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The following quotations on the New York commodity exchange are
October
New York Cotton
11.02/02 11,09/62
11.41/42
11.3473-4
10.48/48
10.36/30
10.44/44
10.31/31
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN insted by Reuter. that the ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Society will be hold at the HEAD OFFICE, Union May Building, Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, July 22nd MAY, 1936, nt 11 o'clock, a.m.,, for the purpose of receiving the December Report of the Director and the January Statements of Account to 31nt March December, 1935, and of declaring: Dividend, etc.
Spot
The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS May of the Society will be CLOSED July from 4th MAY to 22nd MAY, Both | September Days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES,
General Manager.
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1936.
10,45/45 10,30/20 10.47/47 11.72
10.31/34 11.72
New York Rubber
15.530 15.62b/G4n 10.7in
15.680
October
15.7in
16.67/68 15.76b/70
16.78m
December
Jannury
15.In
16,900
March:
177.01b
15.08/99
Total sales:-900 tons
Chiengo Wheat
1214/924% 86/851%
95/9516 86%7801%
THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE | Mny
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(Incorporated in Hong Kong)
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July
15.818/828 16.8089
September.. 844784% 8514/80%
Tuesday's antes: 14,900,000 bushels.
July
May July
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN September that the SIXTY-SEVENTH OR- DINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its HEAD OFFICE, Union Building. Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, 22nd MAY, 1936, at 11.20 a.m., for the purpose of receiving the Report
October
Chicago Corn
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70%/764 76%%/70% 70%/76% 77%4/77% 78%/78% 78%/78%
of the Directors and the State- Let's eat-!
ments of Account to 31st Decem-. ber, 1935, and of declaring Dividends, etc.
The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 4th MAY to 22nd MAY, Both Days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
‘A. W. HUGHES,
General Manager.
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1936.
BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated in Hong Kong)
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the SEVENTIETH OR- DINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at ita HEAD OFFICE. Union Building, Hong Kong, on Friday, 22nd MAY, 1936, at 11.25 n.m., for the purpos of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account to 31st December, 1935, and of declaring Dividend, etc.
The SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 4th MAY to 22nd MAY, Both Days Inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
A. W. HUGHES, Ceneral Manager,
Hong Kong, 24th April, 1936.
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=of course!
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Tiffins
Toas
Dinners
Open from 7 a.m.
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DEATH
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TEA
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DAILY from 5 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
with
EARL WHALEY'S
ALL AMERICAN NEGRO ORCHESTRA
Admission $1.00 Including Tea.
To-morrow "Follow The Fleet"
Spot Dancing.
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CINEMA NOTES
There are no half measures about the new.Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musical, "Follow the Fleet," show- ing on Friday at the Alhambra Theatre. It uses not one, but four, bunda to present the Irving Berlin tunes composed especially for the nauticat adventures
tencl Janu romancing of these musters of song and dance. A wing-footed, muste mad nalior to the RKO Radio film, Astaire himself batons one ten-picer band, and presents the first of Ber- lin's seven compositions with it aboard a battleship in San Francisco harbour, The piece is "We Saw the Sea
The same outfit the nimble star reason for singing and dancing his opinion, "I'd Rather Legd à Band." For these und other se- quences
on the deck of U.S. dreadnought
a navy band provides traditional marine music. A twelve piece dance orchestra playing in a San Francisco dance hint acts the fox trot rhythm for Ginger Rogers In her rendition of the hot, rollick- ing "Let Yourself Go." Astaire's band buckgrounds the co-stars when they dance and sing to "Let's Fuce the Music and Dance." and "I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Dusket,” Another large claner orchestra
sira ne- companies RKO Radlo's singing dis- covery of the year, Harriet Hillard, who atens from the featured voralist's spot in Ozzle Nelson's or chestra and from national brond- casting rooms to bow to flimgoers rendering "Get Thee Behind Mc. Satan" and "Here Ain I, But Where Are You?" Mark Sandrich of "Gay Divorcee" and "Top
Hat fame directed. Pandro S. Berman pro- duced,
"Show Them No Mercy"
They are an ordinary, sweet young Idriving along the California roads with their baby when, without warning, a storm strikes, sheets of rain envelop their car, in abandoned farmhouse
offers
they refuge, suddenly they face viole
and
threats of underworld terror! From
the paralyzing fear
of the new
this point, the gripping, searing story of 20th Century's "Show Them No Mercy" which is now showing at the King's Theatre, carries its story of a nation's organised
fight against crime. Rochelle Hudson, who has the leading role, is teamed romantically with Edward Norris, while Cesar Romero and Bruce Cabot are
prominently cast as the leaders of the outlaws. When Miss Hudson and her husband blunder in on the hideout of criminals waiting for the alarm of their crime to blow over, they become prisoners. The Hiness of the baby makes them.
