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No. 17,188
CROYDON TO AMOY
YOUNG CHINESE „AIRMAN'S EXPLOIT
A SPLENDID RECORD
Accompanied By A Danish Veteran
BRITISH-MADE MACHINE
Captain Chen Wen-lin, the daring young Chinese aviator has just completed a flight from London to Amoy, where he stopped a few days before proceeding to Foochow, Shanghai and Nanking. Captain Chen hus accomplished a remarkable feat, being the first Chinese to make such a flight. The flight was made in a British made machine, an Avro Avian.
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HONG KONG,
PREPARING NEW ATTACK
KWANGSI PLANS
GREAT ASSISTANCE EXPECTED
FROM KWEICHOW
EIGHT REGIMENTS MOVING
SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1929.
REPARATIONS
FATE OF CONFERENCE IN BALANCE
STILL BARGAINING
Paris, Yesterday. The fate of the Reparations Conference still hangs in the bal ance, the creditors and Dr. Schacht bargaining all day long,
The creditors' present plans at least will absolutely safeguard the percentages due to the British Dominions. Reuter.
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
“BOLSHIES” FROM CANTON
ELECTION NOTE
WARNING AGAINST A PARLIA- MENT WITH NO AUTHORITY
MISCHIEF IN FAR EAST
"Your Eyes Aro Safe With Un”
N. LAZARUS
Hong Kong's Only European Optieina
Established Over Forty Years), Manager:--RALPH A. COOPER, Registered Optometrist by Canadian
Govt. Exam. FLO. (London)
(Personal Attention).
IS THAT SO?
Thoughts Terse, Perverse—and Worse
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"Agony" from the "S.C.M. Post": "Wanted to buy seamstress for baby clothes." "The Mar- London, Yesterday,riage Market”** Earl Winterton, speaking at Woolwich in connection with the
"Twas a pity that one of the General Election, said that a Par-
for contestants Hament in which no Party had a
the philosophic majority would please nobody but Championship of the Far East was the Bolshevista who, from Calro indisposed when the Queen's College and from Canton, were intriguing boxing display took place. against Great Britain and would
Canton, Yesterday, Whilst suffering considerable set-back, the Kwangs remnants are still concentrating at Szewui and Tsingyuen, the reported fall of which again into the hands of the Canton Army is denied by Kwang- Bi. The Kwangsi command is pre- paring for another attack on the Cantonese defence lines in the North and West River districts. In their next move, Kwangsi expects assistance from General Shau Si- cheng, the General-Officer Com-appointed Commander-in-Chief ofchester, drew a distinction between!
manding the Troops in Kweichow.
The Amoy correspondent of the "China Mail" tells of his recep- General Chau is despatching eight tion on arrival at that city.
INTERESTING STORIES
The young Chinese aviator, arrived Captain Chen Wen-lin, safely in Amoy about three o'clock
on Sunday afternoon, May 12. Since
then,
he and his co-pilot, Mr. Johannsen. have been accorded a
it.
regiments to Western Kwangtung from Kweichow by way of Kwang- si to reinforce the anti-Chiang Kai- shek Army led by the Kwangsi leaders.
According to the latest report to hand two regiments of the Kwei- chow Army have arrived at Shiu- gave information that he would fly hing, a city on the West River, the plane home instead of shipping while other three regiments are on On March 4, 1929, he started their way to the North River front from Croydon on his flight half way from Wachow. The Kwangsi round the globe, which he has just troops will alter their military plana successfully completed.
in the coming campaign against the Cantonese
Marahal supporting When looking for the right man
General Chau to accompany him on this dight, Mr. Chiang Kai-shek.
rousing and enthusiastic reception Chen says that he was extremely/Si-cheng will lead the first line of fortunate in finding Mr. Johannsen, attack, General Pel Chung-hsi, the
by local officials and the many old friends of Captain Chen. Since Ainoy is the home and native city
of the young airman, he is remain- ing her about a fortnight before proceeding on his flight by way of Foochow to Shanghai and Nanking, his final destination. The few days' delay will not only give him time for a little rest and relaxation among friends and relatives, but will also enable the Fukien Provincial Government to perfect the details of his reception in Foochow
Cherished Hopes
second; and General Hsu Ching- of Denmark. Mr. Johannsen is a
tong, the third: General Li Tsung- aviator with seventeen veteran
jen will direct operations in the years' experience behind him. Mr.southern portion of Kwangtung. Chen frankly admits that the suc
In case there is a eonflict be- cess of his venture is to a large treen Chiang Kai-shek and Feng measure due to his wise choice of Yu-hsiang, the campaign in the a thoroughly trained and experienc- South will be a long one, more or ed assistant and co-pilot.
less influenced by the events in Central and North-east China.
