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THE HONGKONG -- TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, APRIL 27,

1934.

CENTRAL

HEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY

at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.

·BROUGHT BACK FOR A SHORT ENGAGEMENT THE CLEVEREST AND SNAPPIEST MUSICAL OF THE YEAR!

Have You Seen the

CARIOCA

Not a fox trot or

a polka.

But honey, it's

a smoka...

From Rio de Janeiro

where it never gets coldi

Seen for the first ume north of the Equator

the most stupendous spectacle ever born to rhythm.

BUYING

DISCOVERED

And from now on

you't! lough wrary time you hear his nomal

One of Broadway's favorite sons... FRED ASTAIRE mokes the hit of your lifei

In

POPULAR PRICES

WNTO

DOW

DOLORES

With

DEL

THE WATER SUPPLY.

ALL RESERVOIRS MANY FEET BELOW OVERFLOW

The monthly wator returns ahow that there were 1,096,930,- 000 gallons of water in the Island reservoirs on March 31, 1934, as compared with 913,210,000 gallons at the same period last year,

Consumption of water during the month amounted to 267,340,000 | gallons for an estimated popula-} tlon 388,500,' giving" an average dally consumption of 21,400,000 gallons, -AB compared with 249,500,000 gallons for estimat- el population of 385,600, at 20,000,000 gallons per day.

On the mainland, the reservoira had 419,770,000 gallons on March 31, 1934, Дз compared with 340,350,000 gallons at the same! period last year. The month's consumption amounted to 174,- 010,000 gallons for un estimated population of 325,260 at an overage of 17,300,000 gallons per day as compared with 138,340,000 gallons for an estimated popula tion of 311,450,000, making an average of 14,300,000 gallons dally.

Major Kepner and Captain Stevens, two American aeronauta, are plan-

The reason for the great in-sing an arcant into the stratosphere in Jane. Photo shows them with a

sketch of their balloon in relation to a 20 storey building.

crease in consumption in Kowloon is that for the same period Inst year there was a supply of only 10 hours a day whereas a constant supply is given this year. The conditions in Hongkong remain the same 10 hours a day.

The total rainfall recorded by the Royal Observatory up to March 31, 1934, was-3.725 inches, as compared with 1.695 inches for the same period last year.

Situation Eased,

Washington, Apr, 6.

BANKS STATEMENT

Notes In Circulation And. Specie In Reserve

hal Banking Corpern

tlem ............................... 366,767,143*140,000,0001 Marcantile link of

India Limited.... 1,378,301 1,350,000

Total 174.291,605 149,650.000 "In addition Sterling Securities are deposited with, the Crown Agents valued at £719,800,

In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agents and Straits Government valued at £3,281,000.

The following are the returna of the average amount of bank notes in circalation and of specie in reserve in Hongkong, during In addition Securities deposited situation the month ended March 31, 1934, with the Crown Agents valued at has been ensed by the announce- rertified by the Managers of £190,000, ment by the Federal Automobile the respective Banka:- Labour Board of a settlement in

The motor Industry

Bar

the strikes affecting nearly 6,000. workers in the Nash Motor Com-Chartered Bank pany plant and the Seaman · Body India. Australia An Company in Wisconsin.-Reuter.

Amount. In Regetur, Averate

af

7

China

16,088,021 1,200,000*

Songkong and

R10

GENE RAYMOND.. RAUL ROULIEN GINGER ROGERS... FRED ASTAIRE Muele by.

VINCENT YOUMANS

Lyncs by Edward Eliseu and Gut Kahn. Directed by INORNION FREELAND, MERIAN C COOPER, #x8C- utive producer. Louis Brock, associate producer.

NEXT CHANGE

Prosonting Again

in Response to Popular Demand the Greatest of all Musicals

KING OF JAZZ

with PAUL. WHITEMAN

and His Band

TO-DAY

ONLY

A 2.30,

5.10. 7.15 &

9.30 p.m.

Natice is given to mariners by the Admiralty that JL.M.S. Sandwich will carry out a bombardment of Sharp Peak on Friday, April 13.

KINGS?

"THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED

YEARS... ARE THE HARDEST Į"

BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TEL. 25313, G 25332.

