1931-12-05 — Page 24

CENTRAL

THEATRE

TO-DAY ONLY

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

Rememberi

Ruth Chattorton's amation - erupting portrayal in Any body's Woman"? And Paul Lokan whone gallant buva.

making almost Wh

they

tier! Her are, together-in

drams that revenir.

thefoluemol love! This time ba wween her off.her Truḥ1

RUTH

NOW

...........Aline

3 Ever..... First Lady of the Firern!TM

HEAR A MARVELLOUS STEP FORWARD IN TALKIES!

The first pictur produced by the New Western

retrie

Bystem of Noiseless

Recording!

THE

CHATTERTON

with

PAUL LUKAS

The Right to Love'

a Paramount Picture

with

Added Attractions.

Paramount Sound News

and

"The Wonderlust"

A Paramount Comedy, NEXT CHANGE.

LEW

Starting Sunday

Bars of Steel and Walls of Stone couldn't shut out his lovel

AYRES

Dorothy Peterson, Bichard Tucker, Purnell B. Pratt and other

favourites .....directed by

MONTA DELL'

from his own original, story.

H

UP FOR

MURDER

with Genevieve

TOBIN

the girl who mada such hit in

*SEED" #

Carl Laemm's presents thin...........

UNIVERSAL

Picture

Frinted and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY PRANKLIN," At 1 and 3. Wyndham Street, In the City of: Victoria Hongkong.

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

POLE & PERSIAN SENTENCED.

TO PAY COSTS IN ADDITION..

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1991.

FINE RACING PROSPECTS.

THIS AFTERNOON'S MEETING.

Finding that the defendnuts were guilty of conspiracy and of swindling

a pawnbroker. Mr. Williams, at the Central Police

[By "Ringtail."} Court this morning, registered During the last few days wo convictions against the Pole, have been having some glorious

T. Novaschinsky,

and the Persian, Adbul Hodna, who were prospects for

weather which should enhance the charged with conspiracy

this afternoon's larceny of a diamond ring.

and racing at Happy Valley when the

extra mooting will be held. Mr. "Tam" Pearce has the course in fine trim, and if the

.J.

Mr. M. K. Lo appeared for the complainant,

the sawnbroker, and Mr. F. X.

13th

the defendantada represented weather continues to be the same,

the going will be grant this after- Boon.

His

Worship, in giving h decision, said he was asked by the prosecution to find that the defen-has been arranged, and some Another fine programme of sport danta hud substituted an inferior ring for one which was pawned for $600, while the defence den ed any substitution and pleaded that the charge was trumped up whe the pawnbroker discovered that he bad advanced $600 on an inferior ring.

several useful candidates will bo snappy racing should be seen. addled for the big event which is the November Handicap, and such dam, Gleneagles, Elliot Bay, sonies as Sitting Bull. Apollo. ing's Colour and Sam Houston vill most likely sport silk. Eros,

His Worship sentenced the first defendunt to six months' harding's Service and Gold Key will

'ot be suddled I hear.

labour, and the second to four. The rias was ordered to be return ed to the pawnbroker and cach defendant was ordered to pay $125 costs to the complainant. An order for the defendanta" expul-) sion from the Colony at the ter minntion of their sentences was also made.

BANK RETURNS.

NOTE A SPECIE PICURES FOR NOVEMBER.

The return of the Average amount of bank notes la circula- tion and of specie in seserve in Hongkong. during the month end- ed 30th November, 1931, as cer- tified by the Managers of the re- spective Banks are:

Banka.

Chartered Bank

Hongkong Bank Merantiie Bank

Average Specle Amount In Reserve.

8.800.938+

23,501.278 127,799.841 112,000,000 3,498,693 2,160,000

Total........ 164,799.812 121,680,000 "In addition Sterling Securities are deposited with the Crown: Agents valued at £1,292,000.

In addition Securities deposit-

ed with the Crown Agents and Straits Government valued at £3,078,000.

$in nudition Securities deposit- ed with the Crown Agents valued] at £180,000.

ard, and my selections are:

There are olght races on the

Ist Race. Movanagher Sonny Boy Noukhall

2nd Race.

Pride of Tsingtao Bright Star Lobster Bay

3rd Race. The Tiger Paul Pry Crown Prince

4th Race. Apollo Sitting Bull Gleneagles

5th Race. Sunning

The Turbot The Lombard

6th Race. Valorous Cyclamen Bay Eros

7th Race. Wise Stag Grey Dawn Brunswick Hall

8th Race. Orlando Christmas Belle

The Plover.

HONGKONG SHARE MARKET.

OFFICIAL SUMMARY BY STOCK EXCHANGE.

The tone of the market thin morning showed signs of continued improvement, a number of stocks in the list being recorded at advanced Intes and huyars predominated throughout.

Salca

China Underwriters, $5.10/45.15, H.K. Electrics, 378.

