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London, Aug. 4.

Linking London

With The Cities

Lord Willingdon, who is staying at Goodwood with the Duke and Duchess of Richmond and Gordon, must and the informality with

London, Aug 201 which he is treated in the race An exciting experience for: course a welcome contrast to the locials Jent thrills 'to the inau- formality which surrounds his guration to-day of a new postal visits to Indian race meetings. and passenger air service linking London, Birmingham, Manchester, Belfast and Glasgow.it

There the etiquette with which the Viceroy, as the King's repre- sentative, is treated, is very strict.

In India Lord Willingdon Is No. 1 on the table of precedence. must be with some relief that he sinks to No. 5.237-the position he holds as an earl of recent creation --when he returns to Migland.

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When the Governor-General is in India women curtsey to him as Viceroy. It is not necessary to do so in this country.

At Lord Willingdon's arrival at Croydon in June innumerable graceful curtsies were accorded to him. I noticed, however, that at the more sophisticated receptions given at the India Office and ab India House this practice was not followed.

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BETTER AMATEURS The first-class averages, though not always conclusive evidence of form! suggest that amateur cricket is again on the up-grade.

Though no amateur stands out to-day as did W. G. Grace, A. G. MacLaren, F. 3. Jackson. "Ranji," and R. E Spooner,, it is an en- couraging fact that J. H. Human and R. E. S. Wyatt are both in the

- half-dozen.

Lower down a University group. F. C. de Baram-who hit such a brilliant hundred against the Aus- tralians-R. de K. Winlaw, C. F. Walters, J. W. Seamer, N. 8. Mit- chell-Innes and A. Melville, are in the first thirty.

"

Incidentally, three of the Aus- tralians, including Bradman, who is supposed to have been out-of Horm most of the summer have

Development of air mail ser- vices in Britain has been glow for the obvious reason that the centres between which the great-

est

volume of "communication. flows are served by railway almost as quickly as by air.

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Auctions—Sale of Crown Lands, District Office, Talpo, 11.30 ·a.m.

Cinemas.

King's:— “This Man Is Mine" Queen's: "All 'Of Me."

Central: “Cal Hagenbeck's

Circus"

Oriental:-"Hidden Gold" World:--"Shooting Straight". Tal Ping:Air Armada.” Lee:-"Radio's Variety

Programme." Alhambra:-"Havana, Widows.” Majestic: — "AN Men Are

Enemies"

Star:-"The Woman Between"

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Bailors! and Soldiers'

Home,

Kowloon Union Church Women's Guild, 10 a

Miscellaneous

The new air service, however which carries mail for the. Arst General Committee, 3.30 p.m. time without surcharge will re- present a saving of 7 hours in business communication's Belfast to London and will enable letters posted up to 10.30 in the morning in Manchester to be de livered the same afternoon in London.

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The service was inaugurated under unfavourable weather con- ditions,

On the Belfast to Manchester route, the machine encountered terrific buffetting and during one particularly severe bump, the occupants were shot from their seats as the plans dropped nearly 300 feet.

Sir Harold Hartley, Chairman

Whist Drive, Seamen's Institute, pm

Moon.-VII Moon, 13th Day.

Principal Malls Inward from Europe via Buez by- Mantua: Outward for Europe via Siberia by Talthybius, 2.30 p.m.

Sunrise.-6.02 am, Bunsat.--6.50

D.M.

Tides-High at 6.20 and 21.26; Low at 14.08.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 23.

Auctions--Sale of Crown Landa

of Railway Air Berrics, was Land Office, Ping Shan, 11.30 am.

thrown against the emergency roof exit, his head "and" shoulders smashing through the canvas,

Other occupants were niso shaken, but none received serious injuries.

When the plane arrived at Manchester twenty minutes late it was decided to cancel the re- mainder of the fight and the mails were transferred

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Englishman, Hammond.

