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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 16, 1937.
BRITISH INDUSTRIES
FAIR OPEN
CORONATION MOTIF PROMINENT AMONG EXHIBITS
LONDON, TO-DAY. BUYERS OF BRITISH GOODS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD YESTERDAY FLOCKED TO OLYMPIA, WHERE THE MAIN SECTION, OF THE BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR IS BEING HEED.
The other sections of the Fair, devoted respectively to textiles and machinery, were simultaneously opened at the White City and Bir- mingham.
The Coronation theme has been skilfully introduced in many forms of industry.
The most expensive exhibit of this kind is a pair of shoes made of cloth of gold and studded with diamonds and rubies. The shoes
“THE GIRL ON THE FRONT PAGE" cost six hundred guineas.
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Col. Lindbergh In Cairo
Cairo, To-day.. Colonel and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh arrived here yester- day afternoon in their special Miles plane.
The famous couple's arrival passed almost unnoticed as they successfully evaded reporters.— Trans-Ocean. +]
Business was brisk from the out-m⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ set, notably in the manufactures of
soft goods and furniture makers. STRONGER
Reuter.
The Queen yesterday paid a EASTERN
visit to the textile, section of the Fair at the White City,
The King and Queen will visit the Olympia section of the Fair to- day-British Wireless
CATHEDRAL
WEDDING
DEFENCES
Plans for the development of aerodromes and landing grounds in the Far East with a view to in- creasing at no distant date the strength of the Far East command now limited to four squadrons is
Mr. R. W. D. Danby And being carried out as rapidly as pos-
Miss F. Black
sible.
The three principal service aero- dromes in Singapore Island,
At St. John's Cathedral yesterday Seletar, Tengah and Sembawang afternoon, Miss Frances Mary Black, jare being improved to accommodate of Calgary, and Mr. Ronald Wil-jat an emergency an additional rein-: liam Denison Danby, of the Union forcement of squadrons from other Insurance Society of Canton, Ltd, parts of the Empire. were married in the presence of a At Tengah, £50,000 out of a total large number of friends.
estimated expenditure of £70,000 The Bev H-W. Baines officiated will be spent by the end of the at the ceremony.
financial year on improvements to The bride is the eldest daughter the landing ground, while £75,000 of Mr. and Mrs D. E. Black of will be sent by the same date on the Calgary, Canada. The bridegroom actual station leaving a further is the only son of Mr. and Mrs.£1,000 to be spent in the course of James Denison Danby, of Hong the next two or three years. Kong.
The modernisation of Sembawang
The bride who entered the Cathe-will be one-fifth completed at the dral on the arm of the Hon. Mr. end of the financial year at a cost A. W. Hughes, was gowned in ivory of £36,000 out of a total estimated crepe-back satin with a court train, expenditure of £150,000. set off with a long tulle veil held in
Landing grounds are also being place by a Mary, Queen of Scots, developed at Penang and Pathuend head-dress trimmed with pearls (Hong Kong) while the modernisa- She carried a sheaf of arum lilies. tion of the aerodrome at Kai Tak Mrs. D. I Newbiggin, as Matron (Hong Kong) is due for completion of Honour, wore a geranium red at the end of the financial year. crepe gown with hat to match, and The RAF personnel at Seletar carried a bouquet of larkspurs and has been raised to over 700 in all African daises.
The bridegroom's mother chose black crepe for her gown, set off with a silver fox stole. Her bou quet was of carnations.
The duties of best man were dertaken by Mr. H. A. Browning. Following the ceremony, a ception was held at the Gloucester
Hotel
The honeymoon is being spent at Shek-Q, the bride's going-away dress being of black chiffon velvet and over this she wore a seal-skin coat.
SUBMARINE RAIL TUNNEL
Survey By Midget Craft
A midget submarine from the Nish mura deep sea research institute is
ranks.
The development of flying-boat anchorages and landing grounds in Borneo are also being watched with particular interest in view of their strategic command of the Eastern Sea approaches to Singapore and also because of the present vulner- ability of the rich Miri oil-fields.
An accident occurred in the nar- bour at 3.45. p.m. yesterday when the motor boat Choi Kee struck the side of the 8.3. Kwangchow and sank. There were three persons in the boat at the time but they were rescued by sampans in the vicinity.
Miss Hensie Rogotta, the clever acrobatic dancer who has been ap- pearing at the Gloucester Hotel for several weeks, left last night Shanghai.
surveying the seabed at the site of the the sunken hall of the proposed submarine railway tunnel naught Tosa, shelled and across the Kaminon Straïts whic nects the island of Kyushu wit
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