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CENTRAL THEATRE

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THE

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30. THE NEWEST UNITED ARTISTS SUPER SPECIAL PRODUCTION, The cream of comedy sprinkled over

skyhigh thrills!

3 soaring drama of

A THRILL-SHOW TO MAKE YOU GASP! A LAUGH-SHOW TO MAKE YOU HOWL!

An Aviating Romeo Who Took a High Flier in Love and Laughed at War!

The sky was the limit with this dashing, dare-devil who started out to fight the enemy but lost in the baule of lovel He left a trail of broken hearts, crashing through Europe and bombed his way to Paris wah laughing gas!

HOWARD HUGHES

PRESENTS

COCK

OF THE

AIR

WITH

CHESTER MORRIS

UNITED ARTISTS

ADDED ATTRACTIONS

"FOLLIES OF THE DAY"

With an All-Star cast of well-known beautiful young dancers and acrobats. Produced by The Lauro Films Co. of Franco. 2 reels of old and new dances entirely in technicolour with the most magnificent and lavish invaluable settings and back- grounds that are quite 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.

EDDIEQUILLAN.

NIGHT WORK

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

— SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT We are glad to announce that we will commenco showing the Best Super and Special Radio, Universal and British Dominion pictures of 1932-33 from the beginning of noxt month.

HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1932.

THE ANGLO-IRISH

- PARLEY

ALL ISSUES TO BE

DISCUSSED

London, Oct. 5.

At the meeting which took place this morning at the. Dominions

IRAK'S NEW PORTUGAL'S DAY

STATUS

ROYAL MESSAGES EXCHANGED

London, Oct. 5.

con-

AT MACAO

BIG CELEBRATIONS YESTERDAY

nt

Macao, .Oct. 6.. The Fifth of October, Portugal's the anniversary of tho Office between representatives of On the admission of Irak to the Day. the Governments of the United League of Nations, H. M. King establishment of the Republic, was colobrated ́at Macao with due enthusiasm, all Kingdom and of the Irish Free George aunt the following State, the Irish representatives, gratulatory telegram to the King ceremony and Mr. do, Valora and the Free State of Irak: "Have learnt with the members of the community enter- Attorney General, agreed to adopt greatest pleasure of the admis- ing into the manifestations which the suggestion previously made olon of Irak to membership of the were prepared.

As usual, the celebrations com-- that the question that has arisen League of Nations as a free and concerning the Irish Land An-independent State, and I haston menced with the "Alvorada", nunities should be made the sub-to offer warm congratulations on iawn. At noon, His Excellency the this most auspicious event, which Lt. Col. Bernardes de Miranda ject of negotiation between

will I trust be followed by In-received the official visits of His two Governments.

creasing prosperity of your King Lordship the Bishop, the President converan-dom and a further strengthening! tions, attention was called to the of the cordial friendship existing and Members of the Executive, Government, and Municipal Coun- formerly between our two countries." paid to the United Kingdom were King Faisal, in acknowledging cls, members of the Consular

Corps, members being withheld by the Irish Free with great pleasure the kind mes service, naval and military officers,

that the sage Stato. It was agreed

of felicitation, says: "I

Membera of the Portuguese, negotiations should cover these avail myself of this auspicious Chinese, and foreign communities, sums also and that the discussions opportunity to send Your Majesty. should be commenced between the in my name and on behalf of my called to pay their respects to the members of both Governments in people, my most sincera gratitude Governor, as representative of the London on October, 14th.

for the valuable assistance whieh nation,

A bicycle race, which has become Mr. de Valera left London this we received throughout past years

from Your Majesty and your a yearly event, took place in the evening, returning to Dublin by noble people, and which I regard afternoon, and was witnessed by the night boat.British Wireless,

as the chief factor in the atlain-hundreds of persons who lined the ment of this our status.

route of the race.

In the course of the

fact that other sumB

FIRM'S MONEY STOLEN

ACCOUNTANT SENT

TO GAOL

the of

QUEENS THEATRETM

To-day & Tomorrow at 2.30 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 SOMETHING DIFFERENT!

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's. ALL-STAR

VARIETY PROGRAMME

NEWS

MUSIC

SPORTS

CHARLIE CHASE

"ONE OF THE SMITHS"

civil

in

STAN

"To atate solemnly that we are

At the Vasco da Gama Gardens indebted to a great extent,-in our attainment of this happy stage, there were celebrations in the Your afternoon and the evening, the to the aid afforded by Majesty is but to confess an act well-known Avenida being prettily redecorated for the occasion, and of grace. We will always member those acts of favour, and mily illuminated at night.

wish Your Majesty's noble Royal Family and people prosperity and welfare."

number In the city a

uf were erected triumphal arches On, the 14th of last month, LI

Sir John Simon, in a congratula-y the Chinese community, and Kwan-chee, an accountant em-

and residential played at the Wo Hing firm, No. 8. tory telegram to Jafar Pashn, the flags hung over many houses in

