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THE CHINA MAIL, WED NESDAY, JUNE 2, 1940,
DALTON BACK IN CABINET
Chancellor Of Duchy of Lancaster
Ex-Chancellor's Special Job
to a
London, May 31.
Mr. Hugh Dalton, who resigned the Chancellorship of the Exchoquer last autumn after.confessing Budget "look" to a newspaperman, has re- turned to Government offce as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, it was officially an- nounced today.
He succeeds Lord Pakenham, appointed Minister of Civil Aviation in place of Lord Nathan, who has resigned.
There
Im-
regret
False Alarm In City
London, May 31. Polloe radio cars raced to the Stock Exchange today and closed the building to all but membara of the Exchange after a mysterious calige said a bamb
had baon planted there in the morning.
Despite a thorough search. the police could not find the bomb., The telephoned alarm vald? that it was wrapped in. & parcel.-United Pro
Mme. Chiang To Visit Siam
ber of Commerce. China's famed
THEY ATE CHERRIES AS THEY BURGLED
London, May 31, Skilful burglars took gems and heirlooms worth £2,000 from the surburban home of Sir Francis Whitmore, Lord Lieutenant of Essex, carly this morning.
They broke open a strongroom in which Jewellery belonging to Lly Whitmore-tiaras, necklaces and rings--was kept.
Although they touched objects and opened doors and cabinets, the thieves Jeft no finger prints.
many
The Chancellorship of
House the the
Commona of Duchy of Lancaster is a sine-mediately after be "leakage" in- cure Ministerial office which is cident and his jrompt resigna- often the "umbrella" for other on produced a widespread feel-
ing of dismay. important Government Cabinet duties.
Cabinet Of 18 As a member of the Cabinet,
general was
Bangkok, May 31. free of departmental responsibil- among Government supportera According to an announcement ties, Mr. Dalton will help in the at the loss of his services to the made here by the Chinese Cham- work of the Cabinet generally Administration, and will be available to under Mr. Attlee has not yet decided take any special chatien
which on what Mr. Dalton's duties will may 13- allotted to him from Ume Fl, It is stated that no altera-
But obviously they took their to time by the Prime Minister, tion will be made in the present
time as they moved about the t recent Umes, the Chancel-rangements for coordination of
mansion known as Orsett Hall. Jorship of the Duchy of Lanenseronumle affairs, which will con
They ate cherries, leaving the ter has carried with it Ministerial | tinue to be handled bay the omen for the oft-times struined stoner scattered on the carpets. sponsible for—bbe—itritish-Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Sino-Siamese relations and has Orsett Hall is a shaw place of dccupied Zune of Germany, but Stafford Cripps.
assured in nearly welcome to the file community of Grays on the today It was announced that the
edge of London. The Chancellor of the Duchy will no longer have this job.
£5,000 A Year
The administration of the Bri- fish Zaines in Germany and Aus- tria will remain within the gen- er responsibility of Mr. Ernest Bevin, the Foreign Secretary, -
Detiled arrangements for as- sisting him are still under con sideration.
Normally, the Chancellorship of the Duchy carries a salary
£3.000 a years but Mr. Dalton,
a member of the
will get 5,000.
Cabine".
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"First Lady," Mme. Chiang Kai- shek, will soon visit Bangkok, serving as an "envoy of Chinese good will,"
Premier Fibul Songkram bas hailed the proposed visit as u good
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The inclusion of Mr. Dniton in wife of Nationalist China's leading and Quern will be guests Showing To-day at 2.30, 5.15, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m. the Cabine! means that the num-er.
ber
of Cabinet Ministers hus No date has yet been set for risen from 17 to 18. Reuter, the proposed visit.—United Press,
UGLIEST MURDER IN MANY YEARS
Gilmore, May 31,
there next week when they at- tend the Royal Errex show. The Earl and
Countess of Athlone were guests last night but nei- ther they nor meinbern of the household heard the burglars.— Associated Press.
Gandhi Son Jeered
Durban, May 31, Mr. Gandhi, the son
of the murdered Mahalma, was jeered at the Natal Indian Congress here today when he said that non- Europeuns in South Africa were not yet ready for government,
Gandhi moved that a resolution asking for "votes for .all" be jamended to “votes for all only us
an ideal."
of Exports today began putting a body together from its hacked piecos in trying to solve what looked like England's ugliest murder in many years. Mr. Dalton's retiro Government fulfils the general
With a Scotland Yard man Dr. Teare hopes to be able to prediction that his eclipse would watching, Dr. Donald Teare, formulate some idea as to what The Chancellor's | Home Office pathologist, worked the man looked like and Scotland be temporary, spontaneous confession of fault to on a model in wax of the body Yard experts will then try to
dug up in parts from the muddy nd out who he is. pond
Potler's Bar
golf course in North-East London. Police still hoped to find some- The Chairman of the Congress thing left in the pond such as had to intervene through repented A the pont itself--called clothing or papers or effects that laughter and interruptions to "Tiddlers' Pond" because boys will give
get liked to catch minnows or lid-solve the mystery.
