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HONG KONG, MAY 17, 1937.

ITS PLACE

To create the illusion in

the

THE PALACE ·

Fitting Finale To Festivities

London, May 15. The State Ball in Buckingham Palace, which was attended by no fewer than 2,000 guests, provided a Atting climax to the last day of the gala function held in connec- tion with the Coronation.

As un previous days, crowds again gathered in front of the Pa- in adjacent streets in lace and order to watch the arrival and de- parture of the distinguished guests. Traffic was so completely blocked that the cars and carriages of the guests had to crawl through the streets at a snail's pace.

After repeatedly calling for the King and Queen, the crowd at last had a sight. of Their Majesties when they appeared on a balcony.

The huge concourse burst into

Silver Jubilee

Copenhagen, May 15. Denmark to-day celebrated the Silver Jubilee of King Christian.

The official celebrations began at 7 o'clock this morning, when huge crowds assembled at the Palace and cheered till the King appeared on the balcony with the Kings of Norway and Sweden.

His Majesty attended service in the Cathedral at 11 a.m. after which he held a reception in Par- Hament House.

the streets and parks of the city. He was enthusiastically "cheered.

GREAT WELCOME While од their way to the Cathedral later in the morning, the King and Queen received a

great welcome from the crowds, who tossed flowers into their car- riage until it was literally full by the time they had arrived at the Cathedral.

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Following the service, in which the Bishop of Copenhagen extolled King Christian's deep understand- To-night there will be a Stateing and sympathy of his people, banquet and a torchlight proces- the procession returned to the Palace, where the King received

all deputations from sion to the Falace.

country.

the

Thousands who waited outside Palace this morning were much gratified when King Chris- tan appeared alone on horseback for his customary canter through

over the

harbour

Ared In Wärships salutes and bells pealed all over the country-

deafening cheers and sang the Na Mrs. Chiang Kai-shek CANNON DUEL

tional Anthem several times.

At midnigh, about 100,000 people were still wälting outside the Pa- lace and the King and Queen made

several appearances on the balcony to acknowledge the crowd's hom- $80.

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MR. ANTHONY EDEN ENTERTAINS

London, May 15.- The honour of entertaining the King and Queen and Queen Mary was accorded the Foreign Secre- tary and Mrs. Eden last night when Their Majesties together with other members of the Royal Family and His Majesty's corona- tion guests attended a Banquet at the Foreign Office.. at which the Prime Ministers of the Common-

London, for the coronation and Members of the Diplomatic Corps were also present.

Another American college--this

time co-educational Oberlin-de- sires to confer an honorary degree upon Mrs. Chiang Kai-shek, states the "Evening Standard."

Mount Holyoke College for Wo- men was first in the field.

ADVOCATED

MESSAGE

IN ERROR

Coroner On Cause Of S.R. Crash

*SIGNALMAN WAS

FLUSTERED"

"A signal was given to the next signal box that the line was clear when it was not.”

This statement was made by the Coroner (Dr. Edwin Smith) at the resumed. Inquest at Battersea on the ten victims of the Southern Railway accident near Battersea Park Station on April 2

The accident was caused by the train trom 7.31

electric 2.11. Coulsdon North to Victoria "run- ning into the back of the 17.30 am. electric train from London Bridge to Victoria..

When Arthur Anthony, aged 63, driver of the second train, was called to give evidence the Coroner remarked, "He is alive only by a miracle."

10T this. "Nobody blames you

By Socialist Leader dreadful happening," he said, ad-

In Budapest

Budapest--A new kind of duel- Oberlin has sent its proposal through Dr. H. H. Kung, a distin- ing which may help bring this gulshed" alumnus "whose

ludicrous Hungarian custom inte wife is

still further disrepute has been "Mrs., Chiang's sister. Dr. Kung, now on his way to the Coronation proposed by Karl Peyer, Socialist advocates is as China's delegate, has been ask-leader. What he

dueling with cannon. ed to make his return journey by Way of the United States in order to be present at Oberlin in June when, the degree is conferred upon his sister-in-law. He is himself a Doctor of Law of Oberlin.

