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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, AUGUST:7, 1931.

PLANETARIUM FOR LONDON.

Mr. George Lansbury has given favourable conalderation to pro posals to instal a planetarium in one of the London parks. Our photo shows one of the querr fonking instruments. El shows 6,500 which atars at one time, throwing their images on a fabric, upon

lecturer explains their names and poslijo u.

OBITUARY.

MASTER OF A COASTAL STEAMER,

THE COMING WAR.

CANTON PREPARES FOR HOSTILITIES.

Canton, Aug. 6.

Seeing the Importance of having a Field Marshal for the unified control of the expeditionary forces. the Government convened a joint. meeting of the military and ad- ministrativo ofcials at the auditorium yesterday morning, at tended by Messrs. Wang Ching- wel, Sun Fo, Tang Shao-yi. Koo Ying-fan.___Chan_Chai-tong,___

LI Chung-yon, Tang Sang-ch, Ya Hon-mino and Li Young-ching.

The rules regarding the appoint-; ment of the Field Marshal" were i settled, but the nominco for this) office was not selected.

Defensive Measures.

Two big guns were transported by rail to Shitkwan yesterday, for the use of the 3rd Army. These guns are intended for the defencel of Shiukwan, and will be placed on the Cap Hill.

The troops of the 1st and 3rd Armies are now very well supplied with munitions.

A Premature Report,

Although the 1st Group Army has been busily preparing for an invasion of Hunan by way of fchang and Chingchow, yet the re- port that the 3rd Army has or- rived at these places is prema- ture, as this agmy has not been ordered to advance into Hunan.

- Recent movements of the 3rd Army from Shiukwan to Lokchong, and Pingshek have been so an to give way to the 1st Army under Gen. Yulon-mino, which is the vanguard for the expedition, and take up the defence of the Kwang- tung Kinngsi border.

As troop movements of the Ist and 3rd Armies are now nearly completed. Gen. Chan Chai-tong has ordered the Aerial Department to send out the 1st Flying Squa- dron, to the North River." Gen Wong Kwong-zul, commander of kwan to-day with his planes. the squadron will leave for Shiu-

Ironside Lender Recalled.

Gen. Li Chung-yen sent a re-

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| side in his sleep and à search was accordingly made for his body in the Bangkok River. A later mess uge stated that the body was re- jcovered the next day, July 31,

More details are not available The local shipping community Rangeu in por: She, is date here at present until the arrival of the will be shocked to hear of the on Sunday or Monday, being un- death, under mysterious circumsder the command of the Chief tances, of Capt. E. D. Penhale, OMeer, Mr. J. Whyte. master of the Butterfield and Capt. Penhale arrived in Hong-presentative to Hongkong yester- Swire steamer Kiangsu, on Bang-kong in 1920 to Join Messrs. day to ask Gen. Chang Fat-kwal.to

Butterfield and Swire. Amongst return to Kwangal. kok River on July 29.

This commands was the Fatshan, A message from Bangkok states running between Hongkong and that on the arrival of the Klangsu Canton, and he had only been in Mr. Eugene Chen has telegraph- at that part from Hongkong charge of the Kiangsu for about ed to the Government that he will July 30, the disappearance" of two months when this tragle ucreturn from Japan on the 10th Capt. Penhale, war reported toeident occurred.

inst. It is learned that some time the authorities. The ship

Than Capt. Penhnie, there was after Mr. Chen's arrival in Japan. chored

overnight, it

understood, no more respected shipmaster on Marshal Yen Hat-shan sent a re- at Paknan, at the entrance to the the Chinu Conat. Always of bar in Bangkok River, when the cheerful disposition, he had made presentative to ask him to go to captain was on duty. The ship a host of friends out East, all of Dairen in order to discuss the

daylight whom will genuinely sorry to this request

anti-Chiang Issue with him, but resumed its voyage at the next morning and the captain hear of his demise. He took an with as Mr. Chen was in a hurry туал not complied then was not aboard.

active part in the China Const to return. Rousho. It was feared that Capt. Pen- Officers' Guild, being an energe- hale might have walked over the tic member of the Finance and

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Mr. Chen's Return.

A Pence Gesture.

Nanking, Aug. 6, Presiding at the weekly session of the Censure Council, Mr. Yu Yu. jen made a statement to the effect that the Government fully realised the difficulty confronting the peace envoys to Canton. But in spite of this the Government will not aban- don hope of arriving at an under- Standing with Canton until

line of diplomacy has been

every

Mr. Wu Tich-chen, a member of the Central Kuomintang Executive Committee, his emphatically denied that the despatch of Nanking troops to Hunan and Klangsi.is in con- nexion with preparations for war against "Canton.

| Management Committee. He was

unmarried.

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