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On Account of Big Demand for Seats. Showing Extended to Tuesday, Aug. 19th.

Return Engagement of

THE LOVE PARADE"

THE BIG PICTURE OF ALL TIMES.

My Love Parade

Dream Laver

JEANETTE MACDONALD LUPINO LANE LILLIAN ROTH

a Paramount Picture

NEW YORK Hood in line to

pay $2 a set to see it The screen's first musical-romance Spectacle Tufuli Witty | Ro- mantic! The perfect combination -Chevalier directed by Lubitsch.

MAURICE

CHEVALIER The Love Parade

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AN ERNST

LUBITSCH

PRODUCTION Hear Chevalier sing "Anything

Jo Please the Queen," "Nobody's Using it Now "My Love Pa rade" and other hits. Hear Jea netic MacDonald sing "Dream Lover."

NEXT CHANGE

CHARLES ROGERS & NANCY CARROLL

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“ILLUSION"

A TALKING-SINGING-DANCING LOVE STORY.

Booking af Anderson's & The Theatre.

(Ticket box telephone No. 25720)

Do you remember your FIRST KISS?

Tay

WRAY

Gary

COOPER

The FIRST KISS

Hero and heroine of "The "Legion of the Condemned'' in their first co-starring picture-an elaborate pro- duction

popular Saturday Evening Post Berial love story.

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PRODUCTION Paramount Picture

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1930.

GREAT STABILITY RACIAL TROUBLES

OF THE R100.

AIR MINISTRY SATISFIED WITH RESULTS.

AVERAGE 58 M.P.H.

London, Aug. 17.

The accomplishment of the air. ship R100 in flying from Canada to Cardington, a distance of 3,000

IN U.S.A.

WAR ON FILIPINOS CONTINUES.

LABOURER BURNED TO DEATH IN ARSON MOVE.

STRICKEN LINER ABANDONED.

"ALL ON BOARD THE TAHITI TAKEN OFF.

VENTURA ARRIVES. . ||

Wellington, N.Z., Aug. 16. Reports are being anxiously followed here as to the plight of the mail steamer Tahiti, bound

her propeller and is leaking, 460 miles south-west of the Cook Islands..

miles, in 57 hours, which shows AMERICAN DEMANDS. for Sao Francisco. She has lost

an average speed of 58 miles per hour, has given great satisfaction in the Air Ministry.

There are over 100 passengers aboard, including Sir Hugh Perey Allen, Professor of Music at Ox- ford University. The steamers

San Jose (Cal.) Aug. 13. Joaquin Somera, 22 years of The average speed was ap-

a bed-ridden Filipino proximately three times that of age,

and labourer, was burned to death the speediest ocean liners W28 attained despite adverse to-day when fire destroyed four weather conditions and a crippled cabins in Sunnyville. Attaches Tolna and Ventura have respond- engine.

of the sheriff's office deny thated to the S.0.S., but they are two days sail from the distressed racial trouble is responsible for liner. Somery's death, but unofficial Latest wireless messages state quarters admit that the burning that the passengers have taken to of the cabins at Sunnyville may the lifeboats. The captain of the have resulted from trouble Tahiti reports all well, with the between Filipino and American be fairly near and la hastening to which long has been brewing crow trying to stop the leak.

Another steamer is believed to cannery workers.

Wing Commander Colmore states, "We ran into a rather bad patch on Thursday night. It took acveral hours to get out of that bad patch, but apart from that we had a very smooth passage."

A remarkable feature about the outward and homeward journeys had been the stability of the ship

A rigid investigation of in flight. Apart from a short time Somera's horrible death has been those on board were bumped about

ordered. As yet no official rather badly, the ship did not pitch explanation of the fire which burn or roll and there was no vibrationed the Sunnyville cabins, occupied whatever. He thought all the by Filipino workers, has been passengers during the home flight made. had been very much impressed by that fact.

have been

the assistance.-Reuter.

Wellington, Later.

The captain of the Tahiti'has sent out a wireless message to the effect that the bulkhead has given given the way and that he has order to abandon ship.-Reuter,

Wellington, Later. The Tahiti now reports that the order to abandon ship has been cancelled and that the passengers are remaining on board.-Reuter.

