1939-12-11 — Page 30

•

10

SHOWING TO-DAY

KING'S

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

CAGNEY RIDES....SHOOTS....KILLSI

Cagney as

you want him in the

toughest rola of his two-gun coroart

of THE

James Cagney OKLAHOMA KID

A WARNER BEZŐS Pichere Directed by Lloyd Boron

HUMPHREY BOGART ROSEMARY LANE

DONALD CRISP

ALSO Broadway Provities in Technicolour "SWING TIME IN THE MOVIES"

TAKE ANY TRAM or HAPPY VALLEY BUS. §

CATHAY

DAILY AT 2.30.5.15.7.20.&9,30, P.M.) MATINZES 1-206, 20%, 10% EVENINGS:-ZDE. Dito 60%, 70%, 80%.

SAZUIA, So

B

2 MORE DAYS—TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

THE LATEST AND GREATEST OF THE HARDY'S SERIES I EVEN FUNNIER THAN "LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY" I SEE! Mickey Rooney as a rootin', tootin' terror of the

range

you'll how! as he moots his match! A Motro-Goldwyn-Mayor Picturo.

4 SHOWS

DAILY

230 -- 20

220-9.30

BAY-WAVINGNEWS? Another.. and even fannias adventure of that Hardy famby you love! Go West with them...for

a bowl-tour of the great open spaces!

WITH

OUT WEST HARDYS

THE

Lewis STONE Mickey ROONEY Cecilia PARKER Fay HOLDEN. Stanen Play Men Carave.

WEDNESDAY, ONE DAY ONLY

The picture you'il remember her for always!

Shelby

TEMPLE JEAN HERSHOLT

HEIDI

ARTHUR TREACHER

HELEN WESTLEY.

PAULINE MOORE • THOMAS BECK

MART MAIN - SIDNEY BLAGIMER

MADY CHRISTIANS · BIG BUMANN

MAJESTIC

NATHAN ROAD

*:) KOWLOON

THEATRE ◊ & FEL 57272

MATINEES: 20c-30s. EVENINGS, 20%-30:50:70) FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

A Riot of Laughter, Excitement and Suspense !

WHO is she?

WHAT'S she got?

HAL ROACH piemiti

ZENOBIA

011

MARRI

HARDY LANGDON BURKE BRADY

ALECT

ELLISON PARKER - LANG - TETCHIT

The Hall Johnson Chait

TO-MORROW & WEDNESDAY

The Most Ingenious and Thrilling Mystory-Romance of 1939 I MELVYN DOUGLAS

LOUISE PLATT in TELL NO TALES”-

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor Picture

Bonds Drawn

In Shanghai

drawing of Telegraph Bonds wero

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

HERE THEY ARE, the boys of the new brigade, happy and con- fident of the outcome of their struggle with Naxi aggression. Those Tommies are leaving the base for the front.

Clothing Stolen

From Roof

December 11, 1939.

APPEASING AMERICA

Washington, Dec, 0.

The spokesman "of a prominent group of businessmen to-day forecast) the failure of Japan and the United States to reach a commercial accord after the expiration of the current trade paet unless the Japanese alter some basle policies affecting Unlied States business in China..

Tokyo Press reports indicated that Japan hoped to "oppenso" the United itates by an offer compensate several hundred nationals of the United States for their losses in China, said the spokesman. If this

true, continued the spokesman, it only indicates the Japanese hope to create a favourable atmosphere In which the pact can be extended or ranewed without expiration.

There are no indications that the American companies in China would be fully satisfied with such an offer. Instead, Americans will undoubted- ly remain dissatisfied until Japan alters

her

fundamental practices

nimical

h

to the American's establish-

ed treaty rights to conduct business in China, said the spokesman. These practices include wide spread military-interferenco, with business i | operations in China and the Japanese uttempts to control the currency In 0 manner which is injurious to Į Americans.

He cited particularly the Japanese- sponsorship of the north China federated reserve yuan which, he

ness. The "artificial rata for

Yacht Keel Stolen sald, preclude some American busi-

QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

HONG KON

AT_250-515.7:20:930 RUL

KOWLOON

'AT 2:30.3.20÷720 # 9:30 PM

TO-DAY & TO-MORROW

GILBERT & SULLIVAN'S

MIKADOR

IN

TECHNICOLOR

Starring KENNY BAKER, Jean Colin Martyn Green, Sydney Granville, John Barclay Ge D'OYLY CARTE CHORUS.Shundredel,

Recorded by the LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 'Adored, Conducted and Produced by GEOFFREY COVE

Deschede VICTOR ECHERTZINGLA

.1"

Furtwanie a sonančiam !” mantem WALLIS Nov "Catest thing in Technicolor since Snow Whi!”

