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Thursday:

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 4, 1939.

KING'S EMPIRE Only 12 Men Know ALHAMBRA

TO-DAY ONLY

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

SMASHING

the SPY

Timolyl Dramatici

Al last the truth

about our socrat enemy...the ruth- leas foreign spy within our gates!

A Columbia Picture.

TO-MORROW

20th Century

Fox Picture.

RING

RALPH

BELLAMY FAY WRAY

SONJA HENIE - RICHARD GREENE in

"MY LUCKY STAR "

QUEENS

DAILY AT 2:30-5:15 -7-20 & 9:30 ·TEL.31453

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

MORE TERRIFYING than EVER

NEWS

INDIAN AGITATION

IN KENYA

MOMBASA.

Agitation over the recent Order in

Council, by which Indian subjects of Brita'n oro still excluded from setti-

ing in the Highlands of Kenya, ia increasing following the protest to

the Government of India,

How It Is Done

A GREAT experiment which is likely to guarantee for Britain complete petrol and oil supplies for her Air Force, Navy, and mechanised Army without the need for oil from abroad is now nearing a successful completion.

Government experts who have watched the experi- ment from its earliest stages are satisfied that the new process is practicable. Only 12 men know the secret.

They have checked every stage of in warships was secured, and lastly Propaganda is being prepared and the experiment, and so satisfied are a high-class petrol for use in acro- pamphlets printed in many languages, they that, on behalf of the Govern- plane engines.

German Ammunition An am ment, they have obtained an agree- The Governinent experts believe munition dump has been discovered ment for fret rights in the invention. that the new oll-from-coul process in the Runji Delta In Tanganylic. Up till now the closest secrecy has|will revolutionise military and onval It is stated that the arms were been muintained. All that is known strategy, since its possibilities include buried by the Germans at the end of is that the works where the experl- the abolition of the convoy system the Aghting there during the Great menta Fave taken place are in for ships bringing oll and petrol to War, and it is belloved that many North England-but not at Billing-Britain in time of war, similar dumps exist in Tanganyika, ham-on-Tees, where existing oll-

the whereabouts of which are known only to the Germans.

Czech in Mombasa,-- One result of the German occupation of Czecho- slovakin has been that many Czechs living in Mombasa have become German citizens. Although they have repeatedly attempted to Koin Drilish nationality, this has never been granted.

AUSTRALIA

from-coni plants are located.

Toledo To Enlarge Zoo

It is known, too, that the new process in radically different from any now in operation. It Is stated that fow-grade coal- from a commercial point of view practically unusable-will

Toledo, O. valuable

City come

the

council 3:08 appropriated material of new oil.

$33,100 for new construction at The first oll to be produced by the Toledo's zoo. The aquarium will be new process was a heavy grade completed anti a new botanical con- suitable for Diesel engines (used in servatory constructed with the money, most of which will be sponsor

AS

be-

raw

WOMEN'S SERVICE IN tanks and submarines).

Then a fuel all suitable for burning funds for WPA work.

WAR-TIME

The Minister for Defence, Brig, A. G. Street, states that, under the voluntary national register of women for service in time of war, there will be councils In each State for the re- gistration of women in clisses, according to age and qualifications.

The service that women will be ; enlied upon to undertake will include the provision of supplies for com- butants, organisation of hostels, rest homes, reading rooms and coffee stalls, entertainment, car driving, air raid precautions, censorship and in- terpreters' work.

SOUTH AFRICA

MANY FACTORIES TO MANUFACTURE ARMS

CAPE TOWN. Arrangements have been completed for the manufacture in bulk of both field artillery and ammunition by factories In South Africa. The

NEW WEIRD CHARACTERS .. NEW THRILLS! factories will be situated mainly on

THE HEART OF A HUMAN BATTLES THE MIND OF A MONSTER

in the Same Mant

Basil BATHBONE

Boris KARLOFF Bela LUCOSI

SON of CRANKENSTEIN

Lionel ATWILL

JOSEPHINE

HUTCHINSON

SATURDAY

DORMIE DUKASAN

Im Edgar Rive

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The Adventures of

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KING KONG

WIN BRUCE CABOT, RONT. ARMSTRONG.FAYWRAY

TO-MORROW & SATURDAY – 2 DAYS ONLY!

