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CENTRAL THEATRE
THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPR. WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1932.
The best ventilated Theatre in the Colony, with over hundred windows which, open at night, give fresh and natural air to the whole house. Our machine is of the biggest size-the sound is the clearest and the price is the highest. We have two large sized lifts for the convenience of our patrons.
THE
SHOWING TO-DAY
at 2.30; 5.15; 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
GREATEST RKO SUPER SPECIAL Feature that takes the place boside "All Quiet," "What Price Glory," "Big Parade" and all other enduring Screen Spectacles. $55,000,000 worth of actual Navy 5,000 in the cast. Equipment. A real vessel sunk. A big clipper burnt. fleet of gigantic destroyers in action along with the submarines. With the co-operation of the whole fleet of 'U.S. Navy -Destroyers and Submarines and thousands of gobs before the picture can be made possible. It's loaded with laughs and thritis the tare heartily welcomed by every family and every member of the family.
What price the glory of the navy as they sail the seas of the cock-eyed world, loving, fighting and winning!
SUICIDE FLEET
BILL BOYD ROBT. ARMSTRONG JAMES GLEASON GINGER ROGERS and thousands of fighting gobs supplied through the courtesy of the United States Navy.
TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT PLEASE RESERVE YOUR SEATS EARLY: -NEXT CHANGE
THE LATEST UNIVERSAL SPECIAL PRODUCTION.
LEW AYRES (of “All Quiet" Fame) and ANITA LOUISE (Successor to Lilian Gish)
in
A
WATER POISONING SCARE
NANNING WELLS POLLUTED
Deliberate Work of "Reds?"
(Our Own Correspondent).
Nanning, July 2. The whole city has been in a panic for the past few days, and still is, in consc- quence of reports that or- ganised bands of water-poi- sonere have arrived here with a view to polluting the water supplies.
It is suggested that the nefarious campaign in the work of Bol- sheviks, who desire to disturb the peace of Kwangsi Province.
CRICKET
Conversion
LEADERS' HAVE Scheme A
AN ESCAPE
SUSSEX PLAYER
IN FORM
Big Success
HOLDERS MAKING STATE GIFTS
Two of the outstanding features of the three-day's programme were
London, July 6, the scores registered in the en-; Continued success of the grent counters between Derby and convorsion scheme is officially re- Essex and Northants and Somer-ported to-day. set,
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Somo holders of five per cent. In the first instance Derby gain-War Loan, while converting, are ed first innings points by one run making gifts to the State. A In a total of 729. Derby scored numbor of applicants for conver 365, Smith being the leading con- sion on the Bank of England re- tributor with 111, and to this gister have asked that the оле Essex responded with 364, being pound per cent. bonus payable to pipped on the post in the tense them it they convert their holdings struggle for points. LG. Crawley by July 31st next should not be played a valiant luninga of 138, sent to them, but be retained by but the destructive bowling of the Treasury as a gift to the Lee, who came on fairly late, and nation. took 6 wickets for 67 runs was the deciding factor.
WONDERFUL REPLY.
The Bank of England announces that 50,000 applications for con- version were received by the first
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4 INFANTRY MEN
Made in the Germin
tongas but with full super-
In the other match, Somerset post to-day, making the total to and Northants acored 927 runs date 100,000 applications. between then and then could not
The Post Office Savings Bank reach a definite result. Northants The story most commonly cur thanks to V.W.C. Jupp (163) put ounces that of 90,000 applica- rent is that these hired water together the handsome score of tions it has so far received, those poisoners have come to Nanning) from the Wat Lum district, where 461, but Somerset faced this with desiring redemption amounted to it is stated that the whole of the delightful soup froid and were six per cent.-British Wire-imposed
ICRs. eventually prevented from seeur- inhabitants of one village were recently poisoned as a result ofing the majority points purely by the clock. When stumps. were drinking polluted supplies.
drawn they had scored 469 for 8) The scare has been heightened wickets, Burrough topping the from the face that several people century mark by 35 runs. here have been taken violently! Bowlers had matters all their Yorkshire and sick, and, as a consequence, the own way when police have arrested several Surrey met, Brown (Surrey) Verity and Bowes (Yorkshire) suspicious characters.
Wells are at present being eare- being the outstanding figures, fully guarded, while
af water Surrey's two dismal failures
MANY ARRESTS.
