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CENTRAL

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY

At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m. UNITED PHOTOPLAY SERVICE presents "ORPHANS OF THE STORM"

A CHINESE PICture with english titles.

NEXT CHANGE

Cobra!

Cormored by the deadliest enemy of man... he met the fanged destroyer single handed and unarmed.. brought it back alive!

THE HONGKONG

KOWLOON MOTOR NUISANCE

WNB

PARKING CARS AT

BUS, STOPS

A complaint against the way In which car drivers parked their cars in the roadway in Kowloon made by Trafic Inspector Saunders at Kowloon: Magistracy this morning when several Chinose motor car drivers were sunmored before Mr. Wynne-Tones for purk ing their cars at bus-atops,

Inspector Saunders Bald some car drivers in Kowloon had an annoying habit of parking their cars at the bus-stopa, with the result that the buses had to draw His Worziti imposed a caution la cuch case, stating that a ding would be initiated in future. ***

Several bus-drivers ware also summoned for failing to draw, upi to the left of the road, thus peding motor traffic. A warning was given in these cases.

up in the middle of the road.

and

A

JAPANESE TROOP

WITHDRAWAL

GOING OUTSIDE THE GREAT HALL

Tienteln, May 26.

It is officially announced that na

TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1934.

BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION

TRAIL BLAZED BY FRANKLIN

PARTY LEAVES

ABERDEEN

TIMBER IMPORTS

INCREASE.

BRITAIN'S BUILDING

ACTIVITY

London, May 24,

Timber Imports to Great Bri talu have been considerably · In- eroased by activity in the build- ing trade,

Nearly ten million tons of un- London, May 24,

manufactured finibor, valued at An Arctic Expedition, led by about £30 million, was imported Mr. J. M. Wordie, of St. John's Inst your, a rise of 20 per cent. College, Cambridge, and consist on the previous year, and sub- ing. of ten Englishmen, all of stantial further increases are ex- whom have had experience in pected. About 95 per cent of to-day in the Norwegian sealer foreign countries. similar expeditions, left Aberdeen Britain's timber supplies coine from: oversens, mostly from "Heimen," a small vessel of 129 auxiliary gross, with an

tons

At the Empire Forestry AN- motor.

sociation meeting of which he is private venture, will follow in the referred to the immense wealth of a President, the Prince of Wales The Expedition which la

tracks of Sir John Franklin, the the Empire in timber, and urged famous explorer, and its main aim that forestry servicos should be will be to make geological and maintained at their full strength. ether collections, and to map the lo said the total area of forent coastline of the Canadian Arctic in the Empire was 2,300,000 islands.

square miles, and these were ad- forest Exploration will be done almoat ministered by some 1,500 entirely from the ship or in the officers only. pack jec,

The most extensive aron of The party are hending frat for Empire timber, is in Canada.. Next Disko Bland in North-West Green- comes India with about 300.000 land.

square miles under timber. Nigeria Later, the unknown interior of and the Gold Coast have about Ellesmero Island will be explored) 250.000 square miles of forest, and an attempt to reach Melville while other great areas are found in British Guiana, Rhodesia and Island will also be made,

result of further negotiations between Mr. Yin Yu-kang and the Japanese authorities, arrangements have been reached for the complete withdrawal of the remaining Permission has been received to Australasia. In all, the Empire's Japancao troops from all the passes make collections in the Canadian forests are together about forty along the Great Wall.

Arctic Preserve, within which leal times greater in area than Eng-

and Wales combined. The arrangements become effec-most of the region which it is land

British Wireless.. tive

on June 10, when the Japanese hoped to explore. barrack outside the Great Wall are completed. The Chinese Govern- ment will bear a portion of the expense incurred by the withdrawal of the Japanese troops.-Central News.

The party includes Dr. Long- staff, who has travelled widely in Greenland, Mr. Dalgety, one of both of whom have had Arctic the late Mr. H. G. Watkins' experience. This is the seventh colleagues on Edge Island, Sir Arctic voyage made by the leader John Hanham and H. P. Hanham, Mr. Wordle-British Wireless,

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FRANK BUCK'S WILD CARGO

MAJESTIC

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ROME EXPRESS'

WITH

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COMMENCING TO-MORROW 26th MAY At 12.30, 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 p.m.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN

in

"CITY LIGHTS”

with

VIRGINIA CHERRILL

THE FIRST OF THE BIG PICTURES BROUGHT TO YOU

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Fox Film presents

GEORGE WHITE'S

SLEEPERS SCANDALS

EAST

with

Directed by Wynne Gibson Kenneth Preston Foster MacKenna Mona Barrie K

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4 SHOWS

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2.30-5.15

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MYRNA LOY

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RUDY VALLEE JIMMY DURANTE

ALICE FAYE ADRIENNE AMES GREGORY RATOFF CLIFF EDWARDS

and

GEORGE WHITE

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MAD

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DAZZLING NIGHT LIFE!

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morrow at 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9,20

To-day &

TURK

⚫ tough sailor

made tender

by headship

MOTHER BRIGHT har 'place la the shadow

the sun was in

TOY knowing allabout men... nothing about lors..

COMO

stref with e. è man of heart of gold

Colorful, Interesting characters stranded by

the tides of life on the roaring Barbary Coast!

WHARF ANGEL

with.. Victor McLaglen Dorothy Dell

They change so fast, there should ba

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