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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 18, 1987.

FLOODLIGHTING IN

LONDON ENDS,

London, To-day.

The Whit Monday holiday afford- ed an opportunity for many Lon- doners and (especially) provincial visitors; to witness the Coronation attractions.

King And Queen Of Italy On Tour

Rome, To-day.

The King and Queen of Italy left yesterday afternoon en route to Budapest for an official visit.

The journey to the Hungarian capital, which is being made in return of the visit to Rome of the Regent, Admiral Horthy, is attracting much notice in the newspapers.--Trans-Ocean.

Last night was the last occasion of the flood-lighting of most public ..........................................)2193 |||-||||||||||||||||| buildings. Dismantling. of the stands will follow.

Scores of special trains brought many thousands from Scotland and intermediate places and an enormous queue lined up outside Westminster

PREMIER

TO RETIRE

Abbey. to see the interior as it ap- ON MAY 28?

peared on Coronation Day. The ad- mission price yesterday was only a shilling.

The holiday enjoyed the finest weather of several days.--Reuter.

REMARKABLE SCENES

London, To-day.

The Premier, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, yesterday officially in- formed the King of his intention Remarkable scenes were witness-to tender his resignation on May ed in London yesterday as the result 28, according to the Daily Ex- of the coincidence of the Whitsun press," which adds that the Chan- Bank Holiday with the first day of cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. real summer weather and of the Neville Chamberlain, who will attraction exerted by the decorated succeed Mr. Baldwin in the Pre- streets and flood-lighting of public miership, will shortly be granted buildings.

an audience by His Majesty. In addition to many

The paper affirms that the Home visitors as on Sunday, dozens of Secretary, Sir John Simon, will be day excursion trains arrived. at the next Chancellor of the Exche- London termini and the roads also quer, and will be succeeded at the brought tens of thousands of Home Office by the Minister sightseers from the country.

+

weekend

Health, Sir Kingsley Wood.

of

Crowds parading the Coronation Nothing further is known, says route and gathering in the evening the, paper, of other changes in the in the West End to see the illumin-Cabinet. Trans-Ocean. ations were swollen by many thou-

sands more come

crowds."

"to see the

PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC JAMS

This evening, as lighting up time M. YURENEV ON packed Piccadilly Circus and Tra- JAPANESE-SOVIET

approached, solid masses of people

falgar Square while other masses, oozed and flowed like fluid along Oxford Street up Bond Street and down Regent Street and the Hay- market.

Pedestrian traffic, with the broad streets of London's West End

to

RELATIONS

Not Strained, But Unstable

Moscow, To-day. itself, actually succeeded in pro- Soviet-Japanese relations were ducing jams as bad as the worst of those caused by the vehicular traf-discussed yesterday by the Soviet Ambassador to Tokyo, M. Constan- fic expelled on this last of the five tin Yurenev, before his return to successive nights to an outer ring Moscow on transfer.

of thoroughfares and beyond.

M. Yureney said it was a mistake Floodlighting in St. James's Park to say that the relations between also drew a vast throng while ear Russia and Japan were

lier

extremely in the day many thousands

strained but that relations between passed through Westminster Abbey the two countries to-day should be to view, the scene of the Corona- described as "unstable." tion-British Wireless.

REORGANISATION IN KWANGTUNG:

Nanking Discussion

To-day

Nanking, To-day.

The Executive Yuan is to discuss the re-organisation of the Kwang- tung Government at its weekly meeting this morning.

He added that the difficulties could be solved by friendly discussions.— Reuter.

TRIBUTES TO LORD SNOWDEN Formidable Foe And Invaluable Friend

London, To-day." Generalissimo and Madame Yesterday and to-day the news- Chiang Kai-shek arrived at Nan- papers pay tribute to Lord Snow king from Shanghai by air yester den and prominence is given to the day at 1.00 p.m. The period of words of his successor Mr. Neville leave granted to the Generalissimo Chamberlain, who, on hearing of will soon be over and he will re-his sudden sume duties next month. Own Correspondent.

Mr. Wu Te-chen, Governor

on Saturday, said was a great man

Our Viscountnciples in which

who held to

he believed with extraordinary of tenacity, He was also

great

Kwangtung, lectured in the Dr. patriot, a formidable foe but an Sun Yat-sen University yesterday invaluable friend.

:

on policies in administering Lady Snowden has received mes- Kwangtung and the principles of sages of sympathy from the King education.

and Queen Mary.—British Wireless,