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PAUL
WHITEMAN
and his band,in
'KING JAZZ"
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Directed by JOHN MURRAY ANDERSON
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THE TWO : BLACK CROWS MORAN & MACK
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"Why Bring That Up?”
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Accompanied by Prince George, the Prince of Wales has now arrived at Buenos Aires. where he is to open the British Trade Essibition. The above pictures show the departure of the Prłaves from Home. Upper photo shows some of the crowd outside. Hendon flying field, from which the dequarture by air was made; lower left, just as the fight was to start: lower right, the Princes on landing in Paris.
LIVELY ELECTION
PROSPECT.
RIVAL CONSERVATIVES AT ST. GEORGE'S.
OFFICIAL NOMINEE.
London, Mar. 5. Mr. Alfred Duff Cooper, 130., has been adopted as the official Conservative candidate for the | bye-election at St. George's, Weste minister, enused, by the death of
ROYAL WELCOME FOR PRINCE.
Beautiful "Norma Shearer's brilliant successor to "The Divorcee"
SHEARER
Marie
Drazter funnier
THEFT OF ROLLER SKATES.
than
ARGENTINA WILD WITH
· ENTHUSIASM.
CHINESE LAD ORDERED A CANING.
REACH THE CAPITAL.
Buenos Aires, Mar, D. The Prince of Wales and Prince George arrived by air from Mar del Plata, their plane being escorted by twenty-five Argentine Army planes.
KOWLOON INCIDENT.
Accepting the evidence of the Prosecution, Mr. Hamilton, at the Kowloon Magistracy today, con- victed a young Chinese who ap peared on remand on a charge of stealing a pair of roller skates be lunging to the son of Dr. and Mrs. HF. Sommiers of the Peninsula Hotel.
lost a pair of skates. After the boy had left the premises and returned to the Hotel, witness saw the defendant, whom he identified,
The Princes minde a beautiful Sir Laming Worthington Evans, landing at Palomar aerodrome, This bye-election is being mark where they were welcomed by the el by a direct challenge to the cou-British Ambassador, Sir Ronald tinuince of Mr. Baldwin's leader-Macleay, and Colonel Zuloaga, the Dr. Sommers, in evidence, said ship of the Conservative Party Chief of the Argentine Army Air that he was looking out of his The potential Conservative candi-Service.
window and saw his son searching date was Lieut.-Col. LT. Moore,
A crowd of over a thousand was in the yard at the rear of the Brabazon, who a week ago inti-waiting at the aerodrome, who Y.M.CIA. Witness subsequently mated his withdrawal In view of rousingly cheered the Royal learned from his son that he had The fact that an Independent Con-visitors. servative, Sir Ernest Petter. had The Princes inter left for Buenoa appeared who openly questioned Aires by special train. The city the wisdom of Mr. Baldwin's[is gaily beflagged in their honour. leadership, regarding which Lieut. The Prince of Wales and Prince and another mas go to Salisbury -Col. Moore himself expreased nis George arrived at Mar del Plata, Road, look up and down and then givings.
the Brighton of the Argen-return to the yard. The defen- tinu. lust Mr. Duff Cooper, now adopted
night, escorted by nine #s the official
Air Force machines, from dant took the skates from under a Conservative Bahia Blanca, two hours behind
machine and then returned to hist nominre. was formerly in the scheduled time owing to bad wea- shed, Grenadier Guards and was also for ther, rain and low clouds, which Witness then went downstairs a time at the Foreign Office. He is often obliged the Princes, in and demanded the return of the the oldest son of the late Separate machines, to fly at an
skates from the defendant, who Alfred Cooper and late Lady altitude of only a few hundred denied ail knowledge of the Agnes Duff, sister of the first Duke feet. of Fife.
Thousands of people motored He was Conservative M.P. for to the aerodrome, which is twenty Oldham from 1924 to 1929, and for miles from the town, and wel- a time was Financial Secretary to comed the Princes. There were the War Office. He served in the scenes of amazing excitement. Great War, being mentioned in dedined and danced at the golf club, Later, their Royal Highnesses spatches and was awarded the 1.8.0. His wife is Lady Diana-Renter's American Servite,
where there was more enthusiasm. Manners, youngest daughter of the Duke of Rutland.-Reute', "
TRAFFIC
OFFENDERS
IN COURT.
