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PRINCESS JULIANA'S 18TH BIRTHDAY.

DEATH OF A FAMOUS CONTRACTOR.

action has been taken by the Na- | QUEEN'S TOUCHING SPEECH FRIEND OF THE AIR FORCE. tionalist Government against the Reds, it cannot but meat with the whole-hearted sympathy and moral support of all the Powers who must, however, be guided by actions and not mere words' in framing their policy for the future.

The Hague, April 30.

London, May 2. The city presents a gala ap- The death is announced of pearance on the occasion of the Festivitios in conrection with Viscount Cowdray, *. G.C.V.O.—— Crown Princess Juliana's 18th Reuter.

KOMOR & KOMOR.

AN EXCELLENT PICTURE EXHIBITION.

SOME VIVID TYPES.

at

As the spring and autunn Home witness a renewed interest in art, due to the art unions and ex- hibitions, zo too in Hong Kong they are notable for the special exhibi- tions arranged at Komor and Komor's.

The exhibition which opened for len days there this morning con- tains many new features, the most striking being the vivid types of Japanese life in which Yamamoto particularly excels. His "Japanese Girl" (No. 52) is most fascinating

Crown Princess Juliana.

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Viscount Cowdray (formerly Sir Weetman Pearson, M.P.) had directed many large contracts, chief of which was the Dover Harbour works, others being the East River Tunnel New York and the Blackwall Tunnel. He was also interested in the Tehuante- pec Railway, Mexico and was a competitor of the Panama route.

He successfully contested Col- chester in 1895 and represented the constituency for fifteen years. He became President of the 'Air Board in 1917 (without salary) and was made a Viscount. On his resignation of the Presidency he became Rector of the Univer sity of Aberdeen, a position he held for three years.

He took the keenest interest in aeronautics and presented the Royal Air Force Club in 1921 at a cost of £345,000.

MR. JOSEPH HARKER.

London, April 17, The death is announced of Mr. Joseph Harker.

and "The Lantern Maker" (No. 53) birthday, the attainment of which stands out in wonderful colouring entitles her to formally take her No. 47 ("A Peasant") convinces place in the constitutional life of one of the artist's remarkable' ob- the country. servation.

The town is full of visitors. Some wonderful light effects are The festivities began by the lay-ham Harker was probably the [The late Mr. Joseph Cunning- achieved by Kany in Nos. 28 and| 20 and Nos. 31 and 36 whilating of the foundation stone of a world's best known scene-painter.

in the square by

n master painter of the seas, the mier Jonkheer de Geer to confer actor in Manchester and his rolling waves, being shown in dif- memorate Juliana Vanstolberg, mother, prior to her marriage, ferent lights and with great effec- sixteenth century maternal pro-was Maria O'Conner, an actress, genitor of the House of Oran-sister of John O'Connor, the art-

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tiveness.

There are pictures by Kobayashi, jenassau.

list. Born in 1855 the late Mr. Terauchi and Nakayama-all Princess Juliana and hex: masters

Harker in 1877 married Sarah of the

brush-and parents made

a State drive Hall, daughter of a scene-painter a collection of smaller

through the principal streets i well known at that time. He tures, everyone

feast to the the afternoon to the Binnenhof came to London in 1870 and was eye, for prices ranging from $2 to $3. These latter, for those of modest means, offer an excellent opportunity for decorating Home. paganda conducted by the anti-

The oil paintings, all by masters Nationalists. Nothing is further of Europe, are an education in

those who have) from the truth. It is inconverti-passed by Messrs,

themselves. All

Komor and,

ble that every step taken by the Komor's window will be familiar Nationalist forces toward their derful effect of which is in no way with Rollin's "Moonlight" the won-

ultimate goal on the Yangtsze diminished by closer inspection. was stained with the blood of in- The exhibition is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for ten lays and an nocent foreigners: Before the early visit is recommended in advent of the Nationalist sol- order, that first choice be made out

of an excellent collection. diery foreigners in the North were able to live in comparative safety and security. The respon-

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the door of propaganda conducted Even by the anti-Nationalists.

