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PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS STRONG SUPPORT

TO HAVE FASTER PLANES

*FLEET UNDER CONSTRUCTION

IN SEATTLE

"PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS hopes to have more frequent, trips and blærer and faster Clippers on the trans-Pacific route within the next year or so," said Mr. E. O. McDonnell, member of the Executive Committee of the Company, on his arrival Here yesterday,

* Mr. McDonnell was a passenger on the Hawalian Clipper, which landed yesterday afternoon at Kal Tak with 15 passengers and, a full load of mail and freight.

"The first of the ficet of six | Elizabeth Drapers: Dwighe Baldwin,

Everett Smith, Joris Ivens, Edward Young and C. S. Hwang.

glant Boeing flying boats now un- der construction in Seattle' will be ready for test flights by the end Dr. Hilario Moncado, well-known of March" said Mr. McDonnell. Filipino labour leader. who had "Some of these ships will be placed booked through to Hong Kong, on the trans-Pacific service, while decided on arrival in Manila to some will be assigned to the trans-visit his native Mindanao before Atlantic run."

coming here.

Mr. McDonnell stated that the

EIGHTEEN PASSENGERS

new fying boats are larger and The Clipper is due to hop off on faster than the Clippers now in her return trip this morning at 8 service They аге capable efo'clock. Among the passengers is carrying 40 passengers от the Mr. K. A. Kennedy. Pacific Division longest hop and have a day-time traffic manager of the air line, who accommodation for 72 passengers. ls returning to San Francisco.

FOR THE NEW REGIME

1.

Being Given By Japan

Tokyo. Feb. 8. "Japan is giving strong suppor to the new regime in North China and will give similar ald to an- other administration about to be organised in Central China," said General Suglyama in the Diet to- day.

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DEATH OF

PRINCE NICHOLAS

Duchess Of Kent Bereaved

London, Feb. 8.

The death occurred in Athena

this morning of Prince Nicholas, father of the Duchess of Kent, to whom deep sympathy in hei bereavement is extended in the newspapers.

Prince Nicholas, who was in his

DISAPPEARANCE OF AMERICAN

BRITAIN

WOMAN

Japanese Open Enquiry

"Cmaral Manager

Lazarus Always Zealously and Accurately Rectifies Unsatisfactory Sight

(By courtesy of a'customer)

Single Copy, 10 cts.

Per Month, $3.

APPROACHED

TO MEDIATE?

NEW AMBASSADOR WITH "PEACE FORMULA” SAYS JAPANESE

יי.

PRESS MESSAGES

Shanghai, Feb. 8. The Japanese military authori- ties have opened an enquiry inte the alleged disappearance of Misa Helen Houghton, of the "American Fresbyterian Mission, stationed al

The Hong Kong correspondent of the Nichi Nichi says that the waiyuan, says a Japanese report newly appointed British Ambassador, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, is ar- The report says that three for- riving in Shanghai about the middle of February with a peace for eigners were known to be in Kwai-mula which is designed not only to save the face of China bat to ytan when the city was occupied by give full consideration to Japan's position in the Far East (Reuter). the Japanese and all had volun-

NO CONFIRMATION OF REPORT teered to work in the Japanese milltary hospital there.

Tokyo, February 3 Government with a request for mediation between Japan and China, BRITAIN IS NOW BEING approached by the Chinese National according to Japanese press messages. from Hong Kong.

from Pengpi.

In following this course of ac- 86th year, was the younger brother tion. he explained. Japan is ex- of the late King Constantine and pecting the eventual creation of uncle of the present King of a unified Government of China Greece," "although this may possibly take

The Duke and Duchess of Kent, considerable time. Japan, he con- who had been spending a winter tinued. would co-operate with sports holiday at St. Anton, in the both regimes as

4 long as they Vorarlberg region of Austria, left pursue pro-Japanese and anti- for Athens yesterday when they were, informed that the condition of Prince Nicholas was serious (British, Wireless),

Comintern policies.

General Sugiyama asserted that Japan does not intend to enforce military administration in areas occupied by Japanese troops since war has not been declared."

CHINA'S WAR CHEST Seventeen others are making the Meanwhile, an official, of" the trip to Manila. They are. Douglas Foreign Office informed the bud- Wilson, Wong Hin, Mrs. Lai Shi, | getary committee of the Lower Kul Hua-san, James M. Laryea, House that China's war chest con- Rufus Huang, Chen Shen-ling? talaed about $900,000,000, "which should enable the Chungking Gov- ernment to import military sup- plies for another-year," He said that, on November 4, 1935, when currency reforms were announced

BIG-GAME HUNT Travelling with Mr. McDonnell was Mr. Carl Beal, of Los Angeles. They are going to Indo-China on a big-game hunt" and will leave for Halphong by the ss. Canton Emil Schradleck, Jacob K. Potent tomorrow. Mr. McDonnell is very and Mrs. Poteat, Andries A. Bauwes, keen on hunting, having made cx- |Mackay Malcolm, Antonio Botelho" peditions to Africa, Alaska and Robert Gregory, James Bettes, Mrs. other places. Mrs. McDonnell and Anne D'Almeida, H. Hughes and Mrs. Beal will be coming to Hong Edwin Young. Kong early in March by Clipper to meet their husbands.

