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HONG KONG, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1928.
MRS. PACE ACQUITTED AT LAST.
REMARKABLE TRIAL.
CHEERS FOR PRISONER, JUDGE AND JURY.
EMOTIONAL SCENES.
London, Yesterday.
THE P. & O. BANK'S | THE COMMONS AND
SHARES.
ANNUAL MEETING. CHARTERED BANK'S OFFER TO BUY A BLOCK.
208,601 SHARES SOLD."
London, Yesterday.
THE "TOTE.".
DRASTIC HANDLING.
LABOUR PARTY'S MOTION DEFEATED.
THE BILL DEAD.
London, Yesterday.
A criminal trial, which was char- Presiding at the general meeting After drastic modification, the acterised throughout by emotional of the P-and O. Banking Corpora- Totalisator Bill has reached the scenes rare in the history of Eng-tion, which agreed to a dividend of report stage.
Preston,
to Lord
lish jurisprudence, had a remark-6 per cent., the Deputy Chairman, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald an- able ending to-day (the fifth day Mr.
who presided, nounced that the Labour Party of the hearing) when Mr. Justice referred
Inchcape's would oppose the remaining Horridge, without calling evidence private circular to shareholders stages and asked the Speaker to for the defence, directed the Jury last October submitting anrule out the measure on accountį to return a verdict of "Not Guilty." offer from the Chartered Bank of of fundamental alterations. He The prisoner, Mrs. Pace, aged India, Australia and China to declared that the Bill, now made 36, was thus acquitted of the Purchase a block of P. and O. the State directly responsible for charge of poisoning her husband shares on specified conditions, Mr. the machinery established where- by administering arsenic. He was Preston stated that the holders as in the original Bill there was a sheep farmer of Coleford, Forest had availed themselves of the op-nothing to make the State a part- of Dean.
portunity to the extent of 208.601 ner in the betting.
She was arrested on May 22 fol- shares-Reuter. lowing the Coroner'a verdict after
an Inquest lasting for months and NEW AIR SERVICES. adjourned 14 times.
HONG KONG
Popular sympathy throughout KWANGTUNG, KWANGSI AND was with her and Mr. Purcell, M.P., raised a Defence Fund, which quickly reached £1,300.
Crowds outside the Court cheer- ed her daily throughout the trial land hooted the deceased husband's [relatives.
These demonstrations culminated in an extraordinary scenerafter the verdict, the multitude hurrahing for the prisoner, judge and jury Reuter.
WIRELESS & CABLE.
IMPERIAL CONFERENCE & A COMMON POLICY.
FINAL MEETING.
London, Yesterday. The Imperial Wireless and Cable Conference,, representing Great Britain. the Dominions, Indian and the Colonies, which has been considering the situation that arose as the result of the competition between Beam Wire- less with the Cable Services, will make recommendations with a view to the adoption of a common policy.
The Speaker ruled that the Bill retained the original skeleton, and that it had since been clothed in flesh and blood.
Sir Wm. Joynson Hicks was of opinion that it was only fair to the House in respect of the work of its own committee to allow the
$200,000 COMPANY PROJECTED. Bill to proceed.
Canton, Yesterday. Mention was made some time ago that interested parties were discuss-
The Labour motion to recommit
to 104. the Bill was defeated by 144 votes
Nevertheless, owing to the con- ing the possibilities and benefits of gested programme and the oppo organising a commercial aeroplane sition evinced it is very doubtful service to link up the principal whether the Government will cities of Kwangtung, and Kwangsi.grant further facilities to discuss since then matters have progressed the Bill, which is generally re- a step further and the promoters|garded as dead.-Reuter. are now visualising air. services that will reach out to all the prin-
cipal cities of China and even con- neet up with near-by countries, Slam, Singapore, and Philippines,
Members of the Canton Chamber of Commerce are keenly intereted in this project. At a recent meet-
FAIR WEATHER.'
S. W. winds, moderate, fair, is the official weather forecast until noon to-morrow.
ARCTIC DARING.
NOBILE'S RESCUER SAVED AFTER 12 DAYS.
ON AN ICE FLOE.
Stockholm, Yesterday. The Swedish expedition has res- [cued Capain Lundborg, the airman who performed the daring rescue of the "Italia's" leader,. General Nobile. After this feat Captain Lundborg made a second attempt to rescue the remaining members of the party, but his machine over- turned and was damaged in his The Governments concerned ing four members of the Executive riaky attempt to land upon the ice held a final meeting and unani- Board of the Chamber were appoint floe. It was then thought that Cap- mously approved and signed the ed to draw up regulations for the tain Lundborg was marooned on the report which is secret until the formation of a company for this foe for at least a month, but he is Governments concerned authorise undertaking. The premises of the fortunate enough to have been res- the publication-Reuter.
