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THE FUTURE OF NAVAL PLANS OF DIARY OF LOCAL
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Constituencies To Be Delimited
POWERS
America To Follow The Others
EVENTS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2
Anniversaries and Holidays- Feast of St. Alphonsus, Doctor of the Church...
Auctions-Postage Samps, Lam- mert's Hong Kong Sales Room, 5.15 p.m.
Cinémas
King's "We Live Again” Queen's "I Lived With You.”
Oriental:"Charlie Chan In Paris.” Majestic-Chinese Picture." Star:-"Under Pressure."
Commercial-Hong Kong Tele- phone Co., Ltd., Interim Dividend payable.
London July 31.
Washington, July 31 The Under-Secretary of State for At a press conference o-day Mr.
Com- Indian announced in the
Claude Swanson, Secretary of the mars, at question-time, that the United States Navy, indicated that Government had decided to set up the Government might order the a commities to inake recommenda... | construction of new battleships | Central:-"Chinese. Picture.” tions for the delimitation of con- | and, cruisers if Britain and Japan stituencies In the future Indian do so after the expiration of the Federal and Provincial Legisla- Washington Treaty, K rures, and on certain connected "With regard to battleships arid questions.
cruisers we will be guided by what The members of the committee other nations do," said the Navy would be St Laurie Hämmond, | Minister. "But in all other res- formerly Governor of Assam, pects the United States wit adhere (Chairman). - Mr. Justice Von to the programme authorised by katasubha Rad of the Madras High Court, and Mr. Justice Din Muhammed, of the Lahore High Court. The Committee would start its deliberations in India towards the end of September, and was ex- pected to report at the beginning of next year.
Advantage would be taken of Sir Laurie Hammond's presence in India to invite him to pay a 'special visit to Burma to consider the proposals of the Government of Burma for delimitation of con- stituencies in that country, "and of certain connected matters that arise there also – British Wirelax.
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the Vinson Act.”
This was confirmed, at a later press conference with President Roosevelt.
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Lectures--Christian Fellowship. THE SEASON'S SMARTEST SWIMMING
Helena May, 10.30 am.
Meetings Extraordinary, Kow- loon Union Church Hall-9 pm.
Sports..
Tennis.-"D" Division, South The President stated that the china Av. Civil Service C.C.; United States was considering the Police RC. v. Kowloon B.G.C.; construction of additional war- ships to meet the Increases con- Army. F.C. v. Chinese R.C. templated by foreign powers.
Mock-VII Moon, 4th Day. The President admitted that the Sunrise.-5.55 a.m. Sunset.-7.04 question of the fortification of £5= | pm. lands in the Pacific, after the ex- piration of the Washington Treaty, was under consideration falso.
"If we lose the Philippines we might want to go elsewhere." he suggested crypically.
He emphasised, however, that the matter of Pacific fortifications had not gone beyond the stage of conjecture, describing reports in this connection as merely "L" and "when" stories Router.
JAPAN'S ESTIMATES
Tokyo, August I. An increase of about 180,000,- 000 yen is involved in the draft of the Japanese naval estimates for next year, which was issued to-day and which totals 712,000,000 yen.
An interesting adaptation of the most up-to-date services of the Post Office, for the purpose of "speeding up the work of the La-
bour Ministry's employment ex- The expenditure- anticipates the changes, was inaugurated yester-modernising of certain vessels, at day:
a cost of 75,000,000 yen;
Improving of docks, 12,000,000 yen;
To enable thirty-one exchanges in the area of London, which has a population of insured workers estimated... at two and a half millions, and contains some 83,000 employers, to circulate among themselves as rapidly as possible notifications of vacancies received at any one exchange, a teleprinter system designed by the Post Office Engineering Department has been installed, which links the Central Clearing House with each branch.
The new system should enable vacancies to be filled within a tew hours of notification.
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Tides.-High at 10.40; Low at 4.15 and 17.33.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 Anniversaries and Holidays. — King Haakon of Norway born, 1872. Bathing. St. Andrew's Club, Fo- ce Fier, 3.30 p.m.; Kowloon Tong Anglican Church, Police Pler, 3.15 Cinemas
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King's: We Live Again." Queen's: "T Lived With You.” Central:-"Chinese Picture Oriental:-"Chär'le Chan In Paris" Alhambra "G-Men." Majestlé: "Chinese Picture,” Star: Under Pressure.”
