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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1930.
No. 27,536
FOUR VAGRANTS.
CHINESE “SCOT” FRAE CAMBRIDGE
ABERDEEN!
Too Thrifty to Get His Hair Cut.
BAD PROSPECT FOR BARBERS.
VICTORY
SENSATIONAL WIN AT LORDS.
NO MONEY TO RETURN TO MANILA.
'GOVERNMENT'S PROBLEM.
Four Filipinos, Rafael Manjares. (20), Pedrico Salvador, (20) Sixdo Domingo, (18), and Ignatio
KILLICK'S EFFORT Sayd (20); were to-day produced
"He is a very thrifty young man, so much so that it breaks | OXFORD DISMISSED his heart even to spend money for a hair cut!""
Yes, this is a story of Aber-) deen-Hong Kong. From the
above statement it would appear that the inhabitants of our little fishing village bave one trait in of
Woman,
FOR 101 RUNS.
before Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham
vagrants with no means of subsistence,
45
SINGAPORE AIR BASE
OVER £300,000 SPENT
ALREADY.
FATE OF DOCK.
All four accused, who spoke in 2 YEARS REQUIRED Tagalog. through an Interpreter, 'TO FINISH WORK. said that they were anxious to go back to the Philippines, but had no money.
After ser- were
London, Yesterday.
Alexander stated that £2,577,000
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR -The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day was 1/3.
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
SAD PLIGHT.
UNEMPLOYED AMERICAN WAITS FOR SHIP.
NO FUND TO HELP HIM.
Vincent Sullivan, an American citizen who had been a vagrant in.
Dainty Eyeglasses
N. LAZARUS Ophthalmic Optician
13, Queen's Road Central,
VICEROY ON GOVERNMENT SAILS
INDIA
GANDHI'S CAMPAIGN|
CONDEMNED.
Hong Kong since April, was to-day EVIL DOCTRINES,
charged before Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham with absenting himself from the House of Detention.
Capt. H. F. Bloxham, Assistant Superintendent of Victoria Jall, told the Magistrate that this was; the third time that Sullivan had
In and Out.
A PARTNER IN THE EMPIRE.
Rugby, Yesterday. The Secretary of State for India
NEAR THE WIND.
Almost Defeated on Income Tax Split.
·
SAVED BY THREE VOTES.
London, Yesterday.
In the House of Commons to day, by a margin of three votes, the Government escaped defeat on a crucial division on the Liberal amendment to the Budget, (which was rejected), seeking relief from
on plant and machinery.
The division resulted: Against
For
278
275
3
by Lord Irwin on behalf of His
Government Majority Majesty's Government to the Indian that the Liberals had not the Mr. Lloyd George emphasised Legislature in Simla, an impression
the House
on
In conclusion
of which Mr. Wedgwood Benn cir.(slightest desire to defeat the Gov- ernment, He was doubtful whe- ther Conservatives were any more the Viceroy
of
11
London. Yesterday.' At Lord's to-day, amid scenes that the accused were sentenced at Detective-Sergeant Whant anid
In the House of Commons to absented himself from the House. ir. Wedgwood Benn,. in the House income tax for profits expended uproarious undergraduate
the, Kowloon Magistracy to one day at question time, Mr. A. Sullivan was first admitted to the of Commons to-day, referred all common with the citizens of Aber-excitement, Cambridge snatched month's hard labour each for he been spent on Singapore dock. House on April 9, and was absent members who desired to ask ques- deen, Scotland!
a sensational victory when a draw
stowing away from Manila on a ship The total estimated expenditure two days later. The statement was made before seemed inevitable, The Cantab Mr. A. W. G. H. Grantham to-day second innings was declared at of the States S.S. Co.