POROTMY, KHNALLENKY JÁ

the

DAILY

AT

2.50

Mr. R. E. M. Devaux, manager of yuan" raised prices to an extent that the Far East Oxygen and Acetylene it has made exports to the United Clothing worth $35 was stolen from Co., Ltd. Tokwawan Road, reported States frequently impossible. the roof of 130 Argyle Street on to the Police yesterday the theft of a Saturday. A report of the theft was lead yacht keel valued at $200 from no official nor accurate knowledge The spokesman professed he had made to the Police by Captain A. S. the seabed close to the premises of what the. Japanese have offered but F. Wilson.

the Company.

Pilot

ANNOUNCING

1940

ALL-WAVES

PORTABLE RADIO

WITH SELF-CONTAINED BATTERY ALSO SUITABLE FOR AC/DC, 110/220 V SOLE DISTRIBUTORS:

THE HONG KONG MOTOR ACCESSORY

CO., LTD.

22, DES VOEUX ROAD, 2ND FLOOR.

TEL, 20577.

said the most surface indications are not promising for an early success.

Oulelal circles adamantly declined to answer questions regarding the progress of the Tokyo discussions or regarding the United States attitude.

United Press.

LETTERS

Broke Parole

To the Editor;

"Hongkong Telegraph."

Sir-With reference to an article in the Sunday Herald of 10th Decem- ber, 1939, concerning the adventures of a German Internce, Karl Joachim, who escaped from Hongkong.

I would state that this man was not in a Military Hospital but was taken to the Kowloon Civil Hospital after he had given his parole or word of honour not to attempt to escape.

A. B. THOMAS.

Brigadier, A.A. & Q.M.G. 1/c Administration, China Command.

LATE NEWS

A new, very mild and mellow blend of choicest Empire and exotic Pipe Tobaccos

NGEROALS

STANDARD

MIXTURE

Packed in double-. covered tins to keep the tobacco

hold in Shanghai on December D. always fresh.

Consolidation Bonds E". with the] terminals "033," "129,": "281":"393,” **870, 775, "891," and "000," and

Obtainable at all

INGENOHL'S

STANDARD MIXTURE

4 OZ.

Mild, Modium

5.20 7.20

9.20

STAR

TO-DAY ONLY

THE

HANKOW ROAD

KOWLOON

TEL.

57795

SUN NEVER SETS

Skin DOUGLAR

FAIRBANKSJ

and BABIL

RATHBONE

VIRGINIA FIELD LIONEL ATWILL BARBARA ONEIL

A NEW UNIVERSAL PICTURE

ADDED! “Latest Universal War News”

TO-MORROW

"THE RETURN OF SCARLET PIMPERNEL"

with Barry K. Barnes - A United Artists Release

= SHOWS

DALY

9.30-Ers

738-0.30

Talon adeY TRAM ON MAPPE VALLEY Buê

ORIENTALE

PLEBURY'S

WANCHAS

TEL. 20472

LAST 4 TIMES TO-DAY•

-JUST-ARRIVED

ANOTHER UNIVERSAL EUROPEAN WAR NEWS SPECIAL SHOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HONG KONG)

Russian columns riding rough-shod over Poland. German U-Boats' desperate attempt to destroy British shipping. The Duke of Windsor to do his blt in the war. Innocent sufferers "in"' Naul's. campaign against Britain; Plane carrier Cour ageous torpedoed and sunk. The Duchess of Kent doing hospital work, etc, eta, PLUS THE BIGGEST LAUGH HIT OF THE CENTURY ! Most famous funsters in film history in a great novelty pleiurė 'that's s, riot of laughter,

WCFIELDS You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

Edgar BERGEN

Charlie McCARTHY

A_Now_UNIVERSAL_Picture TO-MORROW AND WEDNESDAY

A STORY THAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU! A POWERFUL HUMAN DRAMA,

LET US LIVE S

MATINEES: .20c.-30c

Freight Train

Strikes Mine

O'SULLIVAN - FONDA BELLAMY

EVENINGS: 20c.-30c.-504-70%.

S.P.C. MEETING

His Excellency, the Governor, and Lady Northcole will be present at the Annual General Meeting of the

CHUNGKING, Dec. 11. (Central). Society for the Protection of Children,

A Shanghai-bound

and Full.

struck a Chinese mine at Chowching- $-.75

Japanese which takes place at the Holong May freight train was wrecked when it institute at 6.80 p.m. this evening.

202.

4 oz.

8 oz.

$1.35

$2.50

CHUNGKING, Dec. 11 (Central). Telegraph Bonds with the terminals C. INGENOHL'S CIGAR STORES "LA PERLA DEL ORIENTE"

The eighth drawing of Consolida "20," "74," and "83" were drown andā!

tion Bonds "E" and seventeenth are due for repayment.

and at other :: tobacconists.

The meeting la open to the public.

bang, near Wush on the Nanking- Shanghal Railway, on Saturday, ac- rushing to the scene were attacked cording to a Shanghal repart. and thrown back by Chinese

Japanese troops in the vicinity guerilias,

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by PREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, at:1.and.3, Wyndham Street in the City of: Victoria, Hongkong