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RE-BURIAL OF DR. SUN YAT SEN.

WONDERFUL SCENES IN

PEPING.

A BRITISH GESTURE.

BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.

LONDON, May $0. British oak and birch trees are to be re-planted as near as possible to the Mausoleum at Nanking, in which the remains of Dr. Sun Yat Son, Father of the New Republic of China, are to be interred.

The gift' in a token of British goodwill.

The ceremonies will extend for over a week, concluding with the interring of the remains, which are being taken from Peping to Nan-

king.

The British Minister to China. Sir Mites Lampson, will represent the British Government.

Sun Yat Sen died at Peping. The body was embalmed according to Chinese custom and deposited near the Western Hills about ten miles from Peping, It has been placed in a crystal cofin.

terns.

The Procession.

FENG AWAITS THE

ATTACK.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1929.

MR. BALDWIN STILL CONFIDENT.

PLANE'S GREAT FLIGHT.

PUBLIC IN "REFLECTIVE “

172 HOURS ENDURANCE

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MOOD.

THE MYSTERIOUS HAN "

FU CHU.

NO"

•CUP TIE'

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METHODS.

MORE BRIDGES BLOWN UP.

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(THROUGH NEWTER'S AGENCY.]

Reliable

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

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RECORD.

PLUCKY AIRMEN.

[REUTER'S AMERICAN BERVICE]

FORT WORTH, May 98. PEPING, May 2.

LONDON, May 26. Mr. Baldwin, who is resting at The Ryan monoplane, piloted by Well-informed circles here are

"The Chequera " to-day, after a R. L. Robbins and J. Kelly, bax most sceptical of Han Fu Chu's turn-over.

fortnight's strenuous tour in the landed after a flight of 179 hours information here states that he is busy with constituencies, told a Press repre- and 32 minutes.

Contrasted with the performance Sun Liang Cheng preparing de sentative that the strongest im

"Question fence lines in Honan, of which pression of the campaige left in of the fight of the there will be five, between Chenghis mind was the earnestness of Mark which was carried out by the nation over the election. There none of the "Cup Tie" at- mosphere.

chow and Shenchow in West Honan.

It is pointed out that Han Fu Chu's men are the old and first Kuominchun, some of the best and most loyal troops Feng possesses. Moreover, Han Fa Chu's entire army of 30,000, at present in the Loyang region, would be completely surrounded in the event of deglar ing against Feng, without any means of escape.

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It is reported now that 150,000 Kuominchan troops

between Chengchow and Tungkwan. It is thought they "will not take the offensive, but wait for Nanking's advance.

Rallway Damage..

NANKING, May 27. Chang Hauch Liang has wired

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On the contrary, the people were in a reflective mood. As for the result, I am confident that we shall win with such a majority as to enable us to carry on our work for the recovery of the prosperity and of social conditions betterinent against a joint Labour and Liberal opposition,"

FIGHTING REPORTED,

(Fah Ti Yat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, May 27. General He Cheng Chun" has wired to Nanking saying that the

five experienced airmen, backed by the Government, Robbins and Kelly picked up the mo

monoplane second-hand, effected repairs to it. and announced their intention of

sing, until the engine "died " the structure cracked.

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The monotony was relieved twice visit from another daily by a

plane with fuel, food, letters and

newspapers.

Kelly's Narrow Escape.

LATER.

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THE ELECTIONS IN BELGIUM.

SOCIALIST SET-BACK,

GOVERNMENT PARTIES'

GAINS.

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

BRUSSELS, May 26.

According, to Agures, so far an- nounced, the Government Parties, namely the Liberals and Catholics, are scoring gains in the General Election.

The Socialiste have received a set-back everywhere.

The Flemish Party have doubled their representation.

The Communists hold their pre- vious seats.

WIRELESS AND WEATHER.

CAUSE AND EFFECT OF "STATICS.".

FUTURE OF TIN INDUSTRY.

NEW METHODS BADLY NEEDED.

BRITAIN'S CHANCE.

[HROUGH RETTER'S AGENCY:)

LONDON, May 27.

