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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1938.

KING'S WOMEN LACK NERVE QUEENS & ALHAMBRA

SHOWING TO-DAY

WOITA RIOT!

WOTTA LIFE

formation, hitht() & m

The Com

*

AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 P.M.

WOTTA LAFFAPALOOZAJ

THE WORLD'S NEWEST FUN

・mated it, that par

(Ken

Nie

Ham Paters

FAVORITES IN THEID A F FIRST STARRING LAUGH O

SENSATIONI

the monti

The RITZ BROTHERS LIFE BEGINS

NEXT CHANGE

Columbia

DAILY AT

2:30

5:20

720

920

IN COLLEGE

DAN DAVIS

ARTIN

Madeleine Carroll - Francis Lederer in

“IT'S ALL YOURS "

HANKOW ROAD KOWLOON] TEL

ISTARE

57795

• FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

WARNER OLAND vs. BORIS KARLOFF

in the greatest mystery picture of their career

"CHARLIE CHAN

at the OPERA”

with

KEY LUKE

CHARLOTTE HENRY

THOMAS BECK MARGARET IRVING

A 20th Century Fox Picture.

FOR BILLIARDS

Male Critic Says

So After

60

Years of Watching

IN

Na silence so tense that the click of the billiard balls resounded like miniature thunder claps, Heats 1, 2 and 6 of the Women's Amateur Billiards Championship were played out at 19, Soho Square,`recently.

"That's the handicap of, women players-nerves," commented Mr. J. O. Clayton, of Kensington, who has followed billiard matches in London for 60 years,

As he whispered this to a press representative the chair- man held up a silencing tinger, und the conversation was continued outside.-

TELEVISION

Mr. Clayton, a retired Master-nt- Arms, has hundreds of notebooks of billiards records, and has kept especially close observation on wo men players.

"The ladies have le Idea of position," he said, "and rarely con sider what they leave for the next. shot,"

That was his pollte way of saying! women do not use their heads.

MORE TIME TO PRACTISE "Women should be belter players; thal men because they have so much more time to practice," said 18-year- old Alan Morland-Smith, of Bourne- mouth, whose mother, Mrs. E. Mor-

IN NEW FILM

JEANETTE MACDONALD as she will appear in her new fim, now ju course of production.

BALL ABOARD MAN-O'-WAR

Macao, Jon. 23.

Despite the piercing cold yesterday

HONG KONG

AT 2:30-515 7·20-930PM

KOWLOON

AT 230 520-720 & 9:30 PM.

LAST TWO DAYS - FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY,

STEVENSON'S GREATEST SOUTH BEAS ROMANCE como to the screen in

Technicolor

EBB TIDE

OSCAR HOMOLKA

FRANCES FARMER RAY LLOYD NOLAN, BARRY T

FALUCIEN HUBBARD

WEDNESDAY

At The QUEEN'S "Marked Woman" vs. "Little Caesar"

“KID GALAHAD”

Starring

TO-MORROW

At The ALHAMBRA From Shadow-boxing to Blonde-fighting

"SOME BLONDES ARE DANGEROUS"

with

Bette Davis. Ed. G. Robinson Noah Beory, jr. - Dorothea Kont

4 w

DAILY

1.30-5.18

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TAKE ANY THAN OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS

RIENTAL

PLEMING

ROAD

WANCHA

TELL BOSTE

Tand-Smith, won Heat 6 by 250-238 evening, a very successful ball toolt LAST 4 TIMES TO DA

from Miss Sadie Isaacs, of Man-

chester,

Mrs. Morland-Smith is one of Ave billiards-playing sisters who have played against each other for 30 years.

Her sister, Mrs. Kirby, of Bourne- monda, fost heat two to Mrs. Pattullo, of London. She was 90 behind a one time, and was beaten by 10.

"COCKY YOUNG MEN" Miss Isaacs is the only woman the younger generation among the 10 cantestants,

She

Bald. with

began playing. she because she became "fed up The world's most powerful tele-the cocky young men" who used to vidon station has been erected at play on her father's billiards table Brocken, In the Harz mountains.¦and made up her mind to take them

down a bit," Into thows the new station.

"NEW FACES OF 1937" No Mediation

TO.

MORROW

Joe Ponner

• SHOWS

DAILY

-330 -1.20.

720.9.30

Milton Bello - Harriet Hilliard

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN

ROAD KOWLOON-

TEL 57222

(MATINEES: 20‹-3Dɛ † EVENINGS, 20.-30.50€70.

