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No. 24616. AETTRE # BWMET HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1937. C

FAMOUS TENNIS STAR

CONTEMPLATES DIVORCE

Mrs. Helen Wills Moody

New York, July 13..

Mrs. Helen Wills "Moody, winner on seven occasions of the singles championship at Wimbledon, contemplates divorce from her husband, Mr. F. S. Moody, stockbroper, according to the Reno cor- respondent of the New York Times,"

The report, it is stated, "is confirmed by Mrs. Wills Moody's

sister-in-law.

Mrs. Wills Moody is at present residing in Nevada.

It will be recalled that. Mr. Moody was involved in a serious

motor car accident about a fortnight ago—Reuter.

TELEVISIONTM RECORD

Programme Received

83 Miles Away

ADVANCE · FASHION- DISPLAY

at

ĮMAN BUILT

WRONG WAY:

ROUND

Surprise For

Italian Army

Medical Officers

Italian Army medical officers got the surprise of their lives when they began to examine a sturdy conscript recruit of the Alpine Corps at Udine.

A record in television range has been established by the reception of a complete, programme Coventry, 83 miles from the B.B.C. transmitter. This reat has been accomplished by research engineers

They could not find any part of at the GEC. works, states the the young man's internal ecotomy “Daily Telegraph.”

where it ought to be. His whole Though the sound part of tele-internal physique was the wrong vision programmes has been re- way round. His heart beat was ceived occasionally at New York

on the right and his liver was on and Johannesburg the greatest the left. His appendix was on the distance at which regular recep-left and his spleen was to the: tion of the vision has aitherto right been accomplished is 50 miles. The official estimate of the range of Alexandra Falace when the ser- vice started eight months ago was 25 miles:

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His kidneys were almost four inches out of position, his lungs took a line of their own and his stomach was back side forward. All this, of course, Included highly individual arrangement of his subsidiary internal machinery." surprising was the good health of

What was perhaps even

recruit-a hard working plasterer-and his complete ignor-

more

The peak power of the BBC vision transmitter at Alexandra Paalce is 17 kilowatt. Experience suggests that if the power output could be increased sufficiently the service area would be greatly ex- tended, and one of the fundamentance, until then, that he was not al difficulties which has hand-

Internally constructed 建 other capped television development

men. would be overcome.

(Continued on Page 10.)

HOME RACING RESULTS

are da

London, July 13. Home racing results follows:-

Dullingham-1. Pares (1 to 6); 2. Bettling Day (8 to 1): 3. Santoria (100 to 8). Three lengths; five lengths. Three startera.

the

This rare case has aroused such medical curiosity that the recruit for the mountaineering regiment is going to be spared the necessity of scaling Alpine heights, in or- der that the medical faculty can plumb his depths

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Itällan medical men take all these kinds of professional things with a peculiarly practical cheer- fulness. For instance, they re- cently celebrated the 60th anniver- sary of the first operation for hernia at Pádua University by Soltykoff:1. Unbreakable (4 to holding a conference which was 5) Golden Bovereign (7 to 4); 3.opened with three hernia com- Kentish Emblem (30 to 1); Three lengths four lengths between..sed- and and third. Bix starters.-- Reuter.

memorative operations.--

It is to be hoped that the patients entered into the spirit of the festival.

Duke Of Windsor's

Protest

The Duke of Windsor replied on, June 30, to a statement made the previous night by Sir..... Gerald Wollaston, Carter King of · Arms, concerning the arrangements for the funeral of King George V.

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Bir Gerald was reported to have sald, in a speech at a dinner at the Lyceum Club, Chesterfield-gardens. W., that "less time was allowed for the funeral arrangements to be made than ever before." and to have added

They had only one week, and though he thought at the time that they could not possibly do it, King Edward insisted that the funeral must take place at the end of the week

The Brut days after King George's death, Bir Gerald explain- ed, were taken up by the proclama tion of King Edward. It was not until the Thursday evening follow-

ing King George's death that the arrangements for the funeral equld be taken in band.

This meant day and night work. The Duke of Windsor, who was staying at Castle: Wasserleonburg, Austria, made the following state- ment to the "Evening Standard". by telephone, and authorised Its publication.

"What a rotten story.