"Mr. Frank Lochner,, one of the lenders of the tin industry, has returned with Sir Cyril Batler from an extensive tour of the tin pro ducing areas in the Far East.

Interviewed by Reuter, he de clared that the industry was head- ing for a severe crisis, from which

British interests have a wonderful opportunity to save it, chiefly by using up-to-date methode, and per sunding European-owned tin com

panies all over the world to agree to a common policy of production and marketing.

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Telegrams in Brief.

The largest wire-nail factory in Holland (at Bockendonk) has been gutted by fire. The damage is estimated at £19,000,

The death is announced from Rome of Seydoux, ex-Director of Political Affairs at the Quai d'Orsay, formerly one of the most hrilliant members of the French Diplomatic service.

The Shanghai, Peping and Han- kow branches of the Chinese- American Bank of Commerce have been ordered by the Head Office to suspend payment for a month pend

reorganization.

Queen Mary celebrated her 62nd birthday as Windsor Castle on Sun- day. There was a family gathering for luncheon, and in the afternoon

picnic tea was held in the grounds of Frogmore, at which the King was present with other mem bers of the family.

SINGAPORE MAIL BAG ROBBED.

Gs. 40,000 MISSING." Mr. Lochner inspected fifty pro- perties, and not one of them owned

Singapore, May, 20-A package. worked by Chinese has any containing Guilders 40,000 in Dutch modern machinery. They are still currency notes, which was posted production in the pick and shovel stage. As at Singapore Post Office for de- exceeds consumption livery at Djambi, in Dutch terri- prices must therefore be forced tory, early last week, was found to down, he added. Output must be be missing when the mail bag.ar

central selling | rived at its destination.

Tationed and a organisation formed.

A NEW SAINT. QUEEN MARIA CRISTINA OF

[British United Press,} London-"The erratic phenomena of finding are part of the weather' of wireless-attuospherics are rainfall stated Mr. Watson Watt A split propeller only forced in lecture before the Royal

Meteorological Society récently. Robbins and Kelly to land. While

Mr. Watt stated that wireless as Kelly was suspended in a precaria means of communication is essen ous pereb under the engine, oiling tial in modern meteorology because ic alone is capable of giving suffi- 4 valve, the buckle of his belt ciently rapid interchanges of data struck the propeller.

The results of over wide areas. observations made all over Great Britain are in the hands of the central forecaster within an hour, the majority of the data for Europe are received within an hour and a half, and that for the whole North ern Hemisphere within six hours

Wireless has a climate and a weather of its own," added the lecture; "the weakening of signals over different kinds of country, ne- cording to time of day and season, and the dependence of atmospheric disturbance on latitude, place, and time, are climatological in scope.saintly queen. The quick period changes, are part of the weather of wireless."

The incident reveals a remarkable escape for Kelly, for the slightest

the State Council reporting that 4 Kuominchun, in the vicinity of Lo-blow' from the propeller, revolving

locomotives and 26 passenger cars belonging to the Tientsin-Pukow Railway have been returned by the

(THROUGH RAUTER'S, AGENCT.}. PEPINO, May 6 Among those who started with "the procession from Piyunasu were Madame Sun Yat Sen, Mr. Sun Ee, and Mr. Ho Cheng Chun.

The procession was lighted down the mountain from the temple by thousand children carrying lan- The body entered the city through the Haichimen gate, where the procession was more than Mukden authorities. These have mile long. When formed up it was been transferred to the workshops made up by benner bearera, seven military bands. two student bands, at Tangshan for reconditioning. detachments of Shansi troops, long streams of mourners, including re- presentatives of the Central Execu tive Committee of the National Government, local public bodies, military leaders, and then a huge ,portrait of the late leader, and the

The Kuo Min report that Han Fu Chu's troops while advancing to Chengchow clashed with Sun Liang Cheng's men is conarmed.

1: is learned from Hankow that catatalque, which was of beautiful Sun Liang Cheng blew up all the on the Kaifeng blue silk worded with white em-railway bridges blazoned with a white sun.