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW ℗

KISSED BY A LOVELY SPOOKI

And then this timid soul

went to town! 90 Minutos

| of Brand-Now Laughs!

SE E

Lovely Con

+

Metro Cobyn

Mayta

DETYRA

HAL ROACH prosents

CONSTANCE

·

CAAY

BENNETT GRANT TOPPER

with Roland YOUNG-Blillo BURKE

(as Mr. and Mrs.)

Alon MOWBRAY Eugene PALLETTI Directed by NORMAN Z. MCLEOD Atenciate Produaye Milben H. Bran

THE CAYEST SPOOKS YOU EVER SAW !

Also

NEWS

OF THE

DAY

TUESDAY, ONE DAY ONLY ! RETURN OF AN "OLD FAVOURITE" ! EL BRENDEL

"JUST IMAGINE" MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN, in

A Fox Picture

CANTON AGENTS

for the

Hongkong Telegraph

WM. FARMER & CO. Victoria Hotel Building. Shameen, Canton,

Tél. 13501.

Acceptable

Tokyo, Jan. 24,

"For some unknown reason We can't persuade young women to follow on with billlards" cald MIlss G. M. Burton, of Landon, an at- tractive while-haired woman who won the first heat.

place on board the stoop Bartholo-

mew Dias, the large and distinguish-DOUBLE ATTRACTION! TWO SHOWS IN ONE! ed company present being the guests RADIO'S FOREMOST singing comediaN ON THE SCREEN !

of Commander Francisco L. Rebello

and other officers of the Portuguese SPECIAL VAUDEVILLE. ENTERTAINMENT ON THE STAGE!

man-of-war.

The guests included His Excellency Dr. A. Tomagnini Barbosa, Governor ol Macao, Dr. C. Sampaio, Colonial

L-Cot Joel Vieira and Mme. Vieira, Secretary, und Madame Sampaio,

Comm. Samuel Vielen, Harbour Ma8. ter, and Mme. Vieira, Dr. Miranda, Chief Judge, and Aime. Miranda, Dr. Brito Chaves, Chief of Health Dept., General Temudo de Vera, Mme. die Mme. Brito Chaves, Brig.-

Vera and daughter, Mr. F. J. Gellion, British Vice-Consul for Macao, and Mrs. Gellion, many important per- conages of the civil services and their wives, military and unval officers in- cluding the Commander and offlecrs of the stoop Goncalo Velho, und several British residents,

She played her first match as the only woman competitor in an open; billiards handicap at a railway siding SPEAKS ON ART AND RELIGION at Elaples during the war.

"WONDERFUL GAME"

Slamming the door shut to third pay mearation In the Sino-Japanese! "Its a wonderful game for wo- conflict, Japanese Government lea- men, she declared, "and all it takes ders have published the four cardinal is good nerve, a good eye and per- points of the nation's future China istener. What policy. These are:

E lacking among our girls to-day? Is it good nerve?"

1-Japan wilf nut deal with the Nationalist Government under any circumstances,

2--Japan may still declare war on China to stop foreign arinis shilp- ments.

3.-Japan will net as EL foster parent to the North China Act- ministration.

4.—There is absolutely no possibl- lity whatever of third party medintion.

This declaration of policy is generally regarded as tantamount to the assertion that Japan, and Japan alone, would settle the Sino-Japanese condict, and was made by the Pre- mier, Prince Konoge and the Foreign Minister, Mr. Koki Hirota, in reply to Interpellations at

first the plenary session of the reconvened

Diet-Reuter.

LIU HSIANG'S SUCCESSOR

Most Reverend Father E, S. Gillet, Master-General of the Dominican "Order, will deliver a lecture in French on Art and Religion at the University of Hongkong (Room K) on Tuesday, January 25 at 5 p.m. This lecture is open to the public.

STOP PRESS NEWS

HIGH HONOURS FOR GENERAL LIU HSIANG

AIR RAID NEAR CANTON CITY

.Canton, Jan. 24.

Mr.

KENNY

Dodd Takes the

FRANK!

MACE

ICHAEL

AKERI

ON THE STAGE ÁT ALL PERFORMANCES

2

DAYS ONLY

VOLSKY'S

MIDNIGHT

FOLLIES

TO-MORROW and WEDNESDAY

AGAIN WE OFFER TWO SHOWS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE I

ON THE SCREEN

A GREAT COMEDY SHOW THAT'S A RIOT OF LAUGHTER !