Dr. Kung is China's Minister of Finance, and a great deal more as well

He has been in turn a teacher,

a banker.

The Fifty-Sixth Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders PUTTING THE SEA IN wealth, foreign statesmen visiting a soldier, a provincial governor and will be held at the Offices of the undersigned on Tuesday, the 18th May, 1937, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the wind of the passenger that he is Report of the General Agents, still on land should," it appears, together with a statement of be the main aim of the ship-James Gerard. the French Foreign

Accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1936.

The Share Register and Trans. THE MAY HALF-YEARLY fer Books will be closed from the GENERAL MEETING of 4th to the 18th May, 1937, both VOTING MEMBERS will be

days inclusive. held at the Club House, Happy Valley, on Monday, 31st May. 1937 at 5.30 p.m.

ALL MEMBERS are cordially invited to attend and participate discussion which may

in any

ensue.

By Order of the Stewards,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary. Hong Kong, 17th May, 1937.

THE HONG KONG

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builder of the future when he is shaping the Normandies und Queen Mary's to come.. That at least is the impression given by "French ideas of 1 paper on ship-planning and, "decoration" which was read last month 'to the JARDINE, MATHESON & Royal Society of Arts by M. de

CO., LTD.

Malgiaive, the resident director General Agents. in England of the Compagnie

April, 1937.

Generale Transatlantique., M. de 5229 Malglaive is convinced that, though there may still be a few CHINA UNDERWRITERS, happy mortals who have the salt

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of the set, surviving in their countless numbers of (Incorporated in Hong Kong) blood,

others wish to forget as complete- NOTICE is hereby given that ly as possible that they are the Thirteenth Annual Ordinary afloat." General Meeting of Shareholders

Hong Kong, 27th

The King had Princess Chichibu of Japan on his right.

The American representative Mr.

Minister, M. Delbos. Field-Marshal von Blomberg. Colonel Beck, and guests,

Monsieur Litvinoff were among the

British Wirelen.

ONE AGAINST THE B.B.C.

London, May '15. How an enterprising "enthusiast got a first-class vantage point dur- ing the Coronation procession and boaxed millions of people into the told by the B.B.C. bargain, was yesterday evening.

"The story was agairist ourselves last night." said the announcer who related the incident, "when the crowd of 100,000 were waiting outside Buckingham Palace. to ac- claim Their Majesties."

"An Interloper boldly pushed his way through the crowd and climb-

ed the B.B.C. cubicle erected for the Coronation broadcast in the Green Park.

"With complete composure he

Palace"

Hence, in designing the Nor- of China Underwriters, Limited, mandie land architects were, for will be held at the Offices of the the first time in shipbuilding, Company, 4A, Des Voeux Road called in early to take a hand.

True, they had sometimes to Central, Hong Kong, on Thurs- day, "the 20th day of May, 1937, be firmly told that by moving a Race Meeting to be held on at poon for the purpose of receiv stanchion an inch to port or star-spoke into the microphone, and un- SATURDAY, 29th MAY, 1937, ing the Report of the Board e board they might menace the suspecting listeners all over the Directors and a Statement of whole structure of the hull, or country heard him telling his im- (weather permitting) may be ob tained at the Secretary's Office, Accounts for the year ended 31st that by shifting a ventilating pressions of the scenes outside the Exchange Building; the Club December, 1936, and of electing shaft a foot or two they might Reuter. House, Happy Valley; the Heng Directors and Auditors. Kong Club; the Sports Club; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road,gister of Members of the Com. Entries close at 12 o'clock pany will be closed from the 12th NOON on Thursday, 20th May, May, 1937, to the 20th May,

1937, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors, HERBERT R. STURT,

Managing Director. Hong Kong, 7th May, 1937.

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1937.

By Order,

C. B. BROWN, "

Secretary.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

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The Fifth Extra Race Mecting will be held (weather permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on Satur day, 15th and Monday, 17th May, 1937, commencing, at 2.00 p.m. on Saturday and at 12.30 p.m. on Monday.

