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DEATH

A

SHAW-On April 24, 1937, Fenners, Wimborne, Dorset, peace-

The dragon which paraded the streets yesterday in the Chinese procession

SIR WALTER SHAW

fully, after a long illness, Sir Wai-Distinguished

ter Sidney Shaw (late Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements).

ENGAGEMENTS

Mr. J. S. Kenyon and Miss D. D. King

MEMORIAL

TO R.N.V.R

JAPAN REVIEW

Propaganda Bureau Planned

Because it is merely a technical organization, the Premier. General Senjuro Hayashi, is dissatisfied with the results achieved by the Cabinet "Intelligence Commission, which was set up on July 1. 1936, by the Hirota Cabinet to adjust and co-ordinate information concerning important affairs among the various Ministries. The Chief Secretary of the Cabinet is chairman of this Commission, the members including some 20 Vice-Ministers and other important of cials.

The present Premier, according to reports in the Japanese press, now plans to convert the Commission into a bureau which will take charge of propaganda and control public opinion. Under the direc tion of the Fremler. it would control literature, all branches of art, stage plays, movies, phonograph records, radio programmes and national culture in general. It would be called the Cabinet Intel- ligence Bureau and must be headed by an able man chosen outside the Government. A draft plan for early submission to the Cabinet 18, it is reported, being drafted by the chief secretary of the Cabinet and the director of the Legislative bureau.

The Chugal-Shogyo, a leading financial dally, understands that: General Hayashi anticipates development of the bureau into a Pro- paganda Ministry on the lines of that functioning in Germany.

"It is not yet known in what manner the government intends to enforce such control," says the "Japan Times." "The items men- tioned are already being censored by the Government, and the free- dom of writers and artists is much restricted."

Commentary On Election Results

Of an electorate of 13 million-19 per cent. of the population of Japan proper-17 per cent voted at the elections. This is described as apathy. but in the last General Election for Great Britain and Ire- land, where 67 per cent of the population is enfranchised, a 76 per cent, poll was considered to be satisfactory, indeed it compared favourably with the 88 per cent. in 1922, for example. At all events it seems that the two co-operating political parties, the Minsetto and

AND R.N.D. Seiyukal, have commanded what they will regard as gratifying sup-

Colonial Judge Chapel Dedicated At ponents opinions, have cut a sorry Agure. It is suggested that

Sir Walter Sidney Shaw died atter a long illness at his home at Fenners. Wimborne, Dorset, at the age of 74.

The engagement is announced

After a distinguished career in between John Stowell Kenyon, of Shanghal, eldest son of the Rev. the Colonial legal service, he was Thomas and Mrs. Kenyon, of Wil-appointed in September, 1829. Diana chairman of the Commission sent shaw. Yorkshire, and Daphne, third daughter of Mr. and out to "Inquire into the immediate

Mrs. W. B. King, of Shanghai,

Mr. R. Edwards, JUN, and Miss

E. H. Davies

The engagement is announced between Richard Edwards, Hong Kong Cadet Service, son of Mr.

Richard Edwards, M.B.E. of 7. Priory Road, Edgbaston. Birming ham, and the late Mrs. Edwards, and Eveline Hay Davies, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Davies, of Ty Ddewi. Hungjao Road, Shanghai.

MARRIAGE

Mr. J. F. Cornes and Miss R. F.. Addia

causes of the recent outbreak in

recom and to make Palestine, mendations as to the steps neces- sary to avoid a recurrence."

The son of Mr. George Shaw, of the South-Eastern barrister Circuit, Shaw was educated at Brighton College add Trinity Col lege, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1888. For 18 years he practised a the Common Law Bar before he

Upper Norwood

A memorial chapel to the men of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and Royal Naval Division who were trained at the Crystal Palace during the War and who died in defence of their country dedicated recently at St. John's Church, Upper Norwood, by Bishop

fortker Walter Carey, a

After- the Navy. Chaplain in wards a memorial tablet was un- velled by Commodore Sir Richard Wuliams-Bulkeley. R.N.R.

Was

It was atting that the eve of St. George's Day, which will al-

with be associated

the ways heroism displayed at Zeebrugge, and should have been chosen.

part in their opposition to the Government, whose supporters, in spite of an unprecedented exort on the part of Ministers and, a consider- able strengthening of restrictions on the tree expression of their op- General Senjuro Hayashi will defer the meeting of the Diet to the latest possible date in order to have a clear paths for defining his future policy in the light of the formidable constitutional issues likely to arise from the verdict at the polls.

