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Hongkong Telegraph.

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No. 15090

四拜禮 𫘝四廿月二十英港香 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21,

BRIGHT XMAS FOR BRITAIN

Most Prosperous In Past Several Years

GIFTS FOR POOR AND WAGE INCREASES FOR WORKERS

London, Dec. 23.

The general verdict is that England is enjoying the most prosperous Christmas since 1929. The West End. shopping areas in London are almost impassable.

The shops report not only that there is more buying, but that there is a bigger demand for costly goods, especially furs and jewels.

Special funds providing all people in the distressed areas with Christmas fare and gifts have been most génerously supported. All inmates of London work- houses will enjoy Christmas feasts and evening entertainments.

No fewer than 338,000 men, women and children in the cotton garment manufacture and chemical industries will benefit by increased wages from this week.

The Post Office yesterday handled sixteen million letters in London alone, breaking all records. Parcels average 600,000 daily. Both these figures are likely to be exceeded before Christmas Day.

The Empire afr mail for Christmas totals 22,758 pounds, which is thirty per cent. above last year's figure.

The railways are running nearly four thousand extra trains from London during the holidays. All the south const holiday resort hotels are booked up, while the alr lines un- nounce cheap trips to Switzerland, the demand for which largely exceeds capacity.

On the other hand, at least 100,000 foreign and provincial visitors are ex- peeled in London, including ve indred Americans travelling aboard: the Queen Mary.

·Dominion-exports-are-the-best for!... the Christmas season for many years. Australia is benefitting from the high prices of wool and wheat and the re- vival in West Australian gold fields. New Zealand is doing well in wond exports, Cintain reports a generat in- provement, while in South Africa the

wool and gold exports are the best

ever known. Retter Special.

"ALL CLEAR" FOR HOLIDAY

Berlin, Dec. 23. Herr Hitler's departure for Bertechsgaden to-night until January 11 sounded the "All clear" for the holidays and allayed apprehensions that some disturbing event was in-

pending.

THRIVING

CHRISTMAS

BUSINESS

PRE-DEPRESSION DAYS RETURN

U.S. PREPARES FOR HOLIDAY

New York, Dec. 23. The united States is enjoying the most prosperous Christmas season in many years, reports from all parts of reveal.

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PRINCESS JULIANA'S WEDDING

The preparations for Princess Juli ana's wedding are in full swing at The Hague. The bride and bride- groom will be driven to church in the famons "Golden Coach" which is used only when Queen Wilhelming goes to the opening of Parliament,

MAJOR WILLSON PASSES

SERVED IN COLONY FOR MANY YEARS

PROMINENT IN.

VOLUNTEERS

Many residents will learn with deep regret of the death, which occurred suddenly on November 20, at Leicester, of Major Christopiser: Willson,

former Assistant Superintendent of Victoria Gool and Magistrate, and Inter Superintendent of Police at Shameen.

0.11.E..

The Inte-Major-Wilson joined the Hongkong Government service In 1920, and ten years later he was appointed chief of police at Suameen, from which post he retired on pension a few years ago. His first post in

Hongkong was that of Assistant

Laying Keel For Giant ·

Battleship

Loudon, Der. 231,

The keet of a £7,000,000 båtfleship, the King George the Fifth, will be laid down at Newcastle on January 1.

Recent shipping orders on the tous, Tyne aggregate 220.000 Including fifteen vessels for the Admiralty costing £20,000,000.—

Reuter "Bulletin Service

AMERICAN

ISOLATION

AVOIDED

NEW WORLD'S EXAMPLE

some intent of Victoria Gast, and CORDELL HULL SEES

months later he was appointed First Clerit at the Magistracy, and DANGER IN MIRAGE

acted as the country subsequently

Assistant Harbour Master (appointed January 10. 1921); acting Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court (appointed April 20 1992); Magistrate (appointed April 3, 1923); and, on his return from leave in February, 1925. went back

Buenos Aires, Dec. 23. to the Magistracy as First Clerk until November 14 of the same year when

In his closing address at the he

This p

position he inter-American peace conference held continually, in conjunction with his duties as First Clerk of the Magis here. Mr. Cordell Hull, the until he became acting United States Secretary of State,

of Victoria Gaol

Unprecedented volumes of mail are being handled by the post offices, giving a strongly reinforced postal a colossal task. There are artny 20,000 regular employees, augmented by 5,000 temporary helpers here, who report the longest queues ever seen in the post offices.