CHATER ROAD ·INCIDENT CONTESTED.
Admitting a charge of driving motorcycle along Murrison Gap Road on February 20 without n rear lamp, Mr. J. Barnet, of the P. W. D. Tytam, was fined 35 by Mr. Schofield, at the Traffle Court this morning.
DEMOCRATS OPEN
ATTACK.
Continued from Page 1.) forement is furnished by the prices at which liquor may be had In different localitles."
Does not Reach Source. "As to this," It says, "there is significantly uniform evidence that while certain kinds of imported. wines command high prices and now and then the pressure of en- forcement raises all prices for n lipie at some one apet, whisky of
skates.
his Worship registered a convic- Affer bearing further evidence. tion, in sentencing the defan- dunt to twelve strokes of the cane,
and any fine which he might im- not anxious to send him to prison, his Worship remarked that he was
pose would only fall on his parents.
Detective Sub-Inspector Elston remarked to his Worship that the defendant was not, as he had described himself, a "boy" in the employ of the Y.M.C.A.. but was the son of the contractor engaged on construction work at the rear of the premisen.
in
LET US
BE GAY
Cut:- Maria Dressler Rod in Rocque Gilbert Emery Hedda Hoppar
A Robert Z.
Leonard
Production.
Metro Golden Mayw
ALL TALKING POTUME
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THE SCREEN'S FUNNIEST TEAM
STAN
LAUREL
in
OLIVER
HARDY
"BLOTTO"
HEARST METROTONE NEWS
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GEORGE O'BRIEŃ
ROUGH ROMANCE
EXTRALITY TALK IN NANKING.
'NO MATERIAL PROGRESS MADE SO FAR.
Nanking. Mir,.5. No material progress has been made in the discussions between
A fine of $20 was imposed on the driver of a Tung Wah Hospital Ambulance, for passing another cor good quality is obtainable substan Sir Milea Lampion, British Minis
on a corner of Stubba Road, o the
alist aspiration for the abolition of extrality in China:
tially everywhere at prices not ex-ter to Poking, and Mr. C. T. Wang, same date. It was stated that a travagant for persons of means. Foreign Minister, on the Nation- third car in which Mr. P. Teater It la true many cannot afford these was riding had to pull up to avoid prices and for them a lurge amount a collision,
of cheap, poor grade, or even pol- Mr. Horace Lo appeared for Lonous liquor is constantly pro- Wing-san, who was charged with duced and is in general circulation. driving a public car on the wrong
"The conclusion is that enforce side of Chator Road on February ment is not renching the sources 19. Traffic Sergeant Gill said that of production and distribution so as he came out of Ice House Street as materially to affect the supply." hia motorcycle collided with
There is evidence of law viola- rear mudguard of the public car, tion in cities of even such typical causing slight damage.
ly dry statos na Virginia and
the
Sir Miles Lampson has decided to prolong hia stay in Nanking in urder to interview the heads of the Five Councils, some of whom are known to be against the sug- gestad gradual relinquishment of extrality,
Sir Miles will await the arrival of the French Minister to exchange opinions with him before having
a second conference with the
The French Minister will be
Mr. Lo, who stated that Mr. Kansas, the commission reports, Foreign Minister. T. H. G. Brayfield was in the car while in states that are frankly at the time, submitted that the car "wet," and particularly those leaving Peking on Tuesday on an was only temporarily on the wrong which have not given local police extensive visit to Nanking to dis side, as the driver was drawing co-operation, it is obvious that euss extrality and to effect a settle- ment to next Friday was granted. away from the rank. An adjourn there is not effective enforcement ment of minor Sino-French pro
of prohibition."
blems.
and
HELEN CHANDLER
in a fast moving, tense: drama of the snowlands,
MADGE BELLAMY
in
"Soft Living"
with JOHN MACK BROWN
THE STAR