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MR. SUN FO QUOTES ALFONSO.
Striking Wire
to Kung.
OFFICIAL TEXT.
Alfonso's action in volun-
tarily obeying the will of the Spanish people and retiring into exile is held up as an example for Chiang Kai-shek to follow, in a striking tels- gram addressed by Mr. Sun Fo to Mr. H. H. Kung.
Official Translations of
Kung's Message.
Intr-
H.it. Kung to Sun Fo. May 26):-Glad yon rould proceed fo South and mediate in persun.
for
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Hongkong Telegraph.
FOUNDRIJKER
* 六拜曲 號十三月港香
SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1931.
日四十月四
NIGHT CLUB QUEEN'S HUFF. PLANS FOR
ANGLO-GERMAN AMITY.
BERLIN MINISTER'S VISIT TO ENGLAND.
BIG PROGRAMME.
Landon, May 29,
Arrangements for the visit to
TEXAS GETS QUEER STORM
ASHORE.
Britain Makes Her Wild.
England of the German Chancellor FRENCH COMEDY. Dr. Bruening, and the Germani Minister Tor Foreign Affaire, Dr. Curtius, have now been approved.
Paris, May 29.
The adventures of Texas:
They will arrive off Ryde in the liner Hamburg on June 5th and Guinan with immigration: will be conveyed by 14. M. S. Win-authorities in England and chester to Southampton, where there
CRICKET.
MIDDLESEX ONLY WINNERS.
SOMERSET ALL OUT 31 BUT UNDEFEATED.
The
Yorkshire thrashed the War-
INDIA GO AWRY.
Another Hitch Develops.
THE CONFERENCE POSTPONED.
13 PER ANKUN
SINGLE COPY, 10 CHATS
DUNLOP
FORT
LOCAL, BRANCH.
Bulls and
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Padder Bldg.
Inners
From the Office Butts.
A high forehend indicates one of two things-brains, or a poor brand of hair-restorer.
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Another infamous saying: "My wife never opens my letters."
If things become much wäreer we shall have to do as the Scota man did, and have òúr spate soled and beeled!
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In these days of 'a dollar giut, rushing to take up new shares appears to be one of the Hongkong
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We read that chemists have been very little affected by the Amusements, unemployment problem, Natural- ty; they have their own solutions, D D
Some men when they buy a hat get something for nothing.
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- London, May 29, A decision by the British These reports of the huge Government to postpone the prizes in the Irish sween certainly meeting in London of the help in Dublin the excitement. Federal Structure Committee of the Indian
"Ambulance blue" is one of the Round Table Con-
Intest shades, according to ference until September was ladies journal. Only for use in intimated in
India Office to-
issued by the communique day.
emergency, we suppose.
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Some of our young flappers aro so impromptu that they make up as they go along.
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Bathing Note:-It's generally the shallow woman who gets a man. out of his depth.
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Talking about eggs and interest, there's no fear of the latter be coming stale.
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Some men go
Rotary to
hear talks
Others get:
married.
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often makes a
TICH FREEMAN'S MAGIC.
London, May 29. violent thunderstorm will be well reception. France have made the little which swept across England on They will later be the guests at a lady extremely angry, but Thursday afternoon thoroughly
A couple were recently married sages passing between the fan-dinner at the Foreign Office, given her entourage believe that rained cricket playing pitches, The communique Was in the in a motor-ear in France. ILM New Simlle:-About na hard to
by the Prime Minister on behalf ton leader and his relatives
her tiffs with the authorities with the result that only one of following forms:
rumoured that they soon got into pronounce as the name of a Blue of the Government, Nanking have been supplied to
ten first-class matches
Funnel liner, WOR "His Majesty's Government and reverse.. During their sojourn, they will have ended satisfactorily.
the Government of India have
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២ ជា the Telegraph by the City stay at the Carlton Hotel, which The Queen of New York's brought to a definite result.
been discussing the date for the One thing Kuomintang Headquarters, Can-they are due to leave on Saturday!
