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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 25, 1939:

ROYAL TRAIN

TRAIN CALLING" FOR PRINCESSES DAILY

Queen Will Phone

From

Her Palace

On Rails

Montreal, May 11.

The Blue Train, which for a month will be the rolling palace of the King and Queen during their tour of Canada, is ready, after tests more severe than the trials of a new liner, to start across the continent next Tuesday.

ever assembled.

NAZI NAMES FOR EX-COLONIES

In news bulletins broadcast from German stations the an- nouncers refer now always to "Deutsch Sued-West Afrika” and "Deutsch Ostafrika" when speak- ing of the territories of South- West Africa and Tanganyika.

It is significant that before the coup of March 15 the Nazi Press and officials used to refer to the rump State of Czechoslovakia as "Gau Dreizehn" ("Nazi district No. 13").

The train, decorated throughout in the Queen's favourite colour, royal blue, is the most elaborate CARGO TRADE

DISCRIMINATION AT TSINGTAO

It consists of five private cars, given up for the time being by their wealthy owners.

THE GREATEST ENTER- TAINMENT THRILL OF YOUR LIFETIME! Your singing sweet- hearts in the musical romance that tops them all!

VICTOR HERBERT Love Songs! Pretty As A Picture" "Sweethearts"

other grand

hits

Jeanette

Entirely In Magnificent

TECHNI- COLOR

MACDONALD Melson EDDY

in VICTOR HERBERT'S

Meto-

Majer

THTON

SWEETHEARTS

FRANK MORGAN RAY BOLGER FLORENCE RICE MISCHA AUER HERMAN BING REGINALD GARDINER

A GRAND CAST

OF FUNSTERS!

Directed by W.8.VAN

DYKE II

LIMITED ROADSHOW ENGAGEMENT!

NOTE! This picture

will not be shown again in Hong Kong for a period of at least six months.

SATURDAY

QUEEN'S

ALHAMBRA

Every car but the one to be.oc- [cupied by Canada's Premier, Mr. Mackenzie King, is air-conditioned. His is not, because he does not like air-conditioning.

London, To-day.

Replying to questions in the House of Commons yesterday, the Prime Minister said the Foreign seen unofficial re- Secretary had

TRAIN HAS OWN POST OFFICE There are radios in every coach. A telephone system connects the cars so that the King and Queen ports that a number of Japanese can phone any member of their steamers and one German vessel party from the gilt instruments in had cleared from Tsingtao with

their private suites.

Murder

Planes Active

Macao, To-day. THE death roll in yes- terday's Japanese bombing of Shekki ex- ceeds 40.

The victims, who were await- ing transportation to Macao, were fleeing from the Japanese con- trolled regions of Shintak and Kongmoon.

Refugees are again pouring into Macao, and report a heavy loss of life at Shekki due to ma- chine-gunning from Japanese planes.

A towboat has entered Macao with 11 wounded by machine-

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SWATOW AND CHAOYANG

Every day wires will be connected direct cargo for Europe and North GIVEN STRAFE

to the system to enable the King and Queen to speak direct from the train to their daughters in London. The train has its own post of- fice-postal address Royal Train, Canada-and all letters posted on board will bear a special stamp.

Floodlights have been fitted to some of the coaches, so the train will be unmistakable as it passes across the prairie at night.

Each car has been stripped of its interior decorations, and has been panelled in fine mahogany, oak

and maple.

The King's own suite consists of a spacious bedroom, living room and study, and the Queen's suite is just as large. Bathrooms and dressing-rooms are attached to each

suite:

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America during March.

No mention was made of any clearances by British or American

vessels.

The Foreign Secretary had, how ever, no official confirmation of these reports.

As regards the proportion of Tsingtao shipments to Europe formerly carried in British ships, the figures for 1985 and 1936 were

Actual tonnage carried in 1936, approximately 36 and 62 per cent. however, showed some decrease on

that in 1935. Reuter.

an hour during the tour, it was stepped up to eighty miles an hour to test its stability and smoothness. The train was halted, backed and shunted. Engineers went over every spring, every bearing, every piece of electrical equipment.

On the hush-hush trial trip from Quebec to Smith's Falls and back the train was put through its paces. Although it will hardly ever travel more than thirty-five miles King,

SWATOW, TO-DAY. SHORTLY AFTER THE AR- RIVAL OF A LARGE JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER OUTSIDE THE HARBOUR YESTERDAY

.

MORNING A SQUADRON OF NINE PLANES FLEW OVER THE PORT AND DROPPED BOMBS:

Later in the day, eight Japanese machines flew in the direction of Chaoyang.

Last night, messages from Chao- yang stated that some 20 bombs fell' in the city, causing considerable damage and wounding and killing many civilians.

This morning the aircraft carrier was still anchored outside the har- bour and it is feared that raids will continued to-day.--Our Own be

And then it was decided that the Blue Train was indeed fit for a Correspondent.

Cabinet Change

Chatter

London, To-day.

Extension of the Cabinet will be undertaken in the

near future, says the "Daily Express." Object will be to introduce "new blood" into the Government in order to increase the sources of specialised knowledge within the Cabinet and to relieve Ministers now overburdened with responsibility.

FIRES IN CHAOYANG

Swatow, Later. Early this morning fires were still ́ raging in Chaoyang following the bombing by Japanese planes yester- day.

being

Compulsory evacuation is enforced and free transportation into the interior is being supplied by the Chinese authorities..............

Steamboats plying a hetween Swatow and Chaoyang and Kityang are now only operating at night- Our Own Correspondent.

CIANO HOME

Rome, To-day. The "Daily Express," however, been very much affected by the The Foreign Minister, Count says there will be no important de: continuous crises of the last two Ciano, returned from Berlin-yester-

day. cision on the matter before the re- years.

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turn of the King and Queen from Canada next month.

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MAKEE-LEARNS

The "Daily Express" says the One proposal now under con- -HONESTY!

B

that a number of view prevails in well-informed cir-sideration is clés that the Cabinet must be "learner Ministers," forming strengthened by the addition of "shadow Cabinet," should be ad- new men with administrative ex-mitted to the Cabinet, as it were, 'perience,

as -"understudies," 'so that in an emergency they could take over all

Ther can be no denying. the p

Chamberl

have

Koba, May 9. "Bulls reacted very favourably to the news of the ghastly Japan- ese air raids on Chungking," says the "Japan Chronicle? In its Stock

functions of the Cabinets Exchange: review this morning.

Trans-Ocean,

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