The rumours arose from the fact that Hilge should have gone to Bertechsgaden yesterday, but spent Delayed European liners are ar- the whole day in consultations with,riving in New York to-day and to- amongst others, General

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Police Magistrateting Second

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ATTEMPTS TO BLOCK ARMS FLOW

NATIONS SEEK TO HELP SPAIN

SPEEDING UP EFFORTS

London, Dec. 23. The International Non-Intervention Committee, after reviewing the re- plies from the Spanish belligerents and the proposal for control of the

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FOREIGNERS BEAR BRUNT OF FIGHTING Many Slain in Battles For

Madrid's Control

Paris, Dec. 23. Government forces left 125 dead foreigners on the battlefield when they retreated from the village of Boadilla del Monte, west of Madrid, according to an insurgent radio broadcast from Seville, picked up here to-night.

The announcement added that a flag captured by the insurgents bore the inscription "Third International Brigade," in Russian.-Reuter

EDEN STATES CASE

London, Dec. 23.

It is understood that Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, has expressed the serious view which the British Government takes with respect to the sending of volunteers by Germany to the civil war front in Spain. He stated his case to Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop, the German Ambassador, recently, and the Ambassador has now left for Berlin to report the British position to Herr Adolf Hitler.

BEAUTIFUL AIRWOMAN

IN PRISON

Import of arins, approved a detailed AWAITS TRIAL FOR

plan for supervising the movement of arms and munitions into Spain by land and sea..

January 1 is sed as the time limit for replies from the Governments concerned. If their acceptance can be secured by then, the scheme will be forwarded to both parties in Spain for their approval within a limit of ten days.--Reuter.

EXTRADITION

WANTED IN FRANCE

Mr. Eden and Herr von Ribbentrop also discussed the prospects of Locarno conference.-Reuter.

Exchange Impossible

St. Jean de Luz, Dec. 23. Hopes for the exchange of 4,000 hostages before Christmas, between the Spanish Government and insur- gent forces, have been dashed by the' breakdown of negotlutions to-day.

A complete deadlock hus now been. reached. The main difficulty. cerns inen of military age.

t'on-

There were scenes of the most poignant description in the crowd on the quay, when Brilishi warship arrived here from Bilbao with only. a few refugees on board," and not one of the expected hostages.-Reuter, Bombardment Resumed

Madrid, Dec, 23.

London, Dec. 23. Madame Schmeder, beaullful young Frenchwoman who crashed a plané The International Committee, the into an English farmyard on Decem- United Press adds, announced that i!ber 22, appeared in Bow Street police

The Rightists continued the artil is despatching to the Rightist and court to-day Leftist Governments the detailed She is in custody on an extradition shelling the Telephone Exchange lery bombardment of Madrid to-day, plan for the supervision and pre-warrant and has been remanded for building in an effort to disrupt the vention of shipments of war sup- a week. The French authorities are defer plies to Spain, requesting a definite seeking her extradition on a charge struck the building in less than ten

defence communications. Four

shells reply by these authorities within ten that she attempted to murder a young minutes. days.

One tore a six-foot hole in The plan will

aviator named Lallemant. be forwarded to

celling of the thirteenth storey, Burgos and Madrid about January 1. officials staggering about the flying ccond destroyed a balcony on

Lallement was found by airport a

the Il envisages, first, the establish- fleld where he had landed his planement in Gran Via Street, San Martin

twelfth, and others struck an apart ment of international agents at 100 control points throughout Spain:

Church, a building in Infanta Street secondly, the division of the entire

and in the Plaza Bilbao.-United Press. frontier into zones.

