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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH,

IRISH LOYALISTS.

GOVERNMENT TO MEET THE COMPENSATION CLAIMS.

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London. Feb. 22.

In the House of Commons,ro- plying to questions, Mr. Baldwin said the Government had reviewed the question of payment to Irish loyalists for losses incurred in past disturbances.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1929.

LOCAL AVIATION.

MR. VAUGHAN, FOWLER. SPEAKS AT UNIVERSITY.

OVERSEAS TRADE..

AN APPARENT LOSS BUT ACTUAL GAIN.

At the Hongkong University yes-

London, Feb. 22. ... terday, Mr. R. Vaughan Fowler British overseas trade last year, delivered a lecture on "Twenty-five according to the estimates of the Years of Flying" to an interested Board of Trade, resulted in a net group composed mostly of students credit balance of about $150,000, of the Engineering Faculty of the 000. University.

This was disclosed in a specch He repudialed a suggestion that Mr. Fowler said that he has had last night by the President of the the Government had thought to a long connexión with aviation Board of Trade, Sir Philip Cun- compound the debt of honour. and was at present connected with liffe Lister, at a dinner of the Cham- It was recognised, however, that the Far East Aviation Company ber many Government supporters took which had, as one of its aims, the trade showed an apparent adverse of Shipping. The visible a different view. He did not wish development of aviation in the balance of £350,000,000, by which to use party machinery, to over- Far East.

amount the Imports, valued at ride the sincere conviction of In the course of his lecture the £1,254,000,000, exceeded the total these supporters, and in view of speaker illustrated the growth and value of exports. This adverse the feeling expressed in the recent development of the aeroplane, and balance was, however, converted debate, the Government was pre- showed many attractive and in into a credit balance when allow- pared fully to meet awards for structive slides to his audience. ance was made for Invisible ex Irish loyalists made by the Wood-

Spoaking of local flying Mr. ports. At a conservative estimate, Renton advisory committee, and Fowlor anid that he had been ac- these invisible would from time to time propose cused of inactivity in regard to £508,000,000, and included the exports totalled an additional estimate to the the local Seaplane Flying Club. following items: House. (Conservative cheers).-"I am now in a position to assure you that there is nothing to stop the Seaplane Flying Club in Hong kong from coming into existence, and we can now proceed without fear of coming up against difficult rerulations or anything of that kind."

Reuter.

[A message of February 20 stated:

The newspapers give promin- ence to scene in the House of Commons last night, when Mr. Baldwin's eleventh hour Interven- lion saved the Government from

Net national shipping Income £130,000,000, overseas investments £285,000,000 and receipts from short interest and commissions £66,000,000.

Referring to this result, Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister said that on Continuing, Mr. Fowler said: looking back on recent years ho defeat in a Commons debate on "The most pleasant duty I have to thought it was a result on which the question of compensation for perform is to assure you that the country might congratulate Irish loyalista who suffered loss Chinese members will be most itself, and not the least the ship during the troubles in South welcome in the club. It has taken ping community, who contributed! Ireland. The back bench Conser- quite a long time to get the point so much to making it possible.-- valves openly revolted when Mr. decided, because we have had to British Wireless. Amery introduced an estimate nt-consider other flying clubs in other. tempting to justify the Govern- parls of the Empire. I personally ment's decision not to pay fully refused to do anything with the the claims above £1,000. Mr. club until we have the Chinese as Churchill's adamant attitude par- members." This statement ticularly annoyed the Conserva- greeted with applause. tives. Anxious Government whips fearing a division, brouglit in Mr. Baldwin, who immediately moved to report progress, and enable the whole matter to be re- considered.]

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Mr. Fowler then mentioned that membership would not be difficult, and that if a person was not "n pliato or a smuggler" he could join, if he was physically fit.

Mr. Fowler concluded by ex- plaining the time saved in flying compared with other means of transport, and stressed both the economy and the safety of flying.

He was heartily thanked at the end of his lecture by Professor C. A. Middleton Smith, who took the

chair.

LETTER GOLF. YULE

LOGS

1-The idea of letter golf is to change one word to another and do it in par, a given number of strokes. Thus to chango COW to HEN, in three strokes, COW, HOW HEW HEN.

London, Feb. 22. The Prince of Wales was the guest last night of the Associa tion of American Correspondents in London, at n midnight supper and entertainment at the Savoy letter at a time. Hotel.

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Sir Harry Barnston.

London, Feb. 23. Sir Harry Barnston, the Con- servative Member of Parliament for the Eddiebury division of Cheshire since 1910, and formerly Controller of his Majesty's House- hold, died this morning in his fifty-ninth year.

At the last election, Sir 'Harry" 11,000 Barnston, who received voten, defeated a Liberal opponent hy 1,661 voles in a straight fight.

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