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Madrid, Yesterday. Spain's "Labour Day" to-mor- row promises to be a record reat { day. It is semi-officially announc ed that all workers except there engaged in the electricity and water supplies are expected to take a holiday.

Bucharest, Yesterday. Cries of "Long Live Spain" and counter cries of "Long Live the King" were hard last night in the streets of Bucharest. where King Carol's intervention No transport services will run in political affairs has created in Madrid and most of the pro- vincial towns. No newspapers are acute political tension.

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angry scenes in being published, and no burs, res- the Senate when the Govern-taurants, cafes or banks are open- ment's programme was read pro- ing. ways and the Dutch Air Mail Composing, inter alia, to restore to pany that Australia is unable to subsidise any air mail services.- Reuter."

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KAYE DON.

LUNCHEON CIVEN TO BRITISH MOTOR-BOAT "ACE."

CAMPBELL PRESENT.

Rugby, Yesterday. Sir Malcolm Campbell and Lord Wakefield were present at' a luncheon in London in honour of Kaye Don, who recently creat- ed a new world speed record with his motorboat Miss England the Second at Buenos Aires.-British Wireless Service.

FAMOUS PAGODA.

GOLDEN TOP INSET WITH DIAMONDS.

Rangoon, Yesterday, Pilgrims from all over the coun- try assembled 4. Shwedagon Pagoda, for A ceremony of great pomp for replacing the top of this famous pagoda, which was destroy- ed in the earthquake last year, with inset with new golden top.

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many Royal prerogative powers which have fallen into disuse. An uproar followed the reading, of the Royal decree dis-j solving Parliament and fixing June 1 and 4 for the elections, which, it is anticipated, will be very fiercely contested.-Reuter. ZOOLOGICAL PARK.

ANIMALS IN THEIR NATURAL SURROUNDINGS.

PROGRESS OF SCHEME.

Rugby. Yesterday. At the annual meeting of the Zoological Society, the opening at Whitsuntide of Whipsnade Zoologi- cal Park, in which animals will be seen in their natural surroundings, stated was discussed, and it was that although the park would take many years to complete, a great deal, had already been done.

This park, which covers a large tract of land in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. is finely wooded, and commands magnificent views over a wide stretch of country. The approaches to the estate have paddock and been improved. shelters for animals have been

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The morning will be devoted to official elvic demonstrations, while in the afternoon the Royal parks and gardens will be opened to the public.—Reuter.

SIMPLE LARCENY.

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BANISHEE.

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Kwok Luen-hing, an unemployed Chinese, and also a life banishee from the Colony, was produced at the Kowloon Magistracy this morn- ing and charged with breaking and entering Nos. 101 and 109. Temple Street on April 22 and 30

Two eharges respectively. simple larceny were also prefer- red, one on April 10 at 26, Woe- sung Street and another on April 13 at No. 2, Woosung Street. addition he was charged with digi obeying the banishment order. He pleaded guilty" to all charges, of imprisonment and, terms amounting to one year's hard labour were imposed.

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TROUT STREAM RUIN.

Strong opposition to the proposal | of Southampton Corporation to

diamonds, at a cost of £60,000.- provided, and roads and paths take water from the River Itebon is

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TRAIN DISASTER.

NIGHTMARE FOR RELIEF WORKERS.

Cairo, Yesterday. The express casualty list in how 46 dead and 41 injured, many of whom are not expected to re-

sover.

Relief workers endured a night- mare in searching the lines for the collection of human remains, many unrecognisable.

The intense flames fused the overhead wires, interrupting com- munications.-Reuter.

HEALTH TRIP.

ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY HOME AGAIN.

Rugby, Yesterday. The Archbishop of Canterbury has returned from his cruise in Mr. Pierpont Morgan's yacht Cor suir, during which he has visited Italy, Greece and Palestine.

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have been constructed through the estate.

All the wild flowers, trees and shrubs natural to the locality have been protected and encouraged, and it is the intention of the Society to make the park a sanc- tuary for British wild flowers and wild birds, as well as a home for animals.

In the formation of the collec- tion of animals. progress has been alow because of the high cost of providing barriers that would be safe and at the same time not un- sightly. The ultimate Intention Is to make

these barriers deep ditches, avoiding iron bars as much as possible, but for the pre- sent only light ansparent fene- ing, which is limited to the kinda of animals that could be shown with safety, has been constructed. -British Wireless Service.

being offered by the Test Fishing Association Itchen Trout and the Hampshire Rivers Board of Conservators.

Part 4 of the Southampton Gor Poration Bill provides that the Cor- poration can augment their water supply by drawing not more than twelve million gallons a day from the Itchen.

This, the Conservators state, would have a detrimental effect on the fisheries and on all stream and meadow life for some distance abovej] the point of intake right to the mouth of the river in Southampton.

Mr. Charles E, Godwin, of the Test and Itchen Trout Fishing As- Bociation, said in an Interview that this creates a grave danger to the fishing stream. celebrated trout There was strong opposition to the Bill, he added, on the part of all whose meadows riparian owners

MUKDEN MARSHAL were threatened with insumclent

GUEST OF CHIANG KAI-SHEK IN|

NANKING.

Nanking; Yesterday. General Chang Hsueh-llang ar rived here by air from Tientsin at He has now entirely recovered from his recent illness, and will 15 this afternoon and proceeded immediately to temporary head resume his duties at once.--Bri-quarters in Mr. T. V. Soong's re- tish Wireless Service.

FATAL CUP OF TEA.

MAN DRINKS ANT-KİLLER BY MISTAKE.

Kwan Ping (87), employed by the Green Island Cement Company at Hunghom, was removed to the Kwong Wah Hospital at 5.80 p.m. yesterday after he had drunk from a'teapot, which contained white ant-killer mixture, in mistake for tea. He died about an hour later.

sidence. He will be the guest of honour at a dinner at Marshal Chiang Kai-shek's residence this

evening.

Wu-Pel-fa Again. The re-emergence of the famous warlord, Wu Fei-fu, in the political orenn, after a long retirement, now appears certain.

water.

"It is believed that the Corpora- tion have ample water at their dis- posal from their existing system of wella and borings, and that this system is capable of easy exten- sion."

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Members of Parliament are being circularised and asked to appose this section of the Bill. orandum sent to them by the Con- servators it is pointed out that some 20 miles of famous, Important, and valuable fishing will be ruined.

The amount of water proposed to be taken out, they add, is about one- sixth of the estimated dry weather flow of the river. They contend, further, that the Corporation have in their area a fully adequate supply The Commander-in-Chief's head of water of first-class quality auf- quarters has wired to various fcfent for all prosent and known The geological Generals concerned, to afford pro- future conditions. tection to. Wu Pel-fa during his conditions are stated to be such that impending journey to Nanking the supply is, for the intended pur from Szechuan, Reuter.

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