1934-01-15 — Page 24

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"OVER THE BILLOWS”

with

·LAI CHEUK CHEUK and WOO AI SING A CHINESE PICTURE

DIRECTED BY MOON KWANG Produced in Hongkong

NEXT CHANGE

DO THE DEAD STILL LIVE?

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY

NUARY

U.S. MONETARY HAVANA POWER VINES TURNS THE

EXPERIMENTS

President's Next Steps Forecast

New York, Jan, 14:

STRIKE SWIFT ACTION BY

GOVERNMENT

In order to forestall a probable MEN ORDERED

attempt by the House of Represen- tatives and the Senate to check the Administration's monetary pro- gramme, President Roosevelt is likely to noon announce plans for

TO RETURN

Havana, Jan. 14. Drastic action has been the more extensive purchase of taken by the Cuban Goyern

gold or control of the gold market, temporary de facto stabilization of ment to meet the crisis

!

TABLES

CONVINCING VICTORY OVER TILDEN

New York, Jan., 14. Ellsworth Vines turned the

tables on Tildan in their third

professional exhibition match, which was played at Philadelphia to-day.

Vines was in wonderful form. He swept. Tilden off the court In the first sat, which he won without back to win the second sat, but conceding a game. Tilden came Vines afterwards dominated the play.

of the dollar in foreign exchange caused by the lightning in his matches in New York, and expanded use of silver is strike of the electric power Wines lost the first in straight sots partial monetary base, accompanieil

and the second after capturing the neither by free coinage at a fixed Workers, plunging the city second set, and taking Tilden to railo to gold nor by bimetalliam.

into darkness. Government neizure. of gold in the Federal Reserve Banks Is also expected to take place,

sixteen games in the third.

To-day, Vinca bent Tilden, 6-0, Colonel Batista, the commander-5-7-6-2 6-2-Reuder. in-chief of the Army, is virtually [in control of the situation.

The impending governmental

Troopa

with machine-guns have financing which It la expected will been placed, round the power sta reach $10,000,000,000 is causing notions and are supervising the em great concern. The new farm ployees as they resumo their nor- mortgage and home mortgage mal working.

WOMAN BEGGAR

OVER $12 IN SMALL COIN

schemes which nre considered This action followed a warning highly inflationary are likely to by Batista that the operation of the Arrested in Taimshatsui over be legislated by February-Per power plant was cascatial to the the week-end begging for copper Swan, Culbertson and Fritz.

maintenance of the peace and cents, an old Chinese woman was order and that the Government Cound to have $12.72 hidden i11 would act strongly if the workers different parts of her clothing. did not return to work thla after-- Charged before Mr. Wynne- Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, she said she had come to Hongkong to look for her son, and falling to find him, she had to resort to begging in order to get money for food.

CLOUDY WEATHER

noon.

The Anticyclone remains centred to the north of Shantung and has

They are complying. decreased in Intensity. The de-i The Government simultaneously pression remains to the north-east has issued a decree, announcing of Hokkaido. Local forecast:-that it is provisionally taking over NE, winds, moderato; cloudy. all the Cuban Electric Company's His Worship:-But you bad

work and will operate themselves $12.72 on you! - according to the workers' de- Defendant:- mands, the Company paying all the money to buy food, expenses involved until the work- ers and officials agree to have power restored.--Reuter,

Szo To-chat, aged 18, was rescued from the harbour yesterday, half- drowned, after he had leaped from the Praya at Wanchal.

LAST TWO

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"HOW'M I DOIN'?"

It's a dance of the Midway! You throw discretion to the winds and your hips North, South, East and West!,

MAE WEST

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I'm no

angel

with

CARY GRANT

A Paramount Picture

Directed by WESLEY RUGGLES

SUPERNATUNAL

CAROLE LOMBARD (BY THE PRODUCERS OF WHITE ZOMBIE'} RANDOLPH SCOTT, VIVIENNE OSBORNE

H.B.V

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What strange, unknown power took pomenion of her soul as she sought to bridge the gap between life and death? The buming answer to the question,Will millions now living never die?"

"HALPERIN PRODUCTION A Paramount Picturë

Smoke SKIPPER

BRAND BRITISH NAVY CUT

KNOWN EVERYWHERE

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Poddar Streat,

"MANAGER DISAPPEARS.

- BELIEVED TO HAVE SAILED TO SHANGHAI

A.P.D. &

Evidence was given that Sanjeevi booked a passage on the s.s. Proaidont Coolidge.

Mrs. Sanjeevi and her husband sal good-bye to hor on the day the President Coolidge sailed, and she

The disappearance of Paranjothi had not heard from him since, Sanjeevi, trading as Pioneer Com Further. ovidence was given mercial Co, the Karis Silk Store, and by Perunkolam Anantasubramanya the Columbo Jewellery Store was re- Krishna, and a Receiving Order was parted by Mr. P. G, Nigel, appearing, then made.

for the petitioning creditors, at the Debtor is believed to bo in Shang- Dankruptcy Court on Saturday. hai,

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PEROT FHANKLIN, at 1 and B, Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria Hongkong,

A MAN of the present -- looking backward

A GIRL of the past

looking forward

"A"LOVE-STORY that

spans time to live through eternity.

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JOHN BOLES EL BRENDEL

Directed by John Blystone;

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