Missed a Cliff:
Both Mr. Chen and Mr. Johann-
Alleged Reds
sen have interesting stories of their without trial, the Canton authorl- Practically without reason and luck and fortune along the way ties have during the last two days Four times they were forced to land, executed more than thirty alleged and each time the gods were with Reds, all being coelies and ricsha them. The arrowest escape came pullers. There is a fear of another near the beginning of the flight at Red uprising, but the better inform- Dover, England. Serious engine ed give no credence to it. trouble necessitated a quick landing. They were coming down rapidly, and
Demand on Fatshan Some bandits and pirates com-
The Amoy people are justly proud of the splendid achievements of Cap-in passing over the top of a high bined, under the pretext of special
NAVAL CHANGES
NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF EAST INDIES STATION
· London. Yesterday. Rear-Admiral Fullerton has been
the East Indies Station in succes- sion to Vice-Admiral Thesiger
Reuter.
TYPHOON WARNING
This morning's weather re port states:
The depression is passing Into the Pacific to the East of Hakkaido. Pressure is low over China generally, and a ty. phoon is situated about 150 milea East-South - East of Manila and moving North- West.
Forecast. South or variable winds; moderate, cloudy gen- erally,
The American Consulate- General has received the fol- lowing from Manila:
Typhoon in about 126 de- grees Long. E. and 11 degrees Lat N, moving W
LIPTONS, LIMITED
£1,556 PROFIA FOR NINE ›
MONTES. OF 1928-
London, Yesterday. Messrs. Liptons, Limited report s profit of £1,556 during the period from March, 1928 to Janu- ary, 1929. Reuter,
AMBULANCE BRIGADE
The Hon. Treasurer of St. John-
Mr. Kong E. Suen Mr. Choy Hing
Mr. Tong Tze-kau
$50
25
.10
tain Chen Wen-lin. In addition to cliff they missed striking it by only "corps" commissioned by Marshal his exploits as a pioneer in Chinese about six feet. Once past the top Chiang Kai-shek and his comrades aviation, he bears a record worth of the cliff a strong east wind in Shanghai, are demanding the re- recording. He first attended a enabled them to glide safely to sidents of Fatshan to pay a military Ambulance Brigade acknowledges private school in Kulangsu, and sub-earth. The machine was barely fine of $500,000. These so-called the receipt of the following dona- sequently joined the Anglo-Chinese stopped in time to prevent it from Kuomintang or Chiang Kai-shek tions toward Brigade Funds:- College of the same place. Inquiry | plunging into the English Channel. followers are accusing the people of reveals the fact that as a student In an out of the way place on the Fatshan of having given aid and he was noted for his diligence and Persian Gulf, after a forced land-sympathy to the army of Kwangsi wide popularity among both teaching, they had to wait for two weeks an the latter's recent retreat after ers and fellow-students. At
the for necessary
spare parts. Here the failure to take either Canton age of sixteen years he entered the they were tortured by malarial mos- City proper or the Cantón arsenal services of the Great Northern quitoes and all kinds of obnoxious at Shekcheng. Telegraph Company, where he re-
The people of Fatshan, it is an- mained for about six years. Work
nounced will appeal to General Canton was run yesterday, every A slow train from Kowloon to ing as a telegraph operator was not
Chan Tsai-tong in Canton and per-thing being satisfactory on the line. enough to fulfil the ambitions of fever which both of them had con-in Nanking to urge upon their com haps to Marshal Chiang Kai-shek
The express through train will this youth, nor did it satisfy his tracted. cherished hopes of serving his
rades to withdraw the unreasonable resume running to-morrow. country. Consequently he resigned, habad, India, when they were forced
Again, between Calcutta and Alla-import on this city. the position held with graph Company, and in the year down, they were fortunate in finding 1922, he went to Germany for mili. as a landing place the dry bed of a Hong Kong-Wuchow steamers have
tary training.
of
the Tele-
Captain of Cadets When Mr. Chen returned to China the whole country was ablaze with anger over the unfortunate killing a number of Chinese by the Shanghai Police on May 30, 1925. This regrettable incident gave birth to the enlisting of volunteer and the training of cadets among students all over the country. Mr. Chen was appointed Captain of the Amoy Cadets. After six months of hard training he was able to send these students to Canton for regular Army.service.
insects, as a result of which they
were delayed another two weeks in India to recover
from malaria
river, which during certain season of the year is a raging torrent. Had the river not been dried up, they might have lost their lives, as the land thereabouts was not suit- able for landing.
