1932-08-12 — Page 24

CENTRAL THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.00, 7.20 & 9.40.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12. 1932.

{{PLEASE NOTE THE CHANCE OF TIME OWING TO THE

LENGTH OF THE PICTURE),

A MASTER PICTURE MADE BY MASTER-CRAFTMEN, ENACTED

HARBIN

FLOOD

HAVOC

EVACUATION OF PRISTAN

SHOOTING THREAT TO LAW-BREAKERS

BY A MASTER CAST, FILMED ON A MASTER-SET BY MASTER SPECIAL DECREE

PHOTOGRAPHY. REALISM THAT THRILLS, ... BRAVERY THAT STIRS. BEAUTY THAT AWAKENS. IT'S AN AIR EPIC OF THE WAR "ACES," WITH REMARKABLE SOUND CHRONIZATION & SPLENDID MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT.

A tragic flood of lead

Madly be fired round after round into the vitals of the ship of the air that bore the insignia of the engmy,

How was be to foot that the pilot was the pal be believed dead-the very pal be had bee avenging!

at's the moot, stlering climax the screen bas pivaal And it's best one of a host of towering Toerenta in a mighty picbace that will carry you over the douds to a thousand thrills. Ab fully fiksed balles bleh in the air.

Les the pictoes which thrilled Bendway loe more Man your she ploture London, Paris and alt du big chien of the world faßed as the greatest scre micrploce, El; ham moj » rising voturse of praise.

WING

CLARA BOW CHARLES (GEDDY) ROGERS RICHARD ARLEN GARY COOPER

SHOWING SOON

SYN-

a

{Guramount] Picture

THE GREATEST THILL PICTURE OF ALL TIME. NOTHING LIKE IT BEFORE!

NOTHING LIKE IT AGAIN! A MIRACLE

OF PICTURE MAKING! A DRAMA YOU'LL NEVER FORGET!

(Telegraph Special)

A stretch of the Sungari River, the flooding of which has con- varied Harbin into an island. The river stopped 'rising for eight

hours yesterday but later re-commenced..

RUBBER ESTATES

RENTS CUT ACTION BY MALAYAN GOVERNMENTS

CHINA'S NEW AIR

MAIL EFFORT··

ROUTE AVOIDING

MANCHURIA

SPEEDY POST TO EUROPE

Harbin, Aug 12. Pristan, the last of the principal Harbin suburbs to succumb to the floods, is be-

London, Aug. 11. ing evacuated rapidly. The withdrawal of

Appreciation of the decision of the in-

the Governments of the Malay. habitants went on all States and of Jahore to waive all through the night, and was rents in excess of $2 per acre for the year 1932, is expressed in a nearly complete this morn-communique issued by the Rubber

Growers' Association. ing.

That statement points out that

Peking. Aug. 12. The flood waters had risen conrents in Malay are very niuch

The first attempt to speed up the siderably in Pristan in the course higher than in the Dutub Eust mails from Chinn to Europe since of the night.

There was a hope at one time Indies and some other rubber pro- the commencement of the postal ducing countries, who thus were embargo in Manchukuo began this yesterday that Harbin had seen given a distinct advantage over morning, when Mr. William Sch- the worst of the catastrophic Malayan growers-Reuter." midt, the General Manager of the Barasin Aviation Company, hopp- from Peking, bound for ed off Siberia.

floods.

For a period of eight hours, the Sungari censed to rise, and terrified people-and the whole city appears to be in a state of Remi-panic as the island grows daily smaller-began to feel en- couraged.

MORE DAMS.

Since then, however, the river has swollen further and more dams are being hurriedly erecting and the existing ones strengthened, whille boats and water-conveyances of various kinds are being com- mandeered by the authorities to assist in the withdrawal of inhabi tants from the devastated areas,

HOPE FROM NORTH. Information from up-country is to the effect that the rivers in North Manchuria are now slowly салея. This subsiding in most

LAST 1WD DAYS

At 2.30, 5.10,

7.15 89.30 p.m.

the hope that the gives rise to Sungari will soon follow suit and the slight check yesterday is pro- bably the harbinger of relief.

It is expected that to-day will probably decide the fate of Pristan. If the temporary dams can with- atand the swift and increasing pressure of the flood waters, which have caused tremendous damage in the suburbs earlier inundated, particularly in the Chinese quarter, Fachiation, all may yet he well.

DRASTIC DECREES.

He is using a now Junkers nono- plane, with Mr. Johannes Rathe as pilot, and is taking n route which will completely avoid Manchuria.

Mr. Schmidt plans to make his first stop at Loyang, and then to proceed to Sinn-fu, Lanchow and Urumchi, picking up mails from each city.

After Urumichi, the airman will head for the nearest station on the Meanwhile, the authorities have Trans-Siberian Railway or branch at last taken strong

men-line with a landing field-Reuter, gures

the

to fleal with the emergency crented by thousands of homeless and workless people crowding the city, sleeping in the open In terribly insanitary conditions.

Confusion in the city is growing hourly worse and more dangerous,

-Reuter

The Royal Observatory reports that pressure is highest over the Pacific to the east of Japan. The typhoon is situated about 100 miles south-east of Nagasaki, ring slowly north- eastward." Local forecast:-S.W. winds, moderate; fair to showery.

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Mrs. Bruce, sold that she was fealing a little coll, so sweaters will be transferred to her machine.

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