to help Gandhi a hearing. Non-Euro- dlers in it-the dirty jobs of And-
peans, as a whole, Gandhi asserted,
for ing the rest
Scotland Yard Superintendent were not yet ready All except the middle section Peter Bevridge Indicated that the franchise, the Government could ment; if they were given the full the body has been found, dissection of the body was the not be carried out. Small boys first saw the arm and work of hand two weeks ago on the edge FraSI of the pand. The police at first thought it was the arm young girl.
Soviet Films In Bangkok
TQ-
of
The pond
went on,
them a clue
EL?1 amateur.-United
of a
and
an-
JAP MISSION
IN FRANCE
they
govern-
Gandhi asked that the Congress should refuse to support a pro- posed National Convention de- manding full franchise for all the peoples of South Africa.-Reuter.
TALKS ON POUND BALANCES
Bangkok, May 31. Regular showing Soviet- produced filims will begin in Bangkok within the next few
was drained, days. The Andar Company, its muddy bottom yielded local flm distribution agency, other severed arm and then the has announced that six Russian legs. Finally on Saturday
brought up a broken skull. alms have already been
Paris, May 31. "veived," "vanging- from decu- Blow On Hood
The Arst Japanese commercial- mentary pictures to
des- one
Many essential
London, May 31. detalls have mission to visit France since pre-
The officials of the Anancial cribed as a "horror-comic" car- not yet been fixed, such war days arrived today by air
delegation of India and Pakistan how long the parts were in the from London. toon.
One of the Soviet
water. Als deals
The job was fitting it The mission, made up of nine have now in arrived in London and began discussions with Bri- with the USSR
Japanese industrialists, is en route tish officials today, the Treasury five-year
together. pru gramme that operated during the The police believe the body to the French Silk Congress at war; another features Premier was wat of an average size Man Japanese arrived at Orly airport the Chancellor of the Exchequer Josef Stalin, and a third tells the somewhere between 25 and 50 and the indian Finance Minister life story of a pre-revolution Rus years old and perhaps was kill this afternoon on મ
stan hero, Alexander Nevsky. The ed by a blow on the head.
影 ghost
be
cartoon is described as story.
All of the Soviet films to shown in Bangkok will have Chinese sub-titles and interpreting dialogue printed in Slanese will be flashed on the screen ut intex. vols.
to
The Andar Company hopes-noxt to arrange for the shipment Stem of films having "dubbed in" English language sound tracks.
Sovlet films for distribution in Bangkok are secured from Shang- hal-United Press,
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BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
It
**The Authority on Authorities",
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The talks will be comprehen- sive and will cover various pro- blems relating to the sterling balances held by India and Pa- kistan.-Associated Press.
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.COVER PROMOTES TEN had been split on the first, trlek. | THERE is nothing particularly South then led the spade J. complex about the operating West, for reasons of his own, or principle of the
maxim, perhaps no reason, played low. "cover an honour with an hon- Then the spade was finessed, our". It should be observed the A killed both the K and the A rainy night in Paris...and usually
when It promises to 10 and two more plays produc- promote into
trick-taking ranked five tricks in the sult. With love turned it into a Paradise! some card held by yourself or two diamond tricks and two top your
partner.
should be hearts now in sight, the heart out tougheng, ver violated when it merely helps finesse was not risked. So the A if a fack is led' and you see, the the rest of the suit good and en- the declarer in that way. So, and K dropped the 2, making
the sult in the dum, abling South to score. A total_of should usually cover twelve tricks, with your king to force the acc. Notice what the result would The
queen of course is the have been if West had covered second round trick, but the ten the spade as he should, It in your own hand or partner's would have forced the A That the third-rounder. If, would, have established the 10 as becomes however, you see that ten 10 the third-round trick. South then dummy, you should usually not
cover and thus eliminate guess for the declarer.
in
ace queen. my, you
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would have tried the heart afinesse, Losing to the
would have seen the defenders take two more club tricks And thus hold him to exactly game, In other words, the cover of the Jack of spades would have been worth three tricks to the fenders.
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(After- „East, passes North's 1- 11.80 p.m.-adio News' Real (London with the K and returned
West led the club 6, East won Club bid, what should South do [his] with...n shrewd partner, wline And Close fourth-best. 2, the 10 winning with a stolid one, in a phir du-
because the dummy's honoure plento?
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11.38 pm Weather apart
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The Cross of
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