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S.S. FRANCONIA ON TENTH WORLD CRUISE.
The 8.8. Frapconia, the Cunard line's round-the-world linor, is due to arrive in Hong Kong to-day with 271 tourists on board. The liner is
on her touth round-the world oruise.
CAPITAL OF SOVIET BOY SINGS TO KING
STATE.
LIKELIHOOD OF MOSCOW BEING GIVEN UP FOR
ANOTHER.
AND QUEEN.
SOLOS FOR AN HOUR AT
THE PALACE.
A 17-year-old Walsh boy, Iwan Davies, spent an hour at Bucking- ham Palace, singing to the King and Queen.
Ho
Iwan, who comes from, Llandys- sul, Cardiganshire, is a pupil at the London Choir School, Dou- mark-hill, S.E., and the soloist at All Soulu, Langham-place.. stood yesterday in the White Draw- ing Room at the Palace singing without a trics of nervousness or a tremor in his voice, while the King and Queen and the ladios and gentlemen of the Household sat and listened.
Moscow, March 18.Moscow has boon the enpital of Rasain exotly 13 years to-day, the Soviet govern mont having been hurriedly trans- The Franconia was sonstructed ferred from Potrograd on March especially for world cruising. Sho 10, 1010. In a sense the Bolsheviks is a big ship, but can call ut ports had movely restored Moscow to its other than the big cosmopolitan suciedt dignity. It had been the ports. This means not only the in-capital of the Romanoff dynasty elusion is the itinerary of faoinat until the reign of Peter the Great ing out-of-the way ports, usually who built his dream city, St. barred to the world travellor, but Potersburg, on the river Nova, and also the added advantage of com took his Government. there. fortable landing
arrangementa alongside the pies of the majority was not die to any respect for The Soviet moving job, however,
of the cruise ports.
The invitation to Buckingham tradition. It was a purely strale Palace came to Iwan four days, The Franconia sailed from Newgical move in view of the foars that York on January 9 and after visit Petrograd would be taken by inter
ago, and he had spent much time ing the Madoirn Islands, stoppeuventionist forces. When the inter with his instructor, Professor Ea at Gibraltar, the Principality of vention was over, it was decided to
ward Morgan, of Llandysaul, choosing a programine.
Queen's Favouritea,"
Monaco пли Freuch Riviera continuo in the new headquarters Southern Italy, Greece, the HolyThe wisdom of a capital further Land and Egypt, and then passed inland and therefore less exposed through the Suez. At Bombay
But when the Queen" heard him special traum conveyed the passen-cognised here. Indeed, there is her own favourites, including the to unomy attacks is generally reverterday she asked for some of gers inland to Benares, Delhi, Agra and other points of interest in India Ceylon was next visited, and after a day at Penang, Matac en. Singapore and Johore were each visited. Then to Sium and French Indo-China, and finally a call at Mapila before visiting Hongkong."
Local Arrangements,
1.
some talk, as yet quito unofficial, of the eventual transfer of the Soviet capital further inland, Henr. or the centre of the country.
Sverdlovsk seems the likely place should such a move ultimately be decided upon.
Bevordlovsk-the former Yekaterinburg, where the Taurist family were executed-in The programme at Hongkong will [dustrial centre. With the construc growing in importance as an in- include automobile drives to the ton of the Ural-Kuznetsk cool and Ponk and Repulse Bay, and a spemetal centres and the development cial train has been arranged to of that region generally, the signi- carry the passengers to Canton. Reance of Sverdlovsk will grow Four "days will bo spent in Hongtreraendously. Kong, and the tourists ch the Frenconja will have an excellent opportimity of viewing the whole of the Colony.
Arrangements had been made for a visit to Aarno, but owing to the epidemic of meningitis there, it is probable that the cali will be omitted.
BOOKS AND READERS.
