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PLANS FOR TO-MORROW'S KING'S BIRTHDAY PARADE

LEMONA RIDGE

Capture Admitted By

Basques

Paris, To-day.

A belated admission that the in- surgents have captured the Lemona Ridge, commanding Bilbao, was made yesterday by the Basque mili- tary authorities.

TROOPS TO MARCH

THROUGH CITY AFTER INSPECTION

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 8, 1937.

To-morrow's military, naval and air force par- ade in celebration of the Birthday of His Majesty King George VI will be held in Statue Square, and ac-His Excellency the Officer Administering the Gov- ernment (Mr. N. L. Smith) will take the salute.

The Basque authorities add that the Republican troops retired cording to plan and have taken up their second line of defence.-- Trans-Ocean.

UNITS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, ARMY, AIR FORCE AND HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS WILL TAKE Nanking, To-day. PART IN THE PARADE AND AFTER THE MARCH-PAST WILL Madame Ho Tung called on Mr. CARRY OUT A “SHOW THE FLAG MARCH" THROUGH THE Lin Sen, President of the National CITY, MARCHING BY WAY OF CONNAUGHT ROAD, HILLYER Government, yesterday morning, STREET, QUEEN'S ROAD AS FAR AS THE JUNCTION WITH and her visit lasted about half an JACKSON ROAD, AND THENCE. DIRECT TO BARRACKS OR

DISMISSAL POINTS. hour. Our Own Correspondent.

CHEAPER ELECTRICITY FOR ENGLAND

SCHEME FOR AMALGAMATIONS ON THE GRAND SCALE

1

London, To-day.

The official plan of procedure is as follows:

at the His Excellency arrives Saluting Base at Queen's Pier at 10 a.m. via the route Garden Road Des Voeux Road, Ice House Street and Connaught Road.

an

He will be accompanied by escort furnished by the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps.

STOP PRESS

TEL. 20022 or 33993

Lansing, To-day.

Arrested strike pickets · re-

leased.. Town now calmer.

-Reuter.

DR. KUNG ON CHINA'S CREDIT

PRESS INTERVIEW

IN PARIS

On the arrival of His Excellency

Brussels, To-day. The Government have issued the outline of the at the Saluting Base the Union Jack

The Chinese delegation to the main proposals now under discussion with local will be broken at the masthead on

top of the entrance to Queen's Pier Coronation, led by the Finance authorities and others for securing the reorganisa-and His Excellency will be receiv-Minister, Dr. H. H. Kung, which ed with a Royal Salute by 2nd Bn. has been visiting various European. tion of electricity distribution.

study economic and industrial de- The proposals have followed upon the report The Royal Welch Fusiliers, drawn capitals, in the last few weeks to

up in line, facing North, on the of the McGowan Committee.

Connaught Road, centre opposite velopment in Europe, arrived here

yesterday. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE ELECTRICITY COMMIS- the Queen's Pier.

The delegation will stay in Bel- After the reception of His Ex-gium several days, and will then SIONERS BE CHARGED WITH THE DUTY OF REVIEWING

will .be

continue to Berlin, where they will ALL UNDERTAKINGS IN DISTRIBUTION AND OF PREPAR-cellency, the Union Jack ING A SCHEME OR SCHEMES AFTER CONSULTATION WITH lowered and the Royal Standard arrive on Wednesday or Thursday.

Before leaving Paris for Brus- THE UNDERTAKERS CONCERNED FOR THE CONSOLIDA-will be broken at the masthead, re- TION OF THE UNDERTAKINGS THEREIN INTO A GROUP OR presenting the arrival of His Masels yesterday, Dr. Kung told a

jesty the King.

representative of "Information" GROUPS.

2nd Bn. The Royal Welch Fusi-that China, under the leadership of sufficiently large to. Among the principles to be should be

General Chiang Kai-shek, had at observed in the preparation of embrace a reasonable diversity of liers will give a Royal Salute.