I came up to London from Sandringham the day after my father's death to convey the ex- press desire of my mother that the funeral should take place on Jan- uary 28. She was most anxicus to avoid a long and painful delay, Like that of two weeks which elapsed between the death and burial of my grandfather, King Edward VII

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JAPANES

Library, Supreme Court

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AIRCRAFT GO INTO ACTION

CHINESE FORCES BOMBED NEAR

NANYUAN

QUO TAI CHI HAS INTERVIEW

MR. ANTHONY EDEN

די

WITH

United States Hopeful Of Peaceful Settlement

PEIPING, JULY 13. JAPANESE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO ACTION FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS FORCES AT NANYUAN, ACCORDING TO UNCONFIRMED CHINESE REPORTS.-REUTER-

A REPORT FROM LONDON STATES THAT MR. QUO TAI-CHI," CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO BRITAIN, HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. EDEN, FOREIGN SECRETARY, AT THE FOR- EIGN' OFFICE YESTERDAY MORNING.

JAPANTERNOON RAFEN FIVE PLANES BOMBED CHINESE

FROM TOKYO COMES A REUTER MESSAGE THAT ACCORDING TO JAPANESE RE- 'PORTS FROM NANKING THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES ISSUED A GENERAL MOBILISATION ORDER THIS MORNING FOLLOWING AN. ALL NIGHT CONFERENCE OF THE MILITARY COM». MISSION.

"WE ARE PREPARED TOʻRESORT TO VERY EXTREME MEASURES IF FURTHER PROVOCATION IS GIVEN," A SPOKESMAN OF THE KWANTUNG ARMY ANNOUNCED TO- DAY, STATES A REUTEE MESSAGE FROM MURDEN,

POPULACE CONFINED

TO

HOUSES

Beuter reports from Feining that about five hundred Japanese troops accompanied by 'four tanks and a number of armoured cars appeared at the' rallay between Peiving and Fengtai and came into collision with Chinese troops coming from Nanınan Aerodrome right miles to the south of Peiping.

Fighting occurred when the troops reached the railway bridge which is just outside Yun- tingmen. 'Chinese troops were rushed from all points of the city reinforced by guards near the battle zone.

Traffic in the south section of the city has stopped and the populace is confined to their houses. Japanese troops fought a brisk battle for more than an hour at Taishenmiso and Promachang (International Race Course). Chinese villagers stated the fighting started when Chinese captured a Japanese cannon whereupon Japanese forces from the west engaged about a thousand Chinese" troops and strongly entrenched the race course. Both sides used artillery ma- chine guns while star shells it up the countryside. The battle was broken of when the Japanese retired. Reuter.

ROYAL TOUR OF WALES

(Continued on Paga: 5.)

COTTON WINS

SOVIET FLIERS DO WELL

Washington, July 13. The three Soviet fliers who started yesterday on an attempt

LURE

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ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS WORK IN CHINA

Interesting Address At

Rotary Club

The

Rotarians listened to a very interesting discourse given by Dr. Giles Hall, M.D., of the Peking Union Medical College-bro~- ther of the Bishop of Hong Kong, Rt. Rev. Ronald Owen Hall on "The Development of Anti-Tuberculosis Clinics in China" at tile weekly tiffin meeting of the Hong Kong Rotary Club held at the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden yesterday.

Rotarian Major R. D. Walker (President) was in the chair, Before calling on the speaker of the day, the Chairman in- troduced Rotarian L. M. Hanaman (of Manila) and Rotarian K.. K. Plowright (of Shanghai)..`-.

Guests present included Sury. Commander Cleave (of the Royal Naval Hospital), Dr. Greaves, Dr. Anderson, Mr. R. Schmidt, and Mr. Hew Ah Lati.

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Addressing the gathering Dr. ¡ment under ideal circumstances Hall said:

hess than 50 per cent. pt adults who It is not necessary for me to have developed symptoms or tuber- emphasise to this audience the tri-culosis are completely cured, the portance of tuberculosis and ita | wisdom and economy of tuber- effect on the economic life of culosis prevention become obvious.” China. The mortality from tuber-

Tuberculosis is contagious in a culosis alone ia a serious problem, way similar to that of leprosy. but when it is realized that It Single contacts

with ... a

leper selecta for its victims young men seldom. if ever, produce the dir- and women in the mort productive ease. Contact must be prolonged years of their life and condemns" and intimate, and even do the dis- them to years of inactivity, with ease may be dormant for mažy but small hope of ever again be- months on years Tuberculosis coming maximably productive, its similarly seldom develops from cost to the community is incalcul- single contact with the infectious able. When it is realised further | person. - that with ideal methods of treat- (Continued on Fage 7)

