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At the Weekly Rotary luncheon, yesterday, H. E. Sir Andrew Calde

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first time honorary member. Rotarian, Champkin gave a delightful ' and

appropriate recital of Charles. Dicken's Christmas Carol, which was well received.

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Fixtures have been arranged for to take "At 11.30 this morning, Miss Daly local football matches O'Keefe and her talented puplis place during the weekend. will go on the stage at the King's Theatre to give a dancing display. What this treatment has in store need no recommendation from me, an those who have seen it in the past will no doubt be delighted to pay another visit.

Not to be outdone, The Queen's Theatre is also singing a special show for the kiddies. There the saucy and coquettish Betty Boop. From and that "Pooey To You Me," Pop Eye will do the enter- talning.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

"A special Christmas Day Tea Dance will be held at Repulse Bay Hotel to-day from 4.30 p.m. to 6.30 pm. Half hourly" bus service during the afternoon. There will be no Dinner Dance that evening.”

The China Emporium, Ltd. 19 closed to-day, December 25th la celebration of Christmas Day, and will re-open to-morrow. December 28th. The Cafe De Luxe, Chinese restaurant; Emporium Ball-room. and roof garden remain open as

During the usual performances, all picture houses in Hong Kong are out to vie with each other in the screening of the latest and best films. To single anyone out for special mention would be most unfair in view of the significance of the present season-Peace on usual. To-day extra special Xmas. Earth and Goodwill Towards 'all

tään and dinner on Cate De Luxe

Men.

(Mezz. Flr.).

At the Hong Kong Hotel Roof

Garden there will be a special tez ment waiting for you. Of course dance, and three hours of merri-21, notinable diseases reported During the week ending on Dec.

were 11 cases of Diphtheria with 4 there will be the intimitable Cowan deaths, 11 cases of enteric fever and Balley, and there are Ted and with 3 deaths; 4 cases of cerebro- Evelyn who with their dancing, Spinal fever with 2 deaths, and 44 and the charming and graceful ¦ cases of tuberculosis (ail deaths). Estelle Davis to do the honours, For the 24 hours ended on Dec. 23, patrons are bound to enjoy a de- there were -three ⠀⠀ cases of -lightful time

diphtheria and one case of scarlet fever.

Over in the mainland at the Hose Room of the Peninsula Hotel a special Christmas Dinner Dance has also been arranged, The enter- tainers -mentioned above will be present to help to make the even- ing as gay and as jolly as possi ble, Carol.

YUGOSLAV CABINET

CHANGES

[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Press" (Copyright.)].

BRITISH NOTE TO THE POWERS

[Special to the "Hong Kong Daily Fress" - (Copyright.)1

My Madrid, · Dec 23. "El Debate" reports from Lon- don that the British Note to the Mediterranean powers enquiz-- about their willingness to af. ford military assistance in event of a confict, was despatched aå Belgrade, Dec. 23,-

early, as December 8, the reason The Cabinet of Stojadinovic's un-being that it was found that the derwent a transformation on Sun French naval harbours in the Me- diterranean were not deep enough to afford anchorage for the larg est British fleet units.

Shanghai, Dec. 24. At the Coroner's inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of A. 8. H. Wiggin on board the Pres. Mackinley on, Dec. 21, a letter written by the deceased was read out, in which he said "This day as a result, of the resignatione dreadful ear disease with no hope of the Minister for Public, Works, of care is driving me mad. After Popies, and the Minister for Sociai weeks of pain without sleep, I am Affairs and Sport, Komenavics, the finished."" The letter was un-ex-Ministers Zwetrovics and Hos- bulj being appointed u their

addressed.

Zwetkovicshed his

The Coroner said that undoubt places. edly the late Mr. Wiggin was driven mad with pain. The verdict returned was one of suicide while temporarily in an unsound mind Router

cabin with a gun by his side on Dec. 21, abortly after the Pres Mackinley left Hong Kong.

