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CENTRAL THEATRE

28720

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1932.

THE NEWEST UNITED ARTISTS SUPER SPECIAL PRODUCTION.

The cream of comedy sprinkled over a searing drama of skyhigh thrills!

A THRILL-SHOW TO MAKE YOU CASP! A' LAUCH-SHOW TO MAKE YOU HOWLI

An Aviating Romeo Who Took a High Flier în Love and Laughed at War! The sky was the limit with this dashing, dore-devil who started out to fight the enemy but lost in the battle of love! He left a trail of broken hearts crashing through Europe-and bombed his way to Parie with laughing gas!

HOWARD HUGHES

PRESENTS

Cock

OF THE

AIR CHESTER MORRIS

METTAN

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ADDED ATTRACTIONS

"FOLLIES OF THE DAY”

With an All-Star cost of well-known beautiful young dancers and acrobats. Produced by The Lauro Films Co. of France. 2 roels of old and new dances entirely in technicolour with the most magnificent and lavish invaluable settings and back- grounds that are quito now and novel to the public.

SPECIAL PRICES

DRESS CIRCLE. $1.00; BACK STALL 55 Cts. (Including Tax).

-STARTING TO-MORROW

A Charming Comedy packed with Drama and Laughs.

EDDIE

QUILLAN.

NIGHTWORK

With SALLY STARR, FRANCES UPTON, NORA LANE. A riot of laughter, sparkling wit, catchy songs, pathos. chuckles, indisputably the finest dialoguo and singing comedy

of the season.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

We are glad to announce that we will commenco showing the Best Supor and Spacial Radio, Universal and British Dominion pictures of 1932-33 from the beginning of next month.

RAISING WARTIME

BLOCK-SHIPS

PART OF DOVER BOOM DEFENCES.

A section of a vessel suak dur- ing the war to provide a boom de- fence to Dover Harbour has been raised,

When war broke out two steamers were aunk at the western entrance to the harbour, and these block-ships have been in the same position, in about 40 feet of water, ever since. They were the Spanish Prince and the Lavonia.

In May last year the Daver Harbour Board decided to raise the two ships. Captain J. Iron, the harbour master, has been in charge of the work, with 20 to 25 men under him.

ITALY'S NEW NAVY

SPEED INSTEAD OF WEIGHT

ABBEY TUNNEL MYSTERY.

50 YEARS' OLD CLUE

Market Drayton, Aug. 30. Although diviners begun work yesterday and various excavations have been made at Lilleshall

ALL BATTLESHIPS Abbey, Newport, Shropshire, the

SCRAPPED.

Rome, Aug. 26.

line of the secret passage has not yet been found,

During excavations fragments As from today's date the char- of stained glass have been un- acter and formation of the Italian earthed, together with pieces of Navy has been completely trans-glazed tile bearing very plainly formed, weight giving place to the impression of the Welsh dra- spred.

The 22,700-ton battleships An- drea Doris and Duillo go by the board without replacement in kind. In fact, battleships are altogether eliminated from the active list, as well as all ex-enemy craft ceded

gon.

Cannon balle for a sling, which probably dropped there when the Abbey was besiged by the Round- leads during the Civil War, have also been found.

A Miss Hodges has written to A start was made on the Lato Italy on the conclusion of the Mrs. Sykes, the wife of Colonel H. P. Sykes, to say that she re- vonia, of 4,000 tons. Divers cut Great War.

All other vessels which are in members, 60 years ago, A Mr. her into four pieces and pumped the sand ballast out of her. One the least degree out of date, in- Ralph, who lived at Honnington, the cruisers, scouts, des-showing her a spot near section weighing about 1.500 tons cluding

bricked was raised from the bot-troyers, torpedo-boats, and sub-Abbey which had been tom of the harbour, and towed marines, have been withdrawn up, and which he said was the en"

from the fleet and placed on care trance to the accret passage. some distance to the cast.

This and maintenance.

It had been bricked up because After six-9-inch steel wire ropes that something like 100,000 navalla heifer in the grounds had fallen had been placed in position, two tonnage has been virtually scrap-down the opening, she added. Miss Admiralty lighters were brought | ped.

Hodges has offered to vialt Lille- on the scene..

shall to try to find the spot.

тепля

The heaviest unit in the reform At low tido these were filled with led Navy is 10.000 tons. Lightness, water and sunk to the level of speed, quick striking power, up- their decks, and when the tide bo-to-date technical equipment, and gan to rise the harbour tag, Lady efficiency of personnel are the obstationed respectively in the Tyr- Duncannon, started to pump out jects almed at in the reconstructed the water. The 1,600-ton section gradually lifted from the bottom, but when the tide changed, opern- j tions had to be suspendled.

£3,000,000 DEFICIT

Italian fleet.

Two Squadrons.

The distribution of the modern remaining ships has also been re- organised, From now on the Reet consists of two swift-moving aqua- drons.

The first squadron comprises first divialon with three light FRENCH SHIPPING LOSS armoured cruisers, the Trieste, the

for last year.

These two squadrons will be rhenian Sen and the Eastern Mediterranean, with headquarters at Spezia and Taranto. The Ad- riatic will bo patrolled by a divi- slon Including the light cruisers Bari, Premula, Tigre, and Ribody. with a destroyer flotilla of the Selln type. The veteran San Glorgio, however, and one flotilla of destroyers will be held in re- serve, also for Adriatic services.

