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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1933.

OUR SCOTTISH AIR-MAIL CRITICAL POSITION EXCELSIOR RESTAURANT

LETTER

Highland Air Service: Elgar's New Organ Sonata: Duke on Ugly Bonnett: Scotland's Flag: Mr. Maxton Makes a Prophecy: Enterprise at Wick and Inverness:

Scotland and Canada

(Special Air-Mail Service).

THE SCOTTISH FLAG

EDINIURCH, March 28. In view of the incidant at Stir. ting, where the royal banner of Scotland was displayed in defiance of the Lord Lieutenant, consider able interest attaches to a notice of motion on the agenda of the St. Andrew Society (London) annual general meeting.

AT FOOCHOW

Admission by Nanking Government

REDS EXPLOIT JAPANESE MENACE

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Nanking, April 5.That both Nanchang and Foochow aro in a critical state is disclosed by a IC- port on the latess developments in the bandit-suppression campaign in Kinngsi received from the military beadquarters at Nanchang. The re-

He could not help thinking, however, that there was an open ing for another kind of mission. He thought that a group of busi-port states':— news men should combine together "Ever since detachments of the and go over to the Dominion to Central Government forces horeto- meet the leading people.

foro engaged in bandit-suppression were despatched to the North Red banditry in Kinngsi has be come increasingly rampant.

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Canadians Complaint, When he was over in Canada with the trade mission he heard. the Canadians complain of the The motion will be introduced lack of contact between British. "It may be recalled that the by Mr. Ian R. H. Stewart, F.5.A. manufacturers and merchants and bogus 136th Army of the "Reds" Scot., hon. heraldic writer to the the Canadian buyers and respon- under Chu To and Mao Tso Tung society, and by Mr. W. Robertson,sible business people. They said why entrenched in Chinchu in A.R.CSc., and is in the following that many big Scottish houses were Southern Kiungsi. On February 23 terms:-"That the St. Andrew So- represented by agents who in many and 27, when our 62nd and 50th ciety (London), in annual meeting cases were Americans

Divisions advanced towards Lo-an Assembled, reaffirms its resolution

to round up these mamaders, our to oppose any endeavour to dis

forces were waylaid by the enemy place the Scottish national banner

and forced into a sharp engagement. of St. Andrew by the royal banner

Sanguinary fighting ensued and of Scotland. The Society thanks

raged for several days. Fortunate the Lord Lieutenant of Stirling shire and the Lord Lyon King of

ly for our forces, the 11th Division Arms for the dignified stand they

and we succeeded in routing the arrived on the scene from Thuang.. have taken, and appeals to the Secretary of State for Scotland to

Reds. Although the enemy suffer- announce that the same respect

ed severe losses, casualties on our should be shown to the Scottish

sidu were also heavy. quarter of the royal banner of the United Kingdom' as is shown to the royal banner as a whole.”

SCOTSWOMAN'S,

APPOINTMENT

A lot was being said about plea sure cruises to the Mediterranean and the West Indies. Why, asked his Grace, should they not have a pleasure and business tour com- bined? If the business men' ot Scotland went over as a mission they would find it much casier to meet the leading Canadians than if they went over individually. He was sure it would be a profitable mission.

Miss Catharine Scott Moncrieff, who belongs to a well-known Scot- tish family, has been appointed. London Divisional Secretary of the Young Women's Christian Associa ber tion (of Great Britain). Mias Scott Moncrieff was connected for some time with the Glasgow Stu- dio of the B.B.C, and was en- founder and partner of a gift shop in Glasgow run on unusual lines

General Officers Among Caguilias. LINK WITH THE ORKNEYS

"Lieut-General Chen Shib Chi, With the registration to day of Commander of the 50th Division, Highland Airways, Limited, which was taken captive and subsequently has secured the commercial fying murdered in cold blood. Lieut. riglits in the North of Scotland, the General La Ming, Commander of the Britain for internal air traffic with later took his own life. Brigadier frst company formed in Great stad Division, was wounded and a scheduled programme came offi- cially into being. The service will Commanders Yang Te Liang and open on May 9, when a large num-Fang Ching were seriously wound- of amateur airmen will take ed, and Brigadier Commander Fu part in an aerial demonstration Chung Fang was reported missing. over the nerodrome at Inverness,

Regimental Commanders Tsong Tsu The Prince of Wales, who has Shun, Sun Chia Chuan, and Li Yen displayed great interest in the Fong were killed during the fight- opening ceremony and make the Colonels and 12 Battalion Comman venture, was invited to perform the

ing Besides these, Ave Lieut.- MR. MAXTON'S PROPHECY firat trip, but because of previous ders were either killed or seriously

Mr. James Maxton, M.P, was engagements he will be unable to

wounded. the principal speaker at a meating, is, however, possible that some undertake the journey North. It in Central Hall, Paisley, under other member of the Royal Family the auspices of the Independent Labour Party. He said his firm may take his place, but if that belief was that the I.L. P. under cannot be arranged the Duke of stood the true nature of the pro Sutherland will inaugurate the blems to be solved batter than the

service. members of any other party in the country. The great principle

Captain E. E. Freason, the chief pilot and general manager. of the

Further Heavy Fighting. "On March 21, the 'Reds' ad- vanced from Huangpei and Tungpei and were unmodutely engaged by our 9th, 11th and both Divisions. The

ualties. Heavy casualties were also marauders suffered over 10,000 cas- sustained by our 11th Division; both

which must govern any new Bocta.company, who has been carrying the Divisional and Brigadier Com

cabin

mental commanders being killed and another three being seriously wound- ed.