Miscellaneous. Tombola, Garri-
son Lecture Hall. 7 p.r.: "Tombola on board EMS. Tamar; 7.15 p.m.; wh'st Drive, Cheero Club, 8.30 p.m.
Sports
Bowls.—First Division, Indian R. Additional cost of construction of C. v. Civil Service C.C... Craigen- vessels, 52,000,000 yen;
Munitions, 15,000,000 yen: Additional Air Corps equipment. 25,000,000 yen Reuter.
Sir
gower C.C. "B" v. Kowloon B.G.C.; Kowloon Decks v. Polite R.C.; Clúb de Recreio v. Kowloon C.C. Second Division, Civil Service C,C. v. Hong Kong Electric: Kowloon B.G.C, 1. Yacht Club; Police R.C. v. Talkoo RC.; Kowloon C.C. v. Club de Re-Į
relo; Craigengower CC. v. Hong Kong F.C.
Moon-VII Moon, 5th. Day, Sunrise, 6.55 am. Sunset.-7.03.
NO. OFFICIAL STATEMENT
London, July 31- The First Lord of the Admiralty, Bolton Eyres Monsell, was questioned in the House of Com- mons regarding the Government's naval, programme. Asked whether (p.mi. in view of the danger of the pub-
Tides. High at 0.13 and 11.05; lication of unofficial statements he Low at 4.53 and 18.02 would make an official pronounce-. ment, he replied in the negative,
Cinemas
VACANCIES FILLED The Ministry has over twelve hundred- branch exchanges
SUNDAY, AUGUST 4
throughout the country and last The "Naval programme of this
Anniversaries and Holidays, year filed 2,300,000 vacancies. country cannot be determined un-Seventh Sunday after Trinity.
To mark the tricentenary of the til the results of the Naval Con- Post Office as a public service, ference and programmes of other the Foatmaster General" an-
powers are known, and as no official nounced 'in the Commons new pronouncement can therefore be corcessions affecting telephone, made, no attention can be paid to service in rural areas and having unofficial and irresponsible state- the effect of reducing charges for menta." subscribers distant from exchanges by amounts varying from one to eight pounds annually, and of ereasing call offcc facilitica.— British Wireless,
NAVAL CADETS IN PORTSMOUTH
London, July 31. The Prince of Wales has sent a message to the Commander of the Brazilian naval training, ship. Almirante Baldanha, which is on a visit to Fortsmouth, expressing regret at being prevented by pres" sure of engagements, before his departure on Monday, from meeting the officers and cadeta in person and wishing them an enjoyable stay.
Replying to a supplementary question as to whether the pro- gramme had already been sub mitted to other naval powers the Firat Lord sáld that naturally a hypothetical programme had been put forward in order to discover what the other powers wanted- British Wireless
HOLLAND'S POLICY AFFIRMED
The Hague, July 31. Holland is determined to remain on the gold standard.
This was affirmed by Dr. Colijn," the Prime Minister, to-day, when interviewed by Reuter.
Kings:-"We Live Again » Queen's "The Flame Within.“ Central:Chinese Picture.. Oriental: West Po'nt Of The
ALE”
Alhambra "G-Men Majestic The Gay Bride."
Sports
Baseball.-USS. Mndanao Japanese, Navy Ground, Caroline Hill, 9.30 am.
Moon-VII Moon, 6th Day. Sunrise.-5.56 am Sunset 7.03
Tides. High at 0.28 and 11.30. Low at 5.36 and 18:28.
AN OKAPI FOR THE ZOO
London, July 31,
An okapi, a rare ammal trom the Belgian Congo described as u He advocated a well-prepared in and a zebra, has arrived at the cross between a giraffe, a deer ternational.conference on. com-
The Commander and four other merce and currency stabilisation London Zoological Gardens. It officers, who have been in Landon at the earliest possible moment, a sad to be the only living ex- on the invitation of the Brazilian and intimated that Holland would ample of the species to have Ambassador, were entertained by use her tafuenca, to bring this reached England
the Part of London Authority and about
the Thero-American inititute and
Reuter
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