1933-10-02 — Page 24

CENTRAL

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY-4 SHOWS DAILY At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.

A CHINESE PICTURE

The Management wishes to notify all our Patrons that as from To-day the Theatre has been engaged for the Showing of the Sensational Cantonese All Talking and Singing Füm

"THE WHITE GOLD

DRAGON"

FEATURING

MR. & MRS. SIT KOK SIN

THE POPULAR CANTONESE

STAGE STARS.

PRODUCED BY UNIQUE FILM CO

NEXT CHANGE

YOU'RE SUMMONED.....to testify to the funniest show in town!

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, OCTOBER

CORRESPONDENCE

Christmas Cards,

THE FLEET RETURNING

PROGRAMME FOR

SQUADRON

Sir.-In a recent issha of your, paper a correspondent who signed || himself "Local" wrote advising the public to think twice before ordór. ing Christmas Cards "from the Chinese hawkers from Shanghai,"

During the coming two months ilo argued that these men from the practically all units of the China North, who do not even posacas Fleet will bo returning from their

hawkers Hcences" aro maling summer cruises' in the North. good living, and came hero and

with trade in competition

the Colony's shops, who have to pay taxes, etc.

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Now, so far as I know, mino in the only Chinese concern engaged In the business, and your corres- pondent's letter may unjustly do us great harm.

The destroyers Keppel, Veteran Wron and Witch return from Japan to-morrow, and the expect od dates of arrival of other war- ships are as follows:--

H.M.S. Barwick, October 4 from Tsingtao;

H.M.S. Bruce, October 13 from Shanghai;

II.M.S. Eagle, October 27 from Japanese Cruise;

H.M.S. Falmouth, November from Japanese Cruiso;

H.M.S. Modway and submarines, November 9 from Japaneso Cruise;

H.MLS. Sandwich, November 16 from Nanking;

H.M.S. Kent, November 20 from Japaneso Cruise;

H.M.S. Cornflower, December 2 from Chinwingino;

I am not a hawker, neither, do I sell imported Christmas Cards from Shanghal. My company la the Tall Chung Wah Company, 199 Hennessy Road. At that address we have our studio and works, where we make fancy Chinese hand- painted Christmas cards and em- broidered hand-painted talendars. It is true that I came briginally from Shanghal, but we have noẶv been established 'in Hongkong for three years. Oura is therefore now a Hongkong industry. We have only a selling agency in Shanghai. Wo use paper Imported from Eng- land, and all the work upon it.is done hers. Therefore we are en- titled to claim the support and therefore that your correspondent encouragement of the local public vil retract his aspersions and -perhaps even more than -shops beg that the local public will con- which import their cards ready tinue to support our local industry.

nade. We pay all local taxation

the same as they do.

I repeat: I am not a hawker. I go around taking orders. I trust

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30,

5.10, 7:15 8

9.30 p.m.

H.M.S. Cumberland, December 18 from Shanghai; and

H.M.S. Bridgewater, January from Shanghai.

J. C. C. PENG,

The Tai Chung Wah Co., Head Office, 199, Hennessy Road,

Hongkong

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATRES

OH! Look At Eddie Fighting Bulls!

1933.

TRAVELLING RUG

THEFT

MAN ARRESTED ·AT-

PAWNSHOP

"If I may say so, this man waż arrested a month ago, but I was obliged to let him go," stated Do tective-Sergeant Fowlle before Mr. Schofield in the Central Police Court this, morning, prosecuting Tsang Ching, 48, unemployed, for the theft of a travelling rug from the Man On Boarding House,

Defendant was caught at a pawnshop whore the pawnbroker refused to take the rug inte pawn because it bore the name of the hoarding house.

A fine of $50 or six weeks' hard labour was imposed,

:

KOWLOON GOLF

RESULT OF SEPTEMBER COMPETITION

During the month of September ja popular golfing competition was played at Kowloon Golf Course. The competition was for St. John of Jerusalem Red Cross Trophy. Competitors were allowed to take out as many cards as they wished during the months and no fewer than 114 cards were taken out. The competition was over 18 holes medal play and the results are as under: 11. 11. Mundy net 67; 11. II. Mundy had the next best card of 69 not. The' not two best scores were made by D. C. Wilson and A. T Braley each 79.

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313,

€ 25332.

NEXT CHANGE

A BRILLIANT TALKING PICTURE VERSION OF Į. B. PRIESTLEY'S FAMOUS

NOVEL.

THE HOUSE OF BIG HITS

QUEENS

AIR CONDITIONED THEATRE.

