THE CHINA MAIL, JULY, 20, 1989...
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REPRESENTATIONS IN TOKYO QUEENS & ALHAMBRA
London, To-day.
The most recent reports received by the Foreign Secretary indicated that smuggling in North China had been reduced to negligible propor- tions, said the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, in the House of Com- mons yesterday.
No reply had been received from the Japanese Government to the latest British representa- tions on the matter.
Our Ambassador in Tokyo would continue to press the matter in re- gard to the action of the so-called Nanking reformed government in endeavouring to insist that certifi- cates from the Japanese authori ties before clearance to inland ports be granted to British ships. IMPORTANT ISSUES.
Sir J. S. Wardlaw-Milne (Conser- vative): If we acquiesced to the Japanese demand, would it not amount to recognition of the re- formed government, and would it not amount to agreeing that Japanese might manipulate Customs as they like?
Earl Of
Leicester Now 91
London, To-day. the THE Earl of Leicester celebrated his 91st
the
Mr. Butler: These are important birthday yesterday.
considerations in the Foreign Se-
the
cretary's mind and that is why in- He is not only the oldest Peer of structions were sent to the Am- the realm but also probably
only living man who can boast that his grandfather danced Queen Antoinette of France,
bassador in Tokyo to press matter.-Reuter.
R.A.F. MASS FLIGHT OVER FRANCE
London, To-day.
the
Yesterday's mass flight of over 100 R.A.F. bombers to France, was carried out to Paris, Orleans and Chartres and thence back to England.
The flight took about three hours. Other squadrons, largely --con- sisting of Vickers Wellesleys, ar- rived back during the afternoon, having flown, according to the "Evening Standard," to Marseilles.
The Under-Secretary of State for Air, Capt. Harold Balfour, who was a wartime pilot, took part in the flight as an ordinary member
of the crew. Trans-Ocean.
with
The present Earl, whose family name is Coke, is the third to hold the title which was created in 1887.
The family boasts of an excep- tional record of longevity since the first Earl--the present Earl's grandfather-died at the age of 88 ● and the second Earl at the age of 87. The second Earl who was born when his father was 70, was twice married and had 16 children eldest, being 49 years older than of whom the present Earl was the his youngest brother.
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The Earl of Leicester enjoys the best of health and although his son seems likely that he will have to and heir, Viscount Coke, is 59, it
the Earldom. Trans-Ocean. wait some years before succeeding to
DUKE OF KENT
INSTALLED
R.A.F. PRACTICE GRAND MASTER
FLIGHTS
London, To-day.
In the Commona yesterday, the Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, was asked whether it was proposed to arrange practice flights over Po- land, Turkey, Roumania and other countries.
Sir Kingsley Wood said he hop- ed it would be possible to arrange for practice flights in addition to those over France. British- Wire- lees.
"NIKS
OF U.G.L.
London, To-day. Eleven thousand Freemasons from home and overseas thronged
the King, as Grand Patron of the Olympia yesterday afternoon when
Order, installed the Duke of Kent *as Grand Master o of the United Grand Lodge of England in suc- cession to the Duke of Connaught, who has retired.
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for the longest of the Order.
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