Advice was received yesterday by

the local Fan-American Office that

China, $830,000,000 had, been

deposited in banks in New York

VISITS PAID BY GOVERNOR

Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, And Po Leung Kuk

His Excellency the Governor, Str

- Other arrivals by the Hawaiian the China Clipper, which was to

Clipper yesterday were Robert have left Alameda airport on Sun-on the start of the Sino-Japanese plial and the Po Leung Kuk yes- Gregory, James Bettes Roy Mc-day, had been prevented by bad Nair. Jose Boterno. Pedro Donun, | weather from taking off, she is "Rachel Talmer, Clay Newhaus, I expected to leave today.

Kowloon Football Club's New Home

Picture of the new premises of the Kowloon Football Club,

88 SMALL-POX DEATHS

101 Cases Reported During Week

THE DOLLAR

* T.T. ON LONDON: 15. 27/8d. -

T.T. ON NEW YORK: 31.

Leulön Silver Market (Our Own Correspondent),

London, Feb. 8. London silver prices today were With a further 18 cases of small-up 1/16 for 8pot and unchanged por reported to the Hong Kong for Forward:

health authorities yesterday, the

total for the week ended midnight. Spot ... February 5, was 101 cases with 88 Forward

deaths.

Of these 83 cases were from the

Victoria registration district, twelve

*Feb, 7

Feb. 8 20-5/18. 20-3/8 19-15/18 10-15/16

from Kowloon. and two each from Kowloon), with four deaths, ·· 14 'Shaukiwan. Aberdeen and theases of diphtheria (six in Victoria

New Territories.

and six in Kowloon with nine During the same period there deaths), five cases of enteric fever were 11 cases of cerebro-apinal | with five deaths, and five cases of fever (five in Victoria and Ave in¦dysentery with three deaths.

TURNING THE PAGES

Page 2-Rotary Club tin speech. Is there an American language? Magistrate and police in cis- Igreement Page 3-Future of North China

Early days of Bong Kong, Labour and Japan.

Page 4-Radio programmes.

Lec-

ture on, astronomy. Page 5 Cinema notices and news. Pazo 6.-Matsul warns officers. 8o. viet airship crashes. French newspaper banned.

Pare The Services. London

Gazette, Chinese wedding.

Page 8-Leading article: "Unprece-

Eye doctor acquitted. Silksworth sails for Hondague. Page 10-Sport notes and news. Page 11-A versatile machine. World in grip of war fever. Carnegie fund awards. Most romantic highway, ;

Page 12. Share market, New York stock exchange. HK Stock ex- change. Philippine Mining Nownl Page 13.-Japan's serious inter- national problems. Another year of war. New bank for North Chinia. Indian merchants in Amerita,

terday afternoon.

The report emphasises that no foreigner is known to have dis- appeared from Kwaiyuan after its fall. Therefore, it argues, if Miss Houghton had been kidnapped this must have occurred before the Chinese evacuated.-(Reuter).

"NO TRUTH IN REPORT"

Shanghal. Feb. 8.: A Japanese Army spokesman said that inquiries made at Kwal- yuan showed that all foreigners there are safe. "There is no truth is the report, that Miss Heler Boughton had been kidnapped "She is safe and well at Kwaiyuan.

he said (Reuter).

Geoffry Northcote, accompanied by RELIEF WORK IN and London and this figure, he Capt. S. HL Matty-Smith, A.D.C., went on, rose to about $1,200,000,000 visited the Turg Wah Eastern Hos-

hostilities. Since August, he con- cluded, the Nationalist Govern- ment spent about $300,000,000 to purchase munitions abroad and a similar amount for service on its foreign loana-(Reuter). ...

JAPANESE PLANES. ATTACK FLEET OF JUNKS

News was received yesterday the local offices of the Texaco Company that a fleet of junks ewned by them had been fired on

Japanese planes near Kong oon. One member of the junk

ew was understood to have been tea.

led.

SHANGHAI

What Rotary Club Is Doing

A clear picture of the relief work being pursued ander the aegis of the Shanghai Rotary Club ls given by Mr. W. H., Tan, head of Rotary in Shanghai, in a letter to Major R. D. Walker, President. of the local Club.

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London, February 8.

The Foreign Office has no confirmation of the Tokyo report that the Chinese Government is approaching Britain with the request to mediate between China and Japan, the source of which is attributed to Japanese press messages.

Dr. Quo Tal-chi, Chinese Ambassador to London, interviewed by Reuter's correspondent, said he krew nothing whatever of any such move. (Reuter).

Trucks For Chinese Government

Picture showing new trucks for the Chinese Government, assembled on `vacant ground off Chatham Road.

BUSINESS IN

TSINGTAO AT

STANDSTILL

Conditions More Cheerful

MR. VERNON BARTLETT

Noted Publicist Enchanted By Colony

Els. Excellency was met on his arrival at the former institution by Mr. Chau Shin-ng (Chairman), members of the Board of Directors and Dr. C. W Lam (Medical Super- Intendent). The Governor inspect- ed the various wards and took great interest in the general or ganisation of the Hospital.