NON-INTERVENTION

remarkable a few minutes before. He told

story.

the

American Contingent

New York, Dec. 23,

Hermann morrow, bringing 27,000 bags of mall, Superintendent of wave both of Mr. declared that he could not em- met for two hours at the Foreign bin with a revolver, drove him out pany of American Socialists, com- Goering, Prime Minister of Prussia which the Post Office

Department in the absence on and Reich Minister of Air, and

will try is best to deliver before J. W. Franks and Capt. Bloxham. He General. von Blomberg.

was appointed to the Class 1 Senior phasise too strongly that Ameri- solution was unanimously adopted:-} and in the day a Frenchwoman is proceeding to Madrid toʻossist the

These consultations lasted until nearly four o'clock in the morning. and are belleved to have dealt with

Christmas.

Transport companies throughout Clerical, and Accounting Staff of the the country, in the air, by rail or by local Government service on January rond, reports the heaviest holiday 1, 1927. the altuation in Spain, the working travel in their experlence. of the non-intervention agreement, and economic problems.-Reuter Special.

Opposition To Durbar

TROUBLE LOOMING

IN INDIA

Thousands of New Yorkers are genially braving the city's prevailing icy snap for a final parade of the crowded side-walks to-day, Jamming the famous downtown stores, which are at the peak of their. business turn-over.

Meanwhile, society entertains as it did in the pre-depression era, with glamour. approaching the occasions of 1829.-Reuter.

WAR SERVICES Prior to the War, Major. Wilson

can nations were not moving towards a policy of continental isolation.

over

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lady passenger shot him in the back, the bullet penetrating his neck, when he was flying high above the city. By a tremendous effort of will he was able to land his machine. London, Dec. 23. The Non-intervention Committee The woman, thereupon, threatened

Office to-day. The following re

of the plane, took the controls herself

flew away. Later "Deeply impressed with the need for doing everything possible to limit

a plane in England, but was the scope of the present war in unhurt. Questioned, she

crashed

Baid she Spain, and to prevent the develop had no idea she was Bying ment of conditions. which ming she thought she was or where

England. She did not say where was in practice in Hongkong us a of self-containment but are aware of Euro

"We are unmoved by the mirage prejudice the good understanding the solicitor, and was a Volunteer Officer.

harmony of

of the peoples

of intended to be. The British authorit- He received his 0.0.5., for war ser-

Europe, and being convinced that les

arrested her on the French strict application

tion of the non-interven- Surele's request, through the Foreign vices, and on returning to Hongkong

agreement is essential to these Offee.-Reuter. again took a

Commission

In Volunteers, being for a time in conti

the local

ends, the Committee agree that is is

5 is of mand of the Arüllery Company.

the highest importance

nce that a scheme of supervision designed to secure the resigned his commission with the rank

application

ent should be of

agreement cf. Major, the same as he held in, the

into, effective

1 operation Army during the war. He was awarded the Long Service Medal

undertaken to request their Govern- (Auxiliary Forces). In recognition of

ments to furnish them with the his many years' meritorious service

necessary authority to secure this end. The Portuguese representative indicated that the attitude of his scheme of supervision remained un- Government regarding the proposed changed.

Germans Face local Volunteer Corps. 23. Soviet Trial

Fairpur, Dec. 23.

There is a strong movement to

boycott His Majesty'a proposed

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NO "TELEGRAPH” TO-MORROW

To-morrow, being Chrisimaş Day, there will be'no issue of the Publication will "Telegraph."

be resumed, co Saturday. We take this opportunity of wishing

· our renders a Merry Christmas.

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dielove-knit, inter-

t possible date, and have

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Major Wilson was a keen tennis: player and regularly competed in the Hongkong C.C. tournaments. He was extremely popular, and his, passing its perils. In

The Committee had before thema dependent world we see the folly of report prepared by technical advisers | seeking to build.

wall dealing with technical aspects of the

• Chinese

(Continued on Page 10.). around our hemisphere. Our pur-t

Durbar, and the problem is being 34 CHARGED WITH will be widely, regretted.

threshed oul before the India Nationalist Congress, now' in session.

