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CENTRAL

Advance Booking at Andersons & the Theatre Tolophona 25720.

FINAL SHOWING TO-DAY at 2,30, 5.15,.7.15 & 9.30 p.m.

WEIRD! THRILLING I COMPELLING !·

BUT WHAT WAS NOBODY BELIEVES IN WITCHES .. THE STRANGE SORCERY WROUGHT IN THEIR LIVES?

IS ANY WOMAN, SAFE FROM THE SPELL OF SUCH A WOMAN?

THIRTEEN WOMEN

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPII SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 1933.

TOBACCO PREFERENCE

NEW ORDER BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT

"

TEN PER CENT. Under a resolution which is to bo introduced in the Legislative Council, and which has already been given the full force of law under order made by the Governor. Empire tobacco, cigars and cigarettes are to be given a preferance of approximately ter per cent.

On

Excepting for a slight incronse in respect of cigarettes, the duties on non-Empire products remain unaltered.

Exports to have been substantial ly manufactured in and consigned from the British Empire, as de- fined above: Provided that no tobacco shall be deemed to be sub- atantially manufactured withlu the British Empire unless, in the opinion of the Superintendent of Imports and Exports, at least one quarter of its valuo is the result of labour within auch Empire..

NEW DUTIES.

The revised table of dutice, per pound weight, is as follows:

Unmanufactured Tobacco. (1) If unstripped:

100

(a) containing 10 pounds or more moisture per pounds weight thereof:

I. If of Empire Origin

60 cents.

II. Othor tobacco 70 cents. (b) containing less than 10 pounds of moisture per 100 pounds weight thereof:

I. If of Empire Origin

72 cents.

II. Other tobacc» 79 centa. (2) If stripped:

(n) containing 10 pounds or more of moisture per 100 pounds weight thereof:

1. If of Empire Origin

76 cents.

EMPIRE ORIGIN DEFINED For the purpose of the

ro solution, tobacco is deemed to lo of "Empire Origin" if it is proved to the satisfaction of the Superin- tendent of Imports and Exports, to have been grown and consigned from the British Empire, which for the purposes of this Table shall be deemed the United Kingdom. the Dominion of Canada, the Com- monwealth of Australia, Dominion of New Zealand, Union of Sonth Africa, the Irish Free State, Newfound- land, India including Burmnh (1) Cigars: any British Colony, any territory under His Majesty's protection, the Mandated territories of Tanganyl- ka, or Cameroons under British Mandate. or Togoland under British Mandate.

the the

EMPIRE MANUFACTURE. Tabacco shall be deemed to

be of "Empire Manufacture" if it

is proved to the satisfaction of

he Superintendent of Imports and

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11. Other tobacco 84 cents. (b) containing less than 10 pounds of moisture per 100 pounds weight thereof;

1. If of Empire Origin

84 cents, II. Other tobacco 93 cents, Manufactured Tobnero:

I. If of Empire Origin &

manufacture $1.50.

11. If of Empire manufacture!

only $1.80.

11. Other elgara $2.00.. (2) Cigarettes:

1. If of Empire Origin &

manufacture $0.81.

Il. If of Empire manufacture

only $0.90.

II. Other Cigarettes $0.99.

LEAGUE PUBLISHES

REPORT

(Continued from Page 1)

the same article. The Report Is lengthy document of Rome 15,- 000 words,

The Assembly recommends the evacuation of Japanese troops with the Negotiations Committee charged, as its first object, to or ganise the ovacuation and deter- mine the stages and the time Hmits thereof.

NEW REGIME. It is further recommended that there should be established in a reasonable Manchuria, within time, an organisation under the sovereignty of and compatible with the administrative integrity* of China, which would provide wide measure of autonomy in har mony with local conditions and | respect the rights and Interesta

of Japan and any third party.

As has already been reported, the recommendations provide for the Negotiating Committee to bo set up after China and Japan have accepted the recommendations, the United States and Russin being invited to participate.

The league Assembly will meet on Tuesday to take note of the failure of conciliation, and on Friday, it will be asked to accept the report and recommendations which it will undoubtedly do.- Reuter and British Wirelesa.

(3) Other manufactured tobacco, Including snuff and elgar cut- Liners:

Origin &

I. If of Empire

manufacture $0.81.

