1933-03-18 — Page 16

CENTRAL

CHEATRI

Advance Booking 'at Andersons & the Theatre Telephone 25720. :(0):

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

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

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

IMMORTALIZED

ON THE SCREEN!

UNIVERSAL

· PICTURE Presented by Carl Laemmle

BACK STREET

FANNIE HURST

The woman's picture supremel With IRENE DUNNE, JOHN BOLES, George Meeker, Zasu Pitts, June Clyde, Wil.. fiam Bakewell, Arletta Duncan," Doris Lloyd, Paul Weigel, Walter Catlett and others. A JOHNM.STAHL Production produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. ve

Five Songs Sung by

Irene Dunne & John Boles."

-STARTING TO-MORROW

THE STRANGEST ADVENTURE EVER FILMED, AND

ABSOLUTELY AUTHENTIC——

A Fight For Life

In the Frozen North-- ' plus a love story tre mendous in its simpli- city... Filmed in the "Arctic circle with the biggest thrills ever photographed.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1933.

WUCHOW CABLE

THEFTS

PRISON STAFF RULES

SUPPOSED THIEF

CAPTURED

Wuchow, Mar. 16.

·DISMISSAL POWER

CHANGES

NEW PASSPORT RULES

WUCHOW TAKING

ACTION

Wuchow, Mar 16......

"The Gazette botifies that Rule With the arrest yesterday after-No. 117 of the Frison Rules, has noon of a man who had in his been rescinded and the following ings and comings of foreigners in A stricter supervision of the go. possession rolls of electric cable, subsitituted therefor:

Wuchow is being inaugurated by the Wachow police hope they have

Blanks to (2) Every subordinate officer the local authorities. apprehended the thief who has been the author of a series of rob shall be able to Instant dismissal be Alled in are provided for for beries during the last few weeks by the Governer in any of the fol-eign travellers on steamers enter- The cable was the property of the lowing casas-(a) In case of any ing the port from Hongkong, and local authorities and kept disap-breach of his duties as such officer up-country travellers are required pearing at the rate of thou or of any of these rules; (b) if it to produce a passport or some sands of feet, until the authorities appears to the Governor that such other means of identification. offered a reward of $500 for the Micer is in serious pecuniary ex-

The reason for these new regu- capture, or $300 for information barrassment and that such emlations is the number of foreign- leading to the arrest of the culprit. barrassment impairs the efficiency ers who pass through the city and

of such officer. When they captured the man,

province without passports or any. constables bound him and then 'If upon' considering the case of means of identification.-Our Own wound the electric cable about his any subordinate officer the Gover- Correspondenti body until he could barely walk.nor is of opinion that the officer He was then driven to the police does not deserve to be dismissed, station. The man is now in gaol but deserves some lesser punish- awaiting trial-Our Own Cor-ment, be may Inflict one or more of respondent.

the following punishments, that is |to say, reduction in rank, forfeiture of seniority, forfeiture of pay, and forfeiture of increments as seems proper in the circumstances, · ·

GARDEN ROAD MISHAP

TAXI KNOCKS DOWN

YOUNG WOMAN

A "Star" taxicab in which a European was travelling down Garden Road yesterday afternoon knocked down a young Chinese woman who was crossing the road.

At a distance of about 50 or 60 feet above the traffic post, the woman unexpectedly left the foot- path. stood irresolute in the middle of the roadway upon per- ceiving the near approach of the

TO-DAY ONLY

Ai 2.30, 5.10. 7.15 89.30 p.m.

taxi, and retraced her footsteps, only to be icnocked down by the vehicle, the driver of which had made an attempt to avert the ac cident by a sudden swerving.

LATEST LIST OF TENDERS

ROBINSON ROAD TO BE WIDENED

Amongat the latest tenders being invited by the Government are the following:-

Widening of Robinson Road be- tween Penk Road and Glenealy, including the bridge.

The young woman was struck by one of the front mudguards, and received what appears to be

Second section of the west internal Injuries of a rather catchwater of the Aberdeen serious character. She was taken Valley, scheme. The work con- to the Government Civil Hospital sists of the construction of the in the taxi, the European passen-extension of the west catchwater

approximately ger assisting.