On April 19 hetions regarding the forthcoming. ving their sentences they
was £8,721,000, by a boat woman in the course of the tea interval on the third day, allowed to live outside in the hope received at the Admiralty from
Contributions was sentenced to ten days in jail affairs to a statement made to-day Round Table Conference on Indian evidence as to the character of leaving less than two hours in that the shipping Company would amounted to £1,672,000, all of, April 23.
the Dominions and
and readmitted to Colonies her 26-year-old son, who was which to dismiss their opponents, charged with snatching a gold but so well did the Light Blues be able to fix them up by arranging which had been fapplied in naval mounted rattan bangle from the bowl that they gradually effected possible for the Company to do any for their return. But it was im- baby daughter of another boat complete rout, and claiming the thing for the accused now, and the These figures related to the where he stayed for about
expenditure.
He then went to the jail hospital,culated to the House. extra half hour, they won hand-Folice would have to ask the Gov-Navy funds only and did not The mother of the baby said somely by 205 runs.
ernment to repatriate them.. that whilst she was chopping fire-
cover expenditure or appropria- month. Immediately after coming dealt with
anxious to do so, while if any- Cambridge took first use of the
the campaign wood on the Main Street, Apli-wicket and scored 288, G. Dwas no obligation on the shipping Force Votes. The main contract out to look for work and again three months.
Asked by the Magistrate if there tions in aid from the Army or Air out, he was given permission to go, civil disobedience which
thing could done by co-operation, had that was what they were all seek- chau, a little island off Aberdeen, Kemp-Welch scoring 61 and E. T. Company to return the
now been in progress at about 5 p.m., on Tuesday, her Killick 75. 1. A. R. Peebles was Sergeant replied in the negativa end of 1935.
men, the would be completed toward the absented himself.
He described the ing. For this he movement as a deliberate attempt daughter played a little distance the most successful
Mr. Philip Snowden opposed the A further three got one month's hard labour on June to coerce the established authority amendment which, he said, in- Oxonian He explained that once a Company years would be required to com-4. away.
bowler; capturing 7 wickets for 75 had handed stowaways over to the plete the various works. Bangle Missing.
volved by mass action, which must be applying equally to the ice cream an unbinshing subsidy, Police, and the latter had proceeded dates were subject to any decision jall on July 3, Sullivan two days dangerously subversive. Suddenly her baby cried, and
Oxford, through the batting of against them, the responsibility of arrived as the result of a review inter applied for permission to go
vendor as to the equipment of a when she went up to see what was D. N. Moore (59), N. M. Ford the Company ceased
of the policy which would be out. the matter she found that the (53), and H. M. Garland-Wells
factory, at a cost of £30,000,000 The Magistrate ordered all four undertaken in consultation with ed permission, but warned Sullivan He (Capt. Bloxham) grant- bangle on her left wrist was (53) were able to take a lead of accused to be sent to the House of the overseas Governments con- that if he again absented himself a
annually,
Mr. Churchill supported the missing, At the same time she 26 runs on the first innings.
amendment. saw the accused running away,
heavy penalty would be applied for and raised the alarm.
A boy of eight years of age said that he was playing near the baby and saw the accused ap- proach and take the bangle off by snapping it with his finger nail.
One of the men who gave chase said that the accused ran up the stairs of a house in the new reclamation. He followed him, caught him, and, taking him back to the street, handed him over to a detective.
Accused denied snatching the bangle. He said that he went to the house to collect fish money owing to him.
rung.
BATTING,
E. T. Killick (Cambridge)
G. D. Kemp-Welch (Cam-
bridge)
D. N. Moore (Oxford)
136 75
61
N. M. Ford (Oxford)
53
H. 1. Garland Wella
(Oxford)
53
BOWLING.
J. A. R. Peebles (Oxford) | 7— 75
A. C. Hazlerigg (Cam
bridge)
162
17
E. T. Killick followed up his first innings score of 75 with a
The principal tenant of the splendid display of batting in the house was called, and he said he second innings, scoring 136. It did not know accused and never was largely due to his fine effort bought any fish from him.
that Cambridge were in a position The accused pointed out that, to declare at the tea interval for when he was searched, the bangle 332-9. Peebles was again pro- was not found om him.
minent with the ball, but his Mr. Grantham decided to hear 6 wickets cost 162 runs, giving evidence as to the man's char him the figures of 13 wickets for acter.
