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Nanking. Apr. 8. The 357th meeting of the Execu tive Yuan (Hstrig-Cheng Yuan) was held yesterday under the char- manship of General Chiang Kai- shek, President of the Yuan, with the following in attendance:-
AEROPLANES WITH THE FLEETTM
NATIONAL STRENGTHS
COMPARED
U.S. Supremacy
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London, March 22. Lurd Monsell's recent statement that a feet with many seaborne Dr. H. H. Kung. Vice-President aircraft has a big advaninge over of the Yuan and concurrentiyziva's not so equipped was inked Minister of Finance, Gen Chiang to his disclosure that twenty-nine Tso-pin. Minister of Interior. Ad- British capital ships and cruisers miral Chen Shao-kuan, Minister are now fitted with catapults for of the Navy, General Chang Chun, launching alicraft and that thirty- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gen-seven machines are embarked in eral Ho Ying-chin, Minister of the vessels so fitted. There is no War, Mr. Chang Kia-ngau, Minis- branch of naval armaments Ler of Rallways, Dr. Wang Shih- the strength of which, up to "the chleb. Minister of Education," Mr. present, the Admirales of the Wu Ting-chang. Minister of In- world have been more reticent TERMS:-CASH ON DELIVERY. dustry. Mr. Chen Shu-fen, Chair- than seaborne aircraft. The Bri- man of the Central Overseas tish Admiralty, in its annua! Re- Affairs Commission. Leut.-Gen. turi of Firets to Paritament, does Huang Mu-sung, Chairman of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission. Dr. J. Heng Liu. Director of the National Health Administration.
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not attempt to record information. on this point for any navy, and even the best works of reference, depending as they
do upon un. official information, differ widely SZECHUAN GOVERNMENT in their estimates. Take, for Partial reorganization of the example, the new Japanese 2.I- Szechuan Provincial "Government craft-carder Ryulo. Jane's "Fight- Committee was decided upon. The ing Ships" gives no figure for resignation of Mr. La Wèt-lan from the number of aircraft carried in hiy substantive
7.100-ton and
vessel, Weyer's concurrent. this duties as member of the Szechuan "Taschenbuch," on the other hand Provincial Government Committee puts the number as high as 60-
a figure one may and concurrently Provincial Com-
well question. missioner of Education Was ac- since it is the known complement cepted. Mr. Hsieh Pel-yun, mem- of the much arger (28,000 tons ber or the said Provincial Govern- Kaga, and even the American ment Committee, who also re'leved Saratoga, (35.000 tons) $ onl of his duties, having been appoint credited with 79 machines. ed to another post.
Any attempt. therefore. To Al! these vacancies, Mr. estimate the present relative Chiang
Present strength of aircraft in the various Chih-cheng. at Director of the Kuling Administra-feets must be able to the busi- tive Bureau, was appointed mem-ness man's safeguarding clause ber of
the Szechuan Provincli "Errors and omissions excepted." Government Committee and con- But even an approximation to the currently Provincial Commissioner (Agures may be useful, if only as of Education for Szechuan, Ma check on the exaggerations Chi Tsu-yu, was appointed a mem-
which have been born out of the ber of the Committee.
SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE · COMMISSIONERS
The following were appointed Special Administrative Comunis- sioners for Hupeh
Mr. 14 Hul-wu for the 1st Aren. Mr. Cheng Ju-hual for the 2nd
Ares, Mr Shih Yu-ling for the 3rd Area. Mr. Huang Kung-chu for the 4th Area. Mr. Yang En
si for the 5th Aren. Mr. Wang Lieh for the 6th Area. Mr. Fu Heng-po for the
7th Area. Mr. Kwan Lin-shu for the 8th Area.
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THURSDAY.
ON
APRIL 16, 1936
COMMENCING AT 10.00 A.M.
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In addition to "Much Ado About Nothing" which as already 24- nounced will be first performed on April 23rd. the Poet's Birthday. TERMS Cash on DELIVERŤ. seven other Plays will be given
during the first two weeks of the Festival. "The Taming of The" Shrew:" "The Merchant Of Ver- Ice": "King Lear; "trollus And Cressida,; "Judus Caesar"; "Romeo And Juliet" and "Twenth Night."
The opening play on Easter Mon-
secrecy with which the sublect is day, April 15th. will be a revival of
"The Taming Of The 'Shrew" surrounded
NUMBER OF CATAPULTS NO GUIDE
It is obvious, from the statement by Lord Monsell, that the number of catapults fitted in the sшp ha no guide to the number of mai
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Iden Payne which proved so suc- cessful in the latter portion of last year's Season.