II. If of Emre manufacture

only $0.50.

II. On Chinese

tobacco 30.90.

prepared

IV. Other varieties $0.99.

QUEENS THEATRE

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

A

W rner

Bios.

8

Vita, &ione bitt

FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN

/11

in

Billicot

}atural

Celeur

BUBBLING. WITH LAUGHTER

-STARTING TO-MORROW

GET YOUR SHARE OF SWEEPSTAKES !

THRILL TO THIS WHIRLWIND

THE TURF !

MELODRAMA OF

EDDIE QUILLAN

TO-DAY

ONLY

At 2,30, 3.10,

7.15 89.50 p.m.

HONCKOND'S FINEST CINEMA

... DIZZY!

time

Why every I take my hat off I hand myself a dime...and it's breaking me!

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313, 25332.

TO-MORROW

Opening

of new

CANTON BRIDGE

Real guffaws that start

in your shoes OLSEN & JOHNSON with a hundred hand-picked Franch Beauties.

ALBO ADOWING ADENTURES in AFRICA

Cartoon-

**Svengarlic"

FROM

THURSDAY

SWEEPSTAKES

WITH MARION NIXON, LEW CODY

AND JAMES GLEASON.

COMING!

COMING !

BRITAIN'S MIGHTY MUSICAL ROMANCE

"THE BLUE DANUBE"

WITH DOROTHY BOUCHIER, JOS, SCHIldkraut AnD ALFRED RODE & HIS ROYAL TZIGANE BAND.;

COMING TO THE CENTRAL.

Strange! Terrifying. the story of the man who hunted ment

THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME

With JOEL MCCREA

FAY WRAY LESLIE BANKS ROBERT ARMSTRONG

David D. Balakk, Leon Prideos A Dupper-Schoolcock Production RKO-RADIO Pidure

Keinten nua Puoisted for the Proprietors by FREDERICK Fræci FRANKLIN, at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street, In the City of Victoria h-ca

Long.

From

the novel by Rion James

HAT

Sally

EILERS CHECK

Ben LYON

Ginger ROGERS Arthur PIERSON Monroe OWSLEY

4 SHOWS

DAILY 2.30-5.15

7.15-9,30

GIRL

Directed by Sidney Lanfield

A FOX PICTURE

TAKE ANY Tram or HAPPY VALLEY BUS

Six Hours to Live

Six hours to love. Six

hours to fulfill a life- time's hopes and desires

SIX HOURS TO LIVE

Warner

BAXTER

Miriam Jordan

John Boles

From original story "Auf Wieder schen" by Gordon Morris and

Morion Barteaux

Directed by William Dieterle FOX Picture

ORIENTALE

LAST 4 TIMĖS 10-DAY GIGANTI AMERICAN CIRCUS STORY FULL OF ACTION AND THRILLS Daring Aorialists, Acrobata, Clowns,

Riders and Trained animals all appoaing in this Great komance of the Lilo of a Fravoling Cirous.

DAVIES GABLE

with Clark

IN

Polly

the

Circus

TEL. 26473

STARTING TO-MORROW

ROBT

WHEELER WOOLSEY

IN THEIR LIDOIST GRIN

AND GIGGLE SENSATIONI......

PEACH O RENO

DOROTHY LEE ZELMA O'NEAL 'JUSIEM CAWTHORN

LAUGH

AND GET

Directed by Gregory La Cava

An RKO Radio "Picture

AT THE

STAR

BRIMMING WITH

HEART

TUGS

FLOODING A MILLION

HEARTS WITH SUMMER SUNSHINE

DOROTHY LEE EDNA MAY OLIVER

HUGH HERBERT

RICH

O-DAY ONLY

at 2.30, 5,20, 7.20 & 9.20

ANITA PAGE in "NIGHT COURT"

AT THE

with

WALTER HUSŊON

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Drama

WORLD

in

II P.M.

TO-DAY ONLY

at 2.80, 5:15. 7.15 & 9.20

LAWRENCE TIBBETT 'The Cuban Love Song'

A Metro-Goldwyn-Maver Picture.

MARINA

HAWAIIAN

HULA QUEEN Males her initial Debut

re

II P.M.

TO-NIGHT at the MAJESTIC.

22 DES VOEUX ROAD, C