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MITSUI, BUSSAN KAISHA, LTD.
ROUND THE WORLD,
AIRMEN'S MONOPLANE' COMES TO GRIEF.
SMASHED TO PIECES.
Harbour, Grisen, Yesterday.
Library, Supreme Court
China" Mail
No.-27.557-
·NAVAL TREATY.
AMERİÇA TO SCRAP THREE
BATTLESHIPS.
SAVING OF $4,000,000.`
Washington, Yesterday.
ESTABLISHED
1346
HONG KONG, MONDAY, AUGUST 41930
HOW LONDON HAS GROWN UP.
Fewer Babies Born. But Fewer Are Dying.
Remarkable statistics' regarding ten of Greater London's post-war
Mear's and Brown's poplane In accordance with the terms of pears are given in the statistien crashed and was wrecked whilst the London Naval Treaty, the abstract for London issued by the attempting to take off. Neither Navy Department has decided to Loasion County Council. He was injured. The 'pline started scrap the battleships Utah, ale some comparative figures:- in the darkness, aided by tures, Wyoming and Florida before and was moving rapidly when the October 1, thus saving at least tyre received a puncture. The
$4,000,000 annually. Reuter's American Service. - plane swung at a tangent into the trees and smashed to pieces.
Admiral Expects More Officers Will Go, Reuter.
one year
SHOP SWINDLED.
EMBEZZLED FOR SAKE OF MOTHER?
„USUAL–IGNORANGE-PLEA.
On
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR.The closing rate of the dollar demand, to-day was 1/3 ...
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
Manager
Dainty Eyeglasses
..N. LAZARUS Ophthalmic Optician 13: Queen's Road Central.
SECRET OF COMMON ROYAL BIRTHDAY. FATE OF CHANGSHA,
COLDS.
CITY STILL IN HANDS OF THE "REDS."
U.S. Doctor Claims Big Discovery.
CELEBRATED BY DUTCH COMMUNITY.
QUEEN-MOTHER NOW. 72.
RECAPTURE DENIED.
New York, June 9. Mr. Whyte-Smith, at the Kow- Dr. J. A. Pfeifer, of the Uni- passed sentence of three months' School, announces that he has dis-Mother of the Netherlands. The in Changshu on Friday at mid loon Magistracy this morning, versity
Saturday was the 72nd birth of Maryland Medical
Shanghai, Saturday. hard labour on a Chinese named covered the cause of the common occasion was celebrated by the night state that the City is still day of H.M. Queen Emma, Queen- Reports front foreign sources Wong Fuk, who pleaded guilty to cold and developed both cure local Dutch community at a dinner in the hands of Communists, thas a charge of obtaining $19.32 from and a preventive. 1904-13 1920-29 ginger shop at 236 Shanghai
Dr. Pfeiffer isolated
given by the Consul-General, Mr.disproving the Navy Ministry's Birtha
1,850.03G 1449,328 Street, by false pretences.
a micro-M. J. Quist, at the Repulse Bay adnouncement of the City's re- coccus, named by him Micrococcus Hotel. Deaths
970,306 880,210 It was stated by Detective- Coryzn, which is entirely new to
capture by the gunboat Yung- Deaths under
Sergeant Fitches that accused the science of bacteriology?
There was a large gathering, sheng. 207.844 9300id that he was authorised to In a paper before the Maryland Quist and Mrs. Stokkink, wife of the guests being received by Mr.
March on Hankow, Marriages ... 399,007
Peking, Saturday. 118.88 collect that sum by the Kung Biological Society he said, 'W the manager of the Netherlands Roumes built
Cheung vegetable shop. 7 Water-are certain the micrococcus is the Trading Society: who acted
It is understood that Com- 5,085 by L.C.C... Admiral H. W. Grant, presiding
asmunists in Changsha have separ- 34,904 loo Road, from which employ one which we have been acckiry In 190-1-13. omuibus ant tram ment he was dismissed for dis- and that persons can be immunis.
hostess.
iated. Part are said to be march- over the annual general meeting way undertakings operating in honesty on the morning of July ed against its attacks. We have and the table decoration, under ever, they were still 168 miles New York. Saturday. of the Royal Naval Scholarship Greater London carried 10,153,-26.
An excellent menu was served ing on Hankow, from where, how- An attack CIT the Grat | Fund, referred to the further 300,000 passengers: during 1920-
proved both points to our antis- the supervision of Mr. Dimond, yesterday. Others are attacking Zeppelin's round-the-world record, probable reduction in the Navy 29 they carried 21,805,000.000 pas that he did not know it was an animals and human beings.
