Arrangements for the inaugurs- tion of a regular air-mail and passenger service" between Singa- pare and Hong Kong, it is under- stood, have now been completed. and it is expected that "Imperial Airways will announce the com- mencing date within a week or 50. Page 7.
one of the most distinguished of · Soaked 'alf all letters smelling the American Army engineer oud-of sea water and bearing evidence- cers and had served since 1881. of the tragedy, of an air disaster having been placed on the retired in which a liner and twelve lives Hist in 1920-
were lost, were "delivered in Hong Aeuter
Kong yesterday.”
Page 7.
RETURNING TO CANTON
4.
For impersonating a police officer at Kowloon, Li Shing Nam, 18, un- Shanghai, Jan. 20. employed, was brought before Mr. Fifty students and educators E. L Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon" from Kwangtung who attended the Magistracy yesterday and was fined Nanking Conference left for Canton $75, or, in default, six weeks' hard this morning aboard the "Hai- labour.
chen."enter
LOCAL AND GENERAL
The shadow of the King's ill-
aver. Owing to the request of many of has faller heavily Geneva where it is pointed out those who wish to attend both the that the King's interest
the lecture
on "Night Photography" always and later the performance of the League of Nations has
"Lady of the Precious Stream" to- been sincere and sympathetic.
the University Photo- Meanwhile the welcome news morroW,
CALLED TO MEET The Privy Council has been Bandringham called to meet to-morrow morning. It will ap point a "Council of Siate to act this during the King's illness. WIS attended by The meeting will be attended by MacDonald, Lord the Home Secretary, Sir John the day.--- John Simon. the Simon. the Lord Chancellor, and Canterbury, Lord the Clerk of the Council, Sir Mau-
Lord Wigram,rice Hankey and others.
that although the King has had a graphic Club has decided to hold restless night, he maintained his the lecture earlier at 7.30 pm, in-
more stead of 8 p.m. as stated in yester strength, was followed by encouraging reports that he has day's paper. Will all members and had several hours sleep during friends kindly note the change.
For the benent of the Hong WAITED IN THE SNOW
Kong public and those travelling In Hundreds of people waited on the "President Coolidge." this the snow for hours outside Buck-steamer is now set to sail from
Honolulu ment on His Majesty's condition Yokohama,
and Ban which was posted at noon. Others Francisco-Los Angeles, at midnight The King's three
are walted at the gates of the Sand- on Friday, January 24, instead of remaining all night at Sandring-ringham grounds, according to at noon on Saturday, January 25. ham but wil issue no further Futer's special correspondent, and as previously scheduled. bulletins until-to-night. -Reuter.
a pilgrimage of motorists, cyclists and pedestrians continued to fle past the King's residence through out the day....
The proceed- It is expected the meeting will
was removed by the sale to Man- The meeting of the Privy Co.
3. Council chukuo. Not wholly removed, ofcil to established course, for though the Amur line State was held in a room adjourn may be doubled and made as ing the King's. bedroom efficient as possible, it can never morning, and quite make up for the loss of the Mr. Ramsay direct route to Vladivostok. The Halisham, Str Esheries are also a cause of frie-Archbishop of tion. In repeated agreements there Dawson of Penn have been "ambigulties so obviously and Lord Hankey. gravid with trouble that one can fugs were extremely brief.
The three members of the Ca- hardly help suspecting that bot sides were fully aware of the dim-binet and Lord Hankey lunched culties that would arise but hoped with the Queen before returning to get the best of the ensuing to London."
The Prince of Wales and the tussle. The Soviet Government hopes to "recover" the fisheries for Duke of York reached Sandring- fcwn' the Russian people, who never ham at 11.30 am, having
from made use of them Practically all in the Prince's aeroplane that they have been able to do so Windsor.-
far is to hire Japanese fishing craft Reuter.
