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Bangkeng

Hongkong Daily Press.

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Served in the best places

Post Office in the United Kingdom

ESTABLISHED 1837

No. 24518. ¶G@### ıT HONG KONG, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1937.

登拜禮 日陸廿月肆年卅佰玖仟登英 Price

Ganelli Mänager.

SIR WILLIAM CROOKES

One of the greatest scientists ever known he left a rich herit age to the work. One of the best of his gifts is that tinted lens. which now boara his name, The reault of years of scientifle rosearch and manufactured now for 17 years so give unprecedented comfort to sun-strained eyes.

N. LAZARUS

The Colony's Optician distributes the genuins article,

Single Copy, 10 cts

Per Month, $3.

BELGIUM RELEASED FROM OBLIGATIONS

CIVIL AVIATION

IN CHINA

"Peaceful Penetration"

Civil aviation is swiftly but surely revolutionising China but it is a happy revolution and more in the nature of "peace- ful penetration." Moreover, it is a very national penetration, since it has caused the Chinese to explore their own country.

For centuries the citizens of China have been hampered in commerce and in social intercourse, by the almost overwhelming Arduous journeys difficulties of transport from town to town.

had to be made by cart, by camel, by, horse, or even on foot... Just a few towns could be reached by river, but the voyage by junk was quite as perilous, if not more so.

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LOCARNO TREATY GUARANTEE ANZAC DAY OBSERVED

BRITAIN AND FRANCE REACH UNDERSTANDING

London, April 24.

The Joint Anglo-French statement releasing Belgium from her obligations as a guarantor power " under the Locarno Treaty says that the Anglo-French Governments had given full attention to the desire of Belgium to have her international rights and obligations clarified where they were rendered necessary by her geographical position, and by the delays which may stil occur before the conclusion of a general act to replace the Locarno Pact.

They had particularly taken note of the determination expressed by Belgium to defend her frontiers with all its forces against any aggression or invasion, and to prevent Belgian territory being used for the purpose of aggression against another state, or as a passage or base of operations by land," sea and air, and also of her. determination to organise the defence of Belgium in an efficient manner ior this purpose.

OFFICIAL CORONATION PROGRAMME

The Governments also noted Belgium's renewed assurances of Adelity to the Covenant of the League and the obligations it in- valves for League members.

La consequence, and taking in account her determination and assuranceS above-mentioned, the Anglo-French Governments declare that they consider Belgium "now released from all obligations to-

HONG KONG

CLIPPER

World Wide Broadcast Of Arrival Arranged

Elaborate preparations are being made for Hong Kong's most ambi-.

A Beautiful Souvenir wards them resulting from either lous world broadcast in "connec

me

The Official Souvenir Pragram- of the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth is now on sale.

Through its pages it is now pos- sible to measure much of the sig- nificance..of the Coronation; to share, even at this distance across the seas, something of the senti-

ments

of the times with those nearer to the scene of history in the making.

With dignity and beauty the Programme presents the religious devotions and traditional rites of a ceremony that is over 1,000 years old.

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the Locarno or arrangements drawn up in London on March 19, 1936 and that they maintain, in respect of Belgian undertakings of assistance which they entered into towards her under the above- meritioned instruments.

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tion with the arrival on Wednes- day of the "Hong Kong Clipper," making history by completing the chain of air the world round services.

The full proceedings in

the official. welcome of the pioneer' The declaration adds that the Biers will be broadcast through-- release of Belgiant in no way out the world, for the express pur- affects, the existing undertakingspose of enabling a relay through- between Britain and France.—— out the United States over

nationwide circuit.

Heuter.

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KING GEORGI

怀

JUBILEE YUKS

Ceremony At Cenotaph

MEMORIAL SERVICE

At 10 am. yesterday morning at the Cenotaph silent tributes «to the thousands who made the supreme sacrifice on that, grey morning of April 25, 1915, at Gallipoli were paid when relatives, friends and comrades of the Anzacs-members of the Australian; "and New Zealand Army Corps-accompanied by representatives of the British Navy and Army, assembled to commemorate the landing at Suvla Bay of the flower of Australian and New Zea- land manhood who, ander s withering fire from the entrenched Turkish forces on the fortressed slopes of Gallipoli, attempted to storm the impregnable heights.

