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ALHAMBRA & CENTRAL

NOTE SPECIAL TIMES ●

ALHAMBRA: 2.30, 5.00, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m. CENTRAL: 12.30, 2.30, 5.15, 7.30 & 9.30 p.m.

HONGKONGg born girl makes GOOD!

SEE JOAN LORRING WITH BETTE DAVIS Joan (otherwiso DELLIE ELLIS) in her first screen appearance in Hong Kong where she is remembered for har appearances on the local stage for Chinesa War Roliof prior to her departure for America.

Only Bette Davis would dare it! ·

Hafa JOHN BALE! The first

picture for flaw York's

Senzaţional stage aturi

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THE POWERFUL

STORY OF A

DEFIANT WOMAN- WHO CHALLENGED THE WORLD TO

MAKE HER

DARING DREAM

COME TRUE!

BETTE DAVIS

BRINGS A GREAT PLAY TO THE SCREEN!

WARNERS'

"The Cour

Is Green"

Oracled by

WIN JOHN DALE • MSAM LORRING NIGEL BRUCE RHYS WILLIAMS IRVING RAPPER

Screen Play by Casey Erkinson and Frand Cart From the rage & be CMLIN WILLIAMS

ORIENTAL

COMMENCING TO-DAY:

2,30-5.15-7.15—9.15 P.M. SEE The SON OF ROBIN HOOD!....Loading the lusticst band of adventurers that ever conquered a foo with slashing sword.. or a maidon's heart with rapturous arms!

TECHNICOLOR??

THE SON OF ROBIN HOOD!.

Adventurer! Lover!

COLOMBIA)

| PICTURES plotenis

Sibr al

"A Song to

Remember"

CORNEL WILDE

The BANDIT of SHERWOOD FOREST

with Anita LOUISE JI ESMOND · Edgar BUCHANAH

STAR

THEATRE

THE HONG KONG STAGE CLUB

Presents

(BY COURTESY OF C.S.E.)

PRESENT

LAUGHTER

BY

NOEL COWARD

PRODUCED BY RICHARD, VERNON

OPENING MONDAY, 14th APRIL, 1947

AT: 7.30 P.M.

Booking Hours:—12 p.m.—2 p.m. 4 p.n

Telephone:-58335..

-6.30 p.m.

* THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1947.

He forecasts a General Election this

year

MAURICE PRIVAT, And so far they have not lost a

MR

who is the unoillcial astro- single sent at a by-election. loger to Ministers in the French Nor, since the Government Government, has deduced from have taken to themselves power the stars two forecasts for, 1947. to use wartime emergency or The first is that, Stalin will ders for a period of, five years, demo- does there seem any prospect die and Russia become cratised. The second is that that they will voluntarily dis in Britain there will be a solve in order to extend their General Election and a change mandate. of Government.

As regards the first, I nothing. The second shall my theme for to-day,

THREE WAYS

by

W. J. BROWN, M. P.

over-

the time comes to operate the sary. And slowly but surely we plan dictated by today's facts. shall come through our crisis.

It would perhaps be an statement to say that decisions should be based on anything but the facts. But the little devils On the face of it, therefore, should be kept firmly in

i ini' El proper position, which is a sub- Say Mr Prings

be through his hat in forecasting a General Election in Britain. The obvious facts are all against

A GENERAL Election nor- mally comes in Britain only

for one of three reasons.

him.

ordinate one.

N

CRISIS ISSUE

But if the Government, for fear of the TUC, backpedals on what ought to be done; if the TUC, for fear of individual their unions, is tempted to evade the issues involved; if individual trade unions put sectional in- terests before the common in- terests, then the necessary ac- tion will be delayed and stulti- fled,

But if there is one lesson today's facts there can-

more than another which life has taught me, it is that there is nothing in the world so mislead- ing as the facts. That is one of the reasons why intuition-the

not be a General Election

In such circumstances the gulf this year. On the facts as they may be six or nine months hence between the political set-up and there may be a General Election reality would become too great this year. One is the running out of the

result in a change of Govern- Party in Parliament

And it might easily to continue. Within the Labour the gap time-limit of a Parliament,

"hunch's so often a more re- ment..

would grow between those who which is five years. Another is

Both issues depend on how were prepared to take the neces- the loss, by a Government, of liable guide than logic.

Again and again in my life the great crisis in production, sary steps and those who were its majority in the House of

the facts of as situation have which we have been discussing not. Commons. The third is when a

certain in the House is handled, and Government,

with plainly ordained that a confronted

mandate,

facts.

