WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1929,
MOROCCO DISASTER FLOODS IN BURMA
LOCAL COMMANDERS FREED
OF RESPONSIBILITY
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
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. Paris, Yesterday.
WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION IN AKYAB ́DISTRICT
MANY LIVES LOST
THE CHINA MAIL,
SHADOWS BEFORE.
COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED IN THE "MAIL"
ENTERTAINMENTS
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To-day Queen's Theatre; "Lady of the Pavements”.
To-day World Theatre; "The Garden of Eden." T
To-day Star Theatre;
Rangoon, Yesterday. During a debate in the Chamber] The recent floods in the Akyab of Deputies on the Aityakub dis-district cover 100,000 acres of food aster in Morocco, M. Painleve, Min-supplies and the seed grain of ister for War, said that the situa-10,000 families has been destroyed. tion had been completely restored. Several thousand cattle were drown-"The Beauty Shoppera." The local commanders were entirely ed.
free of all responsibility for the A launch, caught in a storm on reverse, He denied there was any the Kuladan River at Akyah, sank question of a general advance into and of the 80 people on board 58
the Atlas Mountains. The policy of peaceful penetration was still being applied.
The Chamber adopted a vote of
confidence in the Government by
347 votes to 207-a majority of 140.j Reuter.
MEERUT TRIAL
FURTHER EVIDENCE OF MOSCOW'S INTERFERENCE
PROCEEDINGS "STAYED"
Meerut, Yesterday. Plans for general strike throughout the country, which was to begin on May 1, 1929, and a long letter from Moscow, giving general instructions were among the in- dictments of the prosecuting coun se! at the resumption of the Cons- piracy Trial.
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The defence filed an application that the case be transferred else- where.
Proceedings were stayed until July 9.--Reuter.
"DRY"
AMERICANS
U.S. EMBASSIES' & LEGATIONS' ATTITUDE
PRESIDENT'S APPEAL
New York. Yesterday.
The action of General Dawes in refusing to serve wine in the. United States Embassy in London, according to Press reports, is interpreted in some quarters to in- dicate that all United States Em- bassies and Legations may go "dry" in deference to President Hoover's appeal for a more exdet observance of the law by United States citizens,
This is in spite of a legal opinion that United States Legations are not affected by the Eighteenth Amendment or the Volstead Law.- Reuter's American Service.
PEACE TREATY
INCREASING TENSION WITH HUNGARY
Budapest, June-19. There is tension between Roumania and Hungary as a result of the intensified agitation in Hun- gazy for ratification of the peace treaties.
The Roumanian Press generally demands an invasion of Hungary and seizure of the Theiss line, while the "Eppca" speaks of a march on Budapest-Trans-Ocean.
RUM-RUNNING
INTENSIFIED DRIVE AGAINST SMUGGLERS
Washington, June 20. A woning was broadcast to-day by Seymour Lowman, assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of Customs, Coast Guard and Pro- hibition Services, to the effect that the Government intends to press its efforts until snuggling, along the Canadian border finally ceases.
He corninented upon a report that snugglers had fired upon U.S. Customs agents.
"That shows what desperate cimractors, are the men we are fight ing" he dualard, pointing out that criticism of recent "probibition kill- ings fail to bake this fact into due consideration.
The ucident shows; Mr. Lowman Insisted, the necessity for arming federal agents as a measure of self- protection. United Press.
TRAIN COLLISION
FIREMEN AND SURGEONS FERILOUS CLIMB
New York, Juno 20.1 Thousands of pedestrings on Sixth Avenue watched the perilous climb of firemen and surgeons up perpendicular ladders, following the collision of two trains on the elevated railway yesterday in which one per son was killed and several were in- jured.
The passengers on the trains were extricated amid choking and blind- ing smoke arising from emouldering insulating materials. Associated
Press.
Five persons, four of whom were members of one family, were killed and elever injured, in a head-on collision between a motor-car and an omnibus near Elkhart, Kansas.