Later he drove over to the Po Leung Kuk and was received by Mr. Au Slu-cho (Chairman) and other Directors. After a tour of the pre- "While conditions in Shanghai mises, during which he inquired have improved somewhat in the exhaustively into the details of last two months," he says, "we

Shanghai, Feb. 8. "Hong Kong enchants me!" Mr. Although business in Tsingtao is Vernon Bartlett, noted internation management and general routine. are still supporting about 90,000 at a standstill since the sinking of al publicist, told the Daily Press His Excellency was entertained to refugees from the surrounding the boom cutting the Klactat Rall-yesterday. "People in England talk war-stricken areas in the Settle- way, conditions at present appear a lot about Sydney Harbour, but i Among those who accompanied ment and the French Concession, to be more cheerful, since the oc- have heard very little said about His Excellency on his inspection of in camps and on the streets. cupation of the city by Japanese Your harbour here. It is beautiful.” the two places were the Hon. Mr. "Outstanding among the assis- troops and the return of Japanese Mr. Bartlett, arrived on Monday R. A. C. North (Secretary or Chin-tance which we have been giving civilians, according to a foreign re-by the Imperial Airways plane. Ee It was stated that the junks ese Affairs), Hon. Dr. D. J. Valen-in Shanghai in co-operation with sident. Communications between is staying at the Hong Kong Hotel, were flying the American flag and tine" (Director of Medical Services), the various Relief Organisations Tsingtao and Tsinan are expected but will be leaving for Hankow that the flag was fired upon with Hon. Dr. R.. H. Katewall, Hon. Mr. already at work are our Rotary to be resumed shortly as damage within the next few days. One of machine-guns, No confirmation T. N Chau, Hon. Mr. M. E. Lo. Unit for 1,000 refugees at the to the bridge, which is holding up the leading British Journalists of f this, however, is obtainable. Hon. Dr. LJ Shu-fan, Dr. S. W. Tso. Ferry Road, Camp and the Mobile railway trafic between the two the day, Mr. Bartlett has written tavestigation will be conducted M Tang Shin-kin and Dr. J. T. Chile and Dispensary which Rota- cities, has been slight and will be for many periodicals and news- by the American Consul in Canton. Smalley.

ria B C. Hou is supervising" easily repaired.

papers and has also published "Dr. Hou reports 8,000 patients Beveral foreign concerns intend several books on political affairs. aken care of, 1.000 inoculated for to send representatives to Tsinan He is a lucid and forceful speaker measles and 7,000 examinations shortly, including the Yee Tsoong and has frequently given broadcast given since it was put into opera Tobacco Company.

talks on international azairs at tion. These attendances were

the B.B.C. given at scattered camps where due to lack of accommodation, no emergency medical attention would otherwise have been re- ceived."

Little damage was done to the .argo. however, and the junks have now reached Canton.

dented''fi. Fazling Hunt, Per- | Fares 14 and 15.-Shipping news) --

sonal paragraphs.".

Fage 3-Clouston in crash, Japan

may accede to requests of Pow- era. Chinese hold

GOVERNOR R VISITS HOSPITAL

Advertised callinger arrivals;]: Group photograph taken on the occasion of HE. the Governor's vessels due, in radio touch, visit yesterday to the Tung Wah Eastern Hospital. His Excel Weather and tides. Directory. lency is seen in centre with Mr. Chau Bhiu-ng; Chairman of the

Board of Directors.". (Photo: Mee Cheung).

positions. I Page 16-Local, boxing scheme..

CONDITIONS WORSE

Japanese occupation of Tsingtao was most peaceful and was without outrages or incidents of any sort.

ANTI-BRITISH

He has come to China to study

the situation as special correspon-- dent of the News-Chronicle, and plans to stay in the country for Some anti-British feeling is about a month. As this is his first manifested by Japanese as was Visit, Mr. Bartlett is particularly noted last Sunday when sentries keen to see Shanghai

Rotary,rellet work in Shanghai ripped arm extends also to cities

bands from coolles

rearby, working for British firms. Ameri-are receiving preferential treat→ where conditions are reported to can and German Orms, however, ment.-(Reuter). te still worse.

Rotarian Tan, says: "We have

therefore extended the fund to

cover appeals from other Rotary BURNS FESTIVAL IS NOT FOR EVERYONE!

Clubs who are also in the fore- front of relief work for civilan sufferers from war torn areas, and have either allocated or sent. to several other Rotary Clubs in China over one-third of the funds received from abroad and from other sympathetic Clubs in Qur own District, to aid them in their work of rellet."

SHEFFIELD SHIELD

RESULTS

Adelaide, Feb. 8. ·

· · South- Australia today beat Vic-

toria in the Elezield Shield cricket match by 155 runí. 'Boores:—Bouth Australia, 187 ára 340; Victoria 195

"Mr. Blank (third from right) has no car for music, suffers from and 177-(Reuters Bulletin Ser-chronic dyspepsia, has been warned wir alcohol, and is down to vice).

reply for the guests at the tall end of the evening-(The Bulletin).