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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

JULY WEDNESDAY,

7;

1937.

AIR-CONDITIONED THEATREN

SHOWING TO-DAY

AT 2.30, 5:10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

“I'M TOO OLD TO GO CROOKED,

BUT I'M NOT TOO OLD TO FIGHT!”

A pesos-loving man... but when "the mob"alandered his daughter...be moved Into action! Drama as American..... and»' Drilling... "Yankee Doodle"...with the grand state of "Ahl Wilderness” brought gloriously together again!

A Family Affair

NEXT CHANGE

M. C. M. Picturo

in

DRILY

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LIONEL BARRYMORE

Cicilia

Eric

PARKER·LINDEN

MICKEY

ورا

CHARLEY

ROONEY GRAPEWIN LUCIEN HUBBARD ME SAMUEL MARX

ALSO.

COLOURED TRAVEL TALK "BEAUTIFUL BAUFF AND LAKE LOUISE" Robert Montgomery - Rosalind Russell

“NIGHT MUST FALL"

TAKE AND TRAK ON HAPPY VALLEY BUS

ORIENTAL

THEATRE.

FLEMING ROAD

WANCHAL

TEA

13472

-2BAY TO-DAY • TO-MORROW•

ONLY

YOU'LL GET THE THRILL OF YOUR LIFE

from Jack London's famous story of the farmer boy who knocked out the champion only to be K.O.ed by a pretty school marm! THE TERROR OF THE LUMBERJACK — A TEACHER'S PET !

CONFLICT

JACK_LONDON'S EXCITING

NOVELI

"The Abysmal Bruto“

Starring

JOHN WAYNE JEAN ROGERS

WARD BOND, TOMMY SUPP, BRYANT WASHBUÂN, FRANK SHERIDAN, NAERY WOOD. MARGALIT HANN

FRI.

SAT.

" LET'S MAKE A MILLION !

21

A screaming comedy with EDWARD EVERETT HORTON and

- the funny “PIXILATED SISTERS...

MATINEES: 20c.-30c • EVENINGS: 20c.-30c.-50c-70c.

• SHOWS

DAILY

230-8.20

7209.30

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN

ROAD KOWLOON

YGL 57222

(MATINEES: 20.-30. EVENINGS: 20.-30:50x70

TO-DAY, ONE DAY ONLY!

A DARING, WITTY STORY WITH DOZENS OF ROMANTIC

The screen'a most beautiful

women in love

with the dashing

Bengal Lancor'

THRILLS!

MARLENE

DIETRICH

GARY

COOPER

Desire"

A Paramoun! Pieters with Jobs Halliday William Frawley + Directed by Frank Tor- *Kayu • From a comedy by Mana'Siskaly and R. A. Blommius Produced under the Poval Superviados of Erant Labilach.

TO-MORROW AND FRIDAY

THE KING OF ACTORS IN A ROLLICKING COMEDY ! GEORGE ARLISS in “THE KING'S VACATION” A Warner Bros. Picture

COUNT THE

"TELEGRAPHS”

EVERYWHERE

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The Private Life Of ALHAMBRA

Sir Isaac Newton

His Own

Notebook

Tells of

Losses at Cards

LIMPSES into the private life at Cambridge of Sir Isaac Newton, who discovered the law of gravita- tion, appear in a notebook in his handwriting which has been bought by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

The book, which has 34 pages, gives details of Sir Isaac's expenses as an undergraduate between May, 1665, and April, 1669,

One entry reads: "At ye taverne severall other times, &c., £1.0.0. The figure appears to have been altered from a lesser) total,

FUEL FOR NAVY Adequate Reserves

It is understood that among the many questions relating to Imperial defence which were discussed at the Imperial Conference was that of fuel for the Navy.

this

The Admiralty's views on subject are well known. On the basis of unrivalled experience and covers both the knowledge which

technical and strategie aspects-the latter including supplies in war time-it has set its face against a return to coal, and at the same time has rejected the alternative proposal to adopt the system of dual Ariog for warships.

That very large reserves of oil for the Navy's use have been accumul- ated in recent years, and are con- stantly being added to, is no secret. There is good reason to believe that the heaviest war time demands could be met over

a long period from exlating stocks,

Further, the arrangements made for securing a steady inflow of oil from abroad would, It is confidently believed, prove reasonably safe und adequate in all emergencies.

Perhaps the famous under- graduate's conscience won!

A little lower down the page we see that he spent only 9. Bd. on "Philosophical Intelligencics,"

A pair of "shoes" cost him 43., but he seems to have thought better of Ed on "ahoo expenditure af birings," which has been crassed out. "KEEPING CHRISTMAS"

an

"To the laylor" for his winter suit in October, 1007, was pald £2 13s.; his summer suit, in June of the same year, was cheaper-£1. 35, 10d.

дя

"For keeping. Christmas," ke allowed but 5s, though the next entry shows that he "ost al cards" 15%

The book was no doubt intended

a corrective to the great man's absentmindedness, which is said once to have led him to boil his watch in saucepan while he held an egg in his hand to time it by.

The relie was one of the Newton papers belonging to Lord Lymington, and was bought for the museum with the aid of a contribution from Sir Thomas Barlow, of Trinity College.

Adventures Of A War Bible

London.

The young Crown Prince Michael of Rumania who is visiting Poland, Is scen greeting the Polish Youth or Ranisations during a march-past ar-

ranged in his honour.

Rabies In

England

But Dog Is Dead

A

Case of rabies, mad-dog disease which caused the muzzling of 300,000

dogs in England eighteen years ago, has occurred in Middlesex. The dog con- cerned-a bull terrier-is dend, so there can be no danger

disease spreading.

of the

The dog had been Jackal-hunting In British Somaliland, and was re- cently brought to this country by an army officer-who has taken special precautions, as he was licked by the dog a few days before it died.

A young Bavarian soldier found an English Bible among the dead after a battle near La Bassee, France. He put it away and forgot it. Recently he opened it for the first time and read on the fly-leaf "Private Sydney Robinson, 27, Pasture Road, Barton on Humber. To Sydney from his sister Dorothy. The British Legion quarantine in approved Ministry of is now engaged in finding Robinson's relatives,

When the disease developed the dog was undergoing six months'

Agriculture kennels.

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•

"THE CORONATION OF KING GEORGE VI”

in Superb Technicolour

•

TO-MORROW.......

KATHARINE HEPBURN - 71 FRANCHOT TONE

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HANKOW ROAD KOWLOON

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HERBERT MARSHALL - ANNE SHIRLEY. ·

MAKEWAY FOR LADY

with

GERTRUDE MICHAEL MARGOT GRAHAME #KO-RADIO PICTURE

Directed by David Burton Associate producer, Zion Myers.

TO. MORROW

GRACE MOORE - FRANCHOT TONE in "THE KING STEPS OUT"

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