NEW BUS ROUTE.

KOWLOON TONG TO THE FERRY.

General Chiang Kai-shek --- 23. mentioned in the official document i A new motor bus service to Kow-| now before us-is investigating loon City via Nathan Road and Prince Edward Road was begun the Nanking case and, we are to-day by the Kowloon Motor Bus told, "those perpetrators, either Co., Ltd.

This service is primarily intend- soldiers or workers, who are

ed for residents of Kowloon Tong found guilty of the outrage, will and others living in the vicinity. be severely punished." Thus is the official account grossly incon- sistent and misleading,

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apprenticed to Mr. T. W. Hall and assisted in many notable produc- tions at the Haymarket Theatre under Buckstone's management. Then followed sensons in Glasgow. and Dublin and later he went to the United States to paint some huge panoramic pictures, then much in vogue. Upon his return |to England he was engaged by Sir Henry Irving for all his produc- tions.]

GUEST OF THE KING.

FRENCH PRESIDENT TO VISIT LONDON.

Rugby, May 1. Arrangements are now practi- cally complete for the visit to Lon- don of the French President, M. Doumergue, who will spend May 16, 17 and 18 of the present month as the guest of the King at Buck- ingham Palace.

The President will be escorted across the Channel by six des- troyers, and seaplanes will form an Loverhead guard of honour,

In addition to State engagements, M. Doumergte will be entertained. by the City of London.-British Wireless Service.

The buses will start from the "Star" ferry wharf to Kowloon City

where there was a feestspel of old via Nathan Rond, Yaumati, Mong- kok & Prince Edward Road and re- Dutch dances and songs at which Furthermore, it has only been turn by the same route. This new the Queen Mother was also pre-

route will be called Route No. 6, sent. since the Note of the Powers re-and buses will stop at the junction The Avondfeest included ap ́AUSTRALIA'S ROYAL VISITORS. A brief account of the expul-garding the Nanking incident of Prince Edward Road & Monta- procession of seven ships,

Rugby, April 30. sion of Chinese Communists from that General Chiang Kai-shek gue Ede Road for passengers living specially built to represent ves-

jin Kowloon Tong. The ordinary sels of the sixteenth and seven- The Duke and Duchess of York the Kuomintang, coupled with

and his lieutenants have begun stops will be made along Nathan teenth centuries. Two of them were welcomed with great en- some notes on the foreign policy

A ten-minute service will were manned by costumed repre- thusiasm on arrival in Adelaide to expel Chinese Communists Road. of the Nationalist Government, from the Kuomintang-proof fares will be as follows:-

be given on this route, and the sentatives of the most celebrated to-day, where they attended several has been issued in Canton. It is positive that the previous charge'

t nothing if not illuminative.

that the Nationalist Government From Star Ferry

to Mongkok appears that the foreign Powers had been Bolshevised was accur- From Mongkok have altogether misunderstood

ate. Again, it is curious to find

to Kowloon the position. It is strongly em-proof even of this in the official

City For the present, only Ford buses phasised that in spite of "repeat-statement just to hand from vill be operated on this route; but ed announcements given by Canton. Thus we read:-

it is interesting to note that it is General Chiang Kai-shek that

the intention of the Company to "the Nationalist Government will take up the task of settling the Nanking incident, foreign resi- dents in the interior, threatened by the propaganda ducted by the anti-Nationalists that the advent of Nationalist! forces would endanger foreign lives, have begun a busy evacua- tion. Not only so, says this official account, but the Powers (especially Britain) being ignor

con.

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HOME POLITICS.

1st Class 2nd Class Dutch admirals, including Van functions arranged in their honour. A long rail journey between Mel Tromp, de Ruyter and others.

bourne and Adelaide was punctuat- The ships also conveyed a hunted with a few brief halts for the dred members of the Hague visitors to receive loyal greetings Songsters, who sang well-known and the Royal train was loudly. Dutch folk songs. The scene was cheered as it passed slowly through gaily illuminated. A firework the small wayside stations. British display concluded the festivities. Wireless Service.