de- mond freedom, but their captors have other ideas. They force Nor- ris to pass some of the "hot" money, discover that it is marked. Then, as the net of the department of Justice tightens uobut them, the criminals" become terror-stricken. In the slashing powerful climax. "Show Them No Mercy!" reveals how a gentle girl can become a killer in the defence of the people she loves. Kubre Glasmon, who was responsi- ble for the story of "Public Enemy". wrote the
of "Show sereen story Them No Mercy!" The picture was produced under the personal super- vision of Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by George Mursball.
"Frisco Kid"
Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in "Wife Versui Secretary" coming on Sunday to the King's Theatre.
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song. "Four Hours TO KIN" Something in the nature of a rem velation awalts you at the Star Theatre whore Paramount's "Four Hours to Kill" now occupies the: screen. In the starring role Is Richard Barthelmess, one of the most competent actors to survive the calamitous advent of the talkies, bul 4. such "a Barthelmess as you never seen before!. Cust as Tony Mako, the hard, cruel and ruthless Military Plans
desperado who steals time away Peiping, May 20.
from the noose to get the man who According to n Japanese official squealed on him, Barthelmess ren- spokesman to-day General Tashiro,
ders a screen portrait that new Commanding Officer of Japanese suave and amiable performances. It breathtaking contrast to his usual Troops in North Chinn, will assume is the most powerful and emotion- offiee on the 23rd. inst
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into the demilitarized explained that the occupation of cer- "Four Hours to Killi" is a fascinat- superbly fitted to their roles. of California Jurisprudence and was Zone, Japan is willing to concludo a tain premises at Fengtal for housing ing cross-section of the melodrama "Case of the Lucky Legs" well into McKinney's Digest. This political pact replacold the new troops is only a temporary that occurs in a New York theatre,ing his itaire rote an Ferry Mason, the part of Perry Mason. Genevieve Warren William, who is now play-1s the third time William'has played Major General Kita, the Japanese measure, pendlag the completion of where a criminni lurks in hiding for Military Attacho.
the building of now barracks. They his victim. Inspired directing by the lawyer-detective In Erle Stan-Tobin and Patricia Ellis ore featured will remove to the new barracks as Mitchell Lelsen, one of the most ableley Gardner's most exciting story, with him in the picture. Others in soon as the building is completed.
and
Imaginative of Hollywood's has spent the time between pletures the cost of "The Case of the Lucky In answer to further questions the younger directors, undoubtedly has studying law, to
perfeet his film Lega" Include Lyle Talbot, Allen spokesman donied that an anti-much to do with the results in work. Before starting work on the Jenkins, Peggy Shannon and Barton Communista agreement Ная been "Four Hours to Kill! And the sup- First National production, "The Cuse Mactane. Archie L., Mayo directed signet between the "It would entail. China's recognition Authority and the
Japanese porting cast, headed by Joe Morri- of the Lucky Legs" which is being from
screen play by Brown Inner Mongolia son, Helen Mark, Gertrude Michaet, shown at the Queen's Theatro low Hulmes and Ben Markson, of Manchukuo."-Reuter.
Authority-Vah Kiu Yat Po.
"Such AN agreement, however, would necessitate a defination of the relations between North China and Manchukuo,
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