The success of the two major parties" receives special emphasis from the support given to the Social Masses Party which is expected Ap- to have forty seats instead of the twenty held in the last Dlet. parently the charge of apathy against the electors is based, not so much on their abstention from voting as on the diminishment of the number of offences for violating the election laws, only about". half the figures for 1936 having been recorded. This may indicate the greater effectiveness of the more stringent rules in restraining oratory calculated to promote disturbances.

Labour Crisis

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Japan's labour crisis may be directly traced to her rearmament programme, says "The Central Daily News." Analysing the reason... behind the unceasing labour disputes in Japan the paper states that they are invariably caused by the rising cost of living which, in turn, is due to Japan's military expansion. As a result of the increasing expenditures for the, fighting service, the paper continues, Japan's anancial and economic policy is full of contradictions and pitfalls.

joined the Colonial Service in 1906 that the church in which the Japan wants her people to absorb as many newly floated bonds as

In

memorial has been erected should as police magistrate, and "acting be only a short distance from the Chief Justice of St. Vincent, the following year he became Chief ruins of the Crystal Palace.

A party of officers and men Justice, and after being for a time "acting Chief Justice of Grenada from H.M.S. President were pre- A marriage has been arranged, he was appointed in 1912 Chief sent at the service, and at the end Reveille were and will shortly take place, be-

Justice of British Honduras. From Last Post and tween John Frederick (Jerry) 1914 to 1921, when he was knight-sounded. The memorial has been Cornes. Colonial Civil Service, eldered, he was a Puisne Judge of the raised by subscription and a sum son of Mr. and Mrs. Julian Cornes. Supreme Court of Ceylon, and then or £30 is still needed to complete of Layston House, Buntingford, and

from 1921 to 1925, when he retired. it. Rachael Forrester Addis, youngest Chief Justice of the Straits Settle- daughter of Sir Charles Addis,

ments. K.C.M.G.. and Lady Addis, of Woodside, Frant, Sussex.

BIRTH GUNDRY-On May 6, 1937. :at Stoneleigh, England, to Mr. and Mrs. Francis R. L Gundry, a daughter.

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Sir James Haldane Stewart Lock hart, K.C.M.G., LL.D., of 6, Cress

Colonial well-gardens, 8.W.5; Oficial, who served for forty years in China, grand-nephew of Charles Stewart, eighth Di Ardsheal (Argyllshire), who left "estate of the gross value of £18.087 145, 5d. with net personalty £11.928 11. bequeathed to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland the following Jacobite relics:

A snuffbox.

Charm stone of Stewart, c1 Ardsheal.

A ring containing a lock of Prince Charlie's hair

The Commission given by James Charles VIII of Scotland to Stewart nith of Ardsheal, and

A holograph letter from James Edgar, secretary to Prince James Edward; to Charles Stewart of Ardsheal

Bishop Carey, who for a short time was chaplain at the Crystal Palace during the War, was as- aisted at the dedication service by Archdeacon Gilbertson, Chaplain of the Ficet. After the unveiling

possible but is at the same time doing everything possible to depre clate the bond-purchasing power of the people. Another contradic- tory fact is that she is championing self-sufficiency and yet she s driving the nation's capital to northeast China. Japan is professedly stabilizing her exchange and yet the continuous flotation of bonds and the increasing unfavourable balance of trade have created public apprehension. She is restricting foreign imports but is at the same time searching for "raw materials on the world market. What is worse Japan is resorting to artificial means to control the rising price of commodities, but in this she is defeating her own purpose. “

Tokyo And London

Cautious but friendly is, the apparent attitude of responsible opinion in Great Britain toward the reported proposals for Japanese co-operation in the economic support of China. As, has already been indicated, Great Britain is ready to respond so long as it is under of the Memorial Tablet the Bishopstood that the equality of China's status, as affirmed by the Foreign Office at Tokyo. is fully recognized and that the United States "of of Crdydon dedicated the altar

America is consulted and, if she so dealres, included in the, under- rails of the chapel in memory of

standing. Mr. Naotake Sato has made an excellent impression both in the Rev. H ́§. Gill, who was vicar

Great Britain and Ameries by his outspoken support of the "new of the church from 1918 to 1934.

concept" in. China. He has just received notable, reinforcement from. Dr. Carty, in an address, recall-

the statements made by Mr. Shigeru Kawagoe, Japan's Ambassador ed memories of 22 years ago and

here, on arrival in Japan. Whether Japan recognizes that the zaid they were then a happy methods by which her policy in China has been directed since 1931 family at the Crystal Palace. He

have not been successful and have not commended themselves to the was, like all Service men, all for

world at large is still a matter of doubt. It may be assumed that peace, but not at any price. He such recognition is to be discerned in the new attitude of the Japanese hoped he would never see the day Foreign Office, as also in the impressions said to have been gained when British men would refuse to.

by the Kodama Mission, as the result of Its recent visit to China aght, for the cause of freedom and yet that does not cover the whole of the Japanese Government

the honour of their country.