Kweiteh section of the Lunghai Railway on Thursday last, while Feng Yu Hsiang's men have blown

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Immediately behind the coffin was smart detachment of Fengtien cavalry, which had been in the saddle from Piyunasu to the station for 14 hours.

Four Miles Long! Then followed Madame Sun Yat Sen in a carriage with Mr. Sun Fo and other members of the family

na chief mourners.

Along the cordoned streets for more than four miles the procession marched through the city, crowds gazing at the pageantry, the like of which had not been seen since the funeral of Yuan Shih Kai,

It is estimated that nearly 100,000 people watched the procession inside the city.

Just before the station was reached M, Sun Fo dismounted from his carriage and preceded the catafalque through a magni fcent blue and white pailon erected

outride the station.

He was joined by Madame Sun, who followed the coffin' through the station into a special coach pre- pared for it.

She was dressed in the plain est black frock and WEB obviously weary after her 14-hour journey from Piyunesu.

She broke down and sobbed as the coffin slid into its place for its journey to the capital:

yang have been engaged in serious fighting with Han Fu Chu's forces. Ma. Hung Kwei and Shih Yu Sen. two well-known Kuominchun gep erals, have joined Han and their

troops

are

at 1,300 to the minute, would have

cut him in twain.

Frenzied Growd.

in a

A crowd of 20,000 were frenzy excitement, and broke the advancing towards police cordons when the airmen Chengchow from Yencheng and Hsuchang.

Han Fu Chu has recently tele graphed to the military authorities. in Peping saying that his troops have been fighting against the Kuominchun forces under. Liang Cheng at Sinan.

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landed. People jumped the rope barricades, and rushed to the tide of the 'plane. Many were crushed. Despite the confusion, Robbins' wife and his 5-year-old son were carried to the plane

Sun shoulders of the crowd.

The Moir-Owen Plaze.

up a number of bridges between FENG'S RUMOURED PLANS. Yenchow and Menglun on the Peping Hankow Railway.

a to

The Ministry of Railways in Nan- king has ordered immediate repairs to the Lunghai Railway so

the facilitate

transportation of the drive troops westward in against Feng Yu Hsiang.

Sum Hopes For Rebels.

HANKOW, May 27. Tension is easing locally, with prospects of delay in the opening of hostilities.

Ho Ying Ching, who has just re. turned from Nanking, when inter- viewed," stated that the Central Government was safe from every angle, and that all rebels would certainly be suppressed, as Nanking was receiving the support of the greater part of the nation.

BORODIN BACK AGAIN?

(Wah Te Fat Pao.)

SHANGHAI, May 27. It is reported that Feng Yu Hajang has appointed Heu Chien and Tasg. Yen Ta, two leaders of the extremists, to take charge of diplomatic and propaganda affaire respectively,

Scenes At The Station. Crowd& of privileged visitors It is also learned that M,, Borodin flooded the station buildings and has gone to Hohan from Urga, platforms-{a}} of which were together with forty-two military swathed in blue and white decora-cadets to assist Feng. tions) in order to watch the ar zival of the coffin, while bands play- ed funeral music.

The body travelled in a resplen dent blue-painted coach decorated with the silver suns of the national Вака

The entire train was painted blue. Madame Sun Yat Sen's. travelling coach went ahead of the coffin and Mr. Sun, Fo occupied the one be- hind..

MADAME SUN CHANGES

HER MIND.

Madarze Sun Yat Sen exercises the traditional right of a woman to change her mind, for secording to Mr. Sun Fo, after the State burial ceremonies Madame Sun will not go abroad again, but will live at her home in Shanghai.

Preserving Body for 1,500 Years,

Punctually at five o'clock the funeral train steamed out being preceded by a pilot train and two armoured trains, one train-load of. By a special arrangement with guards followed by an armoured the authorities of the Peping Union. Medical College, the late Dr. Sun's train and the guest train..

