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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

CHRISTMAS RUSH.

HUGE CROWDS LEAVE LONDON BY TRAIN,

London, Dec. 23: Public relief at the Improve ment in the King's health 18 manifested by the unprecedented stir on the eve of the Christmas holidays. The rush to the country came to a climax during the last two days when huge crowds left the principal London, stations. For instance, eleven heavily laden expresses left King's Cross for Scotland last night, The Flying Scotsman" has been duplicated daily since Tuesday. Fourteen main line traina from Euston have also been duplicated. Trafic to Ireland was so henvy that extra boats had to be run on all services. Reuter.

"Booze" for Americans,

New York, Dec. 23. America is approaching the most sumptuous Christmas in history. Money is circulating like the Nile aftood. Stock Exchange and banking employees share bonusen of over £25,000,000, amounting in many cases to an additional year's salary.

The best mincement and plum puddings are being made with brandy imported from England. Scotch whlaky is obtainable clandestinely at 50/- n bottle and champagne manufactured in California at 12 a bottle.-- Rcuter'a American Service.

Xmas in France,

Paris, Dec. 23. Large families in France will enjoy a happy Christmas as the result of the bequest of a child- less millionaire of Cogancq and his wife, who are setting aside » large sum, the interest on which is to be distributed annually. As academy has just announced that

MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1928.

NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT

BRITAIN'S POLICY.

BEWARE OF COLDS!

Build Upon Your Sytem To

Resist Them As This Sufferer

Blades last longer

RECOGNISED.

London, Dec. 22..

A blessing has been given to the Anglo-Chinese treaty in a Times lender acclaiming the signature as n vindication of the policy which Britain has consistently pursued since the Washington Conference. It says that compared with the tariff rates of many European countries the new duties may be regarded as fairly modest,

It rejoices in China's pledge to abolish likin, the fulfilment of which is an essential part of the Agreement, which should mensely assist the present regime and consolidate their authority.

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Alluding to the fact that Japan has hitherto not concluded a treaty with China, the newspaper states that nejárálo action by Bri- tain proves that while desirous of adhering as closely as possible to the letter and spirit of the recent undertaking in favour of diploma the collaboration, Britain does not allow its policy thereby to bo sterilised.-Router.

Exchange of Salutes

Hankow, Dec. 22. Bear Admiral H. J. Tweedle ar- rived here this morning in H.M.S.

Beo.

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In America Did.

"I had become

so badly run- down that I had one cold after another and it seemed impossible to build up my system," says Mr. Louis W. Bentz, of No. 101 Hungerford

Street; Hartford, Conn. "Each cold Insted a little longer and was more severe than the one before, I lost my appetite and my strength was being slow- ¡y absorbed. I couldn't sleep well and felt tired in the morning. Severe rheumatic pains developed in my shoulders and in my back. I had dizzy spells and headaches.

"It was my good fortune to acc an advertisement of Dr. Williams' Pink Pilla and I decided to try. the remedy. Soon I felt so much botter that I continued taking the pills. The rheumatism was TC- lieved, my appetite returned and then slowly regained my strength. I am 1

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are un-

A tendency to easily catch cold. is proof of thin blood and run- Shortly before noon the boom-down strength. To mpidly en- ing of guns from a Chinese gun-rich the blood and build up the boat and the Ree, Interchanging whole system Dr. Williams Pink salutes, announced locally Great Britain's official recognition of the Pille for Pale People

excelled, AB a remedy for Nationalists-Reuter,

anaenia, nervea debility, rheu- matism, and all disorders of the blood and nerves, as well a New York, Dec. 22.

for women's ailments, . WIL Britain's formal recognition of the Chinese Nationalist Governliams' Pink Pille are world re- ment is regarded here as in the owned. Your chemist can sup.. nature of a triumph for British ply then,

Long View Prevails,

200 beneficiaries who are re-diplomacy. The Times points out ceiving £80 to £200 each are

that "the long view has prevall mostly families of from nine to

zd," and both the Times and the 14 children.-Reuter.

