AMUSEMENTS. AVON Sessions To-day: wai 11a.m., 2.15 and 8 p.m. Dead Men . . . Tell No Tales ! . . . And a very merry Perry Mason has to go beyond the grave to dig up clues in this most hilariously baffling of all Clue Club Mysteries! THE CASE BLACK CAT A "murderous" cat, a living dead man, and the screen's maddest mysterycombine to turn Erie Stanley Gardner's greatest story into the best Clue Club picture Warner Bros, have ever made! RICARDO CORTEZ JUNE TRAVIS AND NOTABLE CAST. (For Universal Exhibition.) OUR BIG XMAS TREAT ! FRIDAY NEXT—At 8 p.m. THE MOST EXCITING DRAMA TO COME OUT OF CHINA SINCE "SHANGHAI EXPRESS" ! A Gala Event—Premiere of the first and most important of the new season's productions. What a setting for romantic adventure—and what a cast they have chosen to bring this story to vivid breath-taking reality! GARY COOPER MADELEINE CARROLL 44 THE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN " With AKIN TIMIROFF • (As General Yang) Here is Gary Cooper as you like him best—the daring, purposeful soldier-of-fortune, striding into danger with a smile on his lips and a jest for his enemies . . . and here also is Madeleine Carroll as you have always wanted to see her—beautiful and convincing, acting with an effortless skill at which her previous roles have merely runted. (Recommended by Censor for Adults.) BOX PLANS D.I.C. Theatre "Phone 40-076. PLAZA To-day: 11 a.m., 2.15 and 8 p.m. SPECIAL! Intimate Shots of HIS MAJESTV KING GEORGE VI. FIRST TEST MATCH. MEET MRS FREER. Cary Grant - Mary Brian In E. Phillips Oppenheim's World-Popular Romance 44 THE AMAZING QUEST OF ERNEST BLISS" (Approved for Universal Exhibition.) Plans D.I.C. or RING 36-021. THEATRE ROYAL Sessions 2.15 p.m. and 8 p.m. RANDOLPH SCOTT and HENRY WILCOXON in " The Lust of U\e MoUicims " FRIDAY—CHRISTMAS NIGHT at 8. W. C. FIELDS in "POPPY." And " WINGS IN THE DARK " (All for Universal Exhibition.) Plans at D.I.C. Theatre 36-329. FOR SALE. CLOSE PAPANUI ROAD. 9 72^""SEMI-BUNGALOW, 4 main 3J I &0 roomS) a ii conveniences, motor garage, A.l. locality. Terms arranged. Apply Sole Agents— SPRATT and CO. LINWOOD BUNGALOW. £ORA- 5 ROOMS and sun room, all dJOOXJ conveniences. In tip-top order. Good section close to tram and school. SPRATT and CO. 'Phone 36-649. 121 Worcester street. 57976 CARS FOR SALE. NASH SEDAN. 400 SERIES DE LUXE Has only done town work. Is in new condition and perfeel mechanical order. Privately owned and driven since new. SEE THIS £225. THE SOUTH ISLAND MOTORS, LTD., Cambridge terrace (opp. City Band Rotunda). 'Phones 33-585 and 36-722. 58713F.P SHIPPING. riIHE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING 1 COMPANY, LTD. DIRECT SERVICE Td THE UNITED KINGDOM VIA PANAMA CANAL. +*miAHINE ' Lvttelton Dec. 29 t*RUAHINE xkRANGITANE Lyttelton Dec. 29 Noon. 1937 Wellington Jan. 14 Daybreak. Auckland Feb. 13 Mar. 6 Mar. 11 Apr. 7 May 6 • June 5 July 14 tt*REMUERA Auckland Feb. 13 t*ROTORUA Mar. 6 xRANGITIKI Mar. 11 XRANGITATA Apr. 7 xRANGITANE May 6 tt*REMUERA • June 5 t'RUAHINE July 14 (Port and date subject to alteration.) x17,000-ton Motor Vessels, with First Class, Tourist Class, and Tourist "B" Class. tCabin Class, Class. ♦Oil fuel, calling at Curacao. kCalls Kingston, Jamaica. First Class from £BS Single, £149 Ret. Cabin Class from £67 Single, £ll7 Ret. Tourist Class from £3B Single, £6B Ret. Tourist "B" Class from £36 Single, £65 Ret. All Fares Plus Exchange and Tax. 168 Hereford street. X NIGHT OF THRILLS! I MONICA PARK SPEEDWAY I BOXING NIGHT. I Australian Stars Competing! I
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21972, 22 December 1936, Page 1
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