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EXCAVATIONS IN SEQUEL TO LIBEL ON
EGYPT.
THE COMMONS.
Sir F. P'etrie on 50 Years' Enquiry Into Allegations
Work.
by Labour M.P.
EXHIBITION IN LONDON.
The fifty years at exenvations in Egypt and Palestine just completed by Sir Flinders Petrie at the age of 76 have seen revolutionary changes in the methods of archaeology and haye provided striking confirmation
of a number of Biblical episodes,
PRIBES AND DRUNKENESS.
London, Yesterday.
The National Executive of the Labour Party' has decided to hold
ESTABLISHED
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HONG KONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1930.
MORE DEATHS FROM
HEAT IN BRITAIN.
Violent Storm Strikes the Scottish Highlands.
TELEPHONES DISLOCATED.
London, Yesterday. Thirteen deaths occurred in
"SIGNAL FLAG S.”
WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT
{T PORTENDS ?.
TO-DAY'S DOLLAR. — The closing rate of the dollar on demand, to-day 'was 1/3 13/16.'
PRICE $3.00 Per Month.
Dainty Eyeglasses
N. LAZARUS Ophthalmic Optician
19, Queen's' Road Central.
DUTCH AIR PILOTS PEER'S RACING SIRES JOINT ATTACK ON
ON STRIKE,
No Provision Made for Airmen's Relatives.
The following regulation has Leen made by the Governor in Council under section's 25 (4), 3 SALARIES MUCH TOO MEAGRE
(2) and 42 of the Merchant Ship- ping Ordinance, 1899, Ordinancà No. 18 of 1809 on August 27.
Table M in the Schedule to the
Merchant
Amsterdam, Yesterday:
TO BE SOLD.
CHENGCHOW.
"Big Sword Corps."
Lord Derby Forced to Reinforcement of 20,000 Dispose of His Stables.
The
HIGH TAXATION,
Rugby, Yesterday, newspapers state-that;
Won
SHORTAGE OF ARMS.
Hauchow, Thursday. The striking air pilots, hum-
Following the important mili- an enquiry into the charges made Britain from the heat. yesterday.
Shipping Ordinance, bering 17, are dissatisfied with Lord Derby, one of the pillars of tary conclave held at Liuho yes- by Mr. E. Sandham, M.P., (Liver-The maximum temperature in 1899, is hereby further amended the arrangements for the resump-the British Turf, is to make im-terday, under the chairmanship of pool) against fellow' Commoners. London
was 34 degrees in the as follows;
tion of the regular air services to mediately large reductions in his Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, and at- The Committee will consist of
shade. Miss Susan Lawrence
(a) by the insertion, under sub- the Dutch Indies, and declare that racing establishment. It is under-tended by Generals Hsia Tao-yen, Severe thunder storms (Chair-
heading "(1A).-Movement of man). Mr. Arthur Henderson, and torrential rain occurred all
vessels and embarkation of the pay is inadequate and the stood that he will retire his Tsao Fu-lin, Chiang Kwang-nei, An exhibition at University Col-Mr. Tom Lansbury, Mr. Hugh over the country, causing serious cargo and passengers, &c." Company has not provided satis- famous sires, which include Fair-Liu Chih, Ma Hung-kuei, Yang lege, Gower Street, London, is con- Dalton, and Mr. Stanley Hirst of damage to crops and widespread
and next after regulation 7D.factorily for the Labour Party Executive.
their relatives in way, Pharos, Phalaris, Bosworth, Shing-chi, Li Wen-hin, complete 'fined .to the results of the
of the following regulation:- Reuter.
dislocation of telegraph and tele-
case of death or serious accident and Sansovino which
plans concerning the coming big Inst
7E. The master- of any vessel Flinders season, but Sir
(A message of July 31 stated:phone communications-Reuter.
offensive on Kaifeng and Cheng- which has been boarded or
en route.
the Derby for hím several chow have been drawn up. Petrie gave me a general sum- The House of Commons to-day
As Rugby, Yesterday.
