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Critics Raved! So Will You!

One of the great pictures of the year; the greatest picture of purr action", Y. EVENING WORLD.

"It was read, real!-destined for another of those almost endles rung-N, Y. JOURNAL "...an excellent photuplay. Ar lea contributes the best per- formance which has thus far dis tinguished his career-N. Y AMERICAN,

with

William Powell, Richard Arles, Fir Waay, Clive Brook and Noab Been

THE FOUR FEATHERS

a Guramount Picture

Paramount Sound News and

Moon Bride Wedding Sound Comedy,

--SUNDAY, August 31st.-

Walter Huston & Katherine Francis

IN

"Gentlemen of the Press"

Broadway's Drama-sensation on the all-talking screen.

Booking at Anderson's & The Theatre.

(Ticket Box telephone No. 25720)

a

Mistress of Beauty-Slave of Memory-She Feared All Men !

GHOUE

CRYSTAL CUP

SEE AND

HEAR

AT

THE

Beautiful-She attracted all mea. Yet she hated them with a burning fury that only a woman could understand.

Only once in a decade, if then, does the screen tell the drama of a sinister heritage': black as fate, in terms of such startling revelation!

Misa A. Walker - The eighteen year old walker and talker who will describe her travels infconjunction with her filminiums 42

MAJESTIC

· NATHAN, ROAD,

KOWLOON.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1930

PACIFIC FLIGHT

"AMLINGER AFFAIR

DENIALS.TM

DELAYED.

TAKE-OFF FAILS OWING TO WEIGHT OF PETROL.

·A ̧RUSSO-GERMAN RUMOUR REVIVED.

ATTEMPT AT DAWN.

Kasumigaura, Aug. 30. Harold Bromley attempted to hop off at dawn to-day on his attempt of a non-stop Pacific flight to Tacoma, but he was unsuccessful in his take-off, because of the weight of gasoline-Router.

A message to hand last evening from Tokyo stated:

Tokyo, Aug. 23. Shifting air currents, promising a tail wind, for which the aviators have waited a week, have led to the Americane, Harold Bromley (navigator) and Harold Gatty an- nouncing that they intend to hop off from Kasumigaura naval air base at dawn to-morrow, in their attempt at a. non-stop trans- Pacific flight to Tacoma,

Late this afternoon the big monoplane "City of orange Tacoma" was wheeled out, and loaded eleven hundred gallons of fuel, estimated to be sufficient for Afty hours, or more than 4,800 miles. Reuter.

CURTAILING RACING

STABLE.

LORD DERBY AFFECTED BY "HIGH. TAXATION.

London, Aug. 29. The newspapers state that Lord Derby, one of the pillars of the British Turf is to make imme diately large reductions in his establishment. It is racing understood he will retire his famous sires which include Fair- way Pharos, Phalaris, Bosworth and Sansovino, which Won the Derby for him several years ago.

BERLIN STATEMENTS.

Berlin, Aug.' 29. In connexion with the Amlinger affair. the Ministry of Defence has issued statements saying that Captain Amlinger left the service a year ago and had not since been connected with the Reichswehr and had not received any in- structions from any Department of the Reichswehr to go to Russia. The affair has renewed the rumour, which has been officially denied, that General Heyes' re signation as Commander-in-Chief of the Reichswehr was due to in trigues by other Generals who favour close military co-operation between Gormany and Russia- Reuter.

An earlier message dealing with the affair stated:

London, Aug. 29., The sensational suicide of Frau Elfriede Amlinger, by leaping from an aeroplane on the way to Erfurt from Frankfurt, on which she was a passenger, is likely to lead to a political scandal in Germany, with a repercussion in France.

