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CENTRAL

HEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY:

AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9,30 P.M. LUM KWAN SHAN

WELL-KNOWN CHINESE STAGE STAR

IN

A CANTONESE TALKING COMEDY DRAMA

"A CUNNING FELLOW"

WITH

MISS PIN SIN WONG

PRODUCED BY CHUNG WAH FILM CO.

Based on

Plosco Louy's

Famous, Novol,

Bosutiful

Music!

Lavish

Settings!

Gorgeous Cirls 1.

NEXT CHANGE

Emil

JANNINGS THE MERRY

MONARCH"

Sidney Fox

EUROPE'S IDOL OF THE SCREEN IN HIS FIRST ENGLISH TALKING PICTURE.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

TRADE WAR SILVER

PERIL

COTTON PARLEY

BREAKDOWN

RUNCIMAN TO SEE AMBASSADOR

London, Mar. 15.

The breakdown of negotia-

FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1934.

HOPES

BLASTED

MR. MORGENTHAU'S STATEMENT

SHARP FALL IN SHARES

CUNARDER. TO GO ON

INJUNCTION PERIL AVERTED

AMERICAN ACTION

USELESS

London, Mar. 15. -The third reading of the North Atlantic Shipping Bill which maken necessary the financial provision for asalsting the completion of the new Cunard liner and for the merger of the two British North Atlantic Shipping Companica in ho- ing debated in the Commons to night.

tions between Lancashire and Japanese textile in- terests was the subject of a

New York, Mar. 15. brief statement in the House

А

to-day wrench was of Commons by the Pre- thrown into the campaign

During the committee stage last sident of the Board of Trade, for boosting the price of Mr. Walter Runciman to- silver by a statement by the night, the attention of the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer was called Secretary of the Treasury. to reports from New York of a pro- The issue will be raised in the Mr. Morgenthau, opposing posal to seek an Injunction to pre- any action on silver for the vent further progress with the mer- present.

day

debate on the adjournment of the

House later to-night.

and

of tba inarier schemas without thei

Her

The Chancellor, when questioned Mr. Runciman said that the

which The announcement,

is this afternoon, said that the Board United Kingdom delegation, having found it impossible to reach n be taken to mean that Congress Bills of the Oceanic Company had been for discussion, had decided that authorising enormous Government Authoritatively advised that they nothing remained but to report the purchases would not be acted upon might legally implement their part result to the Government. The even if ondersed by House dolegation accordingly reported Senate, rattled the market badly. yesterday.

The Wall Street Journal says silver and molal sharca "These negotiations," he added that

with the "were arranged as a result of dis-crashed on the news,"

Hot declining especially cussions between His Majesty's entire Government and the Government of during the last hour, after which tho ro- Japan and it therefore becomes prices rallied slightly as necessary for the two Governments sult of a technical reaction. to review the situation that arises as a result of the breakdown.

"I have accordingly' arranged to Все the Japanese Ambassador forthwith. It would be premature to make any further statement at the present time"-British Wire. icas.

There will be a tea dance at Repulse Bay Hotel on Sunday, at 4.30 p.m.

LAST TWO

DAYS

At 2.30.

5.10. 7.15 G

9.30 p.m.

At one time silver motal was down nearly two hundred points,. the year's worst break.

United States Smelting, leading silver stock, crashed much, as nine points.

the

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Curb stocks were unsettled were irregularly groups. Bonds higher with speculatives absorbing heavy profit taking which followed days advance.-Per Stan Culbert- 808 and Frile.

KING!

"Ay tank Ay go home!"

After the night he's had-

he better go home sine v

and he'll send you home laughing!

El Brendel

in the funniest of his fifty funny

roles.

To-day

Girls! Dancing! Gayety!

ULLA

To-morrow at 2.30, 5,10, 7.20 & 9.30

A new personality for the screen!

MAX BAER IS THE NEW IT.

· MAN OF THE

SCREEN!