233 runs in the match. Accused's mother then went
With less than two hours' play into the witness box and told the before them and 307 runs to get Court that her son was in the for victory, Oxford looked like flah business which had been car-forcing a draw, but they did not ried on by the family for genera-count upon the collapse which fol tions. He was married and owned lowed, the side being dismissed his own boat which always moved for 101. A. G. Hazlerigg was
about with the paternal boat. On responsible for the dismissal of Tuesday she sent him ashore to four batsmen for only 17 runs, collect fish money for her. She could not believe that her son. would steal from a baby.
Filial Obedience.
Scores Cambridge: 288 and 332-9 dec. Oxford:.. 314 and 101.
-Reuter.
The Magistrate said that he! The positions occupied by the wanted to know something about respective Universities, dating the man's character, whereupon, from the year 1827, are shown in the woman waxed eloquent. She the following table.
P. Cam. Ox. Dr. 92 44 36 12
KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR.
said that her son was illiterate and knew nothing. He was of a very retiring disposition and al- ways remained on the boat. He would never go ashore unless she told him to. Her son was also very economical and it even (30), is now in the Kowloon Hos A Chinese named Lan Chuen broke his heart to spend money pital suffering from injuries to his for a hair cut!
back and from shock as the result
..
རྞ'!
The Magistrate decided that it of being knocked down by a motor was unsafe to convict as the only car on the Main Road at Taipokau direct evidence of the actual snatching was given by a small yesterday afternoon.
According to the Police the car
boy. He discharged the accused is owned by Mr. A. G. Brennan, of
12 Humphrey's Building.
on the charge of larceny,
A second charge of damaging a grating over a cell window at the Aberdeen Police Station was then proceeded with
Attempt to Escape.
child to-night, diel
Otherwise I shall
Detention.
STOP
cerned.
These
Consultations with the Domin-| ions would occur at the Imperial Conference. Meanwhile, all con-
PRESS tracts had been spended except
Cologne, Yesterday. There has her an alarm- ing development of rioting recently in the evacuated Rhineland districts, ostensibly aimed at the supporters of the former Rhineland Separa- tist movement, though there have been several cases of private revenge. Severe ex- cesses have been committed at Treves, which is in a state of siege. The Police are arm- ed with rifles and tear gas grenades and the streets are barricaded. Nevertheless many Separatists' premises have been sacked. Reinforce- ments have been called up to go to Treves, alalo Mainz, Wiesbaden, and elsewhere.
Teheran, Yesterday. Parliament has agreed to build a new city of a million aquare metres extent round Ahrenjam, near Salmas. The new town is to be named Shahpoor after the Crown Prince.Router.
Simla. Yesterday. There has been an import- ant response to Lord Irwin's speech at a meeting under the chairmanship of Sir Phiroze Sethna, President of the Liberal Federation. A state- ment has been issued and several political parties, all of aigned by leaders of the
which are members of the legislature, expressing relief at the Viceroy's announce- ment in view of the unpopu- lar Indian reception of the. Simon report. It urges India to participate in the round table conference, and also urges the repeal of the emer- gency measures and un amnesty for political prison- ers. It appeals to the Con gress Party to abandon civil disobedience and take the present opportunity to make a concerted demand on Bri tain-Reuter.
WOMAN KILLED.
CRUSHED BETWEEN LORRY
AND WALL
the main contractor's contract.
Questioned on the same subject Mr. F. Montage stated that $358,000.80 far had been spent on the Air Force wat Singapore. The strength of er foret nor mally stationed at Singapore would be one squadron each of fly- ing boats and aeroplanes. Ex- penditure on the air base was con- tinuing-Reuter.
SUSPENSION OF BABE
RUTH.
Penalty for Challenging Umpire's Decision.
BASEBALL LEAGUE GAMES.
New York, Yesterday.