DUTCH AIR PILOT STRIKE,

ACCIDENT PROVISION SAID TO BE INADEQUATE,

SALARY DISPUTE.

who are

Amsterdam, Aug. 29. The air pilots of the Royal Dutch Air Line who are on strike, numbering seventeen, dissatisfied ments for the resumption of re- gular air services to the Dutch East Indies, declare that their pay is inadequate, and that the Com-2 pany has not provided satis. factorily for relatives in case of death or accident whilst en route.

with the arrange-

The Company declares that the salaries offered to the pilots on the Dutch East Indies route are 55 per cent. above the salaries paid on European routes.

of

On the other hand, the strikers say that the salaries they demand are 10 per cent. under the salaries

European pilots Lufthansa Company-Reuter.

An earlier message giving first news of the 'strike stated:

of

Amsterdam, Aug. 29.

the

The pilots of the Royal Dutch Air Line are striking for higher: wages and better conditions, and all the services are held up.

All the planes abroad are re- turning to-day.

She left a letter in her handbag indicating that her suicide was due

The Immediate

cause of the to grief at the loss of her husband, who was reported to have been killed strike is the dismissal of the pilot! in a horserace, but was really a Van Dyk, who acted as second victim of an air crash in Russia, pilot to Kingsford Smith on his where he was employed by the recent trans-Atlantic flight. Van detailed for a Dutch Soviet Government as a training! Dyk was

Flight to India on September 25, pilot.

The question of the relations be but refused to accept the condi- and tions, which were the same as tween German army chiefs the Soviet is now agitating political those for air mail flights to Java. All the pilots have accordingly circles in Germany.

struck.-Reuter.

It is reported from Paris that the newspapers suggest that Cap- was not merely tain Amlinger seconded for service in Russia but also belonged to a German detach- ment which the Reichswehr formed in Russia in order to evade the provisions of the Treaty of Ver- sailles, prohibiting the formation of Le Journal a. German air force. arays that Amlinger was killed while

trying a new type of chaser mon plane capable of dropping its main petrol tank if closely pursued, and climbing very speedily on a small reserve tank.--Reuter.

He will not part with his younger brood mares, The cream of the stable will be kept, but the rest will come under the hammer at Newmarket in October December.

This drastic economy in his racing interest is stated to have been forced on Lord Derby by high taxation-British Wireless.

AMERICAN BASEBALL

RESULTS.

BROOKLYN DEFEATED BY NEW YORK.

New York, Aug, 29. The following are the results of the baseball matches played in the National and American Leagues

to-day:

National...

3 Brooklyn New York Philadelphia 8 Boston Chicago

2

9

9 St. Louis

8

American.

St. Louis Cleveland

9 Detroit

CHINESE INSPECTORS

WANTED.

GOVERNMENT And anti-

MALARIA WORK.

¦

STARTLING CHINA REPORTS.

(Continued from Page 1) Manchurian move at Peking and considers that the mobilisation merely indicates the Shansi de- termination to give up Peking and withdraw to Shanai Province, to save their Army.

Pence Conference?

It would seem from the Nanking interpretation of the Manchurian mobilisation that the action may precipitate an early termination of the civil war by a peace confer ence to be arranged after the Manchurian occupation of Peking and Tientsin. For some time In connexion with the Govern- there has been talk in political ment's anti-malarial work, four circles that when the Shansi com- Chinese probationer inspectors are manders desired to give up the required for training in anti-war, the likelihood was that they malarial work and knowledge of would hand over the control of mosquitoes under the Government Peking and Tientsin to the Man- Malarialogist.

churian Army rather than permít a Nationalist occupation.

message A telephone Peitaiho says, that General Chang Houch-liang is reticent regarding

Candidates are required to have

a good general English education and to have passed the Junior Local Examination. Candidates are required to be between 20 and the

from

Munchurian mobilisation.

25 years of age and are offered a Traffic on the Peking-Mukden

6 salary of $480 yearly rising by Railway has been restored, but

0 Chicago Reuter's American Service.ject to efficiency bars.

will be provided.

3 annual increments to $1,800 sub- General Chang Hsueh-liang has Uniform not indicated his intention to re-

U.S. MIXED DOUBLES SEMI-FINALS.

BETTY NUTHALL & PARTNER DEFEATED.

