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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 23, 1988
CANTON GIVING
REFUGEES NEW START ON LAND
Canton, To-day.
Kwangtung is expected to have
vey.
U.S. PROTEST AGAINST NEW INCIDENT
Shanghai, To-day.
a record rice harvest this year, It is understood that a formal according to a preliminary sur-protest is to be lodged by the United States Consul-General, Recalling that last year's first following the completion of full crop was 10 per cent. over that investigation into the detention of normal years, Dr. D. Y. Lin, yesterday of Mr. F. W. Blackburn Director of the Kwangtung and Mr. J. G. Pase, two American Bureau of Agriculture and For- subjects, by the Japanese Naval estry, declared in an interview Landing Party sentries
on the with the staff correspondent of Garden Bridge for about forty the "China Mail" to-day, that he minutes. was most optimistic over this year's prospects.
Harvest of the first crop last year produced 61,625,270 piculs for 97 hsien, and indications are that this figure will be excelled this year.
Food supply in wartime being of major importance, over, $3,910,000 have been loaned out to farmers in the last three months, chiefly by the Kwangtung Provincial Bank.
No reason, it is understood, has been given by the Japanese for their action and no apologies have been tendered. Reuter.
PLAY TIME IN THE COMMONS
London, To-day.
Of this sum, $1,000,000 is for mi litary development and colonisation work, $1,000,000 for sugar-cane plantations, $500,000 for sericul-
In the House of Commons yes- |tural work, $850,000 for the Hok
Shan Project, $60,000 for the Yang far the Chinese requests`
`at the terday Mr. Mander asked how Tsun Project and $1,000,000 for Council in Geneva yesterday re- loans to different rural co-opera-garding the extension of the League's health services in In view of the under-capitalised loans and for action to
China to prevent epidemics, for condition of the rural districts to-China under Articles Eleven and assist
day, further loans to farmers arc expected to be made for the Au-being carried out?
Seventeen of the Covenant were
tive societies.
FURTHER LOANS
$31.00
29.00
28.00
32.00
tumn crops, Dr. Lin stated.
31.00
32.00
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Mr. R. A. Butler replied that the Dr. Lin said that there are vast areas of land, totalling over 14, assistance was as stated
general position with regards to 000,000 mow, which are as yet un-House of Commons on June 14.
in
the developed.
In this connection, Dr. Lir stat- ed, the Provincial Government's
With regard to the last part of the question, the Chinese represent-
plans for colonisation and develop-ative at the Council in May did not
demand action by the League under
ment of the huge tracts of unused land, are being put into operation. Articles Eleven and Seventeen. The.
REFUGEES STARTED OUT Council, however, remained seized Refugees from Canton are being of the original Chinese appeal under sent to these areas to work the Articles Ten, Eleven and Seventeen. land. First of these settlements-Reuter. was at Pok Lo, where more than 300 refugees have started their la bours.
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They have been given sufficien' food, shelter and facilities for pro- duction, and further refugees will be sent as soon as the necessary preparations can be made.
Dr. Lin hopes that the refugees will become self-supporting after r year or two.
RESERVATIONS PHONE 81221 "LIDO"
QUEEN'S MOTHER.
PASSES
The Countess of Strathmore, the Queen's mother passed away in the early hours of this morning. The King and Queen were present at the end. -Reuter.
The Countess was taken ill with heart trouble in the middle of April but by the end of the month was reported to be progressing satisfactorily. Death occurred at 2 a.m. and Their Majesties, the King and Queen, left almost unnoticed shortly afterwards.
It is considered unlikely that the death of the Countess will alter the plans of the King and Queen for the State- Visit to Paris. Leveson-Gower, whose husband is The Queen's sister, Lady Rose Lieut. Governor of the Isle of Man, left the Isle of Man by air yester- day and was present at the death- bed.
The Earl of Strathmore and the Hon. David Bowes-Lyon were also present at the deathbed.-Reuter.
The case in
five, police officers, including a foreign member of the force, Lance-Sergeant A62 Charles Hossack Telfer, were charg ed before Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, on charges, alleging at tempted extortion was again - re- manded a week,