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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

Widowed Queen

Faces:

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1936,

COLONY'S

(1) Five Years SKYLINE

IN BLACK (2) Life Ban

ON GAY FROCKS

GROWS HIGHER

THE skyline at both European and Chinese sections of the Island of Hongkong is gradually be- coming higher.

BOSTON GAINS ON YANKEES

LEAGUE LEADERS NOSED OUT.

GIANTS · ́AND CARDS WIN

Cairo, May 18. Queen Nazli, grief-stricken since the death of her hus- band, King Fund of Egypt,

Lack of building space is has spent most of the time forcing property owners to plons, out-slugged the Chicago White with her four young daugh-erect taller buildings. ters in her own apartments in the Cairo palace.

She refuses to receive visitors. When the Premier called to offer condolences she would not see him. Instead she sent the Grand Chamberlain to express her thanks.

This particularly applies to Chinese residential sections.

Last year two new residential buildings with six floors made their appearance, bringing the tatal number if the Colony up lo 22,

New York, May 20,

Detroit Tigers, last year's, cham-

Sox Chicago to-day, to the tune of twelve to nine. The Tigers scored on sixteen hite against fourteen of the opposition's Chicago had two errors and Detroit one,

The Legue tall-endera, 51, Louis owns went wild when they met the Cleveland Intions. Dottomley smached a homer and they scored Indians were scoring Ave on five hills, eight run on cleven hills, while the The Indians find two errors.

Boston gained on the League cadera, the New York Yankees, in

Since 1930 property owners of Chinese residential buildings have constructed two new build- The Queen is the forty-one-ings of eight storeys, fifteen of year-old daughter of Sabry seven storeys, eight of six

a light game at the Yankee Stadium. Pasha, a Turkish nobleman. She storeys, 74-of five-storeys-and-and three others pulled home on the Crossetti hil a homer for the Yenks married King Fund in 1919. 75 of four storeys, these figures nuits Inside the pork. Boston representing the increase in the turned nine hits, including Faxx's number of buildings of this type

haner, into five runs and won by a New York errored once. since 1930.

TABLES TURNED

AS QUEEN

•

She has been a leader of fashion, cwearing gay-coloured dresses of ex- quisite taste-all of them from Paris-befitting her vivacious tem- perament.

AB QUEEN MOTHER

wear

On the other hand there were

Inst year only 5,102 buildings of three storeys, as compared with She will not renounce the vell.

5,180 in 1930, 1,372 of two storeys, She will wear black for five years.

as compared with 1,670 in 1930 Even after that extra long period of and 627 of one storey, as com- mourning Court etiquette willpared with 586 in 1930. Thus Rever again allow her to

there has been a substantial de coloured dresses,

erense in the number of buildings LAST JOURNEY "

having only one, two and three A compared with the Twenty-one cannon shots, fired storeys, at one-minute intervals, announced increase in the number of build- to a nation in mourning that theirings of higher type. King had started on the first stage the

No Chinese type dwellings on of his last journey: the coffin being storeys, there being eight of mainland rench above five taken to Aldin Palace, a two-kour maximum height last year, as com- procession.

pared with one in 1930. But on the mainland, also, small sizo buildings have given away to higher ones. Last year there were only 1,079 one storey buildings, na compared with 1,182 In 1930; 560 two storey buildings as compared with 916 in 1930,

GAOL SENTENCE ON WOMAN MOTORIST

BAIL PENDING AN APPEAL

LICENCE SUSPENDED

FOR LIFE

A woman motorist was non- tenced to prison for two months at Epson police court recently for driving a motor-car in a manner dangerous to the public. Her licence was suspended for life.

Notice of appeal was given, and es. Winn was allowed ball. The Bench declined to restore the licence pending the appeal.

A suinions for driving without due care and attention was dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act-On a summons-for-failing to stop after an accident Mrs. Winn was fined 203. She hind to pay £6 10%, 6d. | costs and her licence was endorsed.

The offence was stated to have occurred at Fetckum, Surrey.

CYCLIST'S LEGS BROKEN For the police I was stated that at 10 p.m. on Jam. 8 Mrs. Winn's car pulled out to pass another and bit a woman cyclist, whose legs were broken.

Mrs, Wi did not stop. There was found near the acche of the accident a door-handle and the ra- flector of the near-side lamp.

The next morning Mrs. Winn went to the police station and said that the understood that the police were look Ing for a green car. She was driving her car the previous night and knock- ed into a sign at a roundabout, but she did not know there had been an accident with a cyclist. She did not, she said, see a cyclist.

A solicitor who appeared for Mrs. Winn sald his client had been driving for six years, and there had never been nny charge against her before.

The chairman of the magistrates said they had been unable to find any redeeming feature in the case,

KOWLOON'S GROWTH Kowloon has shown 1 mora rapid growth this decade than the Island of Victorin. In 1930 there were 13,107, Chinese type build. ings (with afgif 43.232 floors) -- shin talnitionPad 8.59A-Cwikke 24,402 Boury of the maintnad.

By the end last year the

island total had increased to only 14,000 buildings (with 47,382 floors) na compared with the in- crease to 10,297 buildings (with 31.239 foors) on the mainland.