Suva (Fiji), Aug. 17. The Tahiti was still afloat at 7 this

steamers morning. The Pen-y-Bryn and Ventura are rush- ing to her help and are expected to reach her this afternoon. They will take off the passengers, who number 128, and the crew of 148. -Reuter.

Acts of Violence. The log shows that the airship In other sections of California started on the voyage with 9,585 sporadic acts of violence against gallons of fuel and at the finish Filipinos in the harvest fields were 'as itinerant white she had 3,200 gallons. Thus for alabating voyage of 57 hours she used two-labourers forced their demands on thirds of her fuel. The apparent ranchers, grape growers and other inference is that with all her fuel employers. But the death of her maximum duration would Somera has fanned the flames of about eighty-seven resentment, since it is linked with hours. This, however, is not alother suspected crimes of arson.

It was revealed in Fresno to-day .correct interpretation of figures, for she could have carried for that at Helma, on Tuesday night,

Wellington, Aug. 17. unidentified persons. sought to greater quantity of fuel and some burn an abandoned winery in

The liner Tahiti reports by wireless that the Norwegian what leas water ballast.

which 50 Filipinos were sleeping. Before the fire could gain much steamer Pen-y-Bryn is in sight, headway the Filipinos awakened, and is speeding alongside. All is discovered it and extinguished the in readiness to transfer the pas-

sengers.--Reuter. flames with but slight damage to their rude sleeping quarters,

There have been

an

Fuel can be used as ballast in emergency, although in this particular case the amount of water ballast carried on the R100 afforded a big safety margin,

The voyage was much assisted by frequent wireless communica- tion with shipping en route. This marks a great advance in recent years. When the R34 crossed the Atlantic comparatively few ships had wireless-British Wireless,

MUKDEN REMAINS

NEUTRAL.

(Continued from Page 1.) return immediately to Mukden view of the unfavourable rumours prevailing.

Tumours

frequent

Wellington, Aug. 17. The Penybryn is now alongside labour disputes in the Heima the Tahiti, but the position of the neighbourhood, as there have been latter is considered sufficiently at San Jose, and it is believed that reassuring to defer the transfer of

sentiment #roused racial

by her pasengers until the arrival of the Ventura, Filipino competition in the labour a larger steamer, market is responsible for the which should reach the Tahiti at attempt to smoke out and terrify eight o'clock to-morrow morning

-Reuter. the Filipinos sleeping in the winery:

Preference for Whites.

Vessel Abandoned.

Wellington, Aug. 18. The Ventura has now arrived At Dinuba and other regions alongside the Tahiti and the near Fresno the race difficulties passengers and crew of the vessel, are abatingas the result of an together with the mails on board, understanding that all unemploy-have been transferred to the The Tahiti has been ined white workers will be given Ventura

preference by all employers for abandoned-Reuter. all jobs over Filipino labourers

Crew Still Aboard. who have invaded the district in search of work. The concessions

Wellington, later. A further message from the won by the white were forced by bands of flying squade who have Ventura states that although the spent the past few days travelling passengers of the Tahiti have been from ranch to ranch, warning transferred. the crew remains on employers that clashes will follow board. Reuter. large scale employment of low- priced Filipino harvest hands.

Opponents Blamed. General Chang believes that the his arc created by political opponents for reasons not disclosed at present. He will leave Peitaiho and go back to Mukden as soon as the express service on the Peking-Mukden Railway is resumed. The railway has been interrupted by floods for about a week..

Many orange and grape growers have completed plans to discharge all of their Filipino workers and employ white labourers exclusive- Nanking official circles deny ly, in the hope that such a plan will that General Chang has been avoid race riots or serious clashes assassinated and state that he will between whites and Filipino be formally installed as Assistant labourers. Commander-in-Chief of the Nan- king Army and Navy at the end of this month.

Rumours Unfounded.

Tokyo, Aug. 17.

FIRE STATION AS A REST HOUSE:

CHINESE CHARGED WITH TRESPASSING.

