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THE CHINA MAIL,

WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES.

Ex-Chancellor on Holiday

British Museum Expedition

Operated on the King

The Earl of Birkenhead, who left the woolsack for journalism, on

holiday in the south away from the English winter.

Sir George Wilkins Returning.

Sir Hugh (Mallinson) Righby, K.C.V.O., Surgeon to the King's House- hold, who operated on the King and at- tended (as consultant) the Arch- bishop of Canterbury. To him la dus much of the credit for His Majesty's

recovery.

WILKINS BASE

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Captain Sir George Wilkins (above), head of the Wilkins-Hearst expedition to the Antarctic, who announced in a radio nessage that he was returning to America to prepare for the second phase of his His decision was reached after exploration in the South Pole area.

a 100-miles' flight over Graham Land, in which he searched in vain for a mere suitable base from which to continuo his explorations fur- ther South. The map shows his present base and the country over which he flew.

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Will a Crown Fall to Him?

Sentiment in Hungary was reported recently to be in favour of offering the throne to Admiral Horthy, the dictator who assumed regency in 1920 and saved the country from being overrun by Bela Kun'e irregulars. The dictator is here shown at his desk in Buda- post.

"Varsity "Rag "

Amanullah

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1929.

Marvellous discoveries of ancient art and Information concerning

the burial rites of 5,000 years ago are being uncovered by workers of

the joint expedition of the University of Pennsylvania and the British Museum excavating the ancient cemetery of Ur in the Chaldees.

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"Just Flyin' Around"

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A. 24,000-miles' non-stop round-the-world flight is the next objec tive of Colonel Art Goebel (inset), of Wichita, Kansas. Goebel, the winner of the Dole race to Hawail, announced his plans after the successful flight of the "Question Mark" over California. The map ahows the tentative route.

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