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CENTRAL

CHEATRE

FINAL SHOWINGS 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 Río de Janeiro

ม

where it never gets cold!

Sten for the first time north of the Equator

the most stupendous spectacle ever born to rhythm,

WING

DISCOVERED!

And from now on

you'll laugh every time you hear his name1

One of Broadway's

favorite soni.... FRED ASTAIRE makes the hit of your fifat

tr

DOWN

DOLORES

Wich

DEL RIO

GENE RAYMOND.. RAUL ROULIEN

GINGER ROGERS... FRED ASTAIRE Meals By

VINCENT TOŪMANS

POPULAR PRICES

Lyrics by Edward Elieu and Gus Kahn, Directed by THORNTON FREELAND, MERIAN C. COOPER,

чve producer. Louis Brock, associate prachucar.

TO-MORROW

Presenting Again

in Response to Popular Demand the Greatest of all Musicals

KING OF JAZZ

with PAUL. WHITEMAN

and His Band

L

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

Entiroly 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.

Pickford

SECRETS

LESLIE HOWARD

A FRANK BORZAGE PRODUCTION

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH:

CHINESE: ROTARIAN,

DISTINGUISHED VISITOR TO LOCAL CLUB

MONDAY,

AMERICAN FLEET

ARMADA TO LEAVE` PACIFIC COAST .

APRIL 9, 1984.

· MONETARY-- ILLS

EXPERTS DISCUSS. THE WORLD, POSITION

..!

Dr. Fong Foo See who is visiting}

San Pedro, Apr. 8. the Hongkong Rotary

London. Apr. 7. Club to-The United States Pacific feet, morrow, is director of Rotary In commanded by Admiral Sellers, monetary system is the subject The breakdown of the world's ternational for 1993-94, and was and composed of a battlo force of important correspondence in born in Toysham Kwangtung, an. a scouting force, which when The Times. China, a farming village, the son in action jointly total 113 vessels, Ton loading of a poor farmer. With others of with B.700. commissioned and war headed by Sir Gooffrey Clarke, Industrialistá, his village, he went to America at rant officers and 4,000 enllatod point out that there are 90,000,000 the age of 13 and started domestic in Sacramento, Call-the San Diego area on Monday for countries keeping statistics yet as a man, departs from San Pedro, and persona destituto only In the fornia, at a dollar a week, studying the Atlantic via the Panama English meanwhile in an evening Canal.

the world's productive capacity mission school. For twenty-four

is unlimited. years he worked and atudied in The fleet is engaging in naval Our monetary system is America, before returning to exercises en route to Panama. It obsolete, and paralyses distribu- China to become one of the lead- will also carry out exercises in tion and consumption, they main- ing editors and writers

the Carribbean Sea after negotin- tain.

He worked his way through ting. Panama Canal on May 5,Gold is not an essential, and a. high school, Pomona Collego and culminating in ita arrival at New now and scientific regulation of the Univeraity of California, York for the Presidential review currency and credit is Imperative. where he obtained his Bachelor's on May 31.-United Press. degree in 1905. He then did graduate work at Columbia Un iversity, whero be received his M.A. degree in 1906.

The Conservation Corps,

Washington, Apr. 8. Mr George Dern, Conservation He joined the staff of the Sal-Commissioner, to-day said that vation Army in San Francisco the Civil Conservation in 1889 and worked in that fold men and boys can in no way be Corps' there until 1897, when he resigned considered as soldiers, elther In to enter college. In 1906 Dr. Fong reserve or disguise.-United Press. returned to China to teach English,

in government colleges in Canton. He took the Chinese Government

Lord Melchott recalls that his father, the late head of Imporlal Chemical Industries, ten years ngo predicted the catastrophes which the return to the. gold standard actually entailed, and will be made in 1935. he dreads that a similar attempt