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that died of their bitterness. The same atar seems to have fallen on the drawings thumsolves. They are Among the many prominent pas stark not strong; and between the sengers aboard the Franconia are competing violences of what they Mrs. Charies Minot Amory, former assert and what they deny, their by the wife of Mr. Alfred G, Van-actual expression is generally im- derbilt, who was lost when the becile. Lusitania, went down in the Atlan
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BETTER DEAD.
The Missing Ace," By W. H. Lane-Crauford, Ward. Lock, s. 6d.
tic early in the War.
She is se companied by her son, Mr. George Vanderbilt, and a daughter, Misa Glerin Daker, Mrs. Phillips Oppen- Mr. Bulwell is found dead on his heim, wife of the well-known study foor, a pack of carde in novelist, and "Mr. Charles C. Bat-which the nces are duplicated scat ebelder, at one time attached to the nucleus of this detective thriller in tered around him. That is tho Philippines Government, and laser which the detective is not infalli anndviser in China, director of the Franconia (r.the victim has no claim on our in- The cruiselle, the mystery is not solved and Ross H. Skinner), is making his trust or sympathy, other than the ninth tour round the world.
DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH-WEST.
FERTILE LANDS AWAITING THE PIONEERS.
fact that he obviously better dead than alive. In spite of theso quite startling divergencies from tradi- tional murder fiction, the author has achieved a gripping story. He gives us the solution very pleasantly as a sort of after-thought, in the last chapter, supposed to be written 10 years after.
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hymn, "Jesu, Lover of my Soul, ' sot to the old Welsh tune, "Aborý stwyth,”
Iwan sang five songs, two of them. in Welsh. They were:
Good day,' said the Blackbird"? (Geehl).
"Oh, Had I Jubal's Lyze" (Mondelsschin).
Daddy" (Bebrend).
Dafydd Y Garreg Won" (a Welsh folk song).
Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau." Iwan in an interview, The King "I did not feel a bit shy," said
at once. It was all very homely. and Queen made, me feel at home. They were both delightful, and shook hands with me and thanked mo after I had finished. Then, they gave me a lovely silver pencil, with the Royal Arms, and the ini tials .M.R. L. shall trenauroit all my life."
Professor Morgan, who went with Iwan to the Palace and accompani ed him on the piano, said he dis- covered the boy seven years ago as a little social party in Wales Since then Iwan had won 52 oups and a scholarship.
to connect her with the castle
end.
The end of the story is unstrained and inevitable, and there is no in- artistic attempt to bring about a so-called happy ending. The story interests through its characters and the sanity of its outlook. It is a thoroughly pleasant work in the realm of light action,
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"Young Diana." By Margaret. orial service this morning at the Central Party Headquarters, Mr. that she would pack enough excite. Miss Margaret Ironsido decided Shao Yuan Chung declared that the ment, into the carly life of her north-west was the cradle of Chi-young baroine to nese civilisation, the inhabitants
atone for the of unrelieved there possessing a remanable spirit which, though it is not realised placidity, of endurance and progressiveness.
The people of the north-west were ending
ufton enough, mist succeed a happy peor, but underground they had unusually rich material resources Spain on a
An anchaperoned journey to which were necessary in developing foreign and gallant crew, begins
cargo boat with Chinese industry. If these re- Diana's adventures. But the really sources wore sufficiently tapped, enthralling portion of the story would be unnecessary to go to comes, when one of her brotters is foreign countries for supplies. The accused, and tried for murder, and lead in the north-west was fertilo, is saved from death by Diana's but it did not produce much owing to lack of irrigation facilities. irrigation in the north-west wers baginning of an adventure story, a Miss Ironside has combined the developed and the Yellow River good detective tale, and a charming conservancy work done, agriculove story in one volume.
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Mr. Shao expressed the belief that the possibilities of developing. livestock in the north-west were ex-
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Finally, Mr. Shao said that the attached. The parish priest is also idea of deciding on Loyang aa the a doctor; Veronica helps him to temporary capital of China was bring healing to the villagers in a partly in order to develop the manner which leads the simple folk north-west.
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