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The

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BETTY COMPSON-JAN KEITH

MARY DUNCAN-JEANETTE LOFF LIONEL BELMORE-LAWRENCE GRANT

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The Affairs of a Master Lover.

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It's A 1931 Universal Super-Production.

Sunday, April 26.

SB. Van Dine's Most Daring

Philo Vanco Thrill-Mys.

tary Murder dine batore your the nyes! Vance right on scene! Five nuspects defy you to pick the gully personl

That's -

BENSON MURDER CASE"

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WILLIAM POWELL

THE HONGKONG · TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, APRIL

HOMECOMING OF PRINCES.

TO FLY FROM BORDEAUX

TO LONDON.

London, Apr. 23.

The Prince of Wales and Princel

THE EMPRESS OF BRITAIN.

WORLD RECORD FOR LOW FUEL CONSUMPTION,

George have deckled to complete COMING WORLD TOUR, the last stage of their journey Home from South Amerlen by air. They will embark with members of theft suite in an Imperial Airways liner at Bordeaux and y la it to England.

24, 1931.

RAJPUTANA RESCUE.

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The master of the founderid' vessel is named Captain Sokoloff. her voyage, arriving in Hongkong) jat an early hour this morning.

Captain's Story.

Later. The crew number 71, and there London, Apr. 17. were forty passengers. After completing her seven days Seen this afternoon by a Tele- representative, Captain: trials the new 42,000-ton Canadian prapl Pacific liner, Empress of Britain. Sokoloff would say very little of construeled by Messrs. John the mishap. He atated that the The Princes reach Lisbon Saturday morning where they will Brown, the famous Clyde ship-wah Yang left Shanghai on builders, har returned to April 20, Monday tast, hound for be received by Portuguese Minis Southampton, her home port.

the 1tle China Coast port

ut tera and other high oflicials. They

Honghwa. Extremely heavy During the trials the new liner will drive to the British Embassy,

weather was encountered imme. afterwards calling on the President. Fenched a maximum speed of 25 diately on leaving Shanghai, and

became things

on

In the evening following a re-knoti, although the contract for

worse when the (ception at the Embassy to the Bri-Which she was built was 24 knots.stenmer ran into thick fog.

Captain Sokoloff and his officers Lish colony, the Princes will at-With only two engines working. band a Government banquet and instead of all four, she made took all precautions possible, but reception. They will embark the nearly 2234 knots.

despite their efforts, the wah sam alpht in H. M. S. Kent, Innd- One Interesting feature was that Yang lost her bearings and ground- ing at the mouth of the Gironde during special twelve hours. This occurred the day after next morning and driving to Bord-trial, she established a world's she left Shanghai, She began to

the air record for the lowest fuel con- make water rapidly and prepara eaux Aerodrome, where iiner will await them.

umption. This was of .57 1. per tions were at once made to get the

The ashore.

Vessel The crusier Kent, which is on shaft horse-power per hour.

She has luxurious accommoda-had fortunately stranded close to her way home from China to Chat-i

ming novel features. lam, where she will pay off and re-ton and

was successfully passengern day and will arrive at Lisbon Satur contains not smoke bat ventilation accomplished, though not without commission, reached Gibraltar 10 For instance, her after funnel island and the work of landing

trunks and a 21-value wireless set some difficutly, day. -British Wireless,

with a telephone range of 5.006

A choppy sea rendered the Raj- miles, suitable either for masth-| patana's Peschie work extremely xer communication with Europedeult. Capt. Jack, the master, and America or for any broadcast ordered the boats to be lowered, programme of music, to be repent-respectively in charge of Mr. Burk ed att round the ship,

CHINA PROBLEMS DISCUSSED.

The Vessel remains Southampton until her maiden MILDEN AND THE NATIONAL voyage to Quebec on May 27.

CONVENTION,

Pokone, Apr. 21 Pan Baviera Cimanders

Visiting Peking to attend timel protsed Conference ital - power Geteral Chung Hsar-lang. head of the Manchuuring Guvern- not, last, rvening in an effort to starla a luthen the financial affairs of North-Western China,

At the end of the year abo will make a world œuise,

CAPT. HAWIES FLIGHT.

Lomion, Ape 23. Captain Frank Hawks, who yes terday attempted to fly from fan- Generd Ching has received an-don to flome and back in one day other telegram from Marshal Chiang and was forced down south of Kai-shok urging him to proceed Paris on his return flight, to-day Heston 'Aerodrome. to Nanking to attend the National reached Convention. Political riveles give having flown from Le Boursret in much attention to the coming cou-fifty-nine minutes.British Wire ference between Murshad Chiangles.

and the young Manchurian ruler. It

is understood that if the Nanking

passengers

the

Hey, the Third Officer: Mr. William- son, Secand Offeer, and Quarter-

master Kelly.

TO REPRESENT HUNAN,

Stochal. Aps 24.

Governor The Military Hunan, General to Chien, has telegraphed from Changshe stating that he will be leaving this week for Nanking to partici- }

Hunan- representing ate at the People's National Con-

vention Rensha.

A itutes

EARL OF ATHLONE,

London. Apr. 23. Constantinople message that the Earl of Athlone, Convention turns out a success, Chen, head of the Shansi Military Marshal Chiang my Recompany Commission, has signed an agree former Governor General of South General Chung to Peking and other ment with Tientsin barkers here in Africa, has arrived at Angora and Places in the North.

connexion with the $1,000,000 loan will to-morrow pay an official visit! With the consent of the Man- for disbandment in North-Western to the President-Bailisk Wires: hurian Government, Gen. Shen China.-Rrusha,

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