World applaud the "fnet that the Intest move on the part of the Bri- tish Foreign Office has apparently ruled out any question of the ro- vival of the Anglo-Japanese alli- ance."---Router's American Service.

WORKERS' WELFARE.

LORD MELCHETT'S LATEST EXPERIMENT,

Sine-French Treaty.

Shanghai, Dec. 22. The new Sino-French Tari Treaty was signed at Shanghai this evening. The terms

were not divulged.

London, Dec, 22. A trade union congress for each ndustry is the latest iden of Lord Melchett, formerly Sir Alfres

M. Martel, the French Minister, Mond, for furthering industrial is leaving for Nanking to-morrow: co-operation.

is inviting. workers in the Imperial Chemicalsy gunboat and thence to Peiping

by train-Reuter, Company to organise a Trade Union Consultative Council, with representatives of all the various trade unions to which . 45,000 workpeople of the company be long.

To this Council will be referred. all questions that affect the wel fare of the business and the liveli hood of those who are engaged in it.

ROLLING STOCK.

· LOCOMOTIVES AND CARS RETURNED TO RAILWAYS.

(Our Own Correspondent.) -

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Shanghai, Dec. 23.

Lord Melchelt's scheme is in the nature of an experiment, but if it Is successful these trade union

A Nanking message states that 'consultative councils are likely to Mr. Sun Fo has received a wire be one of the proposals of a con- from General Pei Chung-hai stating ference of employers and trade that the latter has returned the unions which is still threshing out rolling stock, belonging to various the problem of industrial relation-railways, which had been used for ship-British Wireless.

AIRMAN DECORATED.

AUSTRALIAN RECEIVED BY PRINCE OF WALES.

military transportation.

He specifically mentions the fol lowing.-17 locomotives and 251 cars of the Peking-Mukden Rall way, 6 locomotives and 135 cars of the Peking-Hankow Railway, and one locomotive and 25 freight cars of the Tsinan-Pukow Railway.

AMERICAN TROOPS.

ONE THOUSAND TO'LEAVE TIENTSIN NEXT MONTH.

London, Dec. 22. It is announced in a Court cir- cúlar that Mr. Herbert Hinkler, the Australian airman, was re- ceived yesterday by the Prince of Wales and on behalf of H.M. the King, decorated with the Air Force Cross. Hinkler new alone from England to Australia in fifteen and a half days in a light nero-Engineer plane with a 30 horas power en gine, completing his flight at Bun- daberg in Queensland, his native town. British Wireless."

Washington, Dec. 23. The Sixth Regiment and the Corps stationed at Tientsin, comprising 1,000 men, have been ordered to leave for home at the end of January.--- Reuter's American Service.

ARMY REDUCTION.

A SCHEME OF GRADUAL DISBANDMENT.

Nanking, Dec. 21,

The National Military' Heorganisa- tion and Disbandment Conference in opening on Dec. 2 and Li Ching- yen and Li Chisen are going to Nanking froni Hankow to-morrow to attend it.

Chang Hsueh-ling is sending a representativa

fo Ying-ching, Inspretor General of Military Training, states that the. voiles Bee is an attempt to deter- mine the division of the country into amber of garrison areas and to

of work unt a detailed scheme gradual distsandusent

The repatriation of surphis troops, it is pointed out, will reduce the rmy fream 1,500,000 to 500,000, and will necessitate the expenditure of £30,000,000.

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The Nationalists plan to limit the total Military, Naval and Aviation expenditure to #189,000,000 annually. -Reuter

INDIAN AFFAIRS.

JOINT CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN LONDON.

Calcutta, Dec. 22. His Majesty's Government wel- comes the suggestion of the Simon Commission that the Indian Cen- tral Committee should visit Eng- land next summer in order to par- ticipate in additional sittings at a joint free conference as guests of the British Government.-Reuter,

No Untoward Incident.

Calcutta, Dec. 23. Although the train of the Simon Commission was guarded by police, the journey from Patna and the Commission's arrival were very quict owing to the boy- cott element giving a reception to Mr. Motilal Nehru, whose proces- sion WAR attended by record crowds.-Reuter,

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