BOWLING STATISTICS

Bowling 15, $5 usual. the amateur's weakness. The profes sionals monopolise the first ten places, followed by J. C. Clay and

I. A. R. Peebles, neither of whom is considered good enough to play for England.

Freeman (141) has taken most wickets, but people who pick Test teams on averages should note that they have cost him 21 runs each, compared with the 15 of "Larwood and Verity,

MGR. BÜLITCH.

Christian archaeology owes an Immense debt to Mgr. Bulitch, who has died at a patriarchal age.

More than sixty years ago he satisfied himself that Diocletian's

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London, Aug. 20.

At to-day's meeting of the Wheat Advisory Committee, the the French delegates outlined steps to be taken in France to cope with the wheat surplus pro- blem and expressed the confident hope that by a continuation of the measures which had greatly reduced the percentage of flour milled from wheat, and by secur- ing that large quantity would be diverted to animal consumption,

King's: The Man Is Mine." * Queen's:—" All Of Me" is

Central Carl Hagenbeck's

Cirens."

Oriental:~" Hidden Oold."- World: Shooting Straight.” Tai Ping:-"Atr. Armada." Lee:-"Radio's Variety

Programme." Alhambra:-"The Mad Genius." Majestic All Men Are »

Enemies."

Star: "The Woman Between.". Lectures, Mr. A. N. Betts on Miniature. Photography," "B.C.- M.P." Building, 5.30 p.m.

Meetings-Theosophical Society" 17, Queen's Road Central, Study Class, 8 p.m.

Miscellaneous. Whist Drives Civil Service C.C., 8.45 p.m.. R.A.O.B. Club, 8.20 p.m.

Moon--VII, Moon 14th Day.

Sports Aquatica-Headquarter Wing, S. Wales Borderers, Y.M.C.A. Bath: ...

Snooker-Entries close for Open Championship.

Bunrie.-6.02 a.m. Sunset.-6.40

p.m.

Tides.High at 7.25 and 21.45: Low at 0.50 and 14.48.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 24.. Anniversaries and Holidays-St. Bartholomew, Stopping of Heat.

(Ch'u-shu), Spirits' (Chung-yilan-chieh).

Cinemas

Festival.

King's: This Man Is Mine." Queen's: "All Of Me." Central'-“Carl Hagenbeck's

Circus." Orientai:--"Reaching For The

Moon World:"Shooting Straight.” Tal Ping—“Air Armada” Lee: "Radio's Variety

persecution must" have been greater part of the surplus

stocks would be disposed of specially severe in Bajona, the city

The French Government attach- In which he was born and near which Diocletian bulit his palace. ed the utmost importance to the effective maintenance of the At Salona therefore, he argued wheat agreement and the success the Church must have honoured of the French plans to absorb the its martyrs with special fervour. bulk of their surplus was depen

Programme." The Austrian Government pro- dent upon the adherence of the Alhambra The Mad Genitis." vided funds and Bulitch excavated exporting countries to an effec-. Majestic "All Men Are the site, revealing the ground plaftive system of export quotas

Enemies." of a whole series of great fourth They urged the subdivision of Star: "The Woman Between." century churches.

the crop year quotas into quarter- Lectures-Mrs. Forster Addresses In a villa which he had bully periods and the setting aside the Christian Fellowship Meeting hard by the excavations, visitors of a certain percentage of the Helena May Institute, 10.30 a.m. could obtain refreshments which estimate of world demand as

Meetings: Twentieth Anzual, they ordered from a list drawn preserve, the allocation of which Kowloon Football Club, Pavilion,

-phouid remain in the bands of the | 5:45 pm. In Latin and in the form of an Wheat Advisory Committee. early Christian Inscription.

These proposals were generalis Tea did not figure on it and rof supported and the Committee set

Moon.-VII Moon, 15th Day. Principal Mafls Inward from America by Pres

fee was disguised as the Arabian up a drafting subcommittee to Jefferson, Outward for America

bean."

In the grounds stood a marble sarcophagus which Bulitch bad designed for himself. It bore his name, followed by the "Presbyter Indignus.",

bring together all the generally acceptable proposals before the Committee.

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