Govern-sections of the city. At night all" On Wa Lane, was sent out with Iraki Minister for Foreign Affairs, the business

Majesty's says: "His 8800 with which to purchase sew-ment look forward with confidence the public buildings were illumin ing machines from the Tuck Hong to the close and cordial co-opera-ated, as usual, and Monte Fort. Company at No. 8. Upper Lascurtion of the two Governments in towering over the city, and the Row. He did not return, and their new relations." British naval units stationed at Macko

Wireless.

were picked out in lights, making

A very pretty picture.

when it was ascertained that ho was not seen at the shop where he was sent to make the purchase, a

A levee at Government House warrant was taken out for his

Parce of the broadest type in was held in the evening and was arrest. The other day, the miss-

served up in "Million Dollar Legs," n ing man was seen by a former Paramount release, which tells the attended by many guests, includ- foki and was pointed out to story of how a bankrupt Balkan Stateing several from Hongkong.—Our detective and arrested.

aaved by the financial outcome of Own Correspondent. The

before Mr. the physical prowess of its manhood Wynne-Jones ni the Central at the Olympic Games. There is Police Court this morning, when little or no sense in the story, but he was sentenced to six months it is made funny by a comedy team hard inhour on a charge of larseny in which Jark Oakle and ten Turpia by bailee. Det. Sergt. Allen pro-re included. "Million Dailor Legs

at the King's Is being screened Theatre. secuted for the police.

SHOWING TO-DAY

come

At 2.30, 5.10.

7.15 8 9.30 p.m.

.

Passengers by the N.Y.K. nor Chichibu Maru included Dr. (Mrs.) Is John who is travelling to the. United States under the auspices of the. Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research.

KINGS THEATRE

A DOUBLE ATTRACTION!

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

MILLION DOLLAR LEGS

A Paramount Pictur

THEATRE

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

(es Vocex Rd. W.)

SHOWING TO-DAY. ·

AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.30, 9.30 P.M.

EDWARD VAN SLOAN

in

Lyda Roberti

Hank Mann

George Barbles

Hugh Herbert

Dickie Moore Susan Flaming

with

Jack Oakle W. C. .Fields Andy Clyde Ben Turpin

BUSES

STOP

IN FRONT

TO-DAY

ONLY

AT 2.20, 5.15, 7,15&9 80 p.m.

OF THE THEATRE.

FRANKENSTEIN

NEXT CHANGE.

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

TOD BROWNING'S

Greatest Production.

"DRACULA"

ADVANCE BOOKING AT MEE CHEUNG Studio,

15. Ice House Stroot.

From 9p.m. to 5 p.m.

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

Walon

--ADDED ATTRACTION ——— Dally at 5.10, 7,13 and 9.36 pm. Shows only

BETH BERI

ZIEGFELD FOLLIES STAR

In Repertoire,

New Dance-New Confunes.

Accompanied at the Piano by MONIA LITTER Acclaimed, both by Zimbalist and Heifetz, the most Brilliant Pianist in the Far East. Prices as usual

BOCKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313

-NEXT CHANGE

ZANE GREY'S

RIDERS of the PURPLE SAGE

fox cure with

GEORGE O'BRIEN

Marguerite Chorchill Noah Beery VENGEANCE SPURRED HIM ON-UNTIL LOVE LASSOED HIM! Häir trigger action in a smashing romance of the Southwest.

ORIENTAL

THEATRE

SWEETHEARTS WERE THE

MASTER-THIEVES?

NEVNTOT SRL Knoll in a ma

"Cheaters at Play'

with A Great Cast Including

Thomas

MIIGHAN

W. Bakewell

•

Charlotte GREINWOOD Barbara WSAKS Olin Howland Jamis Kitkword

Linda Watkins

PLEMING ROAD, WANGHAI,

TEL, 28478

TO-MORROW

"Murders in the

Rue Morgue"

with

SIDNEY FOX

and

BELA LUGOSI

A FOX PICTURE

A UNIVERSAL, PICTURE

in

LAUREL

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, laughs, love, thirlle!

HELL DIVERS

GFORGE 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 skies, such tense tragedy stepping on the heels of laughter as the screen has never shown

AT THE

STAR

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer merurs

To-day to Saturday

at 2.30. 5.20. 7.20 & 9,2)

JOE E. BROWN in HOLD EVERYTHING

with WINNIE LIGHTNER

MAJESTIC

one

CARDLE

LOMBARD RIBARDO

CORTEZ

in

man

Pammount Picture

TO-DAY

ONLY

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 € 9.20 P.M.

All the world of soci

Ber cacapag

knows ber.

are limped in broken hea from Palm Beach to Re Her love is new and freely the man who can take a hold it!

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street, In the City of Victoria tong.