1933-06-30 — Page 28

TEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5.15, 7:15 & 9.30. GRIPPING DETECTIVE THRILLER.

THE MARBLE IMAGE THAT WAS ONCE A LIVING. FORMI A dead fly on the ped-

estal led to the solution

of the gruesome riddle,

and to the capture of

a dangerous criminali

Based on an actual adven- ture of the great Bertillon revealed for the first time In a thrilling drama.

"SECRETS OF THE FRENCH POLICE"

Bartijos

From the memors of H. Ashton-Wolle, published in American Weekly.

With

GWILI ANDRE GREGORY RATOFF. FRANK MORGAN

David O. Selznick, sanc, producer

An RKO-RADIO

Picture of course

SEE WHEELER & WOOLSEY IN SHANGHAI IN LATEST PATHE SOUND NEWS.

NEXT CHANGE

IDEAL OF WOMEN! IDOL

OF MEN!

At Her Best in This

Modern Story of a Girl Too Rich in Wealth- Too Poor in Love..

She Rises Resplen dent Above Her Triumph in "Bought!

Constance

BENNETT

LADY WITH A PAST

SEE THE NEW PARIS CREATIONS WORN BY MISS BENNETT

Sparkling! Dramatic!

With Tang of New York and Zestful Spirit of Paris. BEN LYON DAVID MANNERS

Directed by Edward H.Griffith) Charles R. Roger Production, RKO PATHE PICTURE

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.

TYPHOON PASSES CLOSE

at 2 p.m. yesterday and continuad earth slips, all of while

minor extent and äƒd"

HEAVY RAIN until 7 am, this mroning.

wore 'ofe Impeda

AND HIGH WINDS exceeded 50 miles an hour, the Rond near the Kowloon Water

MINOR DAMAGE

CAUSED

១.៧.

At the Royal Observatory, the motor, traffică". wind, was from the S.S.W. with a On the malaland; a quantity of force varying from three to soven earth and rock slipped down_from" Bonufort Scale, Soveral guste a recent' cutting 'on the Taino highest of these being 66 m.p.h. Works, but without making the at 7.10 p.m. and 57 mph. at 2.10 road impassible for carn,

The usual toll was `exacted on The barometer fall to 20.39 nt trees. An old banyan was up- 10 p.m. a fall of only 13 in the rooted opposito, the warders' previous twenty-four houra.

quarters at Wongnolchong. Rond, The rainfall, registered at the but conveniently fell the other way Observatory was 3.32 inches in the to the side of the Race Course. 24 hours ended at 10.39 aim. to-

BROKEN ARM. was be-į. day. The heaviest fall tween 7.30 p.m. and 10.30 p.m.) His view obstructed by a piece last night when 1.76 Inches fell. of matting he held against the The local effects wore falt in rain, Lo Ting, 61, living at Wan- Over three inches of rain squally blasts which drove the thai, did not notice the approach fell upon the Colony as the rain in sheets across the ronde of a taxi. In attempting to save without however, greatly Incon-himaeif he put his head througli reault of the typhoon, which venieneing late-wayfarers who the windscreen and broke his found the bus, tram and ferry arm. lio was admitted to the servicos functioning as usual. Government Civil Hospital.

SMALL CRAFT ADRIFT

passed close by last night.

The "blow was mild in nature and Its benefits from the viewpoint of the water supply far outweigh any inconvenience occasioned.

During the strong blow last night, a tree was uprooted in Nathan Road, at the junction of Publle Square Street, outside the Yaumati Government Shcool..

NARROW ESCAPE. Some picture-goers at 8.30 p.m. had a narrow escape from being struck by broken glass showered In his report on the disturbance, from ди advertisement Aign the Director of the Royal Observa-against an upper storey of King'e tory, Mr. C. W. Jeffries states that Theatre Building. Only the fact

A nampan left moored at the pressure over the China Sea has that he held a half-opened paper Kowloon Naval depot broke Its been low since June 21 and the de- umbrella saved one of these from painter and drifted out. A second, pression probably commenced near being possibly seriously injured. which was also left to shelter at Paracels on June 26.

