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Special photographs appear in this week's issue of the "Overland China Mail" depicting the stirring and bloody events that took place in Canton recently, when Communists sacked the city, driving from it what few Ironside troops there were there.
Canton has not yet recovered from the blow, despite the fact that the city is again in the hands of the Government. troops. Efforts are being made to secure the return of General Li Chai-sum, the business community being anxious to experience something like settled conditions before Chinese New Year. At present little commercial or industrial activity is apparent. Full reports of events in Canton appear in the "Overland."
Local news-social, commercial and sporting-receives comprehensive treatment in the "Overland," there being a particularly interesting crop of Criminal Sessions cases, together with an account of the hanging of the pirates who were concerned in the "Trene"
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"THE OVERLAND CHINA MAIL"
“CULTURE.”
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
ON TRIAL.
A CHICAGO CASE.
THE CHINA MAIL,
EMPIRE EXHIBITION.
AUSTRALIAN GOVERN. MENT'S PLAN.
CORPORATION TO CONTROL.
PEKING CABINET.
REPORTED REORGANISATION
CONTEMPLATED.
FINANCE MINISTER TO GO.
Peking, Dec. 10.. The Empire Exhibition in According to vernacular reports dent of schools in Chicago, Ill., is Sydney in 1931 is to be controlled there is the possibility of the pre- trial before the Board of by a special body which will be sent Teking Cabinet being com- Education on a series of charges constituted as an incorporated pletely re-organised or at least sev- of which the most serious is company and backed by the eral changes made. One report is that he is pro-British. Before Federal Government.
that General Yang Yu-ting is like-|
William McAndrew, superinten-
The
Cabinet.
SUSSEX DOWNS.
an-
these lincs appear in print, or This corporation will be free shortly thereafter, he will un- from political control. Legisley to succeed Mr. Pan Fu as Pre- doubtedly be found guilty. His tion to give effect to the Federal mier but no official news of impend- trial le a formality; the Board of Government's intention will be ing changes to obtainable.
Peking, Dec. 11. Education which is sitting on his introduced this session.
Reports of Ministerial changes The exhibition will be held in case was put into office by Mayor
The "Chen William Hale ("Big Bill") Thomp- Centennial Park. Other playing being imminent are still persistent son for the express and stated areas will be provided in the in Chinese circles.
Pao" states that the present. Fin- purpose of ousting Mr. Metropolitan area to accommo- McAndrew. Thompson himself date the cricket clubs thus dis-ance Minister, Mr. Yen Tze-pu, and the Minister of Justice, Mr. Yao! was elected after an extraordin- possessed. ary campaign in which he brought The decision to create a special, Chen, are about to retire from the a cage of white rata to his public body in the form of a commission
The paper goes on to say that meetings, named them for his or board having the status of a rival candidates, and excoriated business corporation, to run the possible candidates for the Minis- them, to the huge delight of his Exhibition was arrived at after try of Finance are Mr. Li Shih-bao, audiences. His main campaign the possibilities of complete Gov. who was Minister of Finance in plank, was that "King George ernment control and of private 1924 under Marshal Tuan Chi-jui, must go." The fact that this enterprise had been discussed by and Mr. Wang Keh-min, who was statement was entirely without the committee which recently Minister of Finance under Marahal any sense of any kind did not considered preliminaries for the Tsao Kun.
Mr. Shan Yu-sheng, at present prevent ita being hugely effective big event of 1931. with Chicago's populace, with It is proposed that an incor- Vice-Minister of Justice, is report- its large German, Irish, porated body shall be formed on ed to be a likely candidate to fill and other non-Anglo-Saxon for the same business footing as a the office now occupied by Mr. Yao eign-born elements, and with its private company. It will have Chen. euper-Americanism, which has power to make contracts and enter been augmented in recent years into financial commitments. by the teachings of the Ku-Klux- Should the exhibition be run at a Klan.
loss the Federal Government will charges against Mc-be behind the body running it, and Andrew centre about the teach- will foot the bill. Even should a ANOTHER GENEROUS GIFT FOR
THE PUBLIC. ing of history in the public financial profit not be shown it is schools. Mayor Thompson caused realised that the enterprise will Particulars will shortly be an investigation of the text-books have an immense value to Aus-nounced of another gift of beauti- to be made by a member of Con- tralia in advertising the country's ful downland between Eastbourne gress, Mr. John J. Gorman, and products and potentialities, Syn- and Seaford to be preserved as an Mr. Gorman reported duly and chronising with the opening of open space. Recently Mr. W. C. with horror that these text-books the Harbour Bridge, it will be an Campbell, of Eastbourne, gave were almost all "pro-English" to historic event for the Common- £5,000 in order to complete the The charge is wealth in general, and for N.S.W. purchase of the Seven Sisters, that the last degree. based chiefly on the treatment of in particular.
bringing his individual gift up to the Revolutionary War of 1776,
Seven Members.
