THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 11, 1937.
THE
WORLD
GOES BY
HILLHEAD
ELECTION
LESS THAN HALF VOTERS GO TO POLL
London, To-day. Although the Conservatives re- N view of the opening of the tained the by-election in the Hill-
I cricket season, I have been head division of Glasgow yester- asked to give-and have pleasure day their majority was in giving-Dean Blow's new version from 9,801 to 6,337. of the "Carmen.”
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reduced
Rendered necessary by the rais- ing to the Peerage in the Coron- There's some who must spend them-ation Honours List of Sir Robert
selves in talking-
Horne, the seat was won by the Teachers, and preachers, they be→Conservative candidate, Mr. J. S. In the artifice of speech their spirit C. Reid, Solicitor-General for Scot-
finds its reach
land.
And thus are their souls made free; But we, who are strong în
silence
We, who, in action give praise- In cut and pull and thrust our Mr. J. S. C. Reid (C)
chastened spirits trust,
Mr. McAllister (Lab) And our dream is of Blenkinsop Mr. MacCormick
days.
Nationalist)
Page
QUEENS
It was a very apathetic by-elec our tion, less than half the voters gó
ing to the poll.
SUNDAY
The figures were :—
12,539 6,202
(Scottish
1,886
Conservative Majority
6,337
4 SHOWS
-Reuter.
It's 'Sop, Sop, 'Sop--sock 'em,
Blenkinsop------
Bring the left leg across: smite
true...........
The ghosts of the past are with
you, Blenkinsop,
Fighting alongside you.
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There are some who were born to
wait on others;
Sheep, not leaders, they be With parched unhappy throat they
put issues to the vote, Hugging their chains unfree. But we, who were born to the
battle
We, in whom unease finds release Do we heed, do we care, tho' there's
lightning in the air
When we take up our stand at
the crease
em,
It's 'Sop, 'Sop, 'Sop-sock
Blenkinsop- Bring the left leg across; smite
true---
It's the young, it's the strong, are
with you, Blenkinsop- Fighting alongside you.
Let "them," if they must, play for
safety,
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K.L.M. ANNUAL REPORT
Over 4,250,000 Miles Flown Last Year
Amsterdam, To-day. The Dutch KLM, air line experi- enced a favourable year in 1986, to the annual report according issued yesterday. "
carried. 50,000 K.L.M. planes passengers on foreign routes, 43,000 on "pool" lines and 65,000 on inland services.
The Amsterdam-Batavia line en- joyed an especially profitable year, the number of passengers carried increasing by 200 per cent, while 50 per cent. more mail was carried.
K.L.M. planes covered a total distance of 6,830,000 kilometres last year, as compared with 6,710,000 kilometres in 1935.
The report reveals that the Blocking each ball as it comes K.L.M. are conducting negotiations But we, who ask for life-let us with Haiti, Trinidad and Barbados
have our hour of strife ·
with the aim of establishing a West With the trumpets and the rolling Indies service. Trans-Ocean.
drums.
The hard hit, the swift run, the
challenge
The ball fairly sped on its way- OCEAN DEPTH
Where steep in the deep fall the
shadows-
Ere our stumps, are pulled up for
the day.
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It's 'Sop, 'Sop, 'Sop-sock 'em,
Blenkinsop
Swing the left leg across; smite
true
The world, and the world's
ture, Blenkinsop,
AT POLE
Instruments Broken By Pressure
Moscow, To-day.
epth of the
Among the scientific investiga- tions now being made by the So- fu- viet North Pole expedition is the measuring of the depth of the ocean at the Pole.
The expedition, which estimates a depth of 4,290 metres, had its broken measuring instruments
Are fighting alongside you. Dogberry in the "News Chronicle.
AEROPLANE TAKES OFF BY
ITSELF LANDS IN TREE
when they reached a depth of 2,000 metres owing to the immense pres- sure. Trans-Ocean,
An aeroplane of the Pilotless Fly- ing Club, being warmed up outside a hangar, soared into the air as the throttle jammed and circled, for 35 minutes over Hythe, Lympne and Foolkestone before it sweeped has officially stopped the Tientsin- down and crashed into a tree.
Shanghai, To-day. Though the Nanking Government
Tokyo service of the Hui Tung Company, it is reported that a mail
Ben Foord, South African holder of service has been started by the the British and Empire heavyw boxing championships, is to marry Phyllis Bowter, a school teacher Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in December,
Cht company though the maila, are isa limited to those of Japanese nation-
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