A MORE RESTFUL
NIGHT
London, Jan. 20...
and crews in order to fish the areas for which they had made fictitious bids at the regular auctions. Con sidering the differences between Russian and Japanese political theory, this mast create some mis givings in Japan, and it is also A bulletin issued at 9.45 2.1. rather grotesque. for the Soviet states that the King has had a State to play the part of a capitalist more restful night, but there is exploiter su completely. If a long-no substantial change to record term treaty could be arranged,] Reuter, giving Japan the fishing rights,
without any farce of Russian com-
The
FRENCH SQUADRON
IN MOROCCO
Large Scale Manoeuvres
Paris, Jan. 20.. The vanguard of the Arst French battle squadron which is now on its way to the coast" of" morocco
where manoeuvres on a large scale
e social and sporting life of the port, will be returning to Tientsin. Mr. Wodehouse is one of the most accomplished and versatile sports men the port has known. Mr. and Mrs R L. D. Wodehouse, and family left on last Tuesday even- Shanghai, to Donnect with the weeks, has arrived at Casablanca. g. They travelled by train to are to be held during the next few Blue Funnel B.A. Farpedon fox | Six torpedo bonts destroyers, three submarines and the airplane čar- England.
rier Bearn" have cast anchor in The death roll in Tientsin con- the sport off Casabanca. tinues to swell in spite of sounTroniossan Kuo Min. kitchens and heated quarters in the Chinese City which are "for" over 10,000 destitute persona a day,
X
be held in a room adjacent to E./ingham Palace to read the state- Hong Kong for Shanghai Kobe, ritatea a report from that city. No
Majesty's
ง
doctors
GRAVE DANGER NOT INDICATED
Lendon, Jan, 19, An official source states that a meeting of the Privy Council at
·Sandringham' would not necessar- Ly be regarded as indicating any such grave danger or that "any change Was expected £12 the King's condition, but rather mean-
that the liness of His Majesty was likely to be prolonged.
PRINCE OF WALES VISITS
DOWNING STREET
[
The many friends of Mr. E. J. R. Mitchell, the popular manager of the local branch of the Manufac» i Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales turers Life Insurance Co. will be and the Duke of York have left sorry to learn that he is going into Sandringham for London. They hospital to undergo a somewhat went this morning but will re-serious operation Mr. Mitchell, turn to-night, ft is understood. who holds the rank of major in the
Heuter.
FEVDO: Will temporarily, relin- quish his command of the Machine Gun Battalion to Capt. H. R Forsyth, erstwhile C.O. of the Scot- tish Company.
B
LITTLE "SLEEP:OT
London, Jan. 20. It is leamed unomcially that at 2 am the King has had little sleep and that his condition was unchanged.-- Bruter
A
'REICH MOTOR ROAD"
less than 600 have succumbed since
́(Spacial to the "Hong Kong the setting in of the cold weather
Daily Press").. this winter The soup kitchens generally provide two mealı
(ByTelegraph, Copyright, Tele day, comprising cornflour coagesyraphic Messages Ordinance, 189j- and pickles, while the heated quarters open at 4 p.m. The in- Seceived, January 20, 7.30 p.m.)
Munich, January 20. and after staying over night, they mates are given one meal a 6 p.m.
The magnificent new "Reich. to leave the place in the motor road connecting Munich. morning. The quarters are built with Garmisch-Partenkirschen has of matsheds and the ground space, į been opened in view of the forth- which is divided into partitions, coming winter Olympic Games in covered with hay on which the the" people sleep. Large stoves Ara' in- stalled to keep the place through the night.
bave
WEYD:
latter
resort. A notable. feature of the new road is that care
been taken · when' constructing it to avoid all leve crossings.---
MORE RIOTING IN EGYPT
Mr. W. North, who is beenTransocean Kuo Min. manager of the Tiantain branch of the National City Bank of New Four cases of Diphtheria and York for a number of years, has three cases of Enteric Fever were retired from active service. He reported to the Health Authorities will still, however, be asociated TOUCHING DEVOTION ..
during the 24 hours ended on Sun- } with the bank, 'and will be at their London, Jan. 19.
day.