DRAGON BOAT REGATTA
WUCHOW STAGES, BIG FESTIVAL
Wachow, July 3, While thousands of spectators
carriers are requested to keep their the crease allowed the "Tykes" from near and far lined the banks nails covered so that no-one can to win comfortably despite the fact of the West River. Wuchow to-day drop poison in them.
that they only totalled 119 in two held its annual Dragon Boat Re- Exciting scenes were witness-innings,
gatta. The gala occasion ind ed when the police effected the, MIDDLESEX UNLUCKY.
been scheduled for last Sunday urrest of numbers of suspects, !
but the freshet condition of the hundreds of people, in a threa- Middlesex had by far the better West River made it necessary to tening mood. following the of the game against Kent at the postpone the fete until to-day. arrested people to the police opening of the Tunbridge Wells station.
festival, and the time elenient Fourteen dragon boats, each It has not yet been disclosed frohbed them of outright victory seating from 30 to 40 men, parti- whether any of those arrested have| Woolley alone stood up
to theipated in the race, which Was been found guilty of actually Middlesex attack in their first infee miles in length; the
held over a stretch of water over
poisoning the water supplies.
WEST RIVER BANDITS
TROOPS SEIZE GUNS IN DRIVE
Wachow, July 3. A report for Tung Uen, à city on the south bank of the West River, states that the local military has made a successful drive on a band of brigands which have been operating in that section of the
West River.
boats nings, when he scored 94 out of 221 Middlesex replied with 421 Starting at Yunghai and finish- Hearne 1), and it was onlying at Wuehow. During the race hundreds of boats dotted the river 'Ames who saved Kent' from in
long the entire course of the race. outright defeat. His 130 not out in the second innings allow and particularly in the vicinity of ed the leaders to finish up with crowded with spectators followed the finishing line. Large junks, 298 runs on the board for the?
the dragon bouts, Prizes of loss of D wickets.
money, wine, foodstuffs, pennants, James Langridge was in magni-and other things were awarded to ficent all round form for Sussex the winners. The dragon boats against the South Americans, pol] aud their crews represent the only aroring 128, but capturing į various temples in this section of 7 wirkels for 87 runs,-Reuter. Kwangsi.
munition is a long step towards stopping banditry, as the robbers
cannot operate without arms, and it is extremely difficult for them to replenish their stocks. Our Own
Several guns were captured, but the robbers made their escape. The capturing of arms and am- Correspondent.
TO-DAY
ONLY
At 2.30, 5.10,
7.15 89.30 p.m.
To-day's race was held without accident, but several weeks ago, during a practice contest, one dra- gon boat was caught in whirling.
rapid waters and was overturn- ed. However, all the rowers were able to swim so there were no cARUA- litles-Our Own Correspavilent.
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explanatory English titles.
G. W. PABST S Reply to
"ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT."
TO-DAY 8 TO-MORROW
The Picture That Lives!
A REMARKABLE GERMAN PRODUCTION
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Marie Dressler
in
EMMA
1
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
Daily at 2.30, 5.20
STAR 720 89.20 p.m.
THE GREAT
MEADOW
with JOHN MACK BROWN
Headlines
Screamed
“Guilty”!
LEW
IN
AYRES HEAVEN ONEARTH
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE
WHY-did murder and the
hectic lava-life of
this gorgeous blonde?
WHY-did be young lover's
father forbid him to talk?
WHY- the boy coment to hide
what he knew?
The SILENT WITNESS
with LIONEL ATWILL
Greta Missora
Welder: Heylacırsı
Bramwell Fletcher Helen Mack
Directed by Marcel Varnal
and It. L. Hough
FOX VICTURE.
ALSO COMEDY
"THREE HOLLY
WOOD GIRLS"
A FOX PRODUCTION
WITH AN ENGLISH CAST
The Low-Down
on The
HI-JACKERSI
They pass up a million
dollars worth of loot for
* million dollars worth
of love!
CHEATERS AT PLAY
selch a great cunt devaluing
Thomas MEIGHAN
Charlotte GREENWOOD William Bakewell
Barbara Wocks Linda Watkins James Kirkwood
Story by Louis Joseph Vázos Directed by Hamilton McFadden
FOX PICTURE
MAJESTIC
TO-DAY & TO-MORROW
· At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20 P.M.
WILLIAM
The Thrilling Drama Behind the Scream-
POWELL ing Headlings
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For the Defense
a Paramount Picture
with
KAY FRANCIS
Now Revealed! See
the Price this Man Pays for Love! And Why!
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