A sensation has been created in American baseball circles by the
Babe Ruth."
suspension for three days of Babe Ruth, the famous member of the New York Yankees team. This penalty was imposed be cause Ruth is alleged to have an grily challenged the umpire's de cision in giving a Yankee player 28 "out"
Readmitted to the House from regarded
MORE SHOWERS.
The Royal Observatory's weather report to-day states: A depression is central to the N.E. of Peking.
for
as unconstitutional, and
Aims of Conference. it not a very dangerous doctrine to preach to the people of India that "After all," sald Lord Irwin, "ja
The announcement of a division
it is patriotic and lawful to refuse was greeted with loud Opposition to obey the laws or to pay taxes?"
cries of "resign," countering Regarding the Round Table Con- ference; the Viceroy said: "His ment were actually saved by four Labourite cheers. The Govern- Majesty's Government has reached Liberal votes against the amend-
the
conclusion that 'It would
not be right to prescribe for the ment-Reuter, conference any terms more limited
than were included in my statement tion was made and still stood,
conference should enjoy the full of November 1 Ists, and that the British Wireless Service. - freedoms that there
Another Report.
Address
Simia, Yesterda
A typhoon has formed near the Paracels. Its direction of motion.Is uncertain... Rohg Kong is not threatened at pre-approach its task, greatly assist Legislature, the Viceroy announce- The Conference, accordingly, wil
sent.
Forecast:-E winds, fresh; fair to showery.
Rainfall Rainfall to 1 a.m. to-day. 0.40 inch. Rainfall since: January 1, 35.89 inches against an average of 42.82,
Temperature and Humidity
The temperature and humidi- ty at certain specified centres this morning at 6 o'clock
were:-
both Houses
ed indeed, but with liberty
Uned that His Majesty's Govern- impaired by the report of the ment, after very careful considera- Simon Commission or by any other tion, had decided that the forthcom- documents which will be before it ing Round Table Conference in It is the belie? of His Majesty's London on the Indian constitutional Government that by way conference it should be possible to freedom implied in his statement. of the question should enjoy the full reach solutions that both countries and all parties and interests in them conference would be free to ap- on November 1. Accordingly, the can honourably accept.. and any preach the task "greatly assisted, such agreement at which the con indeed, but with its liberty un- ference is able to arrive will form impaired, by the report of the basis of the proposals which Statutory Commission."
Temp. Humid.
Hong Kong
His Majesty's Government will
82
81
later submit to Parliament.” - ?
Macao
81
90
Pratas Island . 77
96
Manila
81
80
Foochow
81
95
Amoy
82
83
Chéfoo
Shanghai
72 79
100
91
On
the
His Majesty's Government be-
of the "From this definition of the lieved it possible, by way
to .rench
solutions scope of the conference it is clear conference,
honourably acceptable to both that His Majesty's Government conceive of it not as a more meet countries and all parties and in- ing for discussion and debate, but terests therein, and any agree- as a joint assembly of represent would, form the basis for pro- ment reached at the conference tatives of both countries whose agreement the precise pre-ernment would later submit to posals which His Majesty's Gov- posals to
Parliament may Parliament. His Majesty's Gov- founded. The conference
ernment conceived that the thus enjoy the unfettered right ference was not a mere meeting of axa iining the whole problem for discussion, but a joint assem- in all is bearings, with, the know-
bly of representatives of both No Ship Available.
-ledge that its labours are of no Asked what he had to say, Sullivan Government still
when he was again brought before the Court. Sullivan sald that be He did not return, and was arrested yesterday.
understood
will
academic kind, and His Majesty's countries.
hope that
COX-
His Majesty's Government atill said that it was all due to worry Indians of all-schools of thought of thought would be ready to hoped that. Indiana of all schools over his inability to get a ship to go whatever actions that some have share in constructive work, and back home; to his bad health; and hitherto taken, will be ready to the Viceroy himself saw no rea to a weakness for alcohol. Ho share in this constructive work.
asked the Magistrate: to be assco no reason why, from frank son why a
cheme should
not
lenient as possible with him.