SPECIAL

A foreigner phoned Rester's office Chungking, later. from Saichuen, an industrial district In its manifesto, paying tribute to in north-west Canton, to say that the late General Liu Hslang, the five bombs had just been dropped a National Government observed: "He few miles to the north but the no actively, supported plans for the uni- detalls of their effect were available. fication of the country. Recently he: No planes were seen owing to the was ordered to resist the enemy and duli and overeast weather, but the be personally led his troops to the roar of engines was distinctly audi- front, and spared no effort in revis-ble as they passed over. ing milliary plans."

The Government has ordered that also bombed yesterday afternoon, but SHOW cral, first

on dimeult to ascertain with what objec- grade, be conferred General Liu Hisiang and that the sum, tive. Despite Intensive bombing of of $10,000 be

be appropriated for his the Canton-Hankow rollway, the funeral expenses.

trains are sill leaving for Hankow, General Ho Chien, Minister of the all crowded with passengers-lieu-

has been despatched Interior,

The country north of Saichuen was STAGE Chang Chun New Ruler the posthumous honour of full Gen-¡ with the exceptian of the arsenal it le

Of Szechuan

be

ter,

to

- Here's a pleture with a meaningless title that ranks with the, best comedies of the year with 20 stars.

THIS WAY

PLEASE

CHARLES "Buddy" ROGERS BETTY, GRABLE HID SPARKS FIBBER MCGEE and MOLLY Peter Half Lee Bowman Ceri Cunningham • Rama Vincent.

and MARY: LIVINGSTONE

MIDNIGHT FOLLIES TWO

LAST

DAYS Presenting an entire change of programme, everything new. MATINEES: 20cH30ch❤ EVENINGS: 20-30c-50c70di

Master Gunner EUROPEAN

DIES OF Succumbs

SMALL POX

Allegedly Infected In Canton

Chungking, Jan. 24. A mandate issued by the National attend the funeral on behalf of the Government appolats General Chang Government, and a liberal and com- Aftoirs, lo Chun, former Minister for Foreign passionate grant. has been made by

CHINESE OCCUPY Chairman of the the Executive Yuan to General Liu

HILLS NEAR WUHU Provincial Government Szechuan, In succession to the late General fusing's family. A copy of his blo- Helang.

graphy has been presented to the

Tunchi, Cheklang, Jan. 24. Institute for inclusion in the com- force, Chinese Infantry in a fresh 11ospital, Bowen Road, on Saturday Effectively supported by the alf" The death occurred at the Military General Chang Chun is a member ilation of a national history so as assault on Waher yesterday occupied morning, of Master-Gunner H. C of the Central Executive Commilice, to manifest the Government's recog, poveral hills overlooking the city, in Hole, R., who succumbed to double vice-President of the Executive Yuan, nition of his loyalty.--Reuter. Secretary-General of the Military

pneumonia after a week's illness. Affairs Commission and Secretary-

A comparatively young man, the lale Master Gunner Hole General of the Central Political

rapidly through the ranks, and was First Euroocan victim of the small- Committee. He was nt and time

highly regarded by his offleers and pox epidemic which has resulted in Mayor of Shanghai, and is a native

the men of the Bih. Battery, R.A., to more than 50 Chinese deaths this of Szechuan.

which he was attached. He leaves a year, Mr. G. J. Bartlett, 28, died in widow and two children, to whom the Kennedy Town infectious diseases much sympathy is extended.

Hospital yesterday. The case, hoW- ever, was imported. Infected there, for he came to Hong- A native of Cheltenham, Kent, Mr. kong on January 8 and was edmilted) Bartlett came to the Buri- last year: to hospital shortly afterwards. and went to Canion, where, It is: The funeral will tako place to-day { understood, he was engaged in assem»“ at the Colonial Cemetery, - Stubb's} bling aeroplanes for the Chinezo Fond entrance, at 4.30 p.m.

| Governmejit. Ha` probably became.

The National Government 1108 issued a mandale Commending the late General Liu Hslang for [16 "profound knowledge

and

noblo character". It says that in his carly lits ho served in the army and ren- dered remarkable services for the maintenance of local peace and order, and in the discharge of his duties ná Governor of Szechuan he fully proved his competence.--Reuter,

cluding Palmashan and Takushan.

Chinese aircraft have been specially active bombing Japanese positions at Lukang, Hrunnchens and other points In the vicinity of Wuhu,

More than 20 Japanese troops he- longing to the Fuda regiment were alain at Yuchlachong, ten kilometres north of Hsuancheng, in a surprise attack by Chinese guerilla forces yesterday morning-Central News

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