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KING AND QUEEN AT WINDSOR

London, To-day-

The King and Queen yester- day went to Royal Lodge, in Windsor Great Park, for the "week-end.'

They had returned to London during the morning after their tour of Wales. –Reüter. -

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 17, 1987.

SEMI-MARTIAL LAW IN

CANTON

(Continued from Page 1)

no obvious signs of mobilisation in Shantung Province and it is be- lieved that he is unlikely to move unless Shantung itself is threaten- ed.-Our Own Correspondent.

SEMI-MARTIAL LAW IN CANTON

Canton, To-day,

of

Canton is enforcing a state semi-martial law a decision to this

CHANGES AT THE effect having been taken yesterday

TREASURY

Mr. Sydney Caine Taking Over New Post

in view of the national crisis fear of repercussions. Our Correspondent.

AMBASSADOR LEAVES FOR TOKYO

and Own

Shanghai, To-day,

It is notified that His Excellency

It is officially reported that Mr. -he Officer Administering the Gov- ernment, under instructions re- Hsu Shik-ying, Chinese Ambassador eived from the Secretary of State to Japan, left Shanghai for Tokyo For the Colonies, has been pleased to resume his office. Our Own Cor- to make the following appoint- respondent.

ment:-

IMPORTANT KULING

CONFERENCE

Kuling, To-day.

LONDON- LESS ANXIOUS

London, To-day.

In' ́informed British quarters yesterday a' more reassuring view was taken of the latest news, from North China and hopes that grave developments may be avoided are still entertained.—British Wire- less.

BRITAIN WANTS THREE-CHILD FAMILIES

Mr. Sydney Caine to be Finan- cial Secretary and Colonial Treasurer, Collector of Stamp Revenue, and Assessor of Rates,

At Kuling, a political and party and to be the Commissioner to

conference started yesterday. Both carry out the provisions of the

Britain's population in 2037 will Mr. Wang Ching-wei, Chairman of Estate Duty Ordinance, 1932, the Central Political Council

and be the same as it was in 1861-only unless the State takes with effect from 16th July, 1937. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, 20,000,000 Mr. William James Carrie has President of the Executive

end the present decline, Yuan, action to been appointed to be Senior Assist-

were present, and Mr. Wang presid-said Sir William Beveridge, Direc- ant Colonial Treasurer and Assist-

tor of the London School of Econo- ed. Our Own Correspondent. ant Collector of Stamp Duty, with

mics, at Bournemouth. effect from 16th July, 1937.

UN

Bowdley in his

BRITISH AMBASSADOR MEETS HSU MO

Nanking, To-day. Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatch- Ambas- bull-Hugessen, the British sador to China, paid a visit to the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, had Mr. Hsu Ho, to-day, and they conversation for about half an hour.

-Da-Dao.

TSINGTAO FEARS

is

While the greatest attention attracted by the concentration of Japanese forces in the vicinity of Peiping, Government are keeping a watchful eye on Tsingtao as Japan- ese warships there are increasing, day by day. In addition, the Japan- ese "Special Bureau" and Japanese volunteers have been exceptionally active in the past few days.-Da- Dao.

He told the annual conference of the Institute of Municipal Treasur- ers and Accountants:

"If we don't want the population of Britain to disappear completely, the proportion of families with three children and more must be in- creased:

"Steps required for this depend upon further knowledge of why so few parents have three or more children now.”

1937 BLONDE LIVED 3,000

increasing. YEARS AGO

PLASTER OF PARIS PANTS FOR NUDES

Plaster of Paris pants are being fitted by a mystery sculptor on the male nudes in a £20,000 group.

The old boy,AL

School, Illinois, by an

ard, was considered

of

Dr. F. H. Wood, church organist, talked recently about Rosemary, the Blackpool girl who, he believes, is a reincarnation of a maid of honour who served an Egyptian princess 3,000 years ago,

Only Dr. Wood and a few friends know the identity of this girl.- All they will reveal is that she is a twenty-five-year-old blonde, fond of athletics, a modern girl in her ideas.

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Dr. Wood, in a book he has writ ten "Ancient Egypt Speaks”. says he has direct evidence that Rosemary is a reincarnation of the princess's maid of honour.

"

those

statuary presented to Kankakee "I am also certain" he said yes terday, "that she is actually a me Barn-dium between a princess of to the

days and the present world.” school. he became famous in New Since 1928, Rosemary has acted York as a sculptor and offered 2 220,000 present in memory of old as a medium and since that time Dr. Wood and others, convinced that times.

she is providing a definite link with

When the statues arrived the school board was shocked, decided that the statues must be decently attired plaster of

pants for the men, plaster of Paris brassieres for the women.

But George raised such an outcry that the brassiere scheme was drop- ped. But a start had already been made the pants.

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the past, have recorded every word that has come from her lips in the language of the Egyptians.

Dr. Wood has had these words checked and re-checked and, as a have now result, claims that they been able to apply hitherto unknown vowels to this dead language.

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