TITLES OF NEW PEERS
Sir John Campbell Davidson has chosen the title of Viscount David County of Hertford pra son of Little Gaddesden, in the The titles of three Barons are also announced: Ma
Sir John Davenport-Siddeley Baron Kenilworth of Kenilworth in the County of Warwick
Mr. Julius Salter Elisa-Baron Bouthwood of Fernhurst, in the County of Sussex.
Mr John Cuthbert Denison Denison-Pender-Baron Pender of Forthcurnow, in the County of Cornwall.
THE AIR MAIL Inquiries from the local once of the Imperial Airways (Far East) Ltd., yesterday elicited the in- formation that the air mail (RM A Delphinus) is due at Kal Tak about 11 a.m. to-day, having BT- rived at Tourane yesterday-after-
noon
PHILIPPINE FLOODS
MANY DEATHS FEARED
Extensive Damage Caused In Provinces
Manila, August ́2.-
Large areas in Central Luzon are flooded after a fortnight.of torrential downpours Manila did not escape the floods. Many school children were forced to stay home; as several of the suburbs were in- undated.
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Damage to the provinces is believed to run into millions, Floodwaters are pouring through a break in the new Agno River dyke inundating the province of Pangasinan.
Many towns and villages are ent off.
Five deaths have hitherto been reported but the death-roll is probably higher-Beuter,
HARVEST DESTROYED
molished and loss of life is feared to be considerable
tims have been recovered. Several Up to now the bodies of five vic-.
villages with populations totalling some thousands are entirely cut off from the oater world and an out- break of an epidemic is anti-
Manila, Aug. 2. Devastating foods have been caused in the Philippines by the continuous rainfall. In the Island of Luzon, the greater part of the harvest have been destroyed. Numerous houses have been de- cipated.—Transocean News Service.
URGES COMMON FRONT AGAINST JAPANESE
Nanking, Aug. 2
A common front against Japan was urged on General Chiang Kai-
THE WEATHER
New High Record
The highest temperature this year was recorded yesterday at 1 at the Royal Observatory. This p.m. when 92 degs was registered,
shek, by Mr. Chou En-lat, Com-gure was maintained at 2 p.m. bat munist leader.
Balights
thereafter there was decline.
rain
Mr. Chou's proposals were:
A report issued by the Royal 1. Now with the country and the Observatory states that no race in an emergency, the Kuomin- was recorded during the 24 hours tang and the Chinese Communists' ended at 10 am. yesterday. The should stage, a joint campaign year's total since January 1, 18 52.82 against Japan under Nanking's inches against an average of 53.99 guidance.
inches.
2. Hed elements in Manchuria, North China and Korea should be mobilized for armed resistance of Japan or to create a disturbance behind the front through guerila warfare.
to resist Japan.
All circles should be mobilized
Mr. Chou was said to have acted on behalf of the Chinese Com- munist Army and the Communist organization
Inion News.
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Sunday's maximum temperature was a degs. with a night minim LLP of 80. Yesterday at 10 am, the temperature was 88 degs.
EXAMINATION RESULTS
Full details regarding the results of the local School Certificate (Class II) Examination recently conducted by the Education De- partment are given on Page: 2
Japanese Seek Shells At Pearling Beds
A Fort Darwin (Northern - Ana- the burial of a diver who had tralia) correspondent reports that been stricken by deep sea paralysis. somewhere "off the coast of Arnhem | Although sworn to secrecy, one of Land, probably about 300 miles the crew of the Japanese boat, dur of the north are playing a game of crew of the rival boat, betraged from Darwin, the pearling, feets ing a friendly celebration with, the hide and seek for the possession the fact that new beds had been new beds of shells of reputedly discovered. The report spread enormous wealth
through Dewis like bushfire. Island and local luggers by about ed that the Japanese had come Outnumbering the Thursday Thursday. Island, men ascertain two to one, the Japanese boats suddenly upon the beds, which known to be gathering in shells at of the usual three or four.. Several were first on the scene. They are yielded 18 tops a fortnight, instead. a fast rate, but, so far, all the local pearling masters scoffed at efforts of the other luggers to the report, but the Thursday Jaland locate the new beds have falled.
men began secret inquiries and prepared to outwit the Japanese. They prepared quietly for sea, and when the Japanese lugger lett Darwin they put out in ita wake..
The
Casse was short
erad
A Thursday land lugger put into Darwin for engine repairs. The reason for her breakdown was not known until she had hurried back to the folds with Mr. Naka- shiba, her overseas agent, as a Equipped with a high passenger. Her engine had broken ang ne, the overseas boat soon fert Japanese vessel which was thought the engine of one of down in an effort to trail a the other far behind, to have been headed for the new luggers bruke down fud. Both boats were recently in strain the chase was abandoned. Darwin' together. The Japanese Australian boato had come in to refuel.
are? COL! fident, however that tically combing this
SWORN TO SECRECY The Thursday Jaland lugger, to be able to gether with others, was here for wealth.
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