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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THE KING GETTING ON NICELY.
HER MAJESTY'S STATEMENT AT EXHIBITION.
CRAIGWEIL REPORT.
London, Feb. 18. "The King is much bettor and is now getting on niocly.”
, FEBRUARY 19, 1929.
SIXTH ROUND OF LONDON'S NIGHT OF
F. A. CUP
ONLY ONE GAME IN THE SOUTH.
BIRMINGHAM TEAMS BOTH FORTUNATE.
These were the words of the Queen to-day in reply to an in- quiry regarding the King's pro- Kresa when she visited an exhibi- LANCASHIRE tion of English decorative art in London.
Her Majesty had come to town for the first time since the, King was taken to Bognor nine days ngo, and the waimly embraced a number of her friends when she arrived at the exhibition.
It was keenly realised by all present that the welcome which they extended to Her Majesty was the first which she had received on a purely social occasion since the King was taken ill.
The exhibition Includes a large number of historical antiquities, and. Her Majesty is herself an ex- hibitor. The Queen came special- ly from Bognor to open the func- tion, which is being held at Lands- downe House. Her Majesty will stay the night at Buckingham Palace,
BITTER COLD.
BECOMES WARMER DURING THE DAY.
THAW NOT EXPECTED.
London, Feb. 18. After an extremely cold night; (twenty-four degrees of frost were registered at Kew Gardens); the temperature again rose in London BATTLE.to-day, and at noon, the thermo- meter showed four degrees above freezing point which is the warm-
London, Feb. 18.
The draw for the Sixth Roundest weather London has experienced
since the Sunday before Eat. of the Football Association Cup Competition was made in London not yet prepared to predict a thaw, Weather experts, however, are to-day, resulting as follows: Blackburn R. Bolton Wdre
and in some parts of the country it le still bitterly cold-Router.
Aston Villa
Devoured by Wolves.
Swindon or The
Arsenal,
Am
Chelsen or
Portsmouth West Brom. A v,Huddersfield,
Matches
v, Bournemouth or
West Ham..
are to be played on March 2nd.---Reuter.
The curiosity of the draw is that the two remaining Lancashire clubs, Bolton and Blackburn, trong contenders both, are drawn in opposition, that the two Birm
At Craigwell House this eveningham clubs are drawn at home, ng it was stated that the King and that four Southern clubs are ased a quiet day. Cold easterly to decide which one of them is to winds blew throughout the day, russ iuia the semi-final. but there was some sunshine and His Majesty took advantage of this, sitting by the open window for some time.-British Wireless.
OVER EIGHT MILES
OF STANDS.
(Continued from Page 1)
The Queen will be accompanied by the Prince of Wales when she |· viuits the fair to-morrow. Bir- Imingham, or the heavy section of the Fair, was opened by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham. At a sub- sequent luncheon, Mr. Amery, the Secretary for the Dominions, sald the Fair continued to make head- way and was fulfilling n' national use. The fact that British manu- facturers had survived as difficult a period as they had, was, he be- Hoved, bound to bring about a great accession of strength in the future, and he was sure they would march into greater proe- perity.
Trade With China.
In the House of Commons, ro- plying to Sir Robert Hart, Mr. Herbert G. Williams, the Under- Secretary of the Board of Trade, stated that during the last quarter
The Villa and Blackburn, will now become the strongest fancleu
BARANGAN MESRANSES JOKE KANGAROO PORTUGAL ENTRARIENSER, UNC
H.M.S. MOTH STILL AGROUND.
Other Gunboats Standing By to Help.
SALVAGE MOST LIKELY.
Enquiries from the naval authoritica this morning dis closed the fact that H.M.S. Moth is still aground on the submerged rock below Wuchow which she struck some days ago,
*
Reports from Wuchow indic- ate that the gunboat's forward deck is submerged, to a depth of some "twa: feet; whilst the stern is painting skywarde. The engine-room is free of water, and no damage has been done to the armament.
Other gunboats are standing by, and there are strong hopes of the salvage proving success- ful.
Rome, Feb. 18. Eloven soldiers have been torn to pieces by wolves in Albania.
A group of recruits, accompani- ed by two gendarmes, were march- Ing between Premett and Korliza when they were surrounded by about 50 famished wolves. Only the gendarmes were armed, and they killed seven of the wolves bo- fore their ammunition became ex- hausted.
The wolves then gathered again and attacked the party. Some of the men succeeded in climbing trees, but eleven were pulled down and devoured.-Reuter.
A FINE RECORD.
THE MANUFACTURES LIFE INSURANCE.
The following extracts are from the 42nd annual report of the Manufactures Life Insurance Co., for whom Messrs. Arnhold and Co., Ltd.. aro the Hongkong agents:
Insurance issued and in force. -The new insurance issued dur- ing the year exceeded that of any previous year in the Company's history and amounted to $87,322,-. 612. The insurance in force in- creased by $60,769,481 and now amounts to $453,323,912.
