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EMPIRE NEWS

POLLING FOR MALTA

COUNCIL

MALTA.

Poling for the 10 elective sents on the Council of Government under the new constitution took place recently,

Indications are that the Constitu- tional party, under the leadership of Lord Strickland, will obtain the largest number of scats. This, how- ever, could never give an absolute majority, as the Council is composed of eight pfficial members, two minated by the Governor, and 10 elected members. The Governor has the casting vole. JAMAICA

now

TOO MANY APPLY FOR RELIEF WORK

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Owing to the large numbers re- gistering for Government relief work, the Jamaica Government has släpped registration this week. There are more applicants than work can be provided for.

Conditions are once more becom- ing normal. The Government is steadily disbanding the special con- Atables. The local forces will be disbanded during the coming week,

KENYA

BROADCASTS FOR NATIVES

Į

MOMBASA.

The Postmaster-General announces that, beginning this month a series of broadcasts for natives will be male, occupying about 45 minutes rach week, African music and instruc-

the South African geologist, ly in hospital here with both legs broken.. He was photographing the elephant! when it charged and overturned the car, pinning Prot. Glever under- neath The animal was frightened hy the sudden 'contact with the hot the ear with its feet ani tusks. eifgine, and made off after wrecking

NEW ZEALAND,

ilonal subfrets will be included in SURVEY TO BE MADE

OF POTATO STOCKS

the programmes.

not usually

As the nativen do possess receiving sets, aprelaj) louds

AUCKLAND...

speaker equipment is to be fastalled As a result of the excepti

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

August 22, 1939.

Group Photograph taken recently of the omcers, Warrant officers;

Mule and Non-Commissioned Officers of the Hongkong

Corps on the occasion of the leaving on pension of Jemiadar Punnu Khan-Yurn Chun Studio,

Leslie &

See

Daisy World On

Their Savings

Far Eastern Situation

Mr. Mander asked the Prime Minis- ter whether, In view of the fact that during 1938 the United States, British, French, and Dutch empires provided Japan with 16 per cent, of her essential war materials, including 77 per cent. of her aircraft, 90. per cent, of her oil ond petroleum, and more than 90 per

A CLERK and a shop assistunt arrived back in London ently cent of all her metals and oils, he will after cycling 9,000 miles in ten months across thre con- consider the advisability of entering into consultations with the Govern- And the cost was their life saviments of the United States, France, tinents and 11 countries. £160.

Lust August 32-year-old Seymour Ward his uncer, Burgess,

They had palt à desposit on house at Watford, bought the furni»

Each of them ad about £80| ture

Leslie Daisy

were planning, marriage. "Bans" Queen

the

Victoria

The famous

and Holland, with a view to con- sideringhe possibility, of taking ction to continue the econourre- ent of aggression in this manner? r. Butler The figures quoted are nborne out by information avail-

"offient, sources; and, as the

other

at various points. European and high prices now ruling for potatoes, Indian employers of African labour steps are being taken by the Govern are being requested to free their ment to ascertain the stock position African workers in time to hear the throughout New Zealand. programmes.

The Minister of Industries and The main object of these experi-Commerce, Mr. D. G. Sullivan, stated melital broadensis," according to the that if the survey revealed any official announcement, "will

evidence of undue holding of stocks, study

the reactions nf the African by any interests, the Government community." It is hoped Inter to would take 'nuitable action. introduce political talks to counteract

Prices for potatoes in Auckland

returns since July, 1937, Totalitarian propaganda, Such pro-range up to 16 a tot, compared within the bank. paganda has penetrated the Reserves about 17 a ton at the same tirne last

shown the country of origin, portrail of Queen have by divers meuns.

year.

Then Mr. Seymour, a clerk, lost his Victoria has been removed from the statistof this sort must necessarily If at any time Unification Plan-A plan for the More British Goods.~"The, credit] job, becauso firm introduced walls of the Mansion House, Dublin, be

is. Majesty's Govern- unifleation of East African territories agreement between New Zealand abil mechanical accounting For a month by Mrs. Tom Clarke,, the under the British Crown, with a Governor-General, one Legislature, claser in the auiter of trade. The success.

