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London, To-day.
A question was put in the House of Commons yes- terday to Captain H. H. Balfour, Under-Secre- tary for Air, regarding Imperial Airways ser- vices to Singapore.
Captain Balfour stated that out of a total of 22 sche- duled services due to arrive in Singapore from England between January 1 and February 22 last, 12 arrived late and ten punctually.
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Capt. Balfour said that four cases of delay were due to engine trouble, six to bad weather, and two to miss- ed connections with other aircraft.
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Mr. Geoffrey Mander (Liberal): Can he say why the Dutch operate much more punctually than Imperi- al Airways?··
Captain Balfour: I cannot accept that the Dutch services, taking Laugh a lot things all round and after all has been taken into consideration, are Air- more efficient than Imperial ways.Reuter,
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The Jewish delegation has or less decided to continue to take part in the Palestine conference only on condition that the British proposals are decisively modified, according to well-informed Jewish circles, which state that Jewish de- legates in course of informal con- versations with the British Govern- ment representatives requested that, before discussions were re- sumed, the Cabinet should make known in writing its acceptance of the concessions demanded.
Mr. Macdonald informed the de- legates that he personally was un- able to give any undertaking_of this kind.
In Arab quarters, on the other hand, the belief is expressed that, of a telegraphic ex- the
London, To-day.
Erection by the Japanese authorities of barricades and live wire entanglements around the British and French Concessions in Tientsin, was the subject of a question in of Commons yes. the House terday.
The matter was raised by Mr. L. C. Hannah (Conserva- tive, Bilston).
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The Under-Secretary Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A Butler, replied that the matter had been taken up with the
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IMP'L AIRWAYS FLIGHT TO KUNMING
Kunming, To-day.
An Imperial Airways plane is expected here from Burma. around 11 o'clock this morning.
This will be the first time. that a foreign civil plane has flown over Chinese territory.
The plane, an Atalanta type bi-motored machine,
e, was ori ginally scheduled to fly from Rangoon to-day. It embarked, however, on the journey one day ahead, and arrived at Las- hio at 12.40 o'clock yesterday, and is continuing to Kunming this morning.
No passengers are on the plane. Only the captain and three members of the crew are aboard. Central News.
as a result KING AND QUEEN Palestinian Arab delegation and AT BIRMINGHAM
change of views between
the Grand Mufti, there is some like- HONG KONG HEIGHTS hood of the Mufti accepting the
For the information of visitors the following list of some, of
British proposals as a basis of dis- cussion.—Trans-Ocean,
the highest, points on the Island WEATHER FORECAST
and Mafn and is published.—
Taland Victoria Peak
17259
Fect.
1828
Signal Station
1774
Mt. Parker
1784
Mountain Lodge ..
1725
The Eyrie
Peak Tram Station.
1806
Talkoo Sanatorium
Mt. Davis.
1000 877
Bowen Road (filterbeds) 207
Mainland
Feet:
Taimoshan
Kowloon Teak
8124 197
London, To-day. The King and Queen spent seven hours in Birmingham yesterday on a visit upon which they were attend- ed by the Prime Minister.
Then Majesties visited the heavy
Fair as well as shadow Industries factories. neighbourhood of Birmingham.
They also called at the Bourne,
The Royal Observatory reports industries section of the British
that the anticyclone is moving in- to the Pacific to the northeast Hokkaido, ridges of moderately high pressure extend from it to Shantung and S. E. China. The deville works. pression is moving eantward to the north of the Bonins. Another de pression is moving eastward along the central Yangtze Valley,
Local forecast: moderate; cloudy,
E. winds,
The Queen inspected a new hous Ing estato and sho renamed the Centre Hospital in Birmingham_the Queen Elizabeth Hospital when she paid un visit there. British