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SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1937.

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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST

BUTTER

ISLAND OF "LOST SOULS" President Roosevelt In Role Of The Shepherd Harvard Defeats RETURNING

RETURNING SHEEP NOTED CHINESE

TO THE FOLD

Yale

New London, To-day. Harvard University defeated Yale University by one length in their seventy-fifth annual rowing regatta held here yes- terday, Reuter.

BODIES OF CHEFOO BAY VICTIMS NOT FOUND

No trace has been found of the bodies of Mr. E. P. Railton and his

who younger son, Eric, aged 8. were drowned off Chefoo in espe cially poignant circumstances.

With Mrs. Crossland,

their elder son, Tony,

and

THROES OF SPLIT

indi-

the

AIR EXPERT ROBBED IN COLONY

WASHINGTON, TO-DAY,

"Calling of the conference OVER 100 DEMOCRATIC SENATORS AND CONGRESS-cated that the Party is in MEN LANDED IN SMALL throes of the worst split since Pre- BOATS ON LONELY JEFFER-sident Hoover's term of office. SON ISLAND. YESTERDAY

The conservative Southern De- A distinguished visitor to the FOR -PRESIDENT: ROOSE mocrats fear the Radical composi- Colony in the person of General VELT'S GREAT CONFER- tion of the Party in the North, Wong Kwong-wue, Director ENCE BY WHICH HE HOPES which they claim is being surren- the Second Department of the TO DRAW RECALCITRANT dered to Mr. John Lewis, the La-Air Committee, Nanking, was night the victim of a cun- PARTY MEMBERS BACK TO bour leader, and believe that Presi-last

dent Roosevelt should take a firm ning pick-pocket, who slit the THE FOLD.

stand against strikes, curtail spend- General's hip pocket with a knife ing for social services and balance as the latter was proceeding the Budget.——Reuter,

The President's visitors in- cluded most of the Party rebels except for a handful of irrecon- cilables like Senator

Carter Glass of Virginia.

Everyone will have an oppor- tunity to talk personally with the President, who will also be avail- able to-day and to-morrow to confer with fresh cohorts of De- mocrats as they arrive.

COLIN CLIVE'S DEATH

Hollywood, To-day.

the Star Ferry Wharf, at about. 7.50 p.m., and got away with sum of $820 in Hong Kong-cur- rency, $90 in Canton currenc and a number of official docu ments.

The incident was reported to the Police by Mr. Stephen Nom Assistant Manager of the Can- The death occurred in Los Anton Trust Co. The General is a geles yesterday of Colin Clive, the resident at the Gloucester Build- President Roosevelt's conference British stage and screen star, from ing. is an unprecedented step. During a pulmonary ailment.

the conversations, newspapermen Colin Clive was stricken while will be barred from any closer ap- appearing in a stage play in New 12, proach than Annapolis, fifteen York but returned to California to

Mr. and Mrs. Railton were return- miles away. ing to Chefoo in an outboard speed- boat from which the younger son's

hat was blown into the sea.

Mr. Railton steered the boat in the circles in a attempt to find hat. As he did so, Eric, who was sitting ontop if the cabin, fell overboard.

ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE

Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster Appointed

-Without hesitation. Mrs. Railton dived into the sea in the attempt to rescue her son. A moment later, her husband, seeing she would pro-

Ad- bably fail, also plunged into the

His Excellency the Officer water.

ministering the Government has Mrs. Crossland threw the port- [been pleased to make the following able seat of the boat into the sea appointments during the absence and, clinging to it, Mrs. Railton on leave of His Honour Sir Alas- was picked up by boats from the dair Duncan Atholl MacGregor, U.S.P.S. Pecos Mr. Railton and Kt., K.C., or until further notice, Eric were however, drowned.

with effect from the 26th June,

Mr. Railton was a native of Man- 1987- chester. He was a director in his

The Honourable Mr. Chaloner OBE, K.GA father's s firm, Messrs. H. E. Railton Grenville Alabaster,

and

81.00 which does business in to act as Chief Justice of the Su-

ter

and had relatives in Tient-preme Court; Singapore and Golombo-Reu

Mr. John Alexander Fraser, M.C., Barrister-at-law, to act as Attorney General;

NAVAL VOLUNTEER Mr. Ernest Hillas Williams, Bar-

COMMITTEE

Government

rister-at-law, to act as Crown So- licitor;

Ad-law to:

His Excellency the Officer

ministering the

been pleased to

Gensi

point

Hong

ing to be members of the

John Whyatt, Barrister-at- Assistant

Kong Naval Volunteer Advisory Paterson. Committee

The Hon. Mr. John Johnstone

Mr. John Robertson Masson. Mr. Andrew Lusk Shields.

complete a film."

While at work N

Government House Ballroom Roof

Tenders have been invited for as- the studio he phaltic roofing Government. House, was suddenly incapacitated and his The work consists of supplying and condition had been critical for se-laying Asphaltic roofing to the Ball veral days. Reuter.

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