Qualities of the "Plane Tine "Amoy" is a British made. machine, an Avro Avian, fitted with a Cirrus engine. This machine is widely known for its safety, endur- ance, and case of maintenance, and its use by Captain Chen in this flight has further proven its good qualities. The completion of the venture is a noteworthy perform ance, a tribute to Captain Chen Observing the trend of aviation | Wen-lin, his co-pilot, and his since the close of the War, and the machine.
strenuous efforts put forth by the
great Powers for the mastery of
the air, Mr. Chen became extremely
desirous of entering this field of ser- been unable to pass Höhow the last vice for his country. Knowing both few days, on the advice of the Can- the ambitions and the sterlington military authorities, who re- worth of this young man, Colonel sumed command of that port on Lin, one of the Naval authorities of | Thursday.
Amoy, financed him, and sent him Kwangsi troops, since evacuating to Baumer Aero School in Hamburg, Hohow, have concentrated at Shiu- Germany, where he has since been mastering the selence of aviation,
Purchases the "Amoy
u
Mr. Chen completed his studies at the Aero School last year. At about the same time the Central Govern- ment of China established its Bureau of Aviation. Mr. Chen was elected a member of this Bureau of the Government, and was ordered to purchase a number of aeroplanes in Germany and Great Britain. He bought the "Amoy" in Britain, and
in
hing, another Cantonese port still the hands of the Kwangsi troops.
To Force the Issue In anticipation of reinforcements from Kwelchew, Canton troops are to press on Shiuhing to force an- other issue with their enemy.
According to the Kwangai sup porters, the retreating army still have about 16,000 men, 8,000 of of whom are 'quartering around the North River districts Nan Chung Kuo News Service.
Steamers Held Up The s.s. "Kochow"
and other
(Continued at foot of preceding Column.)
TRAIN TO CANTON
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR
The closing rate of the dollar on Įdemand, to-day was 1/11 1/16.
DELIGHTS
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have helped enormously to have a Week-end. Sport-Disciplining the British Government which lacked Government Service. authority
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, at Man-
The blinking beacon is again Russian propaganda of ideas and blinking well blinking its blinking of action. The latter was intend-blinkers all the blinking day! ed to hamper British internal deve-
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lopment and do mischief interna Misa Joyce Wethered weathered tionally, particularly in the Far the Ladies' Golf Championship East, "But I shall tackle that".
whether her opponents willed other- Lord Cushendun, at Camborne, wise or not. said: "If the Conservatives remain in office a few months longer we
"Beauty begins at home" is an old shall arrive at a perfectly satisfac tory agreement with America, put-tag in the local "Telegraph" The
Punkt-Roller again? ting the cruiser problem out of the way altogether."
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Mike fell downstairs at a local two He didn't spill
Employers Threat. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, in his Club, the other night, with speech at Crewe, challenged as an pints of whisky. "illegitimate influence" the threat any because he had the presence of of certain employers that work. mind to keep his mouth closed! people would lose their jobs if they voted for Labour. He de- clared that Labour in this electionable for child”-Ary child who
Local advt.: "Fairy cycle, sult-
According to the "Telegraph” heading Nanking is "Awaiting June First”—But didn't June get married the other week!
it?
"American Tennis Upset_was
From Volunteer orders-"Dress: Skeleton order, shorts and helmeta" -----Hope the Skeleton won't bring the “cupboard" along with it.
The general opinion of the in- mates of "Franka's Hotel" is that law te cold.-Just-ice, in fact.
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"Strawberry plants ..
ready to plant out this damp weather"—— Who started the yarn that Hong Kong is experiencing a drought?
The Punkt-Roller is claimed to reduce fat-What about the turn- stiles at the Ferry Wharf?
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If anyone can blink like the blink- ing beacon blinking well blinks, that person may be considered a blinking blinkeri
***Telegraph" heading: "The Red Hand in the Soviet. The Red hand in the Red hand!
"Rain
is due at Hong Kong" was fighting the cash of the other rides a cycle in Hong Kong will screame Sincero's advert.--Not two sides. He would like to pass soon be wearing wings and playing 'alf 'opeful! an Act of Parliament compelling a harp. every political Party and organi
sation to register themselves and,
"Wickedness Preferred"—"The
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Outstanding fighters for according to weight.--
1929,
"Wickedness Preferred" applies ↑ Awful Truth" again! like the Trade Union publish a with equal force to both sexes, but yearly statement of income and for the superior sex it usually. Is expenditure.