Accused, in pleading guilty, said faction by experiments with manager of the hotel, was taste towns to the weat and south of of 21 days 8 hours is being made and its personnel, and said that, by the airmen. John Mears and the work of the Fund, important
offence, and that he embezzled A vaccine has been developed, ful, with orange gladioli, orange Changaha. Others are attempt- Henry Brown, who set out this as it was already, must become THREE FATALITIES. at Macao.
because his mother needed money it is claimed, which gives immun-lighting effect, and orange tulle;ing to reach Kiangsi, In order to
and the menu ity from one to three years.
was printed on link up with the Communists The Magistrate pointed out
orange ribbon. Prominent in the there. Reuter. Vaccines for colds have been scheme of decoration were photo-
Japanese "Hands Off" Policy. that it was a serious matter..
common se in Britain for
graphs of the Dutch Royal years: but the period of immunien-Family.
Tokyo, Saturday. -Although Tokyo Is watching the tion, has hitherto been short.
The toast of the Queen-Mother Communist gains at Changsha and LIST, YE LUBBERS!eral, the Dutch National Anthem eat, with some newsaper indigna- was proposed by the Consul-Gen-elsewhere with the keeriest inter-
the burning of the
Earlier News.
forming in a monoplane for New-more important.
sengers.
FOR TWO MONTHS.
foundland, the first stage of the Many officers, he said. might Bight. The second stage will be before long be out of active em- MAN WITH FRACTURED SKULL from Newfoundland to beland.ployment and find in their reduced Mears, with a companion, went | circumstances, the education of round the world, Partly by aero- their sons a burden too heavy to Jam in 1928 in 23 days 15 bear without some such assistance bours. He now hopes to reduce as that given by the Fund, for this time to well below twenty which he appealed for further days.
support.
Hench Newfoundland.
ACCIDENTAL FALLS.
No fewer than three Chinese) died on Saturday as the result of serious injuries received by, acci- During the past year, he said, dental falls. Two of the deaths Harbour Grace. Saturday,
the Fund had maintained 57 occurred on the Island, and one on The world frers. Mears and scholarships, of the aggregate the Mainland. Brows, have arrived here--Hon-value of £1,522. It had received ter's American Service.
R.100 DOES IT!
FINE FELLOWS ON "A FIN.
FABRIC FIXED UP.
Montreal, Saturday. The officers of the R.100 relate
a thrilling incident towards the end of the fight, when the fabric trouble was discovered.
Two members of the crew, it
help from the Admiralty, King George's Fund for Sailors, and certain of the City Companies,
MARKETING BILL.
INTERESTS OF PUBLIC PRODUCERS.
An
states
is
of FL 33
Tam Chi (28), a carpenter, living at 426 Reclamation Street, Yaumati, fell whilst repairing a window at 9, Chancery Lane, and was injured on the head, right leg and, arms. He was taken to the Government Civil Hospital, where he died shortly after.
FAIR AGAIN.
The Royal Observatory's weather report, to-day states: Depressions are central over Tongking and to S.E. of the Loochoos...
the
A typhoon may be form- ing to the east of Luzon.
Forecast: S.E. winds, moderate; fair.
TEXTILE STRIKE,
ABOUT 100,000 : FRENCH WORKERS INVOLVED.
INCREASED WAGES.
Lille, Yesterday.
ת:
BARGING ABOUT THE THAMES.
being played on the piano by one tion over
of the guests. A flashlight photo Japanese Consulate, calm. views graph of the gathering was then Prevall, especially in official cir- taker.
cles where there is no disposition
to embarrass Nanking by brusque diplomacy or naval measures.
As a result of the Cabinet's de-
As soon as I can get out of ear- As some of the guests had ex- shot of old Cap'n Dane, who is pected that opportunity would be addressing . few pointed re-taken by the Consul General to marks to his rival, Cap'n Scott, 1 make an announcement about the liberations yesterday, Baron Shide- will tell you something about to-bethrothal of HRH Princess hara and Mr. Takarabe reporting day's great race between the Juliana. heir to the Throne, Mr. on the situation in China, the fur- gallant sailing barges of Old Quist wishes the China fail to ex-ther diplomatic handling of the Thames, (writes an Evening plain that he did not make the ex. position was left to Baron Shide- News Nautical correspondent on pected announcement; because
hara whose name is synonymous board the good Motor-boat, nothing official is known yet
with a "hands-off" policy. about the Princess's engagement, Etheredge V. off Gravésénd).
