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CENTRAL

Advance Booking at Andersons & the Theatre Telephone 25720,"

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SHOWING TO-DAY

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

A DRAMA OF PRISON CHAIN GANGS THAT WILE AMAZE YOU !

The clank of lég trona¬the swish

of the wake whip-the crack of

cilin shots aimed at ten with targets on their back!

CAN THIS BE AMERICA? ·

."

Shameless, brutal and TRUE & the story of the chain gang, where nameless men hack at mountains in the blistering sun... Thrilling and glorious the story of the one man in the gong whose spirit would not crumble...who This rose in mighty strength because

a woman waited!

Here's drama big as Life itself...drama to send the blood pounding through your 'velni and set "aflame your deepest

emotions,

"HELL'S HIGHWAY

Ая

RK O RADIO Picture

of eparcel

Dows Q. Select, Erecutive Producer

Starring

RICHARD

DIX

with TOM BROWN and Rochelle Hudson Directed by Rowland Brown

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPII. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1933.

SECRET OF THE ATOM

A NEW CONCEPTION OF MATTER

A discovery of far-reaching importance has been made by two Cambridge scientists, Mr. P. M. S. Blackett, of King's College, and Dr. G. Occhialini, an Italian,

Working at the famous Cavendish Laboratory they have discovered by photography's new type of electron. It has been called the "Googlie" electron, though the discoverera will not themselvea use that term.

Dr... Occhialini, who has been working in England with Mr. Blackett for 18 months, had his table littered with photographs of the electron when visited at the laboratory.

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NEARLY AS FAST AS LIGHT.

WILL ACTORS STRIKE?

THE "JOLLY ROGER"

PROBLEM

Mr. George Robey is the central figure in a situation that may de velop into the first great teat of the strength of the new trade union organisation of actors and actresses, British Equity.

FALL OF 100,000 TONS OF CLIFF

RECEDING COAST

LINE

More than 250 feet of cliff, esti- mated to weigh over 100,000 tons. fell on to the beach at Sidestrand, three miles south of Cromer, dux- ing the early hours of Feb. 16.

The fall involved ploughed land The Theatrical Managers' Asso-owned by Sir Samuel Hoare, ciation, which represents touring and provincial managers, has de Secretary for India. The cliff is clared its refusal to recognise two miles from the Cromer

Mundesley const rond and Equity unless it abandons methods

similar distance from Sir Samuel of compulsion -

Hoare's Norfolk home. Sidestrand There has been no official pro- nouncement yet, however, from the Hall. At this part of the coast Society of West End Managers, three falls of cliff have occurred of during the past 2 years, and with whom representatives Equity will probably have a meet-among the vanished landmarks is "The Garden of Sleep," made famous by Clement Scott.

ing.

A “CLOSED SHOP.",

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During the past 50 years the He explained that the electron is Mr. Godfrey Tearle, the presid-North Norfolk coast-line has res different from those hitherto known ent of British Equity, said:

ceded 360 yarda, entire villages

to science in that it turns a differ- If Mr. Robey maintains his pre-having been destroyed by sea ent way under magnetic influence. faent attitude I do not see that we erosion.

It has a life of only a few thou sandths of a millionth of a second.

have any alternative to calling out

our members when Jolly Roger'

"It has nearly the velocity of comes to London. light," he continued. "It travels.

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was a flat refusal."

"The 'closed shop for London way out by joining the Variety at about 300,000 kilometres per was decided upon by a ballot of the Artists' Federation or showing he second.

whole of our members. If we make was a manager if he preferred to "We cannot photograph the elec-an exception in the case of Mr. stay out of Equity. But all I got tron itself. It moves too fast. Robey, where are we to ston? What we get can be compared to the dust of a car or the smoke of an aeroplane, which shows the direction taken.

"We have taken over 500 photo- graphs.

J

"We take a photograph for each ray. This gives us a big yield and we can accumulate requits quickly."

zi STREAKS.

#

Some of the plates show 23 rays running across like faint streaks. Sonte are straight; these, have not been deflected. Some are curly.

"I did all I could personally to persuade Mr. Robey to give us (Continued on Next Columma,)

These are the googlie electrons. Both sorts appear plates.

on the

If the members of the "Jolly Roger company should be called out and refuse to comply, they would lose their membership and thus, supposing. Equity members as body aland by their union. would be barred from appearing with same Equity members in other plays.