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year, and "Mr. Randle Ayrton, who
Successfully revived "The Tempest" And Juliet. The Guest Producers last Season wid produće “Romeo
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chines carried. Ιπ the Uniter. States San Franciso class o. cruisers each ship is fitted with two cata- pults: but they are credited un- amela ly with eight machines each" of which four are carried ready "King Lear' and Mr. John Wyse, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 196
an old member of the Company, is for launching and four dismantied, which require to be reassembled taking over "Julius Caesar." In In accordance with the petition | bsföre launching.
addition to Mr. Theodore Komisar- These five
jevsky, Mr. Aubrey Hammond. Mr. of Dr. Wang Shin-chieh, Minister cruisers appear to carry more
Re-
of Education, the resignation of aeroplanes than all the ships. T George Sheringham and Mr.
Dr. Euo Jen-yuan as President of the British navy. the Nationat Cheklang University Allowing for all machines, trove was accepted. Dr. Chu Ko-chen. ready for flying off and those dis Director of the Institute of Me-mantled and taking the known teorology, of the Academia Sinica. | number of catapuits Atted in cap:- was appointed his successor.
tal ships and cruisers of the prin- cipal navies, we arrive at
thc following approximate totals than aircraft carriers:--
Great Britain
COMMERCIAL ATTACHE
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The petition of Mr. Wu Ting- chang. Minister of Industry, re- commending the appointment of Mr. Chang Hsin-wu as Commercial Attache at the Embassy in Japan was approved.
gina'd Leefe have all been by devising scenery and designing new wärdrobes and the productions cer-
tainly promise exceptional Inter-
est.
Miss Barbara Couper; Mits Brena Bent; Miss Valerie Tudor; Miss Pamela Brown; Mr. Randle AFT- ton; Mr. James Dale; Mr. Roy By- ford: Mr. Donald Wolft and Mr. Peter Glenville will be seen in the leading parts.
other
France.....
31 50
82
Japan
90
United States
152
swing.
'PLANES IN 'CARRIERS
Italy
Rehearsals are already in ful.
J
WASHINGTON EMBASSY Complying with the request of General Chang Chun, Minister of
To those figures must be added of the shore stations of the Nave! Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ying Shang- the total of those borne in the Air Service. Japan has 22 squad- te member of the Treaty Com-special- carrying-vessels. Here rons in full commission at her mission. was appointed Counsellor again there is much secrecy and coastal air buses, and these, with of the Embassy at Washington. contradictory information, but it their reserve machines require fully is probably safe to say that the 400 units. Indeed, the figure 805 SPECIAL LAND INCREMENT
minimum numbers avalable for
for total strength in machines may TAX
each fleet when these craft are in
be an underestimate. full commission are:
The general principles relating te the imposition of a special fee. on improved areas (land incre- ment in the various rities municipalities-submitted by Gen- eral Chiang Tso-pin, Minister ni Interior-were revised and adopt-
ed.
ANHWEI BUDGET
and
Great Britain France
Italy
Japan
United States.......
170
66.
20
*26
309
J:
JAPAN AND BRITAIN More than a year ago it was reported
from a
well-informed
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also
A FEW PIECES OF BLACK WOOD FURNITURE
OF VIEW FROM THURSDAY,
Tя 16TH APRIL, 1996.-
source that the Japanese naval BIT TERMB1-CASH ON DELITERT, arm's totul of machines
WEL
These are not final figures. Thereofficially set at 950, though whether are new aircraft-carriers building the arm was up to fall strengt for Japan, the United States, and or not could not be ascertained.
The low total of machiney car- Great Britain. Report has it that
machines.
The general budget of "the An- wel Provincial Government for the American Yorktown and En-fied afloat, in British, men-of-war the 23rd fiscal year (Ju.. 1934- terprise, which were laid down in is solely due to policy and can be June, 1835) was adopted and
wil934, and are to be completed this quickly remedied. The determin- carry 150 in factor is the existence of the he forwarded to the Legislative summer, will each
This is by far the catapults Storage on board of Yuan for passage. The budget was examined and axed by the largest complement yet suggested the catapults. Storage on board Directorate-General of Budgets,
for any carrier and the figure at dismantled aeroplane parts, for a difficult Accounts and Statistics and refer-present can only be accepted with spare machines le not
reserve. The number of machines matter. and the 29 ships could. red to the Yuan by the National which the new British Ark Royal quickly be adapted to carry 87
Government.
will carrying is said to be seventy machines. SHANGHAI FISH MART
and she is not a great deal smaller The petition of Mr. Wu" Ting- than Yorktown design chang, Minister of Industry, for These figures are instructive and The following story, told by Bir Increase of the capital of the not a little startling. At the same Willam Ramsay, is quoted by Bir Shanghai Fish Mart by $200,000 | thus they fali far below published James Crichton-Browne in "The Was approved. The request for re-estimates of the total strength of Doctor's Second Thoughts.” vision of the Regulations govern- the various air arme-It has been ing the Fish Mark, in view of its stated Cot "send-officia?" authority) reorganizatim into a joint Gov-within the past few days that the
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