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nore

In the second game of their double- hender, Chicago beat Detroit nine to two, on fifteen hits to seven

There were no errors.

the

Philadelphin eight to two, scoring on The Washington Senators beat Dirteen hits to eight.

The New York Gianta beat Brooklyn Dodgers to gain

A few points in their average, but they did and the League lenders, not lessen the distance between them Cardinals, who continued to advance St. Loule at the expense of Pittsburgh,

The Giants won seven to three, scoring fourteen hits to the Pirates even, but falling into three errors. Leiber homered, Vaughan's homer

for the Pirates did not help them

against St. Louls, when the score was six to two. St. Louis hit nine times and the Pirates seven. Thero were no errors.

Philadelphia swamped Boston,, seven lo two, getting seventeen hits against eleven, two of them homers, by Morris and J. Moore."

Chicago Cubs, last year's Lengue | winners, thumped the Reds ten to four. Cuyler hit a homer for Gin- cinnati, but fifteen battera got to first for the Cubs. The Resis had two errors-Renter

DARDANELLES CONFERENCE

TURKEY TO SUBMIT PREPARED PLAN

At the present rate of in-

Geneva, May. 26. A conference on the situation crease,

there will be more arising out of Turkey's re-occupation Chinese type buildings on the of the demilitarised Dardanelles zone mainland then on the island will be held at Montreaux immediate before the end of the currently after the Leagus Council meets, decade.

probably on June 16.

Eden will preside.

It is expected that Mr. Anthony

be

The Turkish delegation will headed by the Foreign Minister, Dr. com- Towfik Aras, and will arrive at the Conference with a prepared plan.- Router.

Sanitary Board statistics reveal that there are a total of 22.363 tenement buildings in the Hong- kong health districts, as pared withTMn tolal of 20,042 in 1900. It is estimated that tha↑ total number of houses primarily creeted for domestic purposes are | 26,471.

PEAK BUILDINGS

This total includes 280 build- ings, with a total of 698 floors, on the Peak. The Peak total in- cludes eight new buildings (with a total of 19 floors) erected list year. Only one Peak building was demolished.

Dog Gets Pension

Of $10.80 Yearly

From Yugoslavia

Belgrade, May 20, Hestor, Yugoslavia's most famous police dog, shares honours with the British Parliament's renowned cat, Rufus.

VAN ZEELAND RESIGNS

COALITION CABINET IN BELGIUM

Drussels, May. 26, M. Van Zeeland's Cabinet resigned after its afternoon meeting to-day,

Although the Socialists obtained a slim majority of seats in the general election, the Catholics will be asked to form a new Government, based on a Socialist-Catholic coalition, an here- tofore.

M. Van Zeeland is seeing the King this evening, but it is uncertain whether or not he will retain the Premiership-tenter Bulletin Ser-

vice,

his record of catching thieves and other criminals.

Like the legislative cat, Hector has been awarded a life long pen- slon, so at the age of 10 he retires

While on active duty Hector was after valiant service. The dog was allowed $1.25 a month for delien- stationed at Rudnien and he en-¡cics. His pension is 40 dinara (90 "joyed a countrywide reputation for cents) a month.-United Proga.

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1 She'll take you down in no time. 9 It isn't doing well, ding outside. 10 Relation who continues walking. 11 Taken out of modesty.

12 Not good men for gardeners. 13 It might be a nastly accident in which the chorus girls' land- lady is concerned.

14 Trunk, or roots, perhaps. 16 Long but not wide.

18 The facts about the letter show that. It may be viewed from many angles.

20 Change the capital of this coun

try and wouldn't it just dance? 22. Jobs that must be done, but take-

Line.

24 How Claud felt after his change.

27 As hot as wild words.

20 One of the pair that has hekt

up many about at sea,

30 The end of many an Amerienu

house of business.

31 An

An essential

part of such manoeuvres is to send the cat back.

32 General description of Homer's

poetry. 33 Apropos

short. gentleman's seeming entertainment, here is a famous thoroughfare in which to look for it (two words, 6, 6).

DOWN

2 Give a closer consistency with

kitchen material.

3 They join up after being knock- ed on the head. (Rather remin- iscent of the Press Gang, eh?) 4 My "log I go" on keeping

(anag.). 5 Donkey, and less without its

超

head. Fins!

110

6 Parts of the body full of fish. 7 Say again, "The others had a

meal.

8 Full of praise.

9 All Fool's Day lisped in Scot- land? (Three words, 5, 2, 5), 14 Endeavoured to be fed round

one of its

Jetters.

15 Made away with nearly all t

17

the useless part.

But in to think Intensely,

21 American molorear. 23 Province of Spain,

19 Fortescue's tip.

25 Friends may net in this.

26 These may be seen under sulany.

bridges.

28 It's probably near a roundabout. 29 Object.

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EMPIRE PRESS UNION DOMINIONS SECRETARY TO ADDRESS CONFERENCE

The Conference will be held in London, May 26. At the opening session of the Em-of Lord Astor, President

Carlton House Torrace, the residence pire Press Union Conference, which Union.-British Wireless

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