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THE

FEBRUARY HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY,

19,

1988.

NEW 1938

ZENITH

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'3 BLIND

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IN A STORY AS THRILLING

and

AS HER BEAUTY!

Meric Oberon, fol-

lowing her great suc-

cesses in "Dark An- gel" and "These Three," now plays the most dangerous game of love with a man her country has made her swear to

bate.

Samuel Goldwijn

PRESENTS

MERLE OBERON BRIAN AHERNE

Beloved Enemy

with

HENRY STEPHENSON • JEROME COWAN DAVID NIVEN - KAREN MORLEY Dirented by H. C. POTTER

RELEASED

TRAU UNITED ARTISTS

EMPIRE NEWS

SOUTH AFRICA AND SWAZILAND

Cape Town.

Col Collins, MP, Chief Govern- ment Whip, speaking at Davel, Transvaal, said that. It was his private belief that Swaziland would form part of the Union in the near future. The amalgamation, he sald, might take place within a year, or perhaps sooner.

Swaziland lles at the south-eastern

It i corner of the Transvaal. controlled by the Dominions Office through a Resident Commissioner.

Gen. Hertog's Health A rumour Prime the Gen. Hertzog, Minister, will retire shortly, t melly den current since he Rumours of this nature have been

that

underwent treatment for

trouble. He has, however,

dental

comTM

pletely recovered, and a recent medical examination revealed that

he Is in perfect health.

Rhodes Statuette SlolenA full- of Cecil length bronze statucito Rhodes, valued at £500, was stolen The from his home at St. James. statuette is one of eight that Rhodes had made in London for distribution among his close friends. The stolen one was owned by Mrs. Ansald), who lived in Kimberley during Rhodes's lifetime.

Banned Novel-The publishers of "Turning Wheels," the novel by Mr. Stuart Cloete that has been banned in the Union, have asked the Minister of the Interior to enumerate incidents in the novel which were considered objectionable. They have

been informed that it is. Impossible to comply with their request. Mean- while 1,400 coples which recently arrived will be returned to England.

INDIA

RABAUL SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE

Sydney.

Three earthquake shocks, as severe as those which preceded the eruption of May last, were felt yesterday at Rabaul in the mandated territory of New Cuinca. Crockery and

ornaments in the houses of the town were overturned and smashed, but no serious damage is reported. For some time the natives were panic- stricken.

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The shocks followed heavy rain- fall. The volcanoes remain quiet.

Hundreds of natives were killed in. the eruptions of May, and following a federal inquiry it was decided that the town should not continue capital of the mandated territory.

Empire Games in the inter-club athletio competitions here yesterday, of the preliminary to selection Emoire Games team, the Sydney athlete, D. L. Miller, jumped 51ft 3in in the hop-step-jump. This is the best performance in the world since the Berlin Olympaid of August, 1030.

AUSTRALIA

SCIENCE CONGRESS

ENDS

Calcutta.

Sir-James-Jeans-and-other-British delegates to the Indian Selence Congress left for Madras this even- ing. Their departure marked the conclusion of what all the news- papers describe as the most popular and successful science congrész

yet held in India.

In a farewell message Sir James expressed the sincere thanks of the delegates for the hospitality of their Indian hosts. British and foreign delegates alike were, he sold, im- pressed by the extraordinary vitality. of India's interest in selence, and

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by the huge Oudiences that had SSNESSAMMSESSE. attended the public lectures.

Cyclone Havoc Calcutta's

ប

un-

seasonably hot weather came to an

nd suddenly at noon

with

cyclonic gale and blinding dust-storm. There was a phenomenal drop in temperature. Trees were uprooted, roofs of buildings blown off. and slipping in the Hooghly put in con- siderable peril. It la feared that damage along the path of the cyclone in Bengal has been considerable.

Sydney. The Orient Steam Navigation liner 20,043 tons, was held up here recently by the action of 250 stewards, cooks, fremen and sea- men, who walked off the ship after their demand for the dismissal of an officer had been rejected.

Police charged strikers who were being addressed on the wharf by one of their leaders, and a representative of the men was detained.

Fifty of the strikers returned to work at one a.m., after stipulating that there shall be no victimization. -Exchange.

Mr. Bruce Re-appointed- The Australian Cabinet has decided to re- appoint Mr. Stanley Bruce, High Commissioner for Australia in Lon- don, for a further period of five years, to date from detober, 1930,

Film Legislation.-A BIl reducing the quota of Australian films to be *shown and giving exhibitors the right to reject 124 per cent. of foreign films has been introduced in the New South Wales Parliament. CANADA

MORE 'PLANES FOR DOMINION

Montreal. Canadian Vickor is understood to have received a contract from the Dominion Government for nine Northrop noroplanes, and An specified number of flying-boats.

The company was the first to begin the manufacture of aircraft on commercial

scalo in Canada. The Northrop Corporation, a United

States firm, was formed in 1932 for tho construction of all-metal planes. --Reuter.

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