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The First Bell will be rung nt 1.30 p.m. and at 12 o'clock Noon respectively,

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary.

Hong Kong, 10th May, 1937,

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The Transfer Books and. Re

"People Who Matter"

PEOPLE WHO MATTER, to the advertiser are the people who ca afford to buy his goods. Most of these people buy and read the

suffocate a boiler-room. But in general they were encouraged to do everything possible to exclude from the minds of the Norman. die's passengers all thoughts of the troublesome element over which she carries them. Hence u ship's dining-room, the first of its kind, without portholes, windows, or hatches, from which no glimpse of water or sky can incomodate the queasy; there meals may be taken in an air conditioned atmosphere through which the rude south-wester rever blows and amid soft lighting that owes nothing to the sun. Hence, too, a winter garden designed to provide the fumiliar surround-" ings of home," with a white inarble floor, shrubs and flower beds that are changed every trip, and even caged birds to put a finally convincing touch to the

rural scene.

In the face of such precedents those who still like a ship to resemble a ship may well giva

Hong Kong Daily Press,up hope. But presumably they

are at best no more than a small and dwindling body of sentimen talists.

POLISH-RUMANIAN PACT

Geneva, May, 15. The Rumanian Government has communicated to the League, for

registration, the text of a Con- wention concluded between Poland

and Rumanía concerning intellec tual collaboration between them. and signed at Warsaw on Novem- ber 27th. 1036,- British Wireles

BUBONIC PLAGUE IN FUKIEN

He was

born 58 years ago in Shanet, and is a direct descendant, In the seventy-fifth generation, of the philosopher Confucius.

DERBY. CALL OVER

London, May 14. Odds of 95 to 20 against Perifox winning the Derby were taken at to-day's call-over. The odds of .9 to 2 were offered. Perfox: an American horse, thus

dressing the driver.

Anthony said that the signals, except for the distant signal, were all clear. Visibility was bad owing to the drizzle. He was driving" at ordinary speed.

J. F. Spires, driver of the... first, train, said that visibility was ra- ther poor owing to rain and mist. but the signal was visible. He was One day Socialist Peyer' spoke i stopped, as he was every morning rather sharply against the alleged for a South London train to pass practices of a high police officer him. He had been standing about and was naturally challenged to a duel. The criticized official had to defend his honor. To everybody's surprise, Mr. Peyer accepted.

use of

But being the challenged one, he had the right to choose weapons. And he chose cannon. His seconds said that Mr. Peyer. was an ar- tillerist in the World War and so

as most skilled in the that weapon. He requested his offended antagonist to borrow two big cannons from the army and put them on hi-tops near Buda- pest. Then the duelists would load them up and on a given signal- blaze away.

Nobody seems to know what to do-but it seems this particular duel will fail to happen.

displaces NATIONAL CHRISTIAN Le Kear as favourite for the

COUNCIL MEETING famous England turf classic. The call-over quotations were as follows.

0 to 2 Perifox (o). 95 to 20 (t) 100 to 15 Le Ksar (0) 13 to 2 (t)

17 to 2 Cashbook (t and o) 10 to 1 Soofo (t and o)

Taxation Discussed

two and a half or two and three- quarter minutes before the acci- dent, which was rather longer than usual.

SUMMING-UP Summing up, the Coroner sald that the jury might think that the of an accident was the result honest error rather than an act calling for a criminal charge.

"I imagine you may think that this resulted through the signal- man being more or less Austered. he said: "He thought his system had falled, although it had not.

"The next thing that happened: was that he cut the seals of the box and touched the wrong plung- The result was that the 'line clear signal was sent. The train was signalled on, and the tragedy which followed was the inevitable -result. One could enlarge on this,

er.

but I think it is absolutely un- necessary to do so."

