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FOUR NEW ARSENALS TO
BE BUILT Less Open To Air Attack Than Woolwich
WAR OFFICE ANNOUNCEMENT
I was ometally stated last month that contracts were to be. signed for the transfer of the shell-filling and other explosive departments from Woolwich to four arsenals to be erected at Chorley (Lancashire), Bridgend (Glamorgan), Irvine' (Ayrshire) and Hereford. An announcement will be made from the War Office in due course regarding the starting of work on the first, which is to be situated outside Chorley.
The War Office advertised six months ago for staffs to do. sign and build the new munition factories in Lancastre, South Wales, and the South of Scotland. This closely followed Mr.. Duff Cooper's announcement in the House of Commons that, fol- lowing the decision to transfer certain factory activitles carried. on at Woolwich Arsenal and Waltham Abbey to localities less open to air attack, sites had been selected at Chorley and Bridgend,
These would be used for filling ammunition with explosives, and a third site in Scotland for an ex- plosives factory was under const- deration.
The advertisement stated that the work on the new factories was expected to last not less than two years.
WANG CHING WEI
Interviewed By
Overseas Chinese
Representatives
SCIENTISTS CONFER
GOVERNOR OPENS MEETING
Distinguished
THE KING AND INDIA
Plans For Durbar
The plans for the King's visit to India for the Coronation Durbar at Delhi nest-pinter, are nearing
POPE PIUS BETTER
Able To Get Up For First Time
Vatican City, Jan. 13. The condition of Pope Pins was Gathering completion, and it is hoped in a much better to-day that his India, It is understood, that they Hollness was able to get up for the will soon be made known, for pre-first time in six weeks. He was
at "King audience.
an
A representative gathering at-paring for a Coronation. Durbar is, wheeled in a large armchair to the tended the first Regional Commis- a big task, involving months of Audience Hall where held aton 11 of the International labour. For example, Meteoro.ogical Organisation yes George Vs Coronation there were The Secretary was State, was 10- terday at the Legislative Cound about 25 square miles of tents,ceived among other visitors— Chamber, Colonial Secretariat.
some of them magnificent princely Another Reuter message: states pavilions that Kubla Khan would that the Pope apent a disturbed have owned
night owing to a pain in the right
the
Mr. C. W. Jeffries Director of the Royal Observatory, Hong Kong, Introduced His Excellency Governor, Str Andrew Caldecott, who welcomed the visitors and expressed his gratification at open- ing the first Conference of the Regional Meteorological Commis-" sion in the Far East
Mon. E Erizzon, the Chairmanı, suitably replied.
GOVERNOR'S SPEECH ·
The new arsenals, placed in localities less open to air attack than Woolwich, will deal with the additional munitions production necessitated by the expansion pro- gramme, as well as the work on explosives now handled at Wool-found; inconvenient for you to wich. Woolwich will then con- foregather at his headquarters in centrate on other work..
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His Excellency said: "Kuch as.... I sympathise with. your President that it has been
Hand, I must confess" to à" sense. of gratification that as a substitut-
·ed ventis he should, have selected Hong Kong, whereby the hign
GAS MASKS FOR honour and privilege of declaring
ALL LONDON
Successful Tests
London, Jan. 13.
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open the first Conference of the Regional Meteorologica. Commas- sion for the Far East has fallen, on me. Gentlemen, on behalf of the Government and people of this Colony, Phid yOU O SEUS VALLNUS come, in the afneere hope that your deliberations, here will facili- Great Britaly, will be the first tate the co-ordination of methods:
the International by country in the world to have gas desired masks available for the whole Meteorological Organisation, and civilian population of the capital that such co-ordination may lead according to Mr. Geofrey Lloyd to a solution, if only a partial one, who with the Chief of the Home of the problem of the movement Office Air Rakda Precautions Dé-of air masses over this portion of the the earth, and thus aid the solu- tion of the general atmospheric problem.
