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Coronation Honours List NO EARLY
London, May 10. Thousands of names, from that of Queen
Elizabeth to a ship's greaser are recorded in the King's Coronation Honours List, issued to- night Her Majesty is appointed Lady of the Order of the Thistle, and receives the Royal Victorian Chain, which decoration was also conterred upon Queen Mary and Lord Wigram, Extra Equerry to the King since 1936.
The Duchesses of Gloucester and
Kent, the Countess of Athlone,
Mrs. Lyons, wife of the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. J. A. Lyons, become Dames of the Grand CrosY of the British Empire.
New Knights of the Carter are the Duke of Beaufort, the Earl of Strathmore (who is also appointed an Earl of the United Kingdom). and the the Marquis of Exeter Duke of Norfolk. Lord Marshal of England.
CHIEF SCOUT LEADER New Knights of the Thistle are Sir Ian Colquhoun, Lora Lieuten- ant of Dunbartonshire" and Earl Stairs, twelfth of his line, whose title dates from 1664.
The Order of Merit is conferred upon Lieutenant-General Sir Ro- bert Baden-Powell, First Baron of Gilwell, famous as the head of the world Scout movement, and a dis- tinguished soldier.
An Earl of the United Kingdom is the Earl of Bessborough, former Governor-General of Canada.
Sir Robert Horne, famous figure In the British shipping world, and Sir Herbert Samuel, noted Liberal Parliamentarian. are created Vis-
courts.
The nine Barons in the Honours List include the former Cabinet Minister, Dr. Christopher Addison, educationist and author; Sir John Cadman, another of Britain's great Industrial Agures; and Admiral of the Fleet Sir Ernie Chatfleid.
PRIVY COUNCILLORS.· Twelve new Privy Councillers include the Duke of Kent; Str Patrick Duncan. South African Minister ut Mines: Viscount Gal- way, Governor-General of New Zealand; Lord Gowrie, Governor General of Australia; Lord Tweeds- muir, Governor-General. of "Cana- da; Lord Snell. Chairman of the London County Council; Mr. F. W. Pethick-Lawrence, Labour member of Parliament for Edinburgh; Dr. Edward Burgin. Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade;
Admiral Sir Frederic Dreyer, form-
er
SETTLEMENT
Commander-in-Chief on the Bus And Coal Mine
China Station.
Hls Honour Judge A. G. Mossop, of H.D.M.'s Supreme Court in Chins, receives a Knighthood.
The CMG. decoration is con- ferred on Mr. R. G. Howe, of Pel- ping; the M.B.E on Captain C. W. Kavanagh, of the steamer Diomed; and the C.BE on Lady Barton, wife of the former Minister to Abyssinia, who was also British Consul-General in Shanghal, and the C.B.E on, Mr. W. S. Dupree, of Hankow-Renter
ROYALTY ATTEND
REHEARSAL
Weather Not To Affect Arrangements
Following this morning's full dress rehearsal of the Coronation Ceremony at Westminster Abbey. the King and Queer attended a private rehearsal at the Abbey this afternoon! Their Majesties' re- mained for ninety minutes and the Dukes of Gloucester and Kent were also present.
It was officially stated at Buck- Ingham Palace this evening that whatever the weather on Corona-' tion Day "all processions to "and from Westminster Abbey will take place without modification,
The King and Queen gave a family luncheon party at Blicking. ham Palace to-day, and tonight they entertained over four hun- dred guests at a State Banquet.
FOREIGN GUESTS-
The Foreign Secretary this morn ing- received Mr. Gerard, the American representative at the Coronation, Monsieur Hodza, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia, and Monsieur Holst, Foreign Minister of Finland who are all in London for the Coronation Mr. Eden lunched at the Austrian Legation with Dr. Guldo Schmidt, Austrian Assistant Foreign Minister and later saw Monseigneur Pizzardo, the Papal Representative.