There were eighty guests at the birthday banquet which was held

addressed speech, the Queen

Edinburgh, April 80. Princess Juliana and referred to

The result of the by-election-for- her studies at the University of the Scottish Universities to fill the Leyden.. She hoped the Princess vacancy created by the death of the would make herself worthy of the Conservative member. Sir Henry confidence of "our dear people) Craik, resulted as follows:— to whose happiness and welfare John Buchan (Conservative) 16,963 2,378 you will one day be called upon to Hugh Guthrie (Labourite) devote your best talents and

Conservative majority "Reuter.

14,685 Mr. Guthrie loses his deposit. Reuter.

powers.

munists, instead of observing this special run by the end of the the principles of the Kuomin- tang, gradually indulged in petty schemes of a rebellious

THE "RED TRIANGLE." nature, with the aims of weak- ening the Kuomintang's gov-) The April number of the "Red erning authority and establish- Triangle" contains some excellent reviews of activities and articles ing their power instead. One of by members. the dirty tricks they employed An interesting article on Chin- recently is to stir up ignorant cac weddings, illustrated, (bý "R.H.T."). is well worth keeping workers to attack foreign Con- for reference, likewise Mr. cessions and loot their "pro- Ingram's comment in the Sea- perty so as to create trouble Going Section between foreign Powers and "Personally Conducted Tours" here as the result of Press critic-tenants 26 two mechanics were

(Kowloon City),

isms in connection with the killed when an acroplane in which the Government. As soon as Other articles and accounts of transatlantic flight of Commander they were returnis during the plot was discovered the the month's happenings in con- de Barros, the Brazilian airman, thunderston to Himp

struct by Nationalist Government took nection with various branches of whose seaplane was forced to Naval Stre

indoor and outdoor, physical and descend two hundred miles off lightning and plunged into the sea mental, recreation make up an the Brazilian coast, while preside down-Reuter mer

ceeding to South America from Interesting number.

Cape Verde Islands.

quick and drastic measures to destroy it.

columa

on

RIOTING AT RIO.

Rio de Janeiro, May 1. Disorders and rioting occurred.

'PLANE STRUCK..

Norfolk, Virginia, Apri! 80, Four val "inters-two leu-

·BRITISH FILMS IN GERMANY.

Londen, April 15.

Nationalist Government, whose main object is to crush down miili. tarists and feudal forces in the country, have busily despatched their military and naval forces to China. This state of affairs, we are told, "may have been caused by the lack of understanding the The Kuomintang cannot deny.

The mob attacked the office of Nationalist Government on the at this late date that it is respon-

the newspapers which circulated part of the Powers, and by the sible for all the actions of Its

the report that "the accident to

In connection with the British the seaplane was due to the in- Government's Films' Bili, it is note-, falsified charge that the Nation- members, whether Communist

With regard to the death in the competence of the crew. Many worthy, a Berlin message says, that alist Government has been Bolshe- or otherwise, Nor cannot it harbour on Friday morning of Fetty shots were fired at the office. the Berlin and Munich Alm autho vised,"

blink the fact that it was just Sterling (8th Destroyer Flotilla), Cavalry wore called out and year, of which there was only one Officer Thomas Bassell of H.M. Strong forces of police and ities have consored 804 Alms last It is idle for the official element on account of such outrages at the "Ching Mall" is authorised by troops were obliged to fire on the from England, whilst America, mup-

pled 216 and France 28. ge in Canton to speak so lightly of Nanking and elsewhere, follow the commander of the ship to state rioters, several of whom were the previous year,america the threat to foreign lives being ing on the advent of the National- found near the Geene, as mention wounded. Reuter's American sign sent 216 filmd, France 30, and made through the medium of prolat soldiers, that foreigners were ed in the Police reports

England 12 ENNE-

HARBOUR DEATH.

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