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KING'S

HONG KONG

ALHAMBRA

KOWLOON

At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.: At 2.30, 5.20, 7.20 & 9:30 p.m.

United in dangor....

laughter...and love!

Three great stars together at their greatest...in a glo- riously courageous, bolster-. ously roistoring venture that decided the destiny of three riationst

Wallace Barbara BEERY-STANWYCK John BOLES

ins

A MESSAGE to GARCIA

with

ALAN HALE HERBERT MUNDIN MONA BARRIE

More human and hilarious than ever

is "Wally" Beery as a swashbuckling » renegade!

DARRYL F. ZANUCK 20th Century Production Presented by Joseph M. Schenck Suggested by Elbert Hubbard's immortal Essay and the Book by Lieut. Andrew S.Rowan,

Associate Producw Raymond Griffin Directed by George Marshall'

-COMING TO THE KING'S- JEAN HERSHOLT in "SINS OF MAN" with DON AMECHE 29th Century Fox Picture.

CHICHESTER HERE

SOVIET'S REFUSAL TO GRANT A PERMIT

-NENT CHANGE AT THE ALHAMBRA—

GEORGE O'BRIEN in

"O'MALLEY of the MOUNTED"

with IRENE WARE 20th Century Fox Picture.

PASSES AND HONOURS

MUSIC EXAMINATION BY TRINITY COLLEGE

of

Disappointed in their plan to fly The following are the results

England across Russia and the local Theory examination held in Europe the two New

Zealand June, at the University of Hongkong aviators Francis C. Chichester and as supplied by the Local Secretary F. Herrick, arrived in Hongkong of the Trinity College of Music, yesterday evening at 5.36 'clock London:

from

Nanking. They made the trip in a little over nine hours flying tine, a break of about two hours being made at Foochow

"Naturally we are very disappoint- ed," said Me, Chichester, the pilot of the machine, on his arrival."but

Senior Division

Honours.-Lilian Jeanne Henderson.

Eu, Dorothy

Intermediate Division

the Soviet authorities were y de Wong Yau-tni.

finite once we arrived in North

'China and absolutely refused to let

us fly over Russia by any route.

Advanced Junior

The Biers left Hongkong this morning Honours.-Margaret Botelho, Kuth- hoping reach Saigon in two hops, leen Dedeogiou. They will have an early lunch at Fort Bayard. The day's run will extend aboul 050

THE HONGKONG® TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1936,

GIFTS FOR

VILLAGE

IN

£130,000 WILL Church, Carollers, And Cricket Club

Brockham Green, Surrey, Aug. 10. WITH the publication to-day of the £180,000 will of Mr.

WHOLE

Sidney Michael Poland, a retired furrier who died last April, aged 82, this Surrey village learned how its be- loved squire had made provision for all its inhabitants.

No one and nothing connected with the village has been forgotten-from the children to the carol singers, from the church to the cricket club. Mr. Poland even left his manor house and gardens, subject to relatives' life interests, to be turn- ed into a home and recreation ground.

The groas value of his will was £130,240, with net personalty €125,109. Here are some of his bequests;

TO THE PARISH COUNCIL

100, the Income to be distributed among such residents the hope that the club will adopt them as club colours.

(men, women, and children) as [ shall, between 7 p.m. and '8 p.m. on Christmas Eve, sing carols at Christmas Corner,

TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL

£200 to provide bells 19 memorial to its late wife:

£550 for the upkeep of the bells;

the window in

£100 for

'church;

£250 for a lych gatę;

£220 for three new windows over, the Communion table;

£500 for distribution among the necessitous of Brockham Green; and

£500 on trust to provide an annual holiday for the children of Brockham.

TO THE CRICKET CLUB

FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER

Mr. Poland also left:

£1.250 to Brockham Home," on; trust, to provide yearly

£8 for the Christmas dinner, £10 for potatoes for the Home, £15. for pockel-money for the children,

£10 for an outing for the child- ren. and

£10 to any child, formerly a

MAN WHO MADE

FIRST TALKIE

Alan Crosland, famous Holly- wood film director, who made the first talkie picture, has itted from serious injuries in an auto- motilo upset.