The jury, after a retirement of ten minutes, returned a verdict of accidental death, and odded a rider that they were satisfied that done the railway company had

At the Eleventh Biennial Meet- ing of the National Christian everything possible to ensure the The Coroner said that he would 100 to 9 Le Grand Duc (0) 100 Council of China the group re-safety of the travelling public.

porting on the Church and Its Life" recommended that pastors enter a verdict that the accident Goya Second (0) 100 to and preachers be given a respon- was the result of an error on the

sibility for leadership in revival part of Signalman Childs. meetings. The churches were al-

13 to 1

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to 8 (t) (V)

7-(t)

25 to 1 Midday Sun" (0)

28 to 1 The Hour (t and o) 28 to 1 Fairford (0) 33 to 1 (t)

so urged to co-operate in the pro- motion of the Lay leadership training movement. Plans were

33 to 1 Renardo (0) 35 to 1 (t) suggested for tea regional insti-

35 to 1 Pascal (o) 40 to 1-(t) 40 to 1 Full Sail (0) 45 to 1(t) Reuter..

FISHERMEN SAVED

Archangel, May 15. After drifting on an ice-ae in the White Sea for 26 agonising days, six ship-wrecked Soviet fish- were picked up by the Russian ice-breaker Russanov yes- terday.

ermen

Although in terrible condition after their nerve-wracking ex- perience the men are expected to Transocean News Service.

recover..

Coronation Visitors Say Farewell

London, May 15. The King and Queen received the

the forcogu delegates to. Coronation at Buckingham Palace this morning to bid farewell.

Their Majesties were accom- panied by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and walked round the State rooms where the dele- gates had assembled, and shook hands with each

The King wore morning dress while the Queen, was barehead-

Amoy, May 18. Despite the efforts of the med cal officers sent by the National Health Administration to fight the bubonic plague in southern Fuklen, the diacase is still spreading in ed various districts and claiming a high death toll, it is learned here to-day.

Reuter.

A detalled proposal regarding tration by representatives of south the..prevention of the plague was Fulden residenta in. Shanghai. to-day submitted to the National About ten persons died of this Government, the Executive fuan, disease every day- and the National Health Adminis- Union Neson.

tates for ministers in 1937 and 1938 and for a retreat for semin- ary trained preachers at Tsingtao in the summer of 1937

H.K.F.A. APPRECIATION

Referees' Body Thanked

been The liveliest discussion "of the The following letter has Council's meeting up-to-date took sent by the Secretary of the. Hong to D. place in connection with questions Kong Football Association of taxation and property. There Kossick Esq. Eon. Bec. of the Re- was considerable discussion of the ferees Asociation:-- question as to whether *steps Dear Sir,-At a meeting of the should be taken to request the Council of the Hong Kong Foot- National Government to grant to bal Association held on May 3, 1937, mission-owned" property connected it was felt, now the season has with schools and hospitals the concluded, that the thanks of the exemption from taxation Council should be extended to all same that is granted if the property.Omcials who so readily responded concerned to owned by a Chinese when approached to officiate in board of directors. Discussion re- charity Competition games. vealed doubt that the Government

These were very numerous during would make this concession.. One the past season, and on no ̈"oces- delegate urged that the National alon was an Official appealed to in Christian Counel should not go vain.

I should be glad therefore if you

on record as making such a re- quest of the National Government would convey the sincere thanks of

of China. The result was that this proposal. as put forward by Group IV was deleted from the records.

the Council to your members.

Your faithfully,

(84) CHAS, D. CARTER,.

(Hon. Secretary).

KING AND QUEEN REST AT "WINDSOR CASTLE

London, May 15. The Royal Car, conveying. Their Majestics the King and Queen with their daughters to Windsor Castle for the Whitsun holiday after their recent strenuous duties, had the greatest difficulty in progression along the route in the neighbour- hood of Buckingham Palace in consequence of the crowds' enthu- alam.

Crowds lined the road the whole way from the Palace to Windsor

Castle. The first opportunity to view

the Abbey in Coronation guise led to an astonishing rush of sightseers. Thirty-seven hundred people, including a large number of overseas visitors, paid a half- sovereign each between 10 am. and 5.30 p.m. for admission. The gold communion plate was on the altar and in the annexe, was an exact replica of the regalia with the actual Bible on which the King took the oath.-Reuter.

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