éntered by the Inspector- The Company declare that the years
He rare ceremony of
will mary of his work, which indicated listened to the
also the advance of the Nationalists' A violent electrical storm. broke
salaries offered to the pilots "on not part with his its significance, writes a Morning the Speaker on a formal motion of
younger centre column on the Lung-Hai the, louse admonishing a Mem-over the Scottish Highlands early]
the Dutch Indies route are 50 per blood mares. The cream of the 'line is now hindered by flood, the Pust Special Representative.. ber.
this morning. The lightning, was
Nationalists are giving full at- cent. above the salaries paid on stable will be kept but the rest tention "When I first went to Egypt." he Mr. Elijah Sandham (Labour) perpetual for three hours accom-
to their left flank, vin the European routes.
will come under the hammer at Tangshu and Cherliu, the suc told me, "there were no dates in a recent speech alleged that panied by thunder-bursts of un- certain fellow Labour members usual intensity. The Duke of York
The strikers say known. No one knew anything of accepted bribes and got drunk in was staying with the King at
that the Newmarket in October or Decem-cessful advance, of which will salaries they demand are 10 per ber. This drastic economy in his mean the possibility of the either pottery or beads, now the the House. The allegations were Balmoral and found himself un-
cent. under the salaries of the racing interests is stated to have Nationalists to join forces with very alphabet of the subject. Gra- discussed in the Commons and re-able to telephone to Glamis Castle,
European pilots of Lufthansa. been enforced in Lord Derby by those on the Ping-Han line for a ferred to the Committee of Pri-the storm having cut off com- dually we have pieced the informa-,
high taxation.-British Wireless joint attack on Chengchow. vileges, which concentrated itsmunications.
Service. tian together und have now attention
we
that Mr. Sandhàm
on the more serious The storm, besides doing much penetrated through nine Egyptian allegation of bribery and corrup-damage to property, had a de- civilisations before the Greek tion. and expressed the opinion vastating effect on cattle and on wan gullty of fish in the rivers. Hundreds of period. We have drawn thousands gross libel upon the House and salmon have been killed and the of different forms of pottery, so deserved censure.
loss of cattle cannot be estimated. that it is only necessary to exainine
British Wireless Service, a fragment to be able to assign an approximate date.
WAR ON "REDS”
to support the allega- JOINT ATTACK TO BE LAUNCHED
AGAINST THEM.
The Committee rejected Mr. Sandham's plea for a full investi- gation on the ground that Mr. Sandham declined to cite specific "All over the East the country is instances dotted with the ruins
A of towns.tions. They all have their story, and it On the motion of Mr. Philip is only a question of having the Snowden, which was carried by knowledge necessary for their scien- 304 votes to 13, the Speaker was tific interpretation. In our first called on to admonish the offen- four years in the South of the Holy der, which he did in very solemn Land we have been able to date the tones, while Mr. Sandham Palestine pottery as well as the with folded arms.} Egyptian, and
gradually finding how the material facts agree with Biblical and Egyptian records once supposed to be exag- gerated.
we are
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"The glory of Solomon has been amply confirmed," he said. "In his reign the people of Palestine were better off than aither the Egyptians or Babylonians.
and
They had richer
RUBBER STOCKS.
Rot
NEW RESTRICTION SCHEME
BEING DISCUSSED. LARGE "PIVOTAL" SURPLUS,
TROOPS DESPATCHED,
Hankew, Thursday. Some 3,000 Reds under the leadership of Ho Lung who were heading from Huangmui
und Kwangtsai, on the east border of Hupeh, for Taihu and Suchung in west Anhwei, are now being closely followed by two regiments of the 3rd Training division. The An- bwei authorities have been request- ed to despatch troops for their in-
terception.
General Liu Hsiang, C.-in-C. of the Szechuan Army, has wired to Nanking that he has mobilized four
London, Yesterday. Mincing Lane is discussing the more beautiful orna. new rubber restriction scheme ments and a higher civilisation. which, according to the Morning regiments of Szechuen troops com- We know, too, how their splendour Post, will be determined not on manded by General Tang Se-tsun, was achieved. Solomon tapped both the prite but by the world stock advancing to Sbasi, in east Hupeh, the north and south trade routes, level. The underlying principle is per dag further Instructions to and was therefore richer than either that supplies be curtailed or re-proceed to designed positions for his northern or southern neigh-leased according
as the world the elimination of Reds. bours.
