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LAUGHS haha

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GIGGLES

SMILES

FROM SUNDAY

FUN

Metro's Riotous Novelty Programme !

STAN

LAUREL

in

OLIVER

HARDY

"The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case"

CHARLIE CHASE in "Hasty Marriage"

"Africa Squeaks" with FLIP-the-FROG.

COLOURTONE BURLESQUE

"A Hollywood Premiere"

MICROSCOPIC MYSTERIES

A DESERT REGATTA

Etc., Etc.

WANTED AT ONCE

MEN'S AND BOY'S CLOTHING, SHQES, HATS, ETC.

will be very gratefully received by the HONGKONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

at its Room at the.

CITY HALL

on

MONDAYS & THURSDAYS

from 10.30 a.m. to 12.00 noon.

Send us your old clothes.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1933.

U.S. Middies Barred From Marriage

BLOW TO YOUNG LOVE

Washington. Young love has boon dealt a blow by Mr. Swanson, Secretary of the U. S. Nuvy.

!

He has ruled that members of the Naval Academy graduating class may not marry during the two year probationary period after their studies are finished. ....

BIRTH OF JAZZ

ESKIMOS ACCUSED: OF INVENTION

THE DRUM DANCE

Ottawa.

The eskimos of the great frozen spacos of Canada's far north are under a cloud of heavy suspicion. A "Mounty" Corporal accuses them of inventing jazz.

This officer, Corporal Nichols of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, became the guest of Neuk- tuk, the local "big-wig at Baker Lake, above. Chesterfield Inlet, in the North West Territories, -

party in his Nouktuk gave igloo (snow hut) in honour of the Corporal--and it was then that the officer saw the drum dance which convinced him that jazz first came from the Arctic and not) from Contral Africa.

"I've received lots of lettor? from young men in love, and they even had Congressmen and Seno tors come down to see if the marriage ban could be revoked." he said. "I admire a man who falls in love, but I admire still

those

walt before who marrying. Since this is the case the marriage ban on Annapolis graduates will continue in force. -Reuter.

more

BEARD CATCHES FIRE

AND CAUSES OLD MAN'S DEATH

Johannesburg.

A 79 year old bedridden man with a long bushy beard struck a match to light the candle beside his bed when the match fell out of his hands and act his beard on fire. The flames spread to his clothes and the barn to his face and chest were so severe that he died.

"Accidental

through death burning,"

the was

verdict Reuter.

ANNA MAY WONG

HER GREATEST. AMBITION

TO VISIT CHINA

London,

"It is one of the ambitions of my life to visit China," said Miss Anna May Wong, the Chinese film netress, after her arrival in Eng- land from New York.

"I was born in Los Angeles," she added, "and I have never yet

been to China."

Miss Wong fears that when sho does go to China she may never be able to leave.

"The call of China is so great," she said, "that perhaps I may fall

SALESMAN SAM

HOUSITTIN' WAY

OUT HERE IN TH BLEACHERS, TOO,

MR. PHOUL?

YEP! I CAN SEE TH’

CLOSE PLAYS AT TH PLATE BETTER-I'M QUITE FAR-SIGHTED,

YA KNOW!

WHAT? THAT- WAS A BALL!

STRIKEl

This is the Corporal's descrip- tion of the party:

"All hands gathered in the main igloo, the men sitting on the snow bench, whilst the women sat in a circle on the floor. The drum consisted of caribouskis, scraped and cleaned and stretch- ed tightly across a hoop.

"It was oval-shaped and about five feet across its greatest width. It had a handle at the 'base.

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T. B. Pearce; Bozi

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FOOCKOW A. BREARLEY, ́. HAIPHONG the flying world about 12 months

Manager.

HAMBURG Jago by a non-stop fight from. Now Hangkong, 17th November. 1232.

HANKOW Caledonin to Rockhampton, made daring landing on the wheel. Roffey was at Bluff, 130 miles "How the drum was manipulat- from Rockhampton, and after tak ed would require a thesis by aing off in returning to his home. technocrat. It is held by the town of Dingo, one of the wheels handle with the left hand, with dropped off his plane.

HOW DRUM IS WORKED.

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the hand outstretched and the Roffey could not ace which handle on a line with the shoul-[wheel, so he manoeuvred the plane Own a until the shadow told its der. The skin is struck with short stick. The drum is turned story..

Radavin with avery heat and the drummer' He then flew home to his private Berlin imitates whichever animal his landing ground. Knowing that Bombay

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Cantero sing and mon join in the chorus." | pace, he strapped himself in and The "jazz complex" is described succeeded in reducing his speed to as being most evident in the musk- between 15 and 10 miles an hour ox song, when the drummer goes for his landing. through stealthy, wiggly, musk- ox walk---suid to be very much like an ultra modoro one-step.

Rose.

The machine keeled over on its wheelless axle, and then dipped its The tall came straight over. Each song has ten verses, and Roffey was hung. In by the strap it is contended that the words of but managed to untie himself, and the chorus are in keeping with crawled out unscathed. A broken the best jazz traditions. They propeller and wing struts were arei-"Yah, yah, yah, yah, yah?" the only damage. Reuter.

Reuter.

under her spell and retire from the screen. I do not want to do. so, but I may feel compelled to

retire. I expect I shall visit China next year."

MASSAGE.

Mr. & Mrs. Y. Mori. Holder, of Japanese Government

Miss Wong said that she was on a holiday visit to England, and that she would later visit Ireland 4. and Scotland-Reuter.

OH, WOTTA PUNK UMPIRE,

DARN IT! THERE GOES MY COLLAR!

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I HOPE THIS BEASTLY COLLAR STAYS DOWN NOW, SO I CAN ROOT

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C'MON, NOW;|| WOW! A, FOUR-

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BAGGER ATTA

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EEE-YIP! HOME TX!!! THERE GOES THAT COLLAR OF MINE

∙AGAIN!

SNAP

| REG. U. S. PAT, OFF.

HEY, MR.PHOUL,) I KNOW IT! IT'S||HAVEN'TCHA WHY ALL TH' THIS BLAMED GOT A CUSSIN'? TH SCOLLAR! EVERY |GAMES GOIN') TIME I START

OUR WAY! HELLIN, UP SHE

GOES!

COLLAR BUTTON?

SURE! I'VE AL WAYS GOT ONE ・WITH ME⋅

•1 CARRY IT IN MY VEST POCKET, SO I'LL KNOW

WHERE IT IS!

RIDDLE GRIDDLE

THE RIDDLE

1. FROM WHAT WORD OF FIVE LETTERS CAN YOU

TAKE, TWO AND LEAVE. SIX ?

2. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A STEEP

HILL AND A BITTER PILL?

'.

3. WHATS THE WORST WEATHER FOR MICE?

(NOW YOU'RE IN A TRAP!)

ANSWERS

IWERS' TO LAST WEEK'S RIDDLES

1. A BLOW ON THE HEAD AND A BEAUTIFUL

GOWN ARE BOTH STUNNING!

2. THE DESTINY OF EARTHLY THINGS CAN BE

NAMED WITH THE LETTERS DK.S34

A CENT IS LIKE A CHICKEN ON A FENCE 'CAUSE THE HEAD'S ON ONG SIDE AND THE

TAILS ON THE OTHER

HOW YA: MAKIN'

CURESINS!