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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY, JULY 13, 1931..

BRITAIN'S WONDERFUL NEW AIR-LINER.

The interior of the huge imperial Airwayı liner, Hanoibal which closely resembles a Pullman car.

BITTEN BY A SNAKE.

LADY JOAN VILLIERS"

ADVENTURE.

Capetown. June 15,

While stroking a mole-snake dur.

FRENCH POLICY INDO-CHINA.

The world's biggest air-llour, Hannibal, which mada la frat commercial journey a week or twe ago. It is designed to ply between Cairo and Bagdad and has engines developing 2,000 h..

the

forms beforehand, but on other hand, had seemingly Inurod them to a state of affairs almost unparalleled elsewhere, it is to be questioned if any real benefit is to be gained by such a change-over! in the personnel.

Although the proposed local' Commission is to include military and political personages and also the lead of a French Chamber of IN Commerce, yet as independent aud ats, they

PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY CANCELLED.

unblumanded to dis

could, hardly be

charge the rele with the

efficiency as an outside group with

the

a fresh and receptive mind like

Lion would. In

proposed Parliamentary dele-

gation

much,

saying that

the writer makes no in nuation against the personal worth of the Cotonin ufficials concerned-rather to point out a danger which is always present juven in the case of people with Just when much was being the best will and intentions in the expected from the proposed visit world.

laiphuong. July 3,

ing a visit to The famous snake, A DISAPPOINTMENT. park attached to the Museum at Port Elizabeth toning, Lady Jean Villiers, daughter of the Earl of Clarendon, Governor-General South Africa, was bitten In the right hand.

Fortunately, the snake was of harmless variety at no harm was done, except for two light pune- tures in the skin, but there was the utmost surm for a moment in Lady

Joan's entouragit.

Immediately on feeling the bite, Lady Joan uttered a little cry of alarm and lost colour.

She was speedily reassured, how- ever, on being told by officials that

the snake was harmless.

Then, breaking into a smile, she sucked the paneturn with vigour.

Lady Jonn has apparently suffer. ed no ill effects beenuse she attend- ed all subsequent local functions.

> 2 Parliamentary Commissist: The aims of the now Cone mission, it is noted in un Indo- China journal, are "to investigate

that was to come out to Indo- China from Paris to euenire into the local political situation, the causes of the present evil, to enquire into the state of mind of bomb-shell WNA dropped by

the population, their griefs, their thal anhounecment

thespirations. The task is long. the scheme had been abandoned in arduous, delicate."

favour of a local Commission to be) formed of local Colonial Govern- Such considerations are lofty, so ment officials with the same par, much so that believing them to be pose in view.

equally sincere, one is disposed to forgive the same journal wher When it is considered that the, it observus that the abandonment Kuvei sixty cdd years of Colonial of the original scheme perience they had had im lado the Colony from the considerable China had not apparently to any expense attendant on a Parliamen- marked degree prepared local tary visit, and makes this piece of for the rezentilk-timed economy a point for self- administrators emergency and so to neutralise its satisfied coomplacency!-From effects by carrying out liberal re-¦ Drensioint Correspondent

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