The only foreigner in the proces. body will be preserved by a special sion to-day was Mr. Maurice Cohen, scientific protess, so that it will formerly Sun Yat Sen's special retain its present condition" for

"about 1,500 years: bodyguard in Canton,

Arrangements had been made for the foreign diplomats to take part. but as they were not invited they therefore, did not attend.

Visiting Diplomats.

The palatial building, formerly belonging to V. K. Wellington Koo is being renovated for use as a memorial building for Dr. Sun, in which all the late Party leader's personal effects will be kept on display.

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(Wah Tez Fat Pao).

SHANGHAI, May 27." Feng Yu Hsiang's troops said to number over 250,000 are, preparing to meet the Government forces 150,000 of his troops will be dis patched to fight against Tang Seng Chi, while the rest will attack the Nanking troops on the south of the Peping-Hankow Railway (south Honan and Wahan).

A telegram from Kaifeng states that in view of the mutiny of Han Fu Chu and Shi Yu Sen, Feng

has resolved to hold Tungkwan firmly, and has dispatched his loyal troops to northern Ilonan to attack Shansi.

CHINA'S, NAVY,

PROGRAMME OF 40 DESTROYERS.

In an interview granted to the Press, Admiral S. K. Chec, Minis-

On the

SYDNEY, BY 20, Brain, the pilot of the aeroplane "Atlanta," who found the South. ern Cross" "aeroplane, also found Moir and Owen's plane, which is only slightly damaged.

The airmen had mistaken Cape Don Lighthouse for Port Darwin, and landed there in the darkness." The plane was damaged but the pilots are safe,

They have been living in the lighthouse, from which there was to means Port Darwin.

of communication with

WOMEN CARRIERS. NOT MORE THAN 185 LBS. TO

BE CARRIED.

PREVENTION OF CURVATURE OF THE SPINE.

[British United Press,]

Geneva. An international con- vention for the prevention of eur vature of the spine is the latest project of the International Labour Bureau of, Geneva,

Demand for international action to this end has just been made on the labour bureau by the Interna

Those "X's "I

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He declared that the average atmospheric (or static) is a hundred thousand times as strong as readable signal. Static has been known to disturb broadcast recep- tion up to four thousand miles from the place of origin. Static originates in thunderstorms and the "predominant source of the world's supply of static at any moment usually lies in & land where it is

simmer afternoon."

The average static received in England is of such strengta as would be sent out by a thunder storm 2,000 miles away."

SAVOY.

the.

The missing package had been placed in a bag containing other registered parcels, and this was put in another bag containing the 'ordi nary mail.

Djambi was the first post office at which the mail bag was deliver- ed after being placed on board the Alting at Singapore. The port mas ter there, on its arrival. reported that he found the inner bag, contain- ing the registered articles, cut oper, Guilders 40,000 missing. Both this and the package containing the inner bag, and the outer ope con- been sealed at Singapore, and the taining also the general mail, had Djambi post master reports that he found the outer bag intact.

[British United Fress.]

Rome. The DÓWN that beatification of Queen Maria Cristina o Savoy, great-great- great-aunt of King Victor and first wife of King Ferdinand II of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, is to be considered may be taken as one of the results of the recent con- ciliation between

and Church State. The news has also drawn attention to the personality of this

What is regarded as remarkable is that another registered parest, containing a very much larger sum of money, also is "Dutch currency notes, was untouched.

Dedicated at birth by her mother to the Virgin, the Princess Maria Cristina, at the age 15, wished to The missing package was sent by cater a couvent, but was dissuaded a Chinese bank in Singapore. Un by her parents and friends. She til the arrival of further informa married, at the age of 99 only tion, it is not clear whether the seal of the bag containing the under the persuasion of the court,

She only general mail bore evidence of King Ferdinand II. lived four years as queen, dying having been tampered with. No shortly after having given birth to arrests have yet been made. Police a son, who became Francis II. inquiries are being vigorously pro Her life as queen was marked by secuted.-Straits Times. acts of great charity towards the people of Naples. She gave away nearly the whole of her, dowry of 300,000 ducats in charity, built orphanages and spent a great part of her time in prayer.