NATIONAL RADIUM

TRUST

-Plans For Further

Supplies

BRITAIN'S RISING REVENUE

First Quarter Return

Fresh Indications of active trader The National Radium Trust met conditions are shown in the Ex- recently

chequer returns Issued recently for at the Privy Council the first quarter of the nation's Office. Lord Halifax, Lord ›PEC-i noancial yent - With the excep sident of the Council, presided. tion of unimportant and unrepre

Plans were reviewed for making sentative items, such as available a further substantial laneous receipts, every heading amount of radinu. Lord Don shows an increase on oughmore was reappointed chair period a year ago man of the Radium Commission for a further period. The Radium

The total gain in revenue for the Commission is an expert body, set three months ending on June 30 up under the Charter, which alle amounts to $13,422,667 at £138,- cates the Trust's radium and su- | 813,323, pervises it in the de

The Trust welcomes gifts and pansion of 24,902,000, Estate Customs lead with a further ex-

zamě

Walton Heath, July 15: Henry Cotton, the British Open CORONATION VISIT Golf Champion, defeated Denimore Shute, the D. 9. Ryder Cupper, 6 and 5 in the "World's Golf Cham for a record fight from Moscow to bequests of all kinds in further duties have risen by: £3,250,000 pionship" match sponsored by the "News of the World' and played over 12 holes.

London, July 13. The King and Queen who re- turned to London yesterday after their Coronation tour in Scotland will leave to-night for a Corona- tion visit to Wales. They will leave Paddington in a Royal train at midnight and will make a two day tour of south and west Wales visiting Newport, Cardiff, Swan- sex, Aberystwyth and Caernarvon. They will also drive through the mining villages of Glamorgan and will thus see something of the lives of the people who experienced the industrial depression in its most acute form.

(Earlier reports on Page 2).

NEW S.NO. FOR YANGTSE

San Francisco are making good

time.

At 8.23 GMT., they were 1,100 miles from San Francisco where they hope to reach some time to day.

Reuter's Bulletin Service.

FISHING TRAGEDI

An unknown Chinese male, aged 31, while ashing at Yim Tin Taal, was killed as a result of a dyga mite explosion. -

London, July 13, Rear-Admiral Reginald Holt has been appointed Rear Adiniral and Senior Naval Officer, Tangtas, in succession to Rear Admiral Lewis Crabbe, as from August 20, 1937, to assume command about October 23. The passage will be arranged to the Royal Opera House, Covent so that Rear Admiral Holt will ar- blasted away,-*** Garden and saw Ballets Russes rive in Shanghal about October 18. British Wireless.

Last night Their Majesties went

-Reuter

According to a police report, the victim's face and right hand were

The body was removed to the

Kowloon Mortuary.

NORTH POLE EXPEDITION

on the North Fole ice floe. The frescription the Chief Administration of the Northern Sea

ance of its objects, meluding trusts and excise is £1,800,000 higher subject to special conditions: The full benent of the increase in 18 expressly authorized to accept the standard rate of income-tax them under the Royal Charter has yet to be experienced, but at granted by King George V in 1929 £12,810,000 this Item # 22215,000 Of the Trust's funds £150,000 was more than a year ago contributed by pubile subscription in 1929 as a thank-offering for the recovery of King George V.

Mr. R. Stanton was appointed BIRMINGHAM secretary of the Trust (in place of Mr. George North, resignedɔ2)

RECORD AIR MAIL

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HOSPITAL CENTRE

Lord Nuffield's Gift Of £146,581

of the Imperial Airways (Far East) Enquiries from the local offices

that R.M.A. Delphinus arrived at Limited elicited the information

10.39 am yesterday, with 323.153 kilos of mail, 10.000 kuos for

The whole scheme, freight. There were no passen- cludes a medical school,

| and eight operating Yesterday's inflow of mail was cost some £1,250, only 0.530 Ellos less than the has already bean Christmas mail, and except for When the centre was deci that and the Pan-American Air in 1937 Lord Nu ways arst night record mail

Lord Numeld has sent a cheque

for £148,581 to Birmingham Ho the Nurses Home, and College pital Centre to cover the cost of Nursing

in or out of Hong Kong:

THE DOLLAR

T.T. ON LONDON: 1-24α, TI ON NEW YORK: 30-3/16/

London Silver Marker

(From Our Own Correspondent) DeLandon July 13.

London allver prices to-day were down 1/16 as follow

Spot

Forward.

William Morris, gave £52,000 wards the gazeme.lt/i

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