stocks rise above or fall below the General Lu Te-ping, chairman of The Hyksos Kings. agreed "pivotal" surplus, which Klangal, has despatched a large "Gradually we are getting the his. Įgives a reasonable margin of contingent of troops from Keo-an tory of the mysterious Hyksos safety to the consumer, such to the south of Wentsal, with the kings. The Egyptians so hated margin to be provided if stocks object of combining with the 4th them that they destroyed all traces are exceeded by three months Boute (Hunan) Army to launch a of them after their fall, and we supply. Assuming that four Joint attack against the Commun- have actually found better material months' supply is a reasonable ists.-Canton News Agency. in the South of Palestine than in figure and that the world con- Egypt itself. They arrived, like the sumption is at the rate of 750,000 Turks, without the civilisation of a tons yearly, the “pivotal” surplus settled country, and both in Syria would be 250,000 tons.-Reuter. and Egypt adopted whatever they
found.
"Gerar is the first town in any
PACIFIC FLIGHT.
*BAD START.
NO REVOLUTION.
ARMY AND NAVY SECURELY BEHIND GOVERNMENT.
RUMOURS PROVED FALSE.
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BIG PROPERTY DEAL.
The China Mail learns from an authoritative source that the whole of the property, with buildings thereon, be- longing to the China Sugar Refinery Company, at East Point has been acquired by the Imperial Chemical Com- pany, Limited (Brunner Mond & Co.).
In an interview with Mr. Haslam Manager of the pur- chasing company, our repre- sentative was informed that the property would first of all be developed, but to what use It would be put to, has yet to be decided.
As to the price paid for the property) Mr. Hastam said that it was one of the biggest -if not indeed, the biggest -property deals put through in Hong Kong.
(b)
Reuter.
KWANGSI WAR.
CANTONESE TO ATTACK ATTACK NANNING,
PLANS ARRANGED.
ago.
DON'T BE TALL.
GUARDS CHANGED TRADITION.
!
Coming Attack.
In order to resist the coming attack of the Nationalists, Feng Yu-hsiang has despatched to Kai- feng and Hauchang large re- inforcements, including 20,000 "Big Sword Corps" which were Men who are only five feet ten newly organised with Chi Hung- are now being accepted in the ranks chang as the commander. Due to of the Grenadier Guards. They the shortage of rifles and ammuni- must be feeling very put out about tion, Feng has decided to utilise this sudden blow to tradition, for the Big Sword Corps as the defen- the minimum height of a Grenadier ders.
Taking advantage of the rain- has always been a splendid five foot eleven that looked down with pity falls on August 27, the Kuomin- on the man who was a mere five chun made a desperate attempt to assault the National defence in foot six, or under.
counter.
Canton, Yesterday, With the capture of Penyang, midway between Nanning and Liuchow on the 28th. General Yuf Hon-mou of the 59th division has been appointed C-in-C. of the advancing forces to attack Nan- ning the capital of Kwangsi. Besides the 59th division; General Yu will have the. 18th newly But apparently tall men are get-Chenliu on the Lung-Hai line, but organised division, the Training ting scarce, for the Coldstreamers were driven back with heavy brigade and the Independent regi and the Scoto Guards are also lower-10sses, after a whole night's en- ment under the command of Yanging their standards of height.
The fable of the tall man's gen- the Kuominchun, having organ- The Hsuchow: F.H.Q. wired that General of Police or by any Ting-chung, Wong Yum-man and police officer pursuant to
Fan Tch-shing, respectively,
eral anperiority over his shorter brethren has been the hardest dying "Dare-to-die Corps," attempt on ised a battalion of so-called section 30 of the Merchant under his direct control. Shipping Ordinance, 1899, Consequent on the military of all those traditions that exist for the 27th to penetrate the Nation shall, at the request of the meeting held at Penyang on the centuries without being supported alist line by several severe charges Inspector-General of Police 27th, with the presence of vari- by facts.