ARREST IN |PYJAMA GIRL MURDER

New York, Aug. 12.

member of the Home, who shall MARK WOLLNER, aged 35,

violinist and radio

per-

have remained in her first or second place in domestic service former, has been arrested and for a continuous period of five held for questioning by the police years.

in connection with the murder of £60 to Brockham Village Hall, Helen Clevenger, the beautiful on trust, to buy prizes for the billiards handicap.

young student of New York Univer- His house and household effects liesity, who, clad in green silk pyjamas, left to his sister, Miss Roxing Anne was found shot in her hotel room on Poland, for life, or to his brother, Thursday morning while on holidny Mr. Charles Ernest Poland, retired at Asheville, North Carolina. nurseryman, of Sunfield, Buxton

£300 for the benent of the club lane, Caterham, Surrey, for life, and

as the committee thinks fll;

£250 to be expended in improv- ing Brockham Green for cricket; and

Two pieces of cloth, coloured chocolate and blue-the colours worn by him for many, years-in

War Fears In

Far East

Russia and Japan Preparing

AN AMERICAN'S IMPRESSIONS

then:

On trust to convey the premises to commitice as a home and sports recreation ground or for

and amusements for the beneft and advantage of the inhabitants of Brockham Green and their re- lations and friends as the com- mittee thinks åt.

Wollner, who was born in Ger- inany, has been living in Asheville for two years, frequently giving concerts from the wireless station there. He studied in Berlin, and under Jacques Thibaud in Paris, making fils American debut in 1932 at the New York Town Hall.

the crime.

He is of powerful and athletic corres- He stated that he had erected two ponds to that of a man reported to

build, and his appearance bungalows: in the grounds of the Manor and directed that two more Miss Clevenger's hotel at the time of have been seen hurriedly leaving be erected, all to be for the use of poor persons of 80 years of age or more, at a rental of 2s. a week.

Mr. E. B. Piltman..a bank clerk, STAFF REMEMBERED

who occupied a room opposite Miss After personal bequests to relativen Clevenger's, has stated that he heard Mr. Poland left varying sums to all a noise like a pistol shot and spoke his servants, and directed that the to a stranger whom he observed residue of his property be placed on dimly in the dark corridor. trust to provide £1,500 for the

brother or sister living at the Manor. Last night the police tooks

Mr.

In the event of the lacome exceed Pittman to an hotel where Wollner jing that" "figure £25 will go to each was playing "us"the"star"soloist." On" of the following: the Brockham Out-the basis of Mr. Pittman's report Ing Fund, Brockham Church Council they decided to question Wollner, (for the poor), and-Brockham Home Who vigorously denies any know- (for milk).

ledge of the murder.

Helsingfors, Aug. 10. When fils, relative's residence at the Manor ceases the income from On his arrival here from the the residue of his property will all East and Russia, Mr. Corneliuso to its upkeep as a home. Vanderbilt, jnr., journalist and HE LOVED THEM traveller, in an interview, declared that an armed conflict between Japan and Russia was inevitable and only a question of time. well-informed In

Miss Rosina Poland said to-night: "My brother loved the people of this village and delighted in bring ing quantities of boots, clothes, and

other things to the house so that he could distribute them to the people -especially the children---In the Japanese evening.

"He circles, he said, it was not con-

was an expert at cricket,

Mr.

"He lived here for 48 years and was buried on the same date as that

Honours.-Emina Lim, Violet Tse, sidered probable that war would bowls, and billiards, and used to come for at least another year.organise, and pay for, countless out-

ings and championships. Tokyo wished first to effect a military alliance with Germany.

The whole of Manchukuo, accord-on which he first came here--May 1.

"His wife died 11 ing to

Vanderbilt's personal observations, can best be compared there are no children ego, and

armed camp. Detach to a huge

trains, of troops, military ments tank parks, and anti-aircraft guns stretch along either side of the rali- way line... The latter is well guard- ed, and all inhabitants have been provided with, and instructed in the Aslett. Violet use of, gas masks. Herrick Cullen, Helen Lou, Claro Loy, Alda has no uillot's certificate and cannot Rozario, Marie Rozarlo, Belinda fly the plane although he is capable Xavier,

taking the controls while the puss

Merit.-Verna Rodrigues,

Junior Division Honours.-Natalia niles, compared

G. da with yesterday's trip of 840 miles.

Rozario. "Herrick says we are to be in

Merit. Cecilia Passos. Calcutta in time for dinner on Sun

Preparatory Division day so what's the poor pilot to do!" said Chichester as he planned out the Honours. Elleen next day's

chedule.

Bir.

math cabin monoplane is travelling.

were

Via Indla

The fillers loft Hongkong on August 4 for Shanghai and at that stage they very optimistic of obtaining. permission to fly to Archangel. The Rusalan authorities were very de- finite, however, and the flight by that route had to be abandoned. A week was spent in Shanghai and rather longer in Peking, a city the two airmen found the most attractive

they have yet visited;

Silva

LANDED IN BRITAIN

In Harbin he counted eighty-eight Japanese aeroplanes, ond was told that there were from three to four hundred in Manchukuo.

