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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPIL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1933.

A MODERN

CENTRAL NOAH'S ARK

THEATRE

Advance Booking at Andersons & the Theatre Telephone 25720.

TO-DAY TO SATURDAY.

at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.

SHE HAD TO STEAL HER HAPPINESS ! À LIFETIME OF LOVE WHICH MUST BE LIVED IN SECRET!

IMMORTALIZED

ON THE SCREEN!

UNIVERSAL PICTURE. Presented by.. Cer Laemmle

BACK STREET

FANNIE HURST

The woman's picture supremel

With IRENE DUNNE, JOHN BOLES, George Meeker, Zasu Pitts, June Clyde, Wil liam Bakewell, Arietta Duncan, Doris Lloyd, Paul Weigel, Walter Catlett and others. A JOHNM.STAHL Production produced by Carl Laemmlë, Jr.

Five Songs Sung by Irene Dunne & John Boles.

STARTS SUNDAY

THE STRANGEST ADVENTURE EVER FILMED. AND

·ABSOLUTELY AUTHENTIC

A Fight For Life

in the Frozen North- plus a love story tie- mendows in its simpli- city... Filmed in the Arctic circle with the biggest thrills ever photographed.

ROMANCE! THRILLSI ADVENTURE!

An Edward Small Production directed by Ewing Scott. Presented by Carl Laemmia. A UNIVERSAL PICTURE.

IGLOO

AMERICAN BANKS

PREVENTÍNG MERGING OF TWO. CONCERNS

.fi

been announced by the Treasury. A message from Detroit says the appointment of conservators disposes of the possibility of the two concerns being merged, · Washington, Mar. 14..

Two Savings Banks and five The appointment of conservators other banks in other cities of for the First National Bank, re-open immediately, but there is. Michigari have been authorised to Detroit, and the Guardian National no indication when the two banks Hank of Commerce, Detroit, under in the hands of the conservators The new Conservation' Law has will re-open-Reuter's Special.

Printed and, Published. for the Proprietors by FEEDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, 21:1 and 5. Wyndham Stroet, in the City of Victoria Hongkong.

passed their cages on deck and

NOAH'S ARK ponies gravely contemplated their

MENAGERIE ON SAARLAND

GIRAFFE PROBLEM OVERCOME

went down the hald, where two long stalls of trick horses and

first visitor from Hongkong.

Vivid-plumaged South American cockatoos screeched a vociferious welcome, and the fire elephants in the stalls below lifted their trunks } enquiringly.

NOTED MINING ENGINEER

DEATH OF MR. J. L. URQUHART

London, Mar, 14.

GIRAFFE HOUSING PROBLEM. and ponies, a dozen polar and to-day

Zebras, a hippopotamus, shet- The death occurred in London of Mr. John Leslie

black bears and a giraffe were Urquhart, aged 58, Chairman of Introduced to the pressman in turn the Russo-Asiatic Consolidated Even the most hardened tee-by the owner. The only unhappy Mining Trust, Limited. totaller may have been excused animals were the bears, who paced

or imagining that he was hearing their cages restlessly, and the ago in efforts to obtain for their things on the Kowloon Wharves giraffe. this morning.

The giraffe had cause to be un- then and now in Soviet possession. original owners large oil-flelds

He was prominent a few years

Lions and tigers roared, 'polar happy. It seemed that there was bears growled loudly, elephants no room for him aboard the ship, The late Mr. Urquhart studied trumpeted, horses whinnied and He was too long in the neck to mining engineering in Glasgow parrots screeched abuse. But stay on deck, and too short of wind and Edinburgh Unversities and in there was nothing amiss. Investi- to be placed in the smothering the Baku ollields in the Caucasus. gations Ied a Telegraph represen- mugginess below. So a com. He owned and operated mining en- tative to the steamer Saarland, promise had been reached. His terprises in the Urala. Siberia and which, it was discovered, has been body was housed below decks, Russia until the revolution of 1917. turned into a modern Noah's Ark while a portion of his neck and and also engaged in development to convey the famous. Hagenbeck his head jutted enquiringly from work in France, Australia, New: circus to the Far East,

the open hatchway.

Guinea and elsewhere.

TOKYO EXPOSITION,

Ters SHIP'S FAVOURITE.

