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DANGEROUS

NAN MCGREW.

WITH

HELEN KANE

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With

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Stuart Erwin

Meramunt

They're ind

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Showing Saturday

BRENT SCORES AGAIN!

Straight into the

heart of gangiand

goon this stinging search for the trus story behind lawlesanoas.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1931.

AUSTRALIA VIVIAN GORDON'S

MURDER.

R

ASKS A SACRIFICE.

TAXICAB DRIVER

ARRESTED.

GENTLE ART OF COMPULSION.

ог

New York, May 25. After several

weeks "shadowing," detectives have arrested the tnxi-man, Harry Harvey, who drove the car in which Vivian Gordon, the netrak“,

BY SPECIAL TAX. met her death.

Melbourne, May 28.

BAN ON POWDER AND ROUGE.

SCHOOLGIRLS GO ON STRIKE.

BETTER LURE THAN LEARNING.

the

Belgrade, May 24, A highly amusing conflict has It is alleged that Vivian Gordon was strangled in the car by two arisen in the Jugoslav hight A very heavy full occurred in men-Stein and Samuel Greenberg. school world owing to the direc the prices quoted for Common-Her iden, prompted by Steln, was tor of the leading girls college wealth Bonds on the Sydney and apparently to rob Greenberg of having prohibited the use of face Melbourne Stock Exchanges to now thought to have been merely nant girls thereupon elected a

parcel of diamonds, but this is powder and rouge: The indig

day.

lure on the part of Stein. The weakness of these Govern-

Both Stein and Greenberg are in "Council of Twelve" to organize mont securities was due to the angaol.

a regular revolt. nouncement that the Conference of Previously it was believed that A deputation was sent to the Federal and State Prime Ministers the notorious gangster, Jack Minister of Education to lay the had tentatively adopted a scheme Diamond, was concerned in the case before him directly, but the for the creation of a forty-year murder and just over two months Minister, possibly dreading the four per cent, conversion loan for ago Home 50 State troopers raided influence of some of Belgrade's the conversion of Australia's in his den in an attempt to gather prettiest girls, refused to receive

Grently Angered, ternal debt, which is

Diamond them. 'On acon-evidence of the crime. siderably higher interest bazis. had escaped and all that was rebels published in the leading The scheme, it may be noted, found was a quantity of mor-newspapers of the cupltul a mani. contains an important provisu to phine.

festo announcing that they were the effect that an alltional flat It was then stated in the news-1 resolved to remain on strike "until rate income tax to normal income papers that, according to reports these medieval methods have been tax will be levied at the rate of in the underworld, Diamond owed given up."

This remarkable document goes twenty per cent, on securities that Vivian Gordon £3,000 and had

"Rouged lips, polish- are not converted.

promised $15,000 for her murder.on to say:

undulated Mr. Stalin, the Federat Pre-it was alleged that he had quared finger-nails and mier, stated that the Premiers had relled with her about the division short hair are infinitely more im- as then Latin, Greek. been informed that financial in of the spoil from various black portant to stitutions holding practically half wall projects in which they were or other useless encumbrances. the bonds are willing to convert partner. them at the lower rate of interest, the opinion that He expressed that here offered the greatest hope provided all sections shared equitably in the sacrifice.--Renter

JAPANESE TRADE

AND CHINA.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESOLUTION.

Tokyo, Mya 29. Urging both the Government and the people to pay greater attention to Sino-Japanese relations, for the

Numerou

We have no desire to be as ugly

as one grandmothers and we do desire to get married. Profieleney ROME COMMOTION.

fcertificates in learning are such leas uneful in securing husband, manifestations of than physical beauty, ProCatholic and Anti-Catholiv So far the authoritien have fail feeling have been listed in thead to allow themselves to be con- daily paper in Rome. The driver sinced by them striking argu for a Vatican City Mail Truck was ments, and have started proveed- beaten by a Fascist moh because tags to expel all strikers from the he refused in halt during a Fascist school, while the general pubile Parade.

eagerly discusses the incident and takes sides for or against the girls, who at least have succeeded in giving the Jugoslav expital. another social sensation.

the gradual abolition of extrality regionally, provided guarantees are olitaimable:

(2) That Japan's legitimate in- terests in Manchuria and Mongolia be maintained at all costs: and

The Royal Observatory reports

purpose of preventing unfortunate (3) That Chian's discriminatory that the northern depression con- developments, the Japanese Cham-treatment of Japanese goods be pro- Įtinues to more eastward towards ber of Commerce has passed a re-tested against.

Hokkaido. The depression to the solution urging:

The resolution is being submitt-N.W, of Hanoi has (1) That Japur should agree to fed to the Foreign Office.--Reuter, tightly.

deepened

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KING'S THEATRE

MONARCH OF THEM ALL

SHOWING TO-DAY.

at 2.80, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 pm.

THE TRADER HORN EXPEDITION SAILS!

March 29th, 1929 the fentico "Trader Horn" troupe left. New York Harbor, Amived Hayre, France, April 4th. By train to Genoa, Italy. By bost to Port Said, Suet and Mombama. By trait to Nairobi where the bass

was crablahed

Kampola, Aug.15th Bubonic plague

now threatens the expedition

AMAZING DIARY!

The log of Director Van Dyke te an adventure-drama in itself, an emating chronkle of human ex- -perience. It was published weekly

in the N. Y. Times.

FRAMED

EVELYN

BRENT

REGIS TOOMEY

Revealing a Dover before insidious plats ul gangland...the dark Hecrets of the night. A stirring expose of war to the death be. tween the long arm of the law.

Courage

Toward the western pin and the promise of a new home- Land they journeyed with unflinching her...hunger and thires dogging their path... battling the treachery of sarages...facing death in angry rivers and snowclad mountains....... undaunted and grim. Onward, always onward, practicing truckista wastes, overcoming every obstacle barring the way to.....sil's end. Surely the most splendid testimony to human fortitudė ...and how eloquently it lives in

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JOHN WAYNE ; MARQUEKITI CHURCESŲ - JABRIKOSE ·

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

KING'S BIRTHDAY · RECEPTION.

PLANS FOR MOTOR CAR PARKING.

be

parked Dil the

Murray parade ground, where telephono will be installed. communicating with Government House, from which owners will be able to summon their cars when required. The arrangementą on the parade ground will be in the An-charge of the police and A. A.

The Truffle Department aounces the arrangements made in patrols.

connexion with the parking of mo- Cars which are owner-driven will tor cars next Wednesday evening be allowed to park on the west side

during the reception which of the main gate of Government is being given by. His Ex-vacancy there, they will taken to

House, or, should there be no

collency the Governor (Sir William Kennedy Road and parked Peel) and Lady Peel. at Govern- ment House In honour of the birth-ments have been made for police In both these places arrange-

day of His Majesty the King.

officers to be in charge of the park-

A chauffeur-driven vehicles willing.

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The special COOLING PLANT is NOW WORKING. Patrons will And that they may view future screenings under the most pleasant and comfortable conditions even during the HOTTEST DAY in the Bummer.

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PICTURES

N

JUNGLE WARI

Amazing beyond belief what you

will sol Lions in mortal combatt

Bases of the Jungle în primitive!

confice. Survival of the fittoor in"

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ZRADER) HORZ

CRUEL!

She ruled

a nation

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Beautiful white

Goddess of Alren's

monstaavage nation!

Found by Trader Horn and brought

back to civilisation!.

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