2nd Bn. The Royal Welch Fusi- last become a political unit and had schemes are, first, that a sub-demand and to ensure that future

liers will slope arms, order arms, been able to restore its financial stantial reduction in the present technical development can pro- number

CHINA'S CREDIT of undertakings, with ceed on comprehensive and eco-remove head-dresses and give three stability.

In the last few years, he con- the complete elimination of all nomic lines and should, where cheers for His Majesty The King. include appropriate The Battalion will then replace head-

tinued, the Chinese Government duplicate powers, is to be effect-possible,

had consolidated its debts and had ed by the substitution where ap-grouping of rural and urban dresses and slope arms.

The Royal Standard will be lower-resumed the debt service on foreign propriate of larger and more eco-areas; and thirdly that the unit nomical units; secondly, that the should have adequate financial led at the masthead, representing loans. of supply of each unit resources for such development. the departure of His Majesty The King, and the Union Jack will be The Commissioners will be re- hoisted..

lent. 2nd Bn. The Royal Welch Fusi- quired to satisfy themselves in re- spect of each scheme, first, that itliers will give a Royal Salute, as the will result in a more efficient tech-Royal Standard is lowered. nical operation or in economies as

area

CORDOBA FRONT

OPERATIONS Rebels Claim Big Success

CHEAPER SUPPLY

2nd Bn. The Royal Welch Fusi-

regards capital expenditure on fu-liers will slope arms, move to the ture developments or convenience of right in column of fours and administration in the consolidated ceed via Jackson

junction

pro-

of

areas and that the respond econo-Road as far as #ad and Chater

schemes

The credit of the Chinese Government, both at home and abroad, was at present excel-

Foreign Powers were again interesting themselves in the possibility of making loans to China, which at the moment was in a period of full national and economic prosperity.

The Government had worked out

a new plan for economic and in- dustrial reconstruction and would welcome the collaboration of for- eign countries. column

ADMINISTRATION GRANT

Salamanca, To-day. The Spanish Nationalist Govern-

the con- Chater and Murray Roads, where ment reports that on the Cordoba-mies will be passed on

mof reduced prices; it will halt and eventually take up Pennoraya front a very important sumers in form of

the amalgamations its correct position in the strategic position was captured by secondly, that the Nationalist Army on Monday involved will lead to lower charges for the March Past.

to the consumers as the morning.

The enemy was driven to flight, achieve their full results; and third- leaving 60 dead, 28 being taken pri-ly that consumers will not be pre-

the Local estate to the value of $19,600 soners and a number of machine-judicially affected as regards guns and other war material being regularity and efficiency of the sup-was left by the late Mr. Daniel Maria Freire Corte, of Bearn Apartments, No. 46, Rus Marcel Tillot, Shanghai, captured. Trans-Ocean.

who died in the Paulun Hospital, Shanghai, on May 5, 1936.

A petition by Mr. H. A. de Barros Botelho, lawful attorney, for the Let- ters of Administration has been grant-1 ed.

U.S. Aid For Refugee Children

ply.

As to the terms of purchase, the Bill will provide for the setting up of an arbitration tribunal by the Lord · Chancellor to determine the purchase price where not otherwise Paris, To-day. Mr. William Bullitt, 1

agreed: United

It is further proposed that the States Ambassador to France, has. informed the

Foreign power companies and distribution Minister, M. Yvon Delbos, that the companies retained under the area United States Red Cross has put schemes shall be subject to control the sum of U.S.$5,000 at the dis-in the form of a sliding scale relat- posal of the French Red Cross to ing prices to profits and in respect assist in the aid to refugee children to the issue of new from Bilbao.-Trans-Ocean.

tish Wireless.

French

capital. Bri;

DAMPNESS

Concluding, Dr. Kung expressed satisfaction at the reception ac- corded to the delegation, especially by the French Government and French finance and industry.- Trans-Ocean.

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