Otels at your chance to ravat Wa hegre you a shellf. Here's the bactice everyone a talang about. Whut à Kêm trend. A love story rou'll lover. And the firm riog battle between PRUMO CARNEKA and MAN BARR Excring from start to folkl

★ MYRNA LOY ★ MAX BAER

* PRIMO CARNERA ★ JACK DEMPSEY

THE PRIZEFIGHTER

*A WALTER HUSTON, OTTO KRUGER A.W. S. VAN DYKE Production

·Practise Productty Kent Saundus Scman Play bt beha

AND

THE

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer HITI |

TO-DAY: and TO-MORROW

STAR

At 2:30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9.20

KAY

FRANCIS ASTHER

NILS

LADY

in Metro's Drama

“Storm

at

Daybreak

AL

Hankow Rd.

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THEATRE

& To-morrow:arz

-5,20,-7.20 8 9,20.

MAJESTIC

COTTON,

WHEAT

AND SILVER LATEST NEW YORK

QUOTATIONS,

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

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

"Air Mail

Mail

'with

93.

JAMES FLAVIN

LUCILLE BROWNE

Mennen. Swan. Culbertson and Frit have received the following quotations on the Now York cotton and wheat and allvor exchanzos for yesterday, May

Collon

Chicago Wheat

Range

80-87 87-87 -88-8834

Cload Closing

Rango Mnr. 15 07%-07%

Clona

Closing

May Juy Beptember

Afar. 14 884

May. 15

4

8844

80

Winnipeg Wheat

Mar. 14

GB

July

0912

00 -09% 1

March

Close

Mar 14,

3915

Closing

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ntod and Published for the Proprietors by FARDERICE FENCY

1 and 3, Wyndham Staset In the City of Victoria

Mar. 14

46.95 47.35 47.75

Closing Rano. Mar. 15 46,60-45.639 45.89-45 89 40.10-46.10

12.00-12.03, Total sales for the day:

1,325,000 px

16,700,000 '0 | (53 Cetstracts). (828 Contracts)

Disen's

Big Moment

with

EL BRENDEL

Walter Catlett Barbara Weeks

Susan Fleming

ON THE 37:09

Saturday, 17th-Sunday, 18th-Monday, 19th-Tuesday, 20th,

THE FAMOUS LO JOON ACTOR "".

J. GRANT ANDERSON

with his

GRAND ANDERSON COMEDY CO.

Prices:-84, 83, 82, 61, (Lactaling fax)

4 SHOWS

DAILY

2.30-5.13

7.15-0.30

TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY B

ORIENT

THEATRE

2 MORE DAYS—TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

THE SEASON'S MUSICAL SENSATION

"Where do you got off sticking your pan in my affairs! It's my life to live and I'm living it the way any woman would who wasn't. afraid of being talked about"!

BARBARA

The star they talked about in "Night Nurse" and "Illicit' carries on her tradition of daring roles in

another electrifying hit!

STAN

STANWYCK

LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT

Actually written by famous DOROTHY MACKAYE! A Warner Deos" pletuer with ), -(PRESTON FOSTER • LILLIAN ROTH « DOROTHY BURGESSLYLE TALBOT in great sust.

MOONLIGHT

AND

PRETZELS

8 SMASHING SONG HITS!

OVER 200

Artists so acted from the best musical shows.

MERGER POSSIBLE ly advised that they were entitled

CUNARD-WHITE STAR PLAN IS SAFE,

to implement their part of the merger acheme, with or without the consent of the International Men cantlle Marina.

It is this company, of which Mr. P. A. Franklin Is president, which in attempting to block the merger. Should legal action decide that the contrary was the case, Mr. Chamberlain went on, it had boun carneil that the parties to the

London, Mar. 15. Mr. Noville Chamberlain, speak log in the House of Commons to day in reference to the injunction: being brought by American in terests to prevent the proposed Cunard-White Star merger, said ger plan could obtain precisel the same results by alternative that the Oceanic Steamship Com methods which were not open to pany Board had been authoritative attack-Reuter