¿

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For in a real crisis--and make the recessity for action for course should be taken. Again how quickly it is handled. no mistake about it, this is a real and again the heart has said If it is handled well and crisis, a crisis of the first dimen- which it has no mandate, deli- "No." I have for the most part quickly-then no General

Elec- sion-even party men have berately dissolves Parliament with a view to getting a wider obeyed the heart rather than the tion this year. If badly and habit of remembering that they

slowly, then a General Election are Britons first. And the event has justified is perfectly possible.. Now this Parliament has lived the decision and made nonsense

If the Government decide on A COALITION? for less than two years. It has of the apparent facts.

the appropriate action, if. they over three to run before it ex- The basic explanation of this are boldly supported by the TUC, WHAT then would happen? The is that life is not static, but if the TÚC is backed up by the A Coalition? I think not- hausts its time-limit.

facts Government have not lost their dynamic. The

upon individual unions, and if the not at least without an election

majority in the House. They which one is invited to base a masses respond to the call made first. have a majority of 150 over all decision today, will not be the upon them, then we shall get For the Tories remember other possible combinations. facts when, six months hence, the increased production neces- what happened to the last Coali-

tion, and it is very doubtful whether they would accept the voting strength of the parties as! at July 1945, as represent- ing the opinion of the country

, say, September 1947. bad

ed. But if a child is naughty a

in his Or down

her mark goes "diary," and if there are too many

Life in a Soviet school-at Hampstead

HEN Mischa Zaroubin, 16-year-old son of the new Soviet Ambassador, packs his satchel and takes himself off to school in London, he should not have much trouble in settling down to the curriculum.

For the curriculum at the Russian Soviet Embassy School, in Heath-drive, Hampstead, is to all intents and purposes the same as that used for teaching Russia's the Soviet 34,000,000 children in schools throughout “Union?

Similarly, Mischa will work towards the same annual examinations as he was working for in Russia, and after he has sat for them, his papers, along with those of the other 120-odd boys and girls in the Hamp- stead school will go to Moscow for correction.

has been a Soviet school first sight the syllabus does nal THERE

in London for 15 years now.

differ great deal from that of on The first was set up in Compoyne English school. gardens, Hampstead, Later it moved to West Hill. Highgate. During the war the school evacuated twice learn Russian, arithmetic, drawing,

Forms are numbered one to 10,

three upwards. The first

classes

NEWSREEL

GRAHAM

-Want ike heed up?"

YOU MAY HOW SEND FOOR

**Oh siendis kunder alexan

rounds

** Waren't vou told ? *

Naw halt Australia is out—

10+ 595,"

BY THE

WAY

by Beachcomber

So my counsel to politicians MONDAY, wind and weather the stratosphere permit- and marks the parents are sent for of all parties and of none is that

Athey "should sleep in their ting, is the DAY. and asked for an explanation. minor forma of punishment is for the armour." culprit to be hauled up to stand by the muster or mistress in front of the form (not in the corner") Tur a few minutes.

Prodnase: How could wind and weather affect such П mighty

Myself: Mighty, I grant, but ex- traordinarily delicately put together. "On Saturday," writes my corres- pundent, "a new era of world history will open, as the rocket Utopla routs far faster than sound, but into the stratosphere, out into that mysterious hinterland of lunar space which no eye has beheld."

If I see our Government fne-machine?: ing up to the situation as firmly as the French and the Russians Discipline is further looked after: by a system of meetings held by the fire doing. I may relax a little.

Geir children themselves under

If not, I have the feeling that "atorista" or prefeels at which the derapproval of the mujority is level-Mr Maurice Privat--upon whom I now confer immortality-may mis-prove to be right..

led at the wrongdoers.

Pupils address masters and tresses by their Christian and sur- munes, and always stand up when a master or mistress enters a root.

No tenes as in an Eng- JOTHING ke as much emphasis,

lish school, though one large room panelled the parquet-loored, house is set aside as a gymnasium 45-minute and there are regular periods for PT for all. There is a valley-ball court in the garden and when the played the game is weather allows. At the moment the garden is out of bounds for games because of mud.

School holidays are 10 days at the New Year and two months in the

summer.

Arst to a manor house at Withington, physical culture and singing. Class tion the the summer vacu-;

takes a large house near Cheltenham, then, after a brief 10's syllabus consists of Russian and

In the country and moves there en to bloc. return to London, to St. Annes-on- world literature (there appears

Parents can visit their chii- Sea. Lancashire,

be plenty of Shakespenie); Russian dren during the week-ends. On its second return to London, and world history: chemistry; physi- mathematics at the end of the war, the school cat culture; English; and draughtsmanship. found that the Soviet Trade Delega- tion had taken over the Highgate house, so it moved to its present home, a pleasant, detached red-brick carner

smali house in a typical suburban garden.

Making Initial Inquiries, I began

by

JOHN. CLARKE

to feel that my request to visit the There are no lessons In citizen- school was as indelicate an, say, one ship as such, but

throughout the

1

The rooms in the school that I saw were not very different from

And in what you might expect to any private school. There were good many plaques in bas relief and photographs of Russian leaders the walls, and an oil-painting

uniform hangs Stalin in soldier's above a Russian flag in the entrance

11.

on

of

to inspect an atomic energy plant. curriculum emphasis is placed TXCEPT during English lessons,

60

Russlan

language is the only The school told me I must have per-

the school (even used In the mission from the consul. M. Krotov, as to bring up the children to be good Soviet citizens. Class Беѵеп,

und the mid- deliberated for long minutes before in addition, has lessons on the Rus cooks are Russian

day meal usually consists of a Hus- to the project. sian Constitution. giving his consent

and vegetable meat sian soup. "We do not want it to be show-

There are no boarders at The main course, and stewed fruit). Bul place." he said. "I do not want you

only to school, all the children returning to thougth at present there are So as to Interrupt the work."

their homes at night, the older of Russian children at the school, I was cause no Interruption I timed

them with homework.

told that if an approach were made call for the luncheon hour.

to the Soviet Embussy by Russian parents, the

be of probably

considered.