Chamber of Commerce are being cued within 12 days...
ITALIAN FLIGHT.
ENCOUNTER BAD WEATHER.
Rio de Janeiro, July 6. Captain Ferrarin after landing at Point Genipabu, took off again, heading for Rio.
Forced Down.
Later. Ferrarin and Delprete landed at Touros, fifty miles north of Seni- tabu, and were forced to return owing to bad weather.
By Motor And 'Plane.
Pernambuco, Yesterday.
used as the temporary offices.
Four Calls.
No mention is made as to whe- ther other members of the party
The capital of the company is have been saved.-Reuter,
tentatively set at $200,000, made up of 10,000 shares of $20, cach, Shares | will be paid for in four instalments," with three months interval between each call. Assuming the full share issue is subscribed-the enthusiasm shown promises that the shares will be oversubscribed-each call will bring in $50,000.
SALT GABELLE.
NANKING GOVERNMENTS
OBLIGATIONS.
Peking, Yesterday. Feng Yu-hsiang (the "Christian General") arrived at Peking early
It is proposed to purchase two this morning and motored imme- 'planes first, to serve cities in dlately to the Pi. Yun Temple at Kwangtung. The projected service the Western Hills, where he par- will cover Fatehan, Chanchuen,ticipated, with General Yen Hsi- Yungkee, Kongmoon, Talleung, shan, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek Sheklung, Shekki, Sainam, Kung- and others in a memorial service: Ferrarin and Delprete proceeded yick, Dikhof, Shluhing, Shiukwan, before Sun Yat-sen's remains. by motor-car from Touros to Port Pakhoi, Holhow, Swatow and other Chiang Kai-shek took the lead Natal, from whence they conclud- ed their journey by mail aeroplane to Rio.-Reuter's American Service.
FLYING BY NIGHT.
JAPANESE "PLANE PLUNGES INTO SEA.
AIRMEN MISSING,
Tokyo, Yesterday.
A Navy Office bulletin states that, while night flying yesterday even-
centres.
in the memorial service. This Hong Kong in 2nd Route. Iwas attended by all the leaders The second route, to be started now in the north who, after the when the second call on shares is funeral dirge, laid wreaths in received, will serve Hong Kong, front of the casket, after which Chiang Kai-shek read a special Macao, Kwangchauwan, Amoy,
address, eulogising Dr. Sun Yat- Shanghai, Nanning and Wuchow.
The third route, to be inaugurat- the success of the campaign.
sen and informing his spirit of A ed when funds are available from table with the usual offerings of the third call on shares, will cover food was placed before the re- Nanking, Hankow,
Changsha, mains,
Wuhu, Chinklang, Tientsin, Taing During the ceremony there was tao, Newchwang, Yingkow and a touching scene when Chiang other northern ports.
Kai-shek broke down and threw
ing, a seaplane plunged into the sea A fourth route is planned to com- himself before the casket, nób-|
off the Naval base of Yokosuka. A municate with more distant ports, Ifeutenant and two others are miss such as those in Siam, French Indo- ing, while two petty officers are seri-china, the Philippines and Singa- ously injured and two were rescued pore-"Canton Gazette." unhurt-Reuter.
DONETZ TRIAL.
THE GERMAN
PRISONERA.⠀
Berin; Yesterday.
As a result of the Donetz trial
RAID REHEARSAL.
OSAKA® IN
DARKNESS" ON SOUND OF THE SYREN;
· MILITARY BALLOONS.
Osaka, Yesterday.
bing bitterly. Feng Yu-halang eventually took him by the arm and raised him; and led him aside. After the ceremony Feng Yu- hsiang and Chiang Kai-shek con- versed for two hours-Reuter
the town was completely plunged in darkness.
After an interval: the radio broadcasted an announcement that all was well and the raiders in Moscow, the German, Badstle- The city's 2,000,000 inhabitants had gone, and the town reappear ber, was nominally sentenced to a have been taking part in a rehearsed in renewed brilliancy, year's jail but has been actually sal of a defence against air raide Military, leaders, the Imperial released because of his evidence with anti-aircraft guns, audi-Princes and aeronautic experts ne a Crown witness. He was the phonce, searchlights and balloons observed the rehearsal from bal only German convicted out of the placed strategically loons and other vantage points, five originally arrested. Two On the sounding of a byren as and pronounced it entirely satis- were released early in the pro- signal last night, millions of factory Other forms of serial ceedings with others. Meyer and lights in the city and suburbs defence are being carried out for Otto were acquitted. Reuter, were put out or covered up, and several days-Reute
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