1937-05-03 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 3, 1937.

LONDON'S RUSH-HOUR CHAOS

Milling Crowds At Tube Stations

Extraordinary Strike Scenes

London, To-day.

While London experienced a bus-less week- end, both sides in the dispute spent a busy time pre- paring their cases for presentation to the court of enquiry which has been established by the Ministry of Labour. The court will open to-day (Monday).

USUALLY :

COMPARATIVELY

LONDON'S STREETS, QUIET ON A SUNDAY, PRESENTED A STRANGE APPEAR- ANCE WITHOUT BUSES BUT THE LARGE NUMBER OF CORONATION VISITORS SEEMED UNDISMAYED AS THEY HIKED ON THEIR WAY TO VIEW THE DECORATIONS.

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were con-

Railway stations tinuously busy while taxis were in great demand for sightseeing.

Saturday night was a tragic one for theatre and cinema crowds, and much confusion was caused when immense numbers of people who had gone to the theatre or some other place of amusement poured out into the streets and tried to reach their homes.

An ironical sight which greeted them was hundreds of empty buses drawn up alongside the kerbstone in many streets, but there they re- mained for want of drivers.

UNDERGROUND SCENES

Some Underground stations were forced to close long before midnight as the trains were coming in filled to overflowing and could take more passengers.

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Tens of thousands of suburban- ites had to face the prospect of walking home, in most cases a mat- ter of over an hour's tramp.

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Broadbent's Bid For Air Record

London, To-day.

Bristol Ship Sunk

-In Collision

Brussels, To-day.

It is feared that at least 10

were drowned when the Bristol

steamer Alecto foundered yes- terday morning after a collision in fog with the Yugo-Slav ves- sel, Plavnik, near Noordhinder lighthouse.

Four of the Alecto's crew, in- cluding the chief officer and chief engineer, were saved by the Plavnik but the remainder are missing-Reuter:

AMERICAN FLIGHT PROJECT

SURPRISE FOR CORONATION

Seattle, To-day.

A surprise goodwill flight . for the Coronation is being planned

United by the States, according to the "Seattle Times."

The flight will be made by three of the world's largest bombers, and army pilots and crews are in Seat-

4/13/03/21/121112/5/2011 tle under secret orders.

EAST SUIYUAN RUMOURS

Fears Of New Attacks Aroused

Shanghai, To-day.

A message from Kweisui states that a plane belonging to the Man- |chu-Mongolian irregulars was seen H. F. Broadbent, the Australian scouting over Pailingmiao and Hin- airman who left Darwin on April wuchen on May 1. A large quantity 27 in an effort to beat H. L. Brook's of pamphlets was dropped.

flight, has ar It is also stated that a division Australia-England rived. at Nicosia, in Cyprus.

of foreign troops arrived at. Dolon This is according to a message recently and that three divisions of received in London from Cyprus. Manchukuoan troops have been dis-

Broadbent expects to arrive at Lympne at 6 o'clock (Monday).-Reuter.

Official announcement has been withheld owing to doubt as to whe- ther the tests can be completed in time.

Extra petrol tanks are being hur riedly installed in view of the pro- jected non-stop flight right across. America and the Atlantic to Croy- don.-Reuter.

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NETHERLANDS WIN BY ONLY GOAL

International Soccer

At Amsterdam

Amsterdam, To-day. For the second time this year, patched to Shangtu to reinforce the Belgium and the Netherlands clash- this evening Manchu-Mongolian irregulars there, ed on the football field here yester-

It is feared these developments pre-day before a crowd of 60,000. sage a fresh invasion of East Sui- yuan.

-Our Own Correspondent.

CHARGE AGAINST

JOURNALISTS

'Alarming Rumours"

The R.M.S. "Empress of Canada" is due at Shanghai to-morrow at It is officially announced în Vien- 6.00 p.m. and leaves for Hong Kong na that by the decree law for the and Manila on Wednesday at 2.30

Many who had their own cars protection of the State the Public p.m. were marooned in the West End, Prosecutor has taken proceedings wedged in the solid mass of human-against Reuter's Vienna correspon- ity which blocked some of the dent. Mr. H. A. Kuranda. He will

streets.

A Sunday newspaper report states that greater confusion is feared as the Underground work- ers are resisting any increase in service.

be charge with "spreading alarming rumours concerning the foreign re- lations of the Federal State of Aus- tria."

The law concerned was decreed by General opinion is that the strike Dr. Schuschnigg's Cabinet in July last year. For the offence with will last to the end of the week, as the committee of enquiry can hard-which Mr. Kuranda is charged it ly end its session before Friday. provides for a penalty of imprison- In the provinces the bus strike ment up to three months, and, for situation is not so serious. The ma-foreigners, expulsion in addition.

drivers refused to jority of "bus cease work with the consent

unions. Reuter

their trade Trans-Oecan.

PHONE REFORM

It is understood that the accusa- of tion is based on a report transmitted and to London during the visit of Baron von Neurath to Vienna that a four- power pact was to be concluded be- tween Germany, Italy, Austria and Hungary.

Canton Government's Decision

Similar proceedings have been taken here against the correspon- dent of the "National Zeitung" of Essen and the "Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung."

ROBERT DONAT'S HOUSE

Mr. Robert Donat, the stage and screen actor, has purchased a "mod- ern house. Bramblebury, Wend-

Canton, To-day." The Canton Government has an- nounced that each telephone num- ber in future will be limited to 1,000 face calls a month, and that $1 will be charged each for additional 50 calls. Our Own Correspondent.over, which occupies a fine site 750

Trial Of Kowloon Built Ship

feet up on the Chilterns, overlook- ing Chequers and Hampden Woods.

The house stands in 15 acres of land, including beautiful gardens, and the surroundings are safe- An official trial of them.v.guarded against any building de-

Mr. Legaspi, built at Kowloon Docks, is velpoment

Donat at present being held to-morrow.

lives in Golders Green.

The Netherlands won by the only goal of the match, thus revenging themselves..

s on the defeat inflicted on them by Belgium several months ago in Brussels, when Belgium won by 2 goals to 1-Trans-Ocean.

It is proposed to raise the salaries of the chairmen of the Manx Govern- ment Boards, the island's "Cabinet Ministers" from £20 to £40 a year.

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