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No. 23378. 晚捌拾柒佰叁仟叁萬式第日肆拾月伍閏年 HONG KONG, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1933

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OUR LONDON AIR-MAIL LETTER

The King and the Conference: Some Confer- ence Yarns: Duke of Connaught's Sixty- five Years' Soldiering: An Anthony Trollope Manuscript: The Prince's New 'Plane: Sir, L. Halsey and Masonry

(Special Air-Mail Service)

HISTORIC PARTY AT WINDSOR

On

LONDON, June 22. The King and Queen received on the lawn of Windsor Castle Saturday 2,000 guests at their gar den party to the delegates to the World Economic Conference

It was an historic scene on the East Lawn as the King and Queen, with the Duke and Duchess of York, the Princesa Royal and the Earl of Harewood, the Duke of Gloucester And Prince George, i came down to mingle with their guests from sixty-six nations of the world.

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COMPETITION IN COTTON TRADE

Japan's Efficiency Stressed

LANCASHIRE MUST REORGANISE

LONDON, July 4.

DURING the course of last night's

dobate on the Board of Trade estimates, Major C. R. Attlee, winding up for the Labour Party told the House of Commons. that the success of the Japanese in the cotton trade was due to their ex- The "London Gazette" of sixty-tremely efficient organisation as five years ago contained the fol- mach as to low wages. Lancashire lowing announcement:

should reorganise her industry on similar lines."

"War Office, Pall Mall, June 19. Royal Engineers.-His Royal The usual criticisms regarding Highness Prince. Arthur William the abnormally low wages, condi- Patrick Albert, KG.. from the tions of labour and hours operat Royal Military Academy, to being in Japan, were heard, the Lieut."

Conservative member for Stock-

ket in the world which did not port, Mr. S. S., Hammersley, de- claring that there was not & mar- feel the menace of the extraordin arily cheap competition.

Duke of Connaught celebrates to As the announcement shows. the as the completion of his 65th From his first commission be has year since he entered the Army. passed through every rank. From Mr. Hammersley denied the the Engineers he transferred to the figures quoted by Dr. E. L. Bur- Royal Artillery, and was then gin, Parliamentary Secretary to gazetted to the Ride Brigade.the Board of Trade, showing that After active service in Canada in Japan's exports for the first four the suppression of the Fenian raid months of 1833 had declined & per he was gazetted to the Hussars, cent. in value as compared with and later he saw etern- fighting 1832, United Kingdom 9 per cent. with the Guards at Tel-al-Kebir Franco, 14 per cent., Germany, 25; Each was presented to the King

It is more than thirty years 7 per cent

per cent, and the United States, and Queen by the respective since he was promoted Field bassador or Minister. The British Empire delegates, were introduced Marahal by The High Commissioners for the Dominions.

It was the first garden party to be held at Windsor Castle for twenty years. Under the scarlet and gold Indian Durbar tent the King and Qusen received person ally all the chief Conference dele- gates.

M. Litvinoff, the Soviet Commis- sar for Foreign Affairs, who was wearing morning clothes, attended with M. Maisky, the Soviet Ambas ander.

....

TROLLOPE'S CANDOUR

It is another proof of the rise of public interest in Anthony Trol lope that the manuscript of his Autobiography" is to find a final resting place in the British Museum.

Five red and white marquees ware erected on the lawns., Cabinet

The book has been variously dea Ministers and their wives, foreign delegates and privato guests, stood cribed as "a masterpiece of candour discussing world problems as they and self-knowledge," and

drank tea and ate strawberries and

cream.

wear

The guests were given special permission to

lounge Buits if they wished but nearly everyone Came in cor- rect morning clothes. Many of the women wore heavy fur wraps over their summer dresses as a protec tion against the keen east wind.

There were amazing scenes in Windsor as the guests arrived, and again as they left. For over an hour a double queue of cars stretch" ed for more than half a mile from the Castle gates, and large crowds watched their slow progress.