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Photograph taken after the wedding of Mr. L. W. Hume and Miss Kathleen D. Fisher at St. John's Cathedral on Saturday afternoon.

AMERICAN FLEËT IN SHANGHAI

Dance Halls Thriving

GEN. CHEN CHI TANG

RETURNING

Brokers Champagne

Party

Mr. E. Essig, of Messrs. Swan, Culbertson and Fritz, has bought a seat in the Hong Kong Share- brokers' Association and gave a Brokers' Champagne Party at the Association at noon on Saturday

to celebrate the occasion. Mr. W. J. Carroll, Chairman of the As- It is reported that General Chen' sociation, made a short speech, Chi-tang. ex-warlord of Kwang-onering Mr. Essig a hearty wel- tùng Province, who has been come in the name of the Associa- Shanghai, Apr. 25.

travelling in Europe on a tour of tion and thanked him for his Practically the entire American inspection, has lett Norway for party. Mr. Carroll, in extending Asiatic Fleet has arrived here, and

Hong Kong.

welcome to members of American sailors are seen roving in, As Gen. Chen Chi-tang is fami- Hong Kong Stock Exchange, said North Szechuen Road and Ruellar with the conditions in Hainan he hoped the spirit of friendliness Chu Pao San better known as "Tin Island, it is said that the Nanking that has always existed between Pan Alley." Dance halls are doing Central Government will perhaps, the Association and the Exchange brisk business,

appoint him as Superlatendent of, will go from strength to strength. the Department of Industries of Mr. P. Teater, chairman of the Hainan Island.

Stock Exchange, in reply assured

Admiral Harry E, Yarnell, Com- mander-in-Chief of the American Asiatic Fleet, arrived here yester- day aboard his flagship Augusta,

The American warships will re- main in port until May 4 when they will sail for Chetoo for manoeuvres." Union News.

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the

It is understood that his bro-Mr. Carroll that they would on ther Mr. Chen Wel-chow, returned their part, do their best to see from Europe a few months ago, that Mr. Carroll's hope WAN and is now preparing the way for realised.

his brother's re-entry into the ser- vice of the Government,

Chinese Evening Press.

Salvage Work

On Sunken Ferry

Great dimenity is being ex-some extent as the vessels took

perienced in efforts to raise the the load.

bulk of the sunken Night Star.

At low tide on Friday hawsers

When the bawsers commenced

secured the wreck to lighters and to tear away part of the bow of

the Henry Keswick.

Despite the combined Ufting power of the Boating "tanks" the ferry remained firmly embedded.

the Henry-Keswick, the attempt

had to, be abandoned.

The Night Star sank as the re

sult of a collision with the Meri- dian Star in the harbour on April

The bows of the PW.D. Hebters and the Henry Keswick dipped to 14.

DIEIU

KEIT

THE CORONATION OF THEIR MAJESTIES KING GEORGE VI & QUEEN ELIZABETH

OFFICIAL SOUVENIR PROGRAMME

The above is a line reproduction of the front cover of the Ocial Souvenir Programme of the Coronation,

A picture taken yesterday when Anzao Day was com

Cenotaph, followed by a mot

Ceremony

solemn ceremony at the

Pleture shows the Australian contingent to the Coronation marching through the Admiralty Arch on the way to their Lon- don quarters.

WOMAN INJURED

A woman called Leung Chun, aged 17, of 324 Lockhart Road, re- ceived severe Injuries to the head when she jumped off a moving fram in Hennessy Road near Tong- king Street, at 9.30 last night. She was sent to the Government Civil Hospital where she was detained.

THE DOLLAR

T.T. ON LONDON; .11. 2-27/324

T.T. ON NEW YORK: 30-3/8

London Silver Market

(From Our Own Correspondent)

London, Apr. 24. London allver prices were up 3/16 as follow:-

Spot

April 23 20-3/16

Forward......... 20-1/4'

CHRISTENING CEREMONY

Marion Elizabeth Franklin

At Et. Andrew's Church, Kow loon, yesterday afternoon, the in fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Frandin, of the Shamshulpo, Police Station, was baptised by the: Rev. J.R. Higgs, Vicar of St. An drew's. The child was named Marion Elizabeth.

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to-day Local Diary

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April 24 |Radio Programme

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