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CENTRAL

SEE

THEATRE HEAR

SHOWING TO-DAY

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

Cal Tramine

Phantom Opera

LON CHANEY

MARY PHILGIN

NORMAN

KERRY

Next Change-

"BROADWAY SCANDALS"

with

Sally O'Nell, Jack Egan

and Carmel Myers

An All-Talking Singing, Dancing Production with Seven Song-Bits

SEE

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20

To-day To Saturday 89.20 p.m.

THE FIRST TALKING PICTURE MADE ENTIRELY IN THE CHINESE LANGUAGE.

Miss BUTTERFLY WU

IN

The "SINGING PEONY”

Choicest Silk Woven Pictures

Depicting

THE HONGKONG- TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1931.

CANTON RADIO

STATION.

SAID TO BE BEST IN CHINA,

10

ELECTRIC FAN STOLEN.

ODD JOB COOLIE SENT TO PRISON.

Described as an odd job evolio employed by the Hongkong Electric Company, a Chinese who appeared before Mr. Williams ati the Contral Police Court thin

THE LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY.

WORK OF H.K. HELPERS

· APPRECIATED.

ROYAL INTEREST.

BROADCAST DETAILS.

With the establishment of an morning on. e charge of stealing The Chief Secretary of the efficient Broadcasting Station in an electric fan from his employor Royal Life Saving Soelety. Mr. Canton, the wireless habit has was sentenced to ten weeks' hard Sydney J, Monka, has written to caught on there, and the univer-labour.

Sergeant R. J. Hunt, the local ro

sality of this form of recreation is

ovidenced by the commen' sight of The defendant was said to have presentative, stating that the the aerials almost every roof, gone to the main office of the President of the Society, the which is notleenblo even by the Hongkong Electric Company, on Right Hon. Lord Desborough, most casual visitor.

the third floor of the P. & DK.G., G.C.V.O., has had the honour

The Canton Municipal Broad-Building, and aftor Informing & casting Station, such as it is called, coolis that he desired to test of conveying a message from His was inaugurated in May. 1929, fan, took the article away, with Majesty the King to all members The equipment is American, and the excuse that it requires re- of the Society for the work they WIN installed by the China pairing. It was taken to a shop did, Inat year in spreading the Electric Co. Following are some in West Point but was later re-knowledge of life-aving from of the particulars:Power, 1,000 covered. watts; length of wave, 440 metres;! signal of såll, C.M.B.

Bro

Two programmes

offered once in Cantonese, and once in daily excopt Tuesdays, ons be- Pekinese." giunlug at noon and the other at', On every Monday morning at 8. the evenings. The pro-14 relay is also arranged of the grammes are roughly na follows: Weekly Memorial Service at the

Kuo Min Tang Headquarters.

7 in

Noon to 2 p.m.

Time Broadenst, Exchange Rates, News.

Musical Programmes, Weather Brondeast.

7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Weather Broadenst. Weather Forecast. Exchange Quotations. Neirs,

Best in Country,

The Station is very well kept and certainly one of the best in the country, Loud speakers are

}drowning, and thus being respon- alble for the saving of many lives. the letter which was sent by Sir Mr. Monks forwarded a copy of

Frederick Ponsonby to the Presl- dent and which, Mr. Monka felt sure, would be recognised as a mark of appreciation by His Majesty oi the splendid work that has been accomplished, by Sergeant Blunt and the many helpers of life-saving in Hong- kong.

placed at different points in the I writing to the Right Hon. Central Public Park (in which Lord Desborough, Sir Frederick the Station is housed) and these W. Ponsonby sald:-"It was with have undoubtedly been instru- much satisfaction that the King mental in cultivating the wireless in the report of the Royal hablt among the citizens..

Life Saving Society, which you have been good enough to send to The Station Is controlled by the His Majesty, that the work of the | Municipal Government and under Society continues to increase the charge of Mr. Tang Yoon-wah,!rapidly, both at Home and in the (who in assisted by Mr. Woo Hon- Empire and that the number of The Educational item consistating, the technical assistant at rewards showed an increase over of courses of Instruction in Man- the Station. darin and Esperanta and lectures!

Educational Item.

Musical Programmes.

the previous year of 14,272. -

"The Royal Life Saving Society

by notables on various topies. Wireless as a form of entertain-} This programme in most varied, ment. is decidedly gaining in was catablished forty years ago, Interesting and Instructive.

public favour. Swatow Is plan- and its aima were to minimise the The musical Items are chieflying a Broadcasting Station of great lose of Ilfa by trying to ten b from

gramophone. records. Sin its own while the Kongmoon those possessed, of ordinary hu- gers and musicians, both pro- Municipality has already a recelv-man pluck the best methods of fessional and amateur, are also ing apparatus and loud speakers rescue. The fact that the number often invited to play at the are in existence in the public park of awards, which in 1892 were 80, Station. which has also a band of that city where relays are has now risen to 71,663, clearly

of and musical party of its own. On arranged

tlic programmes shows that this high deal · has front two days of the week, relays are broadenst

Canto made a particular appeal to the arranged from the native theatres, Station.

public, both here and Oversons."

the

KING'S THEATRE"

MODERN-COOL-COMFORTABLE

The most comfortable and the only Air-Conditioned Theatre in the Colony. FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY, at 2,30, 510, 7,15 & 9.30 p.m.

A DOUBLE ATTRACTION

(Pictures & Vaudeville)

What's Marriage to Sophisticated Youth? Especially those girls who think life is a merry dance

LOIS MORAN'S

most powerful role

supported by

Walter, Byron Phillips Holmes Mae Clarke.

FOX

Picture

Scenes of

Frames

West Lake (langchow)

Keady

Peiping

Made

Shanghai

or

Hongkong

Made

THE

and other

to

Order

places of China

PICTURESS

AT THE

TOS, HONGKONG »

QUEEN'S

Final Showings To-day

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20.

VERKER BROS.

perimet

JOHN

il important entertaiment eveni

BARRYMORE

· IN HIS FIRST TALKING PICTURE

GENERAL CRACK

Distinguished peer of present day stars of

A

stage and screen--seen at his best in a thrilling story of chivalry and mad adventure. · soldier of fortune, who fights and loves with equal facility...

With Lowell Sherman, Marian Nixon, Armida, Hobart Bosworth.

Based on the novel by George Pready. Direc-

ted by Alan Crosland.

Seenen in

Technicolor,

Owing to the length of the feature picture the performances will commence punctually and patrons are requested to occupy their seats well on time

TO-MORROW-

Everyone Accused Her

fought. Hgerishly

for

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THE SINCERE CO., LTD.

Picture Department-First Ficor.

The return of notifiable diseases There was one death from each of which occurred in the Colony during these diseases, There were also. 70 the week ending the 5th Inst, accord- deaths from palmonary tuberculosis. ing to the reports to the Medical Two cance of typhoid fever and one Laver were notified Oficer of Health, show Ave cases of of puerperal diphtheria and two of enteric fever.uring the 24 hours ending on Monday

midnight.

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by Erotick Panor FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3. Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria. Hongkong.

DANCERS

FOX

PICTURE!

NEXT ATTRACTION.

Commending TO-MORROW, July 8th.

Edmund Lowe with Mae Clarke

Men Bre

COMMON

Harvard

seine play.

CLAY

all talking

Fox

"movistöne

drama

Constance

Love v vs. Manmade Laws Bennet

and the men of law were to Lew

learn that when a woman.

wants jus