£7,000. The land to the east of the the allegation being that these
With regard to the personnel Seven Sisters estate belongs to the histories fail to paint the Ameri- of the controlling body, which Ecclesiastical Commissionera, and it can heroes in sufficiently glowing will consist of five, or possibly is understood that they have given cclours, the British soldiers and
be built statesmen in hues, sufficiently seven, members, it is desired to instructions it shall not
have finance, commerce, and the upon. Beyond the Commissioners' black. All these text-books
legal profession represented, land is the Chyngton estate, includ- which are held up to reproach are This body will work in close co-ing the Cuckmere Valley, famous by well-known American scholars. That which came in for the operation with the Development many years ago as the head-quar- severest castigation is by Profes-and Migration Commission. It is ters of smugglers. This estate be sor David S. Muzzey, of Columbia possible that the chairman of the longed to the Pelham family, and development and Migration was recently placed on the market. University, against whom there is also a personal charge, that of Commission, Mr. Gepp, will be one A gentleman, whose name is at pre- membership of the English-speak- of the members of the exhibition sent withheld, was so impressed by The New South the appeal in the press that he pur- ing Union, This organisation, corporation. according to the Thompson-Wales Government also may be chased the estate, and will shortly Gorman theory, is a participant in asked to nominate a representa- hand over the deeds to the National a deadly plot to Anglicise the tive.
The Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, As the Eastbourne Corporation United States. The Carnegie Endowment
for International is anxious that the exhibition have acquired Parliamentary powers Peace is charged with complicity, shall be regarded as a national to purchase the land round Beachy and a powerful weapon in the affair, and all the States will be Head almost as far as the Seven nefarious scheme, it is alleged, invited to form committees to Sisters estate, it appears certain co-operate with the controlling that the whele stretch of downland are the Rhodes Scholarships.
body in arranging special State on the coast from Eastbourne to exhibits and advertising.
Seaford Head is saved from any The idea of making the exhibi-building development.-Ex. of American history sufficiently tion international has been aban. patriotic, Mayor Thompson called doned definitely. It will be an in two of his friends to write] Empire exhibition on the lines of him a supplement so aggressively that held at Wembley. loyal that it would offset the luke- warmness of even the most satis-
Though several sites were sug: factory of existing texts. Those gested in Sydney, the Federal who have performed this task for Government will have none but him are Hart Hanson, a contrac- Centennial Park. Mr. Bruce, it tor, and Peter Mortensen, a taxi-is understood, intimated that if cub company operator. Both are the N.S.W. Government would not political and personal friends of make Centennial Park available his Honour. Their model work the exhibition might be held in contains the words and music of Melbourne.
The Mayor Takes a Hand. Being unable to find a text-book
Site Settled.
"Yankee Doodle," biographies of The Premier, Mr. Lang, ex- Baron vori Steuben, Pulaski, pressed his willingness to co-oper- Kosciusko, and others (this to ate in this respect, and to recom show France was not the only mend Parliament to subsidise the good friend of the infant Ameri-exhibition if necessary. It is not can Republic), and a special chap-anticipated that Mr. Bavin's Gov. ter on Betsy Ross and the Ameri-ernment will be less sympathetic can flag. The frontispiece shows towards a project of so much im Washington crossing the Dela-portance to New South Wales. ware; one of the grievances Money has been placed on Mr. against Mr. McAndrew is that he Lang's estimates for the provision removed this famous and stirring in the metropolis of playing areas martial picture from the place of to accommodate the cricket and honour and substituted a mere football clubs which will be dis- civilian illustration of the signing possessed by the requisition of of the Constitution.
Centennial Park for the exhibi-
Trust.
DISASTROUS FIRE.
Kansas City, Dec. 10.
A fire which broke out last night destroyed two units of the Morris Plant and did a million dollars' worth of damage.
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Christmas Day, December 25. Holy Communion, 7 a.m. Holy Communion, 8 a.m. (Choral). Sunday School, 10 a.m. Mating, 11 a.m. Preacher: Rev. H. Copley Moyle. Holy Communion (12 noon). Evensong and Carols, 6 p.m. Preacher: Rev. W. R. Cannell. Monday, St. Stephen. Holy Communion, 7.45 a.m. Tuesday, St. John. Holy Communion, 7.45 am. Wednesday, Innocents Day. Holy Communion, 7.45 a.m. Thursday, Holy Communion, 7.45
Needless to say, there is no tion. foundation in fact, which is evid- The agreement with the Federal ent to anyone except Mayor authorities for the loan of the Thompson and his friends, for Centennial Park stipulates that the charges against Superinten-none of the ponds or palm avenues dent McAndrew. He is a compe-shall be interfered with. It is tent professional school execu-understood that permanent im- tive who was chosen for head of provements worth £200,000 willa.m. the Chicago system some years he made to the park for the pur- ago, when Mr. Thomson was not pose of the exhibition, and when in office. At that time he was the latter is over these will remain assistant superintendent in New the property of the Government. York City. Even that post was obtained, according to the Thomp- son theory, through the exertion of pro-British" pressure.
It is perhaps hardly necessary
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to say that no historian has taken; any part in this campaign against alleged unpatriotic history teach-
So mild that they act like na- ing.
ture, yet thoroughly efficient in Among the other charges their results, Pinkettes are the againėt Superintendent MC ideal laxative remedy to keep handy Andrew is that he has introduced in the house. When constipated, into the schools perplexing and humiliating intelligence tests. The Chicago voters don't want their children's intelligence test- edw
The adverse decision of the Board will probably be appealed
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