Ebe "Ko^al <5a3ette anb Goloniet ©ailv INCORPORATING THE ROYAL GAZETTE (Established 1828) and THE BERMUDA COLONIST (Established 186$) VOL. 13 No. 94 HAMILTON, BERMUDA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1928. PER COPY 3d. or 6 rants—40/- PER ANNUM PRINCE GEORGE WELCOMED TO Graf Zepp Ready For 1 The Fight for the COLONIAL PARLIAMENT RE- BERMUDA. Return Trip. U.SLA. Presidency. Washington, Oct. 24th.—A fort­ OPENS TODAY. Lakehurst, N.J., October 24.— night hence on November 6th the Tbe Graf Zeppelia was ready today President of the Uaited States will * to start ber mid-West tour either to­ be elected. Crowds Line Route to Government House oight or at dawn tomorrow, de­ Today the situation in the fight Busy Season Faces Legislators as Duties pending upon weather conditions between Herbert Hoover, Repub­ Passeagers booked for the aight lican and Governor Alfred E. Smith, are Resumed. have been instructed to be at the Democrat may be summed up: — Representative Gathering at Reception to field at six p.m. tonight. 1. In the Southern States, De­ Eighteen to twenty passengers mocrats are divided among them­ Meet H.R.H. will be carried as guests of Dr. selves over prohibition, but it is Report of Channels Committee on Negotiations Hugo Eckener. doubtful if their divisions will be * * * so great as to permit Republican with Admiralty perhaps most Interesting item Lakehurst, N.J., October __.— successes in the usually solid De­ for early Consideration. His Royal Highness Prince George, I On Reid Street were drawn up a The Middle-West flight of the mocratic South. Republican youngest son of King George V and j small party of members of the Ber- trans-Atlantic Graf Zeppelin to­ chances appear to be best in the Queen Mary, was yesterday afternoon muda Contingent, Royal Garrison Ar­ night was postponed until to­ Border States of Kentucky, Mary- formally welcomed to Bermuda, and tillery, in command of Colonel the Hon. morrow because of rain and poor ( laad, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Following on the usual summer versations on the matter, it is be­ the reception accorded him, if not bois­ T. M. Dill, O.B.E., M.C.P., and Cap- visibility over the Allegheny Moun­ 2. Farm States of the Middle holiday the various branches of the lieved that sufficient progress was terous and. overpowering, was at any I.. tain C. H. Smith. Higher up to the tain region. West, the progressive vote cast for legislature will enter on what is pro­ made as'to more than warrant the rate sincere and hearty, for his landing I east the members of the Bermuda oo the late Senator Latallete in the bably the most busy season of the expenditure entailed. made another link in the remembrances i War Veterans Association lined some last presidential election, if it goes year today, when His Excellency The Estimates for 1929 will of that the Colony has of the several mem­ * 75 strong, under the President, Mr. Democratic may result in Demo­ the Governor, S_r Louis J. Bols, bers of the Royal Family who have A. Churm, lined either side the street Bermuda Rotary Club. K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.S.O., will course take up a great deal of cratic gains. Both Republicans time during the session now com­ at one time and another visited Ber­ and cheered lustily as the carriage and Democratic are fighting hard open the Colonial Parliament. The usual weekly luncheon meet­ mencing, but there is every reason muda. passed through. Round into Church for the old Lafollette vote. In­ At 11.30 a.m. the Legislative ing of this Club was held at the to believe that their consideration The first recorded is that of Prince Street, which was lined near the dications are that Senator George Couneil and House of Assembly New Windsor Hotel on Wednes­ this year will be completod earlier William Henry of Clarence, who was Cathedral by members of the Spanish W. Norris of Nebraska, leader of will convene in their respective day, with Rotariaa J. S. Vallis in than ever before. This has its ad­ Captain of H.M.S. Pegasus from Point and Bishop of Bermuda's troops of Progressive group in the Senate, meeting places, there to await a the chair. vantages, for many of our legisla­ 1816-1818. Then there was the Duke Boy Scouts (under Scoutmaster Hems- will pronounce for Smith in a summons to meet, at 12 noon in Dr. F. W. Watliagtoa was the tors can ill afford the time for dis­ of Edinburgh, second son of H.M. ley), Girl Guides and Brownies from radio address on Saturday night. the Public Buildings, His Excellency speaker, and he proved that he was