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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 1, 1937.
ARMY OFFICER WINS HIGHER SALARY A WAGER
FOR PRIME MINISTER
London, To-day.
A Bill which will increase the salary of the Prime Minister and abolish the present anomalies in ministerial salaries is expected to be introduced in the House of Commons after Easter.
Walk Round Territories And Half-Mile Race
WELL UNDER SET TIME
(By “ADREM")
At present not more than half be raised from £5,000 to £8,000.
Many years ago, it was quite the members of the Cabinet re-L It is learned that the question is a common occurrence for wagers ceive £5,000 a year, while the also being considered of giving the to be made, as a result of which salaries of the remainder vary Premier a pension on retirement-feats of sportsmanship were at- between $2,000 and £4,500.
tempted for large stakes.
These variations have always caused
for difficult situation Prime Ministers, who have occa-
Z
Reuter.
I believe that the origin of an interesting bet which was decid-
the
sionally been unable to offer a par- Suffering from the effects of im- ed yesterday, was a remark pass- ticular post to the most suitable per-mersion after she had jumped into ed by Lt. C. L. J. Lewis, of the son owing to loss of salary which the harbour off Jardine's Bazaar Royal Welch Fusiliers, to would be necessitated by the Pier, Hui Mui, a Chinese woman, effect that he was one of the fit- change.
was admitted to the G.C.H. yester test officers in the China Com- It is expected that under the day. She was rescued by Wong Lau mand. new Bill the Premier's salary will and Chung So.
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Lt. Prichard, the well-known cricketer and a brother-officer, hearing this, apparently issued with a challenging comment with the result that the former
Col. Lindbergh
In India
London, To-day. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, who is now making a tour of In- dia, left Bagpur for Calcutta by train yesterday.
"It is believed that repairs are. being carried out on his plane," since he had originally intended to fly. Trans-Ocean.
Marshal Graziani Seriously-
ΠΙ
PARIS, TO-DAY. THE CONDITION OF THE
offered to walk round the VICEROY OF ETHIOPIA, MAR- 56 miles of the New Territories
and then run the half mile in less SHAL GRAZIANI, WHO WAS than two minutes and 40 seconds, WOUNDED BY A WOULD-BE-
all within the space of 24 hours.
Lt. Prichard took him up and ASSASSIN, a substantial wager was made. WORSE.
IS
GROWING
Several newspapers report this
On Saturday afternoon at 2.30 p.m., accordingly, Lt. Lewis set news in message from their cor- off on his task and taking the respondents at Djibouti. Fanling route arrived on the
e Fragments of the hand-grenades Polo ground, Mong Kok, at thrown at the Viceroy penetrated 11.30 yesterday morning. After his lungs, and infection and fever a bath and a short rest, he ran have resulted, says Trans-Ocean. the half-mile on the Polo ground Reuter adds that traumaric at about 2.00 p.m. and returned pneumonia has set in. the very respectable time of two minutes 30 seconds wager.
win the
TROOPS TO BUILD NEW ROAD
And To Get Extra Pay
Canton, To-day.
To use soldiers as labourers in times of peace is the policy of the Military Affairs Commission.
General Yu Hon-mow, Pacifica- tion Commissioner for Kwangtung,
CLEAN-UP FINISHED
Rome, To-day.
With the capture and execution of Ras, Desta, the Italian work of clean- ing up Abyssinia has practically end- ed.
Four divisions of troops will re- turn to Italy next month, according to an official announcement.
Several smaller units will also be
from Ethiopia transferred Trans-Ocean.
has instructed Generals Chang Sui- KING FAROUK'S
kwei and Yip Shao, Commanders
respectively of the 150th and 160th EUROPEAN TOUR
divisions, that the proposed high- way between the Chungfa District,
Cairo, To-day north Canton, and the Yung Tuen King Farouk of Egypt, his mo District in North Kwangtung, via ther and young sisters, left, Port the Sun Fung District, will be built Said on the Viceroy of India on by the soldiers of those two divi-Saturday en route for Marseilles. sions.
The Royal Family will visit
They are instructed that the work Switzerland for a week during the must be completed in six months, winter sports, after which they will starting from March 1, and that proceed to France.
each soldier will receive extra pay They will then go to London in at the rate of three dollar per time for the Coronation ceremonies. month--Our Own Correspondent.
Lau Foo, unemployed, was yester-
day admitted to the GCE suffer
fing from injuries received when he
Trans-Ocean.
MR. LID LUYING
Mr. Liu Lu-ying will appear at
was attacked by three unknown the First Special District Court in
Chinese in Argyle Street
Shanghai this morning.