THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 30, 1937.
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FIRST AIR PASSENGERS
FOR HONGKONG
HAWAII OLIPPER SETS OUT
San Francisco, To-day. The first passengers to fly from the United States over the Pacific with Hong Kong as their destination left Alameda Airport to-day in the Pan-American Air- ways liner, Hawaii Clipper.
Thus, within a week of the out-
APPLICATIONS FOR LICENCES
“VODKA” WANTED IN KOWLOON
MR. A. OGILVIE REFUSED
140 Ships Building ·
On Clyde
London, To-day. New orders valued at £18,000,- 000 have been secured by Clydeside ship builders during April. This is the highest total of any month since the War.
In addition to about forty- warships, the Clyde now has 140 ships on order, estimated at 500,000 tons. Reuter. \X\826}\/JX35 (2011)¶|||||||||||||||Tumummm
set of the first airmail, a passenger licence without bar by Alexander POST OFFICE AND
service has been inaugurated.
An application for a publican's
Ogilvie, for the Adelphi Cafe, 326 Consul, Mr. Cyril Hennessey Road, ground floor, was The British Cane, the Chinese Consul, Mr. rejected by the Licencing
Board Quong, and Alameda's Mayor, Mr. this morning. Henry Wycart, participated in the Mr. Peter Sin, who appeared on goodwill ceremony.
behalf of Mr. Ogilvie, stated that
Wanchai
Mr. Wycart presented Mr. Cane there was no place in with a scroll addressed to the where drinks could be obtained out-] Governor of Hong Kong bearing side regulation meal hours apart American felicitations.
from the China Fleet Club, which
The Hawaii Clipper is flying with was situated some two miles from a full passenger list and most of his premises. Mr. Ogilvie, con- them have booked a return journey.tinued Mr. Sin, had been a resident
-Reuter.
ATLANTIC AIR SERVICE
Land Aerodrome
For Azores?
Lisbon, To-day.
CORONATION
ELABORATE AIDS FOR RELAYS
BROADCASTING FOR THE WORLD
London, To-day. The Post Office has made elabor- of the Colony for many years and ate arrangements to carry Corona- for some time had managed the tion broadcasts from London to Airlie Hotel, which had closed twelve different countries in Europe owing to the business depression and by radiotelephone transmis- and the fact that the lease had ex-sions through the International pired. There was no European Telephone Exchange to the greater holding a licence in Wanchai and part of the Empire and North and his restaurants would be ideally South America.
Sabotage
Trial In Moscow
TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH
Moscow, To-day. The military collegium of the - Supreme Court yesterday passed sentence of death on two accused on charges arising from
a rail disaster, in which there were a
number of casualties, at Kras-
noyarık, Siberia,
Other
accused received long terms of imprisonment.
Great surprise has been occa- sioned here as it was the first in- timation of the disaster, news of which was only made public yes- terday.
The court stated that the two
Dmedov principle accused,
and Stet, together with accomplices, acted under the direct orders Japanese intelligence agents to cause the wreck-Reuter.
CZECH PROBLEM
German Minority's
Demands
situated for the convenience of The broadcast is being taken to spectators at football matches, who Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Hol- now have to go all the way to town land, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Signature of the agreement to get a drink.
Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugosla- between Portugal and Imperial Mr. Olgilvie had invested his via and Hungary Airways and Pan-American Air-life-savings in the enterprise and Commentors who are engaged in ways has
stimulated Portuguese had gone to a great deal of expense these broadcasts will speak in the efforts to obtain a land aerodrome in having the premises nicely fitted language of the country to which newspapers here yesterday.
they are broadcasting. granted the
The Post Office is
in the Azores.
The
agreement
up.
After
the due consideration,
of
Prague, To-day. The legislation demanded by the Sudetic German Party, for bringing about “cultural autonomy" of the
in 6,500,000 Germans
Czecho- Slovakia, was discussed by the
Most of the papers are strongly German against granting of the arranging
minority's demands-Trans-Ocean.
British and American companies Board decided that as objections special lines for them and ten ob- use of the Islands as a base in the had been raised by the Police and servation boxes have been made projected trans-Atlantic service.
