1937-06-29 — Page 24

NORTH POLE EPIC

Decorations For Soviet

Scientists

Moscow, To-day.

Second Reading Of Marriage Bill

London, To-day":

The House of Lords yesterday adopted the second reading of Mr. A. P. Herbert's Marriage Bill without a division. Reuter.

The members of the Russian ...........................................................................................................................

North Pole expedition, it is of

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 29, 1937.

Scalded In Chinese Restaurant

Girl's Claim For Damages

Dr. Chan Kan-kwong, graduate of the Nagasaki University, figured as

ficially announced, have been JAPAN AND a subpoenaed witness this morning

awarded decorations and a cash sum bythe Central Executive

at the Summary Court in an action

Committee for their magnificent COLONIAL

COLONIAL in which a 19-year-old Chinese girl,

feat.

Professor Schmidt, Papanin, Alexejev, Asuruk, Golovin and Babushkin have received the title "Hero of the Soviet Union" and the Order of Lenin, and the pilots Vodopjanov and Molokov the Order of Lenin.

Cash premiums of 25;000 roubles have also been awarded.

ISSUE

Memorandum To

League

Wong Heung,

lages and claimed $1,000 dam-

from the Yat Sun Restaurant and Chan Chak-chom, the restaurant's managing partner, before Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell

The action arose from alleged negligence of a waitress employed in the restaurant in upsetting a kettle

London, To-day. of scalding hot water on claimant,

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It is now known that at the and as a result of which she had final session of the League of Na- to take medical treatment and was Sixteen other members of the ex-tions committee of enquiry into not able to work for several months. pedition have received the Order world raw material resources, Mr. M. A. da Silva appeared for of Lenin and 15,000 roubles each, the Japanese representative sub-claimant and Mr. D. McCallum re- thirteen others the Order of the mitted a lengthy declaration con- presented defendant. Red Star and 10,000 roubles each,taining a sharp rebuttal of the Prior to his entering the witness and six others the Order of Red argument that only minor value box, Dr. Chan was censured by the Labour and 5,000 roubles each. Trans-Ocean.-

“MUSHROOM” FOOD POISONING

8 Members Of Famiy In Hospital

A Wei-hei-wei police constable, his wife and daughter were adm to the Queen Mary's Hospital terday suffering from food poison- ing through eating mushrooms at their residence at No. 4, Kwong Hon Terrace.

attaches to possession of colonies, Court for not appearing at the first The attitude adopted by the hearing. He replied that he had Powers in this issue had, said the to undertake an important operas Japanese delegate, disappointed tion that day.

er.

expectations that had been rais- Wong Woon-man, father of the led by Sir Samuel Hoare's appeal claimant, testified that he paid

to the sixteenth League of Na- Chinese doctor to treat his daught- tions Assembly.

Altogether he paid out $34 in The Japanese declaration con doctors' fees, $108. for medicine tinues:-

and other sums for nourishing food The assertion that the difficul- for his daughter. ties of getting access to raw zana-

Cross-examined by Mr. McCallum, terials is due to the commercial witness said the fees the Chinese and other policies of importing doctor asked were high, but the countries becomes all the more doctor told him that they were not surprising when made by those too high as the job of touching countries who are rich in raw scalds was a "dirty job.” materials and yet consider it! The case was adjourned, necessary to form themselves into economic blocs.

Another case involving eight mem-

NEW ALLOCATION / bers of a family was reported from No. 9, Gough Street.

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They were The raw material question can suffering from food poisoning never be satisfactorily solved un- through the same cause. All were less there occurs a redistribution admitted to the Queen Mary's Hos-or a new allocation of territories. pital.

Japanese Request Rejected

POLES JOINING

IMMIGRATION SCHEME

In an interview with the "Petit. Likewise, the policy of the Open Parisien" M. Moutet, the French Door must be taken in hand in a Minister of Colonies, discussed the certain practical sense, whereby it would possibility of settling a be necessary to establish with the number of Jews, particularly Polish help of a special currency arrange-Jews, in Madagascar. ment, international credit relations The proposal, he said, had between suppliers and purchasers aroused great interest in Poland, with respect to certain materials.-

and a delegation including both Poles and Jews was in Paris at

The request of Mr. Tanaka, Japan- Trans-Ocean.

ese Consul at Hankow, that Japan-

ese ships be exempted from future search has been flatly turned down

by the Hankow customs authorities, HOLLYWOOD

according to a Chengtu message to the "Central Daily News.” “

NON-STOP REVUE

The request was said to. have OPENS TO-NIGHT

been made following the recent search of a Japanese ship by the

STOP PRESS

TEL. 20022 or 33993

Huge Fortune present inquiring into the possibili From Bilbao

ties of the scheme. The members

of this delegation had been pre Seized

sented to him by the Polish Ambas- sador.

Paris, To-day.

M. Moutet declared that he had informed the Poles that the French The La Rochelle court yesterday Government would willingly con-confirmed the seizure of cases con- sider the plan, but said that the taining gold and securities, worth franca, which culture and must have some capital. were found on the Spanish steamer The emigrants must not expect any Aspe Mondi. financial help from France, and M.

The precious cargo had been re-

customs officers at Wanhsien. - The ville Revue, a theatrical troupe,

The Hollywood Non-Stop Vaude emigrants must be fitted for agri- about 5,000,000,000 * boat was alleged to have carried con- which includes singers, dancers, jugglers,... novelty entertainers, pretty girls and an all-girl jazz band will open to-day at the Central

traband.

MINES AT MADRID.

It is claimed

Madrid,

issued by the Defence Cou

General Franco

in the University have laid a "min publica positio

loyalista,

Police

Theatre.

Moutet added that in his view the moved from Bilbao by the Repub- theme should frst of all be tried-licans before the capture of the out experimentally on a small scale. city by General Franco's troops,

Asked whether the French Gov- > The court decision was made at The stage show is headed by ernment would consider any pro- the request of the new authorities Rex Story one of

lar posal for settling Germans in at Bilbao. most

Trans-Ocean. entertainers

here Ro ett bathing

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will of

fast, moving entertain- the audience will be stantly changin the action of which never lags.

French overseas territory, M. Mou-. tet said that the French Govern ment was willing to consider any Such scheme, on condition that it did not involve any changes in the map" and any surrender of national sovereignty

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