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Paying a surprise visit to Wembley yesterday, the Queen "visited the Hongkong Pavillon, inspecting the exhibits and purchasing a number of souvenirs.

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Although we are not told that they wore the inevitable top hat, some of the African chiefs who greeted the Prince yesterday, achieved some extremely startling effects,

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QUEEN AT WEMBLEY.

"SOUVENIRS PURCHASED.

HONGKONG PAVILION VISITED.

GREAT REGRET.”

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TOPICAL ADVICE.

(Reuter'a Servico.)

London, May 21. The Queen was received at the Hongkong Pavilion by Sir Robert Ho Tung, Honorary Chinese Com- missioner, and the Hon. Mr. E. R. Halifax, Government Commis- .sioner.

Sir Rubert Ho Trag

of the Hongkong women, the Queen smilingly remarked to one, that she ought to have her hair

bobbed.

The Queen made a detailed the silk-worm inspection of exhibit where Lady Ho Tung was presented to her.

MALAYA ALSO HONOURED,

London, May 20.

Her Majesty the Queen made a surprise visit to Wembley this morning and inspected the Malaya pavilion. She was receiv ed by the Commissioner and was keenly interested in two new dioramas representing a high forest and a mangrove swamp. also a fine collection of water- silky. colours, silverware and

She bought a number of fans and buskets from a native weaving woman, The village headmen were presented to Her Majesty.

ARMS EVIL

LEAGUE OF NATIONS CONFERENCE.

ENFORCING THE CONVENTION.

(Reuter's Service.)

Geneva, May 21. The general committee of the arms conference carried amend- ments to the draft convention sub- mitted by the American delega- tion including the elimination of article 28, providing that the council of the League of Nationg published an annual report on the operation of the convention.

(Reuter's Servise.) ·

London, May 21:' In the House of Commons, reply. ing to the Loader of the Opposition, the Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr.. Auston Chamberlain stated that Lord Allenby had informed him last autumn that be desired to be relieved as soon as the public in- terest made his retirement possible.

Viscount Allenby."

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Mr: Chamberlain bad received the announcement of bis intentions with great regret, and at Mr. Chamberlain's request Lord Allenby had continued to hold the post of High Commissioner of Egypt. His regnation bad now been accepted. The King had approved the ap- pointment of Sir George Lloyd to succeed. Lord Allenby:" This im- plied no change in the policy of Hin Majesty's Government with regard to Egypt or the Sudan,

. (Router's Service.),

King William's Town, May 21. The Prince of, Wales, wearing the khaki uniform of a colonel in the Welsh Guards, was enthusias tically cheerod at a great gather ing of 10,000 Kaffirs.

Many addresses were presented to the Prince.. Massed choirs of Kaffir children sang for him. The Prince presented silver-. mounted walking sticks to six chiefs."

The Kaffir mostly wore red and brown blankets and bead necklaces.

The women had red painted faces. Some wore long skirts and short-sleeved, low-necked blouses:

The costumes of some of the then were remarkable. One mun

HAND TO HAND.

DESPERATE MOROCCO

FIGHTING.

BAYONET CHARGES.

(Reuter's Service.)

Paris, May 21.

A communique from Fez states that General Colombat's column the post at Biban after a desper- has succeeded in 'reprovisioning ate-fight, the Riffis contesting every inch.

The French advanced under They took a artillery support. number of enemy trenches at the point of the bayonet. There was considerable hand to hand fight- ing..

,'

General Lyautey's chief of staff announces that sufficient re- inforcements have, arrived to enable the French to take the offensive.

