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CASTLE LINER

SINKS AT BOWS Doubts Of Ship's Salvage Suggested

Mahatma Gandhi smiling during a talk with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehrn, the President of the Congress Party. He might well feel pleased with the steady procession of Congress victories in the pro-... vincial legislature elections.

OPIUM IN DIPLOMATIC MAILBAGS

TWELVE MEN ARRESTED

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BELGRADE, TO-DAY.

A BAND OF OPIUM SMUGGLERS WHO HAVE BEEN MAKING USE OF DIPLOMATIC: MAIL BAGS FOR THEIR NEFARIOUS. TRADE, HAVE BEEN AR- RESTED BY THE POLICE HERE.

It is alleged that they had managed to smuggle over three tons of narcotics across the fron- tier by this ingenious method._____ Showing an up-to-date spirit, the men used aeroplanes to transport. the drugs from Bulgaria to Yugo- Slavia and twelve of them were ar-

rested at the Belgrade aerodrome on Thursday.

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EX-GOVERNOR OF HONGKONG

To Head Colonial Empire Union

London,To-day. Lord Lugard, Governor of Hong Kong from 1907 to 1912, will be President of the Colonial Empire Union which is being established in London in the interest of colonial affairs; M

Colonials on leave will be special-1 ly catered for by the Union, which has been sponsored by the Overseas League:

Mr. William Ormsby-Gore, Se- cretary of State for the Colonies, will be one of the Union's vice-pre-] sidents-Renter's Bulletin.

CONGRESS PARTY WINS ANOTHER PROVINCE

Bombay, To-day. The Congress Party has sect dmajority in the Bombay bly by already securing 38 seats fout of 1752 Beuter

uestioned by the

CREW REMAINS ON BOARD

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London, To-day

The fate of the Union Castle liner "Llandovery Castle," which struck a mine yesterday off Cape Creus, is still in the balance.

The original intention was to tow the stricken ship to Mar- seilles but in the meantime the bow of the liner has sunk and is now resting on the bottom.

Messages from Port Vendres ap pear to question whether the vessel can be salvaged.

HAUPTMAN TRIAL ECHO

Counsel Declared Insane

New York, To-day.

The crew of 117 has refused to A petition that Edward Reilly, abandon the ship.

who defended Bruno Hauptmann în

A British official inquiry has been the Lindbergh kidnapping case, be opened into the incident-Trans-declared insane was granted by the Ocean

New York Supreme Court yester- day

ROYAL OAK INCIDENT.

A doctor said that worry Cover Senor Del Vayo, Spanish Minis- the Hauptmann case, coupled with ter of State, has expressed to Mr. domestic trouble, was responsible Ogilvie Forbes, British Charge for the lawyer's breakdown-Beu- d'Affaires, the sympathy and con-ter..

cern felt by the Spanish Govern-

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