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CENTRAL

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THEATRE

HEAR

SHOWING TO-DAY

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

The haunting row of this girl whore love wa★ top, grent to keep her bruised sad hattered heart from bursting..... HELD THE FULL 101 SE BREATHLESS WITH SUSPENSE... The soul conquering love of the bewildered boy.. in the midst i death, desolation and dextraction..... GRIPPED THEM WITH PROFOUND EMOTION.

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by JAMES

WALMAR, Provated by Back Lastinuta. Paušu ná by Carl Jumbo, dr.

A UNIVERSAL PICTURE

SOON!

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1932.

THE COMB THAT FAILED.

MAKERS TO PAY £500.

JUDGE AND WORD

"GUARANTEE.”

In an Electric Hair Comb rise concluded in the King's Bench Division. Mr. Justice Rowlatt awarded the plaintiff the £500 the latter had claimed on the grund that after ten days use of defen- danta' comb his grey air had Tailed to regain the blackness of its youth, as had been held out in the defendants' advertisement. The de- fendants had denied liability.

Francis The plaintiff was Mr. Arthus Wood, of Bronwen. New- lands-avenue, Radlett, Hartford- shire, and the defendants Leirik. Limited, at Milton-strert, E.C.

A Japanese staff officer is here seen studying map of the war zone

Justice

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comb.

Glving judgment for Mr. Worl for £500 with costs, Mr. Rowlat! observed that claims

el a nature had been betore the ourt for muty gears sue Varbolie Saoke, Ball Cuse,

is qute clear, he added, that in row in ww why a Suid not way to another,

stud and 1 rustee

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That perfectly good pract

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trala bing nude by means of! balettiarmony of that character If the conditions were compli with as the teer of the article, i! WA SHAMAN a ipestion of the meta- of the advertisement and proof of compliance with its terms.

in Shanghai,

"That is perfectly futile and merely misleading," continued his Lordship, who pointed out that de tendants did not pat that coupon into the advertisement in the pre sent ense The question shnaly was: "What did the advertise:

napa? H sf beep tended that there was a contract | rause it was imposible that the results promised could be achieved,

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thing which, so far as all knowledge stent. was obviously impossible The contract was mere notisense. a man contracted to go to the non he was talking mense, and te he recognised no contract of that kinkl. In the present case the qaretion was whether the contract The Word "Guarantee**

was sensible, having regard to ex- achievements well Wa the advertisement intended

isting pos

possible as a contract at all or was it a mere known to humanity. I don't see

anybody

should obviously pat, a meningless lot of attrac-why tive words? The word "guarantee" think it is impossible for grey hair was about a as emphatic a word in to take on its natural bue again," a contract as me could imagine declared Mr. Justice Rowlatt. The advertisement had to be con Referring to the advertisement, strued according to the plain cau- his Lordship pointed out that there named which ordinary, sensible people was a pleture of a man in attach to it. When we ple Martin, whose hair was very thin rend the word "guarantee," they land grey, and "now, on the tenth understood that the person using day, the greyness has gone entirely that word wat offering to bind and the hair is its natural brown himself to be responsible for the Not one comb has failed to do happening, continuance or exis- everything we claim for it."! tence of certain state of facts.

£600 With regard to the guarantee he had been asked to may that that was a mere flourish. I don't think "2500 Guarantee" cun! be treated as a mere flourish, said |

ment.

am

QUEENS

Final Showings To-day at 2.39, 5.10,7.15 & 9.20 p.m.

with

LUPE VELEZ

ELEANOR

BOARDMAN

ROLAND YOUNG

Directed by

CECIL B. DE MILLE

WARNER

BAXTER

PRODUCTION

Cecil D. DeMille's AN

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ly as

a very good-looking can. I don't see why a man in all seriousness should not take up that attitude."

"Mr. Martin, of Forest HU"

Posby, punerous people could a come ut said that the comb and made their balr gruw brown in from the roots, though the anti was saying it led mat donje that for him. Th wirh have called Mr. Martin, of Forest Hill, London, whose ple in is in the advertisement, but they did not call him.

defendants

"Mr. Martin said the combs had done the trick. If they called such evidere I should continue his Lordship) perhaps have doubted whether the plaintiff had gripped i at the roots with his rituli, somi as the claim was made the obvious step for the defendants to have taken was to have naked for an inspection of the plaintiff's hair. That was not done. I can- not doubt that the comb failed in its operation."

A stay of execution pending notice of appeal was granted.

www.***

CHINESE ACTOR'S THEFT.

Ah Choy Chong (40), a Chinese actor, playing the part of a boy in the "Painted Veli" at 'he Play- house, was at Marylebone fined

To the arduary.man the adver-40s. for stealing a watch and a ring, belonging to Mrs. Lydia Mar- tisement menui,You shall not

ten shall, of Redhill-street, Regent's have a grey hair left after days.

there is, there is £500 for; Park.

you.

A detective suid Mrs. Marshall "I don't know that one regards visited an Englishwoman married Mr. Justice Rowiat:. It must be an action of this kind with very to a Chinaman at Stanhope-street. Justler The defendant had a ream in the great favour. lded Mr. treated as a really serious state Howlatt, but it is not my business house, and Mrs. Marshall placed

to regard it with favour or dis- Ber cont in his room.

After all, here is a man In the packet was a pawn ticket The defendants were bound by favour, the advertisement. In other cases ¦ who says My hair will be turned relating to the watch and they inserted a coupon which ex- to the colour of my boyhood, and, i ring, and Ah Choy Chong took the plain that Gay only guaranteed if it is not. 1 will get £500. I will ticket, redeemid the property, sold the game as fortyfying the repays try it. I shall be very pleased to the watch to another man at the ment of the 3s. Gil spent on the have my hair black again, esperini Playhouse and repawned the ring,

SHOWING TO-DAY

KING'S

TIVITYEIG

At 5.10. 2.30, 7.15 8 9.30 p.m.

the

Mcuro. Gettyyn

Mayer

AT THE

PICTURE

TO-MORRO W Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Modern Droma

RAWFORD This Modern

Age

Final Showinga To-day

STAR at 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20

Merto-Goldwyn-Mayer s production.

"The BRIDGE OF LUIS SAN REY"

LILY DAMITA

with

— ERNEST TORRENCE.

MAJESTIC

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COMING

TIFFANY

PRESENTS

"The COMMAND PERFORMANCE

Kings May Command!

The Distinies of Kingdoms May Hang on a Matrimonial Alliance--

But Love Obeys Only One Command!

Commanded to Woo and Win a Princess For Another, or else Die, an Actor. Wins Her for Himself in Spite of Every Intrigue.

NEIL HAMILTON

UNA MERKEL

HELEN WARE ALBERT GRAN

From the Play by

Staprons DicKENS

Directed by Walter Lan

A JAMES CRUZE PRODUCTION

Printed and Published for the. Froprietors by FREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and Wyndham Street, la the City of Victoris Hongkong.

AnEnlish Cast with American Direction.

The eyes of LOVE are the eyes of

LAND!

FOX

PICTURE

Elissa Landi ALWAYS GOODBYE

with

LEWIS STONE

Mayfair at her fest-Scotland Yard on her trail, bat her love belonged her victim. A dar.

ng gams of heart ́s and diamonds.

NEXT

ATTRACTION

Wita and wiles, tears and amiles and a gor- geous woman

DOCTORS

WIVES

WARNER BAXTER

with

JOAN

CHARLIE RUGGLES has

The Girl Habit

Arament Qicture

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