Steer a bit further away, Skip- per: Cap'n Dane has a penetrat- ing voice has he not?
DEAR TOBACCO IN VATICAN CITY.
The latest formed nation In
It is understood that Mr. Shige- mitsu has been instructed to re-, serve Japan's rights for indem- nification losses already auffer- ed and to call Nanking's attention to the necessity of protection in the future, but official Tokyo is
Another man who died at the Government Civil Hospital was Chau Sing-chuen (22), living on ARBITRATION PROVISO. the second floor of 6, Amoy Street,: who was taken to the hospital by Rugby, Saturday.
Well, it must have been about! his father. This was an extra- explanatory memorandum ordinary case as the young man
five, bells of the morning watch when we sea-dogs of Fleet Street Europe has decided to put up understood to be sympathetic re- that the Agricultural appeared to have lived for two. Marketing Bill published today months with a fractured skull.
stepped aboard the good motor tariff wall for its own protection.garding Nanking's difficulties. proposes to allow the producers According to a report made by the Union Executive have decided to and Lobster, and set off down the Independence, it was not expect is lengthily discussed in editorials The Textile Workers' Trade lingering look towards the Ship to the Vatican City. its political munist menace in Central China boat Etheredge V., gave a last When Italy Inst year granted The seriousness of the Com- said, crawled out on the damaged which the nicusure applies to re- was injured early in June by ac-strike to-morrow for increased river to see the classic barge race ed that a tariff would be raisad in the vernacular newspapers, but
agricultural product to man's father, Chau Heung. he fin, and worked for hours with gulate the marketing of that pro-cidentally falling from the second the workers" contribution under of the season.
wages and as a protest against the aid of a flashlight, while the duct by means of Boards elevated floor, into the back yard.
against articles coming into direct connection airship engines were stopped, and by themselves and in accordance died within a minute of his nr-About 100,000 workers are in-nacle (or is it barnacle?), was reveinment of Italy to-day.
between Seen and Heard. Italy. Matches, tobacco, and play- captors of Changsha and the With us, sitting abaft the bin-ing cards are with schemes submitted by them-rival at the hospital.
monopolies of the Third Internationale is doubted Cap'n Boston, a weather-beaten cannot enter Italy except in that fa considered less than in Boro- and the international significance barge skipper, who was not tak- form. fing part in the race himself, but Recently the new Vatican City wanted to cast a seaman-like eye of the Pope decreed its own cus-
Insurance Act.
He
the National
volved. Reuter.
EMPIRE FAIR,
He re-
·
the R.100 drifted through a selves.
The Kowloon accident occurred thunderstorm and heavy rain.. It is proposed that such regula-at Yaumati, the victim being a To-day the airship's crew is at tion should be confined to a pro-man named Leung Chi (35), of liberty, while the dirigible is re-which the scheme is applicable ceived terrible injuries as the re- TO BE HELD IN THE ARGENTINE
duct, produced in an
457 Shanghai Street. area to fuelling, repairing, and repaint-and the scheme will be binding on sult of necidentally falling into ing. Reuter.
all producers of the regulated pro- duct in that area..
No Structural 'Defect.
London, Saturday. The airship R100 which is now
The interests of the public and of individual producers are to be
the street from the second floor.; The accident occurred just after Kowloon Hospital at 2 o'clock. 1 p.m., and the man died in the
POLICE RESERVE.
WEEK.
Orders by the Hon. Mr. E. D. C.
NEXT YEAR.
PRINCE TO ATTEND.
Buenos Aires, Yesterday.
swinging at the mooring mast at protected by requiring sily Montreal, underwent an examina-Minister's approval of the scheme tion yesterday and the Air Minis-and also Parliamentary sanction. try states it revealed no structural Provision is made for producers ORDERS FOR THE CURRENT defect or failure. There is a strip-to be protected by resort, if ping of the fabric over a fairly necessary, to arbitration and the extensive area on the underside of Consumers' Committee to be es the horizontal fin. Materials for tablished for every scheme, will Wolfe, C.M.G.. Inspector-General BRIDGING THE GULF repair are on hand. It is proba- further guard the interests of the of Police, state:-- ble that no extensive flights will be general public. Complaints
against the schemes will be refer In any case, the flight over Ot-red to a Committee of Investiga- tawa, scheduled for August 6, must tion-British Wireless Service. be postponed,
undertaken in Canada,
The ulcers and crew of the air- RUSSIAN PULP WOOD ship are being officially welcomed
at Montreal to-day. They have re- PROTEST AGAINST AMERICAN ceived scores of telegrams and messages of congratulation.