According to the latest figures, rific speed by a ray which is so London stage 607 are members of The photographs are taken nt ter-of 749 actors and actresses on the powerful that it will go through" 80 Equity and 41 members of the inches of lead.

Stage Guild and the Variety One notable point about the new Artistes Federation, and thus electron is that it has a positive eligible to work with Equity mem- instead of a negative charge.

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berx.

TO-DAY ONLY

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 89.30 p.m.

HONCKONC'S FINEST CHEMA

Mirth's 4 Horsemen Riding Wild!

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313, 25332.

– TO-MORROW

QUEENS THEATRE

Final Showings Today at 2.80, 5,10, 7.15 & 9.20

MARIE

DRESSLER

POLLY

MORAN

in a million ‘dollars' worth

of laughs—

OSPERITY

Actro-

MOG

PICTUR

FEATURETTE CHARLIE CHASE In High QËN

TO-MORROW

Smashing all world's records

for SPEED

LAUGHS..

THRILLST

NEXT CHANGE.

"Hello...number, pullease ... this is Pazu Zitts speaking...I mean Zizu Patts...oh. dear... this picture is so funny I've forgotten my name...Zasu Pitts, that's it... are you listenin...come on over and see the girl at the next switchboard and her sweetie mix it in one swellelegant picture ["

with

NORMAN

FOSTER

JUNE CLYDE

ZASU PITTS Henry Armatta. J. Far- rell MacDonald. Pro- duced by CadLaemmis, Jr. Directed by Edward Luddy. Presented by Cert Leemile. A UNÍ. : # VERSAL PICTURE.

STEADY COMPANY

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FEDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3. Wyndham Street, In the City of Victoria Hongkong.

THE

MARX BROS

"HORSE FEATHERS"

A romance of love among the wild but a outs... or what will the harvest be? Sense?........ Neight neight.... buggy load of laughs.......tuned up with songs and glorious with gingery girls! A picture that's all fickle and gigglel

4 SHOWS

DAILY

2,30-5,15

7.15--9,30

A Paramount Picture

Directed by Norman McLeod

"Marry You?

I wouldn't marry you on a bet. What you necd's a good sock on the jaw." And so they lived hap pily ever after. JAMES

DUNN

SOCIETY GIRL

With

SPENCER.

TRACY

PEGGY

SHANNONI

TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS ·

FOX PICTURE-

ORIENTAL

THEATRE

The best weatern comedy drama ever screenedi

Helen Twolcstress, William Faroum, Clark Gable

and twenty other screen atars.

BILL BOYD

THE PAINTERDIENT

A glorious panorama of scenic beauty! Thousands of cattle in a big stampede!" Huge mountains blasted to the skies 1 Mule teams cainpuit into a big ravine !

FLEMING

ROAD

WANDHAI/

TEL. #28473

STARTING TO-MORROW.

VANITY

FAIR

MYRNA LOY CONWAY TEARLE From Thackeray's Novel.... "BECKY SHARPE"

with

WILLIAM HAINES—MADGE EVANS CLIFF EDWARDS

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Langh Romance

TO-DAY and TO-MORROW

in

(STAR)

Sydney Howard "SPLINTERS

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

IN THE

A BRÍNISH LAUGH, RIOT

WORLDAI

A: 2.30 6.20,

7.20.8.9.20

NAVY"

At-2.30, 5.15, 7.15 # 9.20

"The FLYING FOOL"

with BENITA HUMË-HENRY KENDALL

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MAJESTIC

Jackie

Cooper with Robert

SOOKY

Coogan

in

a Goramount Fiction

A LOST CITY

ARTIST STUMBLES ON RUINS OF CAPITAL

TO-DAY

ONLY

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 &. 9.201P.M.

Let Filmland's Greatest Little Stars, Their Heart- aches and Joys, Light Your Heart with the Grand and Glorious Thrill that Comes Once in a Lifetime-Your Own Childhood Days!

kind ever made in France,

The painter, M. Maurice Bus- set, curator of the museum at Clermont-Ferand, stumbled on ruins among the undergrowth. Hel traced out the remains of a Ro-

A wandering painter, searching man wall and found further build- the wild moors around Clermont-ings, some practically intact, and Ferand, in Auvergne, for subjects enclosing stone huts of Dra for his brush, hae found a fost Roman architecture. city, believed to be Gergovie, the The experts declare that the ruins are the traditional scene of legendary capital of Gaul,

Experts believe it to bo one of a great defeat indicted about 52 the most important, finds offts BC. by the Gauls on Caesar