1925-06-20 — Page 12

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, JUNE 20.

Von Hindenburg Sworn In.

Oriental Belle.

Major General Sir John Lawrence Baird, & member of Britain's diplomatic service, for years, is the new Governor General of Australia. He won the D. 8. O. during the war and has a whole string of other honours.

This is the first photo of Count Paul Von Hindenburg (marked by arrow) taking the oath of office as president of the German Republic in the Reichstag at noon on May 12. This picture was rushed to London by airplane, and dispatched to America on the Majostie, arriving in New York in less than a week.

Loch Leong, -17, of Call- fornia, Chinatown beauty, was noted winner in a popu arity contest conducted to raise funds for Chinesa hospital;

Notable Wedding Cake.

This shows the beautifully decorated wedding cake, tho work of a renowned pastry artist, which was served to guests at the Milton-Rockefeller wedding.

High.

"The Thrill That---

When the circus' visited Washington, D. C, all the kiddies wanted to ride the elephants, and here are three who did. Left to right, Jano and Jimmie Davis, children of the Secretary of Labour, and their friend, Teddy Amusson..

Berlin's Excitement.

Million Dollar Loss.

Ausable Forks, N. Yle only a small village, but the loss by

a recent, fire is estimated at $1,000,000. Two churches, a hotel, a telephone exchange, a garage and many dwellings were destroy- ed before fire departments from four other villages put out, the blaze,

Thriller.

Muro, a Belgian polico dog, is shown jumping 4 1-2 feet, at the Queensboro Kennel Club Show, hold at the Aqueduct Race Track near New York.

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Something near riots marked Von Hindenburg's inauguration. Women and little child ren were trampled under foot as the great mass of people fought to get near the Reichstag as this pictura shows,

Satisfying public demand for now thrills, Al Blackstone is shown straddling a motorcycle sad, at 60 miles an hour, over taking an airplane from which a ladder is susponded, Swing- ing from this fadder ho mounts tho plano as it risos in the air.