THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1933.
THE KING'S VISCOUNT ISHII AND LEAGUE
BIRTHDAY
MARTIAL PARADE ON SATURDAY
PLANS FOR LOCAL CELEBRATION-
INEFFECTUAL UNTIL ECONOMIC
BOYCOTTS ARE BANNED
IN SEARCH OF AN OASIS
MYSTERY IN HEART OF DESERT
AEROPLANE
SURVEY
Cairo.
New York, May 31. tries romafund unchanged despite Viscount Ishli, in an address at the discordant note of the last a banquet given by the Japan So-twenty months. cloty, made reference to his con- America, he said. sympathised verantions with President Ropec-with Japan Jn her struggle in the Velt.
Far East against "the disruptive In search of an elusive oasis, of Ho said he found that Bir. forces of Communist propaganda." which strange tales are told, Lady The sixty-eighth birthday of Roosevelt was in accord with him- In another speech, Viscount Clayton-East-Clayton has left here His Majesty the King will be self on nuny points and in mors Ishii sald the League Covenant in her "Noth" light aeroplane for respects than one, America and and the Kellogg Pact would be in- celebrated in Hongkong on Japan stood en common ground. effectual unless they were amend- the heart of the Libyan dosert. Llout-Commander Saturday in the usual manner, We came to the belief that the ed to forbid treaty-breaking econ- With her
friendship between the tw: coun-iomle boycotts-Router. -the principal event being the military and naval parade in Statue Square at 10 am., when it is hoped that His Excellency the Governor will be well enough to take the salute.
The Hongkong Volunteer De- fence Corps will participate, the Anzac Company, the youngest unit in the foreca, being chosen to carry the colours.
Guards of Honour at Statue Square will comprise two offers and fifty other ranks from
tho
WAR DRAMA RECALLED
HOSPITAL SHIP TORPEDOED
A SURVIVOR REMEMBERS
GLOUCESTER BUILDING SLANDER EVIDENCE
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In fact it was so thick you could write your name in it. When any- body put their foot in it, it left a mark.
Mr. Adamson repeated the con- versation ho had with defendant on the matter of the floor and I told him to leave the added:
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The oasis is known as the lost oasis of Zerzurn. Last year, her husband, Sir Robert Clayton-East-Carmen Ruite-Sakllers Changing Clayton believed that he actually. saw it from the aeroplane in which he was flying with Squadron-Three Shades of Blue (Grofe). Leider (now Wing-Commander) Penderel.
He saw two large,valleys with miles of trees and vegetation in the midst of the waterless
desert.
But he was never able to reach this mystorluus oasis by air. He could not find it. Then he con-
to England and there died from its effects.
Orchestra. 6874.
Paul Whiteman & His Concert
Orch. 35052. 6,20-7 p.m. Variety.
Humorous-Facile Was a Lady. Orchestral-I'm Learning a Lot
Ethel Morman. 6456.
Orch. 22010.
From You. Orchestral-A Big Bouquet for
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Johnny Johnson & His
Song Trampa at Sea.
Lawrence Tibbett
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Royal Navy and two officers and 20, 1917, off the Devonshire const floor to me and I could get it in tracted a mortal Infection, returned Song-Cuban Love Song.
shape.
East London, S. Africa. A war drama enacted on March has been recalled by a cablegram latent by Mr. E. J. Dalley of Enst
Mr. Silva: What did Mr. London to the proprietor of the York Hotel, Salcombe, England. Newman say to that?He looked The cablegram reads "Please con- at me in a very angry manner and vey my belated thanks and appre-said "if I will; I won't," and walked ciation to Salcombe residents for away. kindness to me sixteen years, ngo."
Afty other ranks from the Battalion of the South Wales Borderers,
ALL BRANCHES OF SERVICES.
Participants in the march past will include the Royal Navy and
Roy Marines, the 8th envy Brigade of the Royal Artillery, the Royal Engineers, the let Bat- talion, Lincolnshire Regiment and the ist Battalion, South Wales Borderers.
Other
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HIS IMPRESSIONS.
Lady Clayton East Clayton's route lies through the Baharia and Farafra onsis; Ain Dalla, a desert well further west, and then across the sand sea to the Gilf El Kebir.
The cable was despatched
Mr. Silva: What wort of impres-She will probably push on to Kufra. that it would arrive at Salcombe within an hour of the sixteenth an-sion did you get from these It is understood that the expedis niversary of a grim sca tragedy, į various Incidenta between you and tion will have the co-operation of and Mr. Dalley's netion
was Mr. Newman? The impression Mr. F. A. Clayton, of the Egyptian
Desert Survey.
prompted by a remarkable colu- obtained was that the manager of
cidence.
the hotel was trying to blame us Ten minutes before midnight on for the lack of business in the Sunday, March 19, 12,000-ton ball-room, because I had pointed
ROMANTIC TALES.
