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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28PH, 1928,

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Bir FREDERICK FLET, Bart

Sir MONTAGU CORNISH TURNER.

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Pharaoh guarding the entrance. ânt. object taken out today was a valid Fair spolze whest of Tutankhamon a war

charles with hub and spoke casing in BOWERN one piece, heavily gilded Then Yollowed a fruit basket with tight partitions, în which blackened and withered pante grandtes still remained. Other interest LONDON, February 1st.

ing objects were" number of gilded A definite statement by the Home Office wands and censers with a small incepso regarding the future of the women police cup. The chief and of the day, howover in London fixes the number at 20, includ was a bust with vividly coloured and ing an Inspector. All have exactly the realistically portrayed features, wearing same standing and powers as their male the Royal Crown of Egypt, represent colleagues, except that they are not rong a woman, probably Tutankhamea's quired to undertake duties for which Queou, the face with its serene and beau- tiful expression and strange and pensive they are physically unfitted

smile recalling the baffling amile of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Liosa" It LONDON, February 2nd.

is tinted with a yellowish brown. Among Rant restriction introduced in war time the theories advanced to account for the as a measure of protection should be presence of the bust, the most plausible removed, according to the recommenda. is that it is one of them authentic port- tions of the Majority Report of the Gov.raits of curious heads or perhaps death ernment Committee. It is proposed that masks supposed to have been buried, with house of which the rents range from 70 the dead as a record of the royal features to £108 in London should be decontrolled should the mummy or the mummy ess next Jube; houses between £o and fro be destroyed. in June, 1924, and for all remaining houses the pre-war rental will be the basis of reckoning. The Minority Report by two Labour members of the House of Commons proposes contral until 1930 and a reduction of the present rentals,

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RENTS AT HOME,

LONDON, February 2od,

Notwithstanding

the archeologists opinion, the excavators themselves belier: | that the bust mentioned earlier repre vents Tutankhamen, and not the Queen,

account of the facial resemblaneto eligies guarding the door of the fuser tomb, which they maintain represent the King.

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AIE TRAVEL PROSPECTS derer named S. G. Bullen was electro-

LONDON, February 8th." cuted at Little Rock, Arkansas, and was The possibility of a fight from London pronounced dead, and placed in a coffin, to New York in twelve hours was During preparations for the burial, how.tioned by General Sir Wm, Brancker at ever, the body gras seen to move, so it the Air Conference in London to was taken from the coffin and strapped day. Ee also spoke of Bying from to the death-chair again. The accord London to Delhi in 72 hours. He shock was really fatal, and the body was said that to fewer than six different duly buried.

groups of pilots were now arranging a world flight. He announced that all the Government airships were still belag maintained. Commander Burney said that a fleet of six airships could be operated or the Indian and Australian routes for a capital outlay of £4,000,000 DEATH OF MR. HENRY `PELLEW.

TREASURES AT LUXOR.

LONDON, February 3rd, Luxor.-Due of the most splendid trea sures ever found in Egypt was brought to light when the body of one of Tutank hamen's chariots was taken out of the mausoleum. It is heavily decorated with pure gold, elaborately chiselled, and ser with intricate designs of semi-precious stone and embellishments. It is bleached with age but yet shows through the dis coloration a red sheon of corneas on one side and the blue gleam of toruncises on the other, Malachite, lapis lazuli, cornelian, and turquoise are lavishly used in the decoration of the chariot, the gaid of which gleams with almost pris-

tine freshne65.