There were some queer conse-
the
Aberdonian tan, and are given below.
of morning for Chequers, where they night clubs, Texas Guinan is ac-
downpour.resumption of the Indian Round quences
were will be the guests of the Prime companied by a bevy of show- Somerset
nl out
A choice lay for 31 Table Conference.
policeman will Minister until after luncheon on girls and she has come to against Gloucester at Bristol and between summoning the Federal
give is pratee- Sunday,
Europe. she says, to show followed on. The scoring of 36 Structure Committee to this coup
tion. On Munity at noun. Their Ex-Parisians how to make "whoo- for 2 was sufficlent to enable try at the end of June. which would have involved meeting in defeat to be avoided. cellencies will be received by His pee."
August, or postponing its resump Majesty, following which they,
At first, her "worthy enterprise” will be the guests at the Anglo-appeared likely to receive a check vill have ferrible effect upon life
Au afternoon reception at the mate. When the New York liner and properly
called at Plymouth, officials inform and unfavourable Institute of International Affairsed her than she had been barred from the match, Warwick failing sary work, both in London and is of renetion apon international
dinser in the evening. from Britain and would not he fation. Unless perly
united, and ä
I followed by a reception at the allowed to land. the safety of party and country will he hopeless, Realizing your German Embassy will complete
their public engagements. keen
sense of responsibility in
They will leave after luncheon averting terrible consequences, I
When the vessel arrived ni for Southampion, j trust you will exert all your in on Tuesday fun to pacify minds of friends. where the Winchester will be in Havre, it seemed at first that the Why not solve all problems by attendance to carry them to the French police were taking similar action. The special calling party conference instead liner Europa, by which they will prohibitive of resorting to arms? If there is return to Germany-British Wire-part police pointed out that Texas did not possess a regular labour anythier can do, here, please do
contract, and informed her that not hesitate in letting me know.
she would not be allowed to land.
Ultimately, however, after much parley, a compromise has been reached, and ashore Miss Теким Guinan has gone, accompanied by her show-girls,
Country cannot tolerate further chaos and civil conflicts which
Sun Fo's Reply.
Te.
San Po to H. 4. Kung, (May 270: Many thank for Your legram relative present situ tion, I absolutely agree with you that peace must be preserved and prty must be reunited.
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Gornum Society's lunchunt.
AMD Ampan
BODY FOUND IN WRECKAGE.
SEQUEL TO HARBOUR MISHAP.
The budy of the young Chinese who was drowned when a cargo
Havre Rebuff.
A Few Formalities.
fer dance Instructor, in the junk foundered near the Kan course of an interview with Reuter. sing's anchorage on Tuesday last. sind that Texas would probably has now been found among the leave for Paris on Saturday. She submerged wreckage which was does not expect to meet with fur- subsequently towed to the Yau-thes dificulties in persanding the immigration authorities of her
It is needless for me to remind you that the internecine
wars during recent years and the re- peated party disruptions been precipitated by your brother; in-law's dictatorial actions mati shelter. cunning intrigues, He has nat only forfeited the sanction of the party and the mandate of Tsung
Dr. Sun). As a leader of the Revolution he has likewise lost the confidence and sympathy or the nation.
The only and hevitable menus to attain pence and unity now is for him to withdraw voluntarily and retire from public life grace fully when there is yet time.
by
The junk, it will be remembered, right to proceed where she wills, was being towed by the steam although they are still certain for- auch Kwong Fut with a cargo malities to be completed. of shod when it foundered in a Texas herself, in an earlier in heavy sea on Tuesday morning terview with Reuter's representa whilst approaching Blake Piertive, was most indigmat that there With the exception of a youth 18should be any hitch about her tra- years of age, the entire crew was | velling.. rescued.
