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Chatham Road, Kowloon,
Phone: 56734
Proprietress
Mrs. M. Gardiner
THE ARLINGTON
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Phone: 50126
Proprietress Mrs. M. Gardiner
LONDON
PREPARES FOR EMERGENCIES
Newly-Devised Phone System
London, To-day..
FEBRUARY 17, 1937.
THE CHINA MANA. DIPLOMATIC
INCIDENT IN
RE
BUCHAREST
DEEP OFFENCE CAUSED BY "IRON GUARD" FUNERAL SCENES
Bucharest, To-day.
The attendance of the diplomatic representa- tives of Germany, Italy, Poland, Japan, Portugal, Yugo-Slavia and rebel Spain at the funeral of two members of the Fascist "Iron Guard," has caused deep offence in royal and parliamentary circles.
The two men had been killed in Spain while fighting at Gen- eral Franco's side.
King Carol, who watched the cortege from a friend's house, later
summoned the Prime Minister,
George Tatarescu, whom he angrily asked how it came about that hun-
dreds of Iron Guard legionaries
were allowed to parade in their fo bidden uniform, why 400 priests of the Greek Orthodox Church march- ed in the procession and how the diplomatic representatives came to be present
Later in the day Parliament
RELAY
JOY-RIDERS
RECENT CAR THEFT EPIDEMIC
MAN CAUGHT IN COLONEL'S CAR
Relay joy-riding is ap-
tackled the Prime Minister and parently behind the local
questioned him as to the Cabinet's attitude to the affair.
"EXTREMELY SERIOUS”
epidemic of car "thefts."
During the last five days, no
M. Tataresen: replied that the fewer than 11 ears have been re- matter was an extremely serions (ported missing and all have been one. Foreign diplomats could not be recovered. In one instance a car permitted to participate in internal was reported missing from the Star politics and affairs, a condemnation | Ferry Park and it was found on which the Chamber greeted with the Peak. A car parked in that warm applause.
district was soon reported missing. It is understood that some of the It was recovered in West Point, diplomatic representatives concern-where another car was taken and ed will be recalled as a consequence
left in the Central district of the Premier's warning-Reuter.
FRENCH FOREIGN
TRADE
Striking Improvement Recorded
The Police have been busy restor- ling stolen car to their owners but feel that with the Chinese festive season over, this nuisance will be greatly abated.
Man Arrested.
They arrested a man named Lam Wing driving the car of Colonel H.. C. Harrison without permission on Monday night and this morning be fore Mr K. Keen Lam Wing was Paris, To-day. charged on five different counts. French foreign trade, the condi- He was charged with (a) driv- tion of which has long been a cause ing private car No. 2031 without of anxiety to the Government, is at the owner's permission on February
COURT REFORM last showing signs of recovery. 14, (b) driving the car without
IN SENATE
Roosevelt Programme Progresses
Imports during January this year an appropriate licence, (c) driving amounted to 4,753,000 tons with a the car in a reckless manner at the total value of 3,319,000,000 franes, junction of Caîne Road and Upper more than 1,000,000 tons and 1,305,- Albert (d) driving private car No. 000,000 francs higher than the cor- 4009 belonging to Colonel HL C.. responding month last year.
Harrison, without the owner's per- Exports last month amounted to mission and (e) driving the said Washington, To-day.
2,403,000 tons valued at 1,773,000,000 car without an appropriate licence. Realisation of President Roose francs, compared with 2,313,000 The defendant said that he knew velt's proposals for reform of the tons and 1,203,000,000 francs in nothing of the three charges and The Post Office has made elabor-judiciary system went a step nearer January, 1936.--Trans-Ocean. ate arrangements for effecting a yesterday when the Summers Bi considerable speeding up of London's was unanimously passed by the emergency telephone calls in cases Senate judiciary sub-committee. of fire, crime or accident...
The Bill provides for the compul- As regards calls by private sub-sory retirement of Supreme Court scribers in the near future, a sys-judges at the age of 70, as well as tem will be introduced in areas other clauses for speeding up of the served by the automatic exchanges judiciary system
by which, on a subscriber dialling The measure will probably be a code number, the immediate at taken up by the Senate next week. tention of the operator will be se--Reuter. cured by a visual signal and an au-
dible alarm
At the same time the police sta tions, fire brigades, and ambulance
ice are being linked by a newly vised system, reducing the opera- of an emergency call to seconds new type of street telephone pillar to be erected in large numbers. roughout London - British Wire
BIG DEBATE OPENS TO-DAY
London,
FOOTBALL FIGHT CHARGES
St. Joseph's Player Summoned
at th
Souza was this morning
in answer to the remaining charges said that he was sitting in the car and did not drive it,
Traffic sergeant McGuiness, charge of the case, asked for 48 hours remand, which was granted. Other charges may be preferred
MANCHUKUO EXPANSIONIST
before Mr. W. Schofield RUMOURS
Central Magistracy for as
Fusilier Sheen of the Roy
elch Fusiliers at Happy Valley Conside ble citement was pro on February 6.
voked among delegates attending Mr. M. W. Lo appeared for the the Third Plenary Session of the complainan and the defendant who CEC, to-day by persistent rumoas was not represented pleaded not that Mr. Henry Pu II, Emperor on guilty, and the case was fixed, for Manchukuo, is making a visit
hearing this afterno
East Hopei shortly and that he will This action is the sequel to the there be proclaimed as Emperor of
wed the Eastern- Manchuino, East Hopei and North St. Joseph
game Tereziłby
Car Chan Correspon
anatory White Paper nament was issued last night in icipation of the two days C debate which is opening this afternoo on the defence loan proposal the fight which