A communique issued by the Colonial Secretariat Inst week slates that "a telegram to. the following effect has been received from. the Secretary of State for the Colont "The King has been graciously pleased {0 approve a recommenda-fon of the Prime Minister that the 26th anniversary of His Majesty's accession to the throne, which falls on the May 6, 1935, should be recog nized In a fitting manner and the Government are making the necessary arrangements, The title Silver Jubilee has, with His Majesty's apdeen oftcially adopted for year 1938. on a local and that His Majesty's subjects should, wherever practical, have the opportunity of observing the occasion in their homes. Tt ig His Majesty's express wish that the celebrations should be as simple as possible and that all undue expenditure should be avoided." lof worry to the Kowloon Motor Bus Company, who, in order to meet the demand, have purchased four new Thornycroft "Cygnett" 37 seater [buses of the newest and most up-to-date type.
The machines arrived in the Colony by the P. & O. s. Ranpura and have been assembled except for the bodies which will be applied to the chassis jin the near future, The Bus Company expect to have the new machines on the road in the very near future. They are fAtted with Gardner high-speed all engines, of the vertical, four-cycle, compress: sion ignition type.
These are the first buses with engines of this type to be run in the Colony, all others being fitted with the ordinary petrol internal combution engine.
Another consignment of these machines is expected to arrive "on August 6, by the s. Somali.
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