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Monday:

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 18, 1939.

ALHAMBRA

NATHAN RD. KOWLOON-DAILY AT 250-520-7206930-TEL56856, FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY HIS FIST WAS HIS BEST FRIENDI

...As he battered his way to the top!

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TOM BROWN-NAN GREY CONSTANCE MOORE WILLIAM FRAWLEY = DONALD BRIGĖS SAMUEL S. HINDS

Saray by ES COSTEND me drama E HARTMAN

Iligand chung by Camo In c) by PP BOSCH ATM. Bend BURT KELLY

SAMUEL GOLDWYN preisDIS

Jascha HEIFETZ

THEY SHALL HAVE MUSIC "

ANDREA LEEDS. JOEL M'CREA GENE REYNOLDS - WALTER BRENNAN

Directed by ANČIUIE MAYO," Buteased day Unlled Artista

Also Latest UNIVERSAL WAR NEWSREEL And Colour Sport Short "ROME HUNTING"

TO - MORROW "THE KID FROM KOKOMO"

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LAST 4 TIMES TO DAYO

Members of the Women's Auxiliary Territori al Service find hockey a pleasant way of keep- ing fit for National Servico,

LATE NEWS

British Pilots Await New Calls To Duty

BITTER AERIAL

ARMOUR TORN TO WARFARE LIKELY

FRAGMENTS

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 17 (UP).

LONDON, Dec. 17 (Reuter).—Britain's air arm in France is hastening preparations for a hard winter, says "Reuter's” special correspondent with the R.A.F. in France.

The explosions were enused in the The senson shows every Admiral Graf Spee's munitions stores, promise of being bitterly cold an

The tour inch armour on the ship's the West Front, and it may well Rice Riot In MOST MARVELLOUS OF ALL SPECTACULAR PRODUCTIONS : │sides WAS Miterally Lorn into e one of bitter agriai, warfare

The greatest hero of heroes! The biggest rogue of rogues! The most ardent løyer of lovers in the world's most sensational adventure story.

ALL IN TECHNICOLOR

*The Adventurest of

ROBIN HOOD

ERROL

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Air Minister's Warning

The ship sank evenly until the as well. muddy waters of the River Plate rushed in through the huge holes: then the Admiral Graf Spee flated sharply.

In view of its proximity to Ger- Huge clouds of smoke and steam distance, the air force expects to have many, which is within easy striking almost obscured the cruiser as she blg share to what Sir Kingsley Wood went down, watched by hundreds of called another and more strenuous thousands of awe-inspired spectators and difficult" chapter of the war in The first explosion occurred at 5.50 the air which, he warned the Houre ef Commons, might open before the spring.

p.m.

The ship was scnitled outside the muin access channel of the estuary's path to Faires in order not to inter- rupt frame.

Latest Of Type

The Admiral Grat Spec was laid en at Wilhelmshaven in October 1932, and was completed on January 6. 1936.

She was the latest of the so-called **positet-battleship' type, her older sister hins being the Deutschland und the Admiral Scheer. The Ad- miral Grat Spre was named after Admiral von Spee, who lost his life and his ship in the Battle of Falkland

years ago,

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The complement of the Admiral Graf Spee was 920 men. Her arma- ments comprised six-11-inch guns! eight 5.0-inch guns, six 4.1-luch anti- piecraft runs and right torpedo tubes. She carried two aircraft.

Her cight pats of 0,750 h.p. diesel engines gave her a speed of only 20 knots, but she was capable of sicom- ing 10,000 miles without refuelling. Cost £3.750.000

The pocket-battleships' were the first ships of their size to have clea- trically welded hills and to be pro- pelled by diesel engines. She cost £3,750,000 to build.

Shanghai

Quelled After Loss Of

20 Bags Of Rice

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH" SHANGHAL. Dec. 17 (UP).-One miner riot occurred in French Con- cession this afternoon in-the course of which the rioters seized twenty bags of rice.

The air force is speculating keenly on what the Air Minister's words may there were no further disturbances The lot was quickly quelled and foretell,

during the day.

While they hope that the new development be delayed till after the of the Shanghai rice shops closed Due to last week's rice riots, most Christmas and New Year leave, they their doors to-day, bui served are just as eager to have a crack at customers through a small hole in the the enemy.

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