WOMAN” IMITATES

MAN'S SUICIDE..

Mr. T.O.M. Sopwith's Loss

It was stated at the inquest at Hammersmith on Miss Rosamund Sopwith, a sister of Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith the yachtsman and air- craft designer, that she had taken 200 aspirin tablets after reading a

case in the paper where a man had taken a similar dose.

When this fact was revealed by Miss Gertrude May Sopwith, the

Smith, the dead woman's sister, Dr., Edwin observed: These acts are sometimes imitat

As long as the traffic regulu- tions contain their present weak- ness in lack of provision to fares should be officially no de differentiate between through signated, and the traffic on them streets and cross streets, one of given the right of way over in- the chief causes for excessive tersecting streets." Then it would 6247 noise will continue to exist in slot. be necessary for the drivers

Hong Kong,

to run right-angle races, fight As long as all streets are battles with squawking horns | ed." од a par in the matter of and go to court to, quarrel out rights at intersections the ri- the question of who was in the vers will continue to race for right" when the accident occurr.

LOCAL MAPS the intersections and to resort to ed.

Peak District,

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Victoria, New Territories.

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.

excessive horu tooting when crashing through traffic at cros- sings in spite of a multiplicity of police. The drivers are less at fault in this connection at pre sent than "the traffic-regulating authorities are...

The whole question is one of when Hong Kong will grow up traffic regulation. At present the regulations are far behind the city's growth, especially the traffic growth. We don't need

Coronation week to prove that The streets which are by their It is proved daily in "normal very nature through" thorough-times."".·

coroner,

The election results at least show that the Diet is likely, to be behind Mr. Bato. Is it certain, however. that the diplomatic approaches now being made in Whitehall are immune from the danger of revision or even repudiation should the attitude of the Foreign Office incur the disapproval of those who have persistently ignored diplomatic con. siderations in illustrating "positive" policies in China?

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Premier's Broadcast To Millions of Children

General Hayashi, the Premier, in his capacity as Education Minister, delivered a lecture to millions of school children all over the country in a radio broadcast. Leaving the Hotel New Osaka at 7.30 a.m., General Hayashi drove to the 1.0.B.K. and stood in front of the microphone. He spoke for 12, minutes. Referring to old stories re lative to Masamune, the sword-smith of feudal ages, and others, the general urged the younger generation to put their soul into their studies. He stressed loyalty and patriotism and also allai plety

Patriotism By Post

"Air patriotic postage, stamps" will be on sale from June 1, in- stead of from the Emperor's Birthday anniversary on April 29, os originally intended. The air stamps will be two sen higher than the ordinary ones in price, while the air postcard will be five sen, The extra charges will go to the funds for the construction of aerodromes and aeroplanes. For propaganda purposes, the Osaka Communications Bureau is preparing tens of thousands of posters for distribution nervous disorder.

Bir. Bernard. Spilsbury said that among the post offices, primary schools, etc., within its jurisdiction. Miss Bapwith's death was con- sistent with aspirin polsoning.Factory Legislation

Miss Gertrude Sopwith said her slater had been suffering from a

There was no reason to doubt her statement that she had taken a

very large dose.

Recording his' verdict, Dr. Edwin Smith said; "Although not insane in the ordinary sense of the word, from the legal point of view one feels that the right verdict is that she took her own, life while of un- sound mind."

With a view to preventing factory accidents which have shown a marked increase in recent years, the Social Bureau of the Japanese Home Office is considering a plan to make all factories set up safely committees. According to investigations made by the Social - Bureau in regard to 78.848 factories (employing a total of 2,274,033), 532- workers were killed and 16,820 seriously injured in factory accidents in 1935. The figures for 1932, based on the results of the Inquiries made of 61,128 factories (employing a total of 1,599,760), were 250 killed and 8.089 seriously injured.