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London Passenger Transport Act: Sir Kingsley Wood: America's Happiest

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United States Senate for 21 years, and is chairman of its Foreign Relations Committee.

NEW YEAR

Message to Citizens of London

(Special Air-Mali Servico)

London, "January 2. The hung has sent the following Mayor Ox message to the Lord London th reply to the latter New Year greetings:-

Please convey to the citizens of London my warm thanks for the loyal New Year message which you, my Lord Mayor, have ad- dressed to me. in their name. I greatly appreciate your words of greeting to the Queen and my family. 1

Lo that we can, now face the New confidence Nevada is one of the eight sliver-Year with growing producing States.

For many years Senator Pittman has had one ruling ambition-the "rehabilitation” of silver.

The reason is not for to 'seek.

"They produce a sixth of the world's liver. To them. the price of that metal is of vital moment, and Senator Pittman is the senior Silver Benator

HELP FROM LONDON

CONFERENCE

What the Silver Senators could not press through the Senate "on their own" assumed a very different aspect when it could be represented as the agreed resolve of the World Economic conference. Mr. Key Pittman left London last summer with enough gained to carry the day Mr. Roosevelt has, hot been slow to recognise that he could serve a number of desirable ends by failing in with that view.

am happy

think

and more cheerful hearts:-George RI.

His Majesty has sent the follow- ing message to the Lord Provost of Glasgow in reply to the Lord Provost'a telegram of greeting:—

"It has given me much pleasur to receive New Year's greetings which you, my Lord Provost, have addressed to me in the name of the citizens of Glasgow. I thank them warmly and I pray that the New Year which we are now entering may bring a greater mes- sure of happiness to the people of your city."

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THE PRIME MINISTER'S NEW YEAR For the second year in succes- sion the Prime Minister filled the Political unrest in the Suver role of lucky "Arst footer" to his States should have been assuaged, friend, Professor Edgar Collis, of A direction in which Carigress the University of Wales, might have gone "infationist-mad makes his home at, Lossiemouth; has been, anticipated, and alt is Along with Mr. Malcolm Mac- in epnsonance with his price- Donald and Miss Ishbel MacDonald mising polleys

he listened at Thế Hnicks” by CABINET ROOM LIBRARY wireless io Big Ben chiming in Up to the time Fof Mr.the New Year, and then-Climbed MacDonald's present tenure of the the hill to Tower House, where Premiership, I was surprised to he joined Professor and Mrs! hear yesterday, there was no general library at No. 10. Dowing street.

NEW LEGISLATION -- Two important Acts of Parlia iment, Intimately affecting the public, were also placed on the Statute Book during the year- the London Passenger Transport Act and the Road and Raff" Ast The first, as is now well-known. coordinated London's suburban services and made possible impro- vements and developments by the four main-line companies of

Shortly after taking office as existing facilities in the London head of the National Government. area. The Road and Rail Act

the Prime Minister was impressed regularises the road haulage by the fact that the "bookshelves business, as is already evident in

around the walls of the Cabinet the extension of "door-to-door"

Room held nothing more interest- transport and in the acquisitioning than old volumes of Hansard by the companies of... Mesars It occurred to him that it might. Carter, Paterson and Co. and be possible to form the nucleus Pickfords, which together formed of a permanent library there the greatest road transport without incurring any oficial concern in the country.

These expense. developments "do not exhaust the

He wrote to all the men who enterprise, of 1933, which also has had at some tiine beld Cabinet to its credit the institution of rank, asking for a gift of one "summer tickets." the issue of

book or more. A list of some which has been extended for an-

seventy names was compiled, and other twelve months.

it Was suggested that their contributions should take the form of works from their own pen of any other books which seemed to" them appropriate.

SIR KINGSLEY WOOD

It is officially announced "thal the prime Minister has invited the Right Hon. Bir Kingsley Wood, M.P.. Postmaster-General, to be a member of the Cabinet.

A Parliamentary Correspondent writes:

HURLINGHAM CHAIRMANSHIP

Collis. As a dark man in his. youth, the Prime Minister answers the traditional requirements of this old Scottish custom.