DECISION.
A MODIFICATION.
Washington, Saturday.
General.
LANGUAGE THE DIFFICULTY OF THE EAST AND WEST.
ESPERANTO CONFERENCE.
It
Revolver Practice. The regular weekly revolver practice (volun tary) will take place at the Bowen Road Revolver Range on Wednes- day, from 5.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
will be open to, all ranks of the
:
and
dins' time.
the.
diness to proceed to China. But
have been ordered to be In rea
Four destroyers now at Sasebo
con-
over it. He pointed out some of tems duties, and at one stroke in- the more interesting mudbanks, creased the price of tobacco seven- they will probably not be despatch- shouted a greeting to the 'lone ty-five per cent.
ed unless the Yangtaze situation watchman on a gunpower hulk Whether such commoditles con- becomes worse, Reuter, anchored in the river, and piloted signed to the Vatican City may us to the starting-point near Old now cross Italian territory under
Raids on Red Haunts. The British Ambassador has Mucking Creek,
Hankow, Saturday. seal and enter the new Papal informed President Irigoyen that
There we found the gallant 25 Dominion on the payment of the tinues and the Nationalist-Com-
The tension in Hankow the Prince of Wales will attend barges, all tacking here and there Papal tariff ia the opening of the British Empire while awaiting the starting gun, tons that will be decided this tial law in Hankow and Wuchang one of the quex-manders have enforced rigid mar- industries fair in the Argentine in and filling the air with sailor-like summer. 1931.-Reuter.
conducting raids on Communista language.
haunts "Aboy! answered Cap'n. Scott, ing on board the Race Committee arrests of "Red" undesirables and which resulted in many of the Plinlimmon.
themselves,
the seizure of a huge quantity of "Will you oblige me by not From her deck a gun boomed arms. Nó oficial details are dis- steering your excellent craft so out... overhead near to my own humble charge" squawled... the great race had
a seagull closed concerning the raids. saked Cap'n Dene-not in those started.
- The Nationalist officers claim that the Government Army has very words, perhaps, but that was I cannot hope to convey to you defeated the Communist bandits the general drift.
the excitement of those first mo at Siaokan, along the Peking-Han- Cap'n Boston, sitting in our mente, How the warm red blood kow Railway, not far from Han- London, Yesterday. motorboat, listened for a little did pulse through our veins as we kow. Police, Special Constables, Shaping the gulf between workers iy,
Esperanto as a means of bridg-while, and then nodded approving-studied the barges against the kan has been repaired.
The damaged track at Sino- General shooters' Company, Police Reserve east and west was advocated by
background of the river banks, Ho Ying-ching states that Han- and to all persons holding permits M. Huyuetse, of Shanghai, speak-mented.
"Not bad, not bad," he com-(and observed at last that they kow and Wuchang Wing Commander Colmore, how-
are defended to carry arma. ever, deprecates any exaggerated
ing at the International Workers'
were actually moving!
by three Nationalist Divisions significance. being attached to the
Police Training School.
The barges were a pretty sight. And how breathless we were after the disarmament of the The weekly classes for Police Re-to-day.
Esperanto Conference in London -voyage. It has In his view demon-
I went aboard the stout barge when at last the barges were in 0,000 garrison troops. The three servists at the Police Training
Cambria for a few minutes before full flight, tearing through the divisions consist of about 15,000 strated the efficiency of the thick
It is understood that the Bri-School, Kowloon, will be held to barrier separating Chinese work- Cap'n Arthur Finch, who has the
He declared that the greatest the start and had a word with water at a thrilling three knots. bodied, blunt-nosed type of airship, tish, Norwegian and Danish Gov-morrow at 6.30 p.m.
troops-Reuter. but all her officers have agreed that cramento are preparing a protest of the Chinese and Indian Com- was the question of language.
All members ers from the workers of the West broadcast shoulders, the most de slowed down to allow the barges People walking along the banks the vessel does not conform to re- against the decision of the Unit-panies, and of the Flying Squad, quirements for an adequate and re-ed States to place an embargo on who have not yet passed Part 2 of the Artists' Club of Moscow sent of admonition of all the skippers
termined jaw, the largest pipe, to keep up with them. They
FILIPINOS PLEA. The British Labour Party and and the most inexhaustible flow saw some wonderful Incidents. qular trans-Atlantic service.
the importation of Russian pulp Training Course should attend. Sir Dennistoun Burney at whose wood. Last week the authorities
PROTEST AGAINST NEW Remarkable messages. The 500 delegates in-on the Thames.. airship works the vessel was built, refused the entry of two ships)
cluded various European con-
There was the time when the
VICE-GOVERNOR,
Chinese, Reuter. tingents, and also Japanese and him.
