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JEANETTE MADONALD
THE MAN YOU
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China Mail.
EIGHTY EIGHTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION
HONG KONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1932.
MRS. VICTOR BRUCE CREWE INDUSTRY WATERS STILL RISE
CLOSES DOWN.
FORCED DOWN.
Endurance Flight Given Up.
Railroad Company's
Steel Mill
ALOFT TWO DAYS.
London, Yesterday,
London, Yesterday. Rationalisation of the rail
The attempt on the world endure ways has resulted in the decision
AT HARBIN.
Pristan Evacuated During Night.
HOPES OF RELIEF.
Harbin, Yesterday. Pristan, the last of the prin- ance flight record by Mrs. Victor of the London, Midland and Scot- cipal Harbin suburbs to succumb
to-day. Owing to a mechanical de- fect, the plane was forced down after only two days in the air.
One of the most interesting
Bruce and two companions in "etish Railway to "cease manufac. to the floods, is being evacuated "Saro Dindhover" flyingboat, ended turing its own steel and to close rapidly. The withdrawal of the its Crewe works on September 30 inhabitants went on all through the night, and was nearly com- on the ground that it is an unplete his morning. economic proposition. at present.
For a period of eight hours, The Company has decided that the Sungari ceased to rise, and the expenditure to modernise its terrified people began to feel en- forge and rolling mills is unjusti
couraged. fied in view of the capacity of the
Since then, however, the river existing steel plants in Britain has swollen further and more and the national importance of
features of the flight is the new method employed for passing fuel and other supplies to the plane from two attendant machines. These machines, joined by a cord fly ahead of the seaplane until it comes between them enabling them the economic production of steel, dams are being hurriedly crected and the existing ones strengthen- The decision does not involve ed, while boats and water-
to be seized, a pipe line from the the abandonment of Crewe as a conveyances of various kinds are tariker plane then being drawn
aboard. The development of a railway centre. The displaced being commandeered by. the sound method of refuelling in the staff, numbering between 500 and air would probably greatly assist 600 will receive a retiring gratui authorities to assist in the with Information from up-country commercial aviation by a consider-ty and free removal in the event rawal of inhabitants.
of obtaining employment else able raising of the payload.
where. Reuter.
Mrs. Bruce was greatly disap- pointed, and said that the descent
was inevitable. It was due to a
Tose to
defect in the oiling system. The temperature of the oil nearly 100 deg., and the pressure was becoming lower, so it was de cided to abandon the attempt.-Bri tish Wireless Service.
FERRY BOAT BUMPS GANGPLANK,
AUSTRALIAN AIR LINK SOUGHT.
Imperial Airway's Latest Plan.
Melbourne,. Yesterday: Another proposal for an air
A slight "accident occurred this service, between Australia and morning at the Hong Kong pler of England has just been revealed. the Star Ferry. The 8.25 ferry. Imperial Airways Limited has
is to the effect that the rivers in North Manchuria are now slowly subsiding.
It is expected that to-day will probably decide the fate of Pris- tan.-Reuter.
FAMOUS PAINTING
SLASHED.
Vandal Runs Amok
In Louvre.
8
Faris, Yesterday. while attempting to moor, was car-offered to extend its India air- A sensational affair took place ried into the lower gangway by a mail service to Singapore, provid in the Louvre to-day, when strong tide.
ing Australia will undertake to Damage to the boat was slight, complete the service to Austraan with a pen-knife slashed the famous masterpiece. "The paint and some wood being scrap-lia, ed off. The gangway was torn A report on the matter is to Angelus." He was arrested and loose from its base, and passengers be forwarded to Cabinet by the is thought to be a lunatic.
The picture was extensively had to jump to reach it.
Anglo-Australian Air Mail De-cut, but expert opinion is that it
any traces of the damage. -- Reuter.
There was no crash as the ferry partmental committee. Reu- can be repaired without showing
came in on an angle and sheered ter. off with the impact.
VOGUE IN LACE.
FIVE AMBASSADORS
DISMISSED.
The lace vogue is seen in exquisite simplicity in a black gown, which serves both as an afternoon gown,
Rome, Yesterday. and a dinner gown-merely by ré- Following closely on the sudden moying the coattee. This coatee changes in the cabinet a fortnight. is quite à transformation, and not ago, Signor Mussolini sprang an- obviously an addition.
J
EMPIRE AGREES ON ECONOMIC SYSTEM.
(Continued from Page 1)
Plenary Session.
Ottawa, Yesterday. other surprise to-day when he an- If its work proceeds in the man- "As an afternoon attire, the fairly nounced the dismissal of five Itaner hoped for, it is understood long georgette skirt is draped over lian Ambassadors. The officials that a plenary session of the Con-. black crepe-de-chine, it falli full concerned are those at Washing-ference will be held on August 18, from a shaped hip yoke, and the ton, Paris, Berlin, Brussels and when the bulk of the work will bodice is all lace, of a very fine Madrid.
have been completed. This does texture. in a dainty pattern. This To replace them, Signor Musso-not necessarily mean the end of the is finished with a cape almost to the lini has made the following sp-labours of the Conference, which elbows.. In front it hanga, bib pointments:
may continue for a day or two, fashion.
Washington, Sig. Roseo; Paris. especially to enable Inter-Dominion The coattee is made with fitting Sig. Pignatti Morano; Berlin, Sig agreements to be concluded under sleeves and is buttoned tightly Cerruti; Brussels, Sig. Vannutelll the aegis of the Conference. around the figure. This goes under, Rey; Madrid, Sig, Guariglia.Reu-A committee which is to be riot over the lace cape.
PRINCESS IN CAR ACCIDENT,
Princess Henry of Prussia, widow
ter.
A NAVY SMUGGLER?
established in London will continue the work of the Committee of Economic Co-operation, and will consider, inter alia, what form of
a
A suggestion that a bottle of consultation of the Empire will be of the ex-Kaiser's brother, met with cocaine, valued at £50, had been desirable in order to obtain
serious motor car accident muggled into England on board the smooth working of the arrange while returning from a visit to the battleship Royal Sovereign was menti reached at the Conference.
It is noticeable that the Statute ex-Kaiser in Doorn. While trying made at Portsmouth when John
(to avoid a collision with two other Grech, aged 34, a canteen assistant of Westminster has been frequent- care, her car skided and overturned aboard Royal Sovereign, was rely cited during the discussions, into a ditch and was wrecked. manded, charged with unlawfully while the terms "British Common- The Princess and a lady-in-wait- having in his possession.. eight wealth of Nations" have been ing were seriously injured.
ounces of cocaine.
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AGAINST SCABIES & PRICKLY HEAT
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