disposal for advice, Interviewed Hundreds walt throughout the
resently at the German American (Special to the "Hong Kong Daly day at the gates of Buckingham
Under the provision of the will Hospital in Tientsin, where he has
Press" (Copyright), j' Palace for buletins on His Ma- of the late Mr. Henry Lester, the been a patient since. his return
Catro, January 20. jesty's health. There has been Council has appointed Mr. RF. from New York, Mr. North said
The Government has announced snow and the weather is bitterin. Master as a lester Trustee, to that one of the reasons why he iz
succeed to the vacancy created by returning home is that he wishes to that it has decided to hold the crowd near the the resignation from the trust of join his wife and children in elections under the new electoral Mr. H. Lipson Ward on his leaving England. "I've been in China "for law on March 10. There was China
32 years," he said, “and I think again rioting by students out Bun- that is quite enough. I came day. The disorders lasted till the back," he stated, to close my per- General Chiang Kai-shek, Presional affairs, and on behalf of the students tried time and agth to late hours of the evening, the dent of the Executive Yuan, ia bank. I am looking into financial structed the authorities in Kinng and political conditions in Japan, form processions which marched Auboi, Szechen. Kiami North China and Shanghai to through the streets with cries of Hupeh and Hunan, to carefully porting on my way home. He Down with Britsid, Down with: ➤upervisa spring planting to ure will also submit reports on the Eden."— vent the sowing of poppy seeds
cold.
Th Council of State, wil be en- powered to act for the King who wit conduct to-morrow's meeting petitive participation, a very fruit-desolate country through which from his sick bed, with the Coun- ful source of 1-will would be re-the Amur runs, it really matters cil members assembled in the ad- moved. In this matter of the fin- not at all if there is a little tres- Joining room, as in the case of the eries the Soviet Government has passing, or flying on the wrong similar Counch caled during his sometimes shown itself more side of the border. On the other illness fri 1928-29- capitalistic and Imperialistic than hand, there is no excuse for either. Rauter. the Taarist Government, while the There might be a little smuggling, Japanese, on their part, have tried of course, but smuggling must be
Among the to take advantage of the banking the principal contact between Rus-
gates to-day were three little girls. and other facilities allowed. Evensia and the capitalist world, and is
For a long time the people had so patient a negotiator as Baron probably an economic necessity. It
ben allent or talking only in London, Jan. 19.
whispers, 80
there that when Shidehara. came to the end of his is not much complained of. good-humour over the fisheries trouble on the border, seems to be
The Prince of Wales and the three little ones, started singing question, and there was talk of wholly composed of propaganda Duke o: York returned to London their voices carries clearly, and tiaval protection for the fishermen and espionage. There have been trom Sandringham to day. The reverential hush continued. instead of an Agreement.
Japanese statements about the Prince of Wales called at No. 10 They sang Apart from all reasonable, dan- longing eyes that look across the Downing Street this afternoon and King."- gera of disagreement, however, Amur to the prosperous land of remained with the Prime Minis-Reuter. there la mutual suspicion and re- Manchukuo, where many Russians ter for about one hour. crimination which cause a good would like to be instead of living a deal of bad blood between Russia miserable life under the iron heel and Japan. Responsible statesmen of Communism That, however, is in Moscow make violent statements a type of report that seems to have. about Japan's, acts and intentions, passed away. Nowadays all the to London to visit the Duchess-
London, Jan. 19. and statesmen in Tokyo respond in alarmist talk is of fortifications, of who has not yet, fully recovered
The Prince of Wales and the kind. Especially is this the case new railways, of concentrations of from her recent finess The Duke- concerning border incidents, which troops, and of trespassing over the returns to Sandringham to-mor- Duke of York are in London to have been as frequent as they have border. And now and then angry row. The Duke of Kent arrived day and will not return to Bep-
to-dry. The dringham until to-morrow. been unreasonable. All along the counter-charges come from Moscow, at Sandringham
The Lord High Chancellor, Lord Hallsham, also visited Mr. Bald- win this afternoon.
The Duke of York has returned
"God
Save
the
MEETING AT SANDRINGHAM
silver situation. When asked when | Transocean Kuo Min.
he intends to leave for England, Mr. North said that he will in all probability leave the hospital ab
Mr. AHK Cobb has taken charge of the Tientain branch of theGrion Insurance Society of the end of the week, if no compli on for a deepseated abscess on the Canton and other insurance, come cations should set in. He plans to spine and complications, on Christ. panies of which Mr. RT D. sail from Shanghai on January 25 mas Day Had the operation beer Wodehouse. Was in charge there, to join his wife in England. Fide delayed Mr. North was informed owing to the latter's departure for children are at present in school by his physician, there would have Homs. It is se yet uncertain in Somerset Mr North entered been but slight chance of his re whether Mr. and Mrs. Wodehones, the German American Hospital on covery, but as it is, he will be up who have played so large a part in Christmas Eve, and was operated thin few days.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.