1932-08-29 — Page 24

CENTRAL THEATRE

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30.·

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1932.

FOOCHOW HIT BY

CHOLERA

WORST OUTBREAK FOR TEN YEARS

Foochow, Aug. 23. Unfortunately Foochow's free- dom from cholera did not last. Ten or twelve days ago the foll disease broke out with a violenco unparalled during the last ten

CONSTANCE BENNETT'S GREATEST TRIUMPH ON THE SCREEN. years at least, and the daily death-

LOVE BROUGHT,

HIM FAME .

LOVE

HER SHAME!...

BROUGHT

The secrot

woman in a great man's life.

Her love made him

and unmade herl

Constance BENNETT THE COMMON LAW

"Y TOKEN W. CHANSERS & CHARLES W. HOOKES PRODUCTION'

DEL MUČEZ24kw Le dy • Robert Williamsco Hedda Hesper Marion Sin

SHOWING SOON

ROLAND WEST & CHESTER MORRIS, THE WINNING COM- BINATION THAT CREATED "ALIBI," NOW TOGETHER AGAIN IN A SURGING, FAST-MOVING DRAMA OF THE HIGH ́SEAS,

Bolara

WETE ORSAIN

United Artists Picture

Chester Morris

ALSO

THE STAR OF STARS IN A STARTLING STORY.

ANN

I HARDING

DEVOTION

MAJESTIC

HUSBAND'S HOLIDAY

QIPEROUN ACTON

with

Clive Brook Charlie Ruggles Vivianne Osborne Sullette Compton Harry Bannister

TO-DAY ONLY

At 2.30, 5.20, 7,20 &

9.20 P.M.

He had a good wife, two adorable kids, a nice home. Yet he decided to take a Husband's Holiday!" It's all so REAL! This man might be that neighbour they're all talking about!

GRAND OPENING

31st AUGUST, 1932.

Performances.

Prices.

2.30 P.M.

Dress Circle

80 Cts.

5.30 7.30

Back Stall

50

..

Front Stall

30

"

9.30

"

TAX INCLUDED.

TAI PING THEATRE

QUEENS RD, WEST, TEL. NO, 27170

MAN HING

TAILOR PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED,

No. 9; D'Aguilar Street.

Tel. 20780.

roll has been very large ever since. It is a pity that no reliable statistics are obtainable, but it is generally belloved that from ten to forty, are dying daily in Footbow alone, And in the vil-i lages round the disease is spread- ing, the lack of modern medical knowledge helping to increase the number of fatal cases,

arc

Auth-cholera inoculation is being administered free in most of the hospitala, and many taking advantage of it, but บ course there is a fur larger num- ber, and that comprising the people most exposed to infection, who do not understand the value of such precautions, The wea ther tends to become cooler, and one hopes that the epidemic will soon exhaust itself, but for the present it forms the chief sub- ject of conversation and lips like a dark shadow over the whole neighbourhood.-Our Own Corres- pendent.

Picture taken at Yat Fu Strast this morning showing rearch in progress for the body of the victim of yesterday's landslide which wrecked two houses and badly damaged a third. The hauses collapsed like a pack of cardi.

COOLIES CATCH

HOUSEBREAKER

MAN SENTENCED AT

KOWLOON

Three charges of housebreaking and one of malicious wounding were preferreil against an unem ployed Chinese before Mr. Fraser

BOAT CAPSIZES IN at the Kowloon Magistracy this

SHELTER

!morning.

Detective Sergrand Lamont said on the last house-breaking ALL ON BOARD attempt, defendant went to the

RESCUED

first floor of No. 83. Prince Ed. ward Road. ile was fumbli During a sudden squall shortly with the door when he was seen after geven o'clock yesterday by the tenants of the second floor, morning, a passenger boat which and attempted to get away when was taking shelter in the Yaumati they questioned him. typhoon shelter capsized, butrying a piece of iron at the time He was car fortunately there were no casual-and when he was caught, hit one ties.

of bis captors on the head and According to a report which has been made to the police byl the master, Lai Ching, the boat.

am.

the

con-

He escaped and can inte of about 30 piculs capacity, was rond where the chase was lying in the shelter when it was tinued. He did not get far, how struck by a sudden squall, and ever, before being caught by capsized. Willing hands rescued number of coolies. the crew and the boat was lateri towed ashore,

His Worship imposed sentences

SNATCHER SENT TO PRISON

KOWLOON LADY VICTIMISED

Sentence of nine months' hard labour with 12 strokes of the birch was passed on a man named Wong Wing at the Kowloon Magistracy before Mr. Fraser this morning when he was charged with snatch- ing a handbag from Mrs. John Pinquet at 8 p.m. on Saturday.