NOTHING LIKE IT EVER BEFORE ON THE SCREEN! "INSIDE THE FRENCH MAGINOT, LINE" Military Secrets Revealed For The FIRST Time ! SHOWING TOGETHER WITH

ROMANCE --GRADE AL........., when thịn millionaire milkisan Jalk for ile “servant" whore,tnine tops society's crinzióne líšiḥ

MAIDS NIGHT OUT

JOAN FONTAINE ALLAN LANE:

the Rand,

The various component parts will be turned out by different factories, and the assembling done by the Union Department of Defence.

Aid for British Cars.—The tale of British cars in South Africa will be greatly encouraged by a new system of rated duties, which, It is under- stood, will be introduced shortly.

LATE NEWS

Portia

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She Fell in Lovo with the Man She Tried to Trim!

With

Bion

CHEAT

JOAN FONTAINE - DERRICK do MARNEY

{RADIO

Pictural

Directed by Joseph Santity. Produced by Willion Sistrom, Screen play by Charles Kaufman, Paul Yawitz, Viale Brother Shore, Harry Segall,

TOMORROW

20th C. Fox Picture

WARNER BAXTER

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DEATH-DEFYING SKY HAWK OF THE AIR PATROL SWOOPING DOWN ON FLYING FELONS!

PIRATES THE SAXIES

KENT TAYLOR ROCHELLE HUDSON,

Marlon MARINE • Jamiat 1. MAKE Rigle THOMEY • Guiềm KCETRÆFICER

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ORIENTALE

FLEMING

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WANOHAS

LAST 4 TIMES TO DAY.

KARLOFF'S MOST AMAZING MYSTERY THRILLER I They couldn't capture him? They couldn't fight him. They couldn't oven sco this phantom killer, yet they feared they would be his next victim.

DEATH STRIKES FROM NOWHERE.......AND EVERYWHERE!

The INVISIBLE MENACE

Directed by John Farrow

BORISTÓ

KARLOFF

Marie Wilson · Eddie Craven

Screen Play by Crane Wilber » From the Play by Ralph Spencer Ziah » A WARNER BROS._Pickery.

TWO DAYS 'ONLY! TO-MORROW AND SATURDAY COMEDY ROMANCE FULL OF LAUGHTER AND THRILLS I An amusing story of a fascinating fomily who've been tossed out of the best places.

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A Gallant Lover

Turns Into a Fiend-

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Your Vory Eyes!

Adolan Zunor

presente

DI. JEKYLL AN

A

ME. HYDE

A Rouberi Mamoolian Production

FREDRIC - MINIARE

ADSI

MARCH-HOPKINS HOBART

Based upon the novel by Robert Louis

Stevehion • A Paramount Picture

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Too Many 'S's'·

Mure Island Navy Yard, Cal. The navy doesn't like to have the

Rival Anglers

Euroa, Australia. Twenty-two fishermen here

are

nes of ita ships cluttered up with inclined to suspect that fish have a too many S'B. As 11 consequence, sense of humour. They are members when the new United States sub-of two rival angling clubs and staged marine "Swordfish" is launched here, a flahing competition. But the only one of the 'S's" in its naine, U.S.S. fish caught was a 14-pound perch. "Swordfish," will be eliminated. Just The "lucky" contestant who caught at present, it is not known just what it not only won the match but was "S" will be deleted.

awarded the trophy for the biggest caich,

QUEEN GERALDINE

HONOUR FOR GENERAL

Istanbul, May 3.

London, May 3.-. and i and his sisters,

The King las' invested Major- King Zog Queen Geraldine and her baby have General Telfer Smollett, us Com arrived here with 70 leading panion of the Order of the Bath,— Albanians-Reuter.

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