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HONG KONG, JANUARY 23, 1936.
KING EDWARD VIII.
anything more to His Majesty's
popularity, his charm, his grace and the sympathetic manner in which he comes into contact with and outside of his people inside domain.
PREMIER
No, Respite For Late King
London, Jan. 31.
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GENEVA PAYS HOMAGE
Tributes To Late King
Geneva, Jan. 21..
Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the Prince[Special to the "Hear Kong Dalla
special broadcast Minister, in a
Prem (Copyright.)! - message to-night, said the o His Majesty's death was heard everywhere with personal · grief, not only in Britain, but through out, the Empire.
MESSAGES FROM HIS MAJESTY
Expectations From The Services
NEWS SUMMARY
Before Mr. Justice J. J. Hayden at the Criminal Sessions yesterday Kan Cheung, a 29-year-old, cook,. vas charged with having in his. possession dva türged $10 bank- notes, purporting to be of the Hong Kong and Shanghail Banking. Corporation.
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Setences of 12 months' hård:
London, Jan. 21. forces of the Crown throughout labour each were passed upon Chan
Messages them His Majesty King the Empire. A public assembly of the League
In his message to the Air Force, Hing, 41, unemployed. and Lo shing, 29, unemployed, when they of Nations Council took place an Edward VIII to the Navy, Army Tuesday afternoon to pay its last and Air Force were issued to-day. the King says: "If the Air Force appeared before Mr. E. 1. Wynne-
of the Empire is young. they still The message to the, Navy re- There had been no respite for respect to the memory of the late
Calls with gratitude their distin-have all the vigour of youth, and Jones at the Kowloon Magistracy the late, King during the twenty-King George V or England...
The Australian High Commis-guished services, and the long and in the space of a few years have yesterday and admitted possession five years of his reign, sald the
Page 6. aloner in London, Mr. Bruce, in intimate personal association Dealready achieved a high tradition of a revolver and two daggers Premier. The whole world had
that the King's gress with keen personal solicitude been in a state of commotion, and the capacity of officiating Coun-tween the Royal Familly and the I shall watch their further pro- respectively, on January ið.
cil President opened the session Navy. It says
At the Kowloon Magistracy yes- with an obituary speech recalling visits to many parts of the En-for their welfare and with entire
to note with confidence that they will
and devotion show that pride of service and terday, Mr. E I. Wynne-Jones sat Crown as Coroner to enquire into the the memorable events in the long pire enabled him
the watchwords unswerving loyalty to the
since death of one-Miss Mary McGregor. reign of the decreased monarch, pride that loyalty all those present rising to pay to duty remain homage to the departed. All the of the Royal Navy, and that the which they have displayed
Reuter. League of Nations members there- same great traditions are guiding their inception."-
vices of the Dominion, India and upon in turn addressed the assem-the development of the naval ser- bly to voice their profound sym- pathy felt for the British people the other Empire naval forces. in their bereavement.
to come a there never seemed period when he could took ahead and feel that all was peace and quiet. He played his part gai- lantly to the end.
The late King's last liness, said Mr. Baldwin, took from him every reserve of strength which he had "I had a feeling all through the autumn" said the Premier, "that be was ready for the jong jour- ney that he was soon to take."
ness.
Baron
The Italian delegate Alois! in touching words said that
essential
I
ever
KING'S DECLARATION:
London, Jan. 21. The Gazette contains the text of the King's declaration to the Privy Council, which says,
sovereignty.
here
a school mistress of the Army Education Service. She was 31 years of age. Found in her room. at the Peninsula Hotel unconscious apparently from the effects of some drug, she was removed to the Kow- loon Hospital where she died with-
out recovering consciousness,
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