1938-06-02 — Page 3

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

THURSDAY,

JUNE

2, 1938.

MYSTERY

The Queen Mary To

Sail For

25

Years

Estimate of Cunard Duce's Wife

Chairman

SHIPPING IMPROVING

Liverpool, Apr. 28. seela were improving, but by them-

Sir Percy Bates, president to-elves they were not large enough to Teet the company's ngures day at the annual meeting of the

materially. Cunard Steamship Co. here. re- ferred to improving shipping conditions, and to the anticipated service life of the Queen Mary,

He said Unit if the Cunard White Star Company maintained a yearly

of allocation out of earnings £978,280 in respect of the older ships and the Queen Mary, balance-sheet Bgures for these ships would be reduced to serup Queen Mary attained values when the the age of 29, and when each of the other vessels was 20

believe this to be an attainable turgel as

as well as a correct one, in the sense that further namun shipbuild-

The Cunard White Star Co. had done more business on the Atlantic,

carried

and

passengers BIOLO more cargo, but they had been obliged every item to pay higher rates

expenditure

on

The book value of the Cunard Co.'s shares in the Cunard White Star ('o remained unchanged at £8,181,777, They were a permanent investment, is thxed asset held for aperation and nos for sales, and they represented the the company's permanent stake in

Atlantic.

The company was the largest link ing of an order approximate to m jbetween Eairupe and North America, anual depreciati Agure should And its prosperity was entirely bound enable the company to maintam Its jap with the prosperity of these two place in the Alanthe"

Perry Vintir cuts Sir

Till recently the pros. | Itad not been earning There ind been puliteal disturbances; sups Europe and economie disturbances

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trode, nu Atlantic He is perhaps move keenly titive than any other forty We must continue building, or business will be taken by others

He was glad that the continets for Queen Elizabeth and the new Maure Bande weer pinerd before the recent rep seen Both ugh were med ed, and the Mauretani would be an zervjer Best Sept

MORE ATLANTIC TRAFFIC During the phed you the Mediter Tarean shijes did better

at the pans

Van-Driver Is Almost

A Bishop

A Fleet Street newspaper van-

driver. Mr. George Styles, is to

be inducted as warden of The Greal Account. Southwark Cathedral.

He will then be, in effect, JL lay bishop and will have Le seul to The In the cathedral next Bishop's throne.

Mr. Styles, burly, 49, pushed back his cap, and said: "I juITY rather in the dark about what have to do t the ceremony. They tell me I shall have in carry a wand and wear crimine robes, with a big gold chain. am rather scared none males come to see me."

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of

Henry VIII. charted the Court of Wardens when he sold the cathedral Int £800 to the Provisoners carly 100 years

ago.

£1,500 RACKET

in the fasted States

In

Caught Liner Crush

Naples.

Donna Rachete, grey-hatred, retiring wife of Signor Mussolini, grasping Hier twelve-year-old son Boinano, had to fight her way the super-Uner Rex after review sering the great naval

the xtaged for Herr Hitler In Bay of Naples.

off

The crowd dil not

know

1 Aboard

the

been Rachele hud Donna

ng am.

A gangway was cleared for Crown-Prinecas Maria, who was ablei to leave easily, and at once the pas sengers surged forward to the exits. for Omeers shouted "Make

the Donnu Itachele; make way to

was Duce's family. but the crowd

wny

Bruno, the Duce's pilot son, laaited

preked by this time. gry, pushing a way through In front f his mother, bat Denna Rachele was laughing as she passed drough the ersh

NEW OFFICERS FOR QANTAS

The change over to flying-bonts |

He the ught that in both respects ¦ has led Qantas Empire Airways to

were aboving

There was

all time for 1938 to ruike gand show Messrs H

if conditions in Europe and the Proted States rostlinked to improve

Test Before Marriage

Governon Lhiman. of (State, has agued a full

New Youk which

| quatr, people who apply for mai thuar,

SUCHERS to timilerige i blooth-tes!