The animals, together with 100 The ship's favourite is a young In 1906, he was awarded the Al- circus hands and assistants, are shetland pony, born just over ahert gold medal first class, and enroute to Japan, to take part in week ago. The most succulent ten years later the silver medal of the International Exposition for portions of hay, are preserved for the Raval Society of Arts.- women and children to be held in the baby of the troupe, which is British Wireless. Tokyo from March 17 to May.10. the pet of crew and passengers

The director of the famous alikes circus, which has often toured Business is bad in Germany and, Europe and America is Mr. Carl in fact, the whole of Europe, Mr. Hagenbeck, who greeted the Tele-Hagenbeck declared, And the graph representative when he present trip to the Far East is in arrived aboard the Saarland in the nature of an experiment "If search of information, and courte-conditions warrant it, the circus ously escorted him over the ship.will disembark at Hongkong on the Fifteen tigers and ten lions lick return trip from Japan, and will ed their chops reflectively as the play for a fortnight in this Colony Telegraph representative hurriedly and Canton.

-TO-DAY

ONLY

At 2.30, 5,10,

7.1589.30 p.m.

配

TEN PEOPLE . ! . 'TEN MILLIONS.. AND A MILLION TO EACH TO DO WITH AS" THEY PLEASED!

4 SHOWS

DAILY

230-5.15

7.15 9.30

What Did They Do? What Would YOU Do... With a Million?

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FINE WEATHER

The anti-cvelone has weakened and moved into the Pacific to the south of Japan. A shallow de-. pression is indicated to the north- west of Shanghai. Local fore- cast:-East winds, moderate; fine.

HONGKONG'S FINEST CINEMA

Drama Mighty as Its Cast!... Probing All Human Pussion-Greed, Love, Hate, Laughter!

GARY COOPER

GEORGE RAFT

WYNNE GIBSON

CHARLES LANGMON

JACK OAKIE

If

I HAD A MILLION

FRANCES DEE CHARLIE RUGGLE: ALISON SKIPWORTH W.'C. FIELDS

MARY BOLAND

a

Paramount Picture

Directed by

ERNST LUBITSCH, Norman Taurog

ROSCOE KARNS Stephen Roberts,

James Cruze, MAY ROBSON Norman McLeod,

William A. Seiter,

GENE RAYMOND

LICIESI RITILEFIELD

H. Bruce Humberstone.

RICHARD BENNETT

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313, 25332.

TO-MORROW —

Their Love was

THE

Forbidden!

MAN FROM YESTERDAY

With CLAUDETTE

COLBERT

CLIVE

BROOK

CHARLES BOYER ANDY DEVINE

•

..

Years before their passion had flamed........ then dimmed, and died....

Now, with happiness In their grasp... he had come back to taunt them!

A Paramount Picture

TO-NIGHT and TO-MORROW at 9.20 P. M.

THE HONGKONG AMATEUR DRAMATIC CLUB

PRESENTA

*NINE TILL SIX "

By Aimée and Philip Stuart,

Popular Prices: 64.00 to $1.00 (Including Tax)

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE.

TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS

ORIENTAL

LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAÝ A. GREATEST SPY PICTURE WITH A WONDERFUL CAST DON'T MISS ITĪ

GARBO

Ramon

NOVARRO

shrilling, unforgettable

MATA HARI

LIONEL BARRYMORE LEWIS STONE

FLEMING ROAD LANGMA TEL. 28473

STARTING

TO-MORROW

THE OLD: DARK HOUSE

A SENSATIONAL

MYSTERY THRILLER

QUEENS THEATRE

Final Showings To-day at 2.80 5.30, 7:15 & 9.20

He ruled men with his fash

RICHARD

and women with his Love!

BARTHELMESS

with

·MART ASTOR- MARIAN NIXON FRED KOBLER

A First National

#Picture"

LASH

TO-MORROW

"Good-time parents go on their way, heedless.....but what of the children of divorce? A talkie that steps out of Life to thrill the world!

directed by CHARLES F. RIESNER.

DIVORCE

IN THE

FAMILY

BUTTH JACKIE

COOPER

TO-DAY

ONLY

*

CONRAD BAGEL

LEWIS

STONE

Lots WILSON

STAR

/At 2 30 5.20,

37.20 € 9.20

SHE COULDN'T

SAY NO"

with WINNIE LIGHTER, & CHESTER. HORRIS

A WARNER BROS. & Vitaphone production.

TO-DAY &

TO MORROW

WORLD

At 2.30, 5.35,

7.15 8 9.20

The SQUAW MAN

AN M-G-M Picture

MAJESTIC

TO-DAY ONLY at-2.30, 5,20, 7.20 & 9.20 p.m.

LAW

AND

ORDER

with WALTER HUSON, HARRY CAREY,

RAYMOND HATTON, RUSSELL HOPTON, 'RALPH_INCE and ANDY DEVINE,

CHINA UNDERWRITERS, LTD.

MONEY ADVANCED ON MORTGAGE OF PROPERTY LOANS ON LIFE INTERESTS AND REVERSIONS.

LOW RATES OF INTEREST.

Hong Kong Bank Building. Telephone:28121.