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: London, Aug. 13. The London Chamber of Com- merce has submitted to the Air Ministry a scheme for develop- ing in Britain of a regular system of commercial air transport.

The Chamber suggests that the ground equipment and trams control of the British air routes should be vested in a statutory body, on which the Air Ministry, the General Post Office, aircraft operators, insurance and commer- cial interests should be represent- ed.

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Impressions of Malaya Rotary Clubs

Bir Willard Hornell who recently visited the Singapore. Kuala Lum pur and Penang Rotary Clubs was welcomed back to the Hong Kong Rotary Club yesterday.

Mr. M. K. La, President of the Club said he felt sure he was ex- pressing the views and sentiments of everyone present when he said that they were glad to see Sir William back. He had not only visited the three clubs mentioned. but spoke at each one of those Clubs

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Bir William after thanking, the Club for their kind welcome sald that his visit to Malays was con nected with the Hong Kong University.

He told the Rotary Clubs he had visited of the Hong Kong Rotery Club. 7 think that Rotary in' Malaya is doing great work: be- cause there are so many different Chamber hopes the plan races in Malaya and it in the com encourage local authorities nion meeting ground for Tamils, to provide aerodromes, and it is Malays, British and Chinese. It is hinted that the Government might not for me to comment on the provide certain financial guaran-state or condition of the Rotary tees for the raising of loans, by Clubs in Malaya, because I think

The will

DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS

To-day

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15

Anniversarise and Holidays Solemnity of the Assumption of

Our Lady.

·Sale of

Auctions-Lammert's Household Furniture, etc. 278 Nathan Road, Kowloon, 10.30 al. China Auctions Sale of Steam Launch Tung Tat No. 3, Crane Barge and Machinery, specided in schedule annexed to Bill of Sale No. 56 of 1933, Sales Room, 11 am. Cinemas

King's: "The Invisible Man" Queen's: "Manhattan Melo-

drams"

Central:-Way Back Home" Oriental:-"Men Of Chance" World:"Night "Birds":

Alhambra: "Dreyfus"

Majestic: "The Animal King-

dom"

Star: "Silver Dollar**

Meetings

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Kowloon Union Church Women's Guild, 10 am.

Miscellaneous Whist Drive, Seamen's Institute, 9: p.m

Presentation of Certificates to local authorities for this purpose, they are doing excellent work h Graduates of Young Wo Hospital

by Lady Southern, 5 p.m. The memorandum further sug- | zaid. gests that the duties of the pro-

Maon---VII- Moon, 8th" Day. · Continuing, Sir William sald'

¡Principal Malls posed statutory body should t- } that he did not think that mem-

Outward for America and Europe clude consideration of matters af- bers of the Hong Kong Rotary via Siberia by Tatsuta Maru, 8.30 fecting the Imperial air routes.— | Club" need wear sack cloth and British Wireless.

ashes or be ashamed of the work

for Europe via Suez Memnon, 1.30 p.m. done by their club in Hong Kong.

make Sporis. He concluded by saying that the Lawn Bowls-Singles Champion- Hotel was the mog comfortable (Chigongower 0.0. green). 5.15 room he had sat infine the time p he left Hong Kong,

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AVIGNON TRAIN Hopf Garden of the Rosi Kong ship: V. Petherick v. T. F. Starion

DISASTER

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Paris, August 13.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 16,

Anniversaries and Holidays.

From Chungking To Chinese Maiden's Day. Feast of

Yunnanfu

Nanking, Aug. 8.

the Goddess of Commerce. Feast of St. Joachim and St, Roche, C. of Auctions--Lammert's Sale Household Furniture, il Carnarvon

Cinemas.

was chiefly to blame for the.ac- The project of the China Nation-Building, Kowloon, 10.30 a.m.. ► cident as, according to several wital Aviation Corporation to open a nesses, he drove the train into the Chungking-Yunnanfu airway con- station at 50 kilometres an hour.

The work of clearing the debris is making. little progress as the wreckage was scattered

every where. Four of the more seriously wounded passengers are not yet out of danger.---- Transocean Kuo Min.

HEAT WAVE IN THE NORTH

necting Szechuen with Yunnan- transmitted through the Ministry of Communications-was approved by the Executive Yuan at its 172nd meeting yesterday. The decision was forwarded to the Central Po- litical

Council for record. Kno Min

FUEHRER DEEPLY MOVED BY PASSION PLAY

Shortage Of Cereals special to the "Hong Kong Daly

Feared

King's:-"Jennie Gerhardt". Queen's:-"Above The Clouds” CentralWay Back Home" Oriental:"Men Of Chance". World: "Night. Birds" Alhambra:-Dreyfus" Majestic:-"Hidden. Gold" Star: "Silver Dollar

Meetings Theosophical Society, 17 Queen's Road Central, Study Class. 6 p.m. Miscellaneous

Whist Drives, Civil Service Cric- ket Club, 8.45 pm.

R.A.OH. Cinb, 8.30 p.m. Moon-VII Moon, 7th Day

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Oberammergau, Aug. 13. The Fuchrer and Chancellor. Despite the typhoon along the Adolf Hitler, paid a surprise visit China coast, the heat wave in the to the performance of the passion Outward for Europe via Biberia

Nanking, Aug. 5.

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month of July" has been unprece dented in the last 28 years, accord- ing to an official report of the Central Observatory.

The maximum temperature in the Capital was 109.4 degrees Fah- renhelt on Jufy. 13. ". After the typhoon, the temperature lowered somewhat, bút since July 28 the Imean temperature Has been above

101 degrees.

The volume of rainfall was less than one-fifth of that of the cor- responding month last year. Had It been only, one inch less it would have equalled the record drought year of 18146

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his "last visit to the world famous intracle play four years ago. Transocean. Kuo „Álín,

MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HINDENBURG

Ceremony In Jerusalem

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Jérusalem, Aug. 13.

Social Faustions,” Toc H. Diruier and Meeting, Lane Crawford's Restaurant, 8

Sports

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Lawn Bowls Singles Champion- ship: R, Duncan v. D. Rumjahn (Club de Recreio green), 5.15 pm Sunrise, 6.00 am Sunset 8.54

Tilden High at 0.41 and 12.30; Low at 6.27 and 18,41:

DEATH FOR STEALING FOOD

tai keeps rising. The Municipal A memorial service for the late Government is negotiating with Reichspresident von Hindenburg | [Special to the “Hong Kong Dally local banking circles for a loan took place on Bunday at the Ger for the purchase of cereals in orman Consulate General, about 100 der to prevent a shortage.

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