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fest-officers new

Horace and

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Mr Haner was previously a flight eutenant in the Royal An Force In England and India and returned to Australia towards the end of last

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Search extended through eight states and on the high scos for Andrew Carnegie Whitheid, above, 28-year-old nephew and namesake of the late Andrew Cunegie, after his mysterious disappearance from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, hia silver winged

power glider. Before taking off the

social Young rekisterite said he was bound for Brentwood, 20 miles away, but

did not

arrive apparently he there. A business machine ex- rcutive, he was married last June to Miss Elizabeth Hulsey,

Titanic Survivor

Cannot Forget

He has down for some months Commodort Harry Agavison, with Ansett Airways in their Lauk- | fanuts white toured litle Amurienn madevolently dress nad resigned from that position; yachtsman, glared an

to join Quatar Emphe. Allways

itt

as a kindly faced old gentleman can,

As the forms Gwener of the Cutty when be was asked in London what Undig the 1113-

MWHISKY Sak amphibian, Mi Caldwell inar thotight of the iner Queen Mary epeks are fornfideles to hate a ma, Ti- ཉ, ༤༢}| MAT:3841

Cuvensland He largest British net afloat oge heener walkout

of palosed the angibabaw on P11 ON- in istevets howing that both; femrave man of the vast as far north | paulo barve clear: bills of 1000LE

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FOOTBALLERS' TAX RELIEF DEMAND

For twenty-six years Commo- dore Anderson has been trying 16 forget the Finking of the 48,000-ton Titanic on her mal-

15. den voyage an Apell

1912 with the loss of more than 1,500 Hyes. He was aboard, proud as every 0110 WILN, of the then largest rip in the world.

“Maybe 1 shall never forget, any- way that cured me of any love fur big ships," he said.

Six professional footballers visited the Treasury recently one morning to ask that their benefits be exempt from income-tax.

About 120 benefit games are held every year, and the players, receive an average of £300,

For sine

years, however ballers have nursed Quit income tax reduces their benefit, while similar wards. To ricketers remat tax free

Hence The

Treasury

EMPIRE

NEWS

CANADIAN M.P. AND

PRIVY COUNCIL

Ottawa.

Charges that polilleal interference influenced decisions of the Privy Council were made in the House of Colan, Commons by Mr. C. H.

the former Secretary of State, while private bill abolishing appeals to the moving the second reading of his Privy Council.

"If the Supreme Court of Canada were admittedly Influenced by such political considerations, is membern would be able to Impeachment," Mr. Calan sold, The Privy Coun cll's decisions affecting Canadian Jurisprudence bad gone far toward nullifying the Constitution.

"The Privy Council has so amend- ed and redraried the original Con- stitution and clothed it in fantastic conceptions of its own, that it bears of Jack the grotesque features

which now 'Lantern.

serves to derisive

and evote

comment criticism,"

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CONGRESS PARTY AND SIR F. FLOUD

Calcutta

Desplie the substantiul defeat of the Congress Party in the Bengal

the Rd. Legislative Assembly journment motion challenging the appointment of Sir Franels Floud as Chairman of the Bengal Land Tenure here is considerable Commission, there resentment at the appointment of a non-Indian as chairman of an expert tommission. Protests are likely to become more vocal.

that

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The Opposition inaintamed there was no dearth of competent and impartial indlama, but the Gay- ernment contcnded that there were in Bengal such political and reonomie

essential vionvites that I was have a chuma whese expert know- ledge and impartiality were unques- tionable.

ble. This view prevailed, slv-

the Moslem Government majority of 130 to 8 in a test political strength.

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Cause of Rall Crash-The report' of the inquiry by Sir John Thorn. Chief Justice of Allahabad, into the

near accident

Biata, Fallway

which 107 Patna, on July 17, in persons were killed and 117 injured, Ands that the derailment of the tram resulted from distortion of the track caused by an engine rtaining at ex- cessive speed. The accident directly attributable to negligener on the part of the Esat Indian Railway Co., which is accordingly Buble for damages.-Reuter.

