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Edinburgh, Sept. 19. The Duke and Duchess of York arrived at Inverness yesterday by 4.895.34 8.12 6.50 7.41 7.119.00 special train from Kyle of Lochal- sh. They were met by Mackintosh of Mackintosh. Lord Lieutenant of Inverness-shire. and zaid they were charmed with the reception in the island of Skye, which they

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On their motor juurney from Inverness to, Braemar the Duke and Duchess visited the field of Culloden, the site of the last bat- tle fought on British soil The Duke, who was in Highland dress, and the Duchess, attired in a cos- tume of Glamis red, were conduct- ed round the battleleld by the Mackintosh of Mackintosh

A CASTLE IN SKYE

Campbell force was sent against it. Tain Dubh thereupon invited eleven Campbell chiefs to Dunvegan on the pretence of dis cussing terms. At dinner each Campbell was placed between two Macleods, and after the feast was over at a prearranged signal a cup of blood was set before each guest. The eleven Campbells were. then instantly stabed to death

THE FAIRY BANNER OF

"DUNVEGAN

HUGE LOAN TO

GOVERNMENT

$100,000,000 Customs Notes Pledged

Shanghai, Sept. 7. Mr. T. V. Soong, Minister of Finance, accompanied

by Dr. Rajehmann, liaison officer. "of thei League of Nations, arrived from Nanking at 10.30 yesterday morn- ing by aeroplane. Dr. H. H Kung, Governor of the Central Bank was, however, delayed in the capital.

Following the return of the Fin ance Minister, negotiations be tween the Ministry of Finance and the local banks for a loan of 800,000,000 are expected to be con- The .D. few days.. cluded in $100,000,000 worth of customs trea.. sury notes which will not be floated for the time being has been pledg ed as security.

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The negotiations, have been ducted between Mr. Tsou Lin and Mr. Hau Kak, high officials of the Ministry, with the local bankers. It is understood the Central Bank, the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications will take large shares of the loan to the Govern- ment. The interest of the loan is reported to be five per cent. per

annum.

With the inauguration of the National Economic Commission, the national cotton committee, a sub- sidiary organ of the Commission, is expected to be established next week. The mission "of the cotton committee is to improve the Chin- ese cotton products and trade.

With such memories of the old unhappy things of Highland his- tory it is not surprising that Dun-- According to a high bank off- vegan is supposed to be haunted. cial, the Chinese banks have ad Neither Sir Walter Scott nor Dr. vanced raoney to the Government Johnson, who both visited the cas-to" an amount of 8-15,000,000. The tle, saw the ghost, but then they loan of $30,000,000 with the customs were not, perhaps, the sort of notes as security is a new one and people who might have been has nothing to do with the old pected to see it. Among the re-loans already advanced. lics preserved in the building are- Dunvegan Castle, where the a lock, silky and yellow, of Prince Duke and Duchess of York are Charlie's hair, which was cus of staying with Macleod of Macleod. by Flora Macdonald, and also (an can put up a good claim to be the exhibit which, says one visitor at oldest inhabited house in Scotland, least, does "not stir the emotions") A thousand years ago some stones a pair of Flora Macdonald's stays, of the great, stark pile which now But most famous of all is the looks out so uncompromisingly on "Bratach Shith," or Fairy Banner the sea may have formed part of of the Macleods. This is of yellow the ancient fort which once stood silk worked with red patches, and on the site. Parts of the present humdrum persons will tell you that Dunvegan date back to the thir-it was possibly made by the Bar teenth century and some of the acens. But the general tradition inner walls to the eleventh. It has is that it is part of the dress of shared in the bloodstained clan a fairy who became the wife of history of the Highlands. The one of the chiefs of the clan, After walls of the old keep which en-her allotted span of twenty years close the present drawing-room on earth she went back to fairy nrobably witnessed that famous hand, and as she flew away she and terrible banquet of 1552. After dropped part of her dress, which a certain fain Dubh Macleod, became the fairy banner of the a relative of the ninth chief of Macleods.

