THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 12, 1988.
NETHERLANDS WAITS ANXIOUSLY: PRINCESS'S ACCOUCHEMENT OVERDUE
Baarn (The Netherlands), To-day.
Interest in the forthcoming birth of a child to Princess Juliana is especially noticeable in the tiny village of Baarn, to which the Sosstdijk Palace, where Princess Juliana is expecting the happy event, belongs.
Dutch and foreign journalists and press photo- graphers have assembled in the biggest hotel in Baarn, and are getting somewhat nervous as the birth is overdue.
A lieutenant of the Netherlands Army is on duty in a hotel room to wait for the great news which he will transmit to the nation in the quickest way,
Text of the first short announce- ment has already been drafted and to will be readjusted according as whether the child is a boy or a girl.
TICKER MACHINE
As a precaution, two candles are placed beside the ticker machine in the lieutenant's room in case the electric light should fail.
Queen Wilhelmina, with the great settled part of her hoosehold, has down at the Palace, while Prince Bernlard is occasionally seen walk- ing through the park or going for a drive through the village, which-is- decorated with banners and landis. Trans-Ocean.
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REFUGEE CENTRES TO BE CLOSED
GUARJUA
"MUTINY"
RUMOURS
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Paris, To-day.
The fact that 18 members of the crew of the French steamer “Güarjua," which ran: onto the rocks near Almeria a few days ago were wounded, has given rise to rumours of a mutiny on board, says "Le Jour,”
The papers says that a veil of mystery surrounds the affair and will not be lifted until the men arrive back in France-Trans- Ocean.
CAIRO CABINET CUTS SALARIES
Cairo, To-day.
Members of the Egyptian Cabinet have voluntarily reduced their sa- Haries by 10 per cent. Reuter.
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