Representatives of the Chinese Overseas Associations Interviewed Mr. Wang Ching-wel, former Pre- sident of the Nanking Executive Yuan on Tuesday last, and sub- mitted the following six proposals for recommendation to the Nan-partment personally tested King Central Government:
1. To restat foreign invaders, and recover lost territory.
2. To develop the mineral' re- sources of the country, and find work for the unemployed.
immediately establish 3. To Iomes for unemployed overseas Chinese.
effectiveness of gas masks by en- tering special gas chambers con- taining lethal concentrations, Mr. Lloyd in a broadcast declared that they were none the worse for their experience and the masks were found to be completely effective in stopping every polson Kas known to the Government which could increase the output of gas
4. To record and reward the masks shortly to a militon month-
services of those who helped the|| 17.-
Revolution; to request the Gov- Beuter
ernment to notify all Government
Departments and Industrial. Ex-tung and Overseas party associa- tablishments to give preferential | tions, and
treatment and employment to
those who helped the Revolution.
5. To re-establish
6. To protect the freedom of the Press.
all Kwang Chinese Evening Press.
Mr. Norman Deitz and Miss Nell Dose for our Staff photo- grapher on the sa. Kinahan, last Sunday, on the way to the Macao Races where Mr. Della scored an excellent win on Shang- hai 4, owned by the late Mr. George Potts, in the Nanchang Handicap.
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SCOTLAND ON THE SCREEN
EMPIRE EXHIBITION
PLANS
Discussions With Film Companies
If plans materialise, Scotland is in for a particularly busy time in Alm matters in the next few months, states "The Camera," trade paper of the British Indus- ry. Mr. John Grierson's "Wake up, Scotland,"speech at Stirling has met with a quick response.
It has still not been finally de-leg which often becomes acute.. aided whether the King shall make His Holiness is consequently rather
tour of the provinces, but it is weaker. highly probable that he will.
Hentar
Postponed Celebration
Lieutenant Viscount Kelburne, RN, with the Earl and Coba+ tess of Glasgow at his coming-of-age eslebrations in 'Kelburne Castle, Ayrshire. The celebration was postponed owing to his being on service in China.
NEW BRIDGE LAWS
A Second Revision For 1937
SIMPLER CODE
A second revision of the inter- ∙national · laws of 1932 came into force on January 1, writes a Lon- don correspondent. It applies to
and
known as
URBAN COUNCIL
Dr. Basto Nominated
in connection with the vacancy on the uroan Council, we have been informed that only one nomination "has been received,"
that of namely
Dr. Roberto Alexandre de Castro Basto, who has been proposed by the Hon. Bir Henry Pollock and seconded by the Hon. Mr. MK Lo
Dr. Basto has had considerable
·ENTERIC FEVER
the original Contract game, as experience on the Council, having' played in France and elsewhere already served on it for two terms, Bridge-Plafond the last of which ended on De- Each of the three Bridge games cember 28. last. has now a somewhat different code of laws, but each code is "in- - ternational” having been, agreed and promulgated by the three bodies by whom laws for Bridge
Two cases of enteric fever, one have been framed.
from Kowloon and the other from One of the chler aims in this the New Territories, were reported been to make the to the Health Authorities for the revision has laws as simple and citar as is 24 hours ended on Tuesday. possible; this code is much shorter. than that of 1932 or 1935, and its penalty laws, though in some ways more complete, cover only 5 Mr. Grierson urged that the
pages. Another aim, as in
the Scottish authorities should get earlier revision of the Contract in touch with the big flm mag-laws, has been that of making it nates with the idea of "putting easy for players to turn to the Scotland on the film map" dur-provisions to which they need to ing the big Empire Exhibition at
refer. Glasgow in 1938, and also sug- gested the creation of a £20.000 fund for the making of docu- mentary films "showing the life "and industries of the country."..
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ON NEW YORK:
30:3/8..
LONDON SILVER:
MARKET
(From Our Own Correspondent)
London, Jan. 13.
It is reported from Edinburgh. “The "Camera” states, that pro- The St. Andrew's Church Branch posals along. somewhat similar of the Victoria Diocesan and Mis lines to those, indicated by Mr.sionary Association held an "At Orlerson have been considered by | Home" in St. Andrew's Vicarage | ... London silver prices to-day wera members of the Scottish Film last night when Dr. K. L. Reichelt 1/8 for "Spot" and 1/16 for For Council who are also members of of the Tao Fong Shan Buddhist ward" as follow: MATOKE the 1938 Exhibition Committee.