The

outcome is uncertain. A stand la heing taken by Con- ntives and Natlonullets,

Delegates met to-day in an extra- ordinary session at a primitive village north of Bombay, in houses con- structed of bamboo.

ESPIONAGE

Moscow, Dec. 23. The 34 Germans rested on a charge of espionage for who were ar- Faycist

activities nre expected Mahatma Gandhi is attending shortly to be put on public trial.

United Press.

PLAYWRIGHT DIES

London, Dec. 123. Mr. H. M. Richardson; former Pre- sident of the International Federation of Journalists und General Secretary of the National Union of Journalists since 1918, died to-day. He was n playwright of distinction-Reuter.

The German Ambassador in Mos- cow to-day interviewed M. Maxim Litvinoff, the Soviet Foreign Minister in connection with the affair- Reuter,

TYPHOON WARNING

The Manlia Observatory reports that the typhoon situate in about Long. 125, Lat. 12, moyin N.W.

RUSSIANS WILL pose is not to solute this continent

RENEW TREATY

Moscow, Dec. 23..

but to chart 'our own path to peace, and thereby set a practical example. to other parts of the world.

"The free peoples of the world! The Soviet Government has now reject the theory that war is inevit- given notification that it is agreeable able and are no longer thrilled by the with the idea of extending the Russo- panoply of militarists. They would Japanese Fisheries Convention for cry halt to any who, through, love would break the peace.

LOYAL TOAST

KING APPROVES

NEW FORM

London,..Dec. 23,

INDUSTRY FAIR BUILDING

BIGGEST OF KIND IN EUROPE

London, Dee. 23, The exhibition building now being) erected at Earl's Court, which, when completed, will house the annual British Industries Fair and which will be the biggest structure In re- Inforced concrete yet built in Europe, is approuching the stage when the rooding will be thrown over the great spans, the central one of which will be 250 feet by 350 feet,

Underneath there will be an arenn with sealing for 20,000. The floor Incorporates a device by which a section will sinkt to make a swimming pool

200

100

with

feet by

capacity of 2,000,000 gallot

Early stages of construction were necessity of HM the King has approved the hampered by the the. development tary that the order and form of the way track without interrupting the

It is announced here that a cpm- prising aviators, engineers, techni- elans, artillerymen and infantrymen, International Brigade in future,-United. Press,

the

near

PRESIDENT OF CUBA RESIGNS

Havana, Dec. 23r Possibly scenting the danger of an insurrection it he continued to oppose the will at the military ellque in Cuba, the President and anti-Fascist leader, Don Miguel Gomez, has resigned.

With his departure from office, the minority party in the House of Representatives whialt stands Ter the orthodox constliution and fiercely opposes dictation from military chiefs, loses its chieftain,

United Press!

EDWARD TO VISIT IN RUMANIA

Vienna, Dec. 23.

ort year, on the terms of the 1020105 bellove that the future of peacej recommendation of the Home Secre- enclosing In tunnels six lines of rail-"

4 ANSA They Nursing thus :“recodeas from the can be assured by where that Loynl: Toast.in future, at official and service. This difcult engineering of Windsor has telephoned & Quaen –

opinion

agreement. strong attitude she took at the time of public of the announcement of the Corman Will utterly repudiate the acts of public dinners, shall be, first, The feat has been acomplished with only Sapanese anil-Communist naitement statesmeni propagating doctrines of King and becond, "The Qutona amall departure from the original

month and Reuter Bulletin Ser-militariam, said the American chief Quen Mary and other Members of scheme of progrets Brilish-Wire

dolagate. Reuter

the Royal Family British Wireless

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Mary of Rumanla that he wills visits her and her family. Castle shortly pembly the ChritimesUilted Press.