Income. The total Income for the year was $24,367,813, an in- crease of more than three and one-half million dollars over that of the previous year, both the pre- mium income and the interest in- come showing satisfactory in-
creases,
Payments to policyholders.- These payments, comprising death claims, matured policies, divi dendi Lo policyholdere, etc., amounted to $8,387,508. Of this AZUREolders during the year amounted amount dividends paid to policy-
$1,954,133, Death claims
Lo
of 1928, there was a substantial for the final, unless they meet beamounted to. $2,925,758, the Com- improvement in British trade with forehand. China as compared with the previous quarter.--Reuter and British Wireless.
CIRCUS THEFT.
CHINESE WHO STOLE JOCKEY'S SWEATER.
A Chinese was charged before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the Central Police Court this morning, with stealing a sweater belonging to Mr. W. Jenkins, Jockey at Harm- ston's Circus.
theft Mr.
It was stated that the occurred yesterday while Jenkins was exercising one of the ponies. Feeling warm, he had discarded the awenter and left it on one of the meats. Later a Chinese, one of the crowd who had been let in to see the exercises, was seen going through the exit wearing the sweater, He was stopped and handed over to a con- stable.
Accused told the Court that his impression on seeing the coat left discarded was that it was without an owner, and he therefore picked it up.
In spite of this Ingenious plea, he was sentenced to six, wecka' hard labour,
THE PARIS-SAIGON
FLIGHT..
LE BRIX SETS OUT ON TRIP
Paris, Feb. 18. The well-known aviator, Pall- lard le Brix, started to-day on
is flight to Salgon, by stages. His object in to establish commercial mail service to Indo- China. Havas,
DULL WEATHER.
At this stage of the competition the previous Cup records of the sides will be of interest.
pany's mortality experience for the year being very favourable.
Assels. The assets of the Com- pany, which now amount to' $87,- Five of the teams, Blackburn, 495,370, have increased during the Bolton, Aston Villa, West Brom-year by over eleven million dol wich Albion and Huddersfield jars. All Recurities have been have previously won the Cup and valued on a conservative basis, the some of the records for this sea book value at which they are held aon are as follows:
In the balance sheet being sub- atantially less than their market value.
+
Blackburn.
1-0 1-1 3-0
H. v. Barnsley
H. v. Derby
A. v. Derby
H. v. Bury
H. v. Oldham A. v. Liverpool H. v. Liverpool H. v. Leicester
Boltan.
2-0
£1
Aston Villa.
II. v. Cardiff. II. v. Clapton A. v. Clapton A. v. Reading
4-1 0.0
B.. June 1
17~2
robßwindon.
H. v. Nowcastio A. v. Burnley
2-0
JB
H. v. Burnley ...
H. v. The Arsonal
1-2 0-0
B
The Arsenal,
H.. v. Stoke ..... H. v. Mansfield A. v. Swindon
2-1
བྷཱ
4-1
West Bromwich.
A. v. Grimsby II. v. Grimsby H. v. Middlesbro' H. v. Bradford
Huddersfield,
A. v. Chesterfold H. v. Loods KJ24
H. v, Cry, Palace
League. Football,
10—1
B2
15-9
LIBEL IN A REPORT.
EX-BARNARDO HOMES OFFICIAL AWARDED £500.
The hearing has been concluded in the King's Bench Division, bo- fore Mr. Justice Horridge and a common jury, of the action for bel brought by Mr. Willam Spender Darby, a former super- intendent of Dr. Barnardo's Home at Liverpool, against Mr. Percy Roberts, chief migration officer to the Homes, for atatements in a re- port made by the latter to the Chairman of the Council.
of
The jury, after an absence nearly an hour, returned a verdict for Mr. Darby and awarded him £500 damages, Judgment W&B entered accordingly, with costa, The foreman of the jury asked if they might have five years' ex- emption from service.
Mr. Justice Horridge · granted them three years' exemption.
HARMSTON'S CIRCUS.
NEW TRICKS INTRODUCED.
Harmston's Circus, staged.· ́a change of programme last night, when a number of new tricks, in- cluding juggling on wire and horseback, were presented, with the best that was contained in the opening show, A "double jockey act by Miss Mackie and Mr. W. Jenkins proved to be very. Interest- Ing, while the flying trapeze act by the Nelson Trio again brought down the house. The programme ended with an animal act in which
The Royal Observatory reports that the anticyclone has weakened and moved into the yellow BOL. The depression is crossing Japan to the south of Hokkaido,, Fresh monsoon will prevail along the S.E. coast of Chins, and over the North China Sea.
The forecast till noon to-morrow Burnley, while the Wednesday, at the lions were put through their fresh; home to Derby County, won canally paces by the Javanese trainer is-North-East winds,
by five goals to nothing-Reuter,
cloudy.
fa the First Division of the Eng- lish League to-day, Burnley and Bury played a goalless draw at
Hassan.
BEYOND ALL PRAISEI--
A
CTUAL German Officers and Sailors played in this splendid film which redounds to the fine courage of both sides in a manner beyond all praise!
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