It is noteworthy that the American amendments aimed at excluding from the convention all mention of the Lengue of Nations. A lengthy discussion took place Her Majesty watched the

on a Jugo-Slav amendment to match-making and other pro-article 32 providing that the con-

Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby, Desses. She purchased artificial vention should not be enforced ..B., G.C.M.G., commanded the flower souvenirs, three hund-until it had been ratified by twelve valry expeditionary force at the made dolls, a small ivory elephant, powers. An amendment was pro- euleuk of war. He did fine service & number of green-pendants,-six posed that the convention be en- since at the front. He has served silver charms in the form of a forced simultaneously with the Bechuanaland Zululand, and riesha, a teapot and a cage.

convention controlling the pri- South Africa. Fle, commanded the Noticing the quaint headdress vate manufacture of arms, muni-4th Cavalry Brigade from 1905 to tions and implements of war. 1910 and was promoted to General The representatives countries in June of 1917, when he was not engaged in the manufacture appointed to the command of the of arms favoured the amendment, Pyptian Expeditionary Force. He but Lord Onslow, the British re-received the G.0.M.G. after the presentative, questioned its neces-

capture of Jerusalem in 1917. His

Washington; May 21. sity, and Mr. Burton (America) brilliant success in September, 1918, opposed it.

"was followed by a complete victory, The Shipping Board has passed. The amendment was finally re. He was made & Field Marshal in can delegates at the meeting of 'commemorated", by the G. C. B. a resolution requesting the Ameri- ferred to co-ordination committee Twenty-five members abstained in order that a formula might be of 1910, and a Viscount, with the International Chamber of

A SAFE MARGIN.

(Reuter's Service.)

BERLIN, May 21. The Reichstag bas rejected a Socialist motion of no-confidence by 214 to 120 voles

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HONGKONG HONOURED.

A.

SHIP LAWS.

AMERICA OPPOSES

CHANGES.

(Reuter's American Service.)

grant of £50,000. He has been Commerce at Brussels in June to High Commissioner for Egypt since oppose any change in the Ameri October of 1919._____

can navigation lawa so as to admit The Rt. Hon. Sir George foreign vessels to the coast-wise Lloyd, G.C.I.B., K.C.S.L.. west trade. Governor of Bombay from 1919 to! The Board declares that the 1923. He is 45 years old. He continuance of efficient enforce- represented West Staffordshire from ment of the coast-wise law is 1910 to 1918, and made able con essential to the existence of the tributions to debates on foreign United States merchant marine affairs. He has travelled widely,

and national defence..

was clad in navy blue trousers, a black evening dress waist-coat, double collar, a black dress tie, and a tall coat made of wild-cat skins.

The Prince of Wales, replying to addresses, referred to the dif- ficulty of the racial problem in South Africa and urged the natives to make the fullest of the splendid educational facilities.

The Prince, on the previous evening, attended a dance where he was very warmly received.

He spontaneously acted as con- ductor of the orchestra, which was playing "Second to None." s

King William's Town, named after William, TV., is a town in Cape Colony and the capital of a district. Situated 29 m. west by north of East London it was for- merly the capital of British Kaffraria.

King William's Town is the chief seat of frontier Kaffir 'trade. There are numerous German set- tlers who are largely engaged in the cultivation of fruit and veget- ables.

HELP FOR AGĘD.

(Reuter's Service.)

LONDON, May 21.... The House of Commons by 277 to 112 votes adopted the financial resolution relating to the Pan- stons Bill, authorising the con tributing of £4,000,000 for the year beginning May 31, 1927, and for each of the nine succeeding years Thereafter the sums: are to be determined by Parliament.

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GERMAN TARIFF.

(Reuter's Service.)

BERLIN, May 20. Explaining the new tariff pro- rosals, heavily increasing the duties on cotton and woollen 'goods, artificial silk and motor cars, the Mindster of Economic Affairs said they were merely transitory and- were. intended to serva as ai weapon of bargaining, with other countries with the view to reci- procal reductions. The economic reasons for the increases were the heavy burdens on industry through taxation, reparations; shortage of capital and, high, rates of interest The commercial reasons, were that}} powerful competing countries, those from which Germany drew raw materials had-introduced high tariff barriers, the, lowering of which were essential to German industry if it was to survive.

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