There is TLP scandal
The wreekage was subsequently Presidential Endorsement. towed to the Yaumali Typhoon shelter and a search was later "There is no reason," she de- To save the country and party made by the police. The body of clarod, "why I should not be allow- +21 an American nst well ns Chiang himself Fong Chu, the missing member of ed to land. pray that you will be able to the crew, was found in the hold cftizen. prevall upon him to take this seemingly humillating but really magnanimous netion in effacing himself to save the country from war even as Alfonso has done to save Spain from blood- shed by terminating a ten. century dynasty.-(Signed) Sun Fa.
of the junk where he had become around me. My passport is en- dorsed by Presidents Wilson and entrapped,
| Hardling."
To H. H. Kung wood T. V. Soong Sun Fo (26th May)
Site the arrest of Hu Han-min
which was followed by the protest
AIRMEN TO FLY OVER LONDON.
OVER TWO HUNDRED TO PARTICIPATE:
wick attack namercifully, Holmes scoring a double century, but the Tykes collected only four points to complete an innings.
tion until September, in the latter the fellow who enee the interval to be employed refuses to cat in pressing on with certain necca- fish
India,
bone.
for fenr pulling
□□ A Reven-foot has been mayor Berlin to
September Fixod. Freeman's firent Work.
Government man "His Majesty's The outstanding achievement is, however, credited to Tich, Free were prepared to adopt the first elected
Enquiries have. against Lancashire in 1929 at be practicable. man, who repeated his magic feat course if all sections found it 19 Maidstone: On that occasion he however, shown that this alter- succeed a mayor took all ten wickets for 137 runs. native was seriously inconvenient lately involved At Manchester on Thursday, he to several members of the Com- in a scandal. took all ten wickets for 79 runa!mittee, both at Home and in India. On the assump
perhaps, This is the third time in his bril-A inter date is therefore unavoid- tion. Iliant career that he has accom-able, but the constitutional that he's ton
plished this rare feat.
advance le a matter of so much big to stoop to The full results, together with moment to India that a resump- the principal Individual perform-tion of the Round Table Confer- petty politics. unces, follow:
the beginning of September.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. Middlesex beat Essex by nine
wickets. Lancashire lost to Kent on the first
innings, Gloucester beat Somerset 041 the
frat innings. Warwick v. Yorkshire.-Drawn” Glamorgan v. Hampshire.-Drawn Northants lost on the first innings
to Sussex.
Leicester beat Surrey on the first
Innings. Warcistov. Derbyshire.-Drawn
• Four points each.
Friendlies.
5.
New
Zealand.
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T'ell
Employer (interviewing pretty new secretary); me, Mies Smythe-did your previous employer just 807 what he wanted you to do and then leave you alone?
spring -- when
you're not used to the stuff.
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The King of Siam went back- stage to con gratulate the beautiful Lily Pons after her opera perform. There's
ance.
· not 80 much wrong with His Majesty's eye-
Secretary: No. He had to
sight
18 we
be well snubbed first!
thought.
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ence cannot be postponed beyond Members of Parliament are m Our profesional weight-lifters
His Majesty's Government have fanger to be supplied with free are like politicians. They often That's what you'd call away the masses when prescribing therefore decided to invite the matches. Federal Structure Committee to lacting the economy campaign physient jerks for adipose matrons. reassemble in London not later from scratch.
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One thing about mixing up the than 5th September, for a resump. tion of its work at the earliest
Another infamous saying: "1 sugar trade with the gold standard practicable date thereafter.
caught five black base in 15 19 that If you don't like it you can: minutes,"
always Jump It.
Communal fague.
"If a communal settlement has
A case of enduring love-tho Unless it gets out of the rat of
business Scotsman who married a manne been reached in India by that only having routine time, the work of the Federal before it, the Sanitary Board will quin because she wears well, Structure Committee will be
Bored.
