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EAGER

ONE OF THE

in love

10 BEST PICTURES,

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BRAVE

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Directed by

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PANNIB HURST'S masterpiece becomes the most beloved picture of the year!

Four Daughters

*** PRISCILLA LANB - ROSEMARY LANB LOLA LANI • GALB PAGE-CLAUDE RAINS JOHN GARFIELD - JEFFREY LYNN 'DICK FORAN Freak McHugh May Robson

ALSO

Cartoon in Technicolour "THE WOODS ARE

FULL OF CUCKOOS"

Monday,

HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH

June 5, 1939.

Clipper Turns British Parents ask "Where

Back

Mechanical Dofoct After Take-Off

Are Gas Helmets ?”

THREE million children under five years of age are the only section of the population in England now with- out respirator protection against bomb gas,

Port Washington, June 3. The Yankee Clipper developed some trouble with her automatic Parents are becoming restive. They are asking local authori pilot gear after taking off for Europe ties throughout the country when they can expect provision of to-day. She turned back to her the newly-devised gas helmets for babies under two and the special base, but did not land there, being respirators for children between two and five, which were pro-1

advised to continue to Baltimore,

where the necessary repairs will be mised two months ago. effected. It is expected that her fight will be delayed 24 hours and that she will afterwards fly direct to

the Azores.

Meanwhile the Atlantle Clipper landed here at 8.42 am. having com- picted her second round trip without incident.-United Press,

The Government have placed contracts for 1,400,000 babies' gas helmots and 1,300,000. infants' respirators, which are to bej mass-produced.

In the first batch are likely to be issued early in the summer- but the Civil Defence Depart- ment controlled by Sir John An- derson could give on official ns- surance.

Ensign Air Liners

London, June 3. The first of the Armstrong Whit- worth Enslin air liners fitted with

The official answer was: "The Improved Tiger engines will be de- new types of masks for very livered to Imperial Airways next young children are being made week and it is expected at the re-by a process which takes time, maining thirteen Ensigns will be

of one a week.

subsequently delivered at the rate but they will eventually become available in immense quantities. These aircraft, in which the con- It is largely a question of as- trols have been nude to work moresembling component parts.

INSTRUCTION MASKS

casily, will now have at their ser- vice extra 220 horse power for the take off. This represents an in- "The first issues will be needed for crease of nearly 7 per cent. on the training purposes. They will be sent old rating of Tiger engines and to local authorities for the Instruction should improve both the fake-off of A.K.P. wardens, health visitors, run and the angle of climb. It is and others who will, of course, need roposed to try the America weight to show parents how the apparatus

engine in the same aircraft. should be fitted." ADOLPHE MENJOU in

It is understood that an order for a The gas helmets for babies, demon- THE OF

substantial TURF"

number of

Cyclone strated in London recently, some engines will be placed soon by Imewhat resemble diving helmets with Dolores Costello, Roger Daniel, Walter Abel perial Airways.

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“YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE” MICKEY ROONEY → LEWIS STONE - CECILIA PARKER A Motro-Goldwyn-Mayör Picture,

Promotion Announced

Pan American Airways Company on Saturday announced the promo-

appearance, with a bellows-like ot- tachment which supplies the baby with a constant supply of alr.

LATE NEWS

Portuguese Youth Fined

A 17-years-old Portuguese student was fined $10 at the Kowloon Magis-

tion of Mr. M. L. Lessner, formerly Army's Only Beard racy this morning for driving a car

local airport clerk, to the position of Operation Representative at Hong- kang. Mr. Lessner, who-hus with Pun American Airways Com-

been

Goes On Parade

without a licence,

"Defendant's bad driving drew my attention to the car," sald Inspector Chiu, in outlining the case for the Traffic Department.

pany for almost seven years and was WHAT must be the only beard previously stationed in Shanghai, in the British Army was on The youth, said Inspector Chiu has been In Hongkong for the past

Lwo

and, unless

was under the age at which a licence

years, and is well known in parade recently local aviation circles. His promotion Army regulations are officially could be granted. He was not ne- invoked, will be on parade for companied by a leensed driver when many days to come.

is recognition of efficient service, as well an indication of the increas- ing Importance of Hongkong as Pan American Airways' Oriental terminus. Mr. Jolin Leslie, Operations Manager of Pan American Airways Pacific Division, authorized the pro- motion during bis. recent visit to Hongkong

It belongs to Riflemon Vivian C. Boyle, 35-years-old recruit of the Landon Irish Rites, who lives in Red- cifte-gardens, Kensington, S.W.

In the drizzling uke of York's rain Territorial re- cruits paraded af

Chelsea, Barracks, N.CO. was sent to find Indian Ocean Route

At once on out what the King's Regulations had London, June 4.

about beards. to, say A survey flight on the alternative

He discovered they laid down that route from Australlu to England via The hair of the head will be kept the Indian Ocean and Africa began short. The chin and under-lip will to-day from Port Darwin. The Arst

shaved. stop will 10 Cocos Island, then

The

warrant officers and N.C.O.s following stops at Mozambique and talked it over and allowed the Lagos-Reuter,

beard to remala on parade.

Rifleman Boyle stood casy and stroked the rain drops off the Army's only beard.

Air France Departure

Mr. A. L. Birourd, director of the

Air France line from Marsellies to: Hongkong, left Hongkong by the

Ile.

said after:

"I have worn my beard in all sorts

Air France plane on Saturday morn- of vocations-sulesman, coffee plante; Ing on his return journey to in Kenya. It husn't bothered me un Marseilles. The Company's director to now.

in Hanoi, Mr. M. Martin, so left; he flew to Hunol.

Other passengers were.Messrs. Werner Brunk, Van der Heuve, and F. Reichert, and five Chinese.

AIR SERVICES

Arrivals and Departures Of Planes

Outward

For London, Australia and British countries: Imperial Airways 7 a.m., June 9.

For Chungking, Siam etc.: Eurasia and C.N.A.C., services indefinite.,

For U.S.A., via Manila and Guam: Pan-American Honolulu Clipper 8.30

.m. June 9.

For France, via Hanol: Alr France 0.30 am. June 10,

Inward

From London and British coun- tries: Imperial Airways 5 p.m. June 5: Imperial Airways 6 p.m. June 8.

Froni U.S.A., vin Guam, and Manila: Pan-American Honolulu Clipper 12 noon, June 8.

From Chungking, Yunnanfu, Kwel- lin: C.NA.C. and Eurasla services indefinite.

From France, via Franco 1 p.m. June 7.

Hanoi: Air

Flora

"No one has complained about it

to me yet. When they do, oft it will come. I don't want it to stand in the way of my serving my country. "Until then I shall parade in my beurd. Ike it Itsults me think."

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Marconi Memorial | BIRTH RATE SETS

"A memorial to Marchese Marconi

RECORD

is to be placed on the cliffs at Alumi Bay, Isle of Wight, near where he Bibles have set two new records in

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