Inspector K. W. Andrew, officer Danger Areas Guarded. in charge of the Water front Deputy

sheriffs and state searchers, with his quarters at the Central Fire Station Building, troopers are continuing to guard charged thirteen Chinese before all-danger areas. Many Filipinos have left the Dinuba and other Mr. Butters at the Central Police Court this morning with trespas- Messages from Mukden and areas, convinced that there is no sing in the building. from Peking assert that the work for them. Their leaders

One of the men was stated to Tumours that General Chang have advised them that to seek have been found wandering about Hsueh-liang, has been assassinated work or wait until unemployed the sixth floor and was about to are proved to be unfounded. He whites find jobs will doubtless enter the officer's kitchen when he is safe at Peitaiho,-Renter. result in clashes with possible was arrested. The others were

Peking, Aug. 17.

It is authoritatively learned from Peitaiho that General Chang Hsueh-liang is in the best of health, and that he is playing tennis dally-Reuter.

Earlier Messages.

fatalities.

either sitting or lying on the seats The insistence of the whites on the ground floor where they that they be employed before the had made e disgusting mess of the Filipinos has created a serious place. unemployment

situation among The defendant found on the the workers from the Philippines. sixth floor intimated that he had Literally thousands of Filipinos gone there to find a friend who are unable to find work and they was working in the building but Peking, Aug. 16.

move from one harvest area to an- there was no such person as the Reports of Chang Hsueh-liang's other only. to find that the whites name given by the defendant. death at Peitaihoare reaching are already there and threatening His Worship fined each defen- foreign as well as Chinese circles. trouble if employers are tempted dant $5 or seven days' hard labour. Authorities generally are of the by the low wages for which opinion that they are untrue, but Filipinos are willing to toil in the a significant number of military fields, packing houses officers have left for Peitalho this canneries. week, to "comfort" Chang in his iliness."

Threatening Letters.

and

Martial law was suddenly pro- An invesigation of letters sent claimed at Peitalho on Thursday to the Libby, McNell and Libby owing to an alleged mutiny. It is cannery and numerous ranchers in stated that the mutiny was quick the Sunnyvale district, threatening ly suppressed, and that some of the destruction of their property the mutineers fled to the country if they employed Filipino labour, -Reuter.

has been started by postal in Japanese Reporta,

spectors..

FISHING FROM A BREAKWATER.

CHINESE CAUTIONED FOR NEW OFFENCE.

Fishing on the Yaumati, break- water is now considered an offence by the police according to the latest charge at the Kowloon Magi- stracy, Inspector Marks charging Nanking, Aug. 16. The letters were in the form of a Chinese with, the offence, this It is.reported that the Japanese anonymous warnings. Most of them morning. Consul at Mukden has cabled the were distributed-about two weeks The Magistrate asked the Inspеc. Japanese Government that Chang ago. One such note read, "Worktor whether it could be brought as Houch-liang was either assassinano Filipinos or we'll destroy your Mr. A Schubert, Manager of for the last 22 years and is one of ted or died at Peitaibo yesterday. crops and you too." The note was Reuter, Broeckelmann and Co., has the most popular members of theIt is further stated that the Japan- headed by a skull and cross bones. been recently appointed Consul German-community. He is ese Charge d'Affaires in China has for Finland at Canton, reports the thoroughly familiar with the been instructed to enquire of the Canton News Agency, which states customs of the Chinese, among Foreign Ministry for confirmation.dently regular Mongolian and that it is interesting to note that whom he has many friends, as he-Reuter. Mr. Schubert has been in Canton Ispeaks Cantonese fluently.

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charge, to which the Inspector replied, that the breakwater was réserved as a promenade and that the police had a lot of trouble with people unloading junks there. As this was the first prosecution, Rusalan cavalry against the rail- however he would not press. the Russian Raids on C.ER.

way between Hailar and Tsitsihar, charge. Mukden, Aug. 16. There is also increased military The Magistrate:-Is there any Travellers on the Chinese East activity by the Red Army on the notice there? Yes.

The defendant was cautioned.. ern Railway report raids by evi-Manchull border-Reuter

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