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The hawker who was fined for greatly facilitated. If not, it will soon be known as the Sanitary be matter for consideration
selling vegetables without whether the Minorities Committee
doubt know his should resume its work about the Canton seems to have a con- licence will no Oxford Un.
Bouling population onions in future. same time. The question of add-siderable
☐ ☐ Drawn. Cambridge Un. v. Nottinghamshire, ing representatives to the Federal these days.
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For pedestrians only:-"He who under Committee is Structure -Drawn,
active consideration."
"Shanghai is more than a mere hesitatea la squashed." drinking centre,' says writer. In other words, it has its points This business of eating an ap
ple a day is all very well, but the as well as its pints.
HONOURS LIST.
Batting.
Holmes (Yorkshire) H.G. Vivian (N.Z.) Sutcliffe (Yorkshire) "As for England," she went. L. Page (N.Z.) on, a little more excitedly, “ 1K. S. Dulerpsinshi (Sussex) chouse to go to England, will. Wenlley (Kent) Hut I don't choose."
Cox (Northants)
As soon as Texas, who was wear- ing white riding breeches and was well plastered with diamonds, Avs London, Muy 29. allowed to land, she hurried to Arrangement have been made by hotel and went to sleep.
Ex-Cabaret Singer,
Freeman (Kent)
Sir John Simon Pleased. The decision to postpone the 250 meeting of the Federal Structure 135 Committee was commended by Sir 129 John Simon, in _specch at a 113 Bombay dinner held in London this 112 evening:
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Bowling.
10 for 79
11for 124
J. A. R. Peebles (M41)
2 inns Hopwood (Lancashire)
the Parker (Gloucester)
New Hammand (Gloucester)
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doctor will get you all the same
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Even Iceland is having its if the pips get into your appendix. political troubles. Perhaps the - inhabitants have heard that the "Investors are like sheep," says Poles are showing signs of una financial journal. That's right.. rest.
But look at the number, of times
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they are fleeerd.
the press Correspondents la
Sir John said the outlook was must distressing. There wng a very great deal of hard and un- pleasant work to be done, in- ohjeet volving coming to grips with panting highly controversial matters on pants that are most objectionable, recalls the days when knights were which we were bound to state
howled!
to the railway engines "Cricket is a game, of great
But it's the loud short antiquity," says a writer.
Thir:
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6 for 55
5 for 11 4 for 11
our own views with clearness The Hongkong Sugar Mer- and candour. This was the only chants' Association,
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IN which
We suppose another name for a
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Leading positions in the cham- pionship table follow:
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way in which we would really against a gold standard, consista dental surgery would be the draw- get the respect of our Indian of 40 importers, 30 dealers, 190 ing-room. fellow-subjects.
Our duty, sald Sir John, was not.
fokis-and 200 brokers,
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to retract any promise or hope, GA
the Imperial Airways for 200 war- All the trouble, of course, arises. G. Hazelrigg (Cantab) 6 for 27 in Canton, 1 found myself under time fighting pilots and aerial ob-from her reputation AS trying circumstances. Being 10:1- servers who have not down since "cracker-jnek queen D[ der pressure in Nanking. I was not the war to inspect Croydon Acrud-York's night-clubs." in a position to speak and art free-rome on Sunday, after which they 13-any attempt to help in the situa- will Ry over London ha number tion would be futile, Disappoints of big Armstrong-Siddeley air ed I left Nanking and remained in liners used on the Cross Channel Shanghai where I assumed a moka: Air Force.--British Wireless, tive altitude. With the hope of preserving peace I sent a telegram to Chiang on the 5th instant.advis. ing the immediate release of Ho Han-min in order to avoid further trouble. Unfortunately Chiang re- iles to much. upon his personal power and tries to belittle the
(zalmation
STOP PRESS.
situation. I also found that my TEXAS MAY COME
movements were being suspicious-
ly watched and no matter what I sald and did was of no use--there was an utter lack of confidence.
Felt Unsafe..
