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CENTRAL

THEATRE

TO-DAY TO MONDAY

At 2.80, 5,10, 7.15 & 9.20 p.m.

HE SINGS..

... and all the world becomes an enchanted land of moonlit nights where lovers dwell and red lips plead for kisses!

THE WONDER SINGER OF THE AGES

Rudy VALLEE

in

The Vagabond Lover

Starting Tuesday

Showing Flight Over

“MANAGUA "

and surrounding Country which was completely destroyed by earthquake this week

COLUMBIA PICTURES presents The Supreme ALL-TALKING

DRAMA

OP THE

AIR

FLIGHT

Narll's THE LOVE

JACK HOLT RACE ROMANCE BALPH GRAVES defenture WILL REACH

LILA LEB

FRANK CU

&

If you enjoyed

46

WINGS"

RIGHT INTO YOUR HEART

which is a silent picture

E

You will be sure to enjoy this "Talkie "*

"FLIGHT"

A Thrill Picture such as you yet once in a lifetime.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY,

Booking at Anderson's & The Theatre. (Tol. 25720)

Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3. Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria Hongkong.

NATIVE VILLAGES

SURPRISES..

BRITISH OPERATION ON N. W. FRONTIER.

WARNING CONVEYED.

Peshawar, Apr. 3. Evidence that the British Hon is still alive and vigorous has been furnished to raiding tribesmen on the North-West Frontier on more than one occasion in the past few month, and a salutary effect apon those of the frontier tribes men who persistently harbour outlaws is expected to result from swift operation carried out to | dny under the direction

Frontier Command.

of the

Gurkhas,

A mobile column of Punjabis. British machine-gun ners, accompanied by equipment of the Royal Artillery, quietly surrounded certain Kalakhel vil- lages fast night, and swooped down upon them at dawn to-day, obtaining complete control with- out meeting with resistance, the tribesmen being taken completely by surprise,

The commander of the troops then summoned a jirga, at which i dezen hostages were collected and a solemn promise extracted of better behaviour in the future. Renter.

SEQUEL TO MUTINY AT LIMA.

BEAVY SENTENCES ON THE RINGLEADERS.

POLA NEGRI GETS HER DIVORCE.

`HUSBAND ARRANGING TO MARRY AGAIN.

PETTICOAT CYCLONE.

Paris, Apr. 3. The famous Alm star, Miss Polo- Negri, has been granteil a divorce on the ground that her husband, Prince Serge Mdivnul, has deserted her.

In consequence of the receipt of the news at Hollywood that Polu Negri has been granted her appli cation for divorce, immediate ar: rangements are being made for the wedding of Miss Mary Mc- Cormick, the

opera star, to Prince Serge Mdivani.

Miss Negri, who has been de seribed as a petticanted cyclone, has been mixed up in many love affairsa. She first married Count Dombski, but divorced him after a year of married life.

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name

WIN

Subsequently her linked with those of Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin and Michael Arlen, but these reports of matrimonial plans proved in- necurate.

She

overwhelmed with grief at the death of Valentino, building a medieval tower at her chateau near Paris as a memorial, and then. soon afterwards, an Bouncing her engagement to Prince Mdivani. They were married in May, 1927

Reuter and 18.5.

CHINA PEOPLE'S CONVENTION.

MANCHURIAN LEADER TO

ATTEND

Makden, Apr. 3. With the aim of further cement- ing friendship between the Nank-

New York, Apr. 3 Twenty-nine non-commissioned officers and privates have been aon- tened to terms of imprisonment varying from one to twenty years,ing and Manchurian Governments,

for participation in the mutiny at Lima of two infantry regiments Inst week, nerording to a message from the Peruvian capital,

The mutiny produced a battle in the streets which lasted for more than four hours, over two hundred persons being killed and several hundred wounded. The outbreak was suppressed by the

of the larine leadership

loyal troops by the Minister for War. personally.---Reuter Ameriena Ser-

Vier.

General Chang Hsuch-lang hend of the Manchurian Government, has officially Announced that he will attend the National People's ¦ Convention.

APRIL 4, 1931.

VOLUNTEER RIFLE SHOOTING.

|

RESULTS OF YESTERDAY'S

CONTESTS,

AMDGEMENTS

AT THE

C. HONGKONG .

KEEN COMPETITION QUEEN'S

Competition was keen at the annual rifle shooting contests of the Hongkong Volunteer Defense Corps at Stonecuttera, yesterday, and some good scores were regis- tered. Following are the results

so far:

Blake Shield.1st, No. 4 Pintoon, M. G. Company (1. C. Holmes, Pte, Grenhum, Pte. Wood, Pte. Wood- ham). 203; 2nd, Engineer Com pany, 290; ard. No. 6 Pintoon, 287.

Francis Cup.-1st, No. 2 Platoon, M. G. Company (Capt. Mitchell, C. Q. M. S. Branson, C. S. M. Slattery, Sgt. Terry), 23: 2nd, No. 7 Platoon, 227: 3rd, No. 12 Platoon. 212.

Jar Competition.—Engineers "A" Lear (seven hits), 1; No. 4 Platoon "A" team (six hits), and No. 6 Platoon "A" team (Aix hits).

Musketry Cup.-Piper Watson, (65 points). ; Capt. Mitchell C. S. Mr.Slattery and Drummer in Major tied Tor accond with 64. the shoal-off the order was Major, Slattery, Capt. Mitchell.

Attack Competition.-Engineers, 138 points). 1: No. 7 Platoon (44 points), 2; No. 6 Platoon (27 points), 3.

In the all-comers revolver com. petition, the best performance wha put up by the Sharpshooters Com

of Bany

The Police Reserve, Their eight men stored the follow- ing

of a possible 30.---P. Fletcher, 30; J. Fletcher 30: It. A. Starling. 50; W. E. Dorabjce. 30; E. R. Dovey. 30: R. A. Mirams, 29; J. A. Bendall, 20; Y. K. Ho, 27, The possibles will shoot off to-day.

EIGHT MONTHS FOR

COLONEL

SPANISH REVOLUTIONARY MANIFESTO SEQUEL.

Madrid, Apr. 3.

The Supreme Court of Military It is excepted that General Justice which has been trying the Chung, will represent the Man- | signatories of the revolutionary churian Provinces inetuding manifesto broadcast through Spain Peking and Tientsin and may have in December last, has sentenced a im- eight months" some important recommendations Colonel to to make to the Convention. After prisonment for "negligence."

Two lieut-colonels have been sun- attending the Convention he will proceed to Peking to establish tenced to six months' imprisonment while ten other officers office of Vice-Commander-in-chief | each,

of the Nationalist Army and Navy. received lighter sentences.-Router,

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TO-MORROW

LOVE AND LOYALTY

STRONGER THAN PRISON BARS HALLOW THE STORY OF A FATHER'S GREAT DEVOTION TO HIS STRICKEN CHILD" AND "ADOR- ABLE “LITTLE PAL” TO WHOM JOLSON SINGS

WARNER BROS

AL JOLSON

'SAY IT

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Marian Nixon Kenneth Thompson Holmes Herbert Fred Kohler

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GLORIA SWANSON

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