CEASELESS FLOW

On the Russian side of the Mon- evident golian frontier it was also MANY VISITORS ON

that ceaseless and intensive military PLEASURE AND BUSINESS preparations were being carried on. Although few cavalry and artillery London, Aug. 27, units, could be seen, it was affirmed allen passengers landed in the United aeroplanes stationed in the neigh

A return showing that 100,220 that there were at least a thousand Kingdom during the six months and bourhood of the border. of June 30 is issued.

During five days' journey on the Mr. Vanderbilt observed freight trains, loaded with

They finally obtained permission to Of this total 11,807 were residents Siberian railway

abroad,

siderabla amount of Chins during their

eir stay in the country, but only after lengthy negotiations,

9.247

from

10,214 wore

Mr. Capon, his gardener, sold: "People for mites around will miss Mr. Poland. It would take too long to tell of the hundreds of little ways in which he spent money to help poor people or to give unexpected treats.

"He was a grand old sport."

His dental is supported by Misa Mildred Ward, aged 19, at whose home he boards. The couple are reported to be engaged,

Miss Ward says her fiance returTI- ed home at 9.30 on Wednesday night and did not go out again und 8.30 on Thursday morning,

Real Internationalism

Moscow, Aug. 10. Sculptors from all parts of the world are invited by the Soviet Government to submit plans for s number of monuments to Maxim Gorld, the famous author, who died on June 18.

The All-Union Committee of Arts propose to erect the memo- rials at Gorki, Moscow and Lenin- grad. All plans must be submit- ted by October 1, 1037. Twelve prizes will be awarded-Reuter.

Actress Marries

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Fatal Lady

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"Forgotten FACES"

MICHAEL

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Former Convict "THE GAY DIVORCEE"

Been re-united with her fiance, Mark Godfrey, following his release.

after 5 years in Maidstone Gaol;

Been married to him at Marylebone Register Office; Undergone a serious operation.

with GINGER ROGERS, FRED ASTAIRE.

TO-DAY &

WITHIN the past month Miss Lalla Colling, a young TO-MORROW

London actress. has:

Recently at the flat of Mr. Godfrey a reporter was told the story of this week in Mrs. Godfrey's life; of her loyalty to the man she loved when, in his darkest hour, she sold all hor posses-

Chichester and Herrick are on purely holiday aunt and chose the mort anusual and therefore, to them, with Ministry of Labour permits and it was stated that from two to three slons to assist in his defence brother-in-law, of Bayswater. the most interesting route to England when they decided to erose Russia. there were 3,030 were other passeng

Now they will fly straight to India

cra.

The total for corresponding period and then continue through contral last year was 101,876.-British Wire-

were

By over the Great Wall and soc a conreturning transit to other coun- i military equipment of every possible :

ini passengers tries, 97,200 visitors on holiday, description, passing his carriage at 59,362 visitors

regular intervals of twelve minutes. business. 8,128 on

On one particular day he counted as other missions, 3,078 were seamen, members of foreign diplomatic and

many as 20 trucks laden with aero- admitted in connection"

plane spare parts, and at one station thousand flying officers and men

Tanks before his sentence to seven "AMAZINGLY IN LOVE" BUS concentrated there.

He said, in a whisper, pointing to along the line.

at different places years' penal servitude, wore also

Miss Collins's bedroom: "Lalla is ly She could not tell the story ing in there very weak and weeping Mr. Vanderbilt wn's struck by the prevalent lack of organisation and herself, for the surgeon who had her heart out. She keeps calling for ovident shortage of anti-alcard operated on her, Mr. Norrann

her husband. hands of Mr. V. Neals of the Far take off early this morning. The geen in Manchukup

They have, however, been keep- with what he had

Hare, had not long left the flat Ing in touch by telephone, They Sarp Aviation Company and an over- plane was overhauled by the same, seen hand was commenced which will be Company while it was in Hongkong the tremendous changes for the bet band could not relate it for he He was favourably impressed by after the operation, and her hus-

leased from Maidstone Gaol, dimpletak beface, the Hiars expect to an ita fight northi,

ter which had taken place in Rus-

"He was sentenced to 7 years, but good conduct and the fact that our plan, towns since his last visit in 1020. was in Paris,

The story was told by Mr. father is dangerously ill earned the Seymour Sidney Godfrey her King's clemency and a remission of

Europe and. Germany to England.

Immediately the plane landed at Hayterday it was put in the

pet Printed and Published for the Proprietors by: FREDERICK l'ency MANNGIN, AL 1 and 3, Wyndham Street in the City of Victoria

The people appeared to be much healthlar and batter

nourished, particularly the children.

are amazingly in love. He was re-

sentence.

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At 2.30, 5.20, 7.2009.20 p.m.

COLLEEN with DICK POWELL

SUNDAY 30th

A RUBY KEELER

“PETTICOAT FEVER" with

ROBERT MONTGOMERY, MYRNA LOY