In Shanghai, on the 9th, Sam Gale, vaudeville artist, applied under the Children's Act, 1904, for a license to permit his young daughter, Sadie Gale, to perform at the Victoria Cinematograph Hall. This, the first allocation made in Shanghai, was granted.

The excellent selections of films at the Hongkong Cinematograph Theatre are making the show very popular. Exclusive rights have been granted to this Theatre by the Paramount Picture Co. The serial film 'The Strange Case of Mary Page' is attracting good houses.

Presiding over the Bankruptcy Court on Saturday, the Chief Justice, Sir Henry Gollan, expressed surprise that a cinema theatre should go bankrupt in these times. Included in the list of cases was an application for an order for adjudication in respect of the World Theatre. Mr. A. Dyer Ball, the…