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ENTRAL
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FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.15:7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
ENJOY YOURSELF IN HIS BRIGHTEST AND LATEST TALKIE.
JACK BUCHANAN
will delight you with his songs & dances ON
THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1933.
WHEELER-WOOLSEY
GUESTS OF ROTARIANS AT WEEKLY TIFFIN
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"how
Bro
take it back to Hollywood with us. When I moot my mother I shall tell her that among the greatest times I had was right here in Singapore", (laughter) and again the cigor did a twirl.
HAILSHAM'S SPEECH.
LLOYD GEORGE'S SEVERE CRITICISM
London, May 16.
Bert Wheeler and Robert Wool- The thing I want earnestly to!
A alashing attack on Lord Hall- sey, the latter with the inevitable say is thank you very much for ask-
of cigar in the corner of his mouth, ing us here, and I hope we have sham's speech in the House
by were the principal guests at the not been a dleappointment. As Lords on May 11 was rande Club timin at the Gloucester Bulld-far as I am concerned I think Her- Mr. Lloyd George in a speech at pard Shaw was wrong." (Ap-the Women's National Liberal ing yesterday.
plause).
Federation at Scarborough to-day, Mr. M. K. Lo presided in the Mr. Wheder also spoke, and He declared that the foolish mis- absence of Hon. Dr. 8. W. Te'o thanked the Rotarians for their handling of Germany's just arma. and in a few introductory remarks | hospitality.
ment demands had forced Ger- hoped the two comedians would give
The Guests,
many to a frenzy of Hitlerlem. them a "howdodo,'
Referring to Lord Hallsham's you" or "Attah Boy.”
The guests were as follows-threat of sanctions against Ger Rotarian T. B. Wilson, at whose Mesars. Bert Wheeler and Robert many, Mr. Lloyd George declared Invitation the two viaiters were at-Woolsey, and E. W. Duggan, A. L.that the sanctions would involve tending the function, said he had Caplan, W. K. Way, O. Morgon-war and added that Lord Hail-
W. (Shangha!) M. stern
Lo sham had delivered his spacch been in the street the previous day and noticed a couple of Cunny look-Horace Lo, II. Graze, Wong Tong, without asking the permission of ing birds and promptly invited them (Manila) J. B. Trevor, W. A. Steor the Foreign Secretary. It was a whoje, (Sourabaya) Kui Hoa-sun, the Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin to the tifin. They remarked that they had heard of the tiffin clubwart, 3. 8. Cook and S. M. West. from George Bernard Shaw, but if the food was good they would come, although they did not make a prac- tice of appearing bofore the publie In person but only on the screen.
Turning to Woolsey he said. "Stand up and make a bow" where upon with a waggle of the cigar and aahake of the head the elder of the comedians rose to his feet..
monstrous thing to have done, he It was announced that an invita-concluded.--Router. tton had been received from the Canton Rotary Club asking Hong- Kong Rotarians to their dinner to be held on May 20 in celebration of their Charter Day. Rotarlans were requested to make a special effort to try and attend the function at Canton.
SUDDEN KNOCKOUT
JACK PETERSEN'S WIN IN TWO MINUTES Rotarian Woo, in an appeal for support in connexion with the. St.
London, May 18. John Ambulance Brigade flag day Jack Petersen, the British heavy- "It's a funny thing," he anld "but which is to be held on Saturday weight, scored a sensational victory no matter where you go you have next, stated that the Government over the German boxer Muller before to earn your titlin" (laughter). "It's hnd forbidden them to hold their the same the whole world over. prize draw, which mean they We have been here about two weeks would have a deficit this year of and we heard a great deal about the about $25,000. They had an enor- cold hospitality or the cold social mous univunt of work to be done life here in Hongkong and Shang-in the New Territories and hoped hal, but if this is a sample of the to raise between $10,000 nild $15.- Corkindale, ---outpointed Vincent cold hospitallly we would like to 1000 next Saturday.
After
crowd of 63,000 to-night. playing with his opponent's head in the oposing stages, Petersen suddenly changed his tacties and whipped in terrific right that knocked Muller gut within two minutes of the opening.
The South African boxer,
Howard.
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