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ROMANTIC AS MOONLIGHT ON THE SEINE . LUXURIOUS AS ORCHIDS ON ERMINE) S
LORETTA TYRONE ADOLPHE
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YOUNG POWER MENJOU CAFE METROPOLE
GREGORY RATOFF CHARLES WINNINGER HELEN WESTLEY
AT ALL PERFORMANCES
!
"THE MIDNIGHT
FOLLIES"
NEW DANCES ! .. -NEW SONGS !
THE RITZ BROTHERS in
THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 21, 1938.
King Farouk And
Bride Drive Through
Cheering Throngs
Cairo, To-day. When King Farouk and his bride drove în proces
sion through the streets of Cairo, thousands of Egyptians packed the thoroughfares and cheered continuously.
The new Queen looked lovely in a beautiful wed- ding gown, with a train five yards long, and wore a precious diamond tiara over her black hair.
The tiara, which was King Farouk's wedding present, is re- ported to have been purchased. în Paris for 4,000,000 francs.
The pressure from the crowd was so great that policemen
had form themselves into a solid phalanx before the bridal car to clear the
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FRANCES DEE⚫ Henry Wilcoxon • Harry Carey · Olympe Bradna Porter Hall - Robert Cummings - Virginia Weidler - Joseph Schildkraut A Paramount Picture - Directed by Henry Hathaway
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Tens of thousands of visitors were in Cairo for the day from the provinces, and the city has never witnessed such crush.
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The wedding gifts came from all parts of the world. Practically every sovereign and head of state sent presents-Trans-Ocean.
WEDDING CEREMONIES
Cairo, To-day.
The marriage ceremony of King
Canton, To-day.
Because of the stagnation of business, nearly fifty Chin- ese native banking houses are to reported to have resolved close down.
The Canton Chinese Banking Guild is holding a meeting to discuss the present situation. Reuter.
Farouk, to which no high foreign LAD INVOLVED
personages had been invited, was celebrated yesterday with great rejoicing.
The couple received innumerable presents from all parts of the world, including two sporting guns from King George VI, while Herr Hitler presented the young couple with 2 sports car and Signor Mussolini's gift was an ancient statuette.
IN HEROIN
RACKET GIVEN
FRESH CHANCE
"I am sure you are not a bad There were three copies of the boy and that you are here more marriage contract each in costly because you got into bad com- binding and destined respectively pany so I am not going to send for the King and Queen of the you to prison. I am going to Egyptian State. The bride herself give you a chance to lead a
healthy life so that was not present at the ceremony.
you may MUCH EMOTION
take your proper place among Sheikh Maraghi having read the your fellow-men," remarked Sir contract aloud proceeded to cite | Atholl MacGregor, Chief Justice, the Koran 1 and then turning to this morning to Ng Lee, an 11- King Farouk asked him if he con-year-old lad who, together with Bented to marry Miss Zulficar. two Chinese adults, was found It is said that the King showed guilty of unlawful possession of
at
the heroin pills, much emotion when he replied in 48,300 the affirmative.
Criminal Sessions last Monday morning.
The bride's father then signified his consent on behalf of his daugh- The men were sentenced to three ter whereupon Sheikh Maraghi laid and fours years hard labour, re- the King's hand in that of the spectively, but the sentence on the bride's father and covered both boy was postponed until this morn- hands with white cloth.
ing.
At the conclusion of the cere Replying to the Chief Justice this mony the King and the
bride's morning, Mr. EH. Williams, As father (Yussuf Zulficar Pasha) sistant Attorney General, stated signed all three copies of the mar-that the Aberdeen Industrial School riage contract and at the same authorities were willing to admit moment guns began to fire a salute the lad into the institution. The while bella pealed in order to an nounce the historic event to the nation,-Trans-Ocean and Reuter.
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boy, he added, had been for some time in the Remand Home and Mr. Fallon, in charge of the Home, had spoken very highly of him,
INTELLIGENT LAD
Mr. Fallon was questioned by the Chief Justice and said that the boy was intelligent and had the mak- ings of a decent citizen. A term, in the Industrial Home would be of more benefit than prison sentence:
The lad was ordered to be sent to the Remand Home for a period of-six months, after which he will enter: the Aberdeen Industrial School for four years to learn trade..