TIRPITZ'S INDIGNATION Of that incident Tirpitz wrote in his memoira:

Ingeneh had the fate of Ger- many la his hands. I burn with Indignation whenever I think of

it

His downfall occurred in Janu- ary. 1915, when his failure to sup- port Hipper on the. Dogger Bank involved a severe German reverse and the loss of the Blucher. He was summarily removed from his command, "never to be employed again.

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THE LANSDOWNE PASSAGE

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An interesting, though to lovers of old London” a somewhat melan

A week ago I mentioned that the choly feature of the new Lansi death of Lord Cowdray had ren-downe House building scheme will dered vacant the chairmanship of be the final disappearance of the Hurlingham polo committee. Lansdowne-passage. the governing body of British polo.

nounced their decision as to Lord Cowdray's successor, but I hear that it is most likely that the choice will fall upon Gen. R. G.

The news that Bir Kingsley Wood has been invited to join the Cabinet will be received with The committee have not yet an- satisfaction in all parts of the House of Commons. In the old days of party fighting he was one of the Conservative party, and during the last Conservative Ritson. „Government he rendered yeoman Old polo players will remember service as Mr. Chamberlain's Gen. Ritson as captain of the Heutenant at the Ministry of England, team that challenged Health, There was some surprise, America for the Westchester Cup when the National Government in 1913.

formed, that Sir Kingsley Wood was not included in the National Cabinet, though it was recognized that, as Postmaster- General he would' put the General Fast Office on a sound business basis.

was

As in the case with "most first- class polo players, he learned the game in India.

COMMANDER OF GERMAN FLEET

Ingenohl, whose

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at

For 200 years Lansdowne- passage, separated the grounds of Lansdowne House from those of Devonshire House. At the Curzon- street end stul stands the bar dividing the narrow entrance from arch to pavement,

It was erected by George Gren- ville, who had a house in Bolton- street, as a barrier against the repetition of a dashing ride to safety by a highwayman.

He was cornered in the midst of some desperate enterprise in Piccadilly, and the pursuera thought they had him, until fo Berkeley-street he

-left, swung jumped down the steps and got clear away.

It is several years now since Mr. Benson Greenall, formerly an

In previous Administrations the death occurred yesterday, com- new Lansdowne-passage, 20 office of Postmaster-General has manded the German High Seas feet wide, is to be provided. It is often been regarded as a con- Fleet for the first six months of to-be built over the old sunken venient stepping-stone to Cabinet the war. A man of reat personal alley, which will probably become rank, but when the National charm, he was a favourite Government

Fair Hotel. was formed it was Court and had served in the Royal part of the basement of the May agreed that the office should be yacht.

MEN BEHIND THE DEAL regarded as a permanent one, and He was appointed Commander- that the holder of it should in-Chief by the Kaiser in spite of be given plenty of time in which protests by Admi, von Tirpitz, the to accustom himself to the work then Naval Secretary, who had a inspector of town-planning at- of the Department and to bring poor opinion of von Ingenohl's tached to the Ministry of Health, It to the attention of the nation, professional capacity. Later events bought Lord Lansdowne's man- Some account of the work of the appeared to confirm this opinion.sion and some of the surrounding General Post Once during the 2. BAD BLUNDERSTA estate.Lazisdowne House itself present year was given in a special Von. Ingenohl, it is true, was he sold to the Bruton Club; whose" article in The Times" on Tuesday, seriously hampered by the. Kaiser's new premises are still in course Much of the progress which was ban on operations which involved of erection there. then noted has been due to the risk to the fleet. But the dis- The Westminster City Council enthusiasm which Sir Kingsley positions he made on three ceti-acquired from him the land for Wood has displayed, with thecal occasions were in-judged the new street, while Mr. Greenall help of his assistants first Mr. The German defeat in the Bight still holds 10,000 square feet in Graham White and then Bir affair of August, 1914, shook his Clarges-street, Ernest Bennett and of his position. In the following Deeem- Mr. George Gee, who is to build Parliamentary Private Secretary, ber-while engaged in the Scar- the new block, has already, at the Bir Edward Campbell

borough Hartlepools raid he age of 45 made a considerable -HAPPY SENATOR FTTTMAN missed a unique chance of attack-mark-ipon the face of London. América's happiest man to-day ing Beatty's battle-cruiser squad. He was responsible for the re- should be Senator Key Pittman, ronfleet with overwhelming | cently completed extension to

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