7,000 feet in

A statement regarding the cir-length. cumstances of the accident was being made to the police by the European this morning.

Laying concrete surfacing to certain portions of Prince Edward Road, east of the railway bridge.

HONCKONG'S FINEST CHEMA

HIS WIFE IN THE ARMS OF ANOTHER MANI

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE

TEL. 25313,

TO-MORROW

"You did everything

a man could do to make me hate you.. to kill the decent love

I held in my heart for

you!"

QUEENS THEATRE

--TO-DAY ONLY

at 2,30, 5.10, 7,15 & 9,20

DRAMA, PATHOS stalk between the lines of a DIVORCE DECREE

M

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

WITH JACKIE

COOPER

Supported by

CONRAD

MAGEL

LEWIS

STONE

LOIS

WILSON

SNOW BRIDS

A Metro's Sports Champion Special"

From

TO-MORROW

Ä THRILLING PAGE IN THE LIFE STORY of a chorus girl. MARION

AKD

DAVIES

Robert

MONTGOMERY

Blondie

of the Follies

with BILLIE DOVE JIMMY

DURANTE Jainas Glasses

ROMANCE! THRILLS! ADVENTUREI

An Edward Small Production directed by Ewing Scott Presented by Carf Laammla: A UNIVERSAL PICTURE!

IGLOO

LEAP FOR LIFE

JAPANESE SHIP SINKS

OFF AUSTRALIA

Shanghai, Mar. 17.

It is reported that 13 survivors

FIFTY KILLED.

WHEN TRAINS COLLIDE IN

MANCHURIA ·

Mukden, Mar. 17. An appalling death roll attended

from the ill-fated Japanese a collision between a passenger freighter Kinsen Maru, which sank train and a freighter to-day. It is on Tuesday, 400 miles east of estimated that 50 are dead, and 70 Bowen, Australia, have been picked have been injured.

up by the Hide, Baru which is con- The freighter crashed into the tinuing the search for the other rear of the passenger train, which membris of the crew of which 25 had "halted after having been par- are believed to be still missing. tially derailed between Cheng-

chiatun and Supingkai.-Reuter,

The survivors asid all the crew had to leap for their lives before to it and clambered aboard. the lifeboate were launched, as the They declared they saw the other freighter rapidly sank They survivors on a raft and & small luckily saw a lifeboat which had hoat difting in the stormy sea- broken adrift from the vessel, awam Reuter's Special.

Пе stood

on the brink

of hell... beart- weary . . . love-sick and lonesome

THE MAN FROM YESTERDAY

WITH

CLAUDETTE

COLBERT

CLIVE

BROOK

CHARLES BOYER

4.SHOWS

DAILY.

2.30-5.15

7.15-9.30

a Paramount Picture

ANDY DEVINE -

TAKÉ ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS

STALLULAH BANKHEAD

GARY...

COOPER

LAS

Devil and Deep

with

the

'ChasLaughton Cary Grant

Diradad by Marion Garing"

A Garamment Picture

ORIENTA

STARTING.* TO-MORROW

GEORGE.

O'BRIEN

in

MYSTERY RANCH

with

Cecilia Parker

From novel "The Killer" by Stewart Edward White

THEATRE

FLEMING

ROAD

WANGHAI TEL, 28473

LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY The big Picture that our-thrills all thrillérof With the great Kurion in the leading role,

OLD DARK HOUSE

TO-DAY

ONLY

THE

MARION

DAVIES Production

Directed by EDMUND GOULDING.

Meno Goldin Maya PESTUJER

STAR

At 2.30 5.20,

7.20 € 9.20

MIDDLE WATCH

with OWEN NARES, JACQUELINE LOGAN

TO-DAY

ONLY

WORLD|

At 2.30, 5.15,

7.15 €9.20

"BUT THE FLESH IS WEAK”

MAJESTIC

TO-DAY ONLY at 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 &.9.20

What a Night!.......What a Pair

Were...and What Fun They, Had!

#

He stole her heart...while

she pinched his wallet! Ernst LUBITSCH'S TROUBLE IN PARADISE

MEG MIRIAM HOPKINS FRANCIS

-HERBERT MARSHALL Charlie Ruggi - Edoned Entrata Kartan

They

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