These highly important changes mark a decisive phase in the long

Trento, and the Bolzano, and a A total defeit shipping flotilla of scouts of the Freccia contemplated reform, and follow a operations in 1931 amounting toelaas; and a second division of severe test made during the high- £3,195,300 is shown in the report three 10,000-ton heavy armoured speed manoeuvres recently report- of the Compagnie General Tran- cruisers, with a scout flotilla of ed in the Morning Post. The satlantique (the French Line) the Zefiro type. the 2,260-ton divisions which enter the line to- Pantera, capable of 34 miles anday after the withdrawal of the On January 1 there were 38 hour, acting as flotilla leader. old units are the fruits of the Freneh Line ships tied up inThis group will constitute the Government's policy of securing ports, but this number has since nerve centre of the new fleet. the greatest possible efficiency at Increased to 49 out of a total

the least possible cost, quality and flect of 90. Fures last year were

not numbers counting. down by £2.144,000, compared with 1980.

The second squadron consists of a firat division of cruisers of the Colleoni and Bande Nere types and scond division of cruisers, Glus- Last February, the French sano, Barbiano, Cadorna, and six Senate nuthorised an advance to cruiser scouts-handy formations the French Line of £880,000 dur- of 5,000-ton vessels capable of Ing the following six months. well over 30 miles an hour speed.

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.10,

7.15 89.30p.m.

This reformation of the Italian Navy is being accompanied by the introduction of a new school of naval strategy, and tactics based on the possibilities of the divisions.

KING'S THEATRE

A DOUBLE ATTRACTION!

Every Single one of Hollywood's Funniest People Get together in

MILLION DOLLAR LEGS

A Paramount Pictur

·with

Jack Oakle W. C. Fields Andy Clyde Ben Turpin

· ADDED ATTRACTION——— Daily at 5.10, 7.15 and 9.30 p.m. Shows only

BETH BERI

ZIEGFELD TOLLIES STAR

In Repertoire,

New Daness——Naw Costumes

new

QUEENS THEATRE

To-day & To-morrow at 2.30 5,10, 7.15 & 9.20. SOMETHING DIFFERENT!

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's

ALL-STAR

VARIETY PROGRAMME

NEWS

MUSIC

SPORTS

CHARLIE CHASE

in "ONE OF THE SMITHS"

STAN

LAUREL

in

OLIVER

HARDY

“CHICKENS COME HOME"

A MAGNIFICENT Medley of

Mirth and Music!

NEXT CHANGE

WALLACE BEERY

CLARK GABLE

Crash the screens of the world in a great romance of tears, langhe, love, thirlls!

BOOKING AT THE THEATHI TIL. 25513

HELL DIVERS

-NEXT CHANGE.

GEORGE

THEATRE

Accessible by both Buses (Queen's Rd. W.) & Trami

(Des Voeux Rd, W.)

SHOWING TO-DAY.

AT 2,30, 5.15, 7.30, 9.30 P.M.

EDWARD VAN SLOAN

in

Lyde Robertt Hank Mann

George Barbier

Hugh Harbert

Dickie Moore Susan Flaming

TO-DAY

ONLY

IN FRONT

AT 9.30, 6,15,

OF THE THEATRE.

7.15 & 9.80p.m.

FRANKENSTEIN

NEXT CHANGE.

FRI: & SAT., 7th & 8th OCT.

TOD BROWNING'S.

Greatest Production,

“DRACULA"

ADVANCE BODKING AT MEE CHEUNG STUDIO,

15.. Ice House Street.

· From 9 p.in. to 5.p.m.

Students and Service Men in Uniform Half Price for Dress Circle.

Accompanied at the Piano by MONIA LITTER Acclaimed, both by Zimbalist and Heifets, the most Brilliant Pranist In the Far Eaal.

Pricen as usual

ZANE GREY'S

RIDERS of the PURPLE SAGE

For Picture with, GEORGE O'BRIEN

Marguerite Charchit Hosk Beary VENGEANCH SPURRED HIM ON UNTIL, LOVE LASSOED HIM! Hale trigger action in a senathing comence of the Southwest.

ORIENTAL

THEATRE

WHI SWeethearts WERE THE

MASTER-THIEVES?

‚»

"Cheaters at Play"

with A. Great Cast Including

Thomas

KEIGHAN

W. Bakewell

Linda Watkins

Oharlotte GREENWOOD. Barbara Wooks® Olin Howland

James Kirkwood

FLEMING ROAD,

HILL

production

Never before, prehaps never again, can it happen Thousands defied death to bring it to you! Such a drama of love, of thrills on land and in the akies, such tense tragedy stepping on the heels of laughter as the screen has never shown i

Meuq-Goldwyn-Mayer PICTURE

AT THE

STAR

To-day to Saturday at 2.80. 5.20, 7.20 & 9,20

JOE E. BROWN in "HOLD EVERYTHING"

with WINNIE LIGHTNER

MAJESTIC

WANGHAI,

TEL. 28478

TO-MORROW

“Murders in the Rue Morgue"

one

with

SIDNEY FOX

and

BELA LUGOŠI

P

A FOX PICTURE

A UNIVERSAL PICTURE

CARDLI

LOMBARD

RIBARDO

CORTEZ

no

man

a Garamount Picture

TO-DAY ONLY

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20

9.20 P.M.

All the world of society knows her. Her escapades are limped in broken hearts from Palm Beach to Renó. Her love is new and fresh for the man who can'take and hold it I

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FaxDERICK PERIY FRANKLIN, at 1 and B. Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria Hong- bong.

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