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THE CHINA MAIL,
News In Pictures
Farewell Party To Departing Secretary
On the eve of his departure From Shanghai for Genevi. Dr. James Woo, Secretary of the Chinese, Delegation to the League of Nations at Geneva, was the guest
of honour at a dinner given by Mr. P. Prent in his garden at No. 612. Rue Lafayette, French Concession, Shanghai. A large number of prominant Chinese were in attend- am(Ah Fong).
Wins French Title
Jack Westland, whose hume links
is
at Mamaroneck, N.V., where
open was het, hut Jack wasn't there
the
to see the fun. He was too busy in
Chantilly, France, winning the French
amateur championship.
Record Set
Police Powerless In Car Strike
Riots and sabotage followed the efforts of the trolley company in New Orleans to run their cars on the city streets. The car at the right certainly looked as though it had been through the war after the strikers faisher wrecking it. New Orleane police have been unable to cope with the situation and have made few arrests, although the camera man caught one as shown left. an attempt to bring about a settlement of the strike which is one of the most violent of years, the Department of Labour sent W. H. Rogers, its commissioner of conciliation, to Louisiana city to work out an agreement between the strikers and the street railway company.
Dirigible May Carry Fighting 'Planes
First Love Still Holds
Not many actresses get the change
to turn down the figures on the con-
tract which was offered Ethel Barry-
more to appear in a talkie movie. She
said she did not like her first appear-
ace in the silent films some years ago
and thinks the talkies are terrible, al-
though film experts say that her voice.
In
recent
the
is ideal. She'll stick to her first love
--the stage.
י.
Joins Pro Ranks
TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1929.
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Along with other famous amateur
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Toronto. Her recent suspension by the During their brief stay in Shanghai the French aviators, Major Rignot and Captain Arschart, were guests at a
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