London, Dec 30.. Hitler is more sensitive to ex pressions of opinion in this coun

The late Mr. Wiggin was coun- try than in any other. It is known sellor of the British Embassy at here that he is getting anxious Tokyo. He was found shot in his lest anything be done to prevent the Olympic Games from being held in Germany next year. Wed- nesday's footbal match has re- celved his special attention. The German players and visitors are instructed to show no flags and to refrain from demonstrating their The 78th official Italian war

political allegiance. Hitler would bulletin relates that 5000 Abyssin-

like the match to promote good lan warriors attacked the Italian

feeling between this country and line at Abbi-Addi west “Makale

bis, and he is ready to call it of marching northwards. The Ita-

if there is any chance thas 1 lan and Eritrean and native

might have the opposite effect troops made a violent counter at Ashes Interred In Wales » There are no oficial objections tack whereupon desperate hand to

to the match here, and as far as hand fighting followed, the Abys-

London, Dec. 24 official assurances can so-Hitler sinians having the advantage of The ashes of Mr. Gareth Jones, will be assured that there is no familiar territory but the Italian the British Journalist who was i thing to fear. Whether there will forces were better equipped with murdered by bandits somewhere be any spontaneous signs of dis- artillery and aeroplanes. Finally | North China, early in July, were approval by the British spectators the Abyssinians were routed and brought to Barry during the week- (or by the public as the chara- chased by the Eritreans:

end and Interred in the cemetery bancs of German players and vist- The losses on both a des are still yesterday after a short, dmple torg pass through the streets of London) cannot, of course, be unknown. Eritrean airmen bom Welsh service at the Church, barded an assembly of Abyssinians Deceased's relatives and repre- foreseen But such signs are not in a zone between Queran and sentatives in all phases of life in a matter of official concern as b

Wales were present

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JOURNALIST

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years ago as the Minister for Culture while Erzbulj was Minister for Public Works, in the last Jeftlich; Cabinet,

The cause for these changes were the attacks by the Berblari Radical Party, who were ·d'acatis- fled with Stoyadinovic and tried to overthrow the Cabinet. In this they did not succeed thereupon certain Serbian Radicals with drew the two - Ministers named and declared that they would go into the opposition, Stoyadinovic then chose his successors from the Skupstina circles elected on May 5-under the Jeftitch Government, Transocean Kuo in.

H.K.C.C.-ARMY MATCH The following will play for the triangular cricket match on the HKCC, against the Army in the Club ground at 11 am on Thuis- day December 28 and Baturday SHANGHAI TRAIN COMEDY December 28- W. Hayward (Capt.), A C. Beck, G. ER Divett EVR. Duckitt, G. B. Dunkley, LD. Kubée, L. McInnes, H. Owen Hughes, T. A. Pearce, T. E Pearce, G. A Stewart.

HAUPTMANN ASKS FOR PARDON

– Trenton, New Jersey, Dec. 24. Few hours before the news of the

departure of the Lindbergh family

#nangnul, Dec. 24

Moreover France needs fourteen days to mobilize her reserves. This Inability to depend on immediate, French help was to have been con- pensated by assistance from other Mediterranean powers. Transocean Kuo Min.

JAPANESE LEGATION IN ABYSSINIA

(Special to the "Hong Kong Dally

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Addis Ababa, Dec 23. The Japanese Charge d'Affaires for- Abyssinia and the entire staf for a new Zegation arrived here on Monday The Charge d'Anairs was hitherto the first secretary of the Japanese Embassy in Paris Fransocean Kuo Miny

MEETING OF MINISTERS

The morning express left for Nanking according to schedule, but started from Chenju, on the western suburbs of Ehanghai. Ig the meanwallethree hundred" | Bol students are still camped in the coaches at the North Station, which in Chapel Reuter

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Special to the "Rong Kong Daily press (Copyright.) 1

Baghdad, Dec. 23, The foreign ministers of Iraq. Iran, Afghanistan and Turkey, will meer in the near are here for the purpose of cumu fensive alliances. The

will coincide with the

top - England, Bruno - Hauptmann | den. Contents of the appeal have. Turkish Toralei omi

fled his appeal for clemency be - not been divulged.

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