itself n suficient attraction apart from the other incidents of the story.

Ben Lyon, James Hall and Jean Harlow are the three characters who guide the human side of this great siory to success.

"Under Suspiciou.”

Showing at the King's Theatre is "Under Suspicion", a film which gives an interesting glimpse of that famous organization-the Canadian North. West Mounted Pollee, and of its re- sponsibilities in the policing of an Moran and isolated territory. Lois

J. Harold Murray have the two prin- cipal dramatic roles in this picture, which also portrays the typical grandeur of the Canadian backwoods,

EXCHANGE RATES.

Previous Day. Yesterday.

124.312

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20.41/ .18.16

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TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY AT Shanghai..

CAROLINE HILL.

Paris.. Geneva, Berlin, Oslo. Helsingfors. Athens.... Buenos Aires

New York.. Amsterdam. Stockholm The Eastern Football Club are holding their ftrat annual athletic Madrid..

Vionna saporta on Sunday at Caroline II (by kind permission of the South China Bucharent Football Club) commencing at noon.

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British Wireless.

Montevideo There will be an Invitation Relay Brussels.. Hongkong Race open to all clubs of the Colony, four runners, each to run 220 yards, Milan This race will start at about 4.30 and Copenhagen

Prague.. the entrance fee for each team is $1. Mombers of all clubs in the Colony, Lisbon parents of the members of the Eastern Rio.... Bombay Football Club and all interested are

.1/5.13/10. Yokohama..

.2/0.13/32 cordially invited.

.IB At the conclusion of the sports the Silver (spot) prizes will be distributed by Mrs. D. (forward) 13.1/16 M. Biggar.

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London Terminals. March 1932 6/9% down 2d. May 1932 6/11% down 140. August 1931 6/3, down d. December 1931 6/7 down d.

New York Terminals. March 1932 1.46 down 1 pt. May 1932 1.52 down 1 pt. July 1981 1.22 down 1 pt. September 1931 131 no change. December 1931 139 no change.

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