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SOUTH CHINA

BEAT

FUSILIERS

WATER-POLO MATCH

The South China Athletic As- sociation water-polo team once again demonstrated their strength- on Tuesday evening, when they beat the Royal Welch Fusiliers by one goal, scored by Norman Lee in the first-half.

The Fusiliers found their op- ponents too fast, and failed to equalise after making untiring at- tempts to net the ball.

AGRICULTURAL LABOUR

GENEVA TO STUDY

PROBLEM

London, To-day.

A Geneva message states th Mr. Ernest Brown, the British Minister of Labour, took part yes- terday in the general discussion on the Director's Report at the Inter-i national Labour Conference.

Fighting Rats With Sardines

Durban, To-day.

-News of a disastrous raid by rats on up-country farms has been received here.

of en-

The farmers have tried every- thing to stop the plague rodents which is causing ormous damage to crops.

Tins of sardines left out in the fields have helped to exter- minate some of the rats, which died of ptomaine poisoning after eating the contents-Reuter.

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 10, 1937.

GUNNER THROWN

FROM PLANE STOP PRESS.

WINGTIP COLLISION

IN MID-AIR

PILOT UNAWARE OF TRAGEDY

How a gunner was catapulted from an R.A.F. machine in mid-air and killed was revealed at an in- quest at Portsmouth.

A verdict of accidental death was recorded on Frederick George Bax- ter, aged 26.

Flt. Lt. John Vincent Clarence Badger said that during a forma- tion practice saluting dive over the Solent, his machine bucketed, and

DR. KUNG'S OFFER the control column was snatched

TO GERMANY

(Continued from Page 1)

OLD FRIENDS

forward.

He returned to Lee-on-the-Solent, and then discovered that the wing tips of another machine had dam- aged the elevators of his 'plane. Not until he had landed did hel Replying, Dr. Kung said his visit know that Baxter had been thrown to Germany was of special plea-out. sure to him because he had the honour of meeting old friends again, and also because he knew the friendly feelings, of Germany to- wards China.

Just as Germany followed the He expressed satisfaction at the will of one man, in China General avowed intention on the part of the Chiang Kai-shek and other leaders

Question of Straps Leading Aircraftsman Sydney Russell, who was in the cockpit with Baxter, said he was strapped in, but could not say if Baxter was. When the machine bucketed, Baxter was catapulted out.

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EX-ENVOY

Medical evidence was given that International Labour Office to in-of the nation had constituted them- death, which must have been in- DENIES KISS tensify its study of agricultural selves. executives of the

political stantaneous, was due to multiple of age the testament of the late Dr. Sun Yat-injuries through impact with water BEHIND RUINS labour conditions, questions lying at the root of sen and were determined to realise after a fall from a great height, economic prosperity.British Wire- the programmes less.

NAUGHTY OXFORD

STUDENT

200 Ft. Climb To

Dome

Here's pluck-and luck to get

away with it.

All Oxford is wondering who is

the daring patriot who climbed the Radcliffe Camera during the night to place on the top of the dome a Union Jack.

The Camera, the top of which is nearly 200ft. from the ground, is said to be the most difficult build- ing in Oxford to climb. It has never been climbed before, and was conquered only at the risk of life and limb owing to its slippery sur face.

leader.

of

that great China considered Germ account Germany her

closest friend not only

of the cultural relations both coun- tries had in common but also on account of their close economic relations.

RECORD STAMP

SALES

Nearly 40,000,000 In A Day

40,000,000

age stamps is about 25,000,000.

IN THE ITALIAN COUNTRYSIDE

Wounded Comte de Chambrun, once French Ambassador in Rome,

KUNG'S INVITATION

was indignant at an allegation made "I hope and desire," Dr. Kung

to his face in Paris by Mme. Magda continued, "that Germany will Nearly

postage Fontanges, accused of wounding him participate and assist in the de stamps of the new reign were sold in the Gare du Nord, Paris, on

in England when the Coronation March 17. velopment of China in opening up her raw material sources and build-stamp became available for the first

"We were very friendly,” said ing up industries and transporta-time. A normal day's sale of post- Mme. Fontanges, "you

even

tried once to kiss me behind some ruins On the first day of issue of the

in the Roman countryside.". King George V. Silver Jubilee

The Comte denied it. stamps about 30,000,000 were sold.

