The newspaper men noted the fine spirit among military officers in Kingst. They are under the Impression that the military leaders in Klangst are working hard. The province, they said, has The agenda for to-day's meeting made progress in reconstruction ot the Legislative Council and especially building highways, Firiance. Committee, appears on which amount to 2,000 miles. All
Page 11. miscellaneous and exorbitant taxes in Klangsi, they added, "have been abolished.
s..dozen times in modern stands
What of the crowd for whose The King sent for the Maharaja. who was conducted to the Royal sake the shrewd Frith admitted be box, congratulated him on his win, kept the horses in the background? In red, whom he and chatted with him for several, That soldier
placed near the centre of his pic The King gave his usual Derbyture, now wears khaki and no side- Day "dinner at Buckingham Pa- whiskers, but the soldier was there
Some interesting figures on the lace last night to members of the to-day in groups of twos and
building trade and the assessor's Jockey Club. About fifty guests, threes. So was that elegant lady North China is in critical con-
report for 1933, appears on Page 7 including, the Prince of Wales and rider on the left, whom the artist
"Adamson's claim against N. Blu- other male members of the Royal painted from the beautiful hun-dition, according to these four- alists. There is a state of ner-.
menthal was decided yesterday." Family, attended the dinner given tress, Miss Gilbert, but to-day I
vousness among the people who a horse, In the State dining-room at the observed her straddling
fear the Japanese may extend Judgment was given for Adamson. hatless and in breeches..
their grip to North China. The acrobat and his child were their successor. Was missing but the man who got himself half- fainting out of a strait-waistcoat.
London, June 14. CURTIS.—On June 18, 1934, at the
"Thirty million people in China Sanatorium CTUNIC Bange are always near starvation level Road, Shanghal," to Mr. and and 3,000,000 die each year from Mrs. Claude H. Curtis, a son
want of food, Facts we must not GLEED.-At the Faberkranken-overlook when we are told that
haus, Tsingtao, on Sunday, Japan must have Manchuria be June 17, 1934, to Mr. and Mrs, cause of her population problem. P. B. Gleed, a daughter. Diana The materials which Manchuria | Palace. Marilyni.
can give are as urgently needed by The Queen departed from her China, and, there are 28 Chinese custem of dining at a friend's in Manchuria to two
of every house. She had an early dimer other nationality.”
at the Palace with Princess Alice and the Eari of Athione, and
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landfall in thick weather, guided
radio beacon, 'submarine
HE Chinese Customs invites THE
offers for the purchase of & Single Screw Steam Iausch, special-signal, automatic depth finder and ly suited for towing, of the following powerful air siren should fall to. dimensions now lying in Hongkong: clear a fixed guidepost,
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fols Henroteau of Canada and Dr.
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afterwards went with them to the Queen's Theatre.
The Elephant's Bow.
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