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bank on June 11, 1930, by HRH, the Prince of Wales, and com- "pleted her maiden voyage between Southampton and Quebec last. June, this is the initial uraiso undertaken by the Empress of Britain.

foot

She in 780-foot long, wide, and has a gross register of 42,500 tons. Ber sea, speed is 2 knots with only eight of her nine water inhe boilers in operation, but she attained a speed of 9.52 knots during her trials, when a maximum of 64,000 shaft horse- power was being devoloped.

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This liner wna designed to enty Arat, tourist and third-olum passen. geras, of which a total of 1,195 can be accommodated, but only first- class are being taken on this world-Į cruise. More space por passenger has been provided than in any other vessel afont, 38. tons of ship for each traveller being available when full. The crew numbers 714 offers and men.

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HEIGHT OF LUXURY.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IT. 1932.

GOVERNORSHIP OF THEIR MAJESTIES LEAVE BOY LABELLED AND

KWANGTUNG

- MR. LIN YUN KOY

RE-APPOINTED

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

SANDRINGHAM

BACK AT, BUCKINGHAM PALACE

LURITISH WIRELESS SERVICE,

RUGBY, Feb. 9.

UNCLAIMED.

A STATION MYSTERY CLEARED UP.

A four-year-old boy, Patrick | Phillips, who arrived at Victoria'

The King and Queen" arrived Station, London, on Christmus Eve from Sandringham this afternoon with a label round his neck, boar and took up residence at Bucking-ing a certain address in West Lon- ofham Palace.

don, was claimed latar from St. Stephen's Hospital by Mra. Phillips, his mother.

CANTON, Feb. '10. Mr. Lin Yun Koy has been form, ally re-appointed Governor Kwangtung, a post which he has

been holding for the last eight

month or more. Dr. C. Wu's declination of the Governorship. was accepted at to-day's meeting-|| of the Executive Coupil of the. |South-west in Özaton. Being re appointed to the post, Governor Lin has instructed his staff to con tinue with their duties, as no changes in the personnel will be made.

£150 FOR JILTED

NURSE.

MATRIMONY AS PART OF

BUSINESS PLAN.

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STEEPLECHASER KILLED

GRAND NATIONAL. CANDIDATE

(Reuter's Special Service.)

· LONDON, Fett 19. Another candidate for the Grand National was killed fo-day.

Richmond the Second, owned by Mr. R. MaAlpine,, fell, and broke his neck at. Nottingham Races.

SHIPMENTS OF ARMS

PROHIBITION RESOLUTION

SHELVED

(THROUGH REUTER'S ́ AGENCY.]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.

At the urgent suggestion of Mr. Stimson, the Soarctary of State, the House of Representatives | Foreign Affairs Committee, shelved

shipments of arms and ammunition a resolution for the prohibition of

to countries 'at war.

Kimber, of Westbury Leigh, Wilts

Defendant was Mr. John William

Mrs. Minnie Florence Kimber, de-i fendant's wife, anid she had known him for five or six years, she and hor first husband having been friends of Mr. Kimber and his first GAGGED AND BOUND wife, Sho had thres childrop of

IN QUIET LANE. he frat marriago Witness denied her and Mr. Kimber while he was that misconduct took place between

friendly with Miss Wardoll or at any time.

A King's Bench Division jury. after a long, absence, awarded £150 to Misa Annie Wardell, a nurse, aged about 41, living at a London hotel, in her breach of promise Nine decks are devoted to pastion Judgment was entered ac- wengers, who have the use of eleven cordly, with cotes. public rooms and a children's dery On the upper sports deck there is a

full-size tennis court, complete with galleries and its own enfe, and a squash; raquet court, also with a gallery for spectatora, on "B" deck. Passengers can disport themselves in the beautiful Olympian Pool, ht water level, which is a veritable crystal cavo with, its rows of blue terazzo pillars upholding a glass roof, through which

pours artificial sunlight. Here is found a terrace cute för swimmers, with chairs upholstore d in sponge rubber. Carved teak.

Lent Him £100. dressing boxes surround the pool

Mrs. Kimber added that when her itself, which is banded with our husband bought a newsagent's busi- quoine terazzo and lighted from ness at Westbury Leigh for £800 below water by concealed flood-she lent him £100 and he borrowed lights.

£800 on mortgage.

As might be, expected of the newest vessel built for transatlantic TONS OF MONEY travel and the last word in marine construction, dignisy and space are kuynotes throughout. Historic association has not been overlooked,

"A HONGITOT WOULD LÄGGA AT RALPH (KIN"

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CIAMOND COAST CHASE.

POLICE FOLLOW CUTTER ONtists, such as Frank Brangwyn,

CAMELS.

Johannesburg-A long across the South-West African de

chase

Mr. 0. Doughty, K.C. (for you he had promised to marry Miss plaintiff) Did Kimber ever toll

Wardell Yea, on July 11.

Had be before that date asked you to marry him -No

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MYSTERIOUS, OXFORD ATTACK

Oxford, Jan, 5.-While walking in Fark-lane, a quiet spot in Charl- bury, Mr. Ernest Shayder, of Lea- field, was attacked from behind, knocked" unconscious, bound hand and foot and gagged, "and robbed of 10s., some small change, and a pair of dancing, shoes,

When he recovered consciousness Mr. Justice Swift, gumming up, he remained helpless for an hour told the jury that what they had before being found by a passer-by. to decide was a puroly Intsinem dia-

ute. We are not dealing," he He was taken to Charlbury police- said," with a young girl who comes station for medical attention to a and says, My heart has been broken. In this case, the ordinary [hows of a commercial contract must

be applied."

cut face.