Brookline, Aug, 29.-

In the Mixed Doubles semi-final of the American Championships, Miss Marjorie Morrill and Francis Shields beat Miss Betty Nuthall and G. M. Lott 6/2, 6/4.

In the other semi-final, Miss Edith Cross and W. F. Allison beat Mrs. Dallas Corbiere and F. Mercur 6/3, 6/4.-Reuter's American Ser-

vice...

NO REVOLUTION IN ARGENTINE.

AMPLE SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNMENT.

Buenos Aires, Aug. 29. Reports of an impending Revolu- tion which were freely circulated yesterday did not materialise.

It is now stated that there is no indication of any political body or detachment of the Army joining any insurrection. The Army, Navy and public opinion are securely be hind the Government.-Reuter.

HEJAZ MINISTER.

RECEIVED BY SECRETARY OF STATE

London, Aug. 29. Among those who called at the Foreign Office and were received by the Secretary of State. this afternoon was Sheik Hafiz Wahba,

Applications with copies of testimonials as to character and certificates of education are to be forwarded to the Government Malarialogist, at the Bacteriolo- gical Institute, Caine Read.

SHANGHAI SWIMMING

CHAMPION.

C. N. BROWN WINS THE 220 YARDS EVENT.

turn to the Manchurian capital.

The Peltaiho Visit.

Peking, Aug. 29.

In his weekly press interview, Chu Ao-helung stated that a tele gram had been received yesterday from Feng Yu-halang, from his headquarters at Lanfeng, thus proving that the Nanking claims to the capture of Lanfeng were

erroneous.

Feng taiho

to

Representatives of.. Yen and returned from Pei- last

and night

go this evening. Taiyuanfu They express themselves as most satisfied with their interviews Shanghai, Aug. 30. Last night C. N, Brown won the with Chang Hsueh-liang, who, 220 yards free style Shanghai they state, is sympathetic towards swimming championship in 2 mins.

the Northern Government.

Chu Ao-hsiang declared that 52 2/5 seconds. Concoff won the long plunge with 74 feet. 6 inches. after three days at Taiyuan, they to Peking, after The events were on the programme would return at the Rowing Club Gala.-Our which the new Government would

immediately- established Own Correspondent.

PREMIER FLIES TO LOSSIEMOUTH.

REMAINING ANOTHER TEN DAYS.

be

Reuter."

VALUABLE FINDS BY EXPEDITION.

SINO-SWEDISH PARTY IN NORTH-WEST CHINA.

London, Aug. 29.

Peking, Aug. 29. The Premier returned from

A letter from a Chinese mem- London to Lossiemouth by air this morning. He will spend ten ber of the Sino-Swedish expedi- more days on holiday at Lossic- tion at present in Kansu, re- mouth before returning to London. ports finds of great archaeological Interest, including Stone Aga -British Wireless.

implements such as stone swords, axes and arrow heads, also bam- THE KING AND QUEEN.00 scripts nearly two thousand

years old.

Geological experts in the party VISIT TO GLAMIS CASTLE ON have also gathered very import-

TUESDAY.

London, Aug. 29. Final arrangements are now be ing, made for the visit of the King the first Minister of Hejaz and and Queen to Glamis Castle to see Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY, Neid to be accredited to the Court the new-bora Princess on Tuesday, FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3. Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria of Saint James British Wireless, next British Wireless. Hongkong.

"TO-DAY ONLY, at 2.30, 5.30, 7.20 0 9.20 p.m.

ant data concerning the Holang- shan mountain range and the coast of an ancient ses at Chuyen. The party intends going on to Sinklang. The expedition at first: was headed by Dr. Sven Hedin, party-Reuter. but he at present is not with the

The BIG

PARK

Whoopee is

some business- what a business! Es- pecially when three honey sweet dear- les who model for their livings, be- come involved in the night life of the bright lights.

This Movietone mel- odydrama is presented by William For

with

S:UE CAROL DIXIE LEE WALTER CATLETT : FRANK ALBERTSON RICHARD KEENE

JACK SMITH Directed by JOHN BLYSTONE

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