The Bank of England and the British Treasury's policy always favours. Anancial interests rather than industrial interests, Lord

examinations for returned stu- president of the Shanghai] Melchett declared. dents, and was awarded the Chin-Chinese Y.M.C.A., first vice-pre- Lord Hundon says that to shih degree, which corresponds in aident of Ulio Chinese Mission to regulate currency to be so de- a way to the Ph.D degree Po Lopars; elder of the Cantonese signed that it will always buy mona College conferred upon him Union Church; on the oxecutive the same quantity of goods is in 1922 the degree of LLD.

rommittees of the National Child impracticable; but he believes

Dr. Fong became chief English Welfare University Club, and that Bimetallism is a cure for editor of the Commerical Press, member of the board of directors monetary. fluctuations being the largest book publishing com-f a number of educational Insti- much more stable than gold alone, pany in Shanghai, in 1908, and tutions.

and ensuring par exchange be- held that position until his re- Dr. Feng joined the Rotary Club tween gold and silver countries. tirement in 1929. He married of Shanghai in 1922 and was a He said that all of the evils Dr. Laura Lum in 1908 and has delegate to the Los Angeles Ro-which have, since been realized five children, one son and four tary Convention in that year, were predicted in 1873, when the daughters.

After the convention, he con-gold scramble began. Among his public services may tinued on a journey around the The Sociallats way that money bo enumerated the following: world and visited a large number is all right only some have too twelve years as chairman of the of Rotary Clubs He was presid much of it. What is needed la a National Committee of the ent of the Shanghai Rotary Club general re-distribution.Our Own Y.M-CA's of China; several terms in 1931-32.

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SONS OF THE DESERT

with

CHARLEY CHASE

MAE BUSCH

DOROTHY CHRISTY LUCEN LITTLEFIELD

Directed by William A. Selter

A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURE

ALSO SHOWING

TED HEALY & STOOGES in a COLOUR REVUE

TO-DAY and TO-MORROW

STAR

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7.20 8 9.20

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's

6 Star Epic of the Air

"NIGHT

FLIGHT

with

JOHN BARRYMORE

HELEN HAYES

CLARK CABLE

LIONEL BARRYMORE

MYRNA LOY

ROBERT MONTGOMERY

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At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.20

TOO BIG FOR. HIS COLUMNI SO

Watter Winchell's

telling it on the screen

JOSEPH M. SCHENCK

BROADWAY

THAM

KEYHOLE

DARRYL F. ZAHUCK' PRODUCTION

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ARE LYMAN and His SAND

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THE LAST TRAIL"

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ORIENTA

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A REAL SCREEN NOVELTY!

A truly graat story of the savago Saki tribo of pear! divars of Malaysia,"

SA MARANG

Directed by WARD WING Produced by E. F. ZEIDMAN UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE

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SAMARANG NEVER ANYTHING TO MATCH IT FOR

BREATH-TAKING SUSPENSE.

Entire story played by nativos of the tropical island of Pulu Kusu, against the menacing back. ground of shark-infested pools and lurking jung'o perils. Death at every turn. On shipboard- thirat. In the sea-sharks. On land-cannibals! Hore t uly is

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WELCOME INTRODUCTION OF HUMANE KILLENS

will be spared many years to con tinue the valuable work she is do ing in the Interpsta of Animals.

The Committee further consider- ed the encouraging letters received. from religious bodies in the Colony,

At a committee meeting of the who have expressed the desire to Hongkong Society for the Praven- ties. This is considered to be of in- co-operate in the Society's activi tion of Cruelty to Animals, held in estiniable value to the Society in the Private Room of Messra. Lano their work. Crawford Ltd., on Thursday, April The

question of the use of

6, the Chairman, Mr. W. Russell, humane killers in the slaughter expressed the heart-felt apprecia-houses was discussed, and it is. tion of the Invaluable services that gratifying to mention that there is Mrs. R. Bakor ns for so many overy possibility of the Introduc youra, rendered the Society. Her tion of the same at an early date. approaching departure from the The Secretary will be pleased to Colony will be a definite loss, and furnish any further information to hoped that Mrs. Baker will on those interested in the activities of joy a pleasant journey home, and I the Society.

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