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SCHEMES
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· · DISAPPOINTED
EXPECTED MORE RESTRICTION
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London, Dec. 11.
SATURDAY,
ROYAL PLANS FOR CHRISTMAS
SANDRINGHAM HOUSE
PARTY
London, Dec. 11.
The Duke of York spent a busy morning at his Plecadilly residence. Soon after his succession to the Throne this afternoon, His Majesty was visited by the Prime Minister. The Duke of Gloucester was inter called.
DECEMBER 12, 1936:
CIVIL WAR MIGHT SPREAD
SPAIN'S WARNING TO LEAGUE
BRITAIN'S STAND
When in Majesty drove off in ui car this evening he was warmly
Geneva, Dec. 11. cheered by 饞 crowd which
The United Kingdom's pro- has The Metal Exchange showed some lingered all day outside his house. found disappointment that the disappointment to-day with the in- Nothing is yet known of the date International Non-Intervention ternational Tin Committed's an- when their Majesties will take up nouncement of a 100 per cent, quota residence at Buckingham Palace, Agreement had not been more for the first quarter of 1937, since and it is thought likely that the King fully observed, was expressed by most quarters expected a reduction will for some time follow the
95 and some even to 30 per cent. ample of King Edward in the early delegate, at the League of ex-Lord Cranborne, chief British Only Malaya and the Dutch East Indies are cut by five per cent., it months of his relati in visiting the Nations' Council meeting to-day, Palace daily to transact State busi-
called for the purpose of con- The Committee also approved a draft scheme for the renewal of Newspapers believe that the plans sidering Spain's appeal against control of production for five years which Their Majesties had made as foreign ald being given General from January 1, 1937.
Duke and Duchess of Yorkt to spend Francisco Franco's rebel forces. The technical adjustments, it is Christmas
with Queen Mary at Lord Cranborne, who is acting for held, affect the two leading producers, Sandringham will not be altered. Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secre- the Netherlands East Indies and the The new King celebrates his 42nd. tary, held at home by the internal Malayan growers, for the benefit of birthday on Monday, and fags will crisis, said the forces of both parties Siam and the Belgian Congo, who be flown on all Government buildings In Spain were being augmented from are understood to be receiving sub- and a solute of guns will be fired-foreign sources to a degree which stantial increases in tonnage under British Wireless.
seems.
a new scheme, while the tonnage of other countries is largely unchanged,
Though five per
cent. cut repre- sents a decrease of about 500 tons) per month from the Netherlands Indles and Malayň, others
will probably show a larger production over the next three months, with a consequent Fisc of visible stocks during that period, which some hold will call a further cut in qota, In spite of excelient consumption.
It is
ness.
CORONATION SOUVENIRS An Ordinance will shortly be introduced in the Hongkong Legia lative Council to prohibit the sale, exposing for sale and the possession for snte, before June 1, 1937, Coronation souvenirs without a clear indication of their origin.
of
is understood to-day's small cut was instigated by Bolivin,
which is most anxious for higher price
prices in
His Excellency the Governor has view of her inability to increase pro-appointed Mr. A. G. Clarke to be duction. But the Dutch, who are Deputy Clerk of Councils, alleged to be considerably oversold,
Governor,
opposed a cut and with the British Ils Excellency the negotiating, a compromise involving under instructions received from the
and assumed alarming proportions.
The British Government considers the maintenance and strict enforce- ment of a policy of non-inter- ventlod must play an essential part in liming and shortening the civil war.
Senor Delvayo, in an unexpected The Spanish Foreign Minister, mild speech, did not ask the Council to do anything in particular, but merely called attention to the grave dangers of the conflict spreading, and suggested the Council should envisage its responsibilities, particularly in view of an antielpated gas attack on Madrid.Router.
a five per cent, reduction for Mainyn Secretary of State for the Colonies PROTEST GOES
and the Netherlands Indies was nt- tained. Reuter.
GEORGE VI
RULES
(Continued from Page 1.)
has appointed Miss Monica Sondy Thompson to be a Nursing Sister.
His Excellency the Governor has appointed Mr. E. I. Wynne-Jones to be Postmaster General,
There will be a Whist Drive and Tombola in the R.A. Sergeants' Mess, Assent to the Bill of abdication mode Gun Club III), Chatham Road, Kow- his brother ruler in his stead.
May Be A Queen
Queen Elizabeth was superintend-
ing the studies of
sweet-faced little
giri of 10 years, who may be Queen Elizabeth II, unless p-son is born to
years.
loon. on Sunday, December 13, com- meucing at 8.30 p.m.
BANK HOLIDAY.
In accordance with Government the Royal Family, after six childless Ordinance, The Exchange Banks Lille Elizabeth is an imperious will be closed for the transuction child, resembling Queen Mary, her of Public Business on Monday, the grandmother.
14th December, 1936. (The Birth- Her sister, Princess Margaret Rose, day of His Majesty King George is six. She knows something im vn. portant is happening in the grown- ups' lives. She was told that her father was Garending the throne and asked at once: "What's happening to Uncle David?
Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, visited King George at his home to-dny, and bearned when the crowd cheered and shouted: "Good bid Stanley United Press.
POPE IMPROVING
Vatican City, Dec. 11. Pope Pius' health is considerably improved and he conferred with the Archbishop of Toledo. regarding affairs of the Church in Spain, while Osservatore Romano escribes his swollen legs to varicose veins. United Press.
In connection with the sale of work held by the Women's Auxiliary of the Society for the Protection of Children at the Cathedral Hall on Thursday, leket No. 28 won the handbag and ticket No. 9 the shawl,
ANNOUNCEMENT.
On,
The marriage of Miss 'Iris Audrey Frith to Mr. Albert G. F. Prew, of the Diocesan Boys' School, Hongkong, will be solemnised in St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, on Wednesday, December 21
p.m. A reception will be held in the Hall of the Diocesan Boys' School, commencing at 5 p.m. No invitations are being issued but all friends are cor- dially welcome.
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GERMAN DIPLOMAT ACTS AGAIN
Moscow, Dec. 11. The German Ambassador here has been instructed to protest to the Soviet Government against the fur- ther arrests of German citizens in Russia.
The protest has been lodged.-- Reuter Bulletin Service.
His Excellency the Governor has nominated Mr. Benjamin Wong Tape and Mr. G. P. de Martin, M.B., as Members of the Court of the Uni- Versity of Hongkong for a
further period of three years.
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