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PRESIDENT HOOVER'S POLICY VINDICATED
DEBENTURE PLAN REJECTED
Washington, Yesterday. The House of Representatives, by 250 votes to 113, has rejected
FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1929.
FLIGHT TO PARIS BEGUN
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PILOT MARRIES A CHORUS GIRL FIRST
INDIAN TRIAL
EUROPEAN ANDRIGHT TO JURY
MAGISTRATE'S RULING
Meerut, Yesterday. Mr: Milner White ruled that the Court had full jurisdiction to deal
the Farm Relief Bill, debenture SPEED OF 130 MILES AN HOUR with its case, thereby rejecting the plan, thus triumphantly vindicat- ing President Hoover's pelley in this connection.
President Hoover twice attack- ed the debenture proposals, des- cribing them as nothing but & sub- xidy.
The Administration leaders hope that the Senate will now re consider their action and adopt the Bill not containing the deben- ture plan.-Reuter's American Service,
KING'S HEALTH MEDICAL JOURNAL'S OPTIMIS. TIC REPORT
ABSCESS NEARLY HEALED
London, Yesterday. It is understood that His Majesty the King's condition con- tinues to be satisfactory. No doc- tors have visited. Windsor Castle since Monday.
The British Medical Journal, commenting on his progress, says that the abscess has nearly heal- ed and there is a good prospect of the condition clearing up without further intervention.-Reuter.
OPIUM TRAFFIC
PREVIOUS OFFENDER AGAINST THE LAW
Qld Orthard, Yesterday. The aeropline "Yellow Bird" started its flight to Paris. at 10.10 a.m.
contention for the defence that the trial ought to be held in a Pres dency town with a joy.
The Magistrate also disagree that the European prisoners, Brad The "Green Flash" also -at- ley and Spratt, by virtue of the Con tempted to take off for Rome,stitution of Britain, had a right to but turned over on ita nose. The trial by jury in any part of the pilots were not injured.
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Equipped With Wireless
The trial of the 81 conspirators New York, Yesterday. was adjourned for ten days for the Six hours after the take off no Moharram holidays. The prosecutor news had been received of the hae not yet finished his opening "Yellow Bird," but no alarm is speech. Reuter. felt as the big single-engined i
Earlier Cable monoplane, which is painted a An overnight cable stated:-There vivid yellow colour, is equipped were exciting scenes when the with wireless and will try to keep thirty-one Communist conspirators in communication with skipa en who were arrested in March for sedition arrived at the Court where Her backer, Armeno Lotti, is they are being tried. acting as Wireless operator; Rene
A strong posse of police guarded' and the court Le Fevre is the navigator;
at the opening of the enquiry by a special. Magistrat, Mr. Milner White. The accused
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Jean Assolant, aged 13 years, is the pilot. The latter married a Before Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith at New York chorus girl a few days the Kowloon Magistracy this ago. It is believed that there is morning a Chinese was charged a boy stowaway on board the with unlawful possession of 1:4 monoplane.
are charged with "attempting to
deprive his Majesty the King and Emperor of his sowreignty anl replace the existing government with the Moscow asysten.”
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The prosecuting counsel said that the case did not involve national conspiracy, but was anti-national movement, definitely anti-God,.. anti-family, and ant everything decent.
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INCREASE OF PRODUCTION LAST YEAR
TO PRODUCE FERTILISERS taels of prepared non-Government The latter's cruising speed is opium and nine mace of raw opium. 130 miles an hour.
Amsterdam, Yesterday. Accused was fined $112 with the The stores consist of oranges, The annual report of the Direc alternative of one month's impri-bananas lemons, coffee, water, tors of the Royal Dutch Oil Com sonment on the first charge and and motor car inner tubes as life-pany states that production in 1923 $27 or 14 days on the second belts.-Peuter's American Service. totalled 22,063,000 teas compared charge.
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servé another race across the Atlanti from Old term of one month's imprisonment Orchard, Maine, ended igmmincusly to on the first count and an additional day. The French plane, which weigh ed four and a half tons got off suc 14 days on the second count. Accessfully, but returned after a flight cused bus, therefore, to serve in all two months and 28 days in jail.
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lasting exactly 19 minuts, while the stated in the report to be rosy.-| American machine, weighing two tons, Reuter. stuck in the mud and falked to rise at
all.
The rivals were a French aeroplane, CHEUNGCHAU NOTES which has been named the "Yellow Bird" piloted by M. Lotti, ac- companied by M. Le Fevre and M. Assolant, and
Ameri-
can machine, the "Green Flash, piloted by Captain Lewis Yancey and navigated by Roger Williams, are en-
aging in a trans-Atlantic race.
The former left for Paris at 9.57 this morning (American me) but re- landed at 10.18.
COMPLAINT OF WATER SHORTAGE
[From Our Own Cormpondent.] This month's Criminal Sessions
Cheung Chau, To-day. will
commence at the Supreme
Although rather late, more re Court on Tuesday next, June 18,
quests for houses on the Island at ten o'clock. There are three
have come in, and indications are cases on the calendar; two of which turned
that some of those already booked will come before the Chief Justice Yellow Bird's crew said that the re- first arranged.
M. Assolant, the third member of the will be occupied earlier than at (Sir Henry Gollan), these being torn was due to the engine vibration charges of robbery by two or more causing a leak in the fud tank in the against Tsoi Sau-wan and Tse fuselage, releasing a quantity of petrol. have been here since the first of Hung.
The flyers decided to dump their fuel the month, whilst Mrs. Bray and and return.
Chau Kau, who is charged with murder, will be tried before the Puiane Judge (Mr. Justice Wood).
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The Rev. and Mrs. Short ar staying at No. 5, Mr. and Mrs Sauer at No. 19.
The matshed theatre by the Fishermen's Temple, after being] rebuilt, is again being demolished, as the show is now over. Following the theatre came the excitement of the local dragon heat races. The contests were very close this year"
Cheung Chau is also having it water shortage, as sche of the springs have gone dry A water boat can be seen at the pier and water is being pumped from It through a hose into the buckets of those who require ft.
Building operations are going on at several houses. The London Mission are making an extension te the front verandah on the West side, whilst progress is being made with the annex at No. 18, and No. 8 has a new stone wall. D
Word has been received, from our old friends Dr. and Mrs. Wright who were expected back in the Autumn, but may now be delayed as matters In China are still so unsettled.
Several anniversaries of note fall in this month On June 5 1925 the wireless telephone was erected on June 8, 1926, His Ex- cellency the Governor paid his first. official visit; on June 1, 1927, the compradore Chan Hok died, and off June 17, 1927, Dr. and Mrs. Clift sailed for Haiphong. This year the settlement reaches its ma jority the fir houses being occupied in 1908/
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