Strikes
London, May 10. Prospects of an early settlement of the Central London bus strike
and hopes of averting a national dispute in the coalfields both Auf- fered reverses to-day. The con- terence of omnibus men to-night, having heard the reports from aity
branch meetings held last night to consider the proposal for negotin- tions on the basis of the Court of Inquiry's interim report, decided by 47 votes to 3 to continue to strike for a claim for a 74 hours day for which the Court. did not con- sider their case had been proven, The Nottinghamshire colliery owners' delegates met the Secret- ary for Mines to-day and declined to meet the Mineworkers' Federa- tion in a conference without prior Iatter of the acceptance by the
fusion of the two principle of private miners' unions in Notting- hamshire. The Mineworkers Fc- deration on Friday suspended the tendering or notices for one week, thus postponing the threatened strike til June 29 in order to allow the Mines Department to try to bring "about an unconditional meeting of the three partles.— British Wireless.
BUS STRIKE TO BE PROLONGED
London, May 10. That the London bus strike will not only not be terminated before the Coronation festivities begin. but last many weeks longer, and bring the trade in the British capital to a standstill, is the con- clusion reached by the evening papers here.
This pessimistic, outlook is the out-come of a meeting of London bus drivers and conductors this
evening, when it was definitely settled that the strike should be continued.
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The situation has. moreover, taken on a more serious aspect The Army Counchi gave a lun- still, as the employees of tramways cheor to-day to the 'Military re- and the electric bus lines, mainly presentatives and delegates of the installed in auburban districts. Foreign powers in London for the have threatened to strike in Coronation at which the Secretary sympathy. Also the employees of for War, Mr. Daft Cooper, presided. the underground railway, who Among the guests were General have from the very beginning. M. Ernest Lapointe Canadian Min-Pershing. General Gamelin, Field-showed marked sympathy with the
ister of Justice.
There are seven new baronetcles, including one for Sir Cuthbert Wallace, Director of Melical Ser vices, Mount Vernon Hospital, and President of the Royal College of Surgeons, 1930.
FIFTY-FOUR KNIGHTS Fifty-four new knighthoods are awarded for public service in many Belos. They include the musician, Arnold Bax; the artist Muirhead Bone and the noveltest, Hugh Walpole,
a
Marshal von Blomberg. Marshal busmen, are now demanding Tukhacagvski and representatives strike of sympathy. Were this to of Afghanistan, the Argentine, happen.: the traffic in London Austria. Bolivia, Brazil, China, would be brought to almost.com- Cuba, Japan, Nepal, Turkey and Yugoslavia.-
Portugal, plete standstill, and the population would be unable to reach their British Wireless.
places of employment.-
Trananeran News Service,
HINDENBURG DISASTER
Dirigible Expert's Evidence
The Countess of Strathmore is appointed Dame Grand Cross 01 the Victorian Order and Mary Susan (Marie) Tempest, the ac- tress and singer, becomes a Dame Commander of the British Empire. Among the five Companions of
Lakehurst, May 10. Honour are the Viscountess Astor, A very strong light In the upper the journalist, Mr. J. Spender, then of the tragically lost zeppelin, Rev. M. E Duprey.
von Hindenby g. preceded the ap- His Majesty has assumed the pearance of the fire which des- Colonelcy-in-Chief of several re-troyed the airship with such ap- giments and corps, and has appalling loss of life. according to pointed Queen Elizabeth Queen evidence brought out at the open- Mary, other members of the ing session of the Department of Royal Family, and Field Marshal Commerce inquiry to-day. A. A. Montgomery-Massingberd as Colonel-in-Chief or Honorary Co lonels of others.
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The investigation was largely devoted to the evidence of Com mander Rosendahl, of the Lake- The Victorian Order is conferred hurst Air Station, one of the upon Queen Maud of Norway, the United States' foremost authorities Princess Royal, Princess Beatrice
on dirigibles. Although his testi- and Princess Louise, and the
mony threw little new light upon Duchess of Argyll.
the possible cause of the disaster, Knighthoods were also conferred he scouted the theory that a spark upon Commander Matheson, of the of static electricity was respon- Orient Line and the cricketer, sible.
The trail ropea, which touched the earth prior to the out- General Hubert Gough is made a break of fire, would definitely have Knight Grand Cross of the Order grounded the charge of static of the Bath. Lieutenant-General which all airships accumulate in Dill is made a Knight Commander night-
"Plum". Warnes.
of the Order, of the Bath. Alt Render. Chief Marshal Sir John Steel is fnade a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.
