THE HONG KONG $ DIRECTORY
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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1928.
RUMANIA.
Political Circles Praise Britain.
"CARLISM" EXPLODED.
Ex-Crown Prince's Manifesto Evokes No Echo In Country.
COTTON INDUSTRY.
Relief In Local Taxation.
£1,500,000.
Estimated Under Recent Budget Preposals.
London, Yesterday.
TWO KILLED...
American Aviators' Sad Fate.
FOLLOWS ENDURANCE TEST.
Disaster Follows Severe And Unsuccessful Attempt.
Bukharest, Yesterday.
Peterboro, N.J., Yesterday. Political circles applaud the In the House of Commona at ques- Lieutenant Royal Thomas, who correctness of the British action tion time; Mr. E. G. Williams, for last week unsuccessfully attempt- regarding Prince Carol which the Board of Trade, stated that it led to beat the world's flying en- "curtails the ex-Crown Prince's had been estimated that under the durance record, has crashed and misguided and adventurous am-Budget proposals the cotton indus- has been killed. His companion, bition."
try would be directly relieved to the Westervelt, was also killed.--Reu- Prince Carol's last manifesto extent of £1,500,000 yearly of local ters American Service. has not evoked an echo, in taxation---Router.. Rumania and his cause has long-
been definitely abandoned by all AFGHANISTAN'S OIL. Parties.
The towns throughout the country are decked with bunting in preparation of the celebration of the national festival to-mor row.-Reuter.
The Flight To The Capital. Captain Pelletier D'Oisy, flying from Paris to Tokyo, has arrived in Bukharest, Reuter.
DETAILS LACKING AS TO AMERICAN CONCESSIONS.
STRANGE RELUCTANCE.
New York, Yesterday. Official details of the American oil concessions in Afghanistan are hitherto difficult to obtain. Lawyer [It is by no-means clear wheDaniel Strachan, who claims to have ther the "Carol" accompanying handled the negotiations in Paris D'Oisy is Prince Carol or an avia- tor of the same name. The latest telegrams from England, how- ever, seem to indicate that Prince Carol still lingers. in Surrey.]
The Home Office Request.
London, Yesterday.
A high official of the Surrey Constabulary, visited Prince Carol and informed him that unless he complied with the Home Office re- quest to leave the country as soon as possible, the Home Office, ex- pulsion order would be enforced. -Reuter.
Communication From Carol.
London, Yesterday.
It is understood that the Home Secretary to-day received a long communication from Prince Carol
FINER LATER.
S.E. or variable winds, mod- erate, overcast, with rain at first, improving later, is the official weather forecast until noon to- morrow.
The anticyclone is now shown 08 a belt of high pressure stretching from the Yangtze Valley to Japan. A depression is central near Vladivostock. The typhoon is between 300 and 400 miles east of the Bashi Channel, moving north or N.N.E.
RENOUNCING WAR.
TREATY PROPOSALS TO BE DISCUSSED BY COMMONS.
GOVERNMENTS' VIEWS.
London, Yesterday. American and French proposals | regarding a mutilateral treaty re- nouncing war is an instrument of national policy will be debated in the House of Commons to-morrow, when it is expected that the For eign Secretary will make a state- ment regarding the views thereon of the British Government.-Bri- tish Wireless Service.
BAD BRANDY.
CHINESE MOONSHINERS
CONVICTED.
HENNESSY.BOTTLES..
Representing the manufacturera of Hennessy "Three Star" Brandy, Mr. R. A. Wadeson appeared before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central! Magistracy this morning to pro- secute three Chinese charged with being concerned in the manufac ture of "bootleg" liquor which they bottled in old Hennessy bottles...