SWITZERLAND AND THE

The process for her beatification was opened in 1859, but soon sus- Speaking of the alleged effects of

of the consequence pended in wireless on weather, Mr. Watt political disturbances of the time, stated that the average rainfall of

which led to the downfall of the England requires for its productionNeapelitan Bourbon kingdom. The the expenditure of energy at the House of Savoy has already other rate of a third, of a million horse.

"blesseds" in Blessed Amadeo and power per square mile, night and Blessed Maria Ludovica. day throughout the year. The total rate of emission of energy from all the broadensting stations of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in the limited periods during which they work, is less, than 53 horst- power. Any effect of broadcasting o weather would therefore be due. to subhomeopathic' doses of leas

PROBLEM. than one in a thousand million.

Apparently the weather has com Geneva. The possibility of tick plete mastery over Hong Kong'sish complications for Switzerland's wireless for on no less than four neutrality by reason of the presence occasions recently the official wire of the League of Nations on Swiss less news bulletin has read as sail have just bobbed to, the sur follows:-

face again. This time it is in con- "Reception impossible owing to nection with the League's effort to atmospheric interference."

HEAT BY WIRELESS.

*

LEAGUE.

ANOTHER TICKLISH

acquire a wireless plan sufficient to insure free, speedy, worldwide com- munications in the event of war or threats of war.

While Switzerland is very an-, xious that the League should have

DUKE OF YORK DISPLACES

A MINER.

AS LORD HIGH COMMISSIONER OF CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.

[British United Press.]

London. The Duke of York has found a new home, one formerly occupied by a miner, although it is a palace. By his appointment to be Lord High Commissioner of the Church of Scotland in succession to the Earl of Stair, the Duke and Duchess will be in residence in the ancient and historic Holyrood. palace, Edinburgh, Scotland," dur- ing the two weeks' general assembly of the Church of Sectland...

Mr. James Brown, Labour member of parliament for South Ayrshire, who was for 30 years & working miner, was the first commoner to hold this office. In 1921 he came to all the glories of Holyrood from a humble miner's cottage. Jimmy Brown's appointment proved great success.

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The office, which carries a salary.

of 810,000, is held usually by a per of Scottish_birth, and although, of course, the Duke of York is English, his wife is a member of the Scattiah family of Strathmore, which makes all the more

ter of the Navy, stated that he has tional Federation of Food and THE EIFFEL TOWER TO COOK } the plant, she is nevertheless obliged his appoin

of the country.

power

FOR PARIS,

itself.

proposed to the National Govern Drink Workers and by the Inter- ment the building of forty destroy national Transport Workers'

to realize that if the League"ased popular,

The Duke of York, as High Com- it for rather stringent measures missioner, will go into residence at ers for coast defence.

Tederation. As a result of special· These destroyers will range from investigations conducted by ex

(British United Press.]

economic such as declaring an 2,500 to 3,000 tons displacement,perts at Berue and at Moscow it

blockage and possibly war itself Holyrood a day before the general and will cast approximately has been demonstrated that curva- Paris-Wireless beams from the against some recalcitrant member. assembly opens in May. As repre- sentative of the King, he exercises 84,000,000 each. The Admiral gave ture of the spine amongst the Eiffel Tower may be employed to the latter might regard it as a ahistory of the Chinese Navy working classes comes most fre farnish heat for the residents of violation of Swiss asutrality, and no function in the assembly be

adding by his presence the san after the Sino-Japan war, and cequently from the carrying of ex- Paris, if tentative plans by French later take it out" on Switzerlandud "it is recorded-" that of

the back. The engineers are put into effect,

tion of civil authority to its scribed the coast defence of the cessive loads on

aa absolutely experiments made show that when. Heating plants deriving their

"Wireless Station." country at present

proceedings." On the day the as- from radio waves. Lre hopeless. He said that the above a person is carrying a very heavy

