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WORLD FAMOUS SINGER'S FAREWELL IN LONDON.

DEATH OF THE WEMBLEY EXHIBI- TION ORGANISER

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT-]

LONDON, June 19th. "MELBA'S FAREWELL- Dame Nellie Melba had a wonderful ovation when she appeared at the Royal Opera House for her farewell perform ance in London. The famous theatre in Covent Garden has been crowded many times in the years that have gone, but was never so packed as on this, occasion. There was a queue outside the doors for 23 hours The King and Queen were there, and the day after the performance the great singer received a letter from His Majesty expressing on behalf of him- sel and his Consort our most sincere good wishes and in gratitude for that most beautiful artistic singing, which we have so often heard, and shall always remember with lasting enjoyment." The letter was signed by the King and Queen each in their own bardwriting.

Melba, called into the Royal box re- ceived a bouquet of roses and sweet peas from Queen Mary and it was banded to her personally by Her Majesty. There were bouquets galore from people in the audience, presented amid cheers and scenes of enthusiasm. One kively bou quet came hurtling towards the stage from the upper regions of the vast theatre from one of the circles near the roof-and Dame Nellie caught it with one hand in true Test match form, which shewed that she was not born in Australia for nothing This, after singing Juliet, Desdemona, and Mimi in one evening, and after nearly forty years as a prima donna is a feat worth noting. The great singer's final performance was broadcast and heard on the wireless by millions.

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INTERESTING VISITORS.

If all goes well there will be a good many ruling monarchs in London before the season ends. Besides King Fuad of Egypt, it is learned that King Feisul of Iraq has proposed that he should be per-" mitted to take another rest cure in Eng land. He derived a good deal of benefit from his stay in London a year ago, and as his health has no doubt suffered some what from the anxiety regarding the Mosul frontier dispute, now happily at ad end, he is probably entitled to cope back again in the hope of repeating his

cure.

THE CINEMA.

19TH. 1926

THE WEEK'S PROGRAMMES--AT LOCAL THEATRES.

Variety is again one of the predomin ant features in the "programmes at the Queen's and Star Theatres this week. There are pictures of adventure and thrill, romance and comedy. Among the several well-known movie artistes wha will be seen on the screen of our local picture houses this week are Pedro de Cordoba, Renee Adores, Corinne Griffith, Matt Moore at Queen's Theatre; Helen Chadwick William Russell, Norma Tal madge, Ward Crane, Norma Shearer and George K. Arthur at the Star.

At the Queen's Theatre yesterday The Bandolera. (The there, opened Bandit) The picture, which was made for the most part in. Cuba, is one of swift action and gripping interest from start to finish, and is full of dramatic and thrilling situations, adventure and romance. One of the most intense scenes in the picture is the bull-fight. The cast includes Pedro de Cordoba and Renee Adores." The Bandolero" will be shown again to-day."

To-morrow and Wednesday, "Lilies of the Field," a very interesting picture, will be shown. The story narrates how merely tolerates the fair sex for the a rich, cynical and young bachelor. sake of breaking the monotony of his idle life. This, we learn, "only serves In the picture to make them more desperate in their attempts for his favour. appear Corinne Griffith and Conway Tearle, as well as a number of other well- known screen stars.

From Thursday to Saturday inclusive, Matt Moore and Dorothy Derore, a well- matched pair, appear in a particularly fine light-comedy picture entitled Haw Baxter Butted In." It is a Warner

The prin Bros production, and a film which com- bines comedy and drama. cipals in the story are irresistibly funny in their droll seriousness. -*-

STAR THEATRE.

"The Still Alarm," which began yes- terday at the Star Theatre, Kowloon, and will be shown again today, is a picture of hair-raising action. It is a Universal production. The pro- ducers have linked the fire-fighter of the old days with his successor of to-day, and have improved the story which has been adapted from the old stage play.

To-morrow and Wednesday, Norma Talmadge appears in " Within the Law,

Sent to prison for a theft that another girl committed;

Saved from an attempt at suicide; Initiated into a band of black-mailers working only "wi hin the law" and who

Specialise in breach of promise suits; Sworn-to-get square with the employer who sent her up" na an example and finally

Married to his son as a means-of- obtaining vengeance, but somehow this didn't work out as planned.

