THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 16, 1988.
-GARDEN: BRIDGE
INCIDENT
Shanghai, To-day.
The Japanese Military authori- ties have made representations to Brigadier-General Telfer Smol- lett, as well as to the Shanghai Municipal Council, regarding a further incident at 8.00 p.m. yes. terday evening on the Garden bridge, involving the Seaforths and Japanese soldiers.-Reuter.
BULLETIN ON PREMIER'S NASAL CATARRH
London, To-day.
After the Prime Minister had been examined and treated by Mr. Bedford Russell at Harley Street yesterday morning, the following bulletin was issued, signed by Lord Horder as well as Mr. Bed- ford Russell; "The Prime Minister has been suffering from severe nasal catarrh. Whilst in Scotland, symptoms of inflammation of the nasal sinuses developed, making a return to London for special treat- ment advisable. Progress, though necessarily slow, is satisfactory. The Prime Minister's holiday will be resumed immediately the pre- method of propelling sent measures of new
local treatment ships which is claimed to give can be safely discontinued.”—Bri-
New Ship Propeller Invented
A
Budapest.
greater speed for less power-has tish Wireless. been demonstrated before a group
of experts at Pecs, Hungary.
The device is described ав a
"spiral cylinder" is
substi-
tuted for the ordinary propeller. MR. LANSBURY'S
The inventors are two local men, Peter Kalmar and Janos Dani.
PEACE MISSION
London, To-day.
During the demonstration a model fitted with the invention attained an authenticated speed of 216 kilo- metres an hour (approximately 135 m.p.h.).
Mr. George Lansbury, former The inventors calculate that if Opposition Leader, who resigned the device were used for the Queen the leadership of the Parliamen- Mary she could reach 150 kilometary Labour Party on account of tres an hour (approximately 94 his Pacifist principles and who has m.p.h.) with her present power. visited Herr Hitler and Signor The device has been patented, Mussolini on "embassies of recon- and already the Germans are show-ciliation" sponsored by a group of ing interest in it. The inventors British Pacifists left London yes- have been asked to place their terday on a new "peace mission" model at the disposal of the Ger-to Sofia, Bucharest, Belgrade and man authorities for further tests. Budapest, in the course of which
BRITISH TRADE FIGURES
London, To-day.
Overseas trade returns for July show that British exports were valued at £37,469,969 · against £86,- 893,525 in June and £47,594,677 in July last year.
re-
The value of imports was £79,- 938,911 against £76,502,634 and £85,504,170 respectively, while exports were £4,555,213 agianst £4,- 987,170 month ago and £6,803,463 a year ago.
he will continue to advocate, he stated, the removal of the funda- mental causes of war. Wireless.
British
RUSSIAN CLAIM TO NORTH POLE
Moscow, To-day.
The Russian claim to the North Pole is to be emphasized by a map of the Soviet Union, done in pre- cious stones, according to a report in the Moscow paper "Trod”.
This map, which will be an im- provement on the similar one exhi-
For the first seven months of bited at the Paris World Fair, will the year imports were £548,134,- form one of the outstanding Soviet 848 decrease of £25,885,218 exhibits at the New York World
against the corresponding period of Fair in 1940.
last year, but an increase of $72,-
The landing spot of the Papanin 090,431 on 1936 exports were Exhibition is indicated by a special £270,628,328-a decrease of £28, cluster of gems-Trans-Ocean.
1930-
296,391 over last year but an in- crease of £22,661,926 over re-exports 'totalled £37,354,164 a decrease of £9,992,485 over last year and £88,791 compared with the cor- responding period of 1988-British- Wireless,
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ARMY CAREER
London, To-day.
The improved conditions of ser- vice for Army officers announced recently by Mr. Hore Belisha, Se- cretary for War, will, it is expact- ed, be followed by a considerable increase in the number of competi- tors for the cadet colleges.
Anticipation of the changes may have accounted for the total num ber of candidates for the Sandhurst and Woolwich Extrance Examina- tion in June last being largest since the war.
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