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GIANT PANDA DIES AT ZOO
London, To-day.
The oldest of the five giant pandas those extremely rare animals which arrived at the Zoo Just before Christmas-died yes terday.
She was ill during the journey. from China; she was far from well on arrival; and, in fact, was not expected to live.
This animal was not one of the three which the Zoo has purchas- ed,
The three pandas which the Zoo acquired are in excellent health.
MENZEL WINS GERMAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
Berlin, To-day.
The Women's championship was won by the American, Miss Wheeler, who beat the Hungarian, Miss Somogyi 6-4, 6-4.
THE PLACE
OF CHINA
London, To-day.
POLAND STILL FLIRTING WITH GERMANY
Warsaw, To-day.
the Polish Foreign Minister, Beck, and the Soviet
A few far-sighted people are enquiring about the
possibilities of capital investment in India as a The meeting planned between set-off to the loss of opportunities in China, Colonel writes a special correspondent in the “Finan- cial News” this morning.
The correspondent adds that one of the results of the Far Eastern conflict is sure to be a greater amount of attention for India, both on strate gic and economic grounds.
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What may turned out to be the only routes for Western trade contact with China, are routes that can be made available through Burma.“ If any Western trade remains to, be done with China, then the pos- sibilities of India as a manufactur-
ing and distributing centre are due QUEEN FARIDA
for exploration.
TOBACCO INTERESTS FOR TEHERAN
Foreign Commissar, M. Litvinov,
will not, Trans-Ccean learns from a reliable source, take place.
It is believed in political circles that the reason for abandoning the plan is to be sought in the Ger- man-Polish negotiations which-rèn- der it advisable "for Poland to
avoid what might possibly be in- her eastern neighbour. térpreted as a rapprochement, with “
The Polish Ambassador in Mos- cow has, it is stated, been instruct- ed to inform M. Litvinov concern- ing Colonel Beck's recent talks in Munich and also concerning the significance of the German Foreign Minister, Herr von Ribbentrop's forthcoming visit to Warsaw.
Trans-Ocean. ROYAL WEDDING
It is stated here that
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The German covered tennis cham-
The writer, taking up the sug- pionship was won by the Sudeten gestion that the change in the German, Roderick Menzel, who Chinese Customs tariff initiated by
Prince, Mohammed Resa Pahlewi. - beat Henner Henkel yesterday by Japan may hit tobacco particular-
Queen Farida, the bride and Teheran, To-day. 6-4, 7-5, 6-4.
ly, and thus seriously affect Bri-
bridegroom and three other Egyp- tish and, American concerns im-
Queen tian Princesses will arrive G.porting large quantites for manu-Farida will accompany the Egyp-April 15 on board the Egyptian facture of cigarettes in China, says tian Princess Fewzieh, 17-year-old Royal Yacht, and will proceed to that if such firms have developed sister of King Farouk, to her wed-Teheran on the new Trans-Iran In the women's doubles, Miss export trade it might be saved by ding here to the Iranian Grown railway. Wheeler and the German, Fraeulein transferring manufacture to India. Hamel, beat the Hungarians Miss
"There is no reason why the Somogyi and Miss Kovac, by 64. China export trade in
eggs and 6-8, and in the men's doubles, bristles, to name but
two com- Rederick Menzel and Metaxa beat modities, should not, if it is large- Goeppert and Beutner 8-6, 6-4, ly lost to the West and if any
Western 6-8, 13-15, 6-4.
financial interests
are
In the mixed doubles the Ger- concerned with it, be developed from mans, Hamel and Beutner, beatį India's natural resources.” Reu- Miss Wheeler and Metaxa 7-5. ter. 6-3. Trans-Ocean.
MR. RUBLEE SEES HERMANN GOERING
Berlin, To-day. Before leaving Berlin for Paris, Mr. George Rublee, director of the London refugees office, was received by Field Marshal Goering.
Trans-Ocean.
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The Royal Observatory reports that the anticyclone covers China, Japan and the neighbouring seas; It has increased in intensity, and pressure appears to be highest to the north of the Yangtse Valley.
Local forecast:- N. E. winds, fresh; cloudy generally.
In the absence of an official state- ment on the nature of the discus- plenary session of the refugees sion, quarters close to Mr. Rubles committee as originally planned. indicate a positive result causing General impression prevailing in Mr. Rublee to change his disposi- Berlin is that good progress has tions for the next week.
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