THE children who

attend

my

otout püalsument?"

the Wasted Miss E. Moore, ene

case

non-

would

Paul!

school range in age from 8, to the school's two English mistresses Robeson's child was for two years: 18, and all have parents who are (the staff numbers ten, nen and a pupil.

attractive, a woman director, The fees are certainly either in the Soviet Embassy or the women, under Trade Mission. Their school day is Mme. N. A. G. Gamazino, a friendly. For classes 1-6 there are no fees at all. For classes 0-10 the charge is from 0.30 in the morning to 3 o'clock middle-aged Russlan).

all: in the afternoon. Classes are

"There is no punishment as you £Bn year., And, there are no “ex- run on a co-educational basis, and at understand it," Miss. Moore explain-tras" whatsoever."

NANCY

OH, 1

Make Way for Sluggo!

SOME

CROWD IN THAT-

Bus

WHERE ARE, YOU GOING. SLUGGO?

I HAVE

TO GO DOWNTOWN

ERNIE

ISHMİLLER

YOU'LL GET 'CRUSHED, SLUGGO--- THE BUSES ARE JAMMED AT THIS HOUR

BUS STOP

23

CROSSWORD

10

f

12 T3

175

20

22

Across

1 and 6. Hure 1 siter mod tanng.) and R.l5, would have agreed with 10. (8,0)

7. Task master's (9)

10. This' hard substance grows RT

the bottom of the sea. (B),

11. Messurs of a mouthful? ́(4)

13. The larger bong of your forearm,

(4)

14. A plic, sep. (4) 17. A gang that is causing a lot of

trouble (8)

10. The alilo, (3) 20. Notica

21. Plano," 101

23. Fuci.

24. Extract of poor geest. (3) 23, be this and deny, 431

20. Found in the uret-aid box. 14)

Down

1. la reverso it minimisen. 1) Existing only for a day, iv)

3. If he's smart he is usually

crook (4)

(0) 141

You could understand if i werd

twin. (4)

6. Age of the race gangs, (3)

Ô. Bao i Aerous,

8. Pathfinder ? (0)

D. Immacuro. (8)

19. An ancient English court, (4)

15 a broken dream. (6)

16. Direction. (4)

17. Nover present without Are. 18. Depend. (4)

22 Until 131 Botusion of yesterday's, puzain.—Acrossi

Originato; 8, Dane, 9. Mancs: 10, "Bit:- 13. Aigret hy, Euormaun, 15, Ranges 12. Its A 39. Vindueta: . Aston: #2 Lenin; 25. Pre: 14. Faltiana. EXOVAN 1 MAN;. Intonated: Genred; 5. Nag: 6. Terut 7, Extuntien; 9. Mime: 12, Rukaj 14, Örefu: 16” tale: 18. Asten: 20. Dalt

By Erale Bushmiller

OH, I, DONT EXPECT 100- MUCH TROUBLE

a

lin untrodden wastes of the upper

Stores are being loaded, and the special galvanised ropes which will 1le the passengers to the floor of the machine, until they are beyond the -pull-of-gravity, are being.conted with. mychrose to make them' rotroversa- tive to air-pressure,

Scene in the House WHEN Mг Zażer asked the Minis-

W

ter of Bubbleblowing whether he could say why the tax-payer's money should be used to pay for Miss Slopcorner's trip to the Moon, the reply was, "The Society of Cul- tural Relations with

ing for the trip the Moon is pay- Mrs Vobbe: Do not their funds come from the Government? And therefore out of taxes? The Minister: I am glad of

Mr

this opportunity to explain why. Teffler: Why what? Mr Fluff: Which question is the Minister answering? The Minister: Neither. I um en- deavouring (cries of "What about the Grant?"--to state why this is so. I am surprised that this young Indy should be attacked in this manner. What we have to do is to find a way rather to slate what the post-

of-or

tlun is with regard to those things being done. This cannot be done until the recommendations of the Committee are published in a Yellow Paper. (Cries of chagrin and rage), Curiously enough

A

STORY about a librarian who found a piece of bacon riid in- serted in a book as a marker recalled to me the wellknown anecdote about the absent-minded Rossetil, brenk- fasting one day with Carlyle, Ros sclll was in one of his absent-minded moods, and

and was reading a bonk, Every time Carlyle interrupted him, he used t bit, of rasher to mark his

FiCarlyle sald, "Take

place. cire!

that, egg you eating absent-minded fellow. Rossetti at once laid down ħla fork and placed the remains of the egg between pages 224 and 225. Carlyle had to get more breakfast cooked.

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