Two of the accused had five
of Rumania. Sir William Joyn-in February, is reluctant to divulge son Hicks replied to it immediate the scope of the agreement pending ly. It is believed that nothing the conclusion of definite arrange- has transpired to cause the ments by the State Department. charges against them relating to the authorities to alter their attitude Officials, when interviewed by manufacture of the stuff, unlawful towards the presence of the Reuter, confirmed the receipt of the use of Hennessy bottles, and pos prince in this country. --
British report from Mr. Strachan, who has session of Macao tobacco labels, Wireless Service.
been requested to supply copies of corks, capsules and a wooden "chop" the contracta and certificates of in- bearing the "Three Star" mark corporation of the Afghan-Ameri- which the prosecution alleged was can company which Mr. Strachan is for the purpose of stamping the forming.
corks used for stopping the bottles after they had been alled.
JURY DISAGREE.
DISCHARGED IN THE MRS. KNAPP CASE.
FOLLOWS INDICTMENT,
Mrs.
on
Albany, New York, Yesterday. The jury, engaged in Knapp's case have disagreed their verdiet and have been dis- charged.-Reuter's American Ser-
vice.
[A telegram, dated New York, April 6, referred to a message from Albany in which it was stated that Mrs. Florence Knapp has been in- dicted for felonies and mis- demeanours in connection with the 1925 Census Fund.]
SENOR GOMEZ.
VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT IN EXCELLENT HEALTH.
COUNTRY NORMAL.
London, Yesterday.
A reply has not yet been receiv ed-Reuter's American Service.
AFGHANISTAN.
SIR A. CHAMBERLAIN REPLIES TO QUESTIONS.
IMPORT RESTRICTIONS.
A third man was charged with the unlawful possession of three bottles of the "moonshine" liquor.
A COMEDY of to-day in the gay settings of Monte Carlo -
MOROSCO
Corinnt
GRIFFITH
with LOWELL SHERMAN LOUISE DRESSER. *ad CHARIES RAY
SUPERB COLOUR SCENES
The
Garden Eden
THE HUMOROUS and romantic adventures of chorus girl who posed as the daughter of a baroness-A big new film produced by the man who made "Two Arabian Knights."
AT THE
QUEEN'S
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY.
At 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 & 9.20.
BREATHLESS suspense and grim realism in a thrilling story of nerial warfare 2
Carl Lacmmle
prestats
LONE EAGLE
Laivan Mighty Epic of /~
RAYMOND KEANE-BARBARA KENT-JACK PENNICK AT THE
WORLD
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY.
Orchestra 5.15 & 9.20. Interpreter 2.30 & 7.15.
THE ROLLICKING farce of an innocent abroad in the wilds of Gay Paree!-
This man pleaded guilty" and THREE WEEKS
was fined $50 or four weeks' hard labour.
Mr. H. A. Taylor, Government Analyst, said that the liquid in the bottles was a mixture of spirit of and wine and water, coloured sweetened by a kind of syrup made from brown sugar,
London, Yesterday. Sir Austen Chamberlain stated that he did not conduct any nego-
First accused, who pleaded guilty, tiations with King Amanullah of Afghanistan or his acting Minister was sentenced to four months hard labour, and in addition was requir- for Foreign Affairs during the re-ed to pay fines totalling $900, or, in
country. cent royal visit to this
default, various terms of-imprison- He did, however, have an opportun-ment totalling six months the terms ity of discussing with His Majesty to run consecutively with the four and His Excellency general ques-months.
tions of Anglo-Afghan interest. The other (for whom Mr. Owen The wish of the British Govern- appeared) was convicted on two ment was to see a strong and inde counts and sentenced pendent Afghanistan.
"months' hard labour,
to
four
Asked whether any negotiations} were under consideration for the "PUNCH AND JUDY.” removal af restrictions on imports to India Sfr A. Chamberlain said The Venezuelan Legation in Lon- he thought that conversations on! don denies that President Gomez the matter had been proceeding has been assassinated, and says that and no doubt these would be con- he is in excellent health, and that the tinued.-British Wireless Service. situation in Venezuela is normal.-|
Reuter.
[An earlier telegram referred to an unconfirmed report that Prest- dent Gomez Had been assassinated.]
OPIUM ON LEGS.