The richness of the decoration, and the beauty of the work caused a gasp of spectators, who were awe-struck as they watched the treasure emerge,

LONDON, February dih Washington. The death is anaounced of Henry Foliew, who declined to assume the title of Visecunt Exmouth, to which he succeeded inst year. Charles, who

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Lowboy, February 1 The Port of London Authority is pro- moting a bill at the new session of Parlia ment to obtain sanotion for heavy in- Lord. CarnaJWIL affirms that a creases on the maximum dues chargeable “ushabti" or a smalt image of Tutank on merchandise, shipping in London docks THE KEY TO GROW BICH. hamen taken cut of the tomb yesterday The proposals include increasing duty un is probably the finest antiquarian piece dried fruits from 10 shillings a ton to of sepulchre. The ushabti or, auswer 30 shillings; tea, per 100 lbs. from er showing the defunct monarch in the shilling to half a crown, guise of Osiris is usually in royal tombs to replace human sacrifice which märk ed the earlier funeral celebrations, when

LONDOS, February 8th. slaves were killed to accompany Pharaohs The Daily Mail states that imponding to the underworld. The ushabti usually Paris fashions indicate that the crinoline bears an inscription stating that the will vie in popularity with the swathed image is prepared to do any work im and draped evening dresses. The hair "posed on it. An exquisite" Coffer shrine," will be done in Victorian style and as the excavators call it, covered with adorned by an Eastern type of headdress "heavy gold plate, was also removed from accompanying the tomb yesterday. It was probably gowns. The latter is made of one piece. the Egyptian style în designed to contain the King's jewellery, of

gorgonisly coloured brocade or but the shrine was empty when the tomb tafetta hanging from the shoulders to was opened, for thieves of the eighteenth wards the feet, and gathered up-at the dynasty had not over looked this obvious hip by a large Eastern brooch. receptacle for trenere. It is greatly skirts. are long, and full. Of "colours regretted that the King's purse has not vivid greens and pinks are most popular, been found, as it is believed that only as are hats with large flowered 'trimmings one example is known to exist.

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Every train and Nile steamer is bring. ing a horde of tourists to view Tutan-

THE ROYAL GRANDCHILD, khamen's tomb and to watch the trea-

LONDON, February 5th. sures being removed daily. Today's list Their Majestice auxiety 'yesterday was included fragments of broken royal shown by the fact that the Queen went to chariots, a little gilt wood statuette of Chesterfield House before lunch, and the

BAFE, LTD. the King, a small wooden figure of Horus, King joined her in the afternoon; aid" the Sun God, in the form of a bird. Their Majesti returned in the evening

HELD OFFICE: richly painted and surmounted by sun to Chesterfield House, where Princess

York Building, Chater Bond Hongkong diacs, and also an exquisite small coffer Mary has lived quietly since she returned

BRASCHES: covered with beary embossed gold foil, from Yorkshire in the middle of Janu

Shanghai-51, Kinngue Road. Hankow-British Concession, and with doors of beaten gold reminis ary Telegrams announcing the birth cent of a cinque vento Italian casket, and were sent this morning to the Prince of

CORRESPONDENTS IN: London, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, resembling tabernacles found on the altars Wales, who yesterday was hunting with Vanochrer, B.C., Honolulu, Singapore, Penang, of Roman Catholic Churches.

the Belvoir Hounds, and to the Duke of Tiantain, Swatow, hiasso, Canton spd all Com GLIMPSE OF SECOND CHAMBER.

Connaught and other relatives and in-mercial centres of China and abroad. timate friends of the Royal Family and

PROMPT SERVICE LONDON, February 4th of the Laxelles. Publlajoy was evidenced Attracave rates for all kinds of Deposits The clearance of the first chamber is by the anthusiasm with which the news Inquiries are welcome. nearing completion, The only object was received by the great throng of

T. B.MAI, removed to-day was the body of a beauti-dancers at the Chelsea Arts Ball in the fully decorated chariot, which will be Albert Hall last night. It is anti consolidated and repaired. The first cipated that the christening may be in chamber now contains only two black the Chapel Royal, St. James. Conjec gold-adorned statues, with a litter ofte is already busy in regard to the small objects between them, a bed with oy's name George, Henry, Edward, and lion's head, confused with a tangle of Ulick are regarded as possible The last chariot bodies, wheels, and poles covering longs to the Earl of Harewood, and is a number of objects possibly connected the family name of the Earl of Clari with them, and the bust of the King, ap-carde, who left Viscount Lascelles a for- parently in plaster., The half-blocked tune of over £2,000,000. door to the second chamber is now quite

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