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中華民國辛未年七月初七日
HONG KONG, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1931.
PLOT TO SMUGGLE ARMS TO MOORS.
Tragedy of Lonely Spanish Outpost.
OFFICERS MURDERED.
Madrid. Yesterday.
“LONELIEST WOMAN" SHIP CHRISTENED LEAVES $100,000,000,
Generous - Bequest to Nanking Seminary.
LAST SURVIVOR.
WITH ICE.
Sir H. Wilkins' Ban on Champagne.
RESPECT TO THE LAW
New York, Yesterday.
New York, Yesterday, |: The raising of the consorship hasi The Methodist Theological. Cracked ice, symbolical of the revealed a reported plot to smuggle Seminary at Nanking has been be-frozen north, was used by Lady arms and ammunition into the queathed G$12,000,000 out of a Wilkins and M. Jean Jules Verne Spanish protectorate in North G$100,000,000 estate loft by the when they jointly christened the Africa, and the newspapers are nonagenarian Miss Ella Wendel, submarine Nautilus. Sir Hubert "splashing" stories of the recent "the lonellest and richest woman declined to use champagne out of arrest of a number of prominent in the world," who died on the 14th respect to the Prohibition Law.—| Moors in Villa San Jurje, including inst. Most of the catate goes to Reuter's American Service. a wealthy merchant, Salah Ban charity.
[A message of March 23 Mahomed, who was subsequently Mise Wendel ved alone with a stated:-A sorrowful start to taken out from the barracks and pet dog in a great house with the famous North Pole expedition shot dead at Rabats. Frenchmen closed shutters, off 5th Avenue. was made when the submarine throughout Morocco are horrified Her brother, who ruled the family Nautilus arrived at Brooklyn by the news of an affray on March with a rod of iron, provided in his with her flag at half-mast in 22 at the French outpost of Aguelca, will some years ago that none of mourning for Quartermaster on the North Tadla front, when a the property should pass out of the Grimmer, who was swept over- Lieutenant commanding the outpost family by marriage..
board and drowned. The Nautilus
and two non-commissioned officers Miss Ella Wendel with her has come here for her christening were murdered by Moroccan native spinster sister, who died ten years by Jean Jules Verne, the grand- troops under their command.
ago, were the last survivors.son of the famous French writer. Router'a. American Service..
It appears that the Lieutenant and the two officers were trying to stop a quarrel among the men whan the latter turned on them and cut them down. The murderers fled across the French lines and joined the rebels-Reuter.
Not a Surprise.
A message of March 17 stated: -A heavy snowstorm appro- 5 Nanking Yesterday. priately marked the departure of The bequest to the Methodist the submarine Nautilus, for- Seminary bere is the largest ever merly of the United States Navy, left to any institutión In China, in which Sir Hubert Wilkins and The seminary officials are not com- a party of explorers left for New pletely surprised for, although York for the final trials en route they were never certain, they had to a trip to the North Pole under
SERIOUS FIGHTING IN long believed that it was coming, ice.]
HSIKANG.
Chinese Cities Invaded from Tibet.
APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE,
Nanking, Yesterday.
and mapped out plans for ita ap-
HAVE CHILDREN?
plication. These, which will now SHOULD THE INSANE probably materialise, call for pro- moting religious and theological education in China, sprending Christian literature, training Chin-) ese and foreign ministers, and building a large central institu- tion.
It is noteworthy that most of It is officially reported from the seminary building were loot- Hsikang Province that serious ed or destroyed during the Nan- fighting is going on between the king incident in 1927. Then there | provincial militin and invading were 200 students, whereas now troops from Tibet,
there are only forty-Reuter.
Isikang officials have appealed to the Central Government to take
inimediate action, stating that Sze chuanese troops are not helping to repel the invaders, as they had not received 'orders.
Heikang was formerly known as the western marches of Szechuan. -Reuter.
KING HOLDS LEVEE
ARRIVAL IN STATE AT THE PALACE,
Rugby, Yesterday. H.M. the King held the second
Levee of the year in St. James's RUBBER IMPASSE IN Palaco to-day, driving in state from
HOLLAND.
Government Action
Resented.
RESTRICTION FEARS.
London, Yesterday. According to the Financial Times's Amsterdam correspondent the question of rubber restriction appears to be again in the balance.
A meeting of the Dutch Rubber Committee, held to ascertain the position created by the fact that restriction proposals were submit-
ted by the Committee to the Dutch
St. James Palace.
Colonial Minister, did not meet Buckingham Palace accompanied with the approval of all members by the Sovereign's Escort of of the Committee."
He wore a Field-
Horseguards.
It is understood that during the Marshal's uniform.-British Wire- course of the meeting represente-leas Service. tives of the Amsterdam Rubber!
Sterilisation of Unfit Urged in U.S.A.
NEW BILL PASSED.
Montpelier, Vermont, Yesterday.
The feeble-minded and insane may have to submit to sterilisation if, as is probable, the Governor as- sents to a new Bill, passed by the
can Service.
State legislature. Reuter's Ameri
NEW INTERNATIONAJ FLYING SCHOOL.
Every Branch of Air
Science Taught.
FOREIGN PILOTS ELIGIBLE.
Rugby, Yesterday.
A now International Flying Schol, will open at Hamble, near Southampton, next month, whero a company headed by the Air Minis- | tor, Sir John Higgins, and register- ed as the Air Service and Training Co., Ltd. will supply a course ofį instruction and training similar to the training in the Royal Air Force. Every branch of pilotage and na- vigation will be covered, including |instrument or bilad flying and such [subjects as Riggin meteorology and the theory of fight Commercial and private pliota and flying ins- tructors will have a choice of course specially suited to their needs.
Four types of land 'planes and three of seaplanes are included in the school fleet. Many young pilots | from foreign countries are expecti
Company, the International Rot- "Can you recommend these fielded to take a course of instruction. dit and Trading Company of Rot-glasses as being of high power?"British Wireless Service. terdam, Messrs. Crone, of Amster "Absolutely, sir, when you tiše dam, (who own large interests in them anything less than ten miles Dutch plantations), and the Ama-away appears to he behind you."! terdam Trading Corporation, noti-
fed the Committee that they would! strongly protest against any Gov. ernment interference and therefore and it is considered unlikely that decided to refrain from further cothe Government will endeavour to operation in regard to restriction enforce legal restriction measures The foregoing companies, which against the opposition of such a aro leading. Amsterdam concerns, substantial minority of Dutch pro- always voted against restriction ducers.-Reuter.
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