FROM PANAMA

Some very good stories are com ing out of the Economic Confer- ence, A few are connected with the efforts of people to convince the police or attendants 00 the doors that they wish to get in to see "a friend" among the delegates or the journalists attending the matings

IN HONG KONG TO-DAY

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YESTERDAY'S WEATHER REPORT, FORECAST AND. REMARKS, 1380ED ØY. THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AT 5.35 P.M., STATED :-

PRESSURE IS HIGHEST TO THE NORTHEAST OF JAPAN, AND MODERATELY LOW OVER CHINA AND THE BASTERN BEA.

LOCAL FORECAST: WINDS, MODERATE; FAIR.

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"queer, bleak text-book of the mechanics and economics of novel writing." What is more, it extin- One of these concerns a very guished Trollope's good name for terprising pommercial traveller, who was, anxious to get into touch with the representatives of a South American republic for business pur

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To achieve his end he announced himself to the doorkeeper as the delegate from Panama.

The doorkeeper laughed at the ruse. "You'll have to think of a better one than that, mister," was his reply. "Everybody knows Panama 1s a canal, not a country."

A HOME FROM HOME

more than a quarter of a century.

It was a shook to Victorians to learn that one of their favourite authors had worked steadily by the clock for three hours every day, turning out his allotted quantity, and to see the table in which he had est out that his total earnings from his pen were £8,339-178' 5d.

THE ETONIAN REVIEW -

The President of the Board of Trade Mr. Walter EuaĽUB49, dealing with the question of Japanese competition said that the reply of the Japanese Government to the suggestions of the Board of Trade, had been received, and

special committee, representing Lancashire, had been appointed for the contemplated discussions.

He hoped that a reply would shortly be sent to Tokia-Reuter.

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TO-DAY

(July 6)

(Inte V. Moon 14th Day) Auctions-Sale of Leaseholú Property, China Auction Rooms, p.m.

Theosophical Society Meeting, '6 p.m.

M.C.L. Whist Drive at Police Club 8.30 p.m.

Theatres.

Central: "The Half Naked

Truth," Queen's: "70,000 Witnesses." King's: The Painted Woman." Oriental: "Danger Lights." Majestic: Nagana.” Star: "Broadway Bad."

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Sports.

It is not often that an "ephe meral" school magazine can entice such a distinguished list of con- Another story going the rounds tributors as has the "Etonian Re- of the Conference relates to the view"--the apostolic succesBOT of

Lawn Bowls-Open Champion- booking of accommodation for the last year's "Change" which will ship A. Hyde-Lay". B. Deacon delegates. On behalf of the Poles be on sale at Lord's this year.. (Police green), G. E. F. Thompson

inquiries were made at one of the

Sir Francis Peek is again one of C. G. Silva (Kowloon C.C. big hotels and the question was the editors. Their not was widely green), 5.20 p.m. naked what other Conference parties cast, and results in ang includ Lawn Tennis." Division:

ing articles from the Earl of Chinese R.C. v.

Central British

would be staying there.

The manager enumerated along Athlone, the Earl of Birkenhead, Association, Kowloon Indiaus v. list. There would be the Dutch, Earl Howe, the Dean of St. Paul's Army T.C., Filipino Club. Kow- the Belgians, the Spaniards, and Mr. W. E. D. Allen, Father loon CC., Police R.C. v. Deutscher Klub, Kowloon Docks, v. Badio many other charming people, in- Ronald Knox, Lord Clydesdale, the cluding the Germans. "Ah! We Earl of Clarendon, Gen. Sir Sports Club, Civil Service. Club fear that would not do," said the Hubert

de Recreio, Hong Kong 0,0. %. Gough, Mr. Harry Craigengawer C.C Polish official. “You see, raža Graham, Mr. Randolph Churchill,

Water Polo. South China “A”. tions between the Pole and the and Earl Winterton,

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All the articles come from Old YM.C.A. "A" Young Com- "But m'sicu, that need not dis- Etonisms except two. One of these panions (YMCA.), 6.30 p.m. tress you, assured the manager,n an amusing criticism of public Sunrise-5.43 am Sunset.-7.11

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