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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 29, 1941.
BIRTHDAY OF THE HE BLEW HIMSELF
EMPEROR OF JAPAN
IN CELEBRATION OF the fortieth birth- day of H.I.J.M. the Emperor Hirohito, a re- ception was given at the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden this morning by the Consul- General for Japan, Mr. S. Yano.
His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, and H.E. the G.O.C.. Major-General A. E. Grasett. were among the large and distinguished assembly.
Felicitations were exchanged, and toasts to His Majesty the King
and His Imperial Japanese Ma- jesty were honoured,
Efforts For Peace
Mr. Yang said: It is my grent honour and privilege to have your Excellency, the Governor of Hong Kong, my dear Colleagues of the i Com ular Body and other dis-I tinguished guests representing
various nations
LINCOLN
EXPRESS
TRAGEDY
Six boys of Ampleforth |
UP IN REVENGE
in revenge for being ordered to vacate his
ro o.m
William
Wright, forty, blew 'himself to bits with .dynamite in -the lounge of an hotel at Buffalo, New York.
"I'll get even with you for this," Wright had told the mana-
ger.
Later he returned with Q parcel, and when sitting alone in the lounge there was a big explosion.
The police are un- able to determine how he exploded the dynamite.
MINNIE,
at this reception College, Yorkshire, were FIRE CAT
in celebration of the 40th, an-
niversary of His Imperial Japan- killed and seven injured
ese Majesty's Birthday. when they jumped from a MAKES IT 70
I am very much pleased to in- blazing coach at the rear form you that His Majesty is in excellent health, although His of the midday London-
Minnie, cut mascot of London Fire Brigade headquarters, who
Majesty is very busy day and Newcastle express yester-walked into the place, adopted
night dealing with the state affairs
of various directions and that His Majesty has been deeply concern- ed about the world crisis and kept constant efforts to bring about peace, prosperity and hap- piness to the Japanese nation as well as to the whole humankind.
On this occasion of celebration, I cannot but recall into my mind that the traditional friendship in the form of albance, existed be- tween Great Britain and Japan, once saved the Far East from the Russian invasion and marked on history a brilhant page 115 ELSA eternal contribution to the world mvilisation.
day near Claypole, Lin- the Brigade,
supplying it with
colnshire.
and then began kittens, HAS DONE IT AGAIN.
When last she got into print, TWO SONS OF THE BELGIAN you'll remember, she had sixty- PRIME MINISTER, M. PIERLOT,|{wo kittens. ARE REPORTED TO BE AMONG She has just put up the THE KILLED. AND ANOTHER
number by eight, making her AMONG SEVERAL SON WAS
score to date seventy-not out. BOYS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL All the kittens (like the other SUFFERING FROM BURNS. sixty-two) are being adopted by
the Fire Brigade. Oficiul account of the tragedy Now Minnie is busy teaching says the coach next to the rear | the kittens the knack of taking brake van caught fire.
shelter when the "Bells go down" which is what they say The train was stopped
of a fire call in the Brigade. every effort made to extinguish
Minnie learned it by experi- the fire but the coach immsence a long time ago. AL the saine I am confident that the
the alive in
diately in front and the brake first sound of the alarm, wherever strl kept spirit,
under a van behind caught fire before she is, Minnie dives hearts of both nations, shall be
the train could be uncoupled and table and guzes with her green reammated by means of mutual
the eyes at the huge boots of Lu
cleared of the blazing coach. understanding
Serve US
The coach in which the fire Bremen rushing by. :tabilising factor in the Far East.
She's taught ah her kittens to Your Excellencies, Your Hon-started was reserved for 84 Am- Durs. Ladies
Gentlemen, I pleforth College boys, and a num-make for the table like greased
of them
the lightning, and stop there. hereby beg you to join with me ber
of His train before it could be brought to | to the health to armik
a standstill-Reuter. Britannic Majesty.
and
Noble Work
#
H.E. The Governor, replying, said: All British people here to- high duy will have heard with appreciation the amiable terms in which the Japanese Consul-Gen- eral has proposed the health of His Britannic Majesty; and as His this Majesty's representative in Colony. I gratefully acknowledge the toast.
I can assure you. Mr. Consul- General, that it is the wish of the British people to continue to live on the friendliest terms with your distinguished nation, with whom we have much in common. I agree wholeheartedly with you when you say that mutual understand- ing between us would greally help this quarter of the world achieve and maintain stability.
to
jumped from
and
Every one of them learned the 1 lesson well.
ALIENS OFFER £1,000 FOR £45 TICKET
TO SAFETY---FAIL
SCORES OF ALIENS in Britain. are trying
to give away £1,000 for the privilege of buy- ing a £45 steamship ticket.
But no one will have it.
That ticket will take them to somewhere in America. They don't mind where SO long as it is away.from.the blitz.
It is with deep pleasure that we have heard that His Imperial Ma- jesty, the Emperor of Japan, is in good health, His Majesty's en- deavours in the cause of peace are well-known to us in Great But the Britain and I pray that he may long be spared for that noble work, and that he We may be successful therein. offer His Majesty our most res- pectful congratulations
and good wishes on his birthday.
Mr. Yano, on behalf of your guests I beg to thank you for your charming hospitality to-day.
most
I call on all present to join me in drinking the health of. His Im- perial Majesty, the Emperor of Japan.
OUR VICTORIES BREAK UP THEIR HOMES
Each new British victory in Africa threatens to break up an- other home in the French Riviera, All along the coast of France, live Franco-Italian familles,
clerks have
travel agencies are mediately. It is nothing to be keeping a close watch. They have offered £700. turned away hundreds of thou-. "Some passenger sands of pounds in "bribe" money. reported attempts to bribe them
Said an official: "We get hun-personally. dreds of applications every month;
"But, of course, all these offers for berths on ships leaving for are turned down. New York. But passenger shipping "If intended passengers are en- across the Atlantic is almost at a titled to leave the country they are standstill, so the majority of them put on a waiting list. When a have to be turned down.
ship is available' they are put.on "When we tell them this a lot it as soon as possible."
An official of a firm of London of the would-be passengers--often wealthy people make an offer; exporters said: "It is true that ...for For instance, the fare to New York (large prices are being paid. is roughly £45. When we tell passages across the Atlantic. For them that few ships are sailing instance, some
weeks ago and reveal the scarcity of accom-American girl came to us. She modation up goes their price im-asked us to arrange her passage.
place, for the French husbands exalt cach British succuss.
Even the children deride their mothers in these divided house- holds with tantalising-chants of "Macaronis no good."
an
She has been earning thou- sands of dollars a year in America as a model; Sho has a *New York pent-houso, a:luxury. car, and a home in the country over there.
"The war has forced her to stay here and leave a big contractin America unfulfilled--even though These women have come to she was willing to spend most of«, love Southern France. But their what she would have earned on cry is: Italy is my country after getting back to New York. We As the guns overseas boom Brit-all. I can't like to sco her told her she would have to take -
her turn with the rest of them.". ish victory, constant quarrels take | beaten."-
For generations, these families have lived there.
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