Kenpa

AFRICAN RIFLES

LAN

but there's one Be I'd like don't like talking about the Tita-REARMING OF KING'S help in railing down even though | Awenty-six yours have

[('% 'Dud,' he said, suggested that Captain Smalth merilled his sal because he was drunk He was nut

foot-who 1 was to reg. the grievance you'll be among the famous to-day.

The Financial Secretary gave the County usual promise of "careful consider-

deputatlon

Be

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Accompanying the deputation were Aldersion T. II. Hinchcliffe, of Man- Les by Mi Tom Groves, M.I. jchester, solicitar

the Inyers (Lab, Stratford), it consisted of Sid, Union, and Me A. Denville, M.P.

James Gibbons (Fulham,

Fulfell (C Newcastle Central). (West Ban), Charles Bicknell West Bon). S Carın (Chulton Atinetiej D McKenzie (Brentford), 4 Porsythi

Millwall)

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Chief speakers were Gibbons and Mr James Pay, secretary Association Football Player Unbo

"AMONG THE FAMOUS"

People Forget Steinmetz

gone.

"Even with a friend like me he

thai refused to drink

terrible 1.3ght When i insisted, he had a small glass of port, sipped once and left it. And I will swear That's the only druk he touched night. "Captain Smith went down with bis stip, a brave man All honour

to him.

Open Letter Brings Reunion

that

St. Louis. and Kate Smith are Cairo.

greater heroes than Norman Thomas. Colonel Colville, M.P.. Financial Socialist leader, and Charles Stein- Egypt's Prime Munster will present

Tampa, Flu on behalf of the Government to-Secretory to the Treasury, take the metz, seients. in the opinions of A letter to the eállor reunited Mr.

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and Mrs. John W. Bodine of Shelby- Tot "We politicons platinum in a gold ease to Amr Bry.

of according to a survey made by the ville, 111. with Mr. and Mrs. C. II. ourselves, but my son put me in my Character Research Institute of Wa-Gardon of Tampa, cousins whom they

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Nairobi.

The Importance of strengthening Kenya defences in view of the recent threatening situation was stressed by the Governor, Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, when open- ing the 14 Legislative Council. He revealed that the reorganisation and rearming of the King's African Plans Rifles was proceeding apace. were maturing for associating un- closely with official persons more defence, especially in air-raid pre- caution measures in big centres."

Sir Robert said one way Kenya could help the Empire in case of war I was in the provision surplus food-

stuffs.

Indignation has been caused by a Mombuse report, since confirmed, that a qualified Englishman was re- fused work in the construction of the new diary aerodrome at Chan. gamwe and that the work was given

to a Germani.

South Africa

LINER DELAYED BY TRAIN CRASH

Cape Town,

19.029 1ons,

The sailing of the Union Castle, liner Arundel Castle, was delayed two hours recently for Rhodesian passengers who were held up in Rhodesia, following the Plum- tree train crash, The death roll in the crush is now 27.

the were

Among the passengers by

England Arundel Castle for the British High Commissioner, Sir William Clark, with Lady Clark and their daughters. Australia

TRADES UNIONS AND DEFENCE

Canberra.

Prime the Federal Mr. Lyons, Minister,

the that announced Australian Government has decided to invite Use Australian Council of Trades Unions to form a trades union advisory panel to co-operate in the carrying out of defence plans In the event of Government private factories being placed on a war foot- Inst

The Victorian Ironworkers Feder- tion has decided not to co-operate in rearmament. 1 declares thut it is not prepared to produce arms with- out knowing against whom they are intended. Reuter.

In Business 25 Years

At 31

San Angelo, Tex. Only 31, Nathan Donsky, local merchant, Actually bas been in business for hiliself the last 25 years. Dollan Beginning as a newsboy in

at the age of 0, Donsky Was ELIC- vesively.n concessionnaire at athletic events, stenographer to Alvin M. Owsley, now ambassador to Den- mark. Brid operator of a business

here,

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