I felt it unsafe to remain in Shanghai. After sorious thought I realised that unless Chlang retires there is no hope for unity and peace in the country. Therefore came South on the 21at to con- sult our comrades and to deter mine the future
On policy.
the 24th we despatched a tologram aigned by the Honourable Tong Shao-yi, and others demanding the Immediate retirement of Chiang.. (Continued on Pope thi
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Havre, May 30. › Toxus Guinan, Interviewed by Router. said that if Paris would not receive her she would leave France and would tour Europe. She would visit other capitals and would travel to the Far East, going to Shanghai.
She added: "I dil not come to France to earn money. If I had wanted that, I should have remained in America whore I can earn over £2,000 por wook. I want to show the world my troupe "Reuter.-
-Americans say that when a auf Kent from the aliddle West goes to New Gloucester York with a big bunk ral) and #1
Yorkshire desire to "muke whooper," he Nott heads straight for Texas Guinan's, Lancashire situated in the heart of the night, club district of Manhattan. It is one of the most popular aunt ex-1 pensive of the New York cabarets,
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Those who say the least hear whereby Britain was bound, but the most, especially from the next to make it clear that we believed matshed.
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we had a duty to the Indian people
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to assist in the maintenance of "Reading at meals is not neces law and order and the re-establish-sarily harmful, providing that the ment of good government..
literature does not excite one," Sir John added that there was saya a London doctor. By the noted for its elaborate entertain-Texas in described as having courage, candour, patience, real not be read in boarding house no reason for despair.. With same token, cookery books' should ment and spectacular town. It little charm in her personal ep-friendliness and innight, we might dining rooms. Liable to put one is the centre of the winter season. pearance, but her engaging per- yet achieve the destiny for India off one's chow! [and - during the summer months, |sonality-rather of the boisterous
Renter and British Wiretean,
RECORD-BREAKING FLIER.
the show meyes to Long Island.type is part and parcel of her which India ao urgently needed.
It was when night clubs and entertainments. She usually p eabarets began to spring up Int New York that "Texas" Guinan Pears in person, and as hostess of
hor
establishment, personally Arst entered the malight, Orl- ginally a cabaret singer of the greets all her patrons. It was she whe originated the popular Helen Morgan and Fanny Brice American phrase "Hello Sucker," type she left that aphore, and as she cordially welcomed new- alded by a unique personality and comers to har enbarot with that keon hend for business, soon had grooting. She also ploneered an- her own establishment, which has other catch-phrase "Give thu rison in its splendour and made Little Girl a Hand."
NOW ON WAY HOME FROM AUSTRALIA.
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It's .no Booner Spring than Summer'a bere and it's Winter before we know where we are. D Judging from some appetites, it ain't the ent it's the cupidity!
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Talking of this concord move ment, why not fix up a few tug London, May 20. Charles W. A. Scott, who in of-war contests? These always
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A saxaphone player has just York, but so far the authorities days 4 hours, reached Rano' to-day have failed to bring home a charge on the homeward Journoy.British bean sent to gaol for bigamy,
Another case of sax appeal! Said to be in her forties, | against-hor,
its proprietor on extremely wealthy Texas Guinan's" is the most April established a record in flying make people pull together.
woman.
Bolsterous Personality.
-Wireless.
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Some cat an apple overy day,
And some like nuts and wine; Some cook their chow a different'
way,
While some for lobster pine. Some can only toy with food, Or wash it down with boor; And others, when they're in the
mood,
· Must have consomme clear.
But I'm not one to worry much,; In fact I'm proletarian; My cheese can be Gruyere
Dutch,
I'm just a vegetarian!
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What a pity Mr. Lansbury can not take a trip out herol - Wo might then find the Government Midoistically inclined."
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It must be disappointing for Hongkong plekpocket to discover his victim to be a married
man
A house made entirely of bras has been on show at Berlin. Now, is the time for some of our anti stabilisationists to have one mat ontirely of silver.