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Key And Brooch Presented To Royal Visitors

Skye Sept. 19 The Duke and Duchess after the ceremony of opening the new hostel at

(From Our Special Correspondent) Skye were shown over the premises.

by Mr. James Shearer, Dunfermline, the architect. The Duke wore High land dress and the Duchess was in pale blue with a grey fox fur.

Mr. K. P. Chen, Mr. Chien Hsing-tse, Mr. Yung Chun-ching, Mr. Kwok Shun, who have been invited by Mr. T. V. Soong to handle the Chinese cotton business, will be made members of the com mittee. Others to be invited to serve on the committee will include Mr. Chang Chiangau. Mr. H. O. Tons. Mr. Li Shingpeh, Dr. Ho Ping yi. Mr. Hsia Chi, Mr. Tsou Ping-wen, Mr. Sun Un-cheng, and Mr: Wa Yun-an."N.C.D.N.”

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

TO-DAY

(October 11)

(VIII Moon, 21st Day).

-Canton, Oct. 8.. The marketing and exporting

Anniversaries and Hoildays.--Jewish, rights of wolfram and tungsten The Duke received a gold key and Hosana Baba' granted to a British: firm, "by the cigarefte box, and the Duchess was Auctions-Crown Lands Sales, Dis- Ministry of Industry, is cancelled presented with a gold plaid broochtrict Office, Taipo, 11.30 am. PW.D. by mutual consent, according to a modelled by the architect on an old | Olikos “a p.m.; Lammert's Bale of telegram despatched by Mr. Chen Celtic design

Miscellaneous goods, Sales Room, noon. Kun-po, Minister of Industry, to | The Duchess smiled her thanks Meetings, Ladles Church Aid General Chen Tsai Tong, Com when a small schoolgirl presented bar Society, Bailore and Soldiers Home, mander-in-Chief of the First | with a bouquet of carnations and a p... Kowloon Union Church Wo- Group" Aziny, and Mr. Lam Wan again expressed her delight when men's Guild, 10 am. --- Koy (Lin Yun Kai), Chairman of later she received the brooch. the Kwangtung Provincial Govern-d The royal party remained to lunch af, the hostel, after which the Duke And Duchess placed a wreath on the Portron War Memorial, with the Skye branch of the British Legion.forming gund of honour ander the command of Colonel Macdonald.

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Miscellaneous-Claims against the Estate of Etoms Amelia Hill, of Mid- dewax, England, due; Whist Drive, Seamen's Institute, & p.m.; Reopening of Hongkong Technical Institute.

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Although Mr. Chen Kung-po, did not state why the agreement was abrogated, it is reported that the Company's exclusiva right to mar ket and export wolfram and tung- On the way back to Dunvegan the sten from South Kiangsi via Can- royal party made a detour west for Central: "King Kong", ton was abrogated by a decision, of Port-n-Long, over 20 miles from Queen's the South-west Political Council, Portret, and saw the whole process of to the effect that these chemical, hand tweed-making, from the dyeing products could be freely exported of the weaving of the cloth, all done

+by dative women'workers": by any one, in Canton.

In his telegram to General Chen and Chairman Lam, Mr; Chen Kung-Do stated that hereafter the exporting and marketing of these. Next year's British Industries chemicals will be undertaken direct Fair will be held in London and by the Ministry of Industry- who Birmingham from February 19 to requested the co-operation of Cap-- March 4. Mr. Claude Taylor, ton in this connection, you director, writes:You will be in- Minister Chan said that the con-terested to know that the volume tract was made between the Min- of applications for space at the istry and the Company without con coming Fair already ensures that sulting the Canton authorities who it will surpass all previous Fairs refused to give effect to the con- in importadier and in consequence tract following opposition by Chin- the opportunity afforded to the ese mining companies operating in trade buyer will be an exceptional Bouth Kiangsi..

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