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CENTRAL

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY.

at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.

A Paramount 1931 Production.

A KNOCKOUT IDEAT Clara Bow's sweetien-Skeets Gallagher and Norman Foster--in a new kind of comedy with Carole Lombard. This time they're in the soap business and they're out to make a million. Pollary? Nu, Laštai

"It Pays to Advertise"

A Paramount euchre with thas Peppy Cast

NORMAN FOSTER, CAROLE LOMBARD, SKEETS GALLAGHER, EUGENE PALLETTÉ. LUCIEN LITTLEFIELD,

JUNIOR COGHLAN and TOM KENNEDY

LOOK OUT.

For Brand New Super-Productions to be shown at

CENTRAL THEATRE.

Starting with "BAHACLAVA", an nil dialogue British film based on historical facts about the immortal Charge of the famous Light Brigade, showing on Tuesday, 15th June, there will follow a list of latest super-productions of this year.

TARU: A Paramount super-production just released. It's a picture of exquisite tropieni beauty, the last work of that master of the screen, Murnau, director of "The Last Laugh." introducing B story of the South Sens. made with a native east. It concluden with a veritable screen prein of tragedy.

PHANTOM of the OPERA:-A Universal 1931 Special. A mysterious "Talkin" with every players in full dialogue, except the leading It's the last of the man of

man..

LON CHANEY.

thousand faces in filmdom.

RIGHT TO LOVE:-A 1931 Paramount super-production starring the

sweet Miss Ruth Chatterton.

QUEEN HIGH:-Another 1931 Paramount production. RESSURECTION:-A Universal 1991 all dialogue super-production.

It betters the silent film of the past. DRACULA:-Another Universal super-production. Superstition of yesterday may be a fact of the world of sience of to-day is ex- plained in this picture. 1's mysterious aj) through, There are plenty of British, Chinese and American super-prodne- tions booked. Always watch our announcements for real good talking pictures.

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JAPANESE - STAGE TRIPLE DUEL.

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twelve inches, from point to hilt, they sorted themselves out Into pairs, and went for unch other in deadly earnest.

There WOB some proliminary

circling and dodging, ench' man doing his best to get an opening for a thrust.

around the house.

MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1931.

CAWNPORE RIOT FINDINGS.

REPORT OF INQUIRY

COMMISSION.

BRITISH OFFICIAL

CRITICISED.

Naina Tal, June 14. News, of the fight spread like

A death-roll of between 400 and wildfire in the neighbourhood 600 people, as the result of the and a huge crowd gathered terrible rioting between Hindus and Moslems at Cawnpore Isat It was in this circumstance, that March, is admitted in the report the local Police Station received a of the Commission of Inquiry is roport of the affray, and sent sued here. officers to the neene.

HONGKONG SHIPPING

SCANDAL.

The Port Helm,

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"There

are few

seamen acquainted with the China const and Chinese, who do not know the fetish that Chinese seamen have of passing vessels on the port Aide, and on several occasions, whilst

myself in charge of the watch on the Yangtze River, have had to correct pilots for endeavouring to pass vessels port lo port, when my vessel and the other were on parallel courses passing starboard to starboard.

"I mention this in order to emphasise the danger which The Commission considera that exists, and it in my opinion after a long career at sea, with the the main causes of the great lose highest qualifications which the They found that a door which of life were the inadequacy of the Board of Trade can give, that a ས་ bad previously resisted all police forces at Cawnpore and very large number of collisiona attempts at opening, was now un-their failure to discharge their which neeur, are found to have locked, giving access to a strange duties. The report comments been due to reckless use of the scene of wreck and bloodshed..

severely on the "lack of supervi-port helm, sion over the police and the In- "While there is yet time, and On a chair on to which he had

difference of their immediate before

some

very serious managed to drag himself was a

accident occurs. 1 would urge, and Japanese, bleeding freely from superiors."

It is pointed out by the Commis-strongly

the wound where his

nautical Herlou

urke. Realp had been slashed by a lon that it was the burning of advisers of this Government to at the make recommendations, whereby sword-cut. He had another cut the temple and mosque

beginning of the outbrenk on any vessel under the British flag, over an eye, and a thrust wound March 25 which "swept the riot shall not gail from this Colony in the side, in the region of the heart. He gave his name out of control," and that It was unless she has at least two official- Takichi Mayamati (25), a sen- the failure of the authorities toy qualified navigating officers. deal with the situation at this

All Ships. man from the ss, Morul Maru.

slage which led to the rapid Captain Laurenson emphasised Another Japanese, also sufTer-spread of the trouble.

that this should not apply only ing from a number of wounds in

to those vessels carrying passen- the head and body, was also found

gers, but to all ships, for the

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Offelal Reproved.

on the floor. He stated that he The Commission severely critives of the crew had to be con- was a seaman on the Kisht Marises the District Magistrate. Mr.dered equally as much as those and gave krist name as Satsu, F. Sale, for his slow action.

of the passengers. Shigun, a native of Yokohama, and says he failed to appreciate

Four Escape.

WEATHER REPORT.

The Royal Observatory reports that a feeble anticyclone is een- tral to the east of the Bonina, Depressions are situated over the Lower Yangtszu Valley and to the west of Hanoi,

the seriousness of the situation carly enough, especially as he Of the four other participants | had" been warned.

Tike

other there was no sign. They had fled District Magistrates, that the and got clear away before the execution of the agitator, Bhagat arrival of the Police.

Singh, on March 23 for murder and The injured men 'were taken to trenson was likely to lead to an the Government Civil Hospital immediate outbreak. where it was found that Tokichi The Commission's report is e Mayamuti was in grave condi-companied by a resolution of the officials, but points out that

His companion, and it is Governor-in-Council stating his police had to face a sudden com- relieved. hin own immediate own conclusions. This resolution munal outbreak of unexampled adversary in the sextette

of accepts the Commission's findings duelists. was more fortunate. regarding Mr. Sale and considers His wounds were only fleshy ones, it will not be possible for him to and he was not detained after remain in charge of the district. having been attended to by the surgeon.

Fion

Police officers investigating the case, believe that a loent Japanese woman was the cause of the affair.

and were

erhelmed.

the

temporarily

His Excellency promises that the police forces at Cawnpore shall be strenghtened and that steps will be taken to ensure co-operation be The Governor also suggests hold- tween the Civil and Military an- ing a departmental enquiry into thorities in case of future distur- the charges brought against other bances-Canton Gazette.

Outbreak Furious.

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Mauroon O'SULLIVAN

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