There are many romantic tales
units will comprise the ner, the Arcadian, passed Enstout to Mr. Newman that I was only told by the desert Beduin regard-| London on her way to Osaka using a seven-piece orchestra ining this mysterious casia which
- lat Mountain Battery, the Second Fourth and Fifth Heavy Batteries, the Royal Army Service Corps, the Jat Regiment, the Hongkong Mulo Corps, and the Royal Air Force.
They will be followed by the Hongkong Volunteer Corps, who will parade at full strength, and re- presentatives- of the Royal Merchant Navy, St. John Am- bulanco Brigade, Boy Scouts and
the Guards Association.
ROYAL SALUTE.
At 10 am. His Excellency the Governor will arrive at the South Side of the Cenotaph, and will be received with a Royal Salute from the Guards of Honour.
(Japan) and her doom. She left Liverpool a few weeks ago as the leader of a sad procession of three British liners which had been sold to Japanese shipbreakers.
comparison with a 10-piece band at the Peninsula and two bands at the Hong Kong Hotel.
was mentioned by Herocotus. An arabic manuscript of the 16th con- tury describes Zerzura as follows: Mr. Silva: Was this impression "In the city of Wardabaha, situated confirmed by anything that behind the citadel of El Suri, you Exactly 16 years ago to the hour
East happened after that? Yes, round will see palms, vines and springs. that she limped past the
Mr. Newman Penetrate into the wadi (valley) London rondstend, munned by a about January 25,
westward and pursue skeleton crew in darkness, Mr. came dashing in at the back of the running Dalley lay on her deck unconscious band stand and wanted to know your way up it; you will find an- and struggling for breath in the what was the matter with me as other wadi running westward be- choking fumes of burning sulphur. it was three minutes to 12 o'clock, tween two mountains. From this She had just been ripped open by had my watch on me which I last wadi starte a rond which will torpedoes from a German sub-had set by the Gloucester Build-lead you to the city of Zerzura, of marine as she was catering the ing clock and I pointed out that which you will find the door closed. Salcombo harbour, and thore wero it was nine minutes to 12 o'clock. 68 dead bodies on board.
As I went on the hand stand there was a request from one of the REMARKABLE ESCAPE.
tables and I played a dance nad In those days she was called the three encores. When I had play
and Asturias. She was a hospital slip od the King I jumped down and had been to the Dardanelles, dashed round to look at the clock was only one where she picked up 1,000 wounded and saw that it After inspecting the Guarda, soldiers and landed them at Avon-minuto part 12 o'clock. Mr. New His Excellency will take his posi-mouth, and when the disaster took man's words to me wese:"For tion on the pavement on the North place was returning to her base at safe, do you know what the time side of the Cenotaph, and a Royal Southampton.
fs? What tho is the matter with Salute of 21 guns will then be fired
It was ten minutes before mid-you?" by the 5th H.K.S. Heavy Battery.
night when she was cruising close.. On the conclusion
theto of
the Devon coast. Suddenly seventh, fourteenth, and twenty there was a terrific erash and a first rounds of the Salute a feu-blinding mountain of water swept do-joie will be fired by the fat over the ship as she heeled over Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regi- under the impact of two torpedoes. One struck the Asturias midships ment.
and the other tore away hor rudder and propeller.
Three cheere will be given for His Majesty the King, and units will then march past in column of route.
The starting point of the march Wales
will be at the Prince of Gate, Royal Naval Dockyard.
WOMAN ATTACKS
CLERGY
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A woman made an attack clorgy at the closing session of the Scottish Representative Council of the Episcopal Church at Perth.
She rocked dangerously, and there was a nightmare walling and gurgling as the terrified cries of the wounded mingled with the Bound of water as it rushed in the smoking hold.
One topedo lodged in a three-ton stack of sulphur, and the deadly fumes enveloped the ship.
"This city is white like a pigeon and on the door of it is carved a bird. Tako with your hand tho key in the beak of the bird and open the door of the city. Enter and there you will find great riches, with the King and Queen sleeping in their castle. Do not approach them but take the treasure."
Kiriloff's Balaika
Orchestra. 20752.
Organ Solo-The Bells of St.
Anne de Beaupre.
Charles Raymond
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Orchestral-Moonlight on the Orchestral-While we Danced at
River.
the Marid Gras.
Victor Young & His
Orchestra. 6801.
7 p.m. (Closing Local Stock Quola- tions, etc.)
7.3-7.10 p.m. Vocal Gema, Blonson Time (Donnelly-
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The Yankes Princess (De Sylva-
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Victor Light Opera Co. 35722. Violin Solo-Rondino (Beethoven-
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Fritz Kreisler. 1880. Song-The Last Rose of Summer
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Song Robin Adnir (Keppel).