CHINESE WOMAN'S
DODGE.
N.Y. SENSATION.
OIL MAGNATE ASKED. TO RESIGN,
New York, To-day. There is a first-class sensation
A PICK-POCKET.
ENTERTAINMENT VISITED BY
COURT SEQUEL.
In PARIS
Starring
Matt Moore, Dorothy Devore Willard Louis, Gayne Whitman John Patrick.
AT THE
STAR
GERMAN POLITICS.
COUNTRY "WARMING-UP" FOR THE ELECTIONS.
THE "SWING TO THE LEFT.”
- Berlin, Yesterday.
TO-DAY TO SATURDAY.
Continuous 2.30 to 11.15.
IN THE DESERT.
CHARABANC DISASTER 'NOT' SO SERIOUS.
LATER DETAILS.
Cairo, Yesterday.
A Chinese was this morning at The country is warming up with The disaster to the charabane full the Kowloon Magistracy before Mr. preparations for the elections on of pilgrims, lost in the desert, is Schofield charged with pick pocket-May 20. Whatever the fortumes of not so bad as was at first reported. ing, the offence being committed the various Parties, they will doubt-Later Information says that three while the victim was watching a less leave the principal Party lead-six-wheeled cars, which were sent "Punch and Judy" show yesterday era in possession of seats under the but, found one passenger dead and afternoon in Reclamation-street. prevailing system of proportional two missing. The latter subse-
Inspector Fallon said that quite representative.
quently arrived at Eerak. The sur- in financial circles in consequence a large crowd was watching the en- Political students anticipate that vivars were entrained for Damascus. of Mr. John Rockefeller calling on tertainment and a Chinese detective the recent marked
awing to the -Reuter. Colonel Robert Stewart, Chair-was standing on the outskirts of the Left will be reflected in an increase man of the Board of the Standard audience. His attention was at in the representation of the Social-*** For having in her possession a Oil Company, in Indiana, who retracted to the defendant and he fats (already the strongest party). large quantity of opium a Chinese cently gave evidence before the witnessed him smartly place his There will probably be a decrease tual or prospective resignation of woman was this morning sentenced Senate Oil Committee as hand in one of the spectators of right wing members, like the Ludendorff, von Tirpitz, Prince at the Kowloon Magistracy before to the conduction of the pockets, quickly putting something German Nationals (at present the Bismarck and Count Bernstorf. Mr. Schofield to imprisonment for Teapot Dome Inquiry, to re-into his mouth,
second strongest party) and the The Communists, with several six months, with the alternative of sign. Mr. Stewart is one of the His suspicion aroused, the detec People's Party, of which Dr. million supporters, expect to gain seats for this reason, but the Elec- a fine of $1,650,
leading figures in the oil indus- tive caught defendant and found Stressmann is a member Accused said she was instructed try. It is declared that Mr. that he had sixty' cents. In his The extreme Nationalists will tions are not likely to provide any by another woman to carry the Rockefeller's action, is due to a mouth.
doubtless suffer heavily as regards sensational surprise. The new oplum to Hong Kong, where she desire to purge the oil world of On questioning him, it was found seats, as it has already suffered as Reichstag is expected to differ con- was to be met by the woman in harmful and undesirable elements, that defendant had been a caddie regards personnel, through the ac-siderably from the last. Reuter. question.
-Reuter's American' Service. : boy, after which he had been em- Inspector Fowler såld that defen-
ployed as a cook. He had been out dant was found on the. Kowloon A 8-year-old Chinese girl who was of work for the last two months. Canton train, apparently from Can- reported missing from No. 21 Star In spite of the fact that his left ton, with two packets of the drug street on May 5 was found by the hand was deformed, having only strapped around her waist by means police yesterday TwoChinese thumb, he was trying his luck as a of a broad scarf, and one packet women, are understood to have been pickpocket.
talzan Inta, custody in 3 connection
cord.
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Shafandant waitant fa vrisan "for four months. Aplent
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