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THE FOUR FEATHERS
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Moon Bride Wedding'
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IN
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VANITY nearly wrecked this girl's life, but in the arms of the man she loved, she found contentment &
sweet peace-
Leatrice
Joy Vanity
WITH CHARLES RAY
AND ALAN HALE
DONALD CRISP DIRECTED BY PODOBRY SY DE MILLE PICTURES CORPORATION.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY,
CRUISER RETURNS
PRESIDENT.
„LEGUIA HANDED OVER TO PERU MILITARY.
THREAT TO OFFICERS.
Lima, Aug. 26.
A revolt of the army, beaded by General Sanchez Gerro, and the establishment of a military government under General Manuel Ponce, has terminated the eleven years' dictatorship of President Leguia, who has resigned and has been allowed, to leave the country with his two sons aboard the cruiser Almirante Grau,, for an unknown destination.
Legula is, however, unlikely to enjoy peace in his exile if General Ponce keeps his word.
There were disorders in Lima, with attacks on the houses of fallen politicians, neccssitating the proclamation of martial law, and Ponce, addressing a mob of that students, promised them! Leguia would be brought back and punished for his "misdeeds."
Reuter's American Service,
Lima, inter.
fi
AUGUST 27, 1930.
RUBBER SLUMP IN PLAN TO RELIEVE
SINGAPORE.
PROSPECT OF MANY UNEMPLOYED.
ABSORPTION OF WORKLESS PLANTERS.
SERIOUS PROBLEM.
Singapore, Aug. 18. The imminent problem of un- a large scale employment on among planters, many of whom are disinclined to seek their
NANNING.
YUNNANESE JOIN HANDS WITH CANTONESE.
ATTACK ARRANGED.
Canton, Aug. 26./
Following n Military Con- ference held last week at Pingaam! in Kwangsi, when all the leading officers of the Nationalist forces: In Kwangsi were present under General Chan Chai-tong. the Comander-in-Chief, it has been decided to make a further de- termined effort to break up the rebel armies in the Province.
Before returning to their chances of work at Home, in various divisions, all the Com- view of the present position manders were given precise in- there, is engaging much atten-structions as to the line of action to be followed according to the tion.
plans adopted at the Conference.
unanimous
seems Opinion among those who central large groups of estates that money in lieu of passages should not be given to Europeans whose agree ments have been terminated.
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to
The 69th and 63rd Division under Generál Yu Hon-miou and General Li Yang-king are. make a drive on Chinkiang and Laipen thereby cutting off the One prominent business. man.line of retreat for the rebel armies approached by a Straits Times re-at present at Nanning. presentative, said the idea
was
re-
The cruiser Almirante Grau unthinkable. "It would only has "surrendered" following mes-sult in the money being spent in Bages from Lima, and it is pre-a unless quest for work," he said, sumed that President Legula will "and then possibly another be handed over for prosecution.-plication to his former emplover
for more assistance. Reuter's American Service.
New York, Aug, 26. Messages from Lima state that the Almirante Grau surrendered President Legula who is now in the custody of the military. only steamed twelve miles from the harbour when a wireless message was received threatening the court martial of the offteers if they fail ed to return within forty-eight hours and hand over the former Dictator. Reuter's American Service.
STRIKE SUPPORT BY COMMUNISTS.
RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT
BIOSCOW.
Riga, Aug. 26. The fifth world congress of the Profintern (Communist Trade Union International) sitting at Moscow passed a resolution that up to the present the Profintern has not sufficiently supported strikes abroad and demanding that the Central Council of the Profin- tern should energetically accumu- late a special international strike fund to support strikes abroad.
Another resolution was passed recording the intention of the Profintern to concentrate on the organisation of the Negro masses. The resolution contains instruc- tions for systematically carrying on revolutionary agitation Africa, the United States, South America and the West Indies.- Reuter.
in
Dignity at Stake.
ap-
"What one has to remember in a case like this is the dignity of the European. If we are to allow workless Europeana to drift about the Colony with rapidly vanishing means of substance, it is a serious matter.
Meanwhile the 16th Division under General Yang Ting-chung General Wong Yam-wan have con- and the Training Brigade under
they will make a determined effort centrated at Kwai Hsien, whence to get through to Nanning, follow- ing the course of the West River.
Reports are to hand stating that the Yunnanese troops under Han, who were General Lu when they attempted to take severely repulsed with heavy losses
recently, 'Nanning
have contact established
with "My view is that planters who Cantonese forces. The Yunnanese have had their agreements ter force is reorganising and, to the present gether with the Canton forces, minated owing to slump should take advantage will make another attempt to take of their free passage home and NanningOur Own Correspon take their chance in England. Indent. England at least they may turn their hand to anything and not lose dignity.
now the
ECONOMIC MISSION TO FAR EAST.
"Slump conditions are too gen- eral in England for people to cara how others carn their livings. Even though there are 2,000,000 TO LEAVE ENGLAND DURING unemployed in England there is a beter chance for ex-planters to get their some sort of work when choice is not dicated by a dignity we have always preserved in the
East.