I have never come across one of but were fired upon with machine or of such police officer, ous responsible generals, including those giants, the typical heroes of guns by the 6th Route Army. As hoist, signal dag "S" over. Yu Hon-mou, necessary schemes
a result of this struggle, the rebels While concerning the attack on Nanning dead-and-gone romance, who ever were compelled to fall back after the code pennant. such flag and pennant are have been adopted. The Canton did anything out of the ordinary having suffered several hundred hoisted no craft, and noese are now pushing forward to have never heard of any who did casualties. person, other than the ward Nanning in two directions either. The six-footers seem to Health Officer, as defined in one from Kweihsien along the outgrow their capacity for die- regulation 1 of the Quaran upper reaches of the West River tinguishing themselves in the world. To effect an early liquidation of tine Regulations in Table and the other from Penyang. As
They are good to look on for a the rebel remnants under Sun L, or persons in his boat, the 10 Route (Yunnanese) Army little while, very decorative and Tien-ying and Shih Yu-san in the shall board or enter, or ap have been besleging Nanning for splendid and muscular, but I am western sector of Shantung, the proach within thirty yards some time, it is no doubt that the sure they suffer from the disadvan- forces of Ma Hung-kuei have of the vessel.
rebels cannot offer any further re-tage of their great height.
been transferred there to assist
Rebel Remnants.
by the substitution, in regula. sistance, upon the arrival of such Even in athletics the man of aver-the Nationalists under Chen tion 18, of "008 deg. 14 min." a large contingent of Cantonese age height scores, for the tail man's Cheng and Cheng Tiao-yuan, for "188 deg. 14 min." in the fresh troops. The fall of Nan-added Inches do not give him added After successfully subjugating description of the eastern ning is therefore considered but a strength. And where mental work the rebels in this sector, these boundary of the Aberdeen matter of time.
is concerned the short man le always divisions of Nationalists will cable ground, and by the sub- In the absence of C-in-C. Chan alles ahead of the tall one in launch an attack on the north- stitution, in the same regula- Chai-tong from Wuchow to Can- achievement and initiative.
east corner of Kaifeng- tion, of "000 deg. 26 min.". for ton, General Li Yang-king of the If we ransack history from the
Prisoners Trained. "180 deg. 25 min." In the dea- 63rd division will undertake all diro ages down to the present day, cription of the westerr. boun- military affairs in the Wuchow it is impossible to find a six-foot recently captured during the Some 40,000 Shansi prisoners, dary of the said cable ground. Field Headquarters. However, it genius.
there are some of special import-
Tsinan battle, have been com- pletely transported to Hauchow NETHERLANDS DAY ance that require the personal at-wizened little man, according to re- for discipline and training under tendance of the C-in-C. Instruc- cord. Napoleon's genius and com- the guidance and managements tions may be obtained by means pelling personality were encompass of General Ho Yoo-tso. of telegraph communications. Canton News Agency.
BIRTHDAY OF QUEEN WILHEMINA.
AMLINGER AFFAIRS.
INTRIGUES BY GERMAN GENERAL.
HEYES'S RESIGNATION,
Berlin, Yesterday.
J
Cesar was
an undergized and
ed in a short and stocky frame, but so magnetic was his character Mr. Li Shih-tseng of the Cen- that he appeared to tower over his tral Executive Committee, accom contemporaries.
panied by Mr. Liu Kwang, the Lord Roberts was distinctly Dairen on the 26th and thence to Manchurian emissary, arriving at
country, to have been completely AMERICAN AIRMEN MAKE A excavated with plans, drawings, and. photographs replacing the older
Buenos Aires, Yesterday. method of note book records. Every}
Reports of an impending re- TOO MUCH. GASOLINE. find is now precisely recorded both
volution were freely circulated aa to depth and position/ so that
yesterday, but nothing material- subsequent excavators can go over
Kasumigauras, Yesterday. ised. It is now stated that there In commemoration of the Birth the ground knowing exactly what we
The American airmen, Gatty is no indication that any political day of Her Majesty the Queen of have done and being in a position to and Bromley, attempted to hop body or detachment of the army the Netherlands, which occure-to-
"on the small side, and A8 off, but had an unsuccessful take is joining any insurrection. The morrow, Sunday, Mr. M. J.. Quist, make use of our results.
you come down to the present day Peitaoho. Mr. Li intimated that off, because of the weight of his Army, the Navy, and public opin-Consul-General for the Nether
you. find "Modern methods necessitate, spe- gasoline.Reuter..
many examples to his mission to Peitaiho was, to ion are.securely behind the Gov-lands, was at Home at the Con cialised workers," he added, "In
disprove the incomprehensible urge General Chang Hsueh-liang Tokyo, Yesterday,
ernment. - the course of half a century we have
Reuter's American Bulate this morning from 11 mm.
tall-man Ideal that has always to assume the post of Vice Shifting air currents, promis- Service. had more than 100 English students ing a tall wind, for which the
until noon.
