1934-08-09 — Page 24

QULLA'S

SHOWING TO-DAY at 2.30, 5,10, 7:20 & 9.30

First Stage Appearance of Hollywood Star in

Hongkong

MARJORIE

WHITE

of "Sunnysido Up" Fame

IN PERSON

assisted by

E. TIERNEY and "REVELLERS"

and

HE WENT FROM NAGS TO RICHES!

IT LUCK

CALL IT

A

Fox Picture

WILD

"PAT" PATERSON

HERBERT MUNDIM

CHARLES STARRETT GORDON WESTCOTT

Produced by JOHN STONE

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

Nonstop

Flight

To Bagdad

CANADIAN FLIERS

ATTEMPT

London, Aug. 8.

THURSDAY; AUGUST

IL DUCE Fearsome

Finance

TO AID

CHINA GOVT TO RESCUE

"SCHEME OF COOPERATION"

Rome, Aug. 8.

1934:

OF JOCKEY CLUB]

A substantial reduction in the betting tax levied on pari-mutuel tickets issued by the Hongkong Jockey Club is foreshadowed in the text of a resolution which is to be submitted to the Legis. lative Council when the Betting Duty Amendment Ordinance, to

cent, of the face value of tickets,

Two Canadian airmen, Captain Leonard Reid and Captain Ayling, both of whom have spent several years in England, took off from Wasaga Beach on the Mr. Lu Wen-tao, the be read a first time to-day, be- shores of Lake Ontario carly Chinese Minister to Italy, comes law. this morning in an attempt to cross the Atlantic and, if condi- has been urgently summon- The tax at present le 22 per tions are favourable, to continue ed to China to discuss the but under the proposed amend. non-stop to Baghdad.

They are making an effort to Sino-Italian “scheme of co-ment a sliding scale will be intro- duced. This will be calculated on. beat the 6,600 mies nonstop flight operation." record not up by the French air-

the basis of the gross,. total mon, Codos and Rossi, and are carrying out the plans of Mr. and Mrs. Mollison. Weather condi- tions over Eastern Canada and the North Atlantic were reported to he favourable.

Captain Reid is a member of the London Aero Club and Captain Ayling was formerly an ofcor in the Royal Air Force.

Their machine, which is now called the Trail of Caribou" was

Little is known about the receipts from the sale of tickets "schonte," although there have for any year ending on March 81, been indications of an Increasing Land will be as follows: Italian interest in events in the Far East and of Chinese interest in the Italian aystem of govern- mont.

Mr. Lu Wen-tao has already. left Rome for Venice and he wil there embark on the Conte Roaso, which is sailing for Shanghai on Saturday,

formerly called "Seafarer" and It is understood that he is likely was flown across the Atlantic last to be absent from Rome for three year by Mr. and Mrs. Mollison.or four months, They were to undertake the re- turn light but wrecked their plane in a crash landing during semi-darkness,--British Wireless,

H.M.S. TARANTULA

ANNUAL ATTEMPT TO REACH NANNING

The

river gunboat British Tarantula is making her annual attempt to reach Nanning this week on the high tide.

She left Hongkong on Tuesday and last night anchored about 40 miles above the rapids. She la expected to arrive in Nanning to- day.

The trip is only possible once a year and should the vessel mies the tide on the return journey it would probably mean' a stay in Nanning for a year.

Beauty! Service! Reliability!

TO-DAY

ONLY

DAILY AT

2.30, 5.10, 7.15

and 9.30 P.M.

AIR MISSION ARRIVES. received a Chinese

Signor Mussolint this evening Aeronautical Mission, headed by General Mow,

which has just arrived in Rome to study civil and military aviation.

1 per cent. up to $3,000,000.

11⁄2 per cent, up to $4,000,000,

2 per cent, up to $5,000,000. 2% per cent. up to $6,000,000, 8 per cent. above $6,000,000. of tickets for the

The gross receipts from the sale March 31, 1934, were $4.341.930, year ended And It is thought possible that for the year ending March next these may fall below $4,000,000,. If this expectation is realised, the tax will be 1% per cent,, or a reduc- tion of 1 per cent, on the scale at present in ferie.

Ho also received twenty “BRADSHAW OF THE

Chinese air cadets.

Il Duce expressed pleasure at seeing the party and hoped that they would have a profitable stay in Italy.Renter,

There

Bl

will be a dinner dance Repulse Bay Hotel on Saturday and a ten dance on Sunday at 4.30 p.m.

Wong

Brought before Mr. Macfadyen in the Central Police Court this morning Macao po-pin lottery tickets. charged with the possession of 29 viu, 60, a ticket inspector aboard the river steamer Sul Tai, admitted that he spent more than half of his salary, which was $60 per month, on lotteries,

AIR"

TO BE ISSUED IN OCTOBER

London, Aug. 8.

A guide and time-table of the entire air services in Europe and beyond, covering departure and arrival times, fares, and other in- formation, will be published in October as the "Bradshaw of the

Air."

The Bradshaw Railway Gulde appeared nearly 100 years ago, fourteen years after the first rail- was opened.-British Wireless

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