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YACHTING RESULTS.
Three yachting races were held by the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club yesterday. Mr C. Ross win ning the "I" Class event with Aeriel while the "A" race was von | by Eve (Capt. E. Bader) and the Mixed Classes race was annexed by Capt. G. M. Denning, in Gael
Mission, gave an Interesting talk
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on his work, "and experiences. In Spot North: "China" and expressed" the Forward. hope that the Tao Fong Shan Mission would soon be connected with the VDMA, of the Anglican Church. He also mentioned that while on furlough In England, Bishop Hall engaged Church Amusern exita worker to come out here to assist Cables Dr. Reichelt. The Rev. J. R. Higgs Finance Vicar of St. Andrew's, led in pray- Local Diary er at the meeting
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PAMELA WERNER'S
MURDERER
Alleged Suspect Reported To Be Englishman
POLICE MAINTAIN SECRECY
The latest development in the sensational Pelning murder, in which Miss Pamela Werner, adopted daughter of Mr. E L. ON Werner, former British Consul at Foochów, tras done to death ímy terrible circumstances, is the arrest of a man whose identity has not been disclosed.
Police Investigations Into this dastardly crime are being maintained with the greatest secrecy.
A Reuter message from: Pelping last night disclosed that I was learned from the most reliable sources that the suspect arrested in connection with the Werner case is an Englishman. Beyond this brief statement there is nothing further.
It is reported that blood-stained shoes, a darrer and a hand- kerchief "were found in the house of the alleged suspect.
IDENTITY MYSTERY E
Peiping, Jan. 13: Speculation la rife regarding the Identity of the man arrested last night in connection with the mur-
der of
Pamela Werner, the "19-year-old adopted daughter of Mr. EL T. O Werner, former British Consul st Foochow whose mutilated body was discovered not far from her
home on January 10, has been made. 10,
the police "decline to reveal. The bf Captain Botham, who recently The arrest was made last night:
arrest followed the discovery of a
dagger bearing bloodstains on the joined the British Police Force in sheath, shoes and a plece of antsin, and who has arrived handkerchier apparently similarly here to conduct an Investigation marked. The bloody to into the murder examined by the pathologist. Reuter
The first arrest in connection with the brutal murder of Mus
MATTSON
MURDER
The nationality of the man de- tained is not stated, but it i alleged that blood stained shoes, a dagger stid & handkerchief were found in his house.— Router
FANLING HUNT
A good attendance and keen,ins! terest in the sport conduced to in
DEVELOPMENT enjoyable afternoon yesterday as
Body Of Suspect. Found Frozen
Grandfork, Brit.
Columbia, Jan. 13. Northwest Mounted Police to day arrested two heavily armed men who entered Canada from the United States on Monday They are awaiting word whether the men are wanted in connection with the Mattson murder. Reuter.
the Fanling: Hunt, when two good lines were laid, the first from the Station to Potts Bungalow and the second from Dall's Corner" to Potta Bungalow - again. Capt. Swinburne hunted hounds and sq. Leader. Dalzell was feld master. Among those present were Mrs. Coltart; Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Swing burne, Mrs. F. Ackroyd Hunt, Mrs Paton, Mrs. Rybot, Mrs, MC- Avoy, Mr. Cavanagh-Mainwaring. Mr. Paton, Mr. Henriques, Major Murphy, Mr. Bruce and Miss Janis
New York, Jan. 13. in addition to fifty G-men are en- The body of a suspect in the Matt, gaged in a nationwide "hunt, son case who leaped from a motor spurred on by public'indignation coach was found frozen in a small | of the crime and President Roose? "creek in Fulton, Missour
Velt'a intervention.-- Meanwhile, thousands of persons. Heuter.
Mens Bob Charles, E. Manning and Harold Seth; happy despite the bitterly cold weather caught by our pho ographer at the Macao Race Course Last Bunday