"On March 27, the main force of the enemy again attacked Lo-an and Kungfeng, laying siege to these two cities. The attack lasted for several days and thanks to our strong defences, the enemy failed to occupy the cities.

flights on live in poverty.

northern route, and also between- Mussolini, continued Mr. Max Inverness and Aberdeen, which it is hoped eventually to incorporate, ton, was going to fail, Hitler, was going to fail, Franklin Roosevelt will leave for the South next week was going to fail, and the British to take over the company's first Government had already failed. If machine, a 160 h.p. twin-engined they were going to get out of their Motoapar monoplane with a cruis present travails and difficulties ing speed of 120 miles an hour. It there had to be showing greater of all-steel construction, with activity, greater energy, and great-

accommodation for four

Also for passengers. and er powers of organisation and ex-

the pression than had been shown sin carriage of mails and newspapers. One. Scottish morning newspaper

Red" Success Admitted. ce the days of Oliver Cromwell,

has already entered into a contract

"A detachment of the investing PROFESSOR H. J. PATON

which will enable each day's Lasuemarauders, however, suddenly made Professor H. J. Paton, Proles.to be on sale in the Orkneys be for Sinkan, about 80 miles south- sor of Logic in the University of fore noon. The petrol tanks are in weat of Nanchang, capturing the Glasgow, has been awarded the de the wings, and this will permit city on April 1. There are indion- gree of D.Litt. of the University passengers to smoke with safety in tions that following upon this of Oxford. The graduation cere

the cabin.:

success, the marauders may advance mony will take place on April 6.

further towards Changshu. Professor Paton, who is a son of the late Rev. W. M. Paton, Sandy

ford U.F. Church, was, for a num

ber of years Fellow and Tator of Queen's College, Oxford, before

Landing Places,

"Again, the Red banditry which was entrenched in the region around Lichuan has descended upon Tzeki and is reported also to be add- vancing towards Fuchow, about 60

A series of short flights is to be carried out by the new monoplana at Inverness, Wick, Kirkwall, and Elgin before the actual opening of the service. A suitable landing field Myreside; near Elgin, and in addi- tion to the aeroplates at Lavernesa ENTERPRISE IN THE NORTH and Kirkwall landing places have

The Far North of Scotland is

been obtained at Golspie, Wick, no longer waiting patiently for a and Thurso. load from the busier centres. It.rs

his appointment to his present has been secured at the form of miles south-east of Nanchang, dr

chair.

At the outset the time-table pro-

"As a result, both Nanchang and uchow are now in a critioal, state," the report concludes.-Kuo Min,

" GHASTLY BONNET "

WITH THE KILT

"The bonnet worn in Scotland

boldly blazing the trail for itself. vided for a departure from Inver-vance, if any, in intimate apprecia- In sport and business recent devenea at 10 nm,, and, after a brief tion of the organ's special neces lopments show a striking enterhalt at-Wick, Kirkwall will be Mr. Mansfield's recital is in and of prise and originality north of the ached at 11:30. There will be two the funds of the Organists' Bene- Great Glen. The air service, of journey each way between the volent League. pouzae, comes first in the list, along Orkneys and the mainland before with the provision of aerodrome the return flight begins at a p.m. and landing-ground facilities. On to Inverness, which will be reached the sports side, Wick has had a at 6.30 p.m. The fares will be privata boom in boxing, and now for the flight from Inverness to Inverness has with great success Kirkwall and £1 for the short trip initiated floodlight football, draw-between Kirkwall and the main ing a 3,000 crowd at the first ven land. Commercial travellers who make use of the service will be able to complete their calls at Wick THE ROYAL SCOTS and Kirwall and return to Inver Her Royal Highness the Princessness, in the evening in one day, as

Colonel-in-Chief of the against three days at present. Royal' Scots (The Royal Regiment), A NEW WORK OF ELGAR will attend three important cere- manies to be held at Edinburgh

Elgar'e new organ sonata, which

ture.

Noyal,

ARNO CANADA

with the kilt to-day is a ghastly thing. It is a hard, heavy modern headgear, guaranteed to make you bald quicker than anything else.

the Duke of Montrose yesterday in That frank comment was made by Glasgow when he addressed an

after-lunch meeting of the Cana- djan Club

The real Highland bonnet," and Glencorse in June in celebra was published a week or two ago and put into the pocket whom not His Grace explained, "is hand knitted, and can be crumpled up tion of the tercentenary of the will be played by Mr. Purcell foundation of the regiment.. Jaunes Mansfield for the first time wanted. That is what we should

SCOTLAND AND

in Glasgow at his revital to have instead of these new contrap- morrow evening in Pollok shields tions. It is these now bonnets That Scottish business men should. Parish Church. This is the second which are making people who wear for thission to tour Canada organ songta written by Elgur, the kilt turn to the French beret."

tablish nontact with their the first being numbered Op. 28. It

Boottish Tweeds. buyers washe

made belongs to the period of the early

The Duke of Montrose, fa áre Gigs cantatas and the "Scenes from the ferenter to the woollen trøde, said uncheon Bavarian Highlanda"The new there was a tendency to send out vaheperk will be of special interest to Scottish tweeds with" "English pat-

Figure had written" boshs-When he was from Sher thej instrument, land last year be saw that the Shet

aland people were starting to make

tweeds with English patterns.

by the Duke

gow when he adds meeting of the Canadian Grace, after

sion to Candde last year

it was probably quite a wiss sion hot fo, sodd another fracla sion to Canada this year.

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