Replying to the
discussion on all sides, a scheme emerge from the conference which Magistrate, might not emerge for submission would confound the pessimists. Detective-Sergeant Whant and that Parliament which would con- Lord Irwin emphasised that last
Declaration Holds Good. the American Consul would, send found the pessimism of those whe the accused away as soon as they would tell us that it is impossible Domialon status was the natural year's authorised declaration, that could get work for him on ship.
for Great Britain and India or funda at the Consulate here for re-to reach agreement."
There were no special for the various interests in India completion of India's constitutional patrinting unemployed Americans.
National Ideals.
growth, still stood.
A Moving Appeal. accused's absence from the House Capt. Bloxham said that the
Lord Irwin stressed the inten- Earlier in his review of the tion of the Government to con was absolutely deliberate. He had Indian situation Lord Irwin retinue to combat the "dangerously no intention of staying there. called that when he took office as subversive civil disobedience Mr. Grantham passed sentence of Viceroy it was clear that his prin movement, and movingly appealed, The suspension le not likely, to d
two months hard labour, but
affect Ruth's record, as he has 1 ready collected 32 home ~zune, which is 14 above any previous total made on July 9,
Fung Iu, a Chinese constable, The constable said that he warned said that he was on charge room the accused that it was a serious duty on Tuesday night. At about thing to damage Government pro 9 o'clock, he was patrolling the perty and advised him to be quiet A Chinese woman named Li Yee Results of Games, cells in the station when he saw and go to sleep, Accused obeyed (50), who lived at 372 Shanghai the accused climb down from, the and slept.
The following are the results of, window of the No. 1 cell. He ex- A Pack of Llea? an unfortunate accident in Nathaned to-day
Streat, Youmati, was the victim of the National League matches play amined the window and found The accused alleged to the Magis Rond yesterday afternoon Hor that the grating over it had been trate that the constable had told a thigh and the lower part of her partly forced away, pack of lies to get him into trouble. body were badly crushed when she He promptly removed the ache constable never saw him climb was caught between a motor lorry cused to the next call and, after the wine In fact, he never did and a ple brick against the
walls of Whitfeld Barzack
accusing him of atter
to climb
ectape left him
the again visited:
tak
I
Brooklyn beat Boston 8-0 6-4,3 Philadelphis best New York
Chicago 4-9. Pittsburgh 7-6
Louis
MINERS ENTOMBED. the progress of the country and trust to remove the mountains
DUE TO EXPLOSION.
cipal duty was to devote all his "rather as a friend than as the energies to the maintenance Viceroy," for a spirit of mutual contentment within the orbit of lately hemming them round. ̈ ̈ ̈ He the British Commonwealth. It declared that two roads lay open TWO HUNDRED BURIED IN Wag also evident that, looking to them one leading to turmoil,
GERMAN MINE:
ahead, it was hardly to be e disunity, disappointment and pected that this India, Justly sen shattered hopes; the other to an sitive of her- National Idoals and India as a proud partner in the growing every year more con- free commonwealth of nations. Berlin, Yesterday. rclous of her National feeling, India to-day has to make her; Two hundred miners are en- should of her own free will de cholce. I pray to God that she tombed as the result of a coal gas eire to be the partner in s poll may be moved to choose aright? explosion in a mine at Hausdorf, fica aociety such as the British Lord Irwin said he proposed to Silesia Twenty bodies so far Empire upon terms which implied dissolve the Council of State in have
recovered, but it is a permanent security of status, time to allow elections to both
the death roll is It was for this reason and with Houses in September iter?
the ject of removing svoldable Held the situation on the
on this matter North-West Frontler was improv
Government Ing/rapidly; furthermore, friction him to debetween Nepal and Tibet had been awa the removed In consegtendó?of the domihion" status was Indlan
nta despatch of mission to Lbssa
feared
heavier
Hopes for Remainder.
ret
Berlin, Yesterday, that
bodies have been last year
head at Hans-
Fors are in he tainment
entertained of a natural compl
of the con