Buyers,

China Underwriters, $6.15. Shanghai Explorations. Tis, 2.40. Providents (old), $5.30. Previdents (now), $2. H.K. Lands, $80. H.K. Realtion, $12.15. Chinese Estates, $95. Trams. $21. Star Ferries, $95. H.K. Electrica, $78. Canton Iccs, $5% H.K. Roper, $18. Watsons, $10.70. Amasemonts, $10%. H.K. Government

premium. Steainbeats, $24. Wharves, $11. Hotels (old), $15.30. Hotels (new), $14. Humphreys (old). $18.30. Humphreys (now), $17%. Ewan, Tls. 16.

Loan, $2%

Ponk Trams (old), $14%. Chinn Lights, $27.05.

Telephones (part paid), $20%. Cements (combined), $19.45. Dairy Farms, $20. Sinceres, $16.

Entertainments (old), $16. Entertainmenta (new), $10.

Raubs, $43.

Scilera.

China Lights, $27.00.

Venezuelan Goldfields, $2, S.C. Enterprises, $10.

PRINCE'S GOOD RECOVERY.

LEAVES FOR COUNTRY RESIDENCE.

London, Dec. 4.

H. R. H. the Prince of Wales has made a good recovery from his recent chill. He was able to go out for the first time to-night, when he loft York House by ear for "Fort Belvedere," his residence at Sunningdale, where he will spend the wook-end.-British Wire- fres,

Responding to. the door bell, Chan Sze, living at 73 Wongnel- The backwash from A passing

chong Road, discovered a man sit- steamer capsized a lighter lying! An aged peasant, named Chung ting on the doorstep. His face alongside the Kowloon Godowns Kan-sang, of Chung Uk village in was covered with yesterday, and enused the death by the New Territories, was murder-cloth, while in his hand he bran

musk of white drowning of the ten-year-old ed last night, according to a brief dished a chopper. Despite an in- daughter of the junkmaster. The report received at Police Head-junction to keep quiet, Chan Sze junk, which had aboard a cargo of quarters this morning. No parti- raised an alarm, and the man was iron rods and bars, sank in about enlars are yet available, beyond the chased by a passer-by and arrest- 18 feet of water.

statement that a knife was used.

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

At 2.33, 5.10. 7.15

0.5. Dair

od.

ALWAYS COMFORTABLY COOL

KING'S

BOOKING

AT THE THEATRE

Telephone No. 16315.

BY SPECIAL REQUEST RE-SCREENING OF

LESLIE HENSON

LESLIE HENSON

in

"A WARM CORNER"

with

Connie Edies, Heather Thatcher

Directed by

VICTOR SAVILLE

A British Production

Commencing

A Paramount's

20th Birthday

Jubilee Pioture

Maurice

BELLE CHRYSTAL

To-morrow ----

CHEVALIER

An Ernst

LUBITSCH

Production with

OLAUDETTE COLBERT Miriam Hopkins

THE SMILING LIEUTENANT'

AT THE

QUEEN'S

Final Showings To-day At 2.30, 5.10; 7.15 87-9.20

WEST'S

GhBAT Whispers

"CHESTER MORRIS

TO-MORROW

WARNER BROS

The

present

HOTTENTOT

AT

THE

VITAN

EDWARD EVERETT HORTON PATSY RUTH MILLER~EDMUND BREESE

BASED IN THE PLAY BY VIETOS MARES Qnd WILLIE COLLIEN

By ROY DEL RUTH

STAR

Dr

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY 2 bàn. 1.10, TID R 5.1.

LON CHANEY

in

**The UNHOLY

THREE"

MAJESTIC

CHARLES (Buddy)

ROGERS "Young Eagles

A Paramount Picture

HONGKONG

TO-DAY ONLY.

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

Lone Eagle and

His Mate!

Here's Spectacle, Acton, and a Remarkable Love Story William

(" WINGS") Wellman's All-Talking Romance of America's Sky Heroes With Lovable Buddy Rogers, Haro of *WINGS,”More Enthrall- ing than ever.

10 A.M. 10 P.M.

AQUARIUM

OPEN.

DAILY 2 DOORS FROM WHITEAWAYS

CANADA'S PREMIER,

OPEN

DAILY

ROYAL INVALIDS.

MR. BENNETT'S VISIT COMES THE QUEEN SUFFERING FROM

TO AN END. "

The

London; Dec. 4.

Canadian": Premier; the

Bennett, ended his visit to Britain

SLIGHT COLD."S"

London, Dec. 4. H.M, the Queen, who is staying

to-day, and is returning to Canada at Sandringham, is autering from by the 8.8. Duchess of Richmond's slight cold, and fa remaining in

Although his visit was primarily her room. It is expected she

a health tour, it is understood he be about again la had conversations with the The Prince of Dominions Secretary, Mr. Thomas, taking its normal, and other, Ministers on Imperialow ao trupura seonomie" prófoefs. “BritLENC