Dublin: electoral reform, protection of the

volume of imports from Britain must

The portrult was painted in 1849 be useful, would naturally. bè. existing position of Africans

Increste above what they would have But that didn't stop them beingy Catterson, Sunith, president of the ready to undertake it. Asians, and no interference with the been without 311 agreement,

guid married at Hendon register office on Royal Libórulan Academy, and Commander Marsden asked the Conge Basin treaties, has been pre- Mr. Savage, the Prime Minister, rey September 1, and two day later they chotes Queen Victoria as a girl in a Prime Minister what reply represen- by deletes at a conference of ferring to the new British feredits forj were aboard ship--with their bicycle" white crinoline, dress decked with fations made to the Japanese Govern- pared by center i ferme. A New Zealand.

at Newhaven.

ment by His Majesty's Ambassador message of loyalty was sent to the The Ammal report of the Reserve. We hadn't an idea where we would. Clarke, who has just "moved at Tokyo, un 24tis March, with regard is an ardent Republican. Her to the interest due to British bond- husband was exituted for his part holders of the Shanghal-Nanking in the 1014 rebellion.

Rallways at present controlled by the "As it worked out, this is where wel got to before our money ran out-

painting has been taken down be- Dieppe, Marseilles,

Rome, StellyCause I was a symbol of the British as stated, in my reply to my hon. Mr. Butler: The position remains Tunisia, Egypt. Palestine, Syria tonarchy. Five years ago a man Friend the Member for Stourbridge

tabbed it with a sword, but it was (Me R Morgan) on Monday.

Britain will bring the two countries he tried to get another, without elected first, woman Lord Mayor of Government on the subject would

King

Bank emphasizes the desirability of go," Mr. Seyniour sald. Professor Injured.-After an en- the Government's svolding" further | counter with an elephant at Lake recourse to the Bank for accommoda- Kivu, Eastern Congo, Prof. Geevers. tion-Reuter,

"CAMICO

VACUUM

BOTTLES

DAY 150 MILES A

Greeve,

How did the money

in."

Mr Clarke 'dielares thaf the Japanese?

For vigorous health

Cyprus,

Jugoslavia, Venieb, Switzerland. Cherbourg and home.

"We averaged about 50 miles a day que Victoria hated Ireland Captain Plugge asked the Prime when the roads were good, I don't with a deep, bitter hatred," said Mrs. Minister whether the British Govern- think we spent more than

Min In this ment is. In view of the adoption of bant, and train for the Clarke, and whelle

|the Anglo-Japanese formla, request- Well, we house it shall never hang here.

"I know it is a beautiful painting, ing the suspension of the blockade of and to eat. We tried to get and I have put it away in safe the British Concession at Tientein; ment every evening, cooked for us

land'if, not, whether he will consider for preference. But we couldn't pick

Mrs. Clarke has also refused to doing so? and house in the Libyan desert, begging loaves of bread from passing wenn hier robes of office, which she

says hre "red rags" from the Be" ish sadar at Tokyo is continuing to pres1405. "In Tunisin we cycled 1,500 miles period. towards

but the Italiana Egypt, wouldn't let us nible through the last 300 miles in case we should see The fortifications.

Italian army lorries

"So they

..

they rushed us through' in an army lorry, but it broke down during the night, and we had to sleep in barracks.

in Tunis we, pitched our teal and went off to eat, When we returned everything had disappeared. Luckily the police had caught a couple of Arbs us they rode off on our bicycles with our complete" kit,"

PENNILESS NOW

returned

place."

3r. Butlers. His Majesty's Ambas

for the removal of all restrictions.

British Guns Supplied To Japan

LONDON.

The possibility of British guns being used on Japanese 'planes was referred to in a question in the House of Commons recently:

Mr. Price asked the President of the Member refers but I am informed The Seymours have penniless. They have lost the deposit Board of Trade whether he is aware that the number he quotes is that of on the house, their furniture is stored, that

the three Kuns on

· Japanese) a gum supplied to Japan In 1933. As so they are living with Mr. Seymour's planes brought down in Chungking on regards the latter part of the question,

father, "But we're not Sorry we 3rd May were Lewis auto-guns, serialit would be contrary to the public

went," said Mrs. Seymour.

number A52016, made by the Birming-interest to state the number of export She will try to get back into the hum Small Arms Company; and licences which have been granted West End store where she worked, whether he will state the number of a particular country for weapons of Her husband will start looking for an licences granted for

the supply of a particular description. I can say, such guns to Japann since January, however, that no cence for Lewis ufflee job again.

"But after all the muscle I've de- 1937.

guns or machine guns, destined for veloped," added Mr. Seymour, t would be a pity."

, Mr. Stanley: I am not aware of the Japan has been issued since Septem- source of the report to which the hon. ber, 1937.

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