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IS SPORT HARMFUL TO WOMEN?
GIRLS WHO TAKE UP LONG DISTANCE RUNNING
of the
Mrs. Muriol Cornell, hoa, secre- tary of the Association, said that volunteers would be asked for from the club'a
Melbourne. foundering, The Asturing was
One hundred years old, Miss and it seemed as if thoro was no hope. But suddenly fate took a Catherine Cronin, living at West
Tests to discover the physical, hand, and while lifebonts were Parkville, Victoria, can read, sew,
The envoys of China and Japan, mental and psychological effects being manned and the crew was and sign her name without the aid trying to establish order and quiet, of spectacles. She appreciates the whose countries are locked in an of athletics upon women and girls the Asturias was carried by waves wireless, lives on a normal diet, and undeclared war, called recently at are to be carried out shortly with on to a shallow bank where her seldom goes to bed before 10 p.m. the Department at about the same the help of 50 members
Miss Cronini is in complete com- time. Ambassador Katsuji Debuchi Women's Amateur Athletic As- keel became embedded in the sands.
mand of all her faculties, and sinceof Japan arrived Brat and left his sociation BEACHED AT SALCOMBE. babyhood-she was born in County hat and coat in the diplomatic ante- By the time the tide turned the Cork-has never had the attention room.
Minister Alfred Sze of China engineers had managed to get up of a doctor. At her birthday party, steam; and at four o'clock, after there were 12 nieces and nephew, called n fow minutes later and She was Miss M. H. Macdonald, the enemy submarine had again 51 grand-nieces, and a grand no took a seat in the same room. delegate from All Saints, Jordan-attempted to sink her, she ran full hew and great-grand-nephew.
Miss Cronin once lived in a col- Claiborne Tannille, negro door- kill, Glasgow, and she submitted a speed towards the land and benched motion that "the ministry of the at the entrance to the Salcombe tage in the grounds of Melbourno's keeper for the Secretary of State, Scottish Episcopal Church should harbour.
first Government House in Jell-sided up the situation quickly and be open to women on the some
Mr. Dalley was taken ashore by mont, after Governor Latrobe and had Debuchi's hat and cont wait- forms na mon."
Salcombe Sir Charles Hotham had comploteding at the door of the Secretary's After asking why men should residents and was made comfort- their terms of office. In these days office so that he would not have to logists and pathologists, some of ablo at the York Hotel, which was she anid, the whole neighbourhood go back into the ante-room. Eddie them eminent authorities, will be. expect women, especially younger
Savoy, whose feats of like nature prosent at each axperiment, and' women, to take subordinate poal- used as an improvised hospital. was rural..
wore renowned during his more will examine the girls before and tions in the Church, she said:
than 50 years in the department, after the tests. performed a similar manoeuvre a few weeks ago just before he re- tired Router.
"We women should step out. The younger of us can heat the men in a great many callings, and. why should we take orders from some Bnivelling Httle curate?
"It is safe to distrust a man who pays compliments to the ladies. We are asking for bread, and you give us sagar plums. There is an enormous loss to the Church be- cause the power of women is not being need. It would be far bet tor to welcome women in a gener-- ous way than wait until we force our way in."
Miss Macdonald's resolution was lost, finding only a secondar,
rescue
party
of
*
Ho spent alx months there, and
"You have a wonderful, mem- eventually recovered. His brother, ory," she was told.
Thank God I have," came the who was on the ship as well, died
rojoinder, "for I can boss every from injuries.
not know one of my relations."
Mr. Dalley doen whether the same man still owns Mias Cronin says that she bas the hotel, but expects that his followed cricket keenly since Dr. message will be passed on.
W. G. Grace paid his first visit,
The Asturias was towed to when she saw him play.
Ono New Year's Eve she saw the Devonport, re-equipped and called the Arcadian, and used for plensure year in and went to bed at 2 a.m. cruises.-Router,
-Reutor.
DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF
TIENTSIN COMMAND
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COLONEL A. J. ELLIS GIVEN POSITION.
London, May 31. THE BELOVED OF THE ALMIGHTY The wedding will shortly tako place
Ottaway Pato- The War Office announces that ARE THE RICH WHO HAVE THE NU- between Mr. James MILITY OF THE POOR, AND THE FOOR Hunt, stock-broker, of 7, Ice House Colonel A. J. Ellis, D.B.O., has Street, Hongkong, and Miss Priscilla been appointed In Command of WHO HAVE THE MAGNANIMITY OF Faltlic Arbogast, of 430, Avenue the Tientsin area--Bouter, THE RICH.-Sendi,
Halg, Shanghai.
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"The idea," she said, “arose from a suggestion of our committee that the effects of long-distance run- ning on women should be gone in- to, and it was decided to settle the point in relation to all forms of athletics,
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