Inspector Elston, stated that Mrs. Pinquet was walking along Cameron Road towards Nathan fendant eume Road on Saturday night when de- gave her a push and snatched her up from behind, handbag. He ran off with Mrs. Pinquet came on the scene at this Pinquet shouting after him. Mr. moment and joined in the chase, catching the thief after some dis- tance. By the time he was caught, defendant had discarded the bag, but he later pointed it out to the complainant.

! In the bag was $30 in money, lund other articles to the total

value of $150.

A two-year-old baby girl was totalling a year in respect of the After Mrs. Pinquet had given taken to the Kwong Wah Hos-three house-breaking charges and evidence of the bag-snatching in- pital suffering from immersion, another concurrent sentence of sixcident, sentence was passed but her condition is not serious. mouths on the wounding charge.

LAST TWO

DAYS

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

The romance

of a 'quack'

and the girl

he cured.

LAST TWO

DAYS

AT 2.30, 6,15, 7,15 & 9.30 p.m.

Inhove.

KINGS THEATRE

DOROTHY BLANDON'S INTERNATIONAL STAGE THIUMPH

Ouiisider

Directed by: HARRY LACHMAN

BLA

HAROLD HUTH

JOAN BARRY

FRANK LAWTON

NORMAN MCKINNEL

GALLA" Niet cleat

ratum on the Stage- paula, densation, in the

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313

NEXT CHANGE Wednesday, 31st AUG.

A Page of Love Torn from the Book of Lifol

After

QUEENS THEATRE-

SHOWING TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20

ROBERT

ALSO SHOWING-- M-G-M'S COLOUR REVUL

MONTGOMERY

in

FREDERICK LONSDALE'S brilliant

LOVERS Courageous

Merry Goldwyn Mayer Herum

1

A

ROBERT L. LEONARD production

with Madge Evans Roland Young

AT THE

NEXT ATTRACTION

Garbo the unrivalled, and Novarro, the Prince of Romanos, bring you now a drama that will remain forover in

mind and heart!

Ramon

A greater bruimph than any before this romance of the spy who died for love, will be the year's

sensation!

Greta

GARBO NOVARRO Mata Hari

Maro Gallyn Mayer neturi

with

LIONEL BARRYMORE

Tomorrow STAR

with

Chartos Farrell

Marlon Nixon Minna Gomboli From the long-run Broadway SUCCRIS by John Golden and Hugh Stange FRANK BORZAGE Production

FOX Picture

ORIENTAL

THEATRE

GEORGE

BANCROFT

IN

"Rich Man's Folly"

„Paramount Picturej

FLEMING ROAD, WANUKAI, TEL. 28478

NEXT CHANGE Wednesday, 31st AUG.

CAROLE

LOMBARD

in

"No One Man"

with

PAUL LUKAS RICARDO CORTEZ JULIETTE COMPTON A Paramount Picture

MARIE

LEWIS STONE

TO DAY & TOMORROW at 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9,20

DRESSLER

POLLY

in

MORAN POLITICS

ELECTION STORY

MR. EDGAR WALLACE

AND A DEPOSIT

R.A.F. MAN'S SONG

PLAYED UKELELE AS PLANE WENT DOWN When the late Mr. Edgar Wai- Six survivors from the R.A.F. luce stood at the last General | flying-boat, which sank in the Election as Liberal candidate for Irish Son, have been landed. from Blackpool, he stretched his bank the Greek steamer Nicos at Barry overdraft to the extent of £150 for | Dock,

deposit with the returning officer. None of them was seriously in- On repayment of the money hejured, but three were immediate- went to a race meeting with it. y removed to the local hospital

This is story related by Mr. for treatment.

Nicos'

wore

"Bob" Curtis, sacretary to and "The Inst thing I remember," close friend of Mr. Wallace for said one of the crow, "I was sing- nineteen years, in "Edgar Waling the song: "Played the ukelele, lace--Each Way" (John Long, 78, as the ship wont down,' and then 6d), published on July 29.

along came the ship, which was more acceptable than a palace and The Conservative majority was all the riches in the world. over 33,000 and on the morning

"Actually the flying-boat sank after the declaration of the poll five minutes before the Mr. Wallace said, the author boat arrived. Four men writes, "Well, we have saved our washed off the tall as the machine deposit, any way. Find out what submerged," he added, "but hung time the returning officer comes on like grim death to a lifebuoy on duty and go aid collect it.”

and portions of wreckage." Mr. Curtis continues:

An officer of the Nicos said that Beyond the sightest elevation of one of the R.A.F. officers told him his eyebrows at what must have that the flying-boat crashed into seemed our almost indecent haste the son at a speed of 60, miles'an: to recover the money, the official hour. It crumpled up badly, and made no comment, but handed Mr. was almost in three pieces whon Wallace three £50 notes.

tho men clambered on to the upper "Thanks, Bob," he said when part of the wreckage.

gave him the money. "Now I can

go to Newmarket and see the Cam-long yellow Rolls and was driven. bridgeshire." He stepped into his

away.

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· FRANKLIN, 'at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria Hong- kong.