Mme. Fontanges had been brought This constituted a record for day-to confront the Comte and his wife, of-issue sales at that time.

An official of the Post Office said in the presence of M. de Girard, that the figures were not exclusive examining magistrate. ly for the special Coronation stamp. They included the new d. 1d. and 214d. stamps.

tion."

Dr. Kung pointed out that Ger- many had entirely overcome her post-war difficulties and moreover had regained her place among the great nations.

"As it is one of Germany's prin- cipal aims to strive for peace in the world, then I declare that she can count on the serious and sin- cere co-operation of China for the realisation of this ideal”- Trans- The authorities.

Ocean. examined the building, and concluded that one

of the stone ornaments surmount- CHURCH, SCHOOL ing the public gallery falustrade AND SURGERY from there. a rope was thrown BY CARAVAN

halfway up was first lassoed, and

round the lightning conductor.

H.M.S. Tarantula To Pay Visit

H. M. S. Tarantula is expected to arrive in the harbour to-morrow.

As this will be her first visit here since the new Commodore took over duties, she will probably fire a salute to the Commodore.

trailer-crazy.

America has gone Everyone who has a motor-car wants to buy a trailer (modern cara- van) to go behind it. Trailer manu- facturers can't keep pace with the demand.

M. de Girard asked the Comte

if Mme. Fontanges had revealed her

intimacies with Signor Mussolini to him.

When the new issue became avail- able at midnight queues had al- "Yes," he answered, "but profes- ready formed outside the all-night |sional secrecy obliged me to keep post offices in Fleet-street and at silent. I never repeated the con- Leicester-square.

fidences to anyone.'

The Coronation commemoration He denied emphatically that he stamp will be used as an ordinary was friendly with Mme. Fontanges. 11⁄2d. stamp until the 500,000,000 "edition" is exhausted.

Fair To Showery

In his statement, the Comte de Chambrun declared that in April, 1936, Mme. Fontanges solicited an interview. with the Duce for a news- paper and he telephoned to Signor The Royal Observatory reports Alfieri, Minister of Propaganda. that pressure is highest over the "On April 17," he added, "I saw Yellow Sea, and depressions are Signor Mussolini, and although I They are making super-trailers situated over S.W. China and in the cannot confirm it, I believe I spoke now.

Among the latest is a trailer-Pacific to the east of Hokkaido. to him about Mme. Fontanges.. church, ordered by a Chicago Ca-

Forecast:-S winds, moderate; Anyhow, she was received by him tholic organisation.

fair to showery.

three days later.”

ཐཱ་

In charge of a priest it will tour

Manchester Transport Dept. accepted to the Council's

The Central British Association the Middle-West, carrying an altar are holding their first bathing and chairs for country congrega- contracts for 80 double-deck 'bus chas Printed and Published for the Pro- picnic for 1937 on Saturday next. tions.

p.m.

sis by Crossley Motors, 40 single-deck prietors, The Newspaper Enterprise chassis by Leyland Motors, and 145 Ltd, by GORDON CADE BURNETT, at SA, in involved being £246,000.

bodies by Crossley Motors, the total Wyndham Street. Victoria, Hong

Kong.

The C.B.A launch will leave the In Montana there is a trailer- Kowloon Public Pier at 2.80

school, which calls for children returning about 6.30 p.m. These sparsely-populated areas.- picnics are not necessarily confined A Minnesota dentist has a trailer- to members. Members of the gen-surgery, fitted with a dental chair eral public are most welcome.

and all the latest appliances. In- stead of patients having to visit him, he visits them:

The R.M.S. Empress of Asia ar- rived at Yokohama yesterday at 4 A New York. firm is making p.m. and is due at Hong Kong on two-story trailer, with a living-room Thursday next at 10 am,

and three bedrooms.

AFRIDOL SOAP

morning and evening will prevent -

PRICKLY HEAT.

PRICE REDUCEDI