Mr. Shayler, who had left his bicycle to go down the side-lano, was on his way to a dance at Charl- bury, and when the story of the at-

There was no doubt that she aïdi but modernism prevails in the pub Kimber met with the object lic rooms, which were designed and of matrimony. The proposition was decorated by leading British ar- that they should start working to tack became known in the dance.

gether some sort of business.

For the purpose of decorum and rropriety apparently they felt that they should be married. Thus from the beginning matrimony was to be part of the business arrangement between them.

R.A., Sir Charles Allom, Heath Robinson, Edmund Dulac, Six John Lavery, R.A., P.A. Stayncs, R.O.I., and A.H. Jones, F.R.I.B.A Each was entirely responsible for sort by a party of police has re-the sonception and execution of his sulted in the apprehension of the

hall the women present were so alarmed that many wont home im mediately, while others' were, not allowed to go without escorta.

Attacks on Women.

Two mysterious incidents have

own particular sphere, but the have been completed on nearly occurred in the Earlswood district, crew of a cutter who landed within whole presents an artistic combina every occasion required,

the prohibited diamond area.

tion little expected in an ocean

The cutter disappeared from Capeliner.

Town, making for an unknown

dostination, and the police suspect-

ed that possibly, they might be

ARTISTIC DESIGNS.

There has been no duplication An

making for the diamond coast. the design of suites and apart"

They accordingly sent out a posso menta, which vary to suit the most i in a lorry to patrol the const north of Walvis Bay.

catholic of Lastcu. From the "habitant genre " with pink stip. pled walls and wool ́ëmbroidery ornamentation to the exotic result of horizontally gold-banded walle of black lacquer, they simplify to charming rooms panelled in pulc woods with doors of striped locust wood.

After several days of struggling, however, the lorry stack fast in the desert sands, and the police party was forced to return. A party con. sisting of a sergeant, two white con- stables, and two native constables thereupon set out on camels,

After a long trek they sighted Many of the first-cines apartments the

cutter out at so, and accord have cradle talophane sets installed, ingly struck inland for a few miles and conveniant outlets are provid-" and awaited events. Some hours ed where the instrument is not a later a dinghy was seen leaving the part of the ordinary equipment. cutter, and a party of six men suc The passenger may speak with cérded in making a landing througn friends or business associates ashoro the dangerous auri. They proceed through the phone in his own ed inland, and were allowed to go | room, for some miles before the polic posse intercopted them.

CAPTAIN RG. LATTA, com- mander of the Canadian Pacific Liner, Empress of Britain, photo- graphed at the start of the world cruise.

SWIFTEST RIDER OF MIGHTY WATERS.

near Reigate. While walking across Earlswood common at ton p.m. a young domestic servant was startled by the sudden appearance of an unclothed man who sprang from behind a bush. She ran off

and roached her employer's house

in a very agitated condition,

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Is is understood that her failure to claim the bay on Christmas Eve was caused by an unfortunato mis understanding, and it is stated on. her 'behalf that she misunderstood both the time and the place.

The boy arrived at Victoria Station on Christmas Eya with a ! label round his neck bearing an address in Edgware Road, London, W.

No one claimed the boy, and the address was found to be merely travelled to London with a number as accommodation address. Patrick

of other children from a school' at West Grinstondi All the other children wore duly claimed, but Patrick

Kind left alone. friends took him in oharge, and he spent his Christmas at St. Step hen's Hospital, Fulham.

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The L.C.O. had been conducting a search for the mother in conjunc tion with the police.

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Another girl was walking through ful and glowing array of

a dark cutting when a man ap- peared from the shadows and snatched nd her handbag. She struggled and bit the man's arm, so that he relinquished his hold and made off.

Several night attacks on women have been made recently at Hatton and Shenfield, Essex, and appeals have been made to the police for more patrols. Mrs. R. Wood was pulled off her cycle by a man with a dog, and was badly bruised The mam ran off when her acreuma at- tricted attention. Miss M. Bryant, of Hutton Mount, was attacked. when coming from Shenfeld Station, and was saved by another

woman

EUROPE'S DEVOTEES OF BUDDHA:

OFFERING OF COINS AT -STOCKHOLM EXHIBITION.

Stockholm, Jan. 28.-A surpris The Commander of this magniing discovery was made here to-day ficent ship is Captain R.G. Latta, after the closing of the recent ex known to the Bix Nations of Inhibition of Chinese and Japanese dians, of Canada, of which he is idals As the workmen were re- an honorary chief, as Tehoniatara moving the figures preparatory to akowa, meaning "Swiftest Rider packing, innumerable silver coins of Mighty Watera. ". He is a tall, were found, behind some imagines

The Empress of Britain is equip- ped with the most modern wirolean Owing to the difficulty of taking telephonic and telegraphic short, prisoners back across the desert the and long wave sets of any vessel police merely took their names and afloat. Telephone

conversation addresses and then sent the alleged have been established over distan diamond raiders back to their ship cas in excess of 1,000 miles-from on the strict understanding that Bombay to Montreal and New they would make at once for York, or from Naples to Los handsome Scotsman from Troon, of Buddha, Binge no Oriental hind Walvis Bay and give themselves up. Angeles. Although atmospherics | Ayrshire, who has almost as great bran observed among the visitors It is believed that the party in have interfered occasionally with a reputation as a golfer as he has to the exhibition, it was assumed clude several well-known Caps telephone calls, excellent circuits known in many ports throughout offerings by European devotees of da asosman and navigator, wall- they had been placed there se

Toyu business mon.

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Sunday, 14th February Last Night in Kowloon "BOOKING AT MOUTRIES

W. HARMSTON, Proprietor.

R. BELL, Representatior,.

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