cussion on such an important ques­ Queen Victoria, in 1861, and in 1880 the Dockyard and Hamilton and other 3. In New England the Demo­ who will then .ormally declare as able an orator as he is a dentist. tion duriag the busy-ness of the His present Majesty and eldest Brother, parts of the Island (Mrs. W. E. S. crats are endeavouring to drive a Parliament open. Possibly, too, Ms oratory was mora winter season. It is true that the late Duke of Clarence, spent a fort­ Zuill, Miss Mary Tucker, and Miss wedge through Republican divi­ In accordance with the time- welcome to some of his hearers they enter into the responsibilities night here. They were then mid­ Lines in charge), and the Bishop of sions over prohibition. Massachu­ honoured custom a Guard of Hoa­ than the exercise of his profession! of their representation of ths people shipmen on H.M.S. Bacchante. The Bermuda' Own Cubs (in charge of setts appears to be the most doubt­ our will be provided, on this occa­ However, he entertained them with with full knowledge of the work next Royal visitor was H.R.H. the Mrs. Browne and Miss Rogers). They ful .State. There the vote of sion by the detachment of the 2nd entailed, but any movement to­ an account of his stay at a camp Princess Louise third daughter of Queen cheered very strongly too, and as the naturalized Freuch-Caaadiaas is re­ Battalion of the Argyll and Suther­ wards the curtailing of time and in the Berkshire mountains, a Victoria. The present J King re­ Prince went by the different colours garded by some as the crux of the land Highlanders stationed in Ber­ the simplification of effort is more favourite spot of the doctor's. peated his visit in 1891, when com­ and trophies were dipped. Down into situatioa. Normally it is under­ muda. than welcome. Among the visitors was Major mander of H.M.S. Thrush, and Prince Cedar Avenue, lined by school chil­ stood to be Republican. New York The session now commencing Hugh H. Bell, who has been engag­ George, a grandson of Queen Victoria, dren, for whom the educational au­ State with its heavy vote of 45 in promises to b3 fruitful in matters of Other matters will arise, some ed by the Development Board of came in 1912 as a naval lieutenant. thorities had granted the sanction of a th. Electoral College is generally public interest, with pernaps the doubtless presenting obstacles or Nassau to take care of that Colony's H.R.H. the Price of Wales spent a holiday. And so up the hill into the regarded as leaaing toward Smith. report of the Channels Committee providing need for lengthy debate, weekend in Bermuda in 1920 at the grounds of Government House for publicity work. He is en route to as the most important at the mo­ but as souadly as weighty matters close of his world tour, and his memory the reception given by His Excellency take up his new appoiatmeat. An -00- ment. It will be remembered that hare been dealt with ia the past so will live forever in the minds of every­ the Governor and Lady Bols. opportunity was afforded him of the personnel of this Committee may similar action be expected in one who saw and met him. Five There was perhaps some natural dis­ speaking, but he confined his re­ Billiards. was composed of the Hon. S. S. the future, despite the fact that years ago, Lady Patricia Ramsay, appointment that the Prince at no point marks to his pleasure at the chance Spurling, C.M.G., O.B.E., M.C.P., there is new and comparatively cousin of the King and Daughter of in his tour paused to make any inspec­ afforded him of seeing Bermuda. H.D.C. BEAT WAR VETS. the Wor. A. W. Bluck, M.C.P., and inexperienced blood in the compo­ H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught be­ tions. The little band of ex-Artillery­ sition of tbe now House of Assem- 00 Mr. R. S. McCallan, Engineer-in- gan visits which extended till 1926. men, the war veterans, the youngsters On Wednesday evening a team Charge of Channel Works, and that oly. Her husband—Captain the Hon. A. in the Boys Scouts and Girl Guides, o_^35_e_Hamilton Dinghy Club, on they have recently been in Eng­ Our representatives begin their Ramsay— was then Chief of Staff to would have been glad to have the op­ Queen's Club Annual Meetiag. t. .ir own table, beat the string land negotiating with the British none-too-easy labours backed by Admiral Sir James Fergusson, the portunity of meeting him, but as all from the Bermuda War .Veterans Aimiralty concerning the improve­ the confidence of the electors of then Commander-in-Chief of the ceremonial had been omitted from the The annual meeting of the Association.