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CENTRAL

HEATRE

Reached by West Bound Queen's” Road Bus. FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY,

At 2.30, 5.15, 7,15 & 9.30' p.m.

Directed by

s

LEW AYRES

JAMES WHALE from the novel by Donald Henderson Clarke. Produced by Carl Laɛmals, Jr. Presented by Carl Laemmle A UNIVERSAL PICTURE

MAE CLARKE UNA MERKEL, JOHN HALLIDAY ANDY DEVINE

in

the intimate drama of a young doctor and his prettiest patient, who could not wait for life's greatest thrills!

IMPATIENT MAIDEN

-STARTING TO-MORROW "BRING THEM IN !"

"Got every crook in town? Drive them out of their dens. Round them up in the resorts, Tear the town apart if you must... but BRING THEM

IN 1

One of them killed my son... and we've got to find him!" That's what the fighting-mad police captain told his men in this mighty melodrama to-day,

Co-starring

LEO CARRILLO MARY BRIAN

.with

NOAH BEERY

RUSSELL GLEASON

of

Dedicated to

Police

the Force in Their War Against Crima !

UNIVERSAL PICTURE

HOMICIDE SQUAD

STARTING SUNDAY

FRANK

Amazing sound-film record of BUCK'S adventure in the Malayan jungle!

BRING EM RACK ALIVE

RKO-RADIO PICTURE Produced by Van Beuren Corp.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

NAVAL CONCERT.

ANOTHER PROGRAMME AT

LEE THEATRE

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1932.

WAR DEBTS

JAPAN'S FASCISTS

NEW PARTY CLAIMS TWO MILLION SUPPORTERS

Tokyo, Dec. 21.

ROOSEVELT REJECTS PLAN

New York, Dec. 21. The massed string bands of H. The President-elect, air. Rose- M. Ships gave another delightful velt offers to do nothing to retard. A

new party known as the entertainment at the Lee Theatre or hamper the Immediate debt ac- National

League, with Faciat Inat night, and music lovers were tion but rejects the Commission tendencies and 39 members in the provided with a regular treat with plan in reply to Mr. Hoover, says Diet, headed by the former Home the fine solection of classical and the New York Times, He declines Minister Mr. Adachi, will bo other airs which the artistes clever co-operation in choosing its per- formally inaugurated to-morrow. ly and delicately interpreted. 'sonnel and believes the oxisting The salient features of the The programme comprised agencies are sufficient for separate platform include a Far Eastern Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B re-examination of the debtor' Monroe Doctrine and a Japan-Mun- Minor, one of the most popular of capacity to pay. He does not chukuo economic bloc.. that great master's works, and the favour linking debts with the great Economie conference and disarma-

National League cialis work by the 60 instruments was ment, emphasising that debts aro already more than two million sup- highly appreciated by the audience. separate matters.

porters throughout the country, and Excerpts from the ever-popular

The paper adds it is believed that a huge and rapid increase is ex- suite, "Peer Gynt" of Greig, the

Mr. Roosevelt has already Pected.-Reuter, Rhapsody No. 1 in F. by Liszt and arranged for a re-study of debts three Serenades for strings by by Mr. Owen Young and Mr. Elgar completed a very attractive

Bernard Baruch, who will take programme before the interval.

action after March 4.-Reuter,

Outspoken Statements.

delicate rendition of

thin

London, Dec. 21.

A selection of popular music was provided after the interval begin- ning with a selection from Wagner's ever popular composition "The Flying Dutchman". This A now aspect of the obaracles in was followed by thoao delightful the way of the payment of inter- compositions by Mendelssohn national debts was outspokenl "Spring Song" and "Boating

elaborated by Sir Alan Anderson at renderings Song," in which

the annual meeting of the Orient tho ¡Lines. artistes excelled themselves.

The

SOVIET TAXATION:

FARMERS COMPELLED TO

PAY IN KIND

London, Dec. 21. Coincidently. with the ap- pronching termination of Russia's Five Year Plan the Government is tightening up the regulations The programme concluded with United States of dumping shipping It

Sir Alan Anderson accused the governing farming.

bas ordered Individual A selection from "The Beggar's

services on the world's market peasants possessing cows to pay Opera" and a nautical sketch "A below cost, thus preventing debtors, their taxes ia kind and has for life on the Ocean.

from paying their debts in a form bidden the sale of milk, butter and in which countries like Britain are $ggs until the collection is made in able to pay.

Reu of taxes.-Our Own Correspon-

22

CANADIAN PREMIER

NEW YORK

He estimated that the United dent. States shipping subsidios during the past twelve years amounted to

LEAVES ENGLAND ON WAY TO £000,000,000, which exceeded by The cost of payment has been £60,000,000 the total payments of included under current expenditure War Debts of all American debtors. -Our Own Correspondent. What Britain Puld to United States

London, Dec. 21. The Canadian Premier, Mr. Bennet, leaves Southampton to-day on the Majestic for New York. He was yesterday invited to a luncheon with the

Duke and Duchess of York, and was last night the guest

but, as stated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer last week, will be offset by a saving in interest and sinking fund charges on the na- tional debt.

London, Dec. 21. Revenue reports published to-day The sterling rate on New York show that the payment of the opened at 8.33% on the London December 15 instalment of the War Stock Exchange. British funds

of the High Commissioner for Debt to America cost Britain showed renewed strength with War Canada at dinner in his honour. £28,950,349. The amount payable Lonn 3% per cent at 99.-British |British Wirelcas.

in dollars was 96,500,000.

Wireless.

SHOWING

TO-DAY

A1 2.30, 5.10.

7.15 & 9.50 p.m.

HONGKONG'S FINEST CINEMA

A D.UBLE ATTRACTION II

THE BOY AND GIRL

WHO

MADE "BAD GIRL"!

BOCKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313 25332

-NEXT CHANGE – Commencing X'Mas Day

James

DUNN

Sally

AILERS

LOVING with tw

same tenderness. SQUABBLING with the same bus

manners.

WISE-CRACKING in the same lingo. STIRRING you

twice as deeply a they did in their first great hiti

Dance Team

FOX Picture

Story by Surah Addingun Directed by SIDNEY LANFIELD

ETRICH BLONDE VENUS

HERBERT MARSHALL

ON THE STAGE

At 5.10, 7.15 & 9,30 pm only

THE CELEBRATED AUSTRALIAN TEIO

JOHN PRIORA

BERTINI.....

Golden-Voiced Tenor ........... Vagabond Violinist ... At the'Piano.

HAREY STEY........ **THE BEST BIG TIME ACT"

To Play the Far East Since, the Visit of SIR HARRY LAUDER

CARY GRANT.

Jõhu bas sfered Jhim tere at parti

Not a bargain,,

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{hold #1 bo-) DEPOSIT WOR rosit

QUEENS THEATRE

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

Life!

Action

Romance! Spectanto i

Grandourt Nothing

spared to make this

tho

of the

ONE GREAT

DRAMA

war!

DOUGLAS

FAIRBANKS JR.

CHANCES

ROSE HOBART

ANTHONY BBSHELL -HOLMES HERBERT Mary Forbes

Story by A. Hamilton) Gibbs

FROM SUNDAY

John GILBERT

returns once moro in the type of romantic devil-may-care role that won him world fame in "The Merry Widow" and "The Big Parado"

He sotu feminino hearts aflutter- whether mistress or maid-with And waen ho

bis lova-making.

kisses a brido-she admits he's tho bast. man at the wedding!

STAIRS

DOWN'S

Story by

John

Gilbert himself

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