1939-04-13 — Page 24

12.

KING S

TO-DAY ONLY !

AT 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.30 PM... HEAVEN HELP THE HILLS I

•WHEN THEY GO HILLBILLY,

Thin

Ritz Brothers

KENTUCKY MOONSHINE

A 20th Contury-Fox Picture with

TONY

MARJORIE

MARTIN-WEAVER

ALSO~~-

Adventure of Camera Thrills

LAUGH-DAFFY!

• SWEETHEART-Y!\ SWING-HAPPY1

...with Pollack & Mitchell's newest

"MOTOR MANIACS and swellest tunes!

TO-MORROW

United Artists

FREDRIC MARCH -

JOAN BENNETT in

-" TRADE WINDS

SUEEN'S

DAILY AT 2:30:515·7·20 & 9:30 ·TEL. 31453

SHOWING TO-DAY

TWO GREAT CHARACTER ACTORS TEAMED in a screonful of laughter, tears & heart-throbs!

"ME AND YOU...

ARE THROUGHI Who'd Want An Old Tramp

Like You...For A Pop!"

WALLACE

BEERY ROONEY

STABLEMATES

-A BAM. WOOD PRODUCTION Barren Plavby Léonatih Passkinni Ploduced UVAHAERY: RAJ

● NEXT CHANGE ✪ "THE SHINING HOUR"

Joan Crawford - Margaret Sullavan - Melvyn Douglas ·

4 SHOWS

DAILY

1.30 -6 20 220.9.20

MAJESTIC

THEATRE

NATHAN

ROAD KOWLOON TEL. 57722

(MATINEES: 20€-30%.° EVENINGS: 20«-30er 50-70 **

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

THE THRILLING LIFE-STORY OF THE FAMOUS WOMAN-SPY!

DITA PARLO ON LODER

ERICH

VON STROHE

MADEMOISELLE DOCTEUR

with CLAIRE LUGE

* MAS SCHACHYB

TO-MORROW & SATURDAY

A GRIPPING GANGSTER: DRAMA FULL OF THRILLS!

CEORGE BRENT

HUMPHREY BOCART " RACKET BUSTERS"

Warner Bros. Thriller

Printed and Published for the Propitiators by FaxDERICK PERCY FRÄNKINI. at 1 and, 3. Wyndham Street in the City of Victoris, Hongkong.;

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Gold Flows Tol United States

Record Movements Since Czech Crisis

BRITISH CREDIT TO CHINA Another £3,000,000

Earmarked

NEW YORK, Apr. 12. GOLD IMPORTS to tho United States during March

LONDON, Apr. 12. amounted to U.S.$805,000,000,

BRITAIN HAS earmark- which are the largest since the Czech crisis last autumn, accord-ed a new three million

Board.

--

April 13, 1939,

New Belgian ALHAMBRA

Cabinet To Be Formed

Brussels, April -19.

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

It is announced that the Govern Surpassing Her SABLE CICADA Performance !

taken ment has

various military reasures to ensure the security of [the country. Certain unity of specialista have been called up for this purpose..

+

M. Pierlot has been charged by the King with the task of forming

a new Government.

Ing to the Federal Reserve sterling credit to China. The King had an hour's talk at It will be drawn from the the Palace this evening with mem- bors of the Caiholle, Liberal and The total comprised $250,000,000 from Britain; $27,000,000 from £10,000,000 special fund Socialist Parties. Holland $37,000,000 from Belgium, which Parliament placed at the King had explained to the meet- M Pierlot afterwards stated that $8,000,000 from Switzerland, and $11,000,000 from Japan.

the disposal of the Exporting "certain principles on which the The United States postal authorities Credit Department last future Government should base its

have

"lagued an order prohibiting.gold imports by mall'·or

post in month.

amounts exceeding $50. The ordor

-in effective Immediately, but-It does Thus the total British. aid to

programme."-Reuter Special.

not affect shipments en routs in the China since the New Year U.S. Makes Big

United

Gold From Africa

CAPE TOWN, Apr. 12-It was offelally revealed to-day that gold to the value of £1,500,000 has been shipped to London during the past week.

This is the first large-scale ship- ment of gold from the Union since Tast August.

KING VICTOR "OFFERED" CROWN. OF ALBANIA

(Continued from Page 1)

through Tripoll despite official pre- cautions, and have aroused on under- current of hostility towards, the Itailan Government.

Travellers also state that a decree granting partial Italian nationality to all Tripoli Mostems who ask for it, has not met with expected succesą, as only a few officials have applied for it-Reuter,

Algerian Protests

Algiers, Apr. 12. Mostems are holding mass meetings in almost every important town and

village in Algerla, protesting against. Italian invasion of Albania,

Those attending are taking an oath to "avenge the insult to Islam sooner or later."Reuter,

Italians Snubbed

Beirut, Apr. 12.

The Syrian Government has refused to receive the Italian delegation | travelling to Iran, according to despatches received from Damascus, į which add that the Syrian Govern- ment expressly bases its refusal on the latest developments in the Balkans Trans-Ocean,

Round The World

By Aeroplane

NEW YORK, Apr. 12. United Air Lines reported to-day that arrangements have been com- pleted for the issuing of round-the- world air tickets at a cost of US$1,800 for the entire trip.

The scheme will commence as soon Da Pan American Airways and Im- perlai Airways commence their ser- vices across the Atlantic in June....

amounts to £8,500,000,-United Preas..

This is In addition to the £10,000,-

stabilisation at China's; 000 for

currency.

The

Arms Sales

Washington, Apr. 12.