These are some of the dramatic and romantic things that happen to Norma Talmadge as Mary Turner in the screen version of "Within the Law." A notable cast supports her

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King Feisul's visit will be private. So will be that of the King and Queen of Spain who are expected to come England towards the end of July, though nothing. has yet definitely been fixed From Thursday to Saturday inclusive, ARTERIAL ROAD DEVELOPMENT. The big event, however, will be the visita Metro-Goldwyn production, "Lady of of King Fuad. It is & State visit, and the Night," based on the story by Adela bear that the Government are taking great pains to make his stay in London A success, so as to impress the Egyptian people with the friendliness as well as with the power of Great Britain. It is being said in some of the London papers that His Majesty King George will confer the Order of the Garter upon King Fund, but that must be received at present with all reserve.

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GERMAN WAR PRISONERS IN SIBERIA.

150 REFUSE TO RETURN.

DESIRE TO BE LEFT IN PEACE,

Upkeep and lighting of the fifty miles Rogers St. John, will be screened. It is of streets in the square inile of the City a fine picture in which Norma Shearer of London" cost £360,000 a year. This makes good in the dual role of a girl of information was give by Mr. Walter the upper classes and a girl of the un-Fortescue, chairman of the Streets Com derworld in love with the same man.mittee of the Corporation, when he en The story is also a very entertaining tertained the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, still thousands of German prisoners of one. In the supporting cast appears members of the committee, and guests at war in Russia and Siberia who either George K. Arthur.

DETECTING SUBMARINES.

PROFESSOR'S CLAIM:

The Inventions Commission, sitting at the Low Courts, London, under the chairmanship of Mr. Justice Tomlin,

luncheon at Guildhall.

In view of rumours that there were-

were actually there. His report has now been issued.

The agent visited every possible spot, including even lunatic asylums, to find

In the course of the proceedings Mr. could not or would not return to their Fortescue presented his predecessor in tiative land, the German Government office, Mr. F. J. C. Pollitzer, on behalf of sent a Consulär agent to travel all over the committee, with a silver saiver in re Siberia-and-find out how many Germans. cognition of his services during his year There is general approval of the choice

as chairman. In doing so he mentioned of Viscount Willingdon to succeed Lord

that the maintenance of the City streets Byng as Governor-General of Canada.

cost £50,000 a year; remaking founda Lord Willingdon, as you know, ia at pre- Bent in China, at the head of a mission

tions and repaving, £50,000; "cleansing,

former German war prisoners, but he was Of these which is dealing with the allocation of

2150,000; and lighting, equally divided the Boxer indennity. Just sixty years of heard the claim of Professor Miles between electricity and gas, 0,000,

Mr. Pollitzer, in reply, stated that only able to discover about 200. age, he has bad considerable experience, Walker in respect of supersonic signal.

during the carrying out of the improve for be was twelve years Liberal member ling for Hastings and Bodmin, and was later Professor Walker said that he was a menta at St Martin-le-Grand a special even had become naturalized Russians, ADC to Earl Brassey when he was professor of electrical engineering at subway had been constructed to carry 30 refused to give the Consul any in- Governor of Victoria His heart has Manchester University. He claimed for pipes underground. This would prevent formation whatever, in fact they hid an exceedingly small fraction of the the necessity for periodically-pulling up from him and asked-their-friends-not-to always been in Empire work, and he was a very popular Governor of Bombay from effort that was made by a large number the streets and interrupting, traffic, and feveal their whercabotits, 20 refused 1913 to 191, following this up by becom ing Governor of Madras, a most unusual of experimenters to solve a very dificult he hoped the policy would be extended. absolutely to return to Germany, and distinction

Colonel C. H. Bressey (Ministry of

Government to mea on the other side of tments in submarine echoes were made in broken down while the railwaysgers disports, has become particularly prosper

„HE MINERS” LEADER.

and important problem-how to detect Since his retirement from that position and locate a silent submarine. He did Transport), replying to the toast of The only 50 agreed to do so, and were brought not claim that his work on the solution Guests," proposed by Alderman Sir back. Many of the Germans had married wives and relatives in Germany. They Lord Willingdon has been cogaged in of that problem was as great as that by George Truscott, said that the road again and had families in Siberia, and several Government missions, the latest many other experimenters in that field, authorities had conferred a great benest had ceased all communication with their being this in China. The interesting part but he was the first to suggest to the upon the country by the amazing way in warted nothing more than to be left in

