1937-12-17 — Page 19

Your CHRISTMAS Records No

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Scratch Columbia Serabeh

Process RECORDS

DB550 to Hanthe, (Conelse Opera) DDSSS

DB321 to The Mikado, DD320

Columbin Light Opera Co. (Conelso Opera)

Columbia Light Opera Co,

DB380 to The Condoliers. (Concise Opera)

Columbia Light Opern Co.' ...Debroy Somers' Band.

Columbia Light Opera Co. .Stanley Holloway. Debroy Somers Band.

DD301

DX706

This England

DX040

Drury Lane Pantomime Memories

DX830

DX200

Albert comes back Paul Jones

DX540

DX005

DX084

DX540 DX214

Let's have a chorus ....Columbia Vocol Gem Co. Keeping up the old traditions..The Western Bros. 23 years of popular song .Columbia Vocal Gem Co. Drinks all round......Columble Vocal Gem Co. Auld Scots Songs. Medley.......The Maestros,

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY,

AEROPLANES New Republican

BOUND FOR HONGKONG

Awaiting Transfer

From Manila

Quantities of wor material, In. cluding crated aeroplanes, are lying on the wharves at Manilu, nwaiting allpment. When the N.Y.K. liner Kano Maru, which arrived in Hongkong on Wednesday, berthed in Manlin, Japanese officers aboard the ship displayed considerable curiosity nt the sight of the aeroplanes. The

aeroplanes are of American origin.

American aeroplanes are also being sent cast by way of Austraila. A

Flag Hoisted.

At Tientsin

Pelping, Dec, 17.

The new Republican flag was holstod over the Customs House at Tientsin yesterday. A semi- official Japanesʊ source prodicis a great revival of trado in Norths China bocause special trade wit now he liquidated.

The entire provisional govern- ment went by train to Tientsin yesterday to thank General Count Tersucht, Cominander-in- Chief in North China, for his help in establishing the new regime. ---Router.

Boeing ten-passenger machine reneli KING AND QUEEN

ex Sydney this month, aboard the Swedish steamer Roxen, from Sun

Francisco. The machine was landed IN MOTOR CAR shipped in a British skip bound COLLISION ·

at Sydney, where I will be tran-

north.

The machine is stated to be of the same type as that in which Col. Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborn, Americon fiers, finished third in the Mildenhall-Melbourne air race.

It has a maximum speed of 200 miles an hour, a cruising speed of 180, and is fitted with two 350 hp. Wasp engines.

CUBA TO GIVE LAND ITO POOR

Landon, Dec. 10.

When the King and Queen were returning from the theatre to-night, the royal car collided with a small privalo car in Trafalgar Square. Nobody was hurt and the damage caused was slight. The royal car proceedod after a few minutes-Reuter,

WHO IS "THE THIN MAN"?

(Continued from Page 6.) But, in essentials there was a thin man,

DECEMBER 17, 1937.

AMERICA BUYING SILVER

Interesting Market Position

London, Dec. 10. For the first time for several years America, after the fixing of the price to-day, asked that offers for forward silver be made to her. Later she sent over buying orders.

rokers are somewhat at a loss to understand America has suddenly turned buyer why for forward silver. Some suggest that the move is motivated by the extreme difficulty of obtaining cash silver, as most of the London stocks are now held against previous con- tracts,

The general opinion is that the step will do much to restore the equilibrium of the market. Although there has recently been

a heavy volume of short selling, some of the market authorities believe this has not yet offset the previous long in- terest, though should "bears" sud- denly decide to cover, and so long as they refuse to sell, an Interesting position might arise owing to scarcity of "free" stocks, especially as the total London stocks during the pust week are estimated to have fallen from 5lx lo four million ounces-Reuter,

so Hammett bought himself a typewriter.

When he could take time off from hunting for lost pearls and missing daughters, Hammett sat in front of his machine labori- ously tapping out stories.

You may note that Hammett's His early books were success- gangsters talk like gangsters, ful, but his most successful, and not like a Hollywood imita-"The Thin Man," was turned |tion.

down by one magazine editor,

Havana, Dec. 10. The Cuban Government has decided to distribute unoccupied Government land to 00.000 poor familles, each of

Hammett was a good detee- which will be given 33 neres.

tive, but he says he was prob- This is park of three-year cennomte plan and will make an ac-ably over-rated because of the ceptable Christmas present to the plausibility with which he could poor, as they will be allowed to de- explain away his failures. cupy the land Immediately-Reuter.

SHIPS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

The following ships are expected to be in wireless communicatiun with Hongkong radio-Willandra, Hellas, Kitano Maru, Bokuyo Maru, Tiseun hong. Behr, Empress of Canada. Coruiss City, Miuno Maru, Shinkyo Maru, President Pierce, Ferncastle, President Hoover, Tasman, Kwang tung. Szechuen, President McKinley and Anshun.

That discouraged Hammett, but another bought it, boosted it as the greatest American crime story ever written.

Hammett still writes slowly. It takes him a whole evening to write a thousand words, but he never has to rewrite.

HOWEVER, Hammett found detection a bit monotonous, says the case of Perhaps that is why the Roscoe ("Fatty") Arbuckle was American critics say that Das- the only one that relieved it.

hiell Hammett's are the only "That was the funniest case detective stories that are Iltera- I ever worked on," said Ham-ture as well as entertainment. mett in one of his rare state. Well, there is certainly no ments about his 'work.

doubt about them as entertain- ment.

In trying to convict Arbuckle, everybody tried to blame every- body else. It became tedious,

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WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU ALL ???.

I mean it's a bit 'ard? Here we are nearly killing ourselves to give you a decent Show.... AND WHAT HAPPENS? You just smile kindly and forget all about it. Go NOW and book some sents; you won't be sorry-and we'll be very glad. After all, its in a good cause, Bo come and see us in

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