.FINANCE EXPERT
The G.C.M.G. decoration has been conferred on Sir Frederick Leith-Ross, who recently under- took an important financial mis-
AUTHOR'S DEATH
Rotterdam, May 10,
COAL MINE DISPUTE
London, May 10. The negotiations which have been going on for weeks past be- tween the coal miners unfon and employers, and In which repre- sentatives of the Ministries con- cerned have acted as mediators, have been broken off on the grounds that the employers refuse to grant the unconditional recog- nition br the trade unions demand- ed by the miners. The miners thereupon declared that a strike proclamation would be issued on Whit-Saturday. Unless an agree- ment should unexpectedly be rea ched before this, the strike will be- gin on May 29, and embrace the entire English mining industry- Fransocean News Service.
SWEDISH WORKERS TOLD TO QUIT
Stockholm, May 10. Over 50,000 workers in the bulld-
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FRANCO-MUSSOLINI GREETINGS
sary of the establishment of the Italian Empire--in Ethiopia.
Rome, May 10. Cordial greetings were exchang- Tokyo, May 10. ed by General Francisco Franco The first entry to the XII Olym-and "Signor Benito Mussolini on pic Games to be held in Tokyo the occasion of the first anniver- In 1940 was received from the Philippine Islands, according to Prince Tokugawa, President of the Olympic Organising Committee.
George B. Vargas, member of the International Olympic Com- mittee, Informed Prince Tokugawa that the Philippine Islands intend- ed to send to the 1940 games the strongest team ever trained on the Islands. "The "Islands" were re-
presented at the XI Olympic Games Berlin 1938 by a team 31
Transocean News Rervice.".
Ing trade were given notice to quit to-day after negotiations con- cerning a revision of wage level had definitely broken down.
'The new wage tariff had actually strong.---. been agreed upon, when at the last moment representatives 'a: the mason's union changed their mind. Buliding throughout the whole of Sweden will be brought to a stand- still, which is all the more serious In view of the fact that owing to severe winters, building operations are only possible during summer months
Pranioccan News Service.
QUEEN MARY'S GIFT
London, May 10.
RAILWAY STATION
BOMBED
Paris, May 10. Three Nationalist airplanes flew over the Spanish frontier to-day. according to a report from Per- pignan, and bombed the railway station of the frontier town of a low altitude. Perthou from Three persons were killed. and one injured. The planes then dew in the direction of Culera and bomb
Further details, are not yet available
Dr. Th. Hendrik van de Velde, who a few years ago became fam- sion in China,
ous over night by publication of Major-General F. 9. G. Piggott, his book "Die vollkommene Ehe," Military Attache to the British namely "The Perfect Marriage" Embassy in Tokyo, and son of a has just died at the age of 64. Ten former Hong Kong Chief Justice. years ago his book was subject of received the C. B. decoratiori.
a very lively public controversy, Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir Alexander | which did much to increase. the The Queen Mother has present Ramsay, Commander-in-Chief of author's fame, as result of which ed fourteen engravings to the nu- the East Indies Station, is made a van de Velde published a series of tion, all eighteenth century piced a viaduct there. K.C.M.G., whilst the decoration of other popular scientifle books on tures of the Royal Family of a Knight Grand Cross of the Bri- | sex problems,
tish Empire Order is conferred on Pransporan. Hews Service.
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Proniceran: News Bervice.
General Franco sent an expres- slon of admiration and affection "for the glorious Italian people."
Signor Mussolini replied that he was grateful for your telegram: confirming the sentiments of noble Spain towards the Italian people. Reuter's Bulletin. Service..
UNEMPLOYED IN GERMANY
Berlin; May 10. The total number of unemploy- ed in Germany to-day, as returned" on April 30, 1937, was 981;000, that is 250,000 less than on March 31, 1937, and 800,000 less than on April. 3, 1936. It is the first time since the world crisis began that unem ployment figures in Germany are below the one million mark, ac- cording to the Reichs Institute for employment and insurance, aizst unemployment, Cranocear "News, Services,