"Have you a mascot?" I asked Alf Everard looked us though she
might take the wind out of the ROOSEVELT NOT WANTED. "Mascot me grandmother!" he His Majesty's sails, and the com
Manila, Saturday. He told me that he would be at Majesty were so intimate and re- The President of the Senate, barges sailed on their 60-mile steer our motor-boat away by the ss. President McKinley. the wheel all the time while the vealing that we felt obliged to Senor Manuel Quezon, departed
course to the Mouse Lightship and Cap'n Boston, himself was so this afternoon for the United would be some sandwiches, for the bottle he had brought with him he will take the Empress of Japan. back. All the food he would have moved that he uncorked the States. On arriving at Shanghai
crew would be too busy to cook and took a deep awig, ..
to Vancouver.
Technical tests are proceeding Will you have anything to Southend, and our motor-boat he managed to stagger to the rail
Berlin, Saturday. any meals.
And so the great rape tore ita Senor Quezon, who is a sick way down the Thames towards man, was carried aboard. Then- at Staaken flying ground in con- drink?" I inquired. Sharpshooters Company. nection with the Round Europe Revolver Practice. Revolver air race. Points are given for the
“Yes,” said Cap'i Finch.“
plugged after the racers at half and wave good-bye to an enor BAN. ON IMMIGRATION practice will be carried out on the comfort of the machine, petrol what he meant.
Just one ward "Yes." I knew
throttle:
mous crowd on the quayside. I will now put this message
Senor Quezon is going Bowen, Road Revolver Range on consumption, starting and landing
to into a bottle and throw it over, Washington to make a _____ Singapore,Yesterday. Wednesday from 5.80 p.m. to 7 capabilities, and flying over 30 Well, things began to move at here will pick it up and take Filipinos against the appointment he opened the sate with the dupli- The Government has prohibited a.m. Members will bring their foot high obstacles. Captain last, as things always do begin the great news back to the world of Mr. Nicholas Roosevelt as Vice- board in the hope that some pass- final plea on behalf of cate key held by the firm's ac- the Immigration of Chinese male heite, holsters and revolvers Braad obtained full marks, to move, even in barge races. If we are not back at: Grave Governor of the Philippines, an countant, and discovered that the labourers for three months, In Uniform optional. Butler's time was 42 hours, 48 Down the river came the plea send by the end of the summer appointment which was recently thief had rifled the safe and stolen consequence of the supply exceed DSP (R) minutes, the quickest speed-sure-steamer Golden Eagle, black will someone kindly send out & remade by President Hoover from it $104.9420
Ing the demand Rente
(Sgd.) D. LKING, Reuter,
with barge-race fans, and bear Hef ship to look for us?
Reuter.
Flying Squad. is of the opinion that a ship twice carrying the products of convict of the Kowloon Section will take The weekly instructional patrol na large as the Rido and capable of labour, marking the drat direct place to-morrow. Fall in at Telm- doing 86 miles an hour is necessary breach of trade relations between tea-tavi Fire Brigade Station at less Service.
for such a service-British Wire- the United States and Soviet 5.30 pm sharp. Dress-Khaki EUROPE AIR RACE answered, or words to that effect. Iments of the skipper of His L
Russin.
aniform and tap with khaki cover
It was subsequently announced The weekly Instructional patrol BRITISH FLIER OBTAINS FULL FIRM'S SAFE RIFLED
that the embargo had been of the Hong Kong Section "w!}} modified and that cargoes of pulp take place on Friday, Fall In at
MARKS. Lo Shing-leung, manager of the weed which had already arrived the Central Police Station at 6.16 BUTLER WINS ON SPEED Radio Supply Co., 196, Des Voeux in the United States or were on p.m. sharp. Dress-Khaki unt- Road Central, first floor, reported route from Archangel would be form and cap with khaki cover. to the Police on Saturday that admitted. Seventy-nine vessels Full turn out. All members to some time between 1 and 8 a.m. are affected-Router's American attend
on Saturday, someone stole from | Service,
his jacket pocket a wallet con- taining $10 and a bunch of keys,
which included two safe, keys.
When Leung discovered his loss,