The Department of State to-day disclosed that Britain and France during the first three months of this year obtained licences to purchase more than twenty-four million dollars worth of American wer materials.

Of this total more than twenty tonillion dollars were for military air- motors and accessories.— United Press,

How Credits Will Be Placed

London, Apr. 12. Negotiations are near completion to place £1,000,000 in Chinese orders for British machinery and tools, which are believed to include war equip- ment.

will be used money quarantee repayment to British in-planes, dustries for supplying goods to China.

It is understood that the remaining: £7,000,000 is also being placed for credits in view of political, as well as commercial interests,

Rumania has been allotted £1,500,-

£1,000,000 Irng 000,

and Egypt £1,000,000 credit-United Press.

Queen Geraldine

Visitor Robbed At Hotel

Out Of Danger vaccination certificate.

Athens, Apr. 12. Queen Geraldine, wife of King Zog of Albania, was reported to-night to be out of danger".

She is suffering from puerperal fever-Reuter.

A petty thief, operating at the Peninsula Hotel, has left a visitor to Hongkong stranded, having stolen his wallet which not only contained a tair sum of money, but a P. and 0. ticket to Singapore, together with a

The victim is a

sa Mr. H. H. Bell, who, in his report to the police, stated that he discovered the theft at 11.40 last night. He found that his wallet with its contents, the total value of which was $488, had been stolen from him.

TAKE ANY TRAM OR HAPPY VALLEY BUS

CATHAY

Dally at 280, 5.15, 720 ▲ 9.30 PM. WANCHAI ROAD, WANCHA1. TEL. 26558

TO-DAY ONLY-LAST FOUR SHOWS !

*

A HEARTCRY FROM THE DEPTHS OF A WORLD OF FORGOTTEN SOULSI: A SENSATIONAL DRAMA THAT DARES TO REVEAL THE INSIDE SECRETS OF A PRISON FOR WOMEN 1

CONDEMNED WOMEN

with

SALLY EILERS LOUIS HAYWARD.

ANNE SHIRLEY. EKO-EADIO PICTURE

Passengers will fly to Europe by TO-MORROW & SATURDAY

planes of either service and will fly from Europe to Hongkong by British planes. In Hongkong, they will con- nect with the trans-Pacific Clippers. which will take them to Son

Francisco. They will cross • the American continent by United Air Line planes.

The flight around the world will be completed in fourteen days, which will include eleven overnight hops.

MR. OSCAR DE OXHOLM, the Danish Minister to China, left Shanghal for Denmark via Siberia yesterday on furlough....

— 2 DAYS ONLY!

VIVACIOU Lady

ataralag

GINGER ROGERS JAMESSTEWART

LA GEORGE STEVENS PRODUCTION,

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GORDON'S

SHOES

ARE ALWAYS DISTINCTIVELY SMART PLEASING TO THE

EYE, AND ABOVE ALL, INVOKE EXPRESSIONS OF COMPLETE SATIS FACTION

NEW STYLES

NOW BEING DISPLAYED

GORDON'S

THE HOUSE OF

FASHIONABLE FOOTWEAR

VIOLET

KOO

in The Spectacular

Historical Romance

THE DRAMATIC

Empress WU CHEH TIEN

· AND THRILLING TALE OF CHINA'S ONLY WOMAN

RULER

Thousands in the Cast ! : With English Subtitlos

· SATURDAY

BASIL RATHBONE - BORIS KARLOFF - BELA LUGOSI in "SON OF FRANKENSTEIN”

HANKOW ROAD KOWLOON

TISTARE

720

920

TO-DAY ONLY

GA-GA SAGA OF GAGS AND GAISI,

JOE E.

BROWN Wide Open Faces

TO- MORROW

* SHOWS

OLY

735-4.30

COLUMBIA PICTURE

Presented by

David to torEW

NAUGHTY MARIETTA

„TRES ANY THAN OR HAPPY VALLEY BUR.

ORIENTALE

FLEMING

ROAD

-BANDHA-

TEL, BOITE

LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY•

ON THE SCREEN

"A COMEDY ROMANCE WITH LAUGHTER AND THRILLS I

See this girl with a hard-bolled past who married

a nilive soldier bay on the eve of his departure.

HIS DREAM GIRL ...WAS A BROADWAY SHOPWORN ANGELI-

How Triumph for the Sweethead

" Covers des

ON THE STAGE

THE MAN

OF THE

HOUR

Clares

Marganel SULLAVAN STEWART

The Shopworn Anqɛl

Mouq doldria Mayei cons

wik WALTER PIDGEON Directrił by l

ARGUS

THE TALK

OF THE -TOWN

THE WORLD'S MOST SENSATIONAL-MYSTERY, MAN **

DOCTORS, LAWYERS, PROFESSORS-

all dumbfounded by his, amazing

gift of second sight, -

•WHILE BLINDFOLDED: he will describe any articlo and answer wrillen questions. THINK OF A MUSICAL SELECTION he will play it on the plane. YOU CAN'T PUZZLE HIM,

knows all, sees all, tells all, a_man with a thousand eyes

‚DON'T FAIL TO SEE THIS MARVELLOUS SCIENTIFIC EXHIBITION! SHOWING ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY LOVE GOES ON AN INTERNATIONAL JOY-SPREE I

AY IT IN

OLYMPE BRADNA

French BAY WILLAND ARGUS

HELD OVER

FOR TWO

MORE DAYS

THE SENSATION

OF HONG KON

● MATINEES: 20c..30e ☛ EVENINGS: 20c-30%.-50c.-70