SHOWING TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's

THIRD BIG ALL-COMEDY PROGRAMME

STAN

-Including-

OLIVER

LAUREL

and

HARDY

ANOTHER FINE MESS

AN OLD SPANISH CUSTOM Bull Fighting in Mexico

OVER THE SEAS TO BORNEO Traveloguo

-Zasu Pitta and Théima Todd ------

in

"ON THE LOOSE"

·CHARLIE CHASE-

in

"THE TABASCO KID"

COLOUR SCALES

in Gorgeous Technicolour

FROM THURSDAY

RULING AN EMPIRE...

Grand Jury of Blup-Rib- bon Comedians Finde You!...You!.......... and You! Gulity of Snick ers,Howis,Bull-Roarsf

LADIES OFHE JURY

(It's a Crime to Miss It!) “Edna May OLIVER ROSCO ATES

Rampaging comedians of "Cimarron”

JILL ESMOND RKO RADIO KEN MURRAY

PICTURE

Asband-of-marry-makersTM guilty of every gag on the calendar...

MAJESTICA

They Kissed

While

Their

Fathers

Cussed

Fox Film Presents

BEST OFF

ENEMIES

Hilarious

with Buddy Rogari Marlan Nlicon Frank Morgan Speeph Cawthorn Oreta Nissens

PARTICULARLY MEAN THEFT

FOKI ROBS COLLEAGUE "

OF $17.50

TO-DAY ONLY

At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 &. 9.20 P.M.

All's Fair in Love and War!

The Youngsters Loved. While the oldsters

Batlled.

stealing 817.50 from Chan Fu.

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The officer sald that complain- ant and defondant were both fokia in the shop on the ground floor of 207, Jaffer Rond. On Saturday morning, complainant awoke And that the defendant had gone away taking the money from his coat pocket. The defendant was theft because the defendant knew turned from Maeno.. He had arrested yesterday when he rc- that the complainant kept his gambled away all the money in money in his pocket" remarked Macao.

"It was a particularly menn

Sub-Inspector Nolloth when pro-

SAMUEL GOLDWYN

Production

EDDIE

CANTOR

Se 200 people in the glittering Faia da Berkilo dancing to ore lovely song! See preol bull fight in a crowded arena, with Bidney Frankila, Tomave Americap molador, fighting savage bullsi

"FATHER NOAH'S ARK "

A Silly Symphony in Technicolour.

4 SHOWS

DAILY

2:30-5.15

7.15--9.30

MICKEY MOLIS

in

The KID

J.B. PRIESTLEY'S

FAMOUS NOVEL

FROM SPAIN THE GOOD

Screamingly funny"?

You know it! Bu! here's a musical ro-

'mance that scales a

COMPANIONS

new pook of dramatic -with

Starring

JESSIĚ MATTHEWS

thrills and swooping, EDMUND GWENN MARY GLYNNE breathless beauty! A.W.BASKCOMB JOHN GIELGUD

with

LYDA ROBERTI The Willowy Se* Menace and The GorgeoUS GOLDWYN GIRLS

Most Beautiful This Side of Heaven)

UNITED ARTISTS PICTURA

~~AND

MICKEY MOUSE Prosents "THE MAD DOCTOR"

Directed by VICTOR SAVILLE

Gaumont-British - Welsh - Pearson- Picture.

"The Good Companions' is unquestionably far and away the best production in ovory. way"

TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS

-News of the World,

ORIENTAL

ONLY 2 MORE DAYS.

TO-DAY TO-MORROW

THE BIG COMEDY SMASH HIT!

FUN

FAST and FURIOUS!

2 HOURS

of

Mr. Schofield remanded the de-

SOLID LAUGHTER!

secuting Chan Hung, a shop foki, fendant until to-morrow to enable before Mr. Schofield, at the Con- 'him to raise the amount he had tral Magistracy this morning, for stolen.

THEATRE

FLEMING

ROAD

WANGHA),

TEL. 28472

THE SCREEN'S GREATEST COMEDIANS

ROBT WOOLSEY

BERT WHEELER ROOT.

EDDIE QUILLAN DOROTHY LEE

MITZI GREEN ARLINE JUDOB

GIRL

CRAZY

RKO RADIO

JOHN ETHEL

LIONEL

BARRYMORE

FIRST SCREEN APPEARANCE TOGETHER! of the Theatre

The Royal Family

RASPUTIN ANEMPRESS

with

Meu Goldwyn Mayer notum

DIANA WYNYARD

TO-DAY and

TO-MORROW

STAR

BEAT

WHEELER*

DOROTHY LEE

ROSCO ATES TOO MANY

COOKS

RKO RADIO PICTURE

of "Cavalcado".

At 2.30.5.1

7.20 8.9.2

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at 1 and 8. Wyndham Street, In the City of Viof

FRANKLIN, .Hongkong.