Had the roads Peace in Siberia. about it is that Lord Willingdon remains Admiralty a very promising line of at which they rose to the crisis created by

None of the settlers, the Consul re- a Liberal, so that this will be the second tack on, submarines. His first experi- the General Strike Governorship given by a Conservative

1999 after the sinking of the Stella, when organised, it would have been extremely politics.

he was a student at Cambridge. He serious for the country The Ministry of us in Siberia, although two-thirds of thought it was possible for a ship to get Transport owed a particular debt to the them own their own little property, and warning of hidden rocks by means of a City of London because it was through he adds most of them have suited them- Mr. a. J. Cook, the secretary of the submarine echo. In 1912, when he was the forethought of the Corporation that selves to their surroundings and ex- Miners' Federation, is now generally re-appointed to Manchester, a student un- some of the greatest of the arterial roadsternally at least are not to be distin- cognised as probably the most stupid der his direction made experiments for had been made possible. He referred suished from their Russian neighbours. Trade Union leader who has ever had the the detection of high frequency sounda particularly to the Eastern-avenue, interests of a great industry in his charge In 1913 h was sold autent which had which ran through the City Housing The miners have been misled by the been evolved for the detection of ica Estate. If that was connected up across among sheer vanity of this man, who has boasted herga After the war broke out he ex- the north of the City with the Western- for so long what he could do.. Of course,plained his device, to the Admiralty, and avenue, it would be found to confer a one allows that the delegates supported experiments were carried out by a water greater benefit on traffic through London Mr. Cook délegates generally do support syren for the detection of submarines, than any other scheme of road improve- a leader who falls them they are goug to but his suggestion was not adopted ment recently executed. get something but that does not exoner Another method, however, was found to ate the leader from responsibility It is, be more satisfactory after all, he who is paid to do the think ing, not the delegatex.

The Commission reserved ita decision,

Awarding in London on June 21st last

the Founder's Medal to Colonel Norton

BABY'S ESCAPE FROM LION DRAMA IN A TENT

EX KAISERIS CLAIM.

PROPERTY IN S.W. AFRICA:

According to the Johannesburg Sunday. Times, a case is shortly to be heard be- fore the High Court at Windhoek, Bouth- West Africa, in which an order is sought by the ex-Kaiser in regard to the pro- perty of his family in that mandated territory The ex-Kaiser is..petitioning

(1) A declaration to the effect that the not apply to the family trust of the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles do

2)ATH

Mr. Cook has done remarkably little thinking, perhaps having been far too

A story of a lion's attack on a mission- busy running up and down the country and seeing himself advertised in the pin ture papera. His speech at Perth after for his leadership of the Everset Erary and a baby's fortunate escape comes the General Strike showed that the pedition in 1024, the President of the from Rhodesia "TVEJU Enior Goagreteria Westing Cow. Geographical Society said With this The Rov Nigel Arnot, one of the best-Hohenzollern houts as represented by mittee were prepared to accept the report ward the NYSC phase-pfathy faghahalon tankumwa missionaries in Northern Rhodesia of the Coal Commission, including a reconquest of Mount Everest is over. If was in his sleeping ca duction of wages. The representatives of and when we are able to initiate the paw through the flap and matigd, the other industries have, therefore, been other phase, we shall certainly call upon missionary quite alive to the blindness of Mr. Cook's you." Handing the Cuthbert Peck The animal then seized the bed on leadership. It has been a sorry business: Grant to Mr. Mason, wife of Major which the missionary's baby son was and while the miners' so-called leaders Kenneth Mason, to assist in further ex-sleeping and dragged out the boy and have accepted Bussian contributions, the ploration of the Himalayas, the Preat the bed. Trades Union Congress has been nego dent said Advice has been received The latter, however, collided with an tiating on the Continent for a million from Major Mason that the expedition ant hill, and the lion bolted, leaving the

has been launched with complete success, baby uninjured loan!

interdict restraining the ad Hohenzollern family property there, and (3) An order to the Registrar of Deeds ministraEO - YOUT="Beating

as owner of the property in question. to restore the name of the Hohenzollern

It is claimed that the provisions of the Royal family trust in the Deeds Office

trust, which is a family concern. Treaty of Versailles do not apply to the