Minimum of $250 Per Month. "At present it is possible to live on the Furopean level in Malaya at a minimum salary of $250 a month. If positions at this salary are available Europeans would probably be doing better than t would at home. Below this sum, however, it seems impossible to maintain the standard and it must be admitted that the outlook for workless Europeans in Malaya is pot at present very bright."
Another business man promi- nent in the rubber industry con- firmed the fact that unless a big improvement took place, many planters would be going home within the next few months.
"The practice of giving money in lieu of passages," he said, "is certainly not sound. We do not LATEST RETURN SHOWS DROP force the assistants and managers,
OF 32,780.
WELCOME DECREASE IN UNEMPLOYED.
Ir
whose services have to be dispena- ed with, to gail immediately their
terminated. employment is London, Aug. 26. The long series of announce ments of increases in the number of unemployed is broken by the announcement of a decrease.
On August 18th, there was a de. grease, compared with the week The total earlier, of 32,780. number wag 2,017,957,-British Wireless.
[On August 6th, the unemploy- ed totalled 2,011,000, this being the first occasion on which the total. had exceeded two million since 1921.3
AMERICAN BASEBALL
RESULTS.
PITTSBURGH DEFEATED BY
CHICAGO.
New York, Aug. 26. The following are the results of the baseball matches: played in the National and American Leaguek to- day:
Cincinnati Chiengo
Philadelphia
National.
1 St. Louis 7" Pittsburgh
American.
10 Washington Reuter's American Service,
FINE WEATHER.
they want to look for work here and can mantain themselves in the meantime, we will book their passages to be taken months ahead.
up a few
NEXT MONTH,
London, Aug. 26. The Economic Mission to the Far East, which consists of Sir Ernest Thompson (chairman), Sir. Thomas Allen, Lt. Col. Reginald Morcom, Mr. James Bell, Mr. William Crowther and Mr. Louis Beale, will leave England for the Far East on September 19. The principal duty of the Mission is to inquire into the present condition of British trade with China and Japan and to report on what action should be taken to develop and increase British trade.
There is also a Cotton Section of the Mission which consists of Messrs. James Bell, F. W. Birchenough, E. Duxbury, J. L. Edmondson, G. Green, A Reiss and J. Wild.-Reuter.
FLIGHT TO AFRICA AND BACK.
ANOTHER ACHIEVEMENT BY CAPT. BARNARD.
London, Aug. 26. Captain Barnard left Lympne at dawn yesterday and flew in a light Pussmoth machine non-stop to Tangier. He arrived there in the "We do not encourage this, howevéning and stayed the night, leav- ever, as we know the outlook here ing again at 7.30 this morning and is not very hopeful, but we want arriving at Croydon at 6.30 this to give our men every opportunity evening. Captain Barnard thus we can of finding work here, flew the 2,480 miles from England sooner than face unemployment at to Africa and back inside thirty- six hours, dining and sleeping in home.
Tangier.
"Down and Outs,”
Earlier this month Captain Bar- nard flew.non stop to Malta in 13 "It must be remembered that 4 hours and did the return journey great number of the present Euro-in 13 hours 40 minutes. Reuter pean unemployed in Malaya are and British Wireless. people who have drifted here at
various times and taken up local engagements. "These engagements.
do not usually include a passage ages home in the case of workless home when the contract has been Europeans. One is the "Desti- terminated, and so at present tule Strangers Aid Fund" to there is a danger of an increase which Government contributes and in the number of European down which is augmented by private and outs' and 'dead beat' wander subscriptions. Those who are un- able to pay their passages home ing about Singapore.
are assisted by this fund.
Prospects in Malaya, "Granting passage money in lieu of a passage home would tend to make this situation worse, for even the most optimistic of us would not say the prospect of em- ployment for workless Europeans in Malaya looks good.
"There is the probability that Government will be asked to step In to case the situation as they did in 1921 by providing passages home and in some cases suitable employment here, but workless Europeans should certainly go home to England."
Free Passages.
The other channel ia the "Re- patriation of Vagrants" fund, which is used to pay the passages home of the inmates of the House of Detention, where destitute Europeans are often found.
That the problem of European unemployed is becoming serious is proved by the fact that several European ex-assistants on rubber estates are at present working as overseers of Tamil labour in Sin
pore at $3 per day.
Though Government has been approached on the question of re- verting to the methods adopted in 1921, to deal with European unem- ployed, the official view is that until representations have been
The Royal Observatory reports that pressure is high over North Japan. The depressions over Tongking and to the east of Shan- tung have filled up. Pressure Further inquiries instituted in made which prove conclusively gradients are shallow from Mid-Government circles elicited the that a reversion to the policy of Japan to the China Sed. The information that there are two 1921 is justified, they should take local, forecast is: Light S.W. or channels through which applica- no action in the matter. variable winds: fine.
tion may be made for free pass
The BIG
PARE
Whoopee is
some business-
what a business! Es- pecially when three honey sweet dear- ies who model for their livings, be- come involved in the night life of the bright lights.
This Movietone mel. odydrama is presented by William Fox
with
SUE CAROʻL DIXIE LEE WALTER CATLETT FRANK ALBERTSON RICHARD KEENE
JACK SMITH Directed by
JOHN BLYSTONE
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