Generalissimo, appointed by the prevailed. [An earlier message stated: through our hands, and at présent aviators have waited a week, have The general discontent of workers, tive, and cosmopolitan gathering
Lloyd George never found his Central Government some time There was a very representa
The Ministry of Defence has lack of inches a disadvantage stand-ago-Carton News Agency. there are about 400 trained work- led to the Americans Harold of whom the telephonists have of friends and well wishers pre stated that Captain Amlinger left ing in the way of brilliant platen Naming Contradicted. men in Palestine watting for our Bromley (navigator) and Harold already declared a 24 hours' strike, sent to toast the health of. Her the Service a year ago, and had manship. Einstein is a great scien
Feking,, Yesterday: to all of this number and Gatty announcing that they in-has led to extraordinary precau Majesty, the Consul General hay since not been connected with the tiat, but on arst approach gives the the most valuable half-are women, tend to hop off from Kasumigaurations being taken by the authori-ins previously proposed the health Rechswehr, ner had he received impression of a mild and unassum-Chu Ac-hsiang stated that a In his weekly Press interview, for they have to other employment naval air base at dawn to-morrow, ties to which they can turn.
of His Majesty King Georgetar any instructions from any Departing.little' man; while Mussolini, one telegram had been received yes- in their attempt at a non-stop "Next year we shall excavate a trans-Pacific flight to Tacoma, The Cat met specially this HE Major General J. Wment of the Reichswehr to go to of the greatest personalities of terday from Feng Yu-hsiang, afternoon the house of the Pre Bandilands proposed the toast of The Amlinger affair has renew-It is only in Greek mythology feng, proving that the Nan-
Russia,AND mound about five miles from Gaza. Late this afternoon the big sident, Sem, r Irigoyen, to dis. Her Majesty Queen Wilhemina ed the rumour which is officially that one finds outstanding person king claims to the capture of modern times, is actually 'very short from his headquarters at Lan. Hitherto we have not gone back orange monoplane. "City
of cuss the situation. The house
denied that General-Heyes's-realities among the giants Facts Lanfeng were erroneous. signation as Commander-in-Chief prove that, though fire-looking tali Representatives of Yen and
earlier than the Hykeos dynasty, Tacoma" was wheeled out, and and proof were bristling with but this mound ends with the loaded, eleven hundred gallons of machine-guns, Troops are Hyksos, and we hope that its lower fuel, estimated to be sufficient for standing by, and are prepared to Strata will give the same detailed fifty hours, or more than 4,800 intervene in the event of trouble,] information about earifer perjods, miles, Reuter
meeting of the Liberal Party agreed to select four back benchers,
the Shadow
PREMIER ON HOLIDAY:
SHEIK AT COURT:
Rugby, Yesterday, Bugby Yesterday. Among those who called at the rom Lon- Foreign: Office and were received by
this the Secretary of State this affor
pand 10 more noon
Sheik
touth be, first Minister of Hejas and Nerd to British be accredited to the Court of St.
Itish Wireless Service.
FINE TO CLOUDY,
To-day's weather report from the Royal Observatory states KAN H
A depression covers the Sea of Japan Pressure. gradient shallow from the China Sea to SW Japan.
Local Forecast Light or variable, winds, fine to cloudy.
of the Reichswehr, was due to men attract momentary attention, Feng returned from Peitaiho last the intrigues of other Generals, they never have the dynamic force night and go to Taiyuanfu this who favour close military co to lift themselves out of the ordin evening. They express them operation between Germany and ary rut BREVESKER PRACA selves as most satisfied with their Russia, Reuter
The short energetic men, with interviews with Chang Haueh- tremendous staying power, out- lang, who, they state, is symps distance them every time in business thetle towards the Northern and in He Odatta Tchernine in Government the Dally Express.
ROYAL VISIT TO GLAMIS.
Rugby, Yesterday. Final arrangements are now be ng made for the visit of the King and Queen to Glamis Castle, to se the new-born Princess on Tuesday next British Wireless Service.
Chu Aohsiung declared that Now after three days at Talyuan, they The Metropolitan Hospital Sunday would return to Peking, after Fund will this year distribute which the new Government would 978,000 to 287 pitals and in-be established immediately. stitutions.
Reuter