Naval and Military authorities, the available overlooking the entrance A petition has been presented to
to Westminster Abbey and four in the Lisbon Premier by the Azores application should be rejected.
KOWLOON RESTAURANT
Green Park, connected by Post Of- Trade Association pointing out the Andrew Peter Tkachenko of the
fice lines to a specially construct economic advantages to the island Tkachenko Restaurant, 3 Hankow
would result from Road, was granted a restaurant ad-ed control room in the Middlesex group which
Guild Hall. construction of a land aerodrome.junct licence.
Although the Anglo-American It was stated that this business service will be run by flyingboats, had carried on successfully for several other foreign companies, some time
as a restaurant and notably Air France, intend using bakery and although no licence to land planes if they inaugurate a sell liquor was held, it had been trans-Atlantic route.-Trans-Ocean. able to compete with the many other eating houses in the vicinity, The Russian community were the chief patrons and many requests had been made for vodka, which, of course, they had been unable to supply.
JAVA-AUSTRALIA
AIR LINE Netherlands Company To Extend:
The licence was granted until the next meeting of the Board next Sydney, To-day. November and the applicant was The Australian Government has informed that provided no com- granted the Netherlands Indies Air plaints were received during this Company, a subsidiary of Royal period, there was every possibility Dutch Air Lines, permission to that it would be renewed.
establish a service between and Australia.
Java
It is understood the arrangement begins this year with a serv
a service of two planes weekly-Reuter.
NEPAL MISSION IN LONDON
Highest Order Conferred On King
London, To-day.
NEW OUTLINE OF ITALIAN ECONOMIC
POLICY
Rome,-To-day.
The total wire mileage involved is approximately 50,000 miles and
An outline of Italian economic at least 150 amplifiers will be re-policy will be given to leaders of quired in order that the volume of industry by Signor Mussolini.
transmission over submarine cables and landlines may be maintained at a satisfactory level.
The Coronation Service in the Ab- bey will be picked up and transmitted over these special circuits.—British Wireless.
WORLD'S TRADE BARRIERS
Belgian Expert's Call On Dr. Schacht
Berlin, To-day.
The policy is undergoing decisive organisation on account of the an- nexation of Ethiopia. -Trans- Ocean.
Count Ciano In Tirana
Rome, To-day, The Italian Foreign Minister, |Count Ciano, had another conver- sation with King Zog of Albanis and members of the Albanian· APPLICATION POSTPONED
Government at Tirana yesterday. Owing to the fact that the Police
The Belgian financial expert, M. Count Ciano later visited the had heard unofficially that the mi-
Berlin | Italian-owned oilfields Maurice Frere, who is in
Berat. litary authorities at Sham Shiu Po would, in the event of an adjunct, with the object of conferring with Trans-Ocean.
economists and licence being issued, place the shop leading German out of bounds, the application of politicians, yesterday had a long Luiz Antonio Vieira Ribeiro, of the conversation with the President of
Britain's Borrowings Reichsbank, Dr. Jubilee Tea Room was postponed the
Hjalmar
London, To-day. until definite information could be Schacht.
During the first quarter of 1937, obtained on this point.
Strict silence is being maintain the Minister of Health sanctioned The teashop is situated within aed in connexion with the conversa- few yards of the Camp and caters tion, but semi-official circles state borrowing by local authorities of £25,820,796 for capital expenditure to a very large extent, to the the main subject discussed was the on municipal services British troops.
possibility of convening an interna- Wireless. tional economic conference.
M. Frere will have another meet-
A special Mission from Nepal went to Buckingham Palace yester- King, the insignia of the Order of
Among those who left by the
Sir day morning and Sir Kaiser Shum- Ajunya, the highest Nepalese Or-ing with Dr. Schacht to-day and Empress of Asia to-day, was shere Jung Bahadur Rana, leader der, instituted for presentation to will leave Berlin to-night-Trans- Robert Ho Tung, who is going to of the Mission, presented to the Royalty only-British Wireless.
1Ocean
'Shanghai for a short trip.
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