During the day, a series of

STILL NEARBY,

CRAFT LOST..

mishaps of varying nature were Stonecutter's, was blown out to reported. A harbour junk, No. 5ca. Both craft which were de- It followed a northerly track and 21227 while scurrying to shelter serted by the occupants, have not entered the coast to the west of within the breakwater at Yau-been seen since.

Most of the fishing vessels out at Macao yesterday morning, where in mati, was caught, when half-way combination with the low pressure from Kennedy Town, by a sudden sen have gone to Macao for shelter, over South China is produced the gust of wind and it heeled over, and the remainder, numbering some high winds and the rains experi- No. 5 Police launch which with 150, are in the harbour at Aberdeen. enced since yesterday afternoon. other Government craft was en- The typhoon this morning is gaged in herding amall harbour situated about eighty miles to the craft into sholter, drew up along- N.N.E, of Hongkong, moving N.E. side and took off the crew. or filling up.

waterlogged junk which

The WAS

The track of the disturbance was saved from sinking by its buoy unusual and it was not at first ex-ancy, was safely towed into the pected to pass so close to the Colony. Yaumati breakwater...

VIOLENT GUSTS.

EARTH SLIPS...

SQUALLY, RAIN

The Royal Observatory reports that pressure is highest in the Pacific to the northeast of Hok kaido,

Local Forecast:- South-west The heavy rains in the night winds, moderate; cloudy, squally, from the South-West at Gap Rock were productive of a number of rain,

The wind reached gale force

LAST TWO

DAYS At 2.30, 5.10; 7.15 8 9.30 p.m.

HONCIONES FINES CINEMA

"The Air-Conditioned · Theátre

British Lion Production.

The SQUEAKER

Adapted from the successful Play and directed by ›› the Author

EDGAR WALLACE

with

PERCY MARMONT TRILBY CLARK ALFRED DRAYTON ANNE GREY GORDON HARKER

A great British talkie adapted from the late Edgar Wallace's great stage success of the

same name.

4. SHOWS

DAILY

2.30-5.15 7.15-8.30-

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25513, 25532.

NEXT CHANGE Commencing SUNDAY Zad. JULY RENATE MULLER

"MARRY ME

with

HARRY GREEN GEORGE ROBBY BILLY CARYLL IAN HUNTER A Gainsborough Picture

·TAKE ANY TRAM or Happy VALLEY BUS

ORIENTAL

2 MORE DAYS, TO-DAY-TO-MORROW

VERY ELABORATI

MUSICAL COMEDY EXTRAVAGANZA

NEW

FOLLIES

El Brendel |tollicking with some of movie. tone's ace cómics finds that loung lot of sweet ladies ut the same time i

FLEMING

ROAD VARCHAN

TEL. 28473

Hundreds in the Cast EL BRENDEL MARJORIE WHITE FRANK RICHARDSON Wm. Collier Jr, Miriam Sergar.

BIG BEAUTY CHORUS.

300 PRETTY GIRLS

TUNEFUL SONG HITS

Catchy Muilo

Sorate: Dancia

VEEN

AIR CONDITIONED THEATRE

Today Tomorrow at 2.30; 5.10, 7.15 & 975

MADAME RACKETEER IS BACK THIS TIME HER LARCENY IS GRAN

Muscling in on Love, Hi-Jacking Romance, Grab- bing Laughs, as She Plays Cupid to Beautiful Blondel

Laughs by Skipworth!] Wit... by Young! Beauly

by Maritzal.

A Lady's

Profession

ALISON SKIPWORTH ROLAND YOUNG SARI MARITZA

- KURI TAYLOR-ROSGDE KARRE-WARREN IEVED

DRAGAN MELEGS ... SAVAGER POTSER

a Guramment Pictur.

FROM SUNDAY

ROARHAUGHS sc

LAUGHS ha-ha

SMILES

Two Hours of Ritous Joy!

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's

FUN

Burlesque Programın

Including

"THE LAUREL and HARD

MURDER CASE

CHARLIE CHASE

FLIP-the-FROG

Africa Squea

aHsty Marriage"

COLOURTONE BURLESQUE

"A HOLLYWOOD PREMIEF

MICROSCOPIC MYSTERIEP

·Ant Antics Made Gigantic

TO-DAY 8 TO-MORROW

A DESERT REGATT

Hovel Racing in Ura

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