..... FROM TO MORROW

Two Great Stars Give Their Finest Performances

QUE

ULLA

SHOWING TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.10, 7.20 & 9,30

HAL ROACH prosents -

Stan

LAUREL

Oliver

HARDY

in

"HELLO

BROTHER! —and sisters

too!

"You win a laugh membership in the Fraternal Order of Laughter. Howls? We ve got a millionTM of them...seven raels full! Got ready for the mi- tiation... and ro- member, the pass-

word is F-U.N."

SONS OF THE DESERT

with

CHARLEY CHASE

MAE BUSCH

DOROTHY CHRISTY. LUCIEN LITTLEFIELD.

Directed by William A. Selter

A METRO.GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURE

ALSO SHOWING

TED HEALY & STOOGES in a COLOUR REVUE

TO-DAY

ONLY

BEBE

DANIELS

in

At Hankow Rd. Kowloon

"A

STAR Southern STAR

Maid'

At 2.30, 5,20, 7.20 € 9.20

A Musical Romance)

Phone

with

57795

LUPINO LANE

ALHAMBRA

THEXTRE

TO-DAY ONLY at 2.30, 5,20, 7,20 & 9:20

BING CROSBY, JOHN BOLES, STANLEY SMITH JEANETTE LOFF and thousands of others.

Entirely in Technicolour

Hear Once More These Famous Songs:-

"IN OLD MONTEREY”

"SONG OF THE DAWN"

"RAGAMUFFIN ROMEO"

"MY BRIDAL VEIL"

MAJESTIC

TO-DAY ONLY at 2.30, 5.20, 7,20 &′ 9.20 p.m.

Thrill-Packed Action

GEORGE

O'BRIEN

int

MYSTERY RANCH

FOX Picture

WANTED AT ONCE

MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS, ETC.

will be very gratefully received by the HONGKONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY at the Old Police Station, Wanchai

оп

MONDAYS & THURSDAYS.

from 10.30 a.m. to 12.00 noon.

Send us your old clothes.

From the day she said “yes”,

the wouldn't take "no" for an onswor!

Mary

Charlie RUGGLES & BOLAND

The new comedy team in a picture teeming with comedy!

A

Mama Loves Papa

4 SHOWS DAILY

2.30-5.15 7.15-8.30

A Paramount Picture with LILYAN TASHMAN WALTER CATLETT GEORGE BARBIER

TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS

FOX FILM Presants

·Janet GAYNOR Lionel BARRYMORE

ROAD LINH

TEL. 28473

but all she wanted was happiness fan herichild.

eautiful as

JOSEPH M: SCHEI

Ann HARDING Gallan Lady

CLIVE BROOK

OTTO KRUGER

TULLIO CARMINATI - DICKIE MÖDRE.

F ZANUCK

"CAROLINA"

A FOX PICTURE

ORIENTAL

THE LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY

Here's Excellent

Screca

Enter-

tainment.

Easily the best GAYNOR BAXTER

Picture they ever Produced.

Manst GAYNOR Warner BAXTER

Directed by PADDY Harry Lachman THE NEXT BESE THEME

TO-MORROW MONDAY TUESDAY

The

very best

Novelty Picture ever made! A story of the pearl. divers of Ma'aysia. PLAYED BY AN ENTIRE NATIVE CAST.

FLEMING

Man offered hac.love,

SAMARANG

COALFIELD

DISPUTE

THOUSANDS THROWN OUT

OF WORK

THE NEW ENTENTE,

ITALY, AUSTRIA AND ' HUNGARY AT FARLEY

Rome, Apr. 0.

Birmingham, Alabama, Apr. 6. Over 16,000 employees will be The conference of economic ex- thrown out of work here in con ports of Italy, Austria and sequence of the decision of the Hungary, for the completion of Alabama Commercial Coal Com-the agreement reached on February pany owners to stop work in their 17, opened here to-day. mines to-morrow,

It is

expected The coal owners suspended their ference will continue for about n operations pending the hearing of fortnight; but up to the present Thoir prolents against Increased there, has been no indication with wages, which were ordered to be regard to the progress made at como effective from April 81 tho preliminary discussion.—4 Router Special.

Reuter Special.

that tho

con-

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