If the recommendation Government commission is acted upon, Limburg Castle, part of which was recently destroyed by fire, will be rebuit in its original formi
nine passengers washed overboard and eight saved.--Reuter.
were saved. Another launch had
SOUTHERN CROSS ” ́
TO START ON ANOTHER TRIP!
TO ENGLAND.
VIA SINGAPORE
Sydney, Yesterday. Captain Kingsford Smith, the "Southern Cross" fyer, left in his machine at 2.24 p.m. to-day on a non-stop trans-Australian flight to Derby, en route to England, via Singapore, Calcutta, Karachi and Bagdad.-Reuter....
To-day Majestic Theatre; } "The Thief of Bagdad."
June 28-29-At Theatre Royal, Concert in aid of charity, under the Modern Literary Asscn., 8.30 pm. auspices of Mr. Ng Tal-ping of the
Home Mail To-morrow Inward from Europe via Negapatam, ("Hosang").
Lammert's Auctions June 27-At Sales Room, Duddell- st.. household and blackwood furni- ture, 2.30 p.m.
June 28 At No. 12, Humphreys Bldg., household furniture, 11 a.m.
June 28-At Sales Room, Duddell Street, one Standard Touring Car 2.30 p.m.
Land Sales
July 2-At P. W. D. Offices, two lots of Crown land at Prince Edward-road and Mong Kok-tsui, 3 p.m.
Meeting
July 6-Meeting of Creditors of the Hong Kong Tug & Lighter Co., Ltd, at Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth & Fleming's offices, noon.
Miscellaneous
June 28-To be shown at Lanc. Crawfords. Cafe-Blue room, a film entitled "Round the World in a Gestetner," 2.30 p.m..
pavillon rest of
June 29-Opening of bathing
2.30 p.m.
June 30-At, Roman Catholic Cathedral, Blessing of 13th H.K.G. C.C. Boy Scouts' Troop Flag, 11
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IN OTHER PLACES
CHRONICLES FROM JAPAN
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Mr. J. S. Macpherson, District Officer, Bentong, is shortly going on leave.
Mr. F. W. South, lately acting; Director of Agriculture, F.MS., and Mrs. South sailed for Home by the "Delta."
Influenza is busy claiming vietima in Kuala Lumpur. Recent suffer- ers are Mr. E. E. Pretty, who is now out of hospital, Mr. G. E. Greig, and Mrs. P. H. Hoflin.
Four hundred guests attended the birthday celebrations of Mr. Cheang Jim Chuan at Riviera, Pasir Pan- jang Road, Singapore, recently. They were entertained to dinner and with Cantonese wayang
Audrey Boomer banged cut a 61 for eighteen holes. in the French inter- national tourney at St. Cloud, France. In order to accomplish this feat, Boomer, shooting his home course, Ead to make six birdies and two eagles. rongging and, music,
was out in 33 and care in in 28, ten stokes under par..
RIOTS IN VIENNA
Vienna, June 20. The authorities have ordered the temporary closing of the university, following rints by a group of students used by the expulsion of three ultra-nationalist students colleagues attempted to eonforte their re-admission by assaulting the non-nationalist students and pro fessors.Trans-ocean-Kuo Min.
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Mr. V. W. W. S. Purcell. Assis- tant Offcial Assignee, Penang, will be going Home on long leave some time towards the end of July. While in England Mr. Purcell is to, qualify for the final Bar examins tion.
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Mr. J. Reitsma will shortly be leaving Penang for Rangoon to take charge of the Agency of the Netherlands Trading Society there. Mr. W. van de Stadt, Jr., has taken over the management of the Penang branch.
Corinne Griffith, appearing in "The Garden of Eden, At the World Theatre fo-day,
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100-gallon Steel Drum for sale, these are good strong tanks for re serving water for household use, and are galvanised inside and outside. "no rust will Decur. Price $15.00 each. Kwong Sang Hong Limited, or 134/5, Praya East, Wanchai
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The US Senate Immigration Committee voted to defer action in definitely on President Hooter's proposal to postpone or repeal the "national origins clause of the Im- migration Act.
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