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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 12, 1937.
SHELLS POUR ON
DAY OF TERROR IN SPAIN'S CAPITAL
SCORES OF CASUALTIES IN REBEL
BOMBARDMENT
Madrid, To-day.
ON MADRID
CRYSTAL PALACE
SCRAP IRON
Year's Task To Clear It
LOCAL CORONATION
FESTIVITIES
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Big engineering firms in all
LATER PROGRAMME parts of the country are buying the mass of iron which is now being This afternoon at 2:30 p.m. a cleared from the site of the Crystal Chinese procession will pass tiov- Palace.
ernment House, while at
6 pm. The demand for metal caused by Coronation services will be held at
The city was subjected to a heavy bombard- the re-armament programme has Rosary Church and St. Teresa's ment, beginning in an early hour yesterday.
The tram service had to be suspended and people took shelter in underground stations and collars.
Forty were killed and over 150 wounded in the bombardment, wihch wrecked whole blocks of buildings.
greatly increased the value of the Church. scrap.
An official of Thos. W. Ward
Ltd., of Sheffield, the firm which
has contracted to clear the site, said that the work will take about
12 months.
"We have 70 men employed on. the task, and every piece of metal- has to be be literally 'man-han- dled," he said. "There is no room
in the ordinary way would have
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Over 100 shells, mostly of large calibre, were fired from a concealed battery behind the insur-to use a crane of any sort, which gent lines.
The majority of the missiles fell in the centre of the city but odd shells crashed into high buildings in outlying districts, carrying away two or three storeys.
An insurgent communique is- sued in Salamanca charges the Government forces with wanton-
ly setting fire to the village of Rigoitia, near the Sollube range, when they retreated-
A FAIRYLAND CITY
HONG KONG'S WONDERFUL ILLUMINATIONS
The communique likens the burn-ilar nature. ing of the village to that of Duran- go, Eibar and Guernica.-Reuter.
England's Largest
Beat
the
The police constable with largest beat in England is a woma
Court, -Miss Helen Elizabeth Dorset's first policewoman, who took up her duties recently.
Miss Court is stationed at Poole, but she has to cover the whole of the county-622,840 acres,
Illuminations will commence at 8. p.m. to-night and will include nightflying displays by illuminated aircraft, and searchlight displays. A Fireworks display by the Japan- ese Community will follow conclud- ing at 10 p.m. ·
The Coronation reception at Gov-
J
ernment House will later be held at 9.30 p.m. and at 11 p.m., a bouquet of rockets will be fired from H. M. S. Eagle and three destroyera. The following • programmes will take place, to-mororw, Friday and Saturday.
TO-MORROW
Forenoon. Chinese Procession. 2.30 p.m. Chinese tableaux proces- sions will pass Government House!
8 p.m. Illuminations commence. Night flying displays of illuminated aircraft and searchlight displays. sion will pass Government House.!!
9.30 p.m. Coronation Ball at Hong Kong Club.
FRIDAY
9p.m.Chinese illuminated proces-
Forenoon, Chinese Professions, 2.30 p.m. Chinese procession passes Government House.
Hong Kong for the past two or and a huge house flag thrown into three days has been transformed sharp relief by a blaze of lights, into a veritable fairyland at night, is equally striking. with illuminations far surpassing Last night, a gorgeous view of other great celebrations of a sim- Kowloon was to be had from the Peak, the Peninsula Hotel throw- ing a dazzling reflection onto the Buildings on the Peak stand out waters of the harbour while big like strange constellations in the Chinese junks passing into the arc Valley. sky, while the entire water-front of the lights brought out a real 9 p.m. Chinese illuminated from the Lok Hwa Hotel, in Wan-celestial picture as they were sil-sion will pass Government House. chai, to as far as West Point, is one houetted against the silvery glare cers of the Merchant Navy." glorious line of vivid light, broken
The Railway Station Clock tower up here and then by gigantic pai-and railway yard, the European 9.15 p.m. Coronation Swimming galā, Laus, with gorgeous colorations, Y.M.C.A., and farther along Signal Victoria Recreation Club. which can only be appreciated at Hill and Gun Club Hill were also close quarters.
thrown into sharp relief against a The Hong Kong and Shanghai clear sky, the whole panorama pre- Bank Building, thrown into sharp senting a sight which will not be relief by ground flood lighting with forgotten. the central portion in darkness and, crowned at the top by two huge crowns covered with red velvet, presents vision of grandeur from Kowloon.
The
3 p.m. Boy Scouts display at Happy
procesTM
"At Home" by Royal Navy to offi
SATURDAY
FESTIVITIES ON SHAMEEN
Navy Taking Leading Part
Church service
Canton, To-day.
will be held
in
Visitors striking Hong Kong to- day will witness a sight to-night probably unequalled anywhere in the world, for few places are, so perfectly designed for picturesque At 10 o'clock this morning a display in lighting effects. harbour will be adding to the blaze gaily illuminated men-of-war and merchantmen, while with the fire- with a gigantic works display is certain to be in- crowning the
building spiring.
Constable Court was for six years with the Bristol City Police: Dorset Standing Joint Committee have fixed her salary at £3 68. a week, with 5s. rent allowance and 4s. plain clothes allowance. Much of her work will have to be done in P. and 0. plain clothes.
From the Naval Yard, a series of gigantic figures George. VI in Red, White and Blue, which change co- lour every few seconds, while the
L
Inaugural processions through the city yesterday from morning to night gave the Colony some enacted to-day. The routes were thronged with people, but the crowds are rfold when to-day's combined procession is held.
foretaste of the scenes to expacted to increase
photo),
Shameen, which Mr Wu Te-chen, Governor of Kwangtung, General Yu Han-mau, Pacification Commis sioner for Kwangtung, Mr. Tseng Chin, representative of Mr. Tseng Yang-fu, the Mayor who is now in. Nanking, Mr. Philip K. C. Tyau, Special Delegate of Foreign Af- fairs for Kwangtung and Kwangsi will attend.
At
of 21 be fired by the British gunboats at Canton and the Canton
guns will Royal salute
Naval Headquarters will also give a salute of 21 guns at the same time.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon; a garden party for children will be held in the British Consulate- general
To-morrow morning, there will be a naval parade in Shameen and at 9.00 p.m. a Coronation Ball will be held in the British warships.
On Friday, Canton naval officers and all foreign naval officers now at Canton will be invited to a party by the British naval authorities. Our Own Correspondent.
simplified the job.
"Although we have been three weeks on the work, we are only be- ginning to get things sorted out. It is a terrific task."