"Ankles Preferred!”
"It would amaze you to know the amount of money the Tories and Liberals are spending by May 30-a quarter of a million will be far too short.”
Political Landslide Mr. Lloyd George, interviewed at Criccieth to-day, said that the re ports reaching him were extra- ordinary.
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THANKS GIVING
FOR RECOVERY OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING
SUBJECTS ASKED TO JOIN
London, Yesterday.
» D It is rumoured that Gilman-street (where one of the tanks has been erected) is to be renamed Water- street.Whatastreet!
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Things we never "movies:"_
see
Heavy-Hoover.
Light.-Edison, Fly-Lindbergh.
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"How Civil Flying is Held Up"---- newspaper heading-How otherwise in the than by wings and petrol?
oldest "Sandy," the
man in Aberdeen, was 30 mean that he even tried to cheat the undertaker.-- Just before he died he buried his face in his hands!
A prize fight manager without a quiet derby and a loud waistcoat.
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road sense " And thus create the Artful Dodger.
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It is declared that pretty girls are being made plain by tennis. This is putting it plainly.
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Au announcement from Bucking- Pocket-knives are out of favour. ham Palace states that H.M, the Pocket-money, on the other hand, King is anxious to fulfil the hope is as popular as ever. expressed in His Majesty's recent message and has decided to attend Football is becoming as popular render thanks to Almighty God for soon have the First Division of the Westminster Abbey on June 16 to all over the world that we shall
his recently recovery.
Football League of Nations.
His Majesty trusts that his people will join him in this act on the
A local popular young "sport" same day at their usual places of lost all his friends in one night.- worship.
He sold his car)
It is felt that this occasion for thanks offerings from the congrega- tions might appropriately be devoted to hospitals. Reuter.
THAT GETTING OUT! AT MAY ROAD
FEELING.
OF THE PEAK TRAM.
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Newspaper heading: rescues six."The sea six.
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"S.C.M.P." headings "Runaway Couple. Romantic Marriage at Gretna Green, What the Parents Said."-Probably "Serve him right.”
It is claimed that Londoners are becoming great travellers by sei.- They are no longer at sea at sea.
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Capt. Cook's tortoise has just died aged 150-Nobody will dare to suggest that it lived a fast life.
A paper protests that some people ..... are not merely persons, but Persons. Taipane, for example, have the capital.
Our great drought continues, and some milkmen are at their wit's "One man end to supply their customers.
Cable in "S.C.M.Post" re the
"Vertical Flight Claim."-Sure it Kentucky Derby: is an upright claim?
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A large crowd of racing fans wit- nessed the race approximately 60,000 spectators being present. --50,000 spectators are certainly a
It has been discovered that a tortoise travelled in Segrave's car when he broke the record. The large crowd, and also certainly Hares' Amateur Association de-racing fans! clares that this is cheating,
It is rumoured that sharks have been seen within the vicinity of General Ngai Bong-ping, Canton Junk Bay, Shek-O, and Big Wave Army (retired) had his holiday Bays. In fact, it is alleged that shooling marred by an unfortunate the Government is to take steps to accident when vae of his hired prohibit bathing in beaches out- beaters was shot in the head The beater was well-righ bonged- pinged' to another New Territory,
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side the harbour, limit, i.e., Lye Mun-pass. One theory is that a few bodies, victims of the "“Hoin Wal" disaster, are still attracting A Jocal speedster, who was sharks of the man-eating species, fined the other day, said afterwards to limits so near the harbour. he wanted to know where all the P'raps-p'raps noti
fine money went to.--The Treambry
is supposed to look after it but
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When mosquitoes are being shot Carvalho Yeo made the takings as they come in to roost they gen- for 1927 go faster than the speed-erally have crops crammed to re- ster's bike, and they are still pletion, and many a one escapes a wrangling over it.
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vital hit because the pellets fail to penetrate this almost solid matter. The latest vogue for lady tennis Says our Correspondent at the players, shrieks a telegram from Front: "I have picked up many Home, is that women now play with dead after a shoot with crops per out stockings. It makes em forated, they having flown faster Faster, begorrs! A distance, and succumbed in a few record crowd is anticipated to at days. By-the-bye, an old friend tend Wimbledon as a result of the tells me that when he kills shredding of socks!
mosquito with its crop crammed with sweet potato tops the latter are carefully removed and cooked as a vegetable to be eaten with the mosquito. His assertion is that it is very excellent.”
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Bare-legged tennis iz sow the craze, It makes the ladies a lot faster. Grundys, both male and female gaze, Shocked! Never how will be seen the
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