1931-08-10 — Page 12

CENTRAL

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SHOWING TO-DAY

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

Featuring

Pauline Starke, Bon Lyon,

Barbara Kent and a great casi,

WARNER FABIAN'S

WHAT MEN WANT

Warner Fabian, author of Flaming Youth. gives every woman and every mag-somthing to think about in this smashing talking drama of two country sisters whe invade the big city, crash the goldengates of marriage to millionaires .They learn about men from experience in this cracking picture of sisterly sacrifice, sparkle and spice; dramatic lights and shadow

Four Sheriffs wanted

im for breaking

laws.

Fourteen wo-

men wanted him for

breaking their fragile

hearts. What a man

for trouble!.

NEXT CHANGE.

NOT

THE

HONGKONG ·“TELEGRAPH.

FORMER OFFICIAL

BEHEADED.

CONSPIRING AGAINST GOVERNMENT.

FOOCHOW DRAMA.

(Our Own Correspondent.)

Foochow, Aug. 5. Greut exoftement was caused! here a few daya ayó by the arrivali from Shanghai of Lin Mei-shemti who was arrested there laat week, He has been "wanted" for a long! time, in ronnexion with A CON- pirary against the Governmear| here

Plured on the Witchaining by thei Shanghat police, and closely gaurded all the way to Fouchow,! he was taken Into, custody, onj arrival, hurried intò the, City in af motor ear; and tried at the Polize Headquarters. After being iden-i tified, he was accused of being a bster in an organisation aiming at causing disorder, convicted, placed in a sedan chair, taken to) The pubir execution ground near the Perry on the north side of thei River, and there beheaded.

His poor wife begged in vain for: leave to see him, and seems toj have practically gone out of her mind. After the sentence had ¿ been pronounced, Lin askët for| wine to drink. He was given a bottle of brandy, which he drnok: until he was perfectly helpless, and was unable to stand whe The egoention ground was reache 1.ļte

The whole affair is

d

MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1931.

HUGE NEW U.S. AIRSHIP.

The U. S. S. Akron, the largest airship in the world, shown in her hanger a few weeks ago, when the final touches were being- applied. The craft was Isunched on Saturday. Mrs. Hoover per forming the christening ceremony.

example of the effert af political BETTER FOOCHOW pressing on to resaver completely

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unrest individual phara 1er. Lin was only thirty three vents in sen, yet he had belt the Mugis tracies of two counties and had. bren looked upon by insany of the younger people of Fukien as here and a eaming leader.

"KIKL" ·

AMUSING FILM AT THE QUEEN'S,

፡፡

OUTLOOK.

MILITARY PRESSING'

BANDITS.

(Our Own Correspondent.)

Fochow, Aug. 5. News from up-country is on the whole better. Chungan is said to be

clear of the Com-i munists, and the military are

How

opposite h

the ground lost a your age.

At Chongho, the "Big Sword Society made an attack upon the eity and actually entered it, but were driven out by the soldiers and a urther attack is said to be |unijkely. The situation is con-

terval to be so much better that the aeroplanes which had been instructed to come from Amoy to Foochow as a precautionary mea- sure are to remain at Amoy until further orders.

The early arrival of reinforce- eats from the Central Govern- A bighly amusing film has been

ment. their expenses to be de- made by Mary Pickford and

frayed by the Central Government, Reginald Denny in "Kiki" now again proves his adaptibility.

Reginald Denny is locked forward to and It Is showing at he Queen's Theatre.

hope that when they arrive, a In the story there is little that clean sweep will be made of Com Mary as the persistent Parisian of could stand cold print, but Denny munists and bandits throughout extremely mixed parentage. Bils and Mary Pickford do not need the Province. role

Time will tell eminently suited to her plot any more than diri David whether these hopes are tomboyish personality. and Belasco, the author.

founded.

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DICTURE

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