However, as a result of lengthy sembly opens, the Duke will ride plan will require time to materialise load on the back, a false step or operating successfully in Germany, negotiations between the Swiss and through the streets of Edinburgh in in view of the Enancial condition a slight movement to one side or according to Jacques Risler whose

the other is often sufficient to over report forms the basis of these league authorities it is believed that a state coach, and will be given come the resistance of the spinal plans. Mr. Risler said that while formula has been found whereby royal malute of twenty-one guns. column, resulting in a complete the question of wireless heating the League will be able to operate During the fortnight of their re- curvature of the latter or at least housea is still in the experimental a wireless station from Swiss soil ridence, the Duke and Duchess will event of international give banquets, receptions, state throwing of some of the vertebrae stage, the feasibility of it has been in the

crises without jeopardizing Swiss balls, and hold levés. out of alignment. The final con- definitely established.

the Explaining how clusion of the experts was that the

wireless neutrality, which is always the Scottish clerics are particularly risk of discuse varies directly with heating-plant-would-operate, M. foundation stone of all Swiss for- pleased by the Duke's appointment, ince the work of the general assem the size of the load habitually Risler said: "In the laboratory eign policy.

The September assembly of the bly will be unusually interesting carried on the back, while a re- two posts were set up about thirty

League will in the first place be and important this year. It is duction in the load consequently feet apart. The sending post sent

asked to pass a resolution freeing hoped that the final act of union leads to a considerable reduction out from 400 to 500 volt current

Woven of two to three meters Switzerland from all responsibility between the Church of Scotland and in the risk of accident and spinal disease:

length. All that is to be done is for the working of the station in the United Free Church will be

ratified by the assembly, and that · cmergency to interpose on the receiving post times oe second place Switzerland an assembly of the United Church circuit a filament in vacuo, and'

contracts

In the

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TURKEY ORDERS WARSHIPS. "CONTRACTS-AWARDED TO ITALIAN DOCKYARDS.

Constantinople. The for the construction of the new Turkish warships were awarded to

In the demands that have been Italian dockyards, apparently-in- consequence of negotiations be filed with the International Labour tween Premier Mussolini and For Bureau for preventative action, it it is raised to an incandescent will also be granted the right to eign Minister Rushdy Bey during is urged that an international state, and gives out quite ap have an official observer present the latter's recent visit to Rame. labour convention be launched preciable beat. There is therefore when the League is trying to stave The announcement has caused a limiting in all countries the weight no theoretical difficulty in install off war by means of the station for those of the Netherlands, Germany, The War T Tat Pan says that good deal of surprise, and is "inter of any load which workmen may ing in house a series of receiv the purpose of verifying the official Belgium, Spain, United States, the Chinese General Chamber of preted as of great political signiic be obliged to marry on the back to ing posts which would in reality origin and official destination of ali France. and Italy,

and three Commerce Las notified the Chinese ance in connection with Italy's 75 kilograms or approximately 165 be just so many electric radiators. messages sent.

This system could be extended As now planned Switzerland will pounds "Chargés iron (derway, Berta Imerchants in Hong Kong to as the endeavours to strengthen her poai.

The question will probably be Ultimately an entire liatrice ercut and operate the atation itself gal, and Sweden) aboard, in addi- Chinese flag at half-mast on June 102 in and around the Mediter tion to several secretaries and 1, for the observance of the cere ringan, and to push back the placed on the agenda of one of the or to a whole city, which would for ordinary communication but

ід of France mony of the re-burial of Dr. Sun influence

these coming international labour con- derive its heat from one central will turn it over to the League for attachés of Legations.

uke in uny crisin regions.

broadcasting station.

PEPING, MAY 27. A special train carrying the foreign diplomats to Nanking for the Tusers) ceremonies left at 5 p.m.

There

we're even Ministers;

OBSERVANCE IN HONG

KONG.....

(Continued on next Column). Yat Sen.

i ferences.

embracing practically all the Pres- byterians in Scotland will be held later in the year..

It is believed that the Duke's ap printment creates a precedent, for would be necessary to find a